Great Power Reclamation

Chapter 2821 The Perfect Combination of Two Brothers
In fact, when Warrior Steel went public, Ye Yuze had already signed many confidentiality agreements, and the change of the entire Warrior Group's CEO naturally made things even more troublesome.

Ye Yuze deliberately did not remind Ye Feng of this, mainly because he wanted him to face it all on his own. After all, he grew up in the United States and did not understand many things in the country.

With this experience, at least he will learn a lot. Besides, suffering some setbacks is not a bad thing.

The United States and China have completely different political systems, and Ye Feng is now the head of two giant groups.

The things he will face in the future will only become more and more complicated, and he must have the ability to solve them.

This was also the reason why Ye Yuze was not optimistic about his second son Ye Mao at the beginning, but insisted on handing over the Warrior Group to him.

If Ye Mao was in charge of the Warrior Group, these things would not have happened. It's all because of his identity.

Although a series of agreements were reached with Ye Feng, the relevant departments were obviously still not reassured.

After a series of negotiations, Ye Mao unexpectedly became the shareholder representative of the other party of the Warrior Group and participated in some foreign-related business activities of the Warrior Group.

The original agreement stipulated that they would not participate in the management, but because of Ye Feng's identity, this clause was relaxed.

But we only have the right to make suggestions, not the right to make decisions.

According to Ye Mao's identity, he is not suitable to be the representative, but after considering many aspects and taking Ye Feng's feelings into consideration, this decision was made.

It's a bit funny to say that Ye Mao took the initiative to resign as the chairman of the Warrior Group, but ended up participating in the operation of the Warrior Group in another capacity.

Of course, this kind of participation is only when facing large-scale foreign-related decisions. After all, he is now at the department level and is responsible for the development of new energy across the country.

This is somewhat complementary, especially when it comes to foreign-related issues. Corporate business behavior and government behavior have their own advantages and disadvantages, which makes things simpler.

When Ye Mao returned to the decision-making level of Warrior Group as a shareholder representative, the cold wind from Trondheim, Norway, carrying the chill of the Arctic Circle, was hitting the floor-to-ceiling windows of Ye Feng's Nordic branch in Warrior Group.

At this moment, he is holding an encrypted document in his hand - the EU's latest revised "Green New Deal Industrial Act". On the surface, this bill is intended to promote the transition to clean energy, but in fact it contains clauses that block technology for non-EU companies.

At the same time, Ye Mao was in his office in Kyoto City, Huaxia, staring at the national new energy industry distribution map.

His fingers repeatedly rubbed across the Southeast Asian region - where a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the new energy industry led by American companies is quietly surging.

At a bidding site for a new energy industrial park in a Southeast Asian country, Warrior Group's proposal stood out with its absolute technical advantage, but was shelved at the last minute by the country's Ministry of Energy on the grounds that it "failed to pass the national security review."

Ye Feng frowned during the video conference: "Their technical parameters do not meet our standards at all. This is obviously an artificial limitation."

On the other side of the screen, Ye Mao was reading the secret report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaking in a steady tone:
"There are traces of U.S. capital operations behind this, and we need to find a new angle to break through."

Three days later, Ye Mao led a delegation to attend the ASEAN Clean Energy Summit as a representative of the China New Energy Industry Development Committee.

At the closed-door meeting, he not only demonstrated China's latest breakthrough in photovoltaic thin-film technology, but also put forward a major cooperation plan - China will provide technology and equipment, and ASEAN countries will invest resources to jointly build a cross-border smart grid.

When Ye Mao mentioned the concept of "regional energy community" in his speech, energy ministers from more than 20 countries in the audience raised their mobile phones to take pictures of the slides, while the faces of representatives of American companies sitting in the back row became increasingly gloomy.

At the same time, Ye Feng rang the bell for the listing of Warrior Group's new energy subsidiary at the New York Stock Exchange.

With its advanced solid-state battery technology and global energy storage network, Warrior New Energy's market value soared to US$300 billion on its first day.

But this was only the first step. Ye Feng immediately announced the launch of the "Aurora Project" to build the world's largest hydrogen energy storage base in the Arctic Circle. This move not only cleverly circumvented the EU's review of land projects, but also linked clean energy development with polar scientific research cooperation.

At the International New Energy Exhibition in Munich, Germany, the Warrior Group's booth was arranged in a remote corner.

Ye Feng was well prepared. He invited the former German Minister of Energy to serve as a project consultant.

When the white-haired Professor Schmidt demonstrated the "zero-carbon steelmaking" technology jointly developed by Warrior Group and the Technical University of Munich at the press conference, European media, which had been skeptical about Chinese companies, turned their cameras to the booth.

However, just before the cooperation agreement was about to be signed, an anonymous letter of complaint was sent to the German Federal Ministry of Economics, accusing Warrior Group's technology of having "data security vulnerabilities."

After learning the news, Ye Mao coordinated with the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology overnight and issued a security report certified by an international third-party organization within 48 hours.

At the same time, he promoted the signing of the "New Energy Technology Data Mutual Recognition Agreement" between China and the European Union. This agreement not only helped the Warrior Group out of trouble, but also opened up a channel for data to go overseas for the entire Chinese new energy industry.

Ye Feng struck while the iron was hot and established a European R&D center in Brussels, hiring top local talents at high salaries to deeply integrate technological research and development with localized operations.

In the bidding for the offshore wind power project in the North Sea of ​​the UK, Ye Mao facilitated the signing of the China-UK Clean Energy Partnership Declaration between China and the UK through intergovernmental cooperation.

Ye Feng established a joint venture with local companies using the combination model of "technology + capital + operation and maintenance", and promised to invest part of the profits into new energy education in coastal communities in the UK.

This strategy of government-enterprise collaboration has enabled the Warrior Group to stand out among the many strong competitors in the North Sea project and has won the favor of the European people.

When Ye Feng was preparing to build a super battery factory in Texas, USA, he encountered unprecedented political resistance.

Local lawmakers pushed for legislation to restrict foreign investment in core new energy industries on the grounds that they "may threaten national security."

Ye Mao quickly joined forces with the Ministry of Commerce to initiate trade dispute settlement procedures through the World Trade Organization, and at the same time exposed the US's restrictions on clean energy investment at the United Nations Climate Conference.

Under pressure from international public opinion, the US Congress had to re-examine the relevant bills.

Ye Feng cleverly used his American identity and connections in Silicon Valley to cooperate with top universities such as Stanford University and California Institute of Technology to establish a new energy laboratory.

He also announced that 20% of the factory's equity would be opened to the local community fund. This "benefit sharing" model not only resolved the political crisis, but also made the factory the first foreign-funded project in Texas history to receive the "Green Community Contribution Award."

In South America, Ye Mao promoted the signing of the "Lithium Triangle Development Cooperation Agreement" between China, Brazil and Argentina. The Warrior Group exchanged technology for resources and established the world's largest lithium mining base in the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia.

Ye Feng is responsible for transporting the mined lithium resources to battery factories around the world through Raytheon Group's global supply chain network, forming a complete closed loop of "resources-technology-market". At the Dubai World Expo, the "Future Energy" exhibition area of ​​the China Pavilion has become the global focus.

As a special guest, Ye Mao released the "Global New Energy Connectivity Initiative" here. The "Clean Energy Silk Road" concept proposed in the initiative will connect the new energy bases in the five continents of the world through smart grids.

Ye Feng, as a representative of entrepreneurs, announced that Warrior Group will invest 1000 billion US dollars to build a cross-border energy transmission network.

On the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in Africa, the "Solar Valley" photovoltaic power station complex built with assistance from China was officially connected to the grid and began generating electricity.

The project was provided with core equipment by the Warrior Group, which was also responsible for intelligent operation and maintenance, while Ye Mao secured a long-term, low-interest loan for the project through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

When the first ray of electricity lit up the lights in the West African village, the local chief awarded the Ye brothers with gold medals engraved with "Messenger of Light".

On the giant screen in New York's Times Square, images of Warrior Group's new energy vehicles traveling through the streets of Europe were played in a loop.

Under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Raytheon Group's energy storage system provides clean energy for night landscape lights.

The roof of the Sydney Opera House is covered with flexible solar panels produced by Warrior Group...

These images not only represent commercial success, but also indicate that China's new energy industry has truly taken center stage on the world stage.

At the celebration banquet, Ye Feng raised his glass and looked at Ye Mao: "When you returned as a shareholder representative, I felt constrained. Now I understand that only when the 'visible hand' and the 'invisible hand' are held together can miracles be created."

Ye Mao responded with a smile: "This is not the end, but a new starting point for Huaxia New Energy to change the world."

Outside the window, the city lights and the stars in the sky complement each other, just like the magnificent global new energy blueprint they have jointly drawn, which is extending towards a broader future.

When the names of the Ye brothers began to appear frequently in the "Global Energy Transformation Drivers" column of The Economist, new challenges were already surging in the deep sea like undercurrents.

An oil-producing country in the Middle East suddenly announced the termination of its photovoltaic project cooperation with Warrior Group and instead signed an agreement with a European company. The apparent reason was "differences in technical standards", but in fact it was American companies that were pushing for "energy geopolitical restructuring" behind the scenes.

At the same time, the EU imposed temporary tariffs on energy storage equipment exported from China in the name of "anti-subsidy investigation" in an attempt to buy a breathing space for local companies.

Ye Feng flew back to China from Silicon Valley overnight. In the holographic conference room at the Warrior Group headquarters, three-dimensional projection presented the situation of the global new energy market in the form of dynamic charts.

"They are trying to strangle both the supply side and the market side."

Ye Feng's finger slid across the virtual map of the Middle East. "But the Middle East is not a monolithic entity."

Ye Mao pulled up the latest intelligence analysis from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "The Saudi Crown Prince is promoting the 'Vision 2030'. They need clean energy technology that can really be implemented, not contracts for political showmanship."

The two quickly worked out a "divide and conquer" strategy. Ye Feng personally flew to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and brought an independent assessment report issued by the Cambridge University Energy Institute to show the Saudi Minister of Energy the Warrior Group's tower molten salt energy storage technology.

This technology allows solar power stations to provide continuous power at night, perfectly solving the problem of intermittent energy supply in desert areas.

At the same time, Ye Mao held consultations with the visiting Saudi ambassador to China in Beijing, promoting the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Clean Energy Technology Transfer between the two countries, and pledged to help Saudi Arabia establish a local new energy research and development center.

While Ye Feng witnessed the groundbreaking of the first million-kilowatt photovoltaic power station built by Warrior Group in the Saudi desert, Ye Mao gave an unconventional speech at the EU headquarters in Brussels.

Instead of directly refuting the anti-subsidy allegations, he presented a set of shocking data.

The annual R&D expenditure invested by China New Energy Enterprises exceeds the total of all similar enterprises in the European Union.

For every 1% increase in the European market share of Warrior Group’s energy storage equipment, local households’ electricity bills will be reduced by 0.3%.

The speech sparked heated discussions through global live broadcast, and public pressure forced the EU to reassess the feasibility of trade sanctions.

In South America, the Ye brothers staged a "double act" drama.

As the rotating chairman of the "New Energy Alliance for South-South Cooperation", Ye Mao promoted Brazil, Chile and other countries to sign the "Amazon Clean Energy Corridor Agreement".

Ye Feng led the Warrior Group to build the world's largest biomass power plant on the edge of the Amazon rainforest using the "technology for resources" model.

In order to eliminate the concerns of local indigenous people about ecological damage, Ye Feng specially hired a team of anthropologists to design a "zero deforestation energy development plan", and used 15% of the project's proceeds for the rainforest protection fund.

This innovative model not only won recognition from the United Nations Environment Programme, but also completely thwarted the carefully planned "environmental protest" plan by American companies.

As the global new energy landscape expands, the Ye brothers have begun to turn their attention to more cutting-edge fields.

Under the leadership of Ye Feng, Warrior Group acquired the MIT's controlled nuclear fusion laboratory, attempting to overcome the last barrier to the commercialization of the "artificial sun".

Ye Mao promoted the establishment of the "Global New Energy Standards Committee" to gradually transform China's technical specifications in the fields of smart grids, electric vehicle fast charging, etc. into international standards.

In Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, the "Asia-Africa Energy Bridge" project jointly promoted by the Ye brothers was officially launched.

This submarine cable across the Red Sea will connect East Africa's wind power resources with the Arabian Peninsula's photovoltaic energy, forming the world's first cross-border clean energy trading hub.

When the first beam of electricity crossed the ocean, the Director-General of the International Energy Agency said with emotion: "This is not only a victory of technology, but also the birth of a new global energy governance model."

Standing on the dock of Djibouti Port, looking at the offshore wind power plant under construction in the distance, Ye Feng and Ye Mao smiled at each other.

The frictions and adjustments that were once caused by differences in status have long since turned into a tacit understanding of fighting side by side.

They believe that in just ten years, not only will the Warrior Group be built into a super aircraft carrier in the field of new energy, but "Made in China" will also become synonymous with the global clean energy revolution.

And this is just the prologue to their rewriting of the world's energy landscape.

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