If you cheat, money will follow

The car show is over.

Chang Le returned to Jiangzhou.

Zeng Xi told him two things.

The first thing: Ftian joined forces with Samsung, LG, SK, and Panasonic to form a hydrogen energy battery alliance and held a press conference.

at a press conference.

F Tian Akio said: Members of the alliance will jointly set up laboratories, share patent understandings, and share funds to promote the research, development and application of hydrogen energy batteries.

Akio Maeda said:

"We are not opposed to electric vehicles. We are opposed to only producing electric vehicles. We should give the industry and consumers more choices."

The chaebol king, Lee Jae-yong, also attended the press conference.

His speech at the press conference was even more righteous:

"Yes, we are committed to reducing global carbon emissions and jointly protecting our homeland."

LG Gu Guangmo is very confident:

"We already have enough technical support to launch hydrogen energy vehicles within a year."

"Three minutes of hydrogenation, a range of 1000 kilometers, and more environmentally friendly."

SK Choi Tae-won lashed out at electric vehicle batteries:

"Electric vehicles are not environmentally friendly. Generating electricity requires a lot of energy, and the disposal of used batteries is also a big problem."

A reporter asked on the spot: "Electrolysis of hydrogen seems to consume more energy."

Li Zaiyong: "..."

Ju Guangmo: "..."

Cui Taiyuan: "..."

F Tian Akio immediately explained: "We have found a more environmentally friendly way to supply hydrogen."

"Force an explanation." Chang Le shook his head and handed the briefing to Zeng Xi:

"Why are there only these few companies? What about other car companies?"

Zeng Xi smiled: "During the auto show, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Hyundai and other car companies have signed supply agreements with the Battery Alliance."

"They are not optimistic about hydrogen energy."

"Haha, environmental protection? Our country and North America do not consider the electric vehicle industry from the perspective of environmental protection." Chang Le chuckled:

"It's nothing to worry about. The market will make a choice. What's the second thing?"

"Fruit's Cook is attending the Fortune Forum in Yangcheng and he wants to meet you." Zeng Xi said.

"Can't sit still?" Chang Le asked.

"It should be. According to data, the sales volume of fruit machines this year was 3910 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 33.1%. It can be said to be a collapse." Zeng Xi further said:

"Moreover, the domestic market share of fruit machines also dropped by 1.23 percentage points to 8.37%."

Who is eating the declining fruit market?

Obviously, it was eaten by the chrysanthemum plant, the rice plant, the blue and green plants.

"In the three months since Mate9 was launched, more than 2000 million units have been sold, half of which are from the European and American markets..." Zeng Xi continued:

"What makes Cook even more nervous is that in the past three months, Mi Factory, Blue Factory, Green Factory and other domestic mobile phone companies have successively launched flagship phones equipped with Kirin batteries, and sales have been very good both domestically and overseas."

Market size is constant over a certain period of time.

If someone goes down, someone must go up.

"It's okay to meet. Sister Zeng, go check the proportion of the domestic supply chain of fruit machines." Chang Le said.

"I've checked." Zeng Xi knew Chang Le and had done the work in advance.

She took out a detailed list and handed it to Chang Le, and then said:

"There are currently 200 major suppliers of fruits, of which domestic suppliers account for 26.3% and value accounts for 2%, which is very unbalanced."

"I understand." Chang Le nodded.

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Cook attended the Global Wealth Forum in Yangcheng and rushed to Jiangzhou the next day.

On the plane, the assistant told him.

"Tesla can build a wholly-owned factory in China and receive the same treatment as Chinese-owned enterprises and enjoy energy subsidies, but the premise is that they must choose 100% Chinese-owned supply chains. This is the only condition."

"What about Ford and GM?" Cook asked.

"They are different. Their supply chain has always been in China." the assistant replied.

"Do you think they will definitely put forward supply chain requirements?" Cook frowned.

"Yes, this is inevitable. The whole world knows that they want to become a global economic engine and manufacture for the whole world," the assistant said.

"Are there any more conditions?" Cook's eyes were full of worry, and he fiddled with the pen in his hand unconsciously.

Judging from the conditions set for Tesla, Leda Investment will not purely consider the market or profit.

This year, the stock price of Fruit has fluctuated downwards. As the largest shareholder of Fruit, Leda Investment has remained indifferent.

Arriving in Jiangzhou, Cook did not stay at the Ramada Hotel in Leda Building, but chose the newly built Grand Hyatt Hotel nearby.

The vicinity of Leda Building is already like the magical city of Pudong, surrounded by various high-end hotels.

Hotel groups such as InterContinental, Hilton, Marriott, Shangri-La, Four Seasons, and Kempinski have all opened branded hotels in the surrounding areas at any cost.

The next day, Cook passed through layers of media and entered the Loda Building.

Under the guidance of the administrative department staff, we went straight to the top and saw Changle, which is widely circulated in a certain area.

So young!

"Welcome Mr. Cook to Jiangzhou." Chang Le smiled.

"Thank you! Nice to meet you." Cook nodded.

"Please sit down." Chang Le gestured.

"Mr. Chang, I'm here this time for the Kirin battery." After sitting down, Cook directly explained the purpose of his visit.

After the ban was lifted, Cook indicated that the company would contact the battery alliance.

As a result, the eighteen alliance companies had a highly consistent attitude and needed the approval of Leda Investment.

Otherwise, supply is refused.

"Of course, Leda Investment is always open to cooperation, no matter which country he comes from or what capital background he has." Chang Le nodded.

Hearing this, Cook was not happy, but felt uneasy.

"Mr. Chang, what are the conditions?" Cook asked.

"Two conditions." Chang Le stretched out two fingers.

"Please say."

"First, in the fruit machine supply chain, domestic companies must account for 50%, which is limited to the mainland, excluding Bay Area and Foxconn."

Including Bay Province, the actual proportion has reached 50%.

When Cook heard this, his heart immediately sank.

This condition is equivalent to turning the fruit company into a Chinese-owned enterprise and frantically cultivating and upgrading the Chinese-owned supply chain.

"Second, we must increase the value proportion of domestic supply chain companies from the current 2% to gradually increase to 12% within three years." Chang Le said:

"Increase by 3% in the first year, 3% in the second year, and 4% in the third year."

After hearing the second condition, Cook's heart sank to the bottom.

He did not argue, but asked:

“What does our fruit company get?”

"Unlimited production capacity supply, treatment is equivalent to Chinese-funded enterprises." Chang Le said:

"Mr. Cook, you may not understand that Chinese-funded enterprises receive equal treatment and can reduce battery costs by 10%."

Cook nodded slightly: "Mr. Chang, mobile phones are no better than cars. We have more choices, and the impact is not that big."

Chang Le smiled: "Haha, the serious decline in fruit machine sales in the fourth quarter of this year seems to have proved that consumers attach great importance to battery life."

"Also, Mr. Cook, technology is always iterative. While our competitors are still lingering at the door, we may have left the room and opened the door to another room."

After Cook listened, he was very surprised: "..."