The third day after Black Thursday.
The sun rose at six o 'clock in the morning, lighting up the streets of Manhattan.
As usual, Ben got out of the car with his briefcase. He yawned and was about to walk to the company building. However, he suddenly saw a large group of people standing in front of the newsstand.
Many gentlemen in suits and leather shoes with waxed leather shoes squeezed in without a care for their image. They tried to squeeze through the crowd as if they were squeezing into a subway, exchanging the money in their hands for the newspapers in the hands of the newspaper stall owners.
"What happened …"
Ben was about to walk forward when he suddenly saw a fat man with curly hair. He was curling his hair as he squeezed through the crowd.
This person was none other than Carell.
Without hesitation, Ben stepped forward and patted his colleague on the shoulder.
"Hey, what happened? Why are there so many people here? "
"It's because I don't know what happened that I spent so much effort," Carell cursed as he tore open the crumpled newspaper. He squinted his bean-sized eyes and looked at the first headline on the newspaper.
The second he saw the newspaper, Carell's expression froze.
Ben, who was standing behind him, was the same. His expression instantly froze, then quickly changed from joy to sadness.
"… The Ministry of Commerce dropped the lawsuit! ExxonMobil dropped the lawsuit! God … this, this is too … "Carell immediately looked at his colleague for help and continued in an anxious voice," Bam, my friend, use your smart brain and think, what does this mean? "
Ben scratched his head. His brain was a mess; he wasn't any better than his partner.
"I don't know … This is too sudden, maybe it's a good thing, maybe it's a bad thing … Let me think, it's definitely good for the West Coast fusion power plant … Damn it! We thought this antitrust investigation would take at least until the end of the year! It hasn't even been a week. What the hell are those idiots on Capitol Hill thinking? "
"… Email from the company."
"What does it say?" Ben quickly asked as he looked at Carell who took out his phone.
"Nothing, just told us to arrive early. The manager plans on having a short morning meeting half an hour before work …"
"Hurry up! That's probably what they're going to discuss! "Ben stuffed the newspaper into his briefcase and quickly ran to the door of the company.
After a few seconds, Carell's expression changed. He quickly put away his phone and shouted as he chased after them.
"Hey! That's the newspaper I bought! "
What happened near the Goldman Sachs building was not an isolated incident.
In fact, almost all the kiosks in Manhattan were overrun by enthusiastic people, and this enthusiasm even spread to other streets in New York City.
He couldn't rule out the possibility that some people were there to join in the fun.
But most of them were in the financial industry working at nearby investment banks.
The US International Trade Commission rejects the antitrust investigation!
ExxonMobil Drops Lawsuit!
These two pieces of news appeared in the Wall Street Journal at almost the same time.
Apparently, the editors of the Wall Street Journal had a headache for a while in order to arrange the order of these two pieces of breaking news and pick one as the headline.
However, it didn't really matter.
Because no matter which piece of news became the headline, it would be enough to sell the newspaper like crazy.
Many people who were lucky enough to get their hands on the newspaper couldn't believe their eyes. After a weekend of mental preparation, many people were ready to deal with this impact. They didn't expect this aggressive antitrust investigation to end so abruptly?!
Soon, the news spread to the Internet.
These headlines prepared for investors spread across the United States at the speed of light, and even to every corner of the world. Like most of the investors who paid attention to this matter, almost everyone was stunned by this news.
Especially the white supremacists who were clamoring to teach the arrogant Chinese people a lesson, as well as the supporters of the "America First" creed. It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads, drenching their hearts.
On Facebook.
The discussions on this topic had completely exploded.
[Darkest hour!]
[Disappointing, next time I will never vote for that cowardly liar.]
[This is definitely the darkest day in history! The Statue of Liberty actually bowed to evil forces! This reminds me of Chamberlain who signed the appeasement agreement. At first, we all thought that as long as we betrayed Poland, we could get peace in Europe. We didn't expect the price to be the entire world! (sad) (sad)]
[Don't flatter yourself, who the f * ck is messing with us?!]
[Upstairs, did you come out of the wall? Do you know how many times the Statue of Liberty saved the world? How many times did it maintain peace? How many famines did it solve???]
[… I suspect you're an ally, but you don't have a dog head, I'm still going to bring out my Italian cannon!]
…
Tesla Building, China.
Conference room on the top floor.
Elon looked at the rising sun outside the floor-to-ceiling window. He was silent for a long time before he suddenly sighed.
"I can't blame you, everyone knows that we didn't lose to Star Sky Technology, we didn't lose to … BB Charging, we didn't even lose to China."
Bill Davis didn't say anything.
He knew who his boss was talking about.
"… Actually, thinking about it, this was a wrong decision. Ever since they completed the patent barrier for lithium-air batteries, we didn't have much chance of winning. If it were me, even if I didn't put wireless charging technology on this fortress, I would choose a technology standard that was beneficial to us. "
The patent was only valid for twenty years.
But how long could the standard last?
No one knew. Because until now, many standards had not been eliminated. Whether it was in the market or the industrial chain, it was difficult to change.
When Musk heard his subordinate's words, he sighed.
"I know, but … are you willing to accept failure?"
Bill Davis shook his head and spoke.
"There's nothing we can do about it."
Some time ago, the local government in Shanghai suddenly changed their welcoming attitude and began to be aggressive. He realized that he might have messed up his plan.
This kind of change in attitude was too abnormal, and it was hard not to think about it.
Later, Bobby Davis found an official who had a good relationship with them and held an important position in the relevant department. From their conversation, he vaguely understood that this was an intention from Shangjing.
They had crossed the line.
Their attitude would not change until they retreated to this bottom line.
Bill Davis didn't know what this line was. Maybe it was because of what they did, or maybe it was because of what the White House did.
However, he knew that this line was related to the future of Tesla in China …
However, he didn't have the right to make this decision.
Only the man standing in front of him had the right to make this decision.
After a long silence, Bill Davis looked at Elon standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and asked, "What should we do next?"
"What should we do next?"
"We can't do this." Musk looked away from the rising sun at the Yangtze River port and turned around to look at Bevis. He sighed and said, "Let's cut our losses."
"Charging stations are an attractive piece of cake, as attractive as the future of this city, but it's not our core business …
"We have to at least protect the Tesla market in China."
His shoulders relaxed slightly, Bevis nodded and continued to ask.
"I understand … Oh yeah, what about the new electric car? I'm talking about the Model 2022 … "
"Use lithium-air." Elon's face twitched as he said, "Use their SH standard battery …"
SH standard …
I lost again …
Ahhhh!
I'm so f * cking pissed!
Looking at the boss whose facial muscles were twitching, Bevis suddenly felt a trace of admiration in his heart.
He had been in China for many years, and he had heard two proverbs.
One was "Success is not a small thing."
The other was "Men know when to bow and submit".
Maybe …
This is the secret of his success.
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