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"Damn it, what does Mr. Chen mean? Is it possible that he wants to build a super sports car?"

“Could it be that the top event to participate in racing is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the ROC World Championship, or the FIA ​​GT Grand Prix?”

“I must have scoffed at it before, because domestically produced cars, let alone the 24 Hours of Le Mans or the FIA ​​GT Grand Prix, the vehicles used in even the local events were basically not domestically produced, but now, with more than 600 horsepower, With more than 700 Nm of torque, our Longguo Automobile may not be able to compete in international competitions.”

"I heard that building super sports cars is a loss. Ferrari once had no choice but to sell itself to the Fiat Group because it lost too much money. Isn't Mr. Chen afraid of losing money?"

"Longxing Group is now a big business. Even if it loses money, how can it lose?"

As Chen Xing officially announced the type of the next pilot car, the whole Internet was talking about it. At this moment, the Weibo hot search list also showed the entry "Chen Xing wants to build a supercar", maximizing the exposure. to the maximum.

Many professional racing drivers saw the news, checked the last narration of Chen Xing's press conference, and quickly sent private messages to recommend themselves.

You must know that whether it is cars or domestic drivers, they are basically invisible in events such as the Le Mans 24 Hours and the FIA ​​GT Grand Prix.

Why is this happening?

Are domestic drivers not good enough, or are domestic cars not good enough?

The answer is undoubtedly that the car cannot do it.

Today, the field of fuel vehicles is dominated by German, Italian, Japanese and American cars. Other car companies provide free vehicles for competitions, so they will naturally give priority to domestic players.

Because there is better racing soil, there can be excellent racing drivers.

To sum up, it's not that the people of Longguo don't have racing talents, but that they don't have the environment to discover and cultivate talents, because domestically produced cars are still at the level they were a few decades ago.

Deep city Fukuoka.

International racing circuit.

Sitting in the stands in Shenzhen, Wang Fu, the CEO of BYD, always followed Chen Xing with his eyes. He never thought that one day, domestically produced cars would be able to outsell Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi.

You must know that there was a time when "Longguo Automobile" was synonymous with being unpopular.

But we can’t blame others for being discriminatory. It’s really because there are a lot of patented technologies for important parts such as engines and gearboxes. The resulting patent barriers have restricted Longguo car companies everywhere, and they can’t build cars comparable to Mercedes-Benz and BMW.

But now...

engine?

Is the internal combustion engine a man's romance?

Since everything is limited, just give up!

Permanent magnet synchronous motors and induction asynchronous motors can completely replace internal combustion engines, with more powerful power and full torque in an instant.

This is a bit like jumping into a corner. In the past, I desperately chased the internal combustion engine, but found that I couldn't catch up. I suddenly discovered that electric vehicles not only have a simple structure and no patent restrictions, but their performance is far behind that of fuel vehicles.

"Everyone, please exit in an orderly manner. We will see you at the next press conference. By then, I believe that our domestically produced cars and patented technologies will definitely be able to reach a higher level."

Chen Xing walked on the runway and waved hello to the crowd in the stands.

The scene was filled with constant applause to bid farewell to Chen Xing's departure.

After walking about a hundred meters, Chen Xing came to a blue Pilot 001, opened the back seat door and got in, disappearing from the live broadcast camera and everyone's sight.

Masik, who was standing at the entrance to the second-floor grandstand, had mixed emotions. The sales volume and price of Pilot 001 were far lower than those of his Tesla.

Does he have a way out?

There was no way out for him.

Due to the "Betting Agreement" signed with Modu, once Tesla fails to meet the corresponding terms, Masik will have to repay tens of billions of debts.

"No, we can't sit still and wait for death."

Masik's face was ugly. Looking at the number of people who had been determined on the LED screen of the press conference, which was still beating, he suddenly thought of something.

He quickly walked against the current and quickly returned to his seat in the stands. When he saw BMW Group CEO Nagel, Mercedes-Benz Group CEO Olaf Wright, Audi Group CEO Dusmai, Honda Group CEO Ohtaki Kazuki, and Toyota Group CEO Takashi Saikawa didn't leave, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"President Nagel, President Olaf Leiter, President Dusmai." Masik did not say hello one by one, but glanced at the CEOs of foreign companies and extended an invitation: "Everyone has come from afar, why don't you sit down and have a meal together? meal?"

Olaf Leiter, Dusmai and others looked at each other, and after exchanging glances, they nodded in response.

"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."

"Thanks for the invitation."

Several people stood up one after another, waiting for the crowd in the stands to decrease, while the CEO of a domestic enterprise not far away listened to the general idea.

Chen Hong, the CEO of SAIC, sensed something unusual and quickly approached and said, "President Masik, do you still remember me?"

Masik frowned. Of course he knew Chen Hong. Both of them were car companies in Shanghai. But now that they were trying to get close to each other, he felt that Chen Hong must have bad intentions and might be a "spy" sent by Chen Xing to find out information. ".

Although he was unhappy and kept vigilant, he still smiled and pretended to be relaxed: "Of course, Mr. Chen from SAIC."

"Just remember me. I wonder what President Masik thinks of Pilot 001?"

"very good."

"Really?"

"Yes."

Masik has always been vigilant, and now he cannot easily trust the people of the Dragon Kingdom, because such people who come to chat with them out of nowhere must have ulterior motives.

Seeing that the other party was on guard, Chen Hong simply showed her cards and said: "I heard you guys talking about organizing a dinner party just now. I was very interested, so I wanted to ask if I could participate."

"Feel sorry."

Masik shrugged and gave no reason for his refusal.

Chen Hong glanced around the presidents of foreign companies and found that they were all staring at her. It was obvious that these people would attend this extremely important dinner next.

As soon as the pilot 001 press conference ended, Masik couldn't wait to organize the dinner party. Even a fool could guess the content of the dinner party.

Because the performance and pricing of Linghang 001 are too abnormal, in order not to be eliminated, Chen Hong, who usually puts face first, lowered her body again and pleaded with a tone of voice: "Mr. Noemi Paz and I have a relationship, and we are on the same page. On the same side.”

When he said this, he deliberately lowered his voice, for fear that other business bosses would hear him.

Masik looked at Noemi Paz beside him, as if asking for his opinion.

Noemi Paz looked at Chen Hong, then at Xiang Masike, and finally nodded, acquiescing to their relationship.

SAIC and General Motors have in-depth cooperation, and the two jointly established SAIC-GM.

Speaking of SAIC-GM, ordinary people may feel unfamiliar, because except for people in the automotive field, who would be bored to check car companies, but if you want to report the brand of the car, then everyone is basically familiar with it.

SAIC and General Motors launched a total of four models in Longguo, including the legendary Wuling Hongguang, Diaosi Sanbao Chevrolet, Yuhuang Emperor Cadillac, and Buick, which is known as a Maybach imitation.

Among the four vehicle brands here, except for Wuling, which has a third party, the other three are shared 50-50 between SAIC and General Motors.

What is the concept of 50/50 split?

This means that half of SAIC Group's net profits will flow to the United States.

Although a large amount of money flows to the United States, this does not prevent SAIC from making a lot of money and becoming one of the top large companies in the country.

Because of the deep binding of interests, Noemi Paz and Chen Hong usually have team gatherings, and there is still a human relationship.

"You're very welcome." Now that Noemi Paz came forward to guarantee it, Masik also let down his guard.

He also thought carefully about it. Chen Xing priced the Pilot 001 between 209,000 and 299,000, which offended all friendly car companies. Chen Hong should be a friend rather than an enemy.

"It's a great honor."

Chen Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the conversation between the two was quiet, it attracted the attention of many people, including many car company CEOs.

Most of the people who can sit here are old foxes. They know everything with their butts about what Masik wants to do when he organizes the game.

Zeng Hong, the CEO of Guangzhou Automobile Group, rolled his eyes slightly, stood up, walked to Masik, and said hello: "President Masik, Mr. Chen, you are well."

"Mr. Zeng?"

Chen Hong saw Zeng Hong approaching, and after a brief thought, she immediately understood what he meant, but he did not say it out loud because it was Ma Xike who was doing "Dong" now.

When the organizer is clearly identified, inviting others without the owner's consent is a sign of low emotional intelligence.

Don't think that only the Dragon Kingdom has people and sophistication. Every country in the world has people and sophistication. This is a tacit understanding that one can learn from others without a teacher.

"Zeng Hong..."

Masik also knew his purpose, and he looked at several CEOs of Japanese companies.

However, Honda Group CEO Otaki Kazuki and Toyota Group CEO Nishikawa Takahiro both shook their heads because they no longer have any cooperation with GAC Group.

If there is no binding interest, why should someone act as your guide?

"I'm sorry..." Before Masik could finish speaking, Zeng Hong interrupted him directly and argued for himself: "Chen Xing's move has dug up the roots of our car company. There is an old saying in the Long Kingdom that calls everyone Gather firewood and the flames will rise.”

"This..." Masik looked at Chen Hong, wanting to hear his opinion.

As an old fox in the business world, Chen Hong naturally understood what he meant and expressed her own point of view: "It is true. The pricing of Pilot 001 is to shuffle all car companies. One more person means more power."

"That makes sense."

Masik nodded.

Although the pricing of Linghang 001 at RMB 209,000 and RMB 299,000 is conducive to stimulating national consumption, it also offends friendly businesses.

Originally, when they sold a car, the net profit was 30% or even 40%. Once they were really messed up by Pilot 001, let alone the net profit, they would be very impressive if they could maintain no loss.

…

"What are those people doing? Something feels wrong." Rebus, who was sitting in the front row, looked at Ren Guofei and reminded him to look behind.

Ren Guofei turned his head and glanced, then withdrew his gaze and said, "They are probably plotting some big move. I need to give Chen Xing a heads up."

The pricing of Pilot 001 has touched the interests of other friendly car companies. You don't need to think about it to know that there will definitely be no good thing if they get together.

Rebus touched his chin, thought of something, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that they are anxious, but they just don't know how to play their cards."

He once released the rice 1 mobile phone, which made his friends angry at the price of 1,999 yuan. Many CEOs of copycat phone companies even yelled at him, and some even wanted to threaten him.

But this is normal. Cutting off people's financial resources is like killing their parents.

The 3999 yuan knockoff smartphone is selling well, and you charge 1999 yuan. Isn't this cutting off someone's money?

"You have experience, give me some advice."

Ren Guofei smiled.

"What else can I do? At most, I'll ask Chen Xing to stay out of the spotlight and try to go out less." Lei Jun teased with a hint of seriousness, which made Ren Guofei think carefully.

This world is not as simple as it seems. Behind any success, there are often corpses underfoot.

For the trillion-dollar automobile market, it is normal to create some accidents, such as car accidents.

"Call and tell me."

Ren Guofei took out his mobile phone.

"Let me do it. I have more experience in talking about these things." Lei Jun stopped him and took out the mobile phone in his pocket.

Luo Hao, Duan Yongping, Chen Yong and other mobile phone manufacturers' CEOs all looked serious. They didn't want Chen Xing to get into trouble.

After all, the current Longxing Group has a close relationship with them. Once the Longxing Group changes its leader, I really don't know what will happen.

Wang Fu, who had sharp ears, heard the conversations on both sides, but he couldn't get involved in either side, because BYD was a purely domestically developed independent research and development route. He wanted to attend the dinner party of Masick, but he had no guide. He wanted to get close to Ren Guofei and Lei Jun, but they didn't communicate much.

"Alas!"

He sighed and had to choose to leave first.

Meanwhile.

On the other side.

Shenzhen International Racing Circuit.

Underground garage.

After getting out of the car, Chen Xing first thanked the staff of Shenzhen International Racing Circuit one by one, and then sat back in the driving seat of his customized version of Pilot 001.

"Assistant Xiaolong, WeChat video call Yao Nana."

[Calling for you. ]

After a short wait, the WeChat video call was connected.

"President."

"How are the sales?" Chen Xing talked to Yao Nana while driving the car.

"It is still growing steadily. At present, 220,000 units have been sold. I expect that this month will reach 1.7 million units." Yao Nana's tone was full of excitement. This is an unprecedented sales record.

You should know that Wuling Hongguang, known as the national god car, only sells 1.6 million units a year. It took less than an hour and a half for Linghang 001 to sell 220,000 units. It is absolutely possible to surpass a year in one month.

It is no wonder that people are crazy about buying it. The main reason is that the configuration of Linghang 001 is too good.

The standard version can accelerate from 0 to 100 in 2.81 seconds, has sufficient battery life, fast charging, and is particularly smart. Who can resist this?

Spend 200,000 to buy a new car worth one million. Which man can refuse?

"220,000 units, a net profit of 30,000 yuan per unit. If it can be delivered smoothly, it will be a net profit of 6.6 billion. If insurance income is added, it is estimated to reach 8 billion."

Chen Xing silently calculated in his mind.

Since the whole car is made in China and the technology is also in-house, the Linghang 001 can make a profit of 30,000 yuan even if it is sold for 209,000 yuan, which is unmatched by joint ventures.

Moreover, Longxing Group has reached a business cooperation with domestic insurance companies, which are responsible for operating the insurance business, and 50% of the net profit needs to be given to Longxing Group, Kunpeng Company and Rice Company.

Originally, insurance companies such as China Life, Ping An, and Pacific wanted to negotiate conditions and wanted to reduce the commission rate to about 30%. As a result, Chen Xing only used one sentence to make them submit obediently, and that sentence was: "If you don't want to cooperate, then we will do the vehicle insurance business ourselves, which is nothing more than spending tens of billions more."

Then there are other companies. These insurance companies may sneer, but these are the three technology companies at the top of the Longguo pyramid, and they can do it with tens of billions.

Do the CEOs of insurance companies have a choice?

They have no choice.

If they really fight to the death, then Chen Xing will just spend tens of billions to gradually improve the claims process of vehicle insurance, as well as related rights and interests and open local branches.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly.

Chen Xing didn't really want to start an insurance company, because insurance people have strong local connections, and money doesn't necessarily mean you can get in.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon can't suppress a local snake, so there's no need to offend everyone.

"I'm going back to the company now, you continue to increase the hype." After thinking about it, Chen Xing gave instructions to Yao Nana.

"Okay, I'll continue to contact the official operation team of Weibo and Douyin."

"Then hang up first."

"Okay."

The video call was closed, and the Yao Nana video frame on the central control screen disappeared. Chen Xing continued: "Send a message to Lan Junyi and Dong Shaopeng, content, speed up, overload production."

[Already sent to the group. ]

When Lan Junyi and Dong Shaopeng, who were far away in Longxing Base, received the WeChat message, they immediately began to urge the production factory under their jurisdiction while replying to Chen Xing, and asked the sales outlets under them to prepare to welcome customers.

They thought that the Linghang 001 car would sell well, but they didn't expect it to be so crazy. 180,000 units were ordered in one hour. If it were a month, wouldn't it be a million units?

It's no exaggeration to say that at this moment, the factories in the north and south are working hard to cope with the next wave of vehicle deliveries.

(I want to climb up step by step)

(Waiting for the sun to look at its face quietly)

(The little sky has a big dream)

The phone rang, and Chen Xing looked at the central control screen. It was a call from Lei Jun.

"Answer it."

As soon as the voice fell, the smart assistant of Linghang 001 answered the call.

"Hello, brother Chen, are you free?" Lei Jun's slightly youthful voice came out.

"I'm driving back to the company. Is there anything for Brother Lei?"

Chen Xing asked.

"It's not a big deal. It's just that the price of Linghang 001 is too low, which has affected the cheese of many friendly car companies. I just saw Masick organizing a dinner party. You have to be careful these days and try to go out less."

Lei Jun's tone was worried.

Now Chen Xing's Longxing Group is the backbone of Rice Company, Kunpeng Company, and semiconductor industry chain companies. No accidents can happen.

"Dinner party? Interesting."

Chen Xing smiled.

He actually expected that foreign car companies would unite to resist the impact of Linghang 001.

But is this useful?

The patent fees for fuel vehicles are too high!

And the engine is very delicate, which is several times the price of the motor.

With the same performance, the cost of new energy vehicles is 50% lower than that of fuel vehicles, or even more. This is not an exaggeration.

"The CEOs of SAIC, Changan Group, and SAIC, these friendly car companies, have all come over. Anyway, you must be careful. You should understand the principle that a desperate dog will jump over the wall."

Lei Jun continued.

If you cut off other people's financial resources, they may really do anything.

When he released the 1999 yuan Mi 1 mobile phone, he received death threats more than once, and the iron door of his home was splashed with red paint. This scared him so much that he didn't dare to go home for half a month and stayed in the company.

As good money drives out bad money, he gradually walked out of the shadows.

"I know, I will try to be careful during this period." Chen Xing didn't take it to heart, or he had already made up his mind.

Not to mention that Chen Xing, Chen Yapeng and Liang Ruolan's family have already settled in the Longxing base, taking Zhao Chenguang's secret power as an example, he really didn't know who dared to touch him in Shenzhen.

You know, Zhao Chenguang is a chief who specializes in intelligence. Any disturbance in Longguo can't escape his eyes.

Even if Zhao Chenguang is unreliable, there is still the old chief Wang Shan. As long as Chen Xing doesn't deliberately seek death, no one can touch him in Shenzhen.

Four words.

Fearless!

…

Shencheng star hotel.

VIP box.

Tesla CEO Masik sat in the main seat, and other group presidents, such as BMW Group CEO Nagel, Mercedes-Benz Group CEO Olaf Reiter, Audi Group CEO Dusmai, Honda Group CEO Otaki Ikki, Toyota Group CEO Nishikawa Takahiro have already taken their seats.

On the edge, there are SAIC Group CEO Chen Hong, GAC Group CEO Zeng Hong, Changan Group CEO Tang Ruiyang and other CEOs of Longguo car companies.

As the dishes were served, the door of the box was closed by the waiter. Masik did not rush to eat, but went straight to the point:

"The price of Linghang 001 is too low. Chen Xing clearly wants to start a price war. What are your strategies?"

"I have a question." BMW Group CEO Nagel did not talk about the strategy, but had a question for Masik.

"What?"

Masik listened carefully.

"A car worth 209,000 yuan, a performance of 2.81 seconds, and a vehicle structure strength of 2000 MPa, equipped with a 120-degree battery and self-repairing tires, is this really profitable?"

Nagel's words aroused everyone's curiosity. Except for Masik, who specializes in electric vehicles, everyone else is a fuel vehicle manufacturer.

This configuration is put on a fuel vehicle, and it really cannot be reduced without a million yuan.

"Of course there is. Linghang 001 is a highly self-developed vehicle, and the battery pack is expensive for new energy vehicles. Longxing Group is a supplier of battery packs. I expect a profit of about 10,000 yuan." Masik gave an answer.

"If he is not selling at a loss, then we can't fight a price war. I can't lower the price of Maybach to 200,000." Olaf Leiter, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Group, chose to give up.

Other manufacturers' CEOs looked at each other, and they thought the same thing in their hearts.

Price wars are supposed to be a lose-lose situation, to see whose capital chain is broken first.

But now you say that there is still money to be made at 209,000. Which car company can withstand this type of price war?

Both sides are losing money, this is a price war.

Nagel, Olaf Leiter, Dusmai, Otaki Kazuki, Nishikawa Takahiro, as well as Chen Hong, Zeng Hong and other car company leaders looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Price wars cannot be fought, because the other party may not have lost money at all.

But if you want to fight in an upright manner, you must at least pay out a million-level luxury car configuration. How can they bear to destroy their own brand?

"There is no solution."

Chen Hong was secretly annoyed.

Chen Xing set the price too low, so they couldn't fight back.

When everyone was at a loss, Masike suddenly spoke up, looking around the room and said: "In addition to fighting a price war with them, we can also take legal action, because the pricing of Linghang 001 may touch the scope of monopoly."