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Chapter 205 This Is Not a Surprise, It's a Joke

When Craig woke up, he saw several familiar faces.

"Mr. Craig, you're awake."

His subordinates asked with concern.

Several other people also turned to look at him, some greeted him with concern, some continued to be silent, and some were on the phone.

Craig blinked, looked around, saw the familiar environment in the luxury private room, gradually regained consciousness, and slowly remembered what happened before the coma.

"Mr. Craig, you have just been unconscious for a few minutes. I have already called an ambulance, and it should arrive soon. You should not move around for now."

His subordinate continued.

Craig ignored his body, grabbed his subordinate's wrist, and subconsciously exhausted all his strength, so that the young and strong subordinate felt obvious pain.

He stared fixedly at his subordinates, like a drowning man seeing a life-saving straw, and asked with hope in his eyes:
"There is no so-called upgraded version of Thor's battery. I think I remembered it wrong, or you deliberately joked, right?"

The blond young man was silent for a while.

Craig suddenly shouted:

"Tell me! Right?!"

His voice was already hoarse, and there were still spots of blood on his collar and chest. Coupled with his distorted expression, he seemed to have a murderous aura that wanted to devour others.

The blond young man was stunned by his appearance for a moment, and didn't know how to speak for a moment.

Others also turned their heads to look over.

One of them sighed and said, "It's true, Apocalypse Energy did release an upgraded version of the Thor battery, and they named it the Thor One battery."

Craig turned to look at the man, and murmured, "Then why was there no news before? They didn't even hold a press conference for this?"

"perhaps……"

The man looked at Krech hesitantly, and then said softly:

"...They just think that the upgraded version of the Thor battery is not worth holding a special press conference."

"After all, the special press conferences held before are basically products that disrupt the industry. Although Raytheon One is powerful, it is only based on the upgrade of Raytheon batteries. For Tianqi Group, this product may not be very important. "

Craig's eyes were blank, and he subconsciously let go of his hand, and his whole body was like a deflated ball, leaning weakly on the back of the chair.

Thor No. [-], which beat him until he vomited blood, is really not worth mentioning to Tianqi Group.

This gap made him completely desperate.

Originally, if the nine major car companies hadn't made a fuss, they would have cooperated with the Tianqi Group and had some soup with the Tianqi Group like other car companies. They might not be able to reproduce their previous glory, but at least they could survive steadily.

But they are tossing about.

The nine major car companies have almost exhausted their background, and they barely developed a backward product, which was completely crushed in front of Thor One.

On the contrary, the vitality was exhausted.

Although the launch of Zeus battery has broken the market monopoly position of Raytheon battery, it is of great significance to all countries and major car companies.

But in the capital market, no one cares about their illusory significance, and only cares about whether it can bring actual benefits.

In addition to the nine major car companies, will anyone else consider using Zeus batteries?
Even if the nine major car companies use Zeus batteries, they will not be competitive in the market. Not only will it not help the promotion of Zeus batteries, but it will also drag the automotive industry.

But if no one uses it, so what is the significance of the developed Zeus battery?
The nine major car companies invested a lot of money in the research and development of Zeus batteries. If they cannot recover the cost, they may face bankruptcy.

There are also twelve power battery factories that have just been established. Is it possible to spend money to support them?

Thinking of these, Krech only felt that the future was dark.

Junma Company's capital chain has already encountered difficulties, and now it is only hoped that the release of the Zeus battery will make the company's stock price rebound and make shareholders optimistic, and it is not impossible to continue to increase capital.

If all goes as they imagined, the financial problem can be easily resolved.

But now something went wrong.

The news about Thor-[-] may not have spread yet, and when the shareholders of the company know that they have invested so much money in succession to develop an outdated product, they will definitely be furious, and his job may not be guaranteed.

Moreover, such a failed investment is also extremely bad news for the stock market, which will definitely cause the stock price to plummet further.

The problem of the capital chain, combined with this series of blows, may cause the Junma Automobile, which has a history of more than 100 years, to go bankrupt.

unless……

"Unless we focus on the lower end of the market."

At this time, a voice came from the crowd.

Craig and other executives turned their heads and saw that the person speaking was the founder and CEO of Lattes, Nusk.

"You go out first, let them wait when the ambulance comes, I will check later."

Craig waved his hand, motioning for the blond young man to step back. The latter nodded in understanding, then exited the private room and gently closed the door.

Nusk glanced at everyone, and continued: "For the current plan, we have no way to turn back. We can only find a way out if we go to the extreme on the low-end route."

"Xinneng Company is a joint venture established by us. Although it is also a separate company, we can ignore its profitability and supply our nine major car companies at cost prices."

"This extreme cost reduction, coupled with the gap in import tariffs, allows our car costs to be able to suppress other car companies locally."

"The most important thing in the low-end market is cost performance. As long as our price is low enough, we can cover up many shortcomings in performance, allowing us to survive well in the local low-end market."

"The same low-end car, Longguo car costs 11, if we only need [-], even if the battery is not as good as the other party's, so what?"

"It will still be welcome."

"After all, the Zeus battery is only completely behind in terms of performance parameters. It is still a solid-state battery in essence. The core safety and high and low temperature stability are not much different from the Raytheon battery. It is not impossible to compete with it."

"Moreover, as long as the normal operation of the new energy company is guaranteed, we can still apply for policy support."

"It can also help us."

Hearing this, the others looked at each other.

They ain't no one thought of that.

However, this kind of competition is not just about a certain model or a few models taking the route of extreme cost performance, but it means that the entire company will adopt a low-end strategy in an all-round way.

Because at that time, everyone will have a perception in their hearts - Zeus batteries are low-end, and Thor batteries are high-end.

An entry-level car with a price of around [-] dragon coins is fine. Users mainly focus on the price-performance ratio. As long as the overall performance is not too different, the price is the decisive factor.

But once entering the mid-to-high-end market, the gap of [-] to [-] Dragon Coins is not very important in the eyes of many people when there is a gap in core technology and brand power.

Just like the people of Longguo chasing horses, Mercedes-Benz and other famous brands before, with the same configuration, it doesn't matter even if it costs an extra 20 or [-].

The same is true for users in other countries.

Now the mainstream in the world is the Longguo car, and the high-end technology is the Raytheon battery, so what if it costs tens of thousands more?
value!
Craig and others know in their hearts that once they focus on the low-end market and take the route of extreme cost performance, it will further deepen the inherent impression of users. It will be as difficult as heaven to change users' perceptions and return to the high-end market in the future!

The most important thing is that taking the route of extreme cost performance means that the profit is very meager, and you can only earn some hard money in the future. It is estimated that you have to find a way to reduce worker benefits and shrink various expenses in order to increase the company's profit as much as possible.

Otherwise, the financial report data will not look good, and it will be a disaster for several of their major car companies.

But with the existence of workers' unions, they may have a lot of trouble cutting wages and benefits.

Everyone is hesitant.

One of them was full of unwillingness: "Damn it! It's rare to be the same as those Asians..."

This speaks out from everyone's heart.

Over the years, they have been accustomed to making money from a high position. They only need to tell stories and show off their brands, and people in backward areas will wave a lot of money and chase their products with excitement and longing.

Even though they have gradually retreated in front of Longguo Automobile for more than a year, they have never thought about reducing too much profit, and only rely on cost performance to make money.

In their view, this is something only poor enterprises in backward areas will do.

Just like a gold-collar who thinks he is superior, even if he is unemployed, he will not do the coolie work that he once looked down upon.

Nusk snorted disdainfully.

"indecisive!"

"It's already reached the critical point of life and death, and you are still putting on airs. Do you think it is the situation of leading technology in the past?"

"If you can't make up your mind, go back and wait for the board of directors to make a decision. Let's discuss it together. The Zeus battery is owned by everyone, and everyone's strategic planning should be synchronized, so that it is beneficial to everyone's development."

"My opinion is to lower your profile and adopt a low-end strategy, survive first, and then follow up. As for you, go back and discuss it yourself."

"That's all, farewell!"

With that, Nusk turned to leave.

At this time, another person suddenly asked:
"Will the press conference be held tomorrow?"

Nusk stumbled.

The others were also stunned.

They excitedly made an appointment with the media before, saying that they would hold a grand press conference and set off a new trend all over the world.

They also deliberately sold it out and held it only in the name of Zhanma Motors. They planned to wait for the media to arrive before everyone showed up together to surprise the whole world and shock Tianqi Energy.

But now.

Apocalypse Energy nonchalantly issued an announcement on its official website, announcing the launch of Thor-[-], which is much more powerful than the Zeus battery.

The nine major car companies released Zeus batteries with much fanfare?
What's so surprising about this?
It simply made the whole world laugh!

(End of this chapter)