Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 718 Magnesium's Counterattack

With Zheng Lijun's arrival, investment representatives from other provinces came one after another.

However, as the news came out that the Postal Group and the Shenzhen Branch of Peace Investment had jointly established a telecommunications company and that the Shenzhen Branch of Peace Investment would invest 200 billion yuan, the cooperation and communication team exerted pressure from above and drove back the local investment representatives who had been waiting for a long time.

After signing a 300 billion yuan investment contract, Southern Power Grid and Telecommunications Company began to build the company structure and recruit technical personnel to prepare to study at Shenzhen Peace College.

As for the Nuclear Industry Group, after learning that Peace Investment Shenzhen Branch had only cooperated with them to build six nuclear power plants, they have been striving to increase the number of nuclear power plants they jointly build, hoping not to be outdone by the Nuclear Power Group.

Unfortunately, Zhang Heping had already decided on a cooperation agreement with the Nuclear Engineering Group, and Huang Wenli did not like the Nuclear Engineering Group's previous attitude, so she did not make any concessions at the negotiation table.

The cooperation with the Aerospace Group was cancelled, and the only issue left was the construction of the power grid.

In this regard, the Southern Power Grid Company, which is backed by Guangdong Province, Fujian Province, Beihu Province and Shanghai, is also striving for subsequent funds for grid construction.

As for the cooperation and communication team, they immediately reported the issuance amount of targeted treasury bonds, which was 150 billion magnesium yuan!
This number was simply reported based on the remaining funds in the account of Heping Investment Shenzhen Branch, without any thought involved.

Therefore, when Huang Wenli asked the cooperation and communication group and the Southern Power Grid for a grid construction plan, only the Southern Power Grid submitted a follow-up plan, while the cooperation and communication group had to wait for the State Grid to prepare a temporary plan.

Zhang Heping did not take care of the power grid investment. When Huang Wenli brought the power grid investment plan, he only reminded her that the funds should still be allocated in batches according to the construction progress of each project, and the funds should not be given out all at once.

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Time has unknowingly come to the end of August.

After being persuaded by Zhang Heping and Tang Xin, mother Ma Xiuzhen reluctantly said goodbye to the pregnant Chen Shuting, and then returned to the capital with her husband Zhang Bing and their grandchildren.

My nephew Chang Xing had poor grades and received an admission letter for the prospecting and exploration major at Capital University of Geosciences, but he was only a technical secondary school student.

Before returning to the capital, Zhang Heping asked the boy again, but he still didn't want to come to Shenzhen Peace College, so he could only let him decide for himself.

My niece Zhang Ting was admitted to the Chinese Department of Capital University and became alumni with Zhang Nan, Zhang Nian and Zhou Xiaochun.

Originally, the fourth daughter Zhang Feng could also go to Capital University, but this girl didn't want to go that far, and finally chose the Department of Philosophy at Shenzhen University.

Zhang Long and Zhang Hu stayed in Shenzhen Peace College and started to learn various laboratory precautions and operating manuals with the first batch of assistants assigned to them.

The youngest daughter, Zhang Nuo, transferred to Shenzhen No. 1 Primary School and was still picked up and dropped off by car every day.

The originally bustling Zhang family returned to its former quietness as most of the children left.

Especially after Zhang Heping took his two twin sons to the college's laboratory.

If the guys in Canada don't cause trouble, this peace and quiet may last until the winter vacation.

Unfortunately, the magnesium embassy in Hong Kong, which had been cut off from water, electricity and gas, was like a thorn in the flesh, nailing magnesium to the pillar of shame!

On September 9, the magnesium government officially announced that it would impose a 1% tariff on automobiles and electronic products.

This seemingly indiscriminate increase in tariffs is actually aimed at Heping Auto and the MP3, MP4 players and digital cameras of Global Trading Company under Zhang Nan's name.

Zhang Heping didn't care much about this at first. The world is so big, and it's not only the people in Magnesium who have magnesium yuan.

What's more, after Peace Auto raised money through its listing in Japan, Peace Group only held 38% of Peace Auto's shares. It just happened to take advantage of the restrictions imposed by the US government to suppress the stock price, and then increase its holdings of Peace Auto shares at a low price.

But the problem is that just because there are no problems with the companies under the Peace Group does not mean that there will be no problems with other related companies and factories.

Following the official announcement of an increase in tariffs by the Magnesium country, the Magnesium countrymen have revealed a large number of electric vehicle failures caused by battery problems, including electric vehicle power loss of control, spontaneous combustion, etc.

Among them, electric vehicle spontaneous combustion accidents caused by poor battery quality have attracted the most attention!

Because electric vehicle brands from China, Magnesium and Germany all have records of vehicle spontaneous combustion, including Heping Auto!
After all this negative news came out, Zhang Heping keenly discovered that all the contradictions pointed directly to the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory, which had just replaced its new factory director!

On the evening of September 9, Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, Director Wang, and Liu Yuan all came to the Zhang family's living room with gloomy faces.

Zhang Heping, who was about to go out to the laboratory, was stopped by them.

"Heping, we've checked it out!" Director Wang pulled Zhang Heping's arm and said in a deep voice, "After Liao Changjie, the former director of the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory, was promoted and transferred, the new director Shi Yu reduced the battery cost in July, resulting in a significant drop in product yield!"

Although Zhang Heping had guessed it long ago, he couldn't help but frown at this moment.

He thought for a moment, and said to his wife Chen Shuting, who was about to go out for a walk, "Shuting, tell Heping Automobile to issue a notice to recall all electric vehicles produced after July 7, and determine the compensation plan and compensation plan for the victims of the Heping electric vehicle accident."

After saying this, Zhang Heping looked at the silent Mr. Hua and Mr. Li and said seriously: "Shencheng New Energy Battery Factory must be responsible for the accident caused by the battery, especially the related compensation."

"If they can't do it, Peace Auto will look for another battery OEM!"

Mr. Hua waved at Zhang Heping and said, "It's not as simple as you think. Sit down and talk first!"

Zhang Heping stood by the sofa without moving, and said in a firm tone: "It's that simple. If they are found to be wrong, they must admit their mistakes and pay the money with a correct attitude, and the market will give them a chance to try again!"

"Otherwise, domestic electric vehicle manufacturers will be dragged down by the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory and won't be able to sell a single car!"

"Husband!" Chen Shuting covered the microphone of her mobile phone and said to Zhang Heping, "We have already informed them about the recall of the electric vehicles. This matter still needs to be discussed and decided by the board of directors."

"Tell them that if the board of directors disagrees, our Heping Group will pledge all of our Heping Auto shares, withdraw from Heping Auto, and start anew!" Zhang Heping said this in a decisive tone, making Mr. Hua, Mr. Li and others even more silent.

"Mr. Hua! I'm going to the lab now, you guys continue to discuss!"

After he finished speaking, Zhang Heping called his two sons and walked out the door without stopping.

What Mr. Hua calls "not simple" is nothing more than the monopoly business of Shenzhen's new energy battery factory, which has aroused the jealousy of countries such as Europe and Magnesium, and they want to obtain the core technology of batteries.

Even if the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory manages to get through this crisis by apologizing and paying compensation, there will still be all kinds of criticism in the future.

For example, the battery qualification standards proposed by the magnesium country that night required that all imported batteries must be inspected in accordance with magnesium standards.

As for the inspection, according to the so-called magnesium country standards, relevant battery manufacturers are required to provide a battery composition list and production process to prove that the battery is harmless to the human body and the environment!
This may seem like an attack targeting the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory, but in fact it also targets Peace laptops, some Peace-brand medical devices equipped with batteries, and even MP3, MP4 players and digital cameras that have not yet been launched on the market!
In addition, if the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory compromises on this magnesium battery standard, there will be health care product standards, electronic product standards, etc. in the future!
This is a conspiracy that is linked together. If you make a mistake in one step, all of them will go wrong!

Zhang Heping has no time to waste with the Magnesium guys. He plans to use this crisis to enhance the image of the Heping series products and create a responsible brand image. As for the so-called standards, they only restrict factories and companies that do not have technological innovation. Zhang Heping has a cheat, so he is not worried about the Magnesium guys stealing his technology.

To put it bluntly, even if the magnesium countrymen took away all the technologies of the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory, they would still encounter the embarrassment of not being able to reduce costs, and then they would throw the relevant technologies to Taiwan and South Korea for production.

However, in terms of cost control, the production costs of the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory have been kept very low. If the new factory director was not trying to gain performance, there would be no need to cut costs further.

At noon the next day, the board of directors of Peace Automobile finally agreed to recall electric vehicles produced after July 7 and formulated a compensation plan.

As for the compensation plan, it will be announced after the relevant cars are recalled.

Otherwise, some people may have evil intentions and deliberately cause car accidents to defraud compensation.

Just from the literal meaning, we know that compensation is more than the money given in compensation.

The fact that money can move people's hearts is a truth summed up by our ancestors thousands of years ago, that is, you cannot use money to test human nature.

In the afternoon, after Heping Auto issued an announcement to recall its electric vehicles and suspend the operation of some battery swap stations, Tingmei Trading also issued an announcement to recall laptops and some medical equipment produced after July 7.

At the same time, Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory also received an inquiry letter from Heping Group, requiring Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory to provide a solution to the battery problem as soon as possible, otherwise the next time it would receive a lawyer's letter.

This wave of operations by Peace Group is only beneficial to its own customers and distributors, and is not friendly to battery suppliers, Peace Auto shareholders, electric vehicle manufacturers, laptop computer manufacturers, etc.

For a time, the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory was pushed to the forefront. The new factory director Shi Yu, who had just finished three fires, was dismissed on the spot, and the deputy factory director Huang Chen was appointed to become the acting factory director.

An investigation team was also set up, and the former factory director Liao Changjie became one of the members, and rushed to the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory to guide the work.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows what is going on with the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory.

It’s just that this incident was too big, and the interests involved were huge, so it needed to be properly handled as soon as possible. That’s why no one cared why the instigator, Director Shi, was only dismissed from his post!
Coincidentally, just as Peace Auto and Tingmei Trading issued product recall notices one after another, news that the magnesium countrymen disparaged Peace electric vehicles and laptops was also released in media around the world.

After the battery quality issue broke out, the next wave of offensive from the magnesium guys is coming again!

Magnesium's import and export health products management law!
In the United States, originally only medicines were required to undergo strict experimental data and tests, but now some health products are also included in this list. Without relevant experimental data and tests, they will all be treated as counterfeit drugs.

In response, Zhang Heping ignored the magnesium guy.

As long as it is not a brand credibility crisis caused by quality issues, it will have no impact on the products of Heping Group.

Because health products such as Tiger Penis Wine, Viagra Delay Spray, Tingmei Slimming Tea, and Taitai Oral Liquid are sold for their therapeutic effects, not gimmicks.

Everyone who has used them knows how effective their treatments are, and there is no need for the Peace Group to provide experimental data to prove it.

What’s more, these products are only sold in Hong Kong Island. As for where the distributors will sell them in the future, that depends on the distributors’ respective skills.

Following the Health Products Management Law, the country of Magnesium has also successively formulated safety regulations for cosmetics and electronic products. They are nothing more than the same old set of regulations, providing relevant core technologies for the Magnesium people to check!
After half a month, the magnesium countrymen's combination punch was completed.

Just as Zhang Heping expected, the products of Heping Group were subject to comprehensive restrictions.

The key point is that the magnesium countrymen have also won over many allies to implement those standards together, which reminds Zhang Heping of the carbon emission standards in his previous life.

On the morning of September 9, as the air raid alarm sounded as a reminder to remember history, Director Wang came to the laboratory building and asked the guard at the door to ask Zhang Heping whether there was any environmentally friendly way to dispose of the recycled batteries.

The guard went in and delivered a message, and more than ten minutes later, Zhang Heping came out with some papers.

"Auntie Wang, have you reached a conclusion with the battery factory?" Zhang Heping handed over a few drawings he had just drawn. "This is the battery recycling method you asked about just now. I only drew a rough outline. If there is a need later, I will improve it."

Director Wang Sumei took the drawing, glanced at it, and said, "We are already discussing how to deal with the battery recall, but we haven't discussed the relevant compensation yet."

"Their efficiency is too slow!" Zhang Heping shook his head helplessly, "Remind them that we can argue about the quality of the batteries, but if we fail to deliver the batteries required by the two electric car factories in Magnesium and Germany on time, they will demand a huge penalty!"

Zhang Heping did not mention the liquidated damages of the Heping Group, because after calculating the liquidated damages of Meide, the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory would naturally calculate the liquidated damages of the Heping Group, a major customer.

Wang Sumei nodded to show that she understood, and then asked, "Heping, I heard that Tingmei Trading's sales this month are two-thirds less than the same period last month. What are your plans?"

"It's just a temporary gain or loss!" Zhang Heping said indifferently: "If I wanted to make money, I wouldn't be hanging around in this lab."

"That's true!" Wang Sumei nodded again, "Then I won't bother you anymore. I still have to send these drawings to the battery factory. I hope this matter can be dealt with as soon as possible!"

In the previous two months, influenced by the news that the Peace Group was confronting the Magnesium people, Tingmei Trading's monthly profit reached 67 billion magnesium yuan, clearing out all the stock in the warehouse.

However, the month is already halfway through and Tingmei Trading's revenue has not yet exceeded 10 billion magnesium yuan. The gap between the two is indeed quite large!

Just then, when Zhang Heping returned home at noon, he found that his concubine Chen Shuting was still making a phone call in the study on the second floor.

Zhang Heping went over and listened for a while, and after Chen Shuting hung up the phone, he didn't let her call again.

"Let's go downstairs for lunch!" Zhang Heping stretched out his left hand and led his concubine out of the study.

While sitting in the restaurant eating lunch, Zhang Heping asked his two wives, "How much money can our family spend in a year?"

The first wife Tang Xin didn't understand why Zhang Heping asked this. After thinking for a while, she said, "About 150 million Hong Kong dollars, no more than 200 million."

"That is to say, the cost is between 20 and 30 magnesium yuan." Zhang Heping looked at his young wife Chen Shuting, who looked melancholy, and said:

"Did you hear that? The biggest problem in our family right now is not how much we earn, but how we spend the money."

"Instead of being depressed about the losses caused to us by the Taiwanese, we should think about how to spend the money in the company's account."

"Oh!" Chen Shuting forced a smile and started drinking the soup.

"Listen to me. Don't take the initiative to call the company this month. Let them play freely and see their crisis management capabilities." Zhang Heping picked up the chopsticks and said:
"If you really want to make money, you can make more money in finance than in real business!"

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(End of this chapter)