Chapter 159 Changes in the Global Energy Pattern
“Absolutely impossible. If this is one of the conditions for your deal, then the bargaining chip you offer is far from enough.
Chen Yuanguang in China The appeal and reputation are enough to save the Lotus brand, let alone a board seat. Even if Lotus is wholly owned by Guangjia Technology, Yuan Guang cannot become its spokesperson." Lin Jia flatly refused.
At their point, money is nothing more than a numbers game, with higher pursuits. For Lin Jia, even if she builds cars and builds a luxury car brand herself, she will not let Chen Yuanguang help her. Do publicity.
In a sense, the God of Light is no longer just a slogan or a gimmick in China. Chen Yuanguang has become more and more divine among the Chinese people. This divinity refers to the support and unconditional trust of the people.
In Lin Jia's view, this is also the best way to protect himself. Once Chen Yuanguang endorses the car, it means that there is no longer any difference between him and Lei Jun, Boss Jia, and Evergrande Xu. It is nothing more than a good or bad businessman. Nature also means that the self has given up its divinity.
For the Xiaomi car platform, from the current point of view, Lin Jia has a little regret. He should not have agreed to Lei Jun to create a signature version of the founder. Although it was just a signature, it made Chen Yuanguang and Ultra The car is heavily bound, which is not a good thing in the long run.
Losing divinity for money is equivalent to losing security. This is definitely a bad business for them. It is equivalent to satisfying lower-level needs at the expense of higher-level ones. The need cannot be met.
Not to mention that Lin Jia knows what Chen Yuanguang is doing now. If he can achieve overtaking in the chip field, then the idol will be completed. No matter how treacherous the situation at home and abroad is, the interest groups relying on Chen Yuanguang will not Will be coveted or sacrificed.
Under Lin Jia's control, Xiaomi Motors will no longer be linked to Chen Yuanguang in the future, and will eliminate its Chen Yuanguang elements, and focus its marketing on Lei Jun, let alone Lotus Motors.
Yu Ning did not expect Lin Jia to refuse so decisively, and said quickly: "We completely respect Mr. Chen's wishes. Even if Mr. Chen does not accept the spokesperson's application, Lotus' capital invitation will be valid for a long time.
We There is a great need for strategic partners like Guangjia Technology.”
“We are very interested in cooperation and investing in Lotus Automobile. We will wait for Guangjia Technology to conduct sufficient market research. Further specific negotiations can be conducted," Lin Jia said.
When Yu Ning left Guangjia Technology’s headquarters building in Shenhai, he seemed particularly frustrated. Lotus Motors has been in decline for too long, even though there are many powerful shareholders behind it and they have made the most radical electric transformation. , they are still not 100% sure that they can achieve profitability.
The purpose of listing on Nasdaq is to be able to tell stories to capital and increase market value after achieving profitability, and Chen Yuanguang’s endorsement is a shortcut and insurance.
Why does Lotus Auto internally believe that Chen Yuanguang would accept such cooperation.
Because in their view, even if Guangjia Technology only invests 10% of the shares, Chen Yuanguang only needs to spend one or two days a year shooting promotional videos and photos to obtain excess returns. In the long run, it can Delivering returns starting in the billions of dollars.
Even Bill Gates would do this deal.
Bill Gates and Zuckerberg were invited to the wedding of India's richest man Ambani's son. The business cooperation between Bill Gates and Ambani was only US$60 million.
Yu Ning couldn't understand Lin Jia's refusal so simply, but he would not ask Chen Yuanguang's personal opinion again because it was unnecessary.
In the eyes of the outside world, Lin Jia is Chen Yuanguang's business spokesperson, and asking Chen Yuanguang again will only lead to another rejection.
After Room Temperature Superconductivity, all of Chen Yuanguang’s experiences from childhood to adulthood were put under a magnifying glass. Lin Jia, as a couple who had been together since college and with his family background, was considered to have influenced Chen Yuanguang. The oldest woman even surpasses Chen Yuanguang's parents.
Therefore, Yu Ning would not ask for trouble, even if Chen Yuanguang wanted to.
“How many meetings is this about damn Wright?” Jeffrey asked his assistant.
Jeffrey is the chief of staff of the White House, equivalent to the president's chief personal assistant. He also has his own assistant.
"I saw that there are three meetings around Wright this week, among which the access permission for perovskite cells, room temperature superconductivity, and the 712 project currently being promoted by China are discussed." The assistant said after flipping through his notebook.
Jeffrey sighed, it was difficult for the White House during this period.
It is obvious that the controversy surrounding Washington is intensifying. Starting from the second half of last year, Chinese new energy vehicles equipped with perovskite batteries are making Tesla lose its appeal.
Tesla’s sales have declined significantly in several major markets around the world.
Especially after car companies such as Volkswagen, Toyota, and Honda successively signed cooperation agreements with Guangjia Aerospace, the entire European market began to say no to Tesla.
Volkswagen first announced at the spring press conference that the latest ID series equipped with perovskite batteries will be released soon.
Even in the face of warnings from the White House, Germany will continue to cooperate with China in new energy, photovoltaics and other fields. America's weakness in geopolitical conflicts is seen by these countries.
France can push Guangjia Technology to sign agreements with Safran and the European Space Agency. The automobile industry is a much more important lifeline to Germany than the aerospace industry is to France.
No matter how much the White House talks about going to the sky, it cannot stop the cooperation between Volkswagen and Light Armor Aerospace.
The ID series is equipped with a perovskite battery. Even if this option costs 5,000 euros, consumers are willing to wait and see the latest ID series, but have little interest in Tesla.
"It is obvious that Tesla is losing its first-mover advantage, and their appeal to consumers in Europe is declining sharply."
"The Volkswagen series equipped with perovskite batteries is becoming Europe's most popular Looking forward to new energy vehicles"
"Volkswagen is full of confidence in the ID series and hopes that the ID series can help Volkswagen reverse its decline in the global new energy vehicle market."
China's domestic. The new energy vehicle market is in turmoil. Everyone is barely making any money, they are all selling cars at a loss, and all kinds of materials are being piled up.
The foreign new energy vehicle market, which is not at all popular, is so popular that it feels like the scenery here is unique.
As America's only hope in the new energy vehicle market, America obviously does not want to watch Tesla gradually lose the global market.
China's new energy vehicles have a long way to go in the global market. Even with technical support, it is difficult to compete with Tesla in terms of brand power. Volkswagen, Toyota, and Honda are different. Toyota Verification Code can be sold at mid-to-high-end prices in many overseas markets.
With the support of perovskite batteries, Huaguo’s new energy vehicles are considered to be scabies at best, while traditional car companies are seriously ill if they use perovskite batteries to seize the Tesla market. "This is not the most fatal thing. The most fatal thing is that perovskite batteries will seriously affect American's oil business and American's leadership in the global climate crisis." Experts at the meeting asserted.
“With the help of revolutionary breakthroughs in photovoltaic technology, China has taken on a large number of photovoltaic projects around the world. The global photovoltaic market is being cannibalized by China, and Meyer Burger’s losses are rising sharply. .
Even if it were relocated to the federal government and the federal government provided financial subsidies, it would still not be able to fill the hole. ”
Meyer Burger is the largest solar cell manufacturer in Europe. Before the perovskite cells came out, they suffered a loss of US$50 million in half a year. After the perovskite cells came out, their losses directly rose to US$200 million, and in the near future. It will continue to rise in the foreseeable future.
They will continue to stay in Germany. Germany's subsidies are extremely limited. In addition, they need to transform the production line. They must first obtain the technical authorization of Light Armor Aerospace before proceeding. Production line renovation, and finally production and sales, the whole process will take at least a year according to their urine quality.
The most worrying thing is that after production, China has already adopted the second generation perovskite battery technology. Yes, you must know that Xiaomi cars are already equipped with second-generation perovskite batteries.
Therefore, Meyer Burger has been hesitating, and at the same time, its losses have continued to expand, and the number of orders has decreased sharply. >
And Americen has been trying to persuade Meyer Burger to move to Americen, which faces another problem. After moving to Americen, it is unable to cooperate with Light Armor Aerospace, and it is still not competitive on the product side. Although it can get far away The compensation is more generous than that of Germany. The compensation is temporary, and the product competitiveness brought by technology is the most important.
To put it simply, Meyer Burger is stuck front and back and is facing a bankruptcy crisis.
“Our attractiveness to European companies is declining sharply, while Germany and France have each passed new energy plans with a total value of more than 20 billion euros, and the federal government has funded the introduction of the latest photovoltaic power stations.
Under such a prospect, even if the federal government plans to provide Meyer Burger with a total of 1.4 billion US dollars in tax breaks and subsidies, they are still waiting to see the results of negotiations with France and Germany, trying to pin their hopes on the benefits they will provide. Promise. ”
It is no exaggeration to describe the situation between Da Mao and Er Mao as a God-given opportunity for China.
Not only the vast markets in the north and Central Asia, but also the cheap resources of China, and the energy market in Europe.
After Europe lost access to cheap energy from China, they turned to the photovoltaic production capacity from China. Photovoltaic production capacity combined with new energy vehicles can alleviate the EU's energy anxiety to a certain extent.
According to the photoelectric conversion rate of perovskite and China's massive production capacity, even a photovoltaic power station plan with a total value of 20 billion will still make money in the long run.
For China, Germany and France are the best model projects that can help them open up the entire market of developed countries.
The most painful thing is watching your biggest rival eat meat. Everyone wants to eat meat from old Europe. The various discounts that Americen provides specifically for the European manufacturing industry are Stab a knife into Europe, but what makes them miserable is why they eat more meat than me without stabbing them.
"With the progress of photovoltaic power generation and new energy vehicles in the global market last year, global oil consumption was reduced by up to 2 million barrels per day throughout the year.
Sometimes the decisions you make will form a boomerang in the future Hit you. According to our estimates, this number will reach 10 million barrels in 2025, and China's production capacity and technological progress will be even more terrifying than this number. This means that in 2025, the global automobile industry will be hit. More than a quarter of the industry's oil demand will be replaced by electric energy. Once Tesla fails to compete in the global market, America's auto industry will be destroyed like Detroit.
So we can no longer hesitate and must cooperate with China," Stephen, a senior researcher at RAND Think Tank, said helplessly.
“I know people don’t want to accept this reality, but it is reality,
The destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline cut off the possibility of peace talks between Mauritius and Europa, making German industry even weaker and weakening their competitiveness.
At the same time, it was precisely because of the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline that Europe was short of energy, and had to introduce photovoltaic production capacity from China to make up for the energy shortage.
Not to mention that Beixi was destroyed. Although there was no quarrel on the surface, in fact everyone knew who did it.
Jeffrey had a headache after hearing this. No one dared to make a decision, not just because of the sensitivity of the light armor spacecraft itself.
“This is an opportunity for the opposition party. They can use this opportunity to become the biggest excuse to criticize us in this year’s general election.
We will be passive in front of voters. "
With too much hate propaganda, it will be too difficult for you to make a sharp turn.
The Donkey Party actually wants to negotiate peace with Guangjia Aerospace and introduce perovskite batteries, because their There are a large number of environmentalists among supporters
Pushing for more efficient photovoltaic power generation and allowing Tesla to also have perovskite cells is a golden publicity opportunity for them to further consolidate. The problem with the image of the Donkey Party pushing to solve the climate crisis is that it will seriously offend the donors behind the Elephant Party.
For the federation, the further development of photovoltaics and new energy will severely damage American's oil business.
The outside world may think that the big players in the Middle East are making a lot of money from oil. In fact, with the help of the shale gas revolution, Amerika is the world's number one oil producer.
Their oil production capacity accounts for 17.9% of global production capacity, which is 44% more than the second largest Saudi Arabia, and the manufacturers of traditional energy are the financial backers behind the Elephant Party.
They are also the biggest pushers in preventing perovskite batteries from entering Amerikan.
Stephen did not speak, because he could clearly feel that the Donkey Party was also losing voters. Judging from the reports, a large number of young voters expressed serious dissatisfaction with the Cybertruck's inability to carry perovskite battery technology.
Coupled with the negative public opinion caused by the Donkey Party's failure to support the victims in sensitive areas, a large number of young voters are fleeing, and they do not support the Donkey Party even if they do not vote.
These young voters are an important base of votes for the Donkey Party.
(End of this chapter)