Technological Hegemony

Volkswagen Group Headquarters, Wolfsburg, Germany.

In response to the Huaxia Automobile Group headed by Geely, which is about to enter the European market, this world's leading auto giant is holding a high-level meeting.

After listening to the analysis of his think tank, President Tees put his hands on his chin and fell into deep thought for two minutes. No one spoke, waiting for the speech of the President.

The crease on his forehead suddenly picked up, Tees shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "I always feel that things should not be that simple, BYD and Great Wall will use Volvo's distribution system to enter Europe, this step is really very clever. "

"After all, Volvo is the fourth largest luxury car manufacturer in the world, second only to Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and our Audi. The marketing and after-sales systems are very mature, so we have to guard against it."

Tice's concerns are of course justified. Geely's boss Li is really very smart. His decision to buy Volvo back then laid a deep foundation for Huaxia Automobile's global expansion.

Although in this world, luxury car manufacturers BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi all have an annual sales volume of around 2 million vehicles, while Volvo, which ranks fourth, is considered a luxury car, but its annual sales volume is only around 700,000 vehicles. Far worse than the German Big Three.

However, Geely Group obtained the coveted global distribution and after-sales service system through Volvo.

Without this global sales network, no matter how rich and efficient Geely is, it will take more than ten years to weave a global sales network and train tens of thousands of employees.

The think tanks did not take seriously President Tice's concerns. Electric vehicles are a highly system-integrated industry. So far, with the help of Xingchen Technology, Huaxia Automobile Manufacturers have only achieved leading advantages in electrical aspects. On the one hand, they are really strong, and no one can match them.

But apart from the electrical system, the tires, shock absorption system, brake system, chassis system, transmission system, safety system, motor drive system, and even interior design and materials produced by Huaxia still lag behind global mainstream manufacturers in an all-round way.

"President, don't worry. With their strength, they are not enough to pose a fatal threat to us. I believe that in the end, those Chinese people will understand that there is no other way except cooperation."

"When the time comes, Star Technology will come up with battery and electronic control technology, and we will come up with brakes, shock absorption, chassis, assembly, and motor technology. We will build a joint venture factory, each with 50% of the shares, just like FAW Audi and SAIC Motor. Wouldn’t it be fun to continue working together to make money like the public does.” A think tank said confidently.

President Tice nodded slightly,

Cooperation is of course the best choice. FAW-Audi and SAIC-Volkswagen are both examples of success, that is, they have earned an astonishing amount of wealth from China and promoted the Volkswagen brand. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

You must know that before Audi entered China, it was beaten all over by BMW and Mercedes-Benz. It was because of the strong power of the Chinese market that the Audi brand was able to compete with Mercedes-Benz and BMW.

Emphasis on the Huaxia market is the root of the rise of the public. In contrast, although Huaxia has been allocated shares, it has lost its brand. Those stupid Huaxia people, how do they understand the importance of a brand? A successful brand needs to use A century of painstaking efforts.

Everyone in China now knows about Audi, but who remembers the China No. 1 Automobile that once had a glorious history?

At this moment, the meeting was interrupted suddenly. Tees's secretary, Miss Marshall, walked into the meeting room with a panicked expression and reported an unbelievable news to everyone.

A few seconds later, everyone in the conference room turned pale in surprise, and President Tees even jumped up and shouted hoarsely, "What did you say? Huaxia has decided not to cooperate with us any more!"

Miss Marshall was taken aback by Tees's strong reaction, she took two steps back, opened the folder in her arms, took out a fax, and whispered: "This is the news from our Huaxia branch, which we learned from a secret channel. , from the speech of the old general in a high-level meeting in Huaxia."

"Read!" Teece said sullenly.

Miss Marshall swallowed a mouthful of spit, and read it word by word.

After Miss Marshall finished reading the fax, everyone finally understood that they ignored a group of important people in Huaxia, the soldiers.

Not everyone can't let go of the interests of the joint venture. This desperate cooperation was facilitated by the military. The old general who had not been out of the mountain for a long time suddenly appeared and scolded the leaders of the joint venture present. In the end, the Chang'an Group under Bingzhuang took the lead in signing this important alliance agreement.

So far, the China Automobile Alliance has gone through hardships and finally turned out.

"What about FAW-Audi? What about FAW-Volkswagen?" Teess asked with trembling hands, "That's an annual production capacity of several million vehicles and a profit of hundreds of billions of yuan!"

"Tell me it's not true! How dare they put so much money away? FAW-Volkswagen alone can manufacture 1.7 million cars a year, creating a huge profit of 75 billion yuan!"

Miss Marshall shook her head helplessly, but did not speak, and there was a sigh in the conference room.

The news of the establishment of the three major automobile groups quickly caused an uproar around the world. When the media reported this incident, they generally used tragic adjectives such as a strong man with a broken arm.

Tragic is of course very tragic. The production capacity of 17 million joint venture brands was directly cut off, which is equivalent to cutting off ten SAIC Volkswagens at once, and hundreds of billions of yuan in annual profits.

But wise Chinese people also generally express their understanding. The past era of internal combustion engines is fine. In the era of electric vehicles in the future, the electric vehicles made in China will bear the Toyota logo and the Volkswagen logo. It is no pity to cut off the rotten arm.

In the midst of the ups and downs, the instigator Xingchen Technology is extremely calm. As a scientific research company, the Tough Guys will not participate in commercial wars unless necessary. They are only responsible for providing ammunition to their partners.

Therefore, the focus of Xingchen Technology is always its own scientific research progress.

One late night not long after, An Ran and Luo Jia ate together in the cafeteria. Shen Lang did not follow Luo Jia. He was taking an open class at school. Before officially starting higher-level studies, Luo Jia asked him to finish the high school courses first. .

"Hey, isn't that Mr. Luo and Mr. An? I haven't seen them come to the cafeteria for half a month. I heard that they are busy working on the permanent magnet motor project." The young chef who came to pick up the night shift in the restaurant saw them sitting In the corner, he said in surprise.

"Okay, you know about permanent magnet motors?" The canteen master looked at him suspiciously.

The young man scratched his head in embarrassment, and began to change into white work clothes, "It's not all about edification. The hardware department is talking about permanent magnet motors, and the software department is full of EDA. I have worked here for a long time. Not a scientist can do it." Trained to be a scientist."

"I'm still educated to become a scientist. I think smoked fish is not bad." The master said with a smile, and he looked up at the wall clock on the wall of the cafeteria. Send a dozen of Qingdao Chunsheng to Mr. Luo, and I will make two special appetizers for the two bosses to have a good drink."

The young man was taken aback and said excitedly, "Mr. Luo and Mr. An want to drink two cups? So the permanent magnet motor is ready!"

The master laughed proudly, "I don't believe you smoked fish, that thing is called a permanent magnet vector motor, super permanent magnet material plus a vector control system, it is the most powerful electromagnetic motor on the planet. Remember, when you brag with others outside in the future, you will save our company's face."