Technology company, I will become the light of China!

"monopoly?"

"Sue Chen Xing for monopoly?"

"Oh my God, this is a great idea. This is the real way to take down Pilot 001. Masike, you are so smart."

"Even if we can't get the Linghang 001 out of the market, as long as we can increase its price and return it to a normal range, it will be our victory."

Masike's word "monopoly" completely ignited the atmosphere in the dinner box, and they all seemed to have found an outlet for venting.

Those who have never done business may not understand that "monopoly" is not allowed in any country, at least not at the legal level.

Because monopoly means having pricing power, which will result in commodity prices no longer being constrained by the market, but entirely based on personal wishes.

For example, before 1870, diamonds were a mineral resource more scarce than gold and were favored by many royal families.

At that time, a 3-carat diamond ring could be exchanged for 4 tons of gold, and it was gold without diamonds, because there were very few natural diamond mines that could cut 3-carat diamonds.

However, in 1870, miners in South Africa accidentally discovered a super diamond mine, exposing the diamond reserves inside. The royal family, who got the inside information at the first time, felt that the "scarcity" had disappeared and they were no longer keen on wearing diamonds.

Just when diamonds were about to depreciate sharply, several diamond dealers around the world came together to form De Beers, which directly bought the super diamond mine in South Africa and restricted mining, making diamonds still scarce around the world. They also used advertisements to associate diamond rings with love, and reaped the benefits of the company for more than a century.

For more than a century, De Beers made a fortune by artificially manipulating diamond prices.

Of course.

The fact that we can make so much money is also thanks to advertising.

The saying “diamonds are forever” not only binds diamonds to love, but even though diamonds can be artificially synthesized today, there are still a large number of newlyweds willing to pay thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars to buy a real diamond ring, paying the “loyalty fee” for their love.

In addition to the diamond monopoly, there is also the example of the vitamin C monopoly.

Yes!

Vitamin C can also be monopolized.

In the 3s and 100s, there were only three pharmaceutical companies in the world that could produce vitamin C, namely Roche in Switzerland, BASF in Germany and Takeda in the island country.

After the three groups jointly purchased the patented technology of Lei's chemical extraction method, they quickly established the Vitamin C Alliance and began to drive up the price of vitamin C.

At its highest price, one kilogram of vitamin C cost $26. You have to remember that was $26 in the s and s, which is equivalent to two to three thousand yuan if converted to today.

A kilogram of vitamin C costs two to three thousand yuan. You can imagine how huge the profits are from the monopoly.

Precisely because of the huge profits, most countries in the world have antitrust laws, the purpose of which is to prevent the recurrence of similar monopoly cases such as diamonds and vitamin C.

"If we really sue for monopoly, maybe we can really bring Chen Xing down." Chen Hong lowered her voice and passed the message to Zeng Hong beside her.

“Who will be the first to come forward?”

Upon hearing this, Zeng Hong immediately asked in a low voice.

"I feel that Masike will be the first to take action. Otherwise, he wouldn't be in a hurry to get so many people to set up this plan." Tang Ruiyang, the president of Changan Group, heard the conversation between the two and also lowered his voice to express his own views.

Since the entire box was divided into several small teams, they were all talking to each other, and not many people paid attention to the conversation between Chen Hong and others.

"Cough cough."

Masike coughed twice, signaling for silence, and then tried again, "What do you think? How about suing Chen Xing and his gang for monopoly?"

"it is good!"

"very good!"

“I definitely support it!”

As soon as Masike finished speaking, the CEOs of the foreign companies in the box and the presidents of the Longguo car companies all spoke up to express their opinions.

Now they are a community of interests, bound together by common interests, and the three companies, Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Dami Company, are their enemies.

"A luxury car with million-level performance is only sold for more than 200,000 yuan. Even if they haven't formed a monopoly, they have already shown signs of doing so. I believe that the antitrust laws of countries around the world will not sit idly by." Honda Group President Otaki Kazuki glanced at the audience and expressed his views.

"That's right, as long as we make it raise its price, we will win." Toyota Group CEO Takahiro Saikawa also expressed his own point of view.

The moment the two finished their story, everyone in the box nodded in agreement.

The fact that they are sitting here has actually shown them their attitude and position long ago.

This is just like circles. Whether in school or in society, basically no one deliberately clamors to form a circle, but people will gradually form small groups in the process of getting along with each other. The reason is that "birds of a feather flock together."

"Who will sue then?"

Chen Hong plucked up the courage to ask.

His sudden shout not only attracted the attention of everyone in the box, but also caused many people to frown.

If there is a chain of contempt at this dinner, then the CEOs of Longguo’s car companies are at the bottom, because they rose to their positions by “sucking blood”.

In other words, even if a pig were to run SAIC, its market value would still be over 100 billion yuan, because its core technologies are all foreign.

The atmosphere in the box froze instantly, and the air became so quiet that Chen Hong was extremely embarrassed. He had wanted to make his presence felt and show his "loyalty" at the same time.

After all, this is one of the few dinners that brings together most of the world's top automakers, and its value is inestimable.

The quiet air and the atmosphere of no one talking made Zeng Hong feel a little awkward. He felt that he should not sit next to Chen Hong. This girl was too sycophantic and profit-driven.

Fortunately, Masike is not stupid. Although he also looks down on the CEO of Longguo Automobile Company from the bottom of his heart, he knows very well that their enemies now are Chen Xing, Ren Guofei, and Lei Jun. One more person means one more force.

"It's probably not possible for a single person or company to sue, so I want to call on everyone to jointly accuse Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Rice Company of monopoly."

"it is good!"

"Clap clap-"

As soon as Masick finished speaking, Honda Group President Kazuki Otaki immediately voted in favor and was the first to applaud.

For a moment, the box was filled with applause, and the previous awkward atmosphere disappeared.

"Co-branding is good. Longguo may not pay much attention to one company, but if there are more than a dozen companies, everyone will have to think twice."

"You are right. We should not only jointly file a complaint against Longguo, but also against other countries, and boycott the Linghang 001 car!"

"Haha, this method works!"

"Yes, that's right, this one is good!"

The CEO of the foreign company was smiling and chatting cheerfully, but Chen Hong knew that these people didn't like her, so she could only nod and agree without expressing her opinion.

He finally understood the meaning of the saying that money is hard to earn and shit is hard to eat.

However, although money is hard to earn, it has to be earned. He does not want to become Nokia and disappear in the long river of history.

"Goujian slept on firewood and tasted gall, Han Xin suffered humiliation under the crotch, bear it, don't be angry, you can't be angry." Zeng Hong kept comforting himself in his heart.

Not only Zeng Hong, but other CEOs of Longguo’s automobile companies were also smiling and did not choose to leave the box.

If someone gave them the cold shoulder at any other dinner party, they wouldn't even have to think about it and would just leave without saying a word.

But this time it won’t work. This time they really have no other choice. The price of the Pilot 001 is going to be a rip-off…

Do not!
It's the level of opening the coffin lid.

Seeing that everyone in the box agreed, Masike also took the opportunity to press on, "Since no one has any objections, I will take the lead. Everyone should sign a joint complaint letter tonight, and I will find someone to send it to Longguo's State Administration for Market Regulation. Tomorrow we will sue Chen Xing and his group for monopoly in the Shenzhen City Court."

"I'll listen to your arrangements."

Otaki Kazuki was the first to agree.

Others did not remain silent either, and spoke up one after another.

"That's right, I'll listen to you."

"I agree. Every day we sell more Pilot 001 is a day we lose. We must act quickly and sue them to death!"

"well said!"

"I'll ask the waiter for paper and pen." Masike stood up. Since it was not a contract, there was no need for a lawyer to be present.

In less than a moment, Masike came back with paper, pen and ink.

Then, without any hesitation, he wrote down hundreds of English words and finally pressed his fingerprints.

Since they were watching Masike write, the others also knew what was on it, and they all signed and put their fingerprints on it.

Masike picked up the complaint letter that was covered with fingerprints. He suppressed the joy in his heart and checked it carefully to see if there were any omissions.

"GM Group, Ford Group, BMW Group, Mercedes-Benz Group, Audi Group, Honda Group, Toyota Group, Mitsubishi Group, Hyundai Group, SAIC Group, GAC Group, Changan Group..."

"Seventeen groups have signed, including my Tesla, that's eighteen. Chen Xing, let's see if you can still make a comeback this time!"

Faced with joint complaints from so many car companies, no matter how excellent the performance of the Pilot 001 is, it must accept an investigation into market monopoly.

Once the Linghang 001 enters the investigation phase, it will not be allowed to continue production during this period. In other words, it must be discontinued, and this time may be half a month, several months, or even one or two years.

At that time, Masick can take advantage of this investigation period to dump his Tesla and fulfill the bet with Shanghai.

He didn't want to make this move, but Chen Xing was really going too far.

The million-dollar coupe with great performance priced at a bargain price is almost driving him to the brink of despair!

……

While Masike and others were still discussing the complaint letter, the gear lever at the entrance of Longxing Base was slowly raised, and an inconspicuous black Santana was driving into the park.

After circling for a few minutes, the Santana stopped in the parking lot of the office building and the driver's door opened.

A pure and sweet-looking girl with a ponytail got out of the car. She closed the door and walked towards the office building.

"Is it Miss Miyazaki Junhui?"

As soon as Miyazaki Jun'e walked into the building, the receptionist at the front desk immediately asked her questions and walked out of her workstation.

"Yes."

Miyazaki Jun'e nodded in response.

Since she was educated in an island school in Dragon Country, both her Chinese and Japanese are extremely standard and she can communicate without any obstacles.

"plz follow me."

After confirming my identity, the girl at the front desk quickly led the way.

Miyazaki Jun'e followed her footsteps and took the elevator to the top floor.

"Ding--"

The elevator door opens.

The girl at the front desk gestured for invitation and continued, "This way, please."

The two walked for a while and finally arrived at the door of Chen Xing's office. The door was not closed at this time.

Although the office door is not closed, knocking on the door to remind others is a must.

"咚咚-"

"Boss, Miss Miyazaki Junhui is here."

Chen Xing, who was sitting in his office, turned his eyes away from the screen and looked towards the door when he heard this. "Come in, and close the door."

"Ok."

The girl at the front desk responded quickly.

Miyazaki Jun'e walked into the office without hesitation, and then she heard the sound of a door closing behind her.

It was late at night, a man and a woman were alone in the room with the door closed. Just looking at the text description, it seemed a little wrong.

"Come and sit over here." Chen Xing stood up and walked towards the negotiation area. A pot of hot tea had been placed on the tea table, as if it had been waiting for a long time.

half an hour ago.

Chen Xing was still in the marketing department, discussing the next promotion plan with Yao Nana, but was suddenly interrupted by a phone call.

After the call was connected, the other party claimed to be Miyazaki June and had something important to discuss.

At first Chen Xing wanted to refuse. After all, he was attacking the economy and finance of the island country, and he had to be cautious about any visit from those little bastards to prevent them from doing anything desperate.

However, Miyazaki Jun'e seemed to have anticipated this and quickly threw out a bargaining chip that Chen Xing could not refuse, which made Chen Xing change her mind again, but she could only come alone.

"grateful."

Miyazaki Jun'e sat down on the sofa at the side.

Perhaps because she was indoors and had the air conditioner on, she untied the scarf around her neck, folded it several times, and placed it on her knees.

"Have some tea to warm your body up first. The temperature in Shenzhen has been quite cold recently."

"Thank you so much."

The two drank half a cup of tea from each other and got to the point tacitly.

"Ms. Chunhui, let's be frank. How are you going to help me quickly take control of the island nation's semiconductor companies?"

Chen Xing went straight to the core topic.

"Quickly take control of the island country's semiconductor companies." It was because Miyazaki Jun'e threw out this chip that Chen Xing was tempted.

You should know that current semiconductor equipment still mainly relies on Germany.

Although Germany's equipment is good, it ultimately handed the initiative to outsiders.

Chen Xing doesn't like to mend the fold after the sheep have been lost. He prefers to plan ahead. The problems of semiconductor equipment and the high-end development of the industrial system must be solved all at once.

"Mr. Chen, have you ever heard of holding shares on behalf of others?"

Miyazaki Jun'e asked.

Chen Xing did not show any emotion and replied calmly, "You want to hold shares of a Japanese semiconductor company on my behalf?"

"It's not me, it's the company behind me, Neon Telegraph Communications."

"Are you here on behalf of your family?"

"Yes."

"Tell me why."

Chen Xing picked up the teacup again, took a sip and waited for what was to come.

Miyazaki Junhui knew that she only had this chance. After quickly organizing her words, she expressed her opinion:

"If you ask us to hold the shares on your behalf and you can act as the driving force behind the scenes, the resistance to the acquisition will be much smaller, and Longxing Group will be able to control them without anyone noticing."

"continue."

Chen Xing gestured.

Obviously, he was not moved.

Hearing this, Miyazaki Junhui also revealed some heavyweight information: "Under the environment of the US dollar rate hike, the island country's top leaders are already dissatisfied with the existence of arbitrage transactions, and may suddenly announce a rate hike in the near future. I can provide the inside information content at the first time."

“Rate hikes, carry trade.”

Chen Xing fell into deep thought.

Due to the interest rate hike situation, he has been studying finance for nearly a year and naturally heard about the carry trade of the Japanese yen.

The so-called yen carry trade is to take advantage of the generally zero interest rate of island banks, borrow money at zero cost, exchange it into US dollars, and then deposit it in a US bank to earn interest.

Imagine that you borrowed Japanese yen worth 1 US dollars and the repayment period is one year. During this year, you only need to deposit the money in a US bank and get 1000 US dollars in interest a year. When the US dollars mature, you can exchange them for Japanese yen and pay back the original Japanese yen, and you will have 1000 US dollars left. Who can miss such a good opportunity to make money out of nothing?
Ordinary people let it go because they don’t know and lack knowledge.

But the international investment banks are all smart financial professionals, will they let it go? Obviously, it is impossible!

Since the US started raising interest rates, they have begun arbitrage trading, and no one knows how much money they have deposited in US banks.

Once the yen rate rises...

The consequences are hard to imagine.

After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Xing shook his head and said, "These alone are not enough for me to take the risk and trust you."

"you…"

Miyazaki Jun'e was about to say that Chen Xing was greedy, but she swallowed the words back. There was nothing she could do as the initiative was in his hands, and she also had a family mission to shoulder.

After calming down, she argued, "These are enough, Mr. Chen. Think about it carefully. If the island country really announces an interest rate hike, a large amount of Japanese yen will flow back to the island country. The central bank with money can fight a protracted war with you. According to your personality, you don't want to drag it out for too long, right?"

"Of course." Chen Xing nodded and gave his own opinion: "But have you ever thought about whether the United States will allow the island country to raise interest rates?"

After he finished speaking, he played with the teacup in his hand and said with a hint of amusement: "As we all know, interest rate hikes are bad for the stock market and can also curb inflation. But look at the current situation in the United States. The stock market has been recovering and has no intention of turning downward, and its inflation rate is still rising."

"What does this mean?"

“This means the money is not flowing into the bank!”

"The largest arbitrage traders are Wall Street financial capital, which has placed its money in US stocks in pursuit of higher returns. Once the island country's central bank chooses to raise interest rates and disrupt the financial balance, it will inevitably cause global financial turmoil."

"Will the United States agree?"

"will not!"

“It is a financial nation.”

"That is to say, Miss Chunhui, the promise you made has no substantive effect, because the United States will not allow the island country to raise interest rates unless the latter stabs it in the back."

"..."

Miyazaki Jun'e was silent for a while.

Chen Xing was right. The United States would indeed not allow the island country to raise interest rates, but according to the inside information they had learned, there was indeed a possibility that the island country would suddenly raise interest rates.

After thinking about it, she decided to hand over the final bargaining chip and said, "Since these can't make Mr. Chen interested, if we add 11% of Shin-Etsu Chemical Group's shares, 14% and 13% of TOK Tokyo Ohka and Mitsubishi Group's shares, can you agree to our conditions?"

The moment he finished speaking, Chen Xing's eyes narrowed slightly. He had never expected that the family behind Miyazaki Jun'e was so powerful that they actually held shares in so many well-known Japanese companies.

Out of caution, he still asked: "Your shareholding ratio is so large? This should be the top ten shareholders."

"That's right." Miyazaki Junhui nodded and continued, "Indeed, they are all the top ten shareholders. We have reaped the benefits of the times and also have our own investment company."

The past few decades have indeed been a bonus period for information communications and mobile devices. Chen Xing will not question this. He is now wondering whether he should let the Miyazaki family hold the shares on his behalf.

Just as Miyazaki Jun'e said, if the Miyazaki family came forward to make the acquisition and increased their holdings in their own name, they might be able to seize corporate power without anyone noticing.

About three minutes later, Chen Xing suddenly asked, "I have a question. Why did you come to me for cooperation?"

"Are you saying what we want?"

Miyazaki Jun'e asked back.

"You can say that." Chen Xing nodded and refilled his cup of tea.

"We don't want much, we just want to preserve the business foundation of the Miyazaki family, and we hope that Mr. Chen can give us strong support."

"The business foundation of Neon Telegraph Communications Company?" Chen Xing suddenly realized and asked, "Are you talking about the network communication business?"

"Yes." Miyazaki Junhui nodded slightly and responded: "We can provide you with first-hand insider information, and we can also sign a concerted action contract with you. When you collect enough stocks, we will cooperate with you to start an impeachment meeting."

"In return, you have to authorize Neon Telegraph Communications to exclusively operate the 5G network, and all the net profits will belong to us. What do you think?"

Due to the sudden advent of 5G high-speed networks and their rapid globalization, all information and communication companies in the world, except Longxing Group and Kunpeng Company, have entered a performance winter. The share of Neon Telegraph Communications Company has been decreasing. The reason is that Chen Xing did not choose Neon Telegraph Communications Company as the operator of the island country's 5G network, but the Island Country Telegraph and Telephone Co., Ltd., which was officially designated by them.

And now, the Miyazaki family wants a piece of the pie.

"It seems worthwhile to use the 5G network revenue of a tiny country to exchange for a time bomb inside the enemy."

Chen Xing thought carefully in his heart.

However, to be cautious and dispel his worries, he chose to let Li Zhenzhen come and seek the opinion of the former princess of the Korean Star Group.

Not a moment.

Still dressed in a women's business suit, neat and tidy Li Zhenzhen knocked on the door and came in.

"It turns out the customer is Miss Chun Hui."

Li Zhenzhen looked him up and down.

"Hello, I've heard of your name Li Zhenzhen for a long time." The two shook hands in a friendly manner.

After the two of them exchanged pleasantries, Chen Xing repeated the content of the previous conversation and expressed his concerns.

This kind of shameful cross-border cooperation, even if written down in black and white, is not very binding if you really want to go back on your word.

"This is easy. Mr. Chen, why don't you go out first? I want to talk to Miss Chunhui alone." Li Zhenzhen said confidently.

Chen Xing frowned. What kind of words required him to avoid them?

Miyazaki Jun'e suddenly felt something was wrong. She always felt that something bad was going to happen.

Seeing that the two were indifferent, Li Zhenzhen added, "If Mr. Chen feels that it is OK and has no worries, then everyone will be happy. But if you still feel that it is not good enough, why not just listen to me."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Miyazaki Jun'e and said, "Ms. Miyazaki Jun'e, you don't want to return empty-handed this time, do you?"

Chen Xing: "..."

Miyazaki Sumie: "..."

The two were silent for a while, and finally Chen Xing chose to walk out of the office and closed the door.

"Click——"

The moment the door was closed, the door lock sounded.

"Nothing will happen, I hope. Miyazaki Jun'e is Miyazaki Yu's eldest daughter. Li Zhenzhen, you must not do anything stupid." Chen Xing murmured to himself.

Although Miyazaki Jun'e is the eldest daughter, she is also an only child. Her younger brother died in a car accident a few years ago. Now she has become the only direct descendant of the Miyazaki family.

Moreover, she was able to represent the island country to attend the "5G Network International Negotiation Conference". In addition, she just said that she had first-hand information from within the island country, so she may be extremely extraordinary.

Chen Xing walked to the side of the corridor, took out the cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

The smoke is gone.

The office door remained silent.

"Is nothing going to happen?"

Chen Xing threw the cigarette butt into the trash can in the corridor, then returned to the door of his office and put his ear close to the door frame to eavesdrop.

"Lick up and down."

"Right, that is it."

"Say you are a little X-dog, repeat it three times."

Chen Xing: "..."

No!

What is going on?
What's going on in there?
(End of this chapter)