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He asked the other party for investigation and questioning, just to put on a posture of preparing for an anti-monopoly investigation, but although the other party answered his question, it didn't focus at all, and it didn't hurt.

It was as if a punch hit the cotton, and it felt like it couldn't be used up, and it was very uncomfortable.

Chinese people are really cunning.

Gradually, Mullen also lost some patience, took out a document, and went directly to the subject.

"These are our conditions. As long as your company agrees to these conditions and signs relevant agreements, we can withdraw the antitrust investigation against your company."

Chapter 535 Rejection and Game

"Changing the company's operating model, the US branch of the Army Ant Group operates independently, and a new board of directors and company executives are established to be responsible for the operation of the US market."

"Reduce the price of holographic projectors."

"No refusal to license holography-related patented technologies to U.S. companies."

"The sale of holographic projector-related hardware accessories (including all models of holographic projectors) to U.S. companies shall not be refused."

"The Army Ant Group must invest in the construction of a holographic projector production plant in the United States."

"..."

After more than a dozen conditions, Zhao Min smiled after reading these.

I just want the Army Ant Group to send all the holographic technology to the United States. The idea is perfect.

Americans are not stupid and want to treat others as fools.

Putting forward such conditions, it feels like the army ant group will go out of business if they leave them.However, Zhao Min is used to their shamelessness, and it is not unusual.

"Reject all their conditions." Zhao Min said.

When they released the holographic technology, they had applied for international patents and filed lawsuits for the decipherable hardware technology. There was nothing to fear, but it was a big deal to withdraw from the US market.

The US market is also in the business of holographic projectors and seismographs.

Seismographs are a technology related to people's livelihood, and they certainly dare not limit them, so they can only make a fuss about holographic projectors.

Their prices and contracts are within the scope of the rules, and they are not afraid of the other party's faults.Follow the judicial process, they are not afraid of anyone.

If it really moves, it will be a big deal to withdraw from the US market.

Although the United States is the largest single market overseas, the profits of holographic projectors are just icing on the cake for the current Army Ant Group.

Li Lingfeng had no surprises.

He is the vice president in charge of the holographic projector business. He was also delighted by this condition when he heard the news from Yin Hongye.

He can make a decision, tell Yin Hongye directly, and reject the other party.But due to procedural issues, I asked Zhao Min for his opinion, and the answer is expected now.

"Let the legal department follow up. If they investigate, let them investigate, and if they want to file a lawsuit, they will file a lawsuit." Zhao Min added.

"Okay." Li Lingfeng nodded: "What if they want to change other conditions?"

"No other conditions, clearly tell them that we do not monopolize the market, we do not manipulate product prices, we do not abuse our dominant position, and we will not agree to any conditions."

It can be seen from the other party's conditions that the other party's purpose is just to obtain holographic related technologies.

Applying for a patent requires disclosure of technology and data.

However, the most critical micro-laser control system for holographic projection is still in their hands. The core of this technology cannot be cracked. They have not applied for a patent, and there is no micro-laser control system. The holographic equipment produced is a box without a soul.

It is impossible to produce a holographic projector unless they develop another laser control system and then get their holographic patent to license it.

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"They refused?"

Wilbur nodded lightly, it would be strange if he agreed all at once.

"Ask them what conditions they're not happy with."

"The head of the branch of the Army Ant Group said that they would not accept any unreasonable conditions. If we investigate, they will cooperate, but they will not negotiate conditions with us as a bargaining chip. He said that they do not monopolize the market, abuse their dominant market position, and do not Manipulate prices for huge profits.”

Hearing Mullen's words, Wilbur frowned.

The other party's uncooperative attitude is obviously against them.

Obviously don't want them to get their hands on holographic technology.

This is not good news.

"What are the odds of suing them?" Wilbur asked.

"This is hard to say. In the identification conditions, the fact that they do have a monopoly market position is beyond doubt. The key to abuse of the monopoly market position is our evidence and the witness testimony of the company that cooperates with the Army Ant Group.

The Marching Ant Group took advantage of its monopoly on large-scale holographic projectors to invest in the construction of a holographic park, and refused to sell it to other companies, which is suspected of unfair competition and deliberately suppressing its opponents.

As for price manipulation, after investigating their data, the pricing of holographic equipment is in line with the pricing principle of the marginal revenue curve.However, the criteria for determining the above conditions are not uniform, and the specifics need to be debated in court, depending on the judge's determination. ' said Mullen.

"Investigate them, prosecute them, put pressure on them."

The US official officially sued the Army Ant Group for allegedly monopolizing, abusing its monopoly position in the market, and manipulating the price of holographic projectors.

The news has attracted the attention of the economic circle.

In my impression, this is the first lawsuit involving a monopoly since the establishment of the Army Ant Group.

Some U.S. officials first sued the Army Ant Group for monopoly. Within a week, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and other countries followed suit. After investigating the Army Ant branch, they successively sued the Army Ant Group for suspected monopoly.

For a time, people thought that the army ant group had a feeling of encountering an ambush from all sides.

"A boss, with a few small followers, went to besiege an ant. Hehehe, it's interesting."

"The marching ants are rising."

"Look at how the marching ants respond. Don't be cowardly at this time, otherwise there will be serious consequences."

"Guess the next step, is it possible to arrest the senior management of the Army Ant Group? Create a threat to the Army Ant Group?"

"The picture was similar."

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"The Army Ant Group has gone too far to monopolize the holographic market, splitting their company in two, like Mobil Oil."

"The marching ants are Huaxia Company, not ours. Go home and take a nap."

"Go to Huaxia to sue them for monopoly, let Huaxia officially punish him, and let Huaxia divide them into two."

"The practice of splitting monopoly companies into two is only available in the United States, but not in other countries. In the monopoly disputes between multinationals, the enterprises of one's own country form a monopoly and harm the interests of other countries. They will only turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye when necessary. , will help.

When a certain channel formed a chip monopoly on China, have we punished a certain channel?When Samsung formed a memory and screen monopoly over other companies, did South Korea punish Samsung?

In the same way, let Huaxia punish the marching ants?impossible.Now the roles have been changed, and we have no self-knowledge, we think we are the best in the world. "

"If Huaxia also comes with a Wassenaar-like mechanism, we should cry."

"The Army Ant Group has also monopolized the seismograph technology, and the pricing is super crazy. How come no one dares to investigate, and why no one dares to sue?"

In response to the antitrust investigation of the Army Ant Group, there has been a debate on the global Internet and economic forums.Huaxia's domestic and international public opinion shows two completely different styles of painting.

At present, when holographic technology is hot, the market of holographic technology has been formed.

The monopoly dispute over holographic technology has instantly become an international focus as several countries have successively launched anti-monopoly investigations against the Army Ant Group.

The army ant group in the center of the storm was also besieged by reporters from all walks of life.

The lobby of Building [-] of the Army Ant Group.

Xiang Xiang sat on the assigned reporter's seat and waited for the troops from the Army Ant Group to come out.Waiting with him were hundreds of reporters, all of whom were media reporters from the most mainstream media organizations at home and abroad.

In this anti-monopoly investigation against the Army Ant Group, many media wanted to interview Chen Mo and Zhao Min, but no surprise, they declined all interviews.

This is the first time that Army Ant Group has held an official press conference to respond positively after facing anti-monopoly investigations from various countries.

Now the outside world is speculating on how the Army Ant Group will respond.

It didn't take long for Li Huai to come out of the backstage and take his seat amid the attention of many media.

Li Huai, the head of the public relations department of the Army Ant Group, is not unfamiliar to reporters, and he is also a well-known lawyer in the legal field.

"Thank you for coming today."

Li Huai stepped onto the small podium and went straight to the topic.

"Recently, we have received many interview requests, and we are unable to accept interviews one by one. Regarding the multi-country anti-monopoly investigation on the products of the Army Ant Group, I will give you a unified reply here.

First of all, our group does not monopolize the market and does not abuse its market position. The prices of all our products conform to the pricing principle of the marginal revenue curve, and there is no price manipulation for huge profits.

All companies that sign a cooperation agreement with us, the terms of the contract are legal and compliant, there is no mandatory exclusion clause, and there is no price discrimination.We will not force our partners to accept any unlawful conditions.

We do not have unfair competition. Our group encourages competition. Our chairman has publicly stated that we are not afraid to compete with any company, nor will we take any unfair measures to suppress our opponents.

All accusations against our group by many countries are unfounded.Our group has actively responded to the lawsuit, and we do not accept any allegations that violate the facts.Disregarding the facts and imposing an unfair sentence on our group will hurt our cooperative relationship, and the consequences will be very serious..."

Five minutes later, Li Huaicai stopped.The reply was quite satisfactory, but it clearly stated the position of the army ant group.

"Mr. Li, you just mentioned that if the Army Ant Group is punished unfairly, the consequences will be very serious. Do you mean that if it is unfairly punished, the Army Ant Group will fight back?" The reporter stood up and asked.

"Yes." Li Huai answered clearly.

This is what Zhao Min meant.

"If there is an unjust accusation, what countermeasures will you take? Discontinue cooperation with the country's enterprises or other countermeasures?"

"If we are treated unfairly in the region, we have to consider whether the region can give our company a level playing field. We do not rule out interrupting cooperation with companies in this country, or withdrawing from the country's market."

Good wayward approach, good tough response.

Hearing this reply, everyone was dumbfounded.

Li Huai said this in front of hundreds of reporters, and it was still on the official platform of the Army Ant Headquarters, which means that this is the meaning of the highest level of the Army Ant Group.

There are only two people at the top of the Army Ant Group, Chen Mo or Zhao Min.

What the two of them are sure of is the truth.

If other companies threaten to withdraw from the country's market, others may scoff at them and their competitors will be delighted.

But now it is Army Ant Group, the world's most advanced technology company. Every product is a cross-generational technology, and holographic technology has no competitors.

The withdrawal of the Army Ant Group means that if they buy holographic products or other products of the Army Ant Group, they can only go abroad to buy them, or change hands with a third party. The cost and price will be higher and inconvenient.

"Mr. Li, at present, your company's holographic projection products and intelligent robots occupy 100% of the market share. There is already a fact of monopolizing the market, but why does your company deny monopolizing the market?" A foreign reporter stood up.

"We belong to normal product operation and sales, and there is no monopoly. Holographic projection belongs to display hardware products and projection hardware. In the display field, there are LCD and OLED screens. In addition, there are many ordinary optical projectors.

These products can replace the holographic projection technology, our holographic technology is just an advanced optical projection.In the application market in related fields, our holographic products only occupy a fraction, so how can we monopolize?

As for the monopoly of the intelligent robot market, the current intelligent robot market is very large. Our company's robots are only a little more advanced, and their share is even more pitiful.If the law believes that advanced technology is a monopoly, who will dare to innovate in the future? "

"..."

The eyelids of some foreign reporters on the field jumped. If the Army Ant Group used this angle to plead and counterattack in court, it would be uncertain who would win or lose.

This is the basis for the Army Ant Group to say that it has no monopoly.

Chapter 536 No. 1024 Alien Element Crystal

Army Ant Group denied all allegations and threatened to suspend cooperation and withdraw from the market.

Li Huai's response at the press conference caused an uproar.

This is the first time in the world that a high-tech company has threatened to fight back against a market state.

If the Army Ant Group does this, it will definitely suffer some losses, but it is so willful and tough in the face of several countries headed by the United States and the European Union. Only the Army Ant in the world has such confidence.

Hearing this news, many people were stunned.

A typical example of self-willedness with technology.

Not to mention the products related to people's livelihood such as seismographs, the prelude of the holographic era has begun, and technological development is inevitable. Who will shut out the Army Ant Group, because the Army Ant Group controls the holographic patents, which means that they cannot get started.

All the countries surveyed against the Army Ant Group never thought that the Army Ants would be so tough.

If the investigation continues, the army ants will lose part of the market.

However, it is backed by the advantages of the Chinese market and has many high technologies. Even if it quits, it will have an impact on the Army Ant Group, but it will not paralyze the Army Ant Group, especially in today's hot holographic technology.