At noon in spring, the sun shines freely on the ground. It does not have the sharpness of summer, nor the restraint of winter, but is just soft and bright.
Due to the curtains, no sunlight could penetrate the blockade, and the rest room in Chen Xing's office was still dark.
This is because Chen Xing's working hours are unstable. When decorating the office, he specifically instructed that the curtains in the rest room must be completely blackout.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you draw the curtains and close the door, there is no concept of time in the rest room, because you cannot feel it in the dark.
At this time, Chen Xing was immersed in a sweet dream. In his dream, he was leisurely watching the National Taiwan News Channel. The host Bai Shisong held the manuscript and announced excitedly.
“Dear people of all ethnic groups across the country, in this era full of hopes and dreams, we have jointly witnessed the prosperity and prosperity of the country. In order to further enhance the well-being of all people and achieve a higher level of fairness and justice, our government has decided after careful consideration and preparation The implementation of the policy of free medical care and education nationwide is a historic moment and the good news that all Chinese people are looking forward to! ”
Comprehensive medical care and education are important signs of developed countries! .
Why is Long Country said to be a developing country?
The famous writer "Scaffolding Puppy" once told the host on a talk show:
"The gap between the rich and the poor in the Dragon Kingdom is huge. Children born in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen , some of them have already stood on the same level as developed countries in Europe and the United States, and have begun to pay attention to environmental protection, animals and air.”
"Even a boy born in the imperial capital even asked for a real Boeing aircraft, while for children in the northwest, their wish may just be a pair of white sneakers."
He will see what he wants. Everything I heard and heard was written into "We Live in the Huge Gap", which shocked countless people.
Only when medical care and education are free can Long Country truly enter the ranks of developed countries.
Just when Chen Xing looked excited and wanted to hear Bai Shisong continue talking, a harsh alarm clock made the picture in front of him gradually blur, and finally turned into darkness.
In a flash.
Real memories flooded in.
Chen Xing also remembered that he worked until three or four o'clock in the morning yesterday, and then fell asleep in the office rest room.
“Is it just a dream?”
“Harmful.”
He sighed softly.
Although it is just a dream now, Chen Xing firmly believes that as long as Longguo continues to develop at this speed, free medical care and education will one day be realized for all.
Turning off the irritating alarm clock on his mobile phone, Chen Xing relied on his senses to go to the window and opened the heavy blackout curtains on both sides.
In an instant.
The room suddenly became brighter.
The dazzling sunlight made Chen Xing squint his eyes slightly. After getting used to it, he opened the window to ventilate the rest room.
"Huh——"
He took a deep breath and exhaled heavily.
Just when he was thinking about taking a breather and then going to wash up and eat, the cell phone on the bedside table suddenly rang.
(I want to climb up step by step)
(Waiting for the sun to look at its face quietly)
(Small days have big dreams)
Chen Xing walked in. When he saw the call note, he frowned slightly.
"Masik?"
"Masik called at this time. Is there something to discuss?"
He thought about the purpose of the call. Speculating on Masik's intentions.
Today's Longguo new energy vehicle market can be said to be a fierce battle.
In addition to established car companies such as Guangzhou Automobile Group, SAIC Motor and Changan Automobile Group, there are also new power car companies such as Xpeng Motors, Li Auto and NIO.
Anyone who has understood the layout of the new market knows that at the beginning, all companies will compete deeply around price.
For example, when it comes to takeout, Meituan and Ele.me burned tens of millions of dollars a day. To order a takeout meal originally priced at 100 yuan, you only need to pay a dozen yuan.
Eating KFC for two yuan, eating barbecue for five yuan, and eating crayfish for ten yuan is not a dream at all, but the product of corporate business wars.
Another example is the shopping platform. In the stage of micro-business transformation into e-commerce shopping, the subsidies provided by Taowu.com and Wangdong platforms are equally dazzling. In order to compete for new users, they directly subsidize dozens of yuan and also have a bunch of shopping coupons.
This is also the fundamental reason why, when the new market has just sprouted, major companies are focusing on price and quality.
When they gain a foothold, they can double their earnings.
After thinking for a few seconds, Chen Xing chose to press the connect button.
"Mr. Chen, you're welcome. I'm Masik. Can we talk about cars?"
As soon as the call was connected, Masik couldn't wait to say a series of things, for fear that Chen Xing would hang up on him.
The two had a falling out because of the 4G network base station.
“I know.”
Chen Xing responded calmly.
The first time Masik visited him in person, he saved his number and made a note, thinking it might be useful in the future.
"However."
Chen Xing suddenly changed the topic and explained: "As for the automobile business, you may have found the wrong person. Boss Ren is now fully responsible for the operations of Longxing Heavy Industry, the parent company of Linghang Automobile. "
"Ha..."
Masik smiled helplessly, then lowered his tone and posture and said: "Mr. Chen, please stop playing football. I apologize to you for what happened before. Now I Just want to leave the Dragon Kingdom”
“Leave the Dragon Kingdom?”
The only remaining sleepiness dissipated in an instant. Chen Xing thought of something in an instant and asked: "Tesla is leaving Dragon Kingdom?"
"Yes."
Masik nodded to confirm. , said in a deep voice: "Can we sit down and chat now? I'm already in Shencheng."
"Of course, I'm waiting for your arrival at Longxing Group." Chen Xing quickly expressed his position.
If Tesla wants to withdraw from the Dragon Country market, its car production plant cannot be dismantled, but must be sold to pay off its debts.
Nowadays, Longguo's new energy vehicles are all using "Thor Solid State Batteries" and "Polymer Semi-Solid Lithium Batteries", which is equivalent to Chen Xing controlling their lifeblood.
When the whole industry knows that Ma Si Ke and Chen Xing have a feud, who dares to take over the hot potato of Tesla Gigafactory?
Obviously.
No one dared to pick it up except Chen Xing.
Because once they take over rashly, no one can guarantee that Chen Xing will not get angry with them and cut off the supply of technology and lithium batteries.
"Excuse me, I'll go over now."
Masik breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Chen Xing wouldn't give him this chance.
Due to the terms of the "Betting Agreement", he now has no way to leave the Dragon Kingdom and needs to pay an exit fine first.
He has also figured out that cars cannot do it, and brain-computer interfaces have been rushed to register. Now the only advantage he has is SpaceX. After leaving Dragon Kingdom, he will devote all his energy to the space field and no longer Incorporate competition into the ground market.
This is a helpless move and a wise choice.
Because Masike discovered that Longxing Group has too many technologies in reserve, and they are not independent and dispersed, but complement each other.
For example, artificial intelligence has allowed Pilot Car to achieve L4 level driverless driving. Shencheng has taken the lead in relaxing highway restrictions, allowing artificial intelligence to replace manual driving on highways.
Since the liberalization, the high-speed accident rate in Shenzhen has dropped by 12%. The Guangzhou government has also issued a public consultation draft asking citizens whether they want to relax the restrictions on driverless driving.
Anyone who has driven a car knows that if all car owners drive honestly and do not compete for a few minutes, 98% of car accidents can be reduced, precisely because many people do not follow the rules and change lanes at will. , jamming and speeding, the accident rate remains high.
But the emergence of driverless cars has perfectly solved this problem.
Because driverless driving relies on algorithms, the algorithm will not act on impulse or do high-risk things. It will only execute the "optimal" choice in the algorithm library.
For example, if you are being pushed away from a car a few times, your road rage may start to attack you, but the program algorithm will not. The program will continue to be courteous because it knows the consequences of hitting you.
Once they are killed and crippled, two families will be destroyed.
......
After hanging up the phone with Masik, Chen Xing called the canteen and asked them to deliver a set lunch to his office.
Since the canteen has been loved by employees, more and more business has been carried out.
In addition to takeout service, Longxing Canteen now also provides homemade milk tea, fried fast food and special barbecue. In order to satisfy the tastes of employees in various regions, eight major cuisine recipes are rotated every day, so you can enjoy it without leaving home. Eat all over the country.
In Chen Xing's view, only when you are full and full can you have the energy to do other things. He never runs the canteen as a profitable restaurant, but strives to improve it for welfare. After all, He doesn't lack the money either.
Whether it is Penguin, Ali, Wang Dong, or even Gree, the canteens enjoy high subsidies. In addition to the average taste, the prices are far cheaper than those outside.
If you want to know the internal culture or business philosophy of a company, you only need to eat in its internal canteen to get a rough idea.
If the food tastes bad and the price is expensive, it means that the company even exploits employees' meals. Then there is no need to talk about wages and year-end bonuses. You can understand them all.
"Okay Mr. Chen, we will send you a copy right away."
The cafeteria staff responded quickly.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Xing went to the bathroom to wash up and tidy up his image.
A moment later.
There was a knock on the office door.
Having finished washing, Chen Xing, who was neatly dressed, opened the door, took the lunch box from the canteen staff and said: "Thank you for your hard work, the money will be deducted from my canteen account."
" Okay, Mr. Chen, please contact me if you have any other needs.”
“Okay, let’s get busy.”
Closing the door, Chen Xing looked at the time on his watch.
When Masik called him just now, it was 12:07 noon. The hotel he settled in was most likely a star hotel near Shencheng International Airport. If nothing else happened, he would arrive at the entrance of the base in about 30 minutes, and then he would It took 5 minutes to be taken to Chen Xing's office by the girl at the front desk, which meant that Chen Xing still had about half an hour to eat.
What happened was just as he expected. 22 minutes later, the security guard at the guard post called him and said that Masik and Chen Xing had an appointment and asked if it was true.
After confirmation by Chen Xing, Masik entered in a special delivery vehicle.
Five minutes passed.
There was a knock on Chen Xing’s office door.
"Come in."
The next second.
The girl at the front desk opened the door for Masike. Chen Xing stood up and greeted her warmly: "President Masike, long time no see."
"Long time no see."
Masik shook hands with Chen Xing.
The girl at the front desk didn't linger, quickly closed the office door and left.
"Sit over here." Chen Xing looked at the reception area. The tea sets were wet and had obviously been used recently. "Thank you."
Masik followed and sat down.
“Would you like tea?”
Chen Xing asked.
“Of course, I like tea.” Masik did not refuse.
Neither of them was in a hurry to talk about things, but to get familiar with each other first, because both of them knew the other's specific thoughts.
After two cups of tea, seeing that the atmosphere was about the same, Chen Xing asked knowingly: "President Masike, on the phone just now, you said you wanted to withdraw from the Longguo market. Did you encounter any difficulties?"
“…”
Masik was silent for a while.
Difficult?
Tesla's difficulties are not caused by you, but you are actually pretending to be a white lotus here.
However, Masik had to admit that Chen Xing had mastered business warfare so well that he was willing to lose.
I thought Chen Xing would make a move later, but there was nothing he could do with the Tesla Model S. However, he led other manufacturers to involuntarily engage in involution without lowering the price, causing Tesla to suffer from dozens of car companies. chased and intercepted.
Providing lithium batteries at low prices and licensing all the technology of pilot cars, Chen Xing did not take action directly, but he pushed the car companies to fight behind the scenes.
I was angry, but I must not show it now. Masik suppressed his anger and tried to stay calm and said:
"Maybe Tesla Model S is not accustomed to the local environment, and Longguo users are not Buy it, so I thought about withdrawing from the Longguo market and selling the car production plant in Magic City and all the installed charging piles."
"Then you found me?"
< br>Chen Xing still asked knowingly.
"Yes." Masik nodded and continued: "Now Mr. Chen is the only one who has the strength to take over these fixed assets. I wonder what you think?"
You have the strength to take over the absolute assets. Not only Longxing Group, but also Guangzhou Automobile Group, BYD, and SAIC can do this, but the bosses of these companies dare not offend Chen Xing, because their life is in the hands of the latter. If the supply of lithium batteries is cut off, they will basically be honest.
“I don’t dare to take it.”
Chen Xing smiled modestly and asked, “Give me a price and let me see if it’s suitable.”
“11 Billion Dragon Kingdom Coins." After Masik quoted the price, he immediately said: "This includes 6 8,000-ton integrated die-casting machines, 4 complete car production lines, 20,000 unsold Tesla Model S, and 740 charging piles across the country. , 109 stores..."
In normal times, this price is definitely a bargain. 20,000 Tesla Model S would be worth 3 billion, not to mention other production equipment, facilities and related stores.
But as the saying goes, if you are sick, it will kill you. If you don’t raise the price at this time, when will you raise the price?
When it comes to outsiders, Chen Xing doesn't care what they think. What he has to do is to benefit the people of Dragon Kingdom as much as possible.
“It’s too expensive.”
Chen Xing took a sip of tea and said.
"10.5 billion, how about it?" Masik cut off 500 million himself, looking forward to it, and anxiously waiting for the next step.
“It’s still expensive.”
“10.3 billion.”
“Not enough, too expensive.”
“10 billion, this is what I feel This is the limit. Mr. Chen, you also know that these assets are worth at least 24 billion. If not..."
Masik's words came to his lips and he swallowed them back.
What he actually wants to say is that if Chen Xing hadn’t come out to disrupt the situation, Tesla would have exploded in Longguo, so there would be no need to sell Longguo’s assets at a low price.
“You are right, the asset value must be worth more than 20 billion, but President Masik, you have to think carefully, I don’t need these fixed assets, just like you sell me T-shirts in winter, if If the price is right, I will definitely buy it because it can be worn in summer, but if you are not willing to give up the price, why should I rush to buy it? "
Chen Xing smiled calmly.
Does Longxing Group lack automobile production capacity?
Missing, but not particularly lacking.
Because Rebus has restarted the equipment trading business in Ancient Elephant Kingdom, as time goes by, the production capacity of Pilot Car will become higher and higher.
Taking a step back, if the Toyota Group is successfully taken over and the top management of the island country no longer blocks it, then according to the Toyota Group's production lines and related industrial systems, the production capacity of the Pilot Automobile can be maximized in an instant.
A qualified businessman must understand the needs of the other party.
“……”
Masik was silent again.
Indeed, Chen Xing is right.
If it is not sold at a low price, why would anyone buy it?
Think about it from his perspective. If he became Chen Xing, he would also try his best to lower the price because you are bound to leave the Dragon Kingdom.
“Please make a price.”
Masik sighed.
He really has no choice. Now he is completely unable to spare funds from other companies for assistance, and the Angsa Consortium cannot be contacted. He has become an outcast in the capital game.
“7 billion.”
“7 billion???”
Masik was suddenly startled and stood up subconsciously.
He thought that Chen Xing would cut a big knife, but he didn't expect that it would be 3 billion. This was a direct cut on the aorta!
"I can only offer so much at the moment. Even an additional 100 million will affect the company's operations. If it does not meet your expectations, President Masike, then our business will not be done in a rightful way."
< br>Chen Xing also stood up, as if he was about to issue an eviction order at any time.
Seeing this scene, Masik could only swallow with tears in his stomach, and made a decision: "Okay, 7 billion will be 7 billion. When will the transfer be made?"
He is now There was no other way. In order to raise the expenses for leaving the country, he had to sell it at a very low price. He also made up his mind that he would never step into the Dragon Kingdom in the future.
As for Tesla, he believes that the United States will not let the Longguo brand enter the domestic market, and he can continue to deploy in the United States.
“No rush, we have to inspect the goods first.”
Chen Xing said lightly.
"How to inspect the goods?" Masik asked.
Chen Xing did not hide anything, and told him: "I will send people to the Magic City to systematically record all fixed assets. Only if they meet my inner expectations can I give 7 billion."
"It's up to you to give the final explanation!" Masik complained in his heart, but still smiled and said: "Okay, when will Mr. Chen send someone over?"
"Right away."
< br>"Immediately?"
"Yes, I have someone in the Magic City."
Chen Xing smiled calmly.
Professional things should be left to professional people. In addition to Tesla, this city also has the headquarters of SAIC Motor Corporation.
Since Chen Hong came in, the new chairman of SAIC Motor, Jiang Ye, has a good relationship with Chen Xing. In addition, Longxing Group holds the lifeblood, so it should be no problem for him to help.
"Then what am I waiting for?"
"You go back first and wait for the people over in Magic City to give you the valuation results. It shouldn't be so soon. We will sign the contract then. Contract."
"Okay."
Masik didn't linger either. He came and left as quickly as he came.
Before leaving the office, he looked back at Chen Xing with extremely complicated eyes. He did not expect that he would end up like this.
Looking at Masik’s previous entrepreneurial experience, it can almost be described as perfect.
Not only has private aerospace been realized, but it has also been far-sighted to develop electric vehicles.
But unfortunately, his starlink and brain computer were disrupted by Chen Xing, and now the car can't hold it, leaving only the final aerospace field.
Only those who have experienced ups and downs know that sometimes they know how to let go for the sake of future progress.
......
After Masik left, Chen Xing poured a cup of tea calmly.
No one would have thought that the moment Masik signed the "Betting Agreement" with Modu, his failure was doomed.
As a reborn person, Chen Xing possesses information that no one else knows.
Information equals opportunity, and seizing the opportunity equals taking the initiative.
Perhaps Masik would not have thought that Chen Xing not only knew Tesla was coming to Dragon Kingdom earlier than he did, but also knew that Masik would sign a "Gambling Agreement" with Magic City due to lack of funds. .
From the moment he stepped into the Dragon Kingdom, he was already being targeted by Chen Xing.
“Gulu——”
A cup of tea.
Chen Xing put down the teacup.
It was almost 1 pm now, and the island country time was 2 pm. Saitoi hadn't even called back yet, which made him feel bad.
Is it possible that internal talks have collapsed?
Thinking of this, Chen Xing came to his desk, opened the computer and checked the encrypted mailbox. There were several emails lying quietly inside, all from June Miyazaki.
[After high-level late-night discussions, Finance Minister Ishida Mitsunari turned the tide and was unwilling to let Toyota Group be controlled by Longxing Group. He was afraid that Toyota Group’s own industrial system would be controlled by Longxing Enterprises, which would make Longxing’s The industrial level advanced by leaps and bounds, and there were no checks and balances. After the final vote, Ishida Mitsunari's suggestion was adopted. ]
[There is internal news that some people are discussing secretly splitting off part of the Toyota Group's industries. If the number of unemployed people cannot be solved due to excessive unemployment, they will consider handing over the incomplete Toyota Group to the Longxing Group to take over. ]
[Island companies have begun to strictly check their shareholding ratios, probably because they are afraid of repeating the same mistakes. ]
Chen Xing fell into thinking as the contents of the emails appeared one after another.
He did not expect that the top leaders of the island country would be so decisive and choose to make millions of people unemployed. Can they really resettle them all?
Or...
Are they afraid of blame from the United States?
No matter what the reason is, things have developed into an uncontrollable situation. Now Chen Xing can only let Yao Nana "operate" on the Toyota Group and force the island country to rein in the situation.
"Millions of people are unemployed, millions of families, I am afraid that I will be infamy in the history books of island countries and the West for thousands of years." Chen Xing smiled helplessly, but without too much hesitation, he picked up the phone and found Yao Nana. number.
As a native of the Dragon Kingdom, his first consideration is the interests of his own country.
Only when the interests of the people of your own country are met, the interests of the people of other countries can be considered.
As the saying goes, the crime lies in the present and the merit lies in the future. If the collapse of Toyota Group will trigger a wave of unemployment or even a tsunami, Chen Xing is willing to bear the corresponding consequences.
(End of this chapter)