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"Manager, I want to resign."

"I really can't do this anymore, manager. I've been on the job for two days and I don't have a single client. I can't survive on just the basic salary."

"Yes, manager, either give us a raise, or we have to change jobs. You'll see, we really can't survive this."

Shenzhen BMW 4S store.

Led by the gold medal sales champion, a dozen salesmen walked into the general manager's office angrily, wanting to ask for an explanation.

If their performance was not good in the past, it may be their own problem.

Because the BMW brand has no shortage of purchasing users. Any prospective car owner who has made a little money and wants to buy a car will give priority to high-end brands such as BBA, and driving a BBA is indeed an asset business card.

Those who can afford a Mercedes-Benz, BMW or Audi must at least have a house worth one million yuan and a stable job with a monthly income of over ten thousand yuan.

This is also why many gold-digger women like to see what kind of car the "rich men" drive. When they see someone driving a Lamborghini, McLaren or Maybach, they will actively approach him. They are not attracted by the car, but the assets behind it.

But the sales staff are having trouble selling cars now. It’s not because they don’t try hard, but because after making hundreds of calls, not a single customer was willing to come to the store to test drive the car. The feedback they received was basically that the customers went to the Linghang Automobile 4S store next door.

With a price of 20.9 yuan, it has the performance of a million-dollar luxury car, and its battery life is in no way inferior to that of a gasoline car. Even the charging time only takes 20 minutes, and the premium version only takes 7 minutes, completely crushing fuel vehicles.

Huang Zihao, manager of the BMW 4S store, looked at the aggressive sales and quickly stood up to comfort them: "We have already contacted the headquarters. I believe there will be a response strategy soon. Don't worry, just wait patiently."

"Wait? How long do we have to wait?"

Li Shuo was not happy. As the sales champion, he had been earning a super high salary of more than 2500 yuan per month in the past six months. He would definitely not agree to go back to the days of a basic salary of yuan.

Just after he finished speaking, he continued, "Normally, for every ten calls we make, at least one person will come to the store to test drive the car. Now no one is coming to test drive the car. Manager, you must give us a definite answer whether we can give you the guaranteed minimum salary this month."

His appeal is actually very simple. The inability to sell cars now is not his problem, but a problem of the BMW brand.

If there is no corresponding compensation, he would rather change jobs directly.

Of course.

He actually still held out hope.

He felt that the BMW Group must have a big trick up its sleeve, such as price cuts and promotions, and that he might be able to make hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"Yeah, how long do we have to wait?"

"Manager, you have to give me a definite answer. If we can't sell the cars, we'll be left with nothing. You know the cost of living in Shenzhen. We can't survive without a monthly salary of 4000 yuan."

"My rent is 1000 yuan. If I only get 2500 yuan as a base salary, the remaining 1500 yuan won't even be enough for food."

"That's it."

Because they are led by the sales champion, the salesmen are also particularly tough. If they are all fired, this 4S store will not be able to operate.

"Ugh!"

Huang Zihao sighed.

He spread his hands and said helplessly: "I understand your feelings, but there is nothing I can do about it. Let me talk to the boss and give you a subsidy of 1000 yuan this month. You go back and wait."

When the 1000 yuan salary subsidy was paid out, some salesmen were immediately shaken, but they all looked at Li Shuo, the gold medal sales champion. Only after the leader said it was okay did they dare to express their opinions.

"1000 yuan is too little, how about 1500 yuan? There are sixteen of us, so it's less than thirty thousand yuan. Manager, if you say it's okay, then we can go back to work. If not, we can only resign."

Li Shuo continued to fight.

"Okay, you guys go back first." Although Huang Zihao was unhappy, he still agreed. A 4S store cannot be without sales, especially a gold medal sales champion like Li Shuo.

Many people have never worked in sales and do not know the status of a sales champion.

Let me put it this way, as long as you secure the top sales title this month, the company won’t say anything even if you say you don’t go to work, and they will even count your full attendance to the exact same degree.

Because the value brought by a sales champion is millions.

Using a cost of hundreds of thousands to leverage millions of profits, if you were the boss, would you be willing to let such a talent go?
obviously.

It's impossible to let him go.

As long as he doesn't kill or burn people or commit any illegal or criminal acts, his leaders will basically turn a blind eye to what Xiaoguan does.

"Then we will wait for a month. We hope the headquarters can come up with a response strategy as soon as possible." After Li Shuo made his statement, other sales staff echoed him.

"Yes, we'll wait another month."

"I have been working in our company for three years. I really don't want to change jobs. I hope to make adjustments as soon as possible."

"Then we'll go back first, manager."

The sales people came and left quickly, leaving Huang Zihao with a worried look on his face. He kept opening WeChat to check if there was any new message.

Although he is a manager and does not need to rely on commission to make a living, he will also lose his job if the BMW 4S store goes bankrupt.

After a few seconds of silence, he sighed and said, "When gods fight, mortals suffer. When gods fight, mortals suffer!"

……

And at the same time.

the other side.

BMW Group headquarters in Munich.

In the conference room, BMW Longguo General Manager Kang Siyuan glanced at all the senior executives of the BMW Group and spoke passionately about the difficulties the Longguo market had encountered.

"Since Chen Xing held the new car launch conference of Pilot 2 on February 5, our BMW sales in the Longguo market have fallen sharply. In just the past ten days, customer traffic has dropped by 001%, and only 95 cars have been sold in dealerships nationwide. I think the headquarters must provide greater support for the Longguo market."

"Wow—"

The voice just fell.

The conference room was in an uproar.

No one expected that the sales volume in Longguo market would decline so severely, it could almost be described as a decapitation-like drop.

BMW Group CEO Nagel was also shocked. He was present at the launch of the Pilot 001 and personally experienced the shock it brought to him.

But he really never thought that the influence of Pilot 001 would be so great.

Only 114 cars were sold in ten days. Assuming that each car can make 5 yuan, that means a net profit of more than 500 million yuan.

For ordinary people, more than 500 million is an astronomical figure.

But for the BMW Group, the net profit of more than 500 million is so small that it can be described as tiny.

You should know that BMW has hundreds of 4S stores in Longguo. This means that each store only sells one car in 10 days, which is probably not enough to pay the employees' basic salary.

“How could it fall so badly?”

"What kind of monster is the Linghang 001? How can it have such a huge impact? Are electric cars really the trend?"

"Why doesn't our group have an electric car project? I need an explanation!"

"Give me an explanation!"

The conference room was filled not only with BMW Group executives, but also with shareholders behind the scenes. Now they all felt that their interests had been damaged and needed an explanation from Nagel.

Seeing that he could no longer hide the truth, Nagel took a deep breath and explained the reason why he did not develop electric vehicles: "Although electric vehicles have a simple structure and low manufacturing cost, we do not have the corresponding lithium battery technology in stock."

"I'm sure you all know that once a lithium battery leaks electrolyte or the diaphragm is damaged, it can easily catch fire. Vehicles are dangerous means of transportation, so we didn't consider developing electric energy."

"Then why do they focus on this direction?"

A shareholder questioned.

"We didn't expect this either." Nagel sighed and said in a deep voice, "We thought that lithium battery technology would not have any major breakthroughs in the next 30 years, but Longxing Group launched polymer semi-solid and sulfide all-solid batteries one after another, which led to the current situation."

No one expected that all-solid-state lithium batteries would suddenly come out.

This is not only a milestone in the energy field, but also a groundbreaking work in the automotive field, because electric vehicles are indeed more environmentally friendly and more intelligent than fuel vehicles.

"It's no use saying so much. Now I need support from the headquarters." Kang Siyuan looked at Nagel with a sharp gaze and said in a deep voice.

He not only represents himself, but also represents hundreds of dealers in Longguo.

"Now that things have come to this, the only option is to lower the price." Nagel shook his head helplessly.

He tried to join forces with Masick and jointly sued Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Dami Company for monopoly, but the case was easily resolved and it was also revealed that he could make 001 yuan from selling a Linghang 3 car.

In the absence of net profit and legal control, car pricing is decided by the car companies themselves.

However, there is an unspoken rule, which is that you cannot suppress it at a loss.

If you build a car that costs 17 yuan and only sell it for 15 yuan, the State Administration for Market Regulation will definitely come to your door to investigate the situation, because this is suspected of disrupting market prices and is not conducive to long-term development.

"Price reduction?"

“Why can’t the vehicle configuration be improved?”

Some shareholders continued to ask questions.

Although the BMW Group is a car manufacturing company, not all shareholders are focused on car manufacturing; some of them are pure venture capital banks.

This is like Chen Xing investing in miHoYo and betting on Honor of Kings. He doesn't care how these games are operated and make money. He only cares about how much profit these investment projects can bring to him.

In response to the shareholders' questions, Nagel patiently answered: "2.81 seconds to accelerate from 3 to 4 meters, we need the BMW 20 Series to achieve the performance of the M3.0, which is impossible with 32 Dragon National Currency. The cost price of a six-cylinder twin-turbo engine is Dragon National Currency. Now we can only rely on the brand effect to slowly stabilize the market."

When it comes to performance, BMW really can't compare.

Because the engine converts chemical energy, that is, the energy contained inside is released by burning gasoline and diesel, and finally converted into mechanical energy to propel the car forward.

The electric motor is different, it is driven directly by the internal electricity of the lithium battery.

Conversion means energy loss, and energy loss means reduced power. This is why electric vehicles have better acceleration and torque than fuel vehicles.

"How much?"

Kang Siyuan asked.

"Cut off 90% of the profits and recover the funds first." Nagel put forward a bold idea.

The shareholders were getting restless, and one immediately questioned, "Are you planning to sell off all your inventory to raise funds?"

"What else?" Nagel asked.

Now the Linghang 001 is coming in full force. If you don’t clear the inventory in time, you may end up with a large number of existing cars.

The Longguo market is not the most critical. If the Linghang 001 has overcapacity, it will definitely move towards the international market to use a larger market to absorb the capacity.

This means that the BMW Group does not have much time left.

Everyone in the conference room was silent. No one had expected that their century-old car company would be overturned by a joint venture brand that had been established for less than two years. This was simply a huge shame.

But they have no choice because in business competition, strength is king.

If you have the strength, you can overthrow not only century-old car companies, but also thousand-year-old or ten-thousand-year-old car companies.

Seeing that everyone in the conference room was silent, Nagel also made the decision: "Then it's decided. First, clear out the inventory of cars and recover the funds to deal with future situations."

"It can only be this way."

"Just do as you say."

Everyone expressed their opinions one after another.

No one knows what else Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Dami Company are hiding. The only solution now is to recover the funds and then wait for the storm to pass.

It is not just the BMW Group. Mercedes-Benz Group, Audi Group, General Motors Group and Ford Group all saw a decline in sales of cars priced over 15 yuan during this period.

Like cars and mobile phones, there are market segments.

Cars priced between 3 and 8 yuan are basically Laotoule and Wuling Hongguang, which is at the bottom of the market. Car owners in this price range will not buy a coupe worth 20 yuan or so.

1. No money.

2 is not useful.

The market price between 8 and 15 yuan is the lower-end market for cars. Cars in this price range are mainly used for daily commuting and have basically no performance to speak of.

For cars priced above 15 yuan, we can gradually talk about performance, such as - acceleration, shock absorption and wind resistance.

The pricing of 001 yuan for the standard version of the Pilot 20.9 will not affect the car buyers who spend less than 15 yuan, nor will it affect the sales volume of the corresponding vehicles.

Among hundreds of car companies of all sizes around the world, only General Motors Group can still barely survive because it holds a 44% stake in Wuling Hongguang, a legendary car brand that focuses on cars priced below 10 yuan.

……

The ones that suffered the most in this round of impact are undoubtedly Japanese cars.

The main feature of Japanese cars is fuel efficiency and low cost of use, and the main feature of electric cars is also low cost of use.

Not to mention the maintenance of the engine and motor, just talking about gasoline and electricity, which is cheaper?

It’s obvious that, except for oil-producing countries, electricity is definitely cheaper than gasoline in other countries. This is beyond doubt.

In just ten days, Nissan Motor Group, Mitsubishi Group, Honda Group and Toyota Group frequently adjusted their strategies.

Originally, they were thinking of moving their factories to Southeast Asian countries, hoping that the Chinese market would continue to import Japanese cars. But now they are confused. Fuel-powered cars are no longer popular, and their plans to build car factories in Southeast Asia have been shelved.

Not only that, the Japanese stock market's automobile sector also fluctuated.

Even a strong market like Wall Street almost couldn't withstand the selling pressure from investors in the island country.

Not only the Japanese stock market, but stock markets all over the world have seen fluctuations in the automotive sector. The automotive sector of the German stock market has even seen a 12% drop, far exceeding everyone's expectations.

Corresponding to this is the rise in lithium batteries and the electric energy sector.

It is no exaggeration to say that although Linghang 001 has not stepped out of the country, its influence has already emerged.

At this time, Warren Buffett, the Wall Street tycoon, once again swung his knife towards the stock markets of other countries, targeting the automobile sector.

It's not just Buffett, other financial tycoons have also shown their fangs.

Chen Xing's reshuffle gave them an opportunity, a chance to reach out to other countries' stock markets and reap wealth.

But they did not pocket the money they earned. Instead, they invested it in US stocks, following the Jewish families in supporting the Dow Jones Index.

If Nasdaq represents the high-tech of the United States, then the Dow Jones is a microcosm of the manufacturing and oil industries of the United States.

They will not allow the U.S. economy to hit rock bottom because Jewish capital needs the shelter provided by this powerful country.

If they lose their shelter, they may return to a wandering life.

At Double Fund Management, Wei Yan, dressed in a loose suit and with a shiny hair, looking like a typical American elite, was holding a cup of coffee and quietly watching the fluctuations of the US stock market.

Since he had "returned to his roots" and became a recognized Asian Jew, he successfully entered the core Jewish circle.

After entering the core circle, he found that this world was too dark.

In the past, investors believed that the United States had very strong financial supervision and a complete system of collective responsibility and compensation.

In 2001, Enron, the world's largest energy service and management company and the world's seventh largest company, had its stock trading suspended due to financial fraud. The company, which assisted in the fraud, and its sponsoring institutions were fined a total of US$7 billion.

What is the concept of 77 million US dollars?
In 2001, Buffett's net worth was only 180 billion US dollars. Now his net worth has increased sixfold, which is equivalent to 6 billion US dollars. If it were put today, the value would be at least six times that, equivalent to 77 billion US dollars. A fine of 6 billion Dragon Yuan is an astronomical figure that you can imagine.

But Wei Yan gradually discovered that Enron was actually a pawn, a pawn sacrificed by Jewish capital.

As for the US$77 billion fine, it is just a gimmick to attract international capital.

As we all know, the U.S. stock market experienced a severe decline in 2000 when the Internet bubble burst, falling by 30% at one point. It also continued to fall in 2001, falling by 17% in just half a year.

Since the United States is a financial country, in this market situation where the market was cut in half, Jewish capital and Ansa Capital reached a consensus and made a bold decision, which was to push Enron to death in exchange for the trust of international funds.

Because the most important thing in the stock market is the confidence of investors. As long as the confidence of investors can be restored, the downward trend can be reversed.

Enron became a sacrificial pawn, and its sponsoring institutions also became victims.

Their sacrifice also allowed the world to see the strength of U.S. financial supervision and "fairness and justice."

As the Enron case was settled, U.S. stocks began to soar and entered a bull market that lasted for more than a decade.

Enron did not disappear, it just changed its name, and all its previous businesses were taken over by Global Fuel Services, which was equivalent to a dead shell.

As Wei Yan entered the core circle, he learned a lot of unknown secrets, including the inside story of Enron’s sacrifice and the continued falsification of US economic data.

It is no exaggeration to say that all the data now made public by the United States is artificially controlled.

The reason why Wei Yan knew so much was because Davechi, the future successor of the US Federal Reserve, wanted to use Wei Yan's prestige in the Chinese circle to make him responsible for the falsification of US economic data, deceive Chinese Americans into investing in Nasdaq, and finally act as a bag holder.

"咚咚-"

While Wei Yan was watching the stock market fluctuations, there was a knock on his office door.

The person who came was none other than the heir of the Federal Reserve and the future patriarch of the Rothschild family, Davic.

"how's it going?"

Davic closed the door and got straight to the point.

Wei Yan put down his coffee cup, opened the drawer and took out a document, saying, "The consumption index has been charted as you requested, and my agency has done an investigation and guarantee. As long as our U.S. consumption data is good, there is no need to cut interest rates to stimulate the economy."

"Well done."

Davitch picked up the document and looked at it.

After a brief reading, he had to admit that Wei Yan was a talented person.

He did not blindly pursue growth, but instead made follow-up predictions based on the economic data he obtained, such as non-farm employment, average annual wage rate, CPI and other data, and marked the time points when the stock market could fluctuate and be harvested.

"Let my institution come forward. The more retail investors are cheated, the more dangerous I will be. Maybe I should pack up and move to another place."

Wei Yan suddenly spoke.

Davic understood what he meant and said with a smile, "I won't treat you unfairly. Once you have persuaded someone to take over, you can go directly to the Federal Reserve to work as an economic analyst."

"Thanks in advance then."

Wei Yan showed joy on his face and quickly expressed his gratitude.

Joining the Federal Reserve means having access to more core information and collecting more evidence. When the time is right, he can give the United States a small financial shock.

Wei Yan was thinking in his mind, and Davic also had his own ideas.

In fact, he did not completely trust Wei Yan because he was a yellow person. Even though the Bible did record that a Jewish group traveled to the East, he still remained highly vigilant.

During this period of time, he had intentionally or unintentionally revealed the news that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates, but he did not notice anything unusual about Wei Yan. He still ate, drank, and looked for supermodels as usual.

This time, asking him to give the growth trend of the consumer index based on other economic data is also a test for him, because Davichi has no intention of adopting Wei Yan's growth trend. What he has to do now is to keep a close eye on the undercurrents beneath the water. Once there is anything unusual, Wei Yan will be a suspect.

"咚咚-"

There was another knock on the door.

next second.

A female assistant wearing black stockings and a pair of curvy breasts pushed the door open and quickly said, "Manager, Mr. Huang..."

When she saw David there, she quickly swallowed her words.

"Mr. Huang, right? I understand. You go out and entertain them first, I'll come later." Wei Yan waved his hand and motioned to go out.

"Ok."

The assistant in black stockings walked away twisting her hips.

As soon as the office door was closed, Wei Yan stood up and said, "Bosco Wong, the richest Chinese in New York City. I'm sure you have an impression of him, Mr. Davic. He came to my house several times just to ask me to do fund management."

"I have an impression. Since you have something to do, I won't bother you."

"Then we'll talk about it in detail next time."

"Next chat."

The two men smiled and shook hands politely. Although they appeared calm on the outside, they actually had their own thoughts.

(End of this chapter)