The next day, at noon.
As the solar term approaches Jingzhe, the temperature in Shenzhen City is getting warmer day by day, accompanied by bursts of light rain, making it comfortable and comfortable.
Falling asleep listening to the sound of rain can always make people feel more comfortable.
This is because during the ape tribe period, men often did not go out hunting when it rained. During this period, men would try their best to ensure that their physical strength was not consumed, so they often resorted to sleeping. This is why some People like to fall asleep to the sound of rain.
In addition to "falling asleep to the rain", there are also instinctive reactions such as acrophobia, acrophobia, waking up from dreams, etc., which are all engraved in DNA. To put it bluntly, it is the survival experience of our ancestors, but most of them are Some of them are no longer applicable to modern society.
After eight hours of rest, Chen Xing woke up and it was already lunch time, and his stomach growled with hunger.
After washing briefly, he went straight to the cafeteria to eat.
Since the canteen is not for profit, he only spent 8 yuan to eat four dishes, plus an egg drop soup.
After eating and drinking, Chen Xing did not take a stroll and returned to his office as often as a walk. The distance he walked was just in time to digest the food in his stomach.
Back in the office, he closed the door, stretched and said, "I'm really tired, but I still have to deal with the car exit as soon as possible."
The domestic new energy vehicle market has become a mess. Various car companies have tried their best to make prices lower than the last, and subsidies have become stronger and stronger. This has also caused a sharp decline in the sales of Pilot Cars.
But Chen Xing doesn’t care. Let them slowly compete for the domestic market. After all, the core technology is in the hands of Longxing Group. If the prices of Thor batteries, Huaxia chips and Tianxuan operating system increase, These car company friends will instantly turn into toothless tigers.
Therefore, Chen Xing, Ren Guofei and Rebus all decided not to participate in the domestic new energy vehicle price war.
Also benefiting from the price war, many users have canceled their subscriptions to Linghang 001 without requiring a deposit, which greatly reduces the pressure of car delivery.
Currently, it only takes about 10 days for the northern factory and the southern factory to deliver all the backlogged order vehicles. At that time, the internal transfer will be completed and the export trade can be started.
Back at his workstation, Chen Xing opened the mailbox on his office computer and saw replies to several important emails he had replied to last night.
Countries such as the Philippines, Pakistan, and Mao Xiong have successively stated that they want to purchase a batch of Pioneer 001 cars equipped with Thor solid-state batteries, while Dubai is taking an unconventional route. What they want to purchase is the Hurricane X supercar. , and gave a sky-high price of 50 million Dragon Country coins per unit.
The cost of each Hurricane The reason why it is called a hurricane.
The construction cost is 3 million, and Dubai’s asking price is 50 million, which is equivalent to a net profit of 47 million for every unit sold.
Even if the tariff is 20%, it is only 600,000 dragon national coins. There is definitely money to be made in the mass production of Hurricane X.
[If it is convenient, we will go to Longguo Shencheng on the 8th. I hope your company can prepare the prototype car and the specific details of the contract. We can wait until then to discuss it slowly. ]
Clicking on the content of the Dubai email, Chen Xing replied again: "I am in Shenzhen, waiting for the arrival of the Dubai delegation."
The email was sent.
Chen Xing checks the next email.
In fact, he knows very well what Dubai is thinking.
In the subconscious mind of many Chinese people, Dubai is a country (emirate) that is not short of money and a country whose land will produce oil. However, the reality is exactly the opposite. Its underground oil resources are not rich, and the people of Dubai are not. Not all are wealthy.
Because there is no oil, Dubai has been spared from the war, but precisely because of the lack of oil, Dubai's economy has been unable to develop.
It wasn’t until the rise of the Internet that everyone could live broadcast and everyone could become an Internet celebrity that Dubai discovered a turning point.
Affluence, trenches, sports cars on the streets, even beggars in Dubai can make over 10,000 a day. Similar promotional words are almost everywhere on the global Internet, and people all over the world want to see if Dubai is true. Such a wealthy person.
Gradually, Dubai’s tourism industry started to develop naturally.
Yes!
Dubai does not rely on oil, it relies on tourism.
To maintain the "national establishment" of local tycoons, Dubai must dare to innovate and keep up with the trend. This time it suddenly ordered Hurricane X. If nothing else, it must have seen Hurricane X become a hit in the FIAGT Grand Prix Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and other well-known supercars want to gain popularity and make big news.
Both parties have interests in this matter, and Chen Xing cannot refuse.
Replying to Dubai, Chen Xing replied to Badie’s email.
As a country that has dealt with it, it has issued a special zero-tariff policy for pilot cars this time, and hopes to build a car production factory in Pakistan to drive economic employment.
As for Asian countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Singapore, they have all expressed their willingness to let Longxing Heavy Industry open factories and use their domestic resources to manufacture pilot cars.
Why are they willing to embrace new energy?
Very simple.
Oil is really too expensive!
If there is a fight in the Middle East, oil prices around the world will fluctuate, and there will be no stable supply at all.
But electricity is different!
Asia’s electricity is guaranteed.
Perhaps many people don’t know that Longguo’s power supply is divided into three companies, namely State Grid, China Southern Power Grid and Inner Mongolia Electric Power. This is to avoid exclusive monopoly.
As for the State Grid, in addition to supplying power to some provinces and regions, it also supplies power to other countries, such as Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan, and Singapore. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the power of Longguo is turned on, Half of Asia had to lose power.
One, there is power supply from the big brother.
Two, you can’t build a car.
Three, electricity prices are cheaper than oil prices.
No matter from which aspect, these small Asian countries are beneficiaries.
The most important thing is that now "Big Brother" is mainly promoting new energy vehicles, and they have to support it. Otherwise, if they increase electricity bills or reduce import and export trade, it will be a disaster for a small country. disaster.
Because of this, Longxing Heavy Industries, as the old man of Longguo's new energy vehicle company, has become the target of cooperation talks with small countries.
During the initial joint venture, Chen Xing also made an agreement with Ren Guofei and Rebus. The operation of Longxing Heavy Industry would be handed over to Longxing Group, while the supply chain and direct-operated stores would belong to Kunpeng Company and Dami. The company is responsible, and the three companies each perform their own duties. Because of this, the mailbox of Longxing Heavy Industry and the mailbox of Longxing Group are the same.
After replying one by one, two hours have passed.
Chen Xing stood up and stretched his muscles. Then he came to the reception area and made himself a pot of tea.
While taking a tea break, he took out the mobile phone in his pocket and checked the news and gossip on the Internet. This was his daily habit.
As a corporate leader, Chen Xing is very aware of the importance of keeping pace with the times.
For example, the CEO of a friend of a car company this time made frequent mistakes because he could not keep up with the times and his thinking was stuck in the past, allowing Longxing Group to win by simply lying down.
You want to say they are stupid?
This is certainly not the case.
Their thinking is just stuck in the last century.
But we can’t blame them. After all, you could make money just lying down before. Who would bother to accept new things?
If you make a million a day, and all the technology is provided by foreign car companies, and you don’t worry about technology upgrades or car sales, you will definitely be like them in less than three months.
Why is this happening?
No sense of crisis!
If people don’t have a sense of crisis, they will become lazy and unwilling to learn. This is nature engraved in DNA.
As for Dragon Kingdom-style education, it will make people feel a very sense of crisis.
After elementary school is promoted to junior high school, the internal examination begins. If you can’t pass the junior high school entrance examination to high school, you can only go to a technical secondary school. If you can’t pass the high school entrance examination for undergraduate, you will either go to junior college or enter the society. Options include public examination preparation and further study abroad.
When almost every student is in school, the teacher will emphasize that this is the most important stage of life, creating a sense of crisis for you.
Because of the sense of crisis, the knowledge reserves of senior high school students facing the college entrance examination are at their peak. When they relax in college, their level gradually declines.
Chen Xing knows the importance of learning, so every afternoon during tea time, he browses the Internet to keep up with the times.
On Weibo's hot search list at this time, "BMW withdraws from price war" topped the list, second was "Mercedes-Benz withdraws from price war", third was "Audi withdraws from price war"...
"Are you giving in?"
Chen Xing smiled lightly.
From the day he entered the automotive field, he expected that BBA would be the first to be unable to hold on and be shuffled by new energy vehicles.
The reason is also very simple, that is, their premium is too serious.
The cost of a 350,000 car, after deducting miscellaneous taxes and other expenses, is about 200,000.
With a premium of 150,000 yuan for a car, plus insurance and loan rebates, you can earn about 200,000 yuan from selling a car. Can you avoid killing this premium?
Quit the price war now?
It just can’t be sold!
When Chen Xing clicked on the entry "BMW Exits Price War", what caught his eye was a long article issued by Longguo BMW Group.
[Dear customers, partners and friends from all walks of life:
Recently, the price fluctuations in the automobile industry have been too unstable, and many brands are competing for the market with dumping methods such as "additional money".
As a leader in the automotive industry, the BMW Group has always been customer-centric and committed to providing high-quality products and excellent services.
We know that "dumping" can increase product sales in the short term, but long-term "price wars" will not only fail to continuously enhance brand value, but may also have an adverse impact on product quality and service levels.
Therefore, the BMW Group headquarters decided to adjust its market strategy and shift its focus from pure price competition to improving business quality levels, increase investment in research and development, and continuously innovate technologies and products to meet the diversified needs of customers.
Finally, the BMW Group looks forward to working with friends from all walks of life to jointly promote the healthy development of the automotive industry. We believe that by focusing on business quality, maintaining brand image and enhancing customer value, BMW will maintain its position in future market competition. Leading position and create more value for customers. ]
In the comment area of the long article announcement, the number of likes was 100,000, but the number of comments was a full 340,000. The seriously unbalanced ratio shows that netizens do not buy it.
[Feng Xiao Xixi]: "Hahaha, this is just a matter of saving face and suffering. If you can't beat me, you can't beat me. It's not conducive to the healthy development of the industry. It's so funny!" [No scars from battle] : "I am a gold medal salesperson at the Guangfu BMW 4S store. Let's put it this way. No one wants the 200,000 BMW 320Li. Do you think they can raise the price? If it drops further, the value of the BMW brand will be lost. Anyway, I have resigned and I am not afraid to tell everyone.”
[Handsome guy is not handsome]: “You don’t need to read the announcement. Let me translate it for you. The BMW Group is saying that we will reduce prices. It can’t be sold. Friendly car companies are too ruthless and can only continue to cut leeks along the road of brand value. Come and buy it, driving a BMW is so prestigious!”
[I'm a big fool]: "Isn't the 99,000 BYD Han delicious? I still buy a BMW, who would buy a gas car now!"
The price war between rival car companies has entered reached a white-hot stage.
After Wang Fu confirmed that Chen Xing, Ren Guofei, and Rebus would not end up, he directly invested tens of billions and subsidized each car by 50,000, allowing BYD to firmly control the domestic new energy vehicle market share. 60% of the total, making it a dark horse among domestic car companies.
SAIC Group followed closely, with a 10% share, followed by Guangzhou Automobile Group, Changan Automobile Group, FAW Group, BAIC Group, and then new power car companies such as Ideal, NIO, and Xpeng .
As for Tesla?
It accounts for less than 1%, and like Pilot 001, it is an object of impact.
Due to the extremely poor sales of Tesla Model S and the fact that it is already March, Masik knows that the "Gamble Agreement" cannot be completed and has been negotiating these days, hoping that the conditions can be relaxed.
But will the Magic City agree?
You cannot fulfill the bet, so you want to modify the content of the bet. How can this be modified?
Almost overnight, Masik's hair turned white. At this moment, he sighed frequently while looking at the contents of the gambling agreement.
The first bet is that Tesla must ensure that starting from 2016, it will pay taxes of 2 billion dragon national currency to Shanghai every year.
The second bet is that Tesla needs to build a super factory in Shanghai within the next five years, invest no less than 15 billion Chinese national currency, and provide at least 10,000 jobs.
The third bet is that the parts and components in the Tesla Magic City factory supply chain need to be fully localized in China by 2022.
The last two are easy to say, but the first is basically impossible to complete.
BYD has already taken 60% of the market share, and car companies such as SAIC Motor and Guangzhou Automobile Group also account for at least 30%, but Tesla Model S cannot be sold at all.
Unless there is capital now willing to provide money to help him complete the 2 billion bet, otherwise, Masik will have to repurchase 860,000 square meters of land at the market price and pay a fine of 1 billion dragon national currency. , and the interest rate on the 40 billion loan is changed to 10%, and late payment fees for the foreign profit rate need to be paid within three months.
Can't bear it.
He really couldn't bear it.
Now he has only two options, either surrender and pay compensation to the Magic City, or go to Chen Xing and get a supply of Thor solid-state batteries, and maybe he can turn defeat into victory.
If you want to pay compensation, Masik currently doesn’t have that much money at all, and needs to ask for help from the Angsa consortium behind the scenes.
Let’s not say whether the Angsa Consortium will take action. If they do, it will not be easy for Masik to return to the United States. All the companies under his name may be capitalized and changed hands.
But if you want to ask Chen Xing...
He really can't bear this face.
After all, the two had conflicts. At the beginning, he approached Chen Xing to discuss matters on behalf of the Angsa military-industrial complex, and blew up the 4G network base station of Pakistan Railway in front of Chen Xing.
It was also that time that forced the Longxing Group to launch the signal base station into space, and also completed the layout of the 5G high-speed network.
In fact, Masik also knew very well that it was not BYD, not SAIC, or new energy car companies such as Weilai, Ideal, and Xpeng that forced him into a desperate situation, but the Longxing Group that stood behind them. , or in other words, the man behind Longxing Group, Chen Xing.
Without his supply of Thor solid-state batteries, the Longguo new energy vehicle market would never have been so fierce.
Leader 001 was robbed of its market share and did not take any countermeasures. This shows that Chen Xing just wants to make the price war more intense and kill Tesla completely.
Now the situation is indeed like Chen Zhoupan’s. Tesla is really going to be killed. There are only a dozen users placing orders a day, which is not enough to cover employee wages.
A tree needs bark and a person needs face. Masik was unwilling to beg Chen Xing, so he could only call his master behind the scenes.
"What's the matter?"
The man on the other end of the phone sounded calm.
"Mr. Sunil, my bet with Dragon Kingdom and Magic City may not be fulfilled. Do you think you can support me with a sum of money first, so that I can leave Dragon Kingdom first and then make plans?"
“It’s only been three months since 2016. You shouldn’t be anxious and negotiate with the city. They have no right to restrict your freedom.”
“But…”
Ma As soon as Si Ke spoke, the man on the other end of the phone said in an unquestionable tone: "Not that much."
"..."
Ma Si Ke was silent.
He felt abandoned.
But it makes sense when you think about it. He invested about 57 billion in Dragon Kingdom, and 40 billion was borrowed from the Magic City. If he wanted to redeem himself, he would have to pay back all 40 billion, and he would also have to pay the overflow. The interest rate and late payment fee are almost 4 billion.
Now that the U.S. stock market is crumbling and the U.S. economy is in recession, asking the Angsa consortium to spend 44 billion to redeem people is not possible. At the worst, they can just replace Masik with someone else. There is no need to spend 44 billion.
"That's it, you negotiate more. No one can do anything to you before the contract reaches the agreed time. Okay, let's talk back."
"Dududu——"
As soon as he finished speaking, the phone was hung up, leaving Masik deep in thought.
The big boss behind the scenes abandoned him, and now he only had the option of begging Chen Xing. But how could he be easily forgiven? Ma Sike was particularly troubled at this time.
"Bang——"
Masik hammered the table hard, gritted his teeth and said viciously: "You are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."
He He didn't expect that he would be abandoned by the big boss behind the scenes so easily even though he still had the ace card of SpaceX. This feeling made his sanity clear instantly.
However, what Masik didn't know was that he made the call at the wrong time. Because of Longguo's "Stock Market Integration Plan", both the Angsa Consortium and the Jewish Consortium were trying to raise as much money as possible, and they couldn't tell the difference at all. Money to "ransom" him.
……
And at the same time.
The other side.
Shencheng Longgang.
Longxing Group Bantian Base.
Yao Nana really had no choice but to bring her work notebook and came to Chen Xing's office to ask for advice: "President, I have a question for you, that is, what are the flying cars and low-altitude economy you mentioned? What?”
Since L4 autonomous driving will be updated at 0:00 tonight, Chen Xing also sent the core forward-looking content of the automotive business to Yao Nana and asked her to write a forward-looking guide for the industry layout, but the low altitude Yao Nana was confused by the economy and flying cars. She searched the Internet and found no reference.
“Ask this.”
Chen Xing smiled and patiently explained: “The low-altitude economy is an emerging comprehensive economic form, mainly relying on low-altitude operations with a vertical height of less than 1,000 meters. Airspace."
"The flying cars we want to build are cars that fly at low altitudes below 1,000 meters, and there are also unmanned aircraft, which are mainly used to transport express delivery or takeaway food."
"This. This economic form covers many aspects such as aircraft R&D and manufacturing, infrastructure construction, and flight service support. Taken together, it is the low-altitude economy. ”
"I don't understand..."
Yao Nana was a little confused.
Chen Xing thought for a while and translated into vernacular: "In the future, every household will have a car, and the roads will be very crowded. Low altitudes below 1,000 meters have extremely high development value. As for flying cars, they will be similar to flying cars. The difference between man and machine is that it can carry people.”
“I understand a little bit.”
Yao Nana suddenly realized.
She came to the sofa in the reception area, put down her laptop and started typing on the keyboard to complete the last part of the manuscript.
About ten minutes later, she took her laptop to the side of Chen Xing's desk, turned the screen towards Chen Xing and asked, "President, can you read this manuscript?"
chen independent office of the Ministry.
A moment later.
The announcement was issued by Weibo operations.
[Dear Linghang Car owners, after day-to-day research and development and testing by Longxing Heavy Industry’s R&D department, L4 unmanned autonomous driving technology has become more affordable, and we have decided to fully launch it at 0:00 tonight , temporarily, all Pilot 001 cars will be updated simultaneously.
We have never stopped exploring the automotive field. SUV models, pickup trucks, and large trucks are all on the road.
In order to meet the diverse needs of users, Longxing Heavy Industry will continue to explore the automotive field in depth. In the near future, flying cars in science fiction movies may no longer be a dream, and the emerging comprehensive low-altitude economy will It may become a new source of wealth. ]
In less than half a minute after the announcement was posted, the number of likes exceeded 10,000, and the number of users who commented was as high as thousands.
[Shocking Jiuzhou]: "Holy shit! L4 driverless autonomous driving is really here. Doesn't this mean we can let the car run on Didi by itself?"
[Tangtang ]: "When I go to work, the car goes to Didi. When I get off work, the car picks me up and goes home. Then I continue to run Didi, hahaha!"
[Holding your little hand]: "No, I saw What, forget about SUV, pickup and truck models, Mr. Chen, you still want to study flying cars?”
[Xiaomei from the third class]: “Look, look, BMW Group, come over and take a look?” , this is called technological innovation, this is called brand upgrading. Who would have thought that Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Rice Company were just selling mobile phones a year ago? Now they are flourishing in many fields and are full-fledged technology giants! "< br>
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