Chapter 992: Use Lithium Air! (3/4)

Chapter 992: Use lithium air! (34)

The third day after Black Thursday.

The sun rose in a hurry at six o'clock in the morning, illuminating the early morning on Manhattan Island, New York.

As usual, he got out of the car with his briefcase, and just as Bem yawned listlessly and was about to walk quickly to the company building, he suddenly saw the door of the newsstand, which was usually deserted, but was surrounded by a large group of people. To surround a watertight.

Many gentlemen in suits and leather shoes with waxed leather shoes squeezed in without any regard for their image, trying to pass through the crowded crowd like a subway, and exchanged the banknotes in their hands for the newspapers in the hands of the newsstanders.

"what happened……"

Muttering in his mouth, Bem was about to go forward when he suddenly saw a curly-haired fat man squeezed out of the crowd cursing.

This person is none other than Karel.

Without time to hesitate, Bem immediately stepped forward and patted his colleague on the shoulder.

"Hey, what happened? Why are there so many people around here."

"It's because I don't know what happened that I put in so much effort," Karel cursed and tore open the crumpled newspaper, squinting his mung bean-sized eyes, and looked at the first line of headlines on the newspaper.

Almost the moment his eyes touched the newspaper, Karel's expression froze.

The same was true for Bem standing behind him, his expression froze for a moment, and then quickly changed between joy and sorrow.

"...The Ministry of Commerce withdrew the lawsuit! Exxon Mobil withdrew the lawsuit! God... this, this is too..." Immediately casting a look of help to his colleagues, Karel continued in an anxious voice, "Bem, My friend, use your clever head to think, what does this mean?"

Grabbing the hair on his head, Bem's mind was in a mess at this moment, not much better than his partner.

"I don't know...it's so sudden, maybe it's a good thing, maybe it's a bad thing...Let me think, it must be good for fusion power plants on the west coast...Damn! We thought this antitrust investigation would at least delay There will be no results until the end of the year! Halfway through the fight and no more fights, it’s been less than a week, what are those idiots on Capitol Hill thinking!"

"...an email from the company."

"What did it say?" Seeing Karel who took out the phone, Bem asked quickly.

"Nothing, just let us arrive earlier, the manager plans to use half an hour before work to hold a short morning meeting..."

"Hurry up! This is probably what we're going to discuss!" Stuffing the newspaper into his briefcase, Bem quickly rushed to the door of the company.

It took a few seconds to react. Karel's expression changed, and he quickly put away his phone, yelling loudly while chasing after him.

"Hey! That's the newspaper I bought!"

What happened near the Goldman Sachs building was not an isolated accident.

In fact, nearly the entirety of Manhattan's newsstands was overwhelmed by the frenzy, which spread to several other streets in downtown New York.

It is not ruled out that some people are going to join in the fun.

But the vast majority are practitioners in the financial industry who work in nearby investment banks.

The US International Trade Commission dismissed the antitrust investigation!

ExxonMobil dropped the lawsuit!

These two pieces of news appeared in the "Wall Street Journal" almost at the same time.

It is said that the editors of the "Wall Street Journal" had a headache for a long time in order to rank these two breaking news stories and pick one as the headline.

However, it doesn't really matter.

Because no matter which news is the headline, it is enough to sell this newspaper like crazy.

Those who were lucky enough to grab the newspaper in the first place, many of them couldn't believe their eyes. After a weekend of mental preparation, many people have already prepared for this shock, but they didn't expect this menacing anti-monopoly investigation to come to an abrupt end? !

Soon, news spread to the Internet.

These headlines prepared for investors spread across the United States and even every corner of the world along the network cable at the speed of light. Like most investors who pay attention to this matter, almost everyone was stunned by this news.

Especially those white supremacists clamoring to teach those arrogant Chinese people some lessons, as well as the supporters of the "America First" creed, it was as if a pot of cold water had been poured on their heads, and their hearts were completely chilled.

on Facebook.

Discussions on related topics have been thoroughly fried.

[The darkest hour! 】

【Disappointing, next time I will definitely not vote for that cowardly liar. 】

[This is definitely a dark day in history! The Statue of Liberty actually bowed her head like an evil force! This reminds me of Chamberlain who signed the appeasement agreement. At first we all thought that we could get peace in Europe by selling Poland, but we didn't expect the price to be the whole world! (sad) (sad)]

[Don't put gold on your face, who the hell is making trouble? ! 】

[The one upstairs came out of the wall, do you know how many times the Statue of Liberty saved the world? How much peace has been maintained? How many famines were solved? ? ? 】

【...I suspect that you are a friendly army, but you didn't add a dog head, I still have to move out my Italian cannon! 】

...

Tesla Building in Huaxia District.

In the conference room on the top floor.

Looking at the rising sun outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, Musk, who had been on the plane all night, was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed.

"I can't blame you. Everyone knows that we didn't lose to Xingkong Technology, nor did we lose to that... BB Charging, or even Huaguo."

Beavis was silent and did not speak.

He knew who his boss was talking about.

"...In fact, if you think about it carefully, it was a wrong decision to go this far. Since they completed the patent barrier of lithium-air batteries, we have no chance of winning. If it were me, even if I didn't use wireless charging Technology hangs on this fortress, and we will also choose a technical standard that is beneficial to us to expand our advantages."

Patents are only valid for twenty years.

But how long will the standard last?

No one knows, because until now, many standards have not been eliminated. Whether it is the market or the industrial chain, there is inertia, and it will be difficult to change unless the whole system is replaced.

Hearing what his subordinates said, Musk sighed.

"I know, but... are you willing to accept failure?"

Beavis shook his head and said.

"It's an unavoidable thing."

Some time ago, the local government in Shanghai suddenly swept away their previously welcoming attitude and became aggressive, and he realized that something might be wrong.

This change in attitude is so abnormal that it's hard not to think deeply.

Later, Beavis got in touch with an official who had a good relationship with them and held an important position in the relevant department, and only vaguely learned from the conversation that this was from Shangjing.

They hit the bottom line.

Their attitude will not change until they fall back on this bottom line.

Beavis didn't know what the bottom line was, maybe it was because of something they did themselves, maybe it was because of something the White House did.

But he knows one thing, that is the bottom line, which may be related to Tesla's future in China...

However, he has no right to make decisions.

Only the man standing in front of him has this right.

After a long silence, looking at the back of Musk standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, Beavis asked.

"What should we do next?"

"There is nothing to be done," looking away from the rising sun at the port of the Yangtze River, Musk turned around to look at Beavis, and said with a sigh, "Stop the loss in time."

"Although the charging pile is an attractive cake, as attractive as the future of the city, it is not our core business..."

"At least, we have to keep Tesla's market in China."

Shoulders relaxed slightly, Beavis nodded and continued to ask.

"I see... By the way, what about the new electric car? I mean model 2022..."

"...Use lithium air," Musk felt a pain in his heart when he said the word, the expression on his face twitched slightly, he gritted his teeth and continued, "Battery, just use their SH standard..."

SH standard...

lost again...

Ahhh!

So angry!

Looking at the boss whose facial muscles twitched, Beavis couldn't help feeling a little admiration in his heart.

He has been in China for some years, and he often heard two proverbs.

One sentence is "Those who make big things don't hesitate to tip".

Another sentence is "a man can bend and stretch".

Maybe……

This is the secret of his success.