Technology company, I will become the light of China!

At noon in spring, the sun shines freely on the ground. It does not have the sharpness of summer nor the restraint of winter, but is only soft and bright.

Due to the blockade of the curtains, not a ray of sunlight could penetrate, and the lounge in Chen Xing's office was still pitch black.

This is because Chen Xing's working hours are unstable. When decorating the office, he specifically instructed that the curtains in the lounge must block out all light.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the curtains are drawn and the door is closed, there is no concept of time in the rest room because you cannot feel it in the dark.

At this time, Chen Xing was immersed in a sweet dream. In his dream, he was leisurely watching the China Television News Channel. The host Bai Shisong was holding a manuscript and making an announcement with excitement.

“Dear people of all ethnic groups across the country, in this era full of hope and dreams, we have witnessed the prosperity and prosperity of our country together. In order to further improve the well-being of all people and achieve a higher level of fairness and justice, our government has decided to implement a policy of free medical care and education across the country after careful consideration and careful preparation. This is a historic moment and good news that all Chinese people have been looking forward to!”

Comprehensive medical care and education are important signs of a developed country.

Why is Longguo considered a developing country?

The famous writer "Sloppy Puppy" once said to the host in a talk show:
"The regional gap between the rich and the poor in Longguo is huge. Some children born in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are already on the same level as developed countries in Europe and the United States, and have begun to pay attention to environmental protection, animals and air."

"Even a boy born in the capital city asked for a real Boeing airplane, while children in the northwest might just want a pair of white sneakers."

He wrote down what he saw, heard and listened to in "We Live in a Huge Gap", which shocked countless people.

Only when medical care and education are free can Longguo be said to have truly joined the ranks of developed countries.

Just when Chen Xing was excited and wanted to hear Bai Shisong continue speaking, a shrill alarm clock sounded and the scene in front of his eyes gradually blurred and finally turned into darkness.

All of a sudden.

Real memories flooded in.

Chen Xing also remembered that he worked until three or four in the morning yesterday and then fell asleep in the office lounge.

"Is it just a dream?"

"Harmful."

He sighed softly.

Although it is just a dream now, Chen Xing firmly believes that as long as Longguo continues to develop at this pace, one day it will achieve free medical care and education for all.

Turning off the annoying alarm on his cell phone, Chen Xing walked to the window based on his sense of touch and opened the heavy blackout curtains on both sides.

In an instant.

The room suddenly brightened.

The dazzling sunlight made Chen Xing squint slightly. After he got used to it, he opened the window to ventilate the lounge.

"call--"

He took a deep breath and exhaled heavily.

Just as he was thinking about taking a break and then washing up and eating, the cell phone on the bedside table suddenly rang.

(I want to climb step by step)

(Waiting for the sun to look at its face quietly)
(Small sky has big dreams)
Chen Xing walked in, and when he saw the caller note, he frowned slightly.

"Massek?"

"Masike called at this time, is there something to discuss?"

He pondered the purpose of the call and guessed Marsick's intentions.

Today's new energy vehicle market in Longguo is a fierce battle.

In addition to the old-brand automakers such as GAC Group, SAIC Group and Changan Automobile Group, there are also new forces such as Xpeng Motors, Li Auto and NIO.

Anyone who has learned about the new market layout knows that at the beginning all companies will compete deeply on price.

For example, in the food delivery business, Meituan and Ele.me used to burn tens of millions of dollars a day. Now you only need to pay a dozen yuan to order a meal that originally cost 100 yuan.

Eating KFC for two dollars, eating barbecue for five dollars, and eating crayfish for ten dollars is not a dream at all, but the product of corporate business wars.

Another example is the shopping platform. During the stage of micro-business transformation to e-commerce shopping, the subsidies offered by Taowu.com and Wang Dong’s platform were also dazzling. In order to compete for new users, they directly subsidized dozens of yuan and also provided a bunch of shopping coupons.

This is also the fundamental reason why, when the new market is just emerging, all major companies focus on prices and quality.

Once they have established themselves, they can earn back double the money.

After thinking for a few seconds, Chen Xing decided to press the answer button.

"Mr. Chen, how are you? I'm Masike. Can you talk about cars?"

As soon as the call was connected, Masike couldn't wait to say a series of things, fearing that Chen Xing would hang up on him.

The two had a feud because of the 4G network base station.

"I know."

Chen Xing responded calmly.

The first time Marsik visited him in person, he saved his number and made a note, thinking that he might need it in the future.

"but."

Chen Xing suddenly changed the subject and explained, "As for the automotive business, you may have found the wrong person. Mr. Ren is now in charge of the operations of Longxing Heavy Industry, which is the parent company of Linghang Automobile."

"Ah…"

Masike smiled helplessly, and lowered his tone and attitude and said: "Mr. Chen, please stop passing the buck. I apologize to you for what happened before. Now I just want to leave Longguo."

"Leaving Dragon Country?"

The remaining sleepiness instantly dissipated, and Chen Xing suddenly thought of something and asked, "Tesla is going to withdraw from Longguo?"

"Yes."

Masike nodded in confirmation and said in a deep voice: "Can we sit down and talk now? I'm already in Shencheng."

"Of course, I'm waiting for you at Longxing Group." Chen Xing quickly stated.

Tesla is going to withdraw from the Longguo market. Its car manufacturing plant cannot be demolished. It must be sold to pay off debts.

Nowadays, Longguo's new energy vehicles are all using "Thor Solid-State Battery" and "Polymer Semi-Solid Lithium Battery", which means that Chen Xing is controlling their lifeline.

When the whole industry knows that Masick and Chen Xing have a feud, who dares to take on the hot potato of Tesla's Gigafactory?
It is clear.

No one dared to answer except Chen Xing.

Because if they rashly take it over, no one can guarantee that Chen Xing will not vent his anger on them and cut off the supply of technology and lithium batteries.

"Excuse me, I'll be there now."

Masike breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Chen Xing would not give him this opportunity.

Due to the terms of the "Gambling Agreement", he now has no way of leaving Long Country and needs to pay the exit fine first.

He also figured it out. He couldn't compete in the car industry, and brain-computer interfaces had been registered by others. Now his only advantage was SpaceX. After leaving Longguo, he would devote all his energy to the space field and no longer get involved in competition in the ground market.

This is a helpless move, but also a wise choice.

Because Masike discovered that Longxing Group had accumulated too many technologies, and they were not independent and scattered, but complementary to each other.

For example, artificial intelligence has enabled Linghang Automobile to achieve L4 level unmanned driving. Shenzhen has taken the lead in relaxing highway restrictions and allowing artificial intelligence to replace manual driving on highways.

Since the relaxation of the restrictions, the highway accident rate in Shenzhen has dropped by 12%. The Guangdong government has also issued a draft for public consultation, asking citizens whether they should relax the restrictions on driverless cars.

Anyone who has driven a car knows that if all car owners drove honestly and did not fight for a few minutes, 98% of traffic accidents could be reduced. It is precisely because many people do not obey the rules and change lanes, cut in and speed at will that the traffic accident rate remains high.

But the emergence of driverless cars has perfectly solved this problem.

Because autonomous driving relies on algorithms, algorithms will not act on impulse or do high-risk things. They will only execute the "optimal" option in the algorithm library.

For example, if you are cut off by another car several times due to road rage, the car may rush forward and attack directly, but the algorithm of the program will not do that. The program will continue to give way because it knows the consequences of a collision.

If someone is killed or disabled, two families will be destroyed.

……

After hanging up the phone with Masike, Chen Xing called the cafeteria and asked them to send a set lunch box to his office.

Since the canteen has been well-liked by employees, the business has been growing.

In addition to take-away services, Longxing Canteen now also provides homemade milk tea, fried fast food and special barbecue. In order to meet the tastes of employees from various regions, eight major cuisine recipes are rotated every day, so that you can eat from all over the country without leaving home.

In Chen Xing's opinion, only when one is well fed and well-drinking can one have the energy to do other things. He never runs the canteen as a profitable restaurant, but rather aims to improve it for welfare purposes. After all, he is not short of the money.

Whether it is Penguin, Alibaba, Wang Dong, or even Gree, the canteens all enjoy high subsidies. Except for the average taste, the prices are much cheaper than outside.

If you want to know about a company’s internal culture or business philosophy, you can simply have a meal in its cafeteria to get a general idea.

If the food tastes bad and is expensive, it means that the company is exploiting its employees even on meals. Then there is no need to say more about wages and year-end bonuses. Those who understand will understand.

"Okay, Mr. Chen, we'll send one to you right away."

The cafeteria staff responded quickly.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xing went to the bathroom to wash up and tidy up his appearance.

Not a moment.

There was a knock on the office door.

Chen Xing, who had already washed and dressed neatly, opened the door, took the lunch box from the canteen staff and said, "Thank you for your hard work. The money can be deducted from my canteen account."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, if you have any other needs, please contact me."

"Okay, go get busy."

After closing the door, Chen Xing looked at the time on his watch.

It was 12:07 noon when Masike called him just now. The hotel he was staying in was most likely a star-rated hotel near the Shenzhen International Airport. If nothing unexpected happened, he would arrive at the gate of the base in about 30 minutes, and then he would be taken to Chen Xing's office by the girl at the front desk in 5 minutes. In other words, Chen Xing still had about half an hour to eat.

Things turned out just as he expected. 22 minutes later, the security guard at the gate called him and said that Masike and Chen Xing had an appointment and asked if it was true.

After confirmation by Chen Xing, Masike entered in a special vehicle.

Five minutes passed.

There was a knock on Chen Xing's office door.

"Come in."

next second.

The girl at the front desk opened the door for Masike. Chen Xing stood up and greeted him warmly, "President Masike, long time no see."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Masike shook hands with Chen Xing.

The girl at the front desk didn't stay and quickly closed the office door and left.

"Please sit here." Chen Xing looked towards the reception area. The tea sets were wet and had obviously just been used. "Thank you."

Masike followed and sat down.

"Would you like tea?"

Chen Xing asked.

"Of course, I like tea." Marsick did not refuse.

Neither of them was in a hurry to talk about things, but instead got to know each other first, because both of them knew the other's specific thoughts.

After two cups of tea, seeing that the atmosphere was almost set, Chen Xing asked knowingly, "Just now on the phone, President Masike, you said that you wanted to withdraw from the Longguo market. Have you encountered any difficulties?"

"..."

Masik was silent for a while.

difficulty?

Tesla's difficulties were caused by you, yet you are pretending to be an idiot.

However, Masike had to admit that Chen Xing had mastered the business war to perfection and he had to admit that he was inferior to him.

I thought that Chen Xing would be unable to do anything to Tesla Model S by taking action later, but it turned out that Tesla led other manufacturers to engage in internal competition without lowering the price, causing Tesla to be besieged by dozens of car companies.

Chen Xing provided lithium batteries at low prices and authorized all the technologies of Linghang Automobile. Although he did not take direct action, he was pushing car companies to fight each other behind the scenes.

Although he was angry, he could not show it now. Masike suppressed his anger and tried to remain calm.

"Maybe Tesla Model S is not suitable for the local market, and users in Longguo are not buying it, so I am thinking of withdrawing from the Longguo market and selling the car production plant in Shanghai and all the installed charging piles."

"And you found me?"

Chen Xing still asked the question even though he knew the answer.

"Yes." Masike nodded and continued, "Now only Mr. Chen has the ability to take over these fixed assets. What do you think?"

It is not only Longxing Group that has the ability to take over. GAC Group, BYD and SAIC Group can also do it. However, the CEOs of these companies dare not offend Chen Xing because their lifelines are in the hands of the latter. If the supply of lithium batteries is cut off, they will basically behave themselves.

"Don't dare to take it seriously."

Chen Xing smiled modestly and asked, "Give me a price, I'll see if it's suitable."

"110 billion Dragon National Currency." After Masike made the offer, he immediately said: "This includes six 8000-ton integrated die-casting machines, four complete automobile production lines, 6 unsold Tesla Model S, and 4 charging stations and 2 stores across the country..."

Under normal circumstances, this price is absolutely a good deal. 2 Tesla Model S vehicles are worth 30 billion, not to mention other production equipment, facilities and related stores.

But as the saying goes, take advantage of your illness to kill you. If you don’t raise the price now, when will you raise the price?

When dealing with outsiders, Chen Xing doesn't care about their opinions. All he wants to do is to benefit the people of Long Country as much as possible.

"too expensive."

Chen Xing took a sip of tea and said.

"105 billion, how about that?" Masike cut off 5 million by himself, his face full of anticipation, and anxiously waiting for the next words.

“It’s still expensive.”

"103."

"Not enough, too expensive."

"100 billion, this is my limit. Mr. Chen, you also know that these assets are worth at least 240 billion. If not..."

Masike swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

What he actually wanted to say was that if Chen Xing hadn't come out to disrupt the situation, Tesla would have already sold out in Longguo, and there would be no need to sell Longguo assets at a low price.

"You are right. The assets are definitely worth more than 200 billion. But President Masike, you have to think about it carefully. I don't need these fixed assets. It's like you selling me T-shirts in winter. If the price is right, I will definitely buy them because I can wear them in summer. But if you are not willing to lower the price, why should I rush to buy them?"

Chen Xing smiled calmly.

Does Longxing Group lack automobile production capacity?

Lack, but not particularly lacking.

Because Lei Jun restarted the equipment trading business of Ancient Elephant Kingdom, the production capacity of Linghang Automobile will become higher and higher over time.

Even if we take a step back, if the Toyota Group is taken over smoothly and the island country's top leaders no longer block it, then according to the Toyota Group's production line and related industrial system, the production capacity of the leading car can be maximized in an instant.

A qualified businessman must understand the needs of the other party.

"..."

Marsik was silent again.

Indeed, Chen Xing was right.

If it's not sold at a low price, why would people buy it?
Put yourself in his shoes. If he were Chen Xing, he would also try his best to lower the price because he is sure that you will leave Longguo.

"Make a price."

Masik sighed.

He really had no other choice. He was completely unable to obtain financial assistance from other companies, and he could not contact the Angsa Group. He had become a discarded pawn in the capital game.

"70."

"70???"

Masike was startled and stood up subconsciously.

He thought Chen Xing would make a big cut, but he didn't expect the first cut to be 30 billion. This is a direct cut to the aorta!

"At the moment, I can only offer this much. Even an additional 1 million will affect the company's operations. If it doesn't meet your expectations, President Masike, then we can't make the deal."

Chen Xing also stood up, as if he was ready to order everyone to leave at any time.

Seeing this, Masike could only swallow his tears and made a decision: "Okay, 70 billion is 70 billion, when will the money be transferred?"

He had no other choice now. In order to raise money for leaving the country, he had to sell his property at the lowest possible price. He had also made up his mind that he would never set foot in Dragon Country again.

As for Tesla, he believes that the United States will not allow the Dragon brand to enter the domestic market, and he can continue to expand in the United States.

"No hurry, we need to inspect the goods first."

Chen Xing said calmly.

"How do you inspect the goods?" asked Marsick.

Chen Xing did not hide it and told everyone: "I will have someone go to Shanghai to systematically record all the fixed assets. Only when they meet my expectations can I give you 70 billion."

"I think the final right of interpretation is yours!" Masike complained in his heart, but still smiled and said, "Okay, then when will Mr. Chen send someone over?"

"immediately."

"immediately?"

"Yes, I have someone in the Magic City."

Chen Xing smiled calmly.

Leave professional matters to professionals. In addition to Tesla, the Shanghai city is also home to the headquarters of SAIC Motors.

Ever since Chen Hong joined, SAIC Group's new chairman Jiang Ye has had a good relationship with Chen Xing. Plus, Longxing Group holds the key to the company's success, so it should be no problem for him to help.

"Then I'll wait?"

"You go back first and wait for the people in Magic City to give us the valuation results. It probably won't be that fast. We can sign the contract then."

"OK then."

Marsik did not stay either. He came and left quickly.

Before leaving the office, he looked back at Chen Xing with an extremely complicated look. He didn't expect that he would end up like this.

Looking back at Masike’s previous entrepreneurial experience, it can almost be described as perfect.

Not only has it realized private aerospace, but it has also foresightedly delved into electric vehicles.

But unfortunately, his Starlink and brain-computer interface were disrupted by Chen Xing, and now the automobile industry can’t keep up either, leaving only the aerospace field.

Only those who have experienced great ups and downs know that sometimes knowing how to let go is for future progress.

……

After Masike left, Chen Xing calmly poured a cup of tea.

No one would have thought that the moment Masike signed the "Gambling Agreement" with Modou, his failure was doomed.

As a reborn person, Chen Xing possesses information that no one else knows.

Information equals opportunity, and seizing the opportunity equals seizing the initiative.

Perhaps Masik would not have thought that Chen Xing not only knew earlier than him that Tesla was coming to Longguo, but also knew that Masik would have to sign a "betting agreement" with Shanghai due to insufficient funds.

From the moment he stepped into Dragon Country, he had been targeted by Chen Xing.

"Gulu——"

A cup of tea.

Chen Xing put down the teacup.

It is almost 1pm now, and the island time is 2pm, and Saito I hasn't returned his call yet, which makes him feel uneasy.

Could it be that the internal talks broke down?

Thinking of this, Chen Xing came to his desk, turned on his computer and checked his encrypted mailbox. There were several emails lying quietly in it, all sent by Miyazaki Junhui.

[After a late-night discussion among the top leaders, the Minister of Finance, Ishida Mitsunari, tried to turn the tide and was unwilling to let the Toyota Group be controlled by the Longxing Group. He was afraid that if the Toyota Group's own industrial system was controlled by Longzi Enterprises, the industrial level of Longguo would advance by leaps and bounds and become unchecked. After a final vote, Ishida Mitsunari's suggestion was adopted.]
[There is news from inside that someone is discussing secretly separating part of Toyota Group's industries. If there are too many unemployed people and they cannot solve the problem, they will consider handing over the incomplete Toyota Group to Longxing Group.]
[Island companies have begun to strictly check shareholding ratios, probably to avoid repeating the same mistakes.]
As the contents of the emails appeared one by one, Chen Xing fell into deep thought.

He didn't expect that the island country's top leaders would be so decisive and actually choose to make millions of people unemployed. Can they really resettle them all?
Or...

Are they afraid of being blamed by the United States?

Regardless of the reason, things have developed to an uncontrollable situation. Chen Xing can only ask Yao Nana to "perform surgery" on the Toyota Group and force the island country to stop.

"Millions of people are unemployed, millions of families are ruined. I'm afraid this will forever be infamous in the history books of the island country and the West." Chen Xing smiled helplessly, but without too much hesitation, he picked up his phone and found Yao Nana's number.

As a Dragon citizen, he first considers the interests of his country.

Only when the interests of our own people are met can we consider the interests of the people of other countries.

As the saying goes, sins are committed in the present, but merits may be passed down through the ages. If the Toyota Group goes bankrupt, it will trigger a wave of unemployment, or even a tsunami, and Chen Xing is willing to bear the corresponding consequences.

(End of this chapter)