Technology company, I will become the light of China!

The island nation of Tokyo.

FSA Financial Services Agency headquarters building.

When the automotive industry was in a collective uproar, Saito I also learned that the pilot 001 car would hold a press conference soon.

At this moment, his face looked ugly, as if he had eaten a pound of dead flies, and his eyes were fixed on the preview blog video in front of him.

this moment.

He thought of a possibility.

That is, the threats made by Japanese automobile groups such as Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and Mitsubishi to withdraw from the Longguo market and move their factories to Southeast Asian countries have no effect on Longguo at all.

"Could it be that I'm going to end up making things worse?" Saito I didn't dare to think about it, nor did he want to believe it.

Originally, he wanted to use the withdrawal of Japanese cars from the Longguo market to put pressure on the Longxing Group, so that Chen Xing would sit down and negotiate with them and give up interfering in and sniping at the island country's economy.

It really worked at the beginning, and the unemployment rate in Longguo was soaring.

But now?

Longxing Group has really developed an electric car.

If the island nation is a top player in terms of fuel vehicles, then it is the last in terms of electric vehicles.

According to the scientific and technological research and development directions announced by the island country, lithium batteries have never been deeply explored as automotive power batteries. The "new energy vehicles" they are researching are hydrogen energy.

What is Hydrogen?
Anyone who has attended nine years of compulsory education knows that water is a compound composed of hydrogen and oxygen, with a chemical formula of HO. Each water molecule is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom connected by a covalent bond.

The hydrogen fuel needed for hydrogen energy batteries can be decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis.

The decomposed hydrogen is a colorless, odorless gas that is insoluble in water at room temperature and pressure. It is extremely flammable and its calorific value is about three times that of gasoline.

So can hydrogen-powered cars run?
Can run!

Is it green and environmentally friendly?
Very green and environmentally friendly!
But it has a fatal flaw, that is, when the hydrogen energy battery is squeezed and deformed, it does not spontaneously combust, but explodes directly.

That’s right, it exploded directly!

To put it more simply, hydrogen energy batteries are equivalent to "hydrogen bombs". If you dare to hit it, it will explode in front of you.

This is also why the West and China did not choose hydrogen energy to build new energy vehicles, but instead chose electric power.

If a lithium battery is hit, squeezed or deformed, it will at most spontaneously combust, which gives you time to escape.

But hydrogen energy batteries are different. This is equivalent to detonating a bomb. Not to mention ordinary people, even the sprinter Bolt would have to suffer a bitter defeat.

"If new energy is a major trend, we must keep up with the progress."

After much deliberation, Saito I decided to go to the Toyota Group to find out the specific research and development progress of hydrogen energy batteries.

And at the same time.

After staying in a star-rated hotel in Shenzhen for nearly ten days, Miyazaki Jun'e, the eldest daughter of Miyazaki Yu, the president of Neon Telegraph Communications Company, also received a call from her father.

"it is good."

"I see."

"I will continue to pay attention to the launch of the Pilot 001 car. If the sales volume meets expectations, I will immediately contact Chen Xing to discuss cooperation."

Miyazaki Jun'e answered very straightforwardly without any hesitation. She knew very well what it meant for Dragon Country's domestically produced cars to stand up.

As an island country, Neon Island has extremely scarce real estate resources.

Then why can it become a developed country?

You know, China, with its vast territory and abundant resources, is still just a developing country.

The reason is actually very simple, that is, the island country industrialized early, and its technology reserves and talent training are at the forefront of the world.

After the end of S2, even though it was defeated, it did not decline. Instead, it quickly recovered and achieved the heavy chemical industry and economic take-off by introducing foreign patented technologies and equipment.

During the 20s and 60s, the Neon Island nation's average annual economic growth exceeded 70%, becoming the world's third largest economy.

To put it more bluntly, the island country industrialized earlier, has technological advantages, and achieved economic growth by exporting products.

Among the products exported by the island country, automobiles account for a very large share.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the island country's automobile industry is destroyed, its foreign trade economy will collapse instantly.

Seeing Miyazaki Jun'e's straightforward answer, Miyazaki Yu reminded her earnestly, "Remember, this is related to whether our family can continue to prosper."

"I see."

Miyazaki Jun'e nodded in response.

As the call ended, she walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the hotel, looking at the hustle and bustle of the night scene below, feeling more and more melancholy.

How to choose between country and family?
……

When the power of the island countries was surging, the financial groups of various Western countries held seminars to assess the impact of the car manufacturing by Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Dami Company.

To outsiders, a car is just a car, but to insiders, a car is more than just a car, it represents the industrial level of a country.

If a country can build cars independently, then it has the ability to build airplanes, tanks and warships.

Among the 197 sovereign countries in the world, only less than seven can independently build cars. They are the United States, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, South Korea, and the last one, China.

Needless to say, these six countries, namely the United States, Germany, Italy, France, Japan and South Korea, almost monopolize the global automobile market.

As for the last Dragon Country, it has only had an independent car manufacturing system in recent years, but it does not have any outstanding brands, and joint venture cars basically dominate the domestic market.

If Linghang Automobile breaks the joint venture situation, no one dares to imagine whether Longguo will rise and become a true super industrial power.

New York, USA.

666 Wall Street.

After Davic suspended his plan to falsify economic data, he was not idle. As soon as he learned that Chen Xing was going to hold a car launch conference, he made video calls with the two CEOs of General Motors Group and Ford Motor Group.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Davitch." General Motors CEO Noemi Paz was the first to greet.

He was a middle-aged man with no eyebrows, a bald head, and a slightly pointed head. He looked very fierce at first glance.

"Mr. Davechi, what do you want to talk to us about?" Ford Motor CEO Robyn Gifford didn't beat around the bush and chose to get straight to the point.

As Longxing Group was about to hold a press conference to launch its electric vehicle, car companies all over the world were in chaos, and he was in no mood to chat with Davic.

"Good afternoon, everyone. Do you know about the Longxing Group?" Davic didn't waste any time and got straight to business.

"Are you looking for us to discuss the Longxing Group?"

Robbien Gifford inquired.

"Yes." Davic did not deny it, but directly made a request: "I hope you can go to Longguo in person to attend the Longxing Group's electric vehicle launch conference, and then quickly take countermeasures."

He didn't want to suffer the same loss in 2014 again in 2016.

If they had reacted in time and joined forces with Gaotong to put Longxing Technology to death, there would be no Longxing Group today.

Every failure makes one wiser, and he wants to make sure that the pilot car dies in its infancy.

"..."

After a few seconds of silence, General Motors CEO Noemi Paz took the lead and said, "Since Mr. Davechi has said so, I will go there in person."

To be honest, he is not optimistic about pilot cars and electric cars.

In his opinion, manufacturing cars requires technological accumulation. Can the cars made by Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Dami Company, three non-professional companies, threaten the status of traditional car companies?

Four words.

Arabian Nights!

Robbien Gifford does not look down on new car companies like Noemi Paz, but he also does not think that so-called electric cars can replace fuel cars, but he still has to give them the respect they deserve.

"I will go there myself."

After getting the answers from the two, Davic asked the most concerned question: "Do you think that new energy vehicles driven by electricity can threaten the status of fuel vehicles?"

"No."

"No way."

The two rejected it in unison, and then Robyn Gifford answered: "The internal combustion engine is the soul of the car."

“That’s right,” Noémie Paz quickly agreed, expressing her own thoughts: “If a car loses its internal combustion engine, it is equivalent to losing its soul.”

In their opinion, as long as one is a man, he cannot resist the roar of the engine. This is the romance that belongs only to men.

Electric car?

It's just a crooked way!

"That's good." With the opinions expressed by two knowledgeable CEOs, Davic breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Chen Xing would overturn the automotive industry again, which was what he least wanted to see.

……

Time flies, and with the arrival of the Longxing Shopping Festival on January 1, the connections Chen Xing has accumulated began to come into play.

Taowu.com and Wangdong Platform have successively launched special promotions to provide extra traffic support for Longxing Group's products.

只过去了不到5分钟的时间，龙兴X3、极客X2、天语X1和璀璨X2四款主流手机就卖出了20亿的销售额，其他配件产品，如耳机、空气净化器、空调、净水器同样享受平台的优惠。

In addition to Taowu.com and Wang Dong's platform, ByteDance's Douyin platform was even more thoughtful and created a promotional pop-up window for the Longxing Shopping Festival. All users who clicked on Douyin must watch at least 1 second of the advertisement before entering the software.

In addition, Penguin Company also created pop-up ads on mobile QQ, and you must watch the 1-second ad before you can enter the list.

With the overwhelming publicity across the entire network, the concept of Longxing Shopping Festival has gradually been "implanted" into the minds of users.

Don’t think it’s an exaggeration. You should know that Double 11, Double 12, and Women’s Day are all concepts deliberately created by online shopping platforms themselves.

Take Singles’ Day on November 11 for example. Before shopping platforms flourished, who knew that Singles’ Day was on November 11th?
Another example is Women’s Day on March 3. In order to please girls, even the name of the holiday was changed to Goddess Day, just to encourage girls to shop. On this day, facial masks, cosmetics and bags are the best-selling items.

While users are shopping, countless netizens are waiting for news.

You should know that some time ago, Longxing Group issued a statement saying that it would hold a press conference for Linghang Automobile on January 1.

Now, almost half a month has passed, and even the venue of the press conference has not been announced, and everyone is speculating whether it has been postponed.

At this time, the Weibo platform square also gathered millions of people for discussion.

[Invincible Kitty]: "It's January 1th already. When will Mr. Chen hold the press conference? I want to buy a pink car!"

[社會你毛哥]: "It's been ten days and the official blog hasn't updated the progress. Could it be that the birth is difficult and they don't plan to hold a press conference?"

[I Am God]: "Mr. Chen, please don't let me down. I specially gave my dad 100 million gold coins to buy your car!"

[Second Brother of the Street Fighting Group]: "Fuck, 100 million gold coins, rich brother, look at me, I am willing to be your little car~"

Among netizens' discussions, the entry "Linghang Automobile failed to deliver?" appeared in the top 30 of the hot search list, which prompted Yao Nana to urgently inform Chen Xing beside her of the situation.

Longxing Group headquarters base.

Office building.

In the marketing department's office, Chen Xing and other members of the marketing department were waiting for the one-hour sales data and net profit of the Longxing Shopping Festival.

The current Longxing Group is much bigger than before. It has four series of mobile phones: Longxing, Geek, Tianyu and Brilliant.

Home appliances include air conditioners, water purifiers, dishwashers, water heaters, televisions, humidifiers, air purifiers, sweeping robots, etc.

Digital accessories also include sports bracelets, Bluetooth headsets, noise-canceling headphones, wireless chargers, mobile phone cases, mobile phone films, etc.

In addition to physical products, Longxing Group also sells insurance products.

For example, mobile phone insurance, home appliance insurance, personal safety accident insurance, major illness medical insurance, critical illness insurance, travel insurance, etc.

It is no exaggeration to say that the products under Longxing Group now cover all aspects of life.

"Jingle Bell--"

The alarm clock rings.

"The one-hour data is out." The employee in charge of the data raised his voice to remind.

"How many?"

Chen Xing asked quickly.

"The total sales of the official stores on the two major shopping platforms in one hour was 1 billion, and the net profit was about 203 billion."

"good."

Chen Xing had a clear idea in his mind.

Without launching any new products, they can generate tens of billions in revenue just by relying on subsidies. Apart from Longxing Group, which other company can do this?
Since there is popularity, we naturally need to make use of it. Chen Xing looked at Yao Nana and said, "Announce the time of the press conference and generate some heat."

"clear."

Yao Nana nodded.

After receiving specific instructions, she personally took up the operations position, sent out the manuscripts that had been prepared long ago, and immediately contacted the official operations of multiple platforms, asking them to manually provide traffic support.

"Ding dong!"

this moment.

Countless fans who follow the official Weibo account of Longxing Group have seen new blog post notifications pop up in the notification bar above their phones.

Not only Weibo, but also Toutiao, Penguin News, and the short video platform with the largest traffic, TikTok, have popped up update prompts.

When I clicked on the update prompt, the text was very brief, with only 6 words.

[Today, we are ready to go!]
The short copy also comes with a video, which is only 4 minutes long.

When you click on the video, a pair of car lights suddenly light up in the originally dark screen, and then the surrounding lights light up one by one.

"boom--"

With the roar of the engine, the Pilot 001 car drove out of the garage, and the video camera immediately gave a bird's-eye view. From the bird's-eye view, it was in a closed racing venue.

The moment we entered the race track, the car speed began to soar.

30 kilometers.

70 kilometers.

100 kilometers.

Gradually, vehicles from other companies appeared in front of us. The first one was BYD, the second one was Honda, the third one was Toyota, the fourth one was Mercedes-Benz, and the fifth one was BMW...

As the camera turned, we saw cars of rival competitors in a fierce chase with Linghang 001. One car after another was overtaken by Linghang 001 and left far behind.

When it crossed the finish line, you could clearly see that the speed of the Pilot 001 was as high as 310 kilometers per hour, far exceeding the maximum speed of ordinary cars.

"squeak--"

The tires rubbed against the ground, leaving a long tire mark.

After a cool drift parking, the driver's door slowly opened and a man in a racing suit got out of the car. The video camera immediately gave a close-up.

He took off his helmet, revealing his handsome face, and said to the camera: "Hello everyone, I am Chen Xing. At 1 pm on January 25th, at the Shenzhen International Racing Circuit, I will hold a press conference for the Pilot 2 car and review its performance and features through live broadcast. Let's meet there."

The continuous warm-up and the final decision to set the venue for the press conference at the Shenzhen International Racing Circuit, even a fool could tell what Chen Xing was trying to do.

Shenzhen Huaqiangbei.

Lin Xiaolong watched the video and said with tears in his eyes: "Boss Chen, you are going to kill me by crossing over to other industries. You even do the evaluation yourself!"

However, he couldn't help but admire that Chen Xing's move was truly amazing.

The most difficult thing for new car companies to guarantee is product quality, and domestic car owners are indeed scared by the uneven quality of domestically produced cars.

But what about Chen Xing?

No joke, self-assessment on the spot!
This is equivalent to being a review host, showing the advantages and disadvantages of the vehicle to the audience without any fuss.

What is this called?
Absolute confidence!
"drop!"

When Lin Xiaolong was about to cry but had no tears left, a text message popped up on his phone.

[Hello Mr. Lin, we, Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company, and Dami Company sincerely invite you to attend the "2016 Linghang 001 Automobile Release Conference" to witness the launch of the first domestically produced new energy vehicle. You can send "8" within 1 hours of receiving the text message to confirm.]
"Fuck!"

"I'm invited!"

Lin Xiaolong was extremely surprised and immediately replied "1", then quickly figured out what clothes he should wear tomorrow.

Since it is a racing track and the stands are somewhat dangerous, Chen Xing did not sell tickets to the public. Instead, he adopted an internal invitation method and invited celebrities from all walks of life.

……

12 hours passed in the blink of an eye.

At noon.

The sun is not as hot as in summer, because of its existence, it dispels the coldness of winter and makes the earth warm.

The Shenzhen International Racing Circuit was now surrounded by crowds of people.

In order to avoid congestion and stampedes, police officers arrived at the scene to maintain order.

The traffic police also implemented regional traffic control on the road leading to the Shenzhen International Racing Circuit, guiding private vehicles to bypass the relevant sections.

In order to find out the truth, a large number of car company CEOs have appeared one after another.

BYD CEO, Wang Fu.

SAIC Group CEO, Chen Hong.

GAC Group CEO, Zeng Hong.

In addition to the CEOs of domestic car companies, the CEOs of foreign car companies also arrived.

People like BMW Group CEO Nagel, Mercedes-Benz Group CEO Olaf Reiter, Audi Group CEO Dussmeier, Honda Group President Kazuki Otaki, and Toyota Group President Takahiro Saikawa all arrived at the scene.

Even Tesla Group CEO Marc Masick, a competitor in new energy vehicles, came to the Shenzhen International Racing Circuit.

It is no exaggeration to say that this new car launch conference brought together decision-makers from the entire automobile manufacturing circle.

"It's Chen Hong, the CEO of SAIC Group!"

"I'm not mistaken. Masike is here too, as is Wang Fu from BYD. That guy seems to be a kid from an island country. Could he be Otaki Ikki, the CEO of Honda Group?"

"That's him. He spoke at the last car exchange forum!"

"Nagel, Olaf Zeit, Robbien Gifford and Noemi Paz are all here. My goodness, all the big names in the entire car industry came to watch the launch of the Pilot 001 offline. It's so impressive!"

The audience around were all surprised to see so many car industry bigwigs gathered together, and they all took photos and posted them on their Moments.

And at the same time.

The terror of "huge purchases" is allowing Linghang 001 Automobile to dominate the entire Dragon Country Internet. Countless events piled up on the front page headlines, ruthlessly washing the eyes of netizens.

"There are only 001 minutes left before the launch of the Linghang 40. More than 20 car company CEOs have gathered at the Shenzhen International Speed ​​Racing Circuit. Can the Linghang 001 hold the whole place?"

"The launch of the Pilot 001 is about to be held. Which one will be better, the electric-powered car or the fuel-powered car?"

"Have solid-state batteries been successfully developed? Have there been any new breakthroughs in lithium battery safety? Can electric vehicles replace fuel vehicles? Who will have the last laugh at this conference?"

With the crazy posting of marketing accounts and internet trolls, the topic of "Electric Vehicles VS Fuel Vehicles" also appeared on the Weibo hot search list along with the "Pilot 001 Launch Conference", with the popularity exceeding 1.7 million, which is equivalent to tens of millions of people paying attention.

The live broadcast room of Longxing Group’s official Weibo account was also opened when the popularity was at its highest.

All of a sudden.

A large number of spectators flocked in.

“Has the press conference started yet?”

"Damn it, you don't know how terrifying it was offline just now. All the bigwigs in the entire automotive industry are here. I don't know if Mr. Chen can withstand the pressure and reshuffle the automotive industry!"

"If you don't understand, just ask, where is Mr. Chen? Where is my idol, Mr. Chen?"

"I like the appearance of the Linghang 001 very much. As long as the configuration is not too bad and the price is not too expensive, I can still support one."

"I'll tell you the number, 9.9, here's the link!"

"9.9, do you think they are selling fake goods? 9.9 can only buy a low-end commuter car, it is basically impossible to buy a coupe."

The barrage of comments continued to appear, and the number of people in the live broadcast room continued to increase. In less than 10 minutes, it had reached 97 people, only 100 short of 3 million people watching online.

At the Shenzhen International Racing Circuit, in the underground garage, Chen Xing was wearing a red racing suit and holding a racing helmet in his right hand.

Although the Pilot 001 is not a professionally designed sports car, he mentioned at the beginning of the design that it should be given certain sports car performance.

In other words, the Pilot 001 is a vehicle between a family sedan and a sports coupe.

"Mr. Chen, are you ready?" asked a staff member of the Shenzhen International Speed ​​Racing Circuit. He then reminded him, "Turn right after you exit the garage and enter the racetrack. The end of the lap will be the venue you have arranged for the speech."

"correct."

He suddenly thought of something and looked at the short boy on the side and said, "His name is Ajie. He is your guide. If you accidentally drive into another track, he can help guide you out."

"Hello, Mr. Chen."

"Hello."

The two shook hands and after a brief acquaintance, Ajie looked at the time and said, "It's 25 minutes to 2 o'clock. Mr. Chen, isn't your press conference at 2 o'clock? We should leave."

"it is good."

Chen Xing responded, put on a fully enclosed safety helmet with a dragon totem printed on it, and then sat neatly in the driver's seat.

Ajie trotted to the passenger seat, quickly opened the door and got in.

"Bang bang——"

The car door is closed.

The moment Chen Xing started the car, the staff of Shenzhen International Racing Circuit made a gesture for departure.

Ajie was afraid that Chen Xing didn't understand, so he held the armrest above the car door with his right hand and quickly reminded him, "You can go now, Mr. Chen."

(End of this chapter)