The more powerful the country, the greater the pressure.
Behind the United States' scientific and technological prowess, countless top talents from all over the world were attracted by the generous treatment, and the country spared no effort to support and pursue science and technology by hook or by crook.
Catching up with the United Kingdom and the United States was not just a slogan. Only by putting in more effort than the United States could this goal be achieved.
And the United States would not sit still and wait for others to surpass them.
The industrial technology demonstrated by Monster Industries had reached the world's leading level in some aspects.
The United States, which had the highest technological level and wanted to maintain it, would naturally show interest.
So, after being explicitly rejected at the press conference and being asked to leave by security after revealing their identities, the United States did not give up.
The United States still did not give up. They used some diplomatic pressure and interest exchange to let France act as their agent, hoping to get more advanced industrial equipment from Monster Industry in addition to ghost armor.
They offered more than other countries and even exceeded the general profit premium of high-tech industrial equipment in the market.
As the saying went, there were no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. For the sake of interests, capitalists could sell the rope to hang themselves, and they could also talk and laugh with their enemies.
But there were really people or companies that did the opposite. If there was money, they would not earn it. They would make others unhappy.
For example, Monster Industries and Ye Qing.
Almost all the masterpieces in corporate strategic management repeatedly emphasized that an excellent company was like a machine and could not be mixed with any manager's personal feelings. Interests were above all factors. Only such an enterprise could ensure its competitiveness and survive in the fierce capital market.
In order to emphasize this point, the authors would even cite various classic cases.
Those companies that scoffed and did not believe in heresy had long been played to death by the managers themselves. Over time, this became the consensus of entrepreneurs all over the world and was regarded as the golden rule.
Of course, the United States and the French also thought so. Then, with Monster Industries, they saw what "willfulness" was.
They were so willful that they did not even have the interest to look at an order of 30 billion.
"Cooperation is based on the premise of reaching a consensus of interests." Buckmaster seriously emphasized his position of not backing down. "If you treat the order that we sincerely put forward with this attitude, I think that in the follow-up negotiations, we, the French side, will not be able to meet some of your requirements in terms of market opening."
"Examples of failed negotiations can be seen everywhere. The most worthy example is naturally the sensational transatlantic free trade agreement last year. I remember that your country was also on the opposing side at that time."
"Countries are like this, let alone companies." Ye Qing replied in the same serious tone.
"If you insist on using additional orders as leverage, we don't mind taking the same countermeasures in the product orders."
"Mr. Backmas, what do you think?"
Bakemas glared and turned to look at the representatives of the other countries.
Australia, which was not part of the EU economic system, looked up at the sky. The order they used to take advantage of had been fulfilled, and there was no need to collude with France and add more trouble.
After all, France didn't transfer any money here.
Germany, which was also part of the EU system, also confiscated the money, but in line with the principle that both sides were on the same side, the German representative gave a look that said, "I will use actions to express my dissatisfaction in the future." As for the British side, their eyes were even more innocent than the Austrian side. Because the British side had been protesting about leaving the EU in the past few years, the negotiations had already reached the third round. The gap between the two sides was so big that it was difficult to bridge. Why would they bother with such trivial matters that had nothing to do with them?
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The German side's dissatisfaction was shown in the first negotiation about the introduction of the Thunderbolt car.
In other words, the German side was just taking advantage of the situation, because the automobile industry was an important pillar of the German industry. In the world's automobile industry, Germany accounted for about 24% of the world's share. Even without France, Germany would be very active in making an issue of this.
"As far as I know, your Thunderbolt car only received a vehicle quality certificate from Hua Xia."
"But Hua Xia's vehicle quality inspection standards are different from ours. The EU implements a unified inspection standard, known as EURO-NCAP. Any new car sold in Europe must pass this test. " The German representative, Charters, said loudly, "So if the Thunderbolt car wants to be sold in Germany, it must first pass the unified inspection standard implemented by the EU."
"Mr. Ye, I believe you are quite familiar with this. We are not targeting the Thunderbolt car, but it is the same for any car brand. "
Ye Qing nodded. He naturally wouldn't object to this.
NCAP was known as the most professional and strictest car test in the world.
The highlight of NCAP was the well-known five-star collision test. In the early years, domestic car manufacturers didn't know how powerful this test was. They were full of confidence and wanted to enter the European market. In the end, they were sent to the NCAP laboratory to play "bumper cars" and came back with a full head of bruises.
The five-star collision test results were all open to the public, and anyone could check. This was also an important reference standard for picky Europeans when buying cars.
A car that failed the collision test, regardless of whether it entered the European market, European consumers wouldn't pay for it. At the same time, the annual video of the car collision was a hot topic for netizens around the world. The cars that achieved good results in the collision test often had a global video view rate of more than 100 million.
Of course, the collision test was only one segment. Picky European consumers would also consider the car's fuel consumption, maneuverability, and braking performance for a comprehensive evaluation.
The NCAP test wasn't static. It changed the test rules every year with reference to the international car development level. Many countries, including the United States, also used their standards as a reference for their car tests.
Needless to say, the rest of the content could be guessed.
The German representative, Charters, required that the Thunderbolt car must achieve a test score of more than 60 points before it could be sold in Germany. In addition, the German side would also levy tariffs on the Thunderbolt car according to the import standards.
At the same time, the Thunderbolt car had an extremely popular long-distance driving function in Hua Xia. If they wanted to sell it in Germany, they had to physically remove this function.
Tariff: 25%.
Value-added tax: 17%.
Consumption tax: 20%.
"Mr. Ye, this tax rate is only temporarily set according to the tax rate for imported cars in Hua Xia." The German representative, Charters, looked at Ye Qing and said slowly with some pride, "I'm sorry, in the past imported cars, Hua Xia didn't have any top-quality cars. Hua Xia didn't have any high-end cars that could enter the German market. "
"But the number of cars produced in Germany exported to Hua Xia every year is between 250,000 and 300,000. The consumption tax fluctuates between 1% and 40% according to the car's displacement."
"We lack a usual reference, so we used Hua Xia's tax rate as a reference."
"The 20% consumption tax is also based on the average standard. It's fair and just."
Ye Qing smiled. He had nothing to say about the tax rate. After all, Hua Xia had this standard for Germany. It was also expected that the long-distance driving function would be removed. The traffic laws and driving habits of the two countries were completely different.
But the German side had set up a barrier for a test score of more than 60 points.
In the 2016 European crash test, the car that achieved the best score was 59 points. The reason given by the German representative, Charters, was that the Thunderbolt car was a brand new electric car. It was very different from traditional gasoline cars. In addition, as Hua Xia's first high-end family car to enter the German market, they had to treat it with caution to give the people a signal of reassurance.
A Thunderbolt Elite was priced at 420,000 yuan in China. According to the 62% import tax increase of 700,000 yuan, it was considered a high-end car even in Europe.
In the eyes of the German representative, 60 points in the crash test was a kind of difficulty. It was impossible for the Thunderbolt car to achieve it. At the same time, this was the pride of the century-old German automobile industry giant.
In Ye Qing's eyes, if the test score was lower than 60 points, Ye Qing wouldn't be willing to sell the Thunderbolt car even if Europe begged Ye Qing to sell it.
As long as the test was fair, selling the car with a score lower than 60 points would be a disgrace to Monster Industries.
The car made by Monster Industries was actually not the safest in the world for the same price?
Then what was the point of selling it?
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