Chapter 107 Public Opinions
Since 18, all kinds of companies have been forced to passively take the beatings from America, and no one dares to fight back.

Tik Tok is popular all over the world, but their CEO is still called in for questioning every now and then.

Accepting questioning is not enough. In order to accumulate capital for themselves, American congressmen ask all kinds of idiotic questions, which not only show their own bottom line but also humiliate others in another sense.

Even though Tik Tok adopted an extremely good attitude when answering inquiries and tried its best to find a balance between the two elephants of America and China, it still could not escape the fate of being forced to sell.

In the eyes of the Chinese, isn't this pure hegemony? Whether it's Apple or Samsung, when has China ever called their CEOs over to attack them?

The patriotic sentiments of Weibo netizens were fully aroused at this moment. Everyone thought of the frustration they had experienced in the past five years and the technological breakthroughs of Light Armor Technology. They were all very excited and the mood was high for a while.

"The God of Light is indeed a God. He has the courage to face injustice and resolutely fight back. This spirit of drawing the sword is worth learning for Chinese companies."

"The enemy can go, and I can go too!"

"Can Guangshen launch some products that everyone can afford? I can't support it even if I want to."

If Chen Yuanguang made a mobile phone, as long as the price-performance ratio was acceptable, sales would definitely explode.

"Mr. Lei, according to our internal public opinion monitoring system, consumers have a very positive impression of Mr. Chen from Guangjia Technology. Influenced by this incident, this enthusiasm can actually be transformed into purchasing power.

Neither Guangjia Technology nor Guangjia Aerospace has to C products, and Xiaomi can complement them in this regard.

For the flagship Xiaomi 12 Ultra that we released last year, we can cooperate with Guangjia Aerospace, obtain their authorization, and produce a customized aerospace version to indirectly pay tribute to Mr. Chen.

This can also reverse our negative image in the minds of some consumers to a certain extent.

In addition, high-end models like Xiaomi Motors, which use perovskite technology, can also take advantage of this wave of popularity for a pre-exposure." The vice president of Xiaomi's mobile phone division and Lu Weibing reported to Lei Jun together.

Lei Jun has been browsing Weibo for the whole morning. He is very interested in this matter. Taking advantage of this favorable situation to do marketing can really achieve a multiplier effect. He only pays attention to a few key points:
"How to implement it? Hot issues are time-sensitive. We need to negotiate with Light Armor Aerospace as soon as possible to reach an agreement. Who will go to negotiate?"

The vice president looked at Lu Weibing without saying anything. Lu Weibing was holding a pen and had a notebook in front of him. He looked like he was taking notes seriously. He helped the vice president out and said:
“Boss Lei, considering your personal relationship with Boss Chen, we think you should communicate with Boss Chen first, and then our people can discuss the specific cooperation. This top-down cooperation method will be more efficient.

That is to say, it meets the timeliness issue you just mentioned."

Just for this matter, Lei Jun felt that it was unnecessary, but in connection with Xiaomi Auto, he hoped to use Guangjia Aerospace to support Xiaomi Auto, and he felt that it was very necessary to maintain relations.

Xiaomi has been criticized for having no technology, so it needs to find a company that truly has technology to cooperate with, and it needs to be the kind of company that no one will stand up to refute when they hear it.

Isn’t Guangjia Aerospace the best partner? The usage scenarios of their perovskite batteries are also very compatible with electric vehicles.

For the sake of Xiaomi Auto, Lei Jun felt that he had to make this trip to Pengcheng.

Guangjia Aerospace's R&D center is in Pengcheng, so Chen Yuanguang now lives in Pengcheng and occasionally goes to Shenhai.

Lei Jun said: "Okay, I will contact Yuan Guang.

The second question is do you have any plans for a customized version for aerospace?
I can't just go there with nothing in hand. It would be best for me to take a prototype and a plan to talk to Yuanguang about how to cooperate. Is it a one-time licensing fee, or a commission based on each phone sold?
Have you thought this through?"

The customized version has its own cost, and the price cannot be much higher than the regular version. In addition, there is a licensing fee, which makes it difficult to set the price.

The vice president said: "We plan to pay 50 million yuan as a one-time licensing fee, and then this amount will be included in the marketing expenses when we record the accounts."

Lei Jun understood immediately what the other party meant. This amount of money was difficult to calculate, but it could be counted as marketing expenses.

First, they use official license to ride on the popularity. 50 million is not a lot. Second, the customized version is pure profit. If they make some differentiated configurations and raise the price, consumers will still buy it.

"Okay." Before Lei Jun finished speaking, he saw someone sending him a message. He picked up his phone and saw that it was from Xiaopeng.

It is a mobile phone screenshot and a paragraph.

The screenshot of the mobile phone was posted by Huawei’s official Weibo:

Huawei pays tribute to @Guangjia Aerospace, a Chinese high-tech enterprise that has developed independently. The new high-end models will work with Guangjia Aerospace, equipped with the next-generation solar cell technology, to redefine the electric vehicle industry.

Below this Weibo post is the silhouette of the Wenjie M9, giving people plenty of room for imagination.

"Huawei is riding on the popularity very quickly." Xiaopeng said on WeChat.

Lei Jun was speechless. He was still thinking about how to take advantage of this wave of popularity, but Huawei had already started to do so.

"Pause for a moment. Look at Weibo. Huawei and Guangjia Aerospace have teamed up. I'll go ask about the details."

Lei Jun went to call Chen Yuanguang after he finished speaking, and when he came back from the call he looked unhappy:

"They signed a cooperation agreement with Huawei for technology patent licensing and joint research.

This is a non-exclusive agreement. Xiaomi can sign it if it wants to. Haven’t Xiaomi Auto’s engineers completed the technical verification yet?

It's been two months! Why has Huawei already completed it and signed the contract?"

When you know that your competitor is progressing much faster than you and you are already lagging behind him, you would also be anxious.

Wenjie's M5 and M7 are all over the streets, but Xiaomi's car is still in the factory.

When it comes to integrating new technologies, China is much slower than Huawei.

Moreover, Xiaomi Automobile is directly operated, while the question is whether it is a collaboration between Huawei and SERES. This is like one person cannot outrun others who are running on three legs.

It's somewhat unjustifiable.

No wonder Lei Jun was angry.

The two executives sitting opposite him didn't say anything, because none of them was responsible for making cars, and the best way at this time was to remain silent.

Lei Jun didn't say much, just waved his hand and said, "Go and get ready.

I will go to Pengcheng to talk to Yuanguang first, and you guys prepare the prototype and plan.

I have an appointment with him for tomorrow, please send me the complete plan by 9 o'clock tonight at the latest."

The cooperation between Huawei and Guangjia Aerospace has put too much pressure on its competitors.

New energy vehicles are originally a very competitive track. Huawei has already started to make efforts this year. With the support of Guangjia Aerospace, its brand image is simply invincible.

Under Huawei's tribute Weibo post, everyone was asking when this model would be launched. Everyone had their money ready and were just waiting for the car.

Weibo was full of jubilation, but places like Stock Forum were full of doubts. On Xueqiu, Dadao Wuxingwoxing said:

"I was very optimistic about Chen Yuanguang before, and I thought he was a very rare Musk-like figure in China, a top talent who combines the qualities of an entrepreneur, scientist and system engineering expert.

Looking back now, he still has big flaws. His impulsive and irrational decisions when facing problems can easily put the company at unnecessary risk. He is still too young and still influenced by grand narratives.

"I will lower my expectations for Light Armor Technology and reduce my position."

As a famous V on Snowball, known as the Chinese Buffett, his words are regarded as the guiding principle by many people.

"He is too irrational. Which of these companies, ByteDance, ZTE, Huawei, DJI, etc., has not been targeted by America?
Sometimes being targeted by America is a good thing, which means your strength has reached a certain level. I haven’t seen anyone so radical as to stand up and say that they don’t want to play with America anymore.

In my opinion, this is not a grand narrative, but the remnant of populism. I previously thought that Guangjia Aerospace and SpaceX were cooperating, and that Chen Yuanguang was also a world citizen with a broad vision. Now it seems that I was wrong.

I wouldn't dare buy from a company that makes such impulsive decisions so easily.

Who knows, tomorrow they might announce the cessation of cooperation with Europe, and the day after tomorrow they might announce the cessation of cooperation with Japan and Korea. Do they rely entirely on internal circulation?"

"This is probably a case of not taking the interests of small and medium-sized investors into consideration, right? America is your most important overseas market, and it may even be your most important market. You earn RMB in the domestic market, and USD in the American market.

Such a big market, he just said no, can he decide this alone? Doesn't he need the approval of the board of directors? This is ridiculous!"

Because everyone voted with real money, after this round of announcements, the market value in the stock accounts is evaporating, and the money is disappearing. Everyone cannot tolerate this gap.

Not to mention that the unit price of Guangjia Aerospace is more than one thousand yuan, and the lowest holding market value is in six figures. A drop of ten points would be more than ten thousand yuan. No one can withstand such a loss.

Of course, there are also investors who stand on Chen Yuanguang's side, but most of these people did not buy Guangjia Technology's stocks.

"Mr. Duan, you are wrong. Chen Yuanguang's style is exactly the same as Musk's. After Musk acquired Twitter, he changed its name and changed it to a name and logo like X, which has no recognition.

The brand image and user perception that were previously established must all be broken down and rebuilt from scratch.

After acquiring Twitter, they laid off 75% of the employees. This style of being firm and unyielding is not exactly the same as what Chen Yuanguang showed this time, but it is pretty similar, right? "

On the other side of the earth, the White House was shocked. They couldn't believe that a Chinese company dared to treat them like this.

"Chinese companies should disappear from our lives."

"We need to increase our efforts in light armor aerospace and light armor technology"

"We should use financial means to deal with Light Armor Aerospace and Light Armor Technology"

"We must get Light Armor Technology to transfer their human hibernation technology"

Lawmakers reacted strongly, making outrageous remarks on Twitter.

There are endless kinds of remarks made to attract attention, and anyway, you don’t have to be responsible for posting them.

Institutions that have human hibernation equipment raised prices overnight.

For example, a private club that provides human hibernation services to financial practitioners originally charged $2,000 for each hibernation session, but now it has increased to $3,000, and reservations must be made in advance.

The human hibernation centers in Los Angeles that hold illegal immigrants are considered a waste. Now that China will not sell the equipment to them, these human hibernation centers should be given to people who really need them.

Wall Street reacted that same day, and Arcadia's stock price, which had been plummeting, suddenly rose 90 degrees at the final closing.

Not only did it not fall, but it soared by 12 points.

Why? Because all of the human hibernation equipment in America is owned by Arcadia, and they only gave these institutions the right to use it.

Because they have not yet undergone clinical approval and have not yet obtained a license, Arcadia cannot sell these devices.

It was a blessing in disguise. These human hibernation devices were the only ones left in America that could be circulated on the market. Scarcity makes things valuable, and Arcadia, which held the scarce resources, instantly became very popular.

"That's the kind of person that Wright is, he can't stand the unfair treatment he's getting, and yes, I think it's unfair treatment.

It makes no sense to put Light Armor Aerospace on the Entity List, which will seriously affect the competitiveness of American automakers." Musk tweeted to slam the White House's decision.

This is not only because he owns shares of Guangjia Technology, but also because Tesla is unable to adopt perovskite battery technology.

The Cybertruck he was going to launch this year will have a very long body, and the entire long flat surface at the back can be used to store the new generation of solar cells.

The experimental data of perovskite batteries used by Tesla's factory in Shenhai has been transmitted back to American. They have calculated internally that with the support of perovskite batteries, the Cybertruck's battery life can reach an astonishing level.

It can actually pose a threat to traditional fuel vehicles.

You should know that pickup trucks are the most popular type of vehicle in America, and Cybertruck is crucial to Tesla.

Now, everything has gone down the drain. We were originally planning to shock global consumers, but now we can only watch our Chinese counterparts hype up perovskite batteries.

Musk was very unhappy about this and believed that this might have a fatal impact on Tesla.

It is still the beginning of 23. If it were the end of the year, what he thinks might become certain.

Because China's new energy vehicle market is particularly competitive this year, Tesla has no choice but to engage in a price war.

Chen Yuanguang ignored the various disturbances in the public opinion field, or rather, he did not care.

“Don’t worry, it will not affect our business or our interests in the American region.

We have already agreed with Arcadia that they will re-establish a company in Mexico and we will work with that new company.

It will not affect our sales of products to them. As for how they ship the products back to the country, that is their business.

If there is profit, someone will do it.

This is a good thing. It raises the cost of using new technology in the United States. The human hibernation program in Texas will not stop, which will make the poor financial situation of the United States worse. "

Chen Yuanguang is explaining to the relevant people the considerations behind this action.

　The details of yesterday's electricity situation were mainly based on the book "The Evolution of the Global Electricity Market" written by Fereton.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)