This negotiation lasted for three whole days.
During these three days, Ye Qing only routinely communicated with the negotiation team about the current negotiation progress every day. The rest of the time was focused on the Longxitan factory.
Three days later, the negotiation ended.
The result of the negotiation was that the EU countries would open the domestic market to Monster Industries' Thunderbolt car, magic crystal mobile phone, and liquid printer. However, magic crystal mobile phone and liquid printer would be subject to additional import tariffs of 20% and 35% respectively.
Additional tariffs were also known as trade barriers.
This was a means often used by countries to protect their local manufacturing industry. Looking at the world, there were very few products that could monopolize the market. More often than not, several companies with the same type of products would kill each other. From as small as two braised food stores in a town to as big as a mobile phone giant between two countries.
Almost all of Hua Xia's non-monopoly companies that could make their products internationally popular had suffered from trade barriers.
The most typical example was the glass king Cai Songhua, who visited the United States with Ye Qing last year.
Cai Songhua, the glass king, was the most successful businessman in Hua Xia in the glass industry. Hua Xia was the most powerful, and naturally, it was extraordinary in the international business circle. The car glass produced by their company was listed as a long-term partner by many car manufacturers in the world. In the most glorious days of the past few years, the glass king Cai Songhua even occupied 26% of the European car glass supply market.
Even if a set of car glass only had a net profit of ten yuan, 26% of the European car market was enough for Cai Songhua to eat a full bowl.
At that time, many car glass manufacturers in Europe were suffering and were on the verge of bankruptcy.
When the Europeans saw that the situation was not right, they directly raised the banner of antidumping trade barriers. They only increased the import tariff of the car glass produced by Cai Songhua's enterprises by 9% on the original basis.
The 90% tax increase made buyers pay three euros more per set of glass than before.
It was this three euros that caused Cai Songhua's business in Europe to plummet from 26% of the market to less than 12%. Because of mature large-scale industrial products like car glass, the price competition between enterprises was very fierce. They compressed the profit to the limit, often selling a set only a few euros of profit.
Now that Cai Songhua's products were forced to increase the price, buyers would naturally consider the cost and use cheaper alternatives.
This was trade barriers, or trade protection.
Since the beginning of the new century, Hua Xia had been the champion for the most trade barriers for 17 consecutive years.
Now, Europe had set up trade barriers against the Monster Industries.
The price of a magic crystal phone was close to 6,000 yuan in China and 7,000 yuan in Europe. An Apple Plus in Europe was originally about 1,000 yuan lower than Hua Xia. At that time, in the European market, there would be an awkward situation where the magic crystal phone was more than two thousand dollars more expensive than the Apple phone.
Even in Hua Xia, the first-generation magic crystal phone could only be evenly matched with Apple's flagship model launched this year. What's more, in Europe, consumers had to fork out more than 2,000 yuan to buy a magic crystal phone?
Naturally, the first generation of magic crystal phones couldn't achieve success in the European market.
However, this tariff could not be removed because Hua Xia also imposed an additional 17% tariff on iPhones.
The European market was opened. At the same time, in addition to providing ghost armor, Monster Industries would also open up the six areas of commercialization of bio-fiber materials in the agreement.
The six projects mainly covered medical, construction, and beauty.
The military expansion was cruelly rejected by Monster Industries.
Although countries couldn't wait to get all the military expansion projects immediately, they also understood that even if Monster Industries agreed, Hua Xia's officials would not allow it.
In addition, they were very satisfied that they could make such progress in their first cooperation.
The development of science and technology could not be achieved overnight, and the beautiful fruit could not be swallowed in one bite. As long as the two sides maintained stable cooperation, Europe believed that they would be able to discover the secrets of bio-fiber materials in the near future.
As long as this material was reverse-engineered, all the technical shackles would be broken in an instant, and they could do whatever they wanted.
As for whether it could be reverse-engineered, only God knew.
When Monster Industries reached an agreement with Europe, the news that its Thunderbolt car, liquid printer, and magic crystal phone would be launched in the European market together was confirmed by both sides.
It immediately swept the entire Internet like a hurricane.
Two days later, Monster Industries and the European delegation held a press conference to officially announce to the outside world.
This time, almost all the well-known media in Europe came.
[The Times], [The Daily Telegraph], [ZDF TV], [France Evening Post], [Le Figaro], [Radio Monte-Carlo], and so on …
It seemed that overnight, residents in distant Europe suddenly found that the media had refreshed their screens, which made them feel somewhat inexplicable.
— — Monster Industries is here?
— — Magic crystal phone officially launched in Europe, how will Apple respond?
— — A meaningful cooperation. After today, our lives will be changed.
— — Technology from Monster Industries, should we be happy or worried?
At least half of the citizens in Europe were baffled by the Monster Industries that was widely reported in the media. Because people living in Europe, where capital was highly developed, were born with contempt for all countries except the United States.
Even if they cared about political and technological information, that was Europe's political and technological information.
Hua Xia, except for a small number of scholars with a higher degree of knowledge and broad horizons, was considered to be Europe's biggest enemy. Ordinary people's concept of Hua Xia was only a vague understanding of "the most populous country in the world, and it was a very old country."
As for Monster Industries, which had just risen from Hua Xia more than a year ago, its reputation in Europe was not even comparable to that of Oppo mobile phones.
Who asked Europe to ban the sale of Monster Industries' products before this?
Under such a background, even if ordinary people had seen the introduction of this company in the news before, it would not take long for their memories to become fuzzy. They could not come into contact with Monster Industries' products, so naturally, they would not think that this company was very awesome.
Therefore, when they saw the media refresh one by one, most of them were baffled.
Ordinary people did not know much about this company, but those well-known media couldn't wait to have a relationship with this company every now and then.
This was because almost all of the products launched by this company were revolutionary.
At the official press conference, when the spokesperson routinely announced the cooperation content, almost all the reporters from Europe raised their hands to ask questions.
"Mr. Kong, may I ask if your company's Thunderbolt car in Europe has a remote driving function?"
"Driving habits and traffic laws between two regions are different. The version sold in Europe currently does not support remote driving. We plan to only sell the Thunderbolt version in Europe, but the specific release date will be determined after the Thunderbolt car passes the NCAP verification. " Kong Tao, who acted as the spokesperson, rubbed his eyes that were sore from the flash and then motioned to the next reporter.
"Then Mr. Kong, may I ask if the magic crystal phone that your company is about to release in Europe is the first generation or the second generation?"
"We have received news that Monster Industries has planned to launch the second generation of mobile phones."
"The second generation." Kong Tao directly confirmed the gossip that had been circulating on the Internet.
Needless to say, the news must have been leaked from the company's employees. The company had thousands of employees, and the situation that the second generation of magic crystal phones was about to be released was not information that needed to be strictly confidential. Now in the company's packaging workshop, which had the most people, the packaging of the second generation magic crystal phones had been delivered in large quantities. Even a blind person knew that the second generation phones were about to come out.
The reporter also wanted to ask about the specific release date, but Kong Tao told him that the news would be announced at a special conference for magic crystal phones.
The questions were lined up according to the order of the media. When it came to the French reporter's question, the reporter asked Kong Tao in rapid succession, "Does Monster Industries have enough confidence in the prospects of the entire European market?"
Because from the previously announced information, several products of Monster Industries have been added with high tariffs.
"The reporter from Le Figaro has a good question." Kong Tao smiled slightly, "Our products are added with tariffs, and there will be a situation where the price of the product in the European market is much higher than the price in the Hua Xia market. Under normal circumstances, before we buy electronic products, we will fully compare the price-performance ratio of this product. "
"The two products have similar functions. Naturally, the product with the lower price is the best seller."
"However, our Monster Industries products do not have the same type to compare in the market."
"If I were a European consumer, I would be happy to buy Monster Industries products, even if its price is a bit expensive."
"It seems that Mr. Kong is confident, but I think there are similar products to compare the Thunderbolt car and the magic crystal phone, such as Tesla and Apple mobile phones." As he said, the reporter took out his mobile phone and shook it.
Even if he only showed the front of the phone and did not show the logo behind it. Everyone could still tell that it was an Apple flagship from the full size screen of the phone's "neat bangs" personality. To be honest, the reporter's question and display were somewhat against the rules.
He should have said the alternative energy car with the largest market share and the world's best-selling smartphone. Anyway, everyone knew that he was talking about Tesla and Apple.
However, he did not say anything bad about these two brands. In order to get more news content, he would not be pursued by anyone.
Unexpectedly, Kong Tao's answer was even bolder.
"I don't think the two products you cited are competitors of the Thunderbolt car and the second-generation magic crystal phone. Their technologies are not at the same level, and naturally, they cannot be compared with the same type of products. "
"The sales of the Thunderbolt car in Hua Xia have proved everything. The second-generation magic crystal phone, I think after you experience it, you will find it amazing. Even if it is expensive, you will be willing to buy it."
"If I were to describe it, I would use the amazing feeling of using a smartphone for the first time in my life to describe my mood when I saw the second-generation magic crystal phone."
"Reporter, do you still remember your mood when you used a smartphone for the first time?"
Kong Tao smiled as usual and did not care about describing the Apple mobile phone as worthless. How arrogant was it in the eyes of these European reporters?
And the reporter was already lost in thought.
The feeling of using a smartphone for the first time?
He remembered that at the end of June 2010, he bought the first iPhone 4 in his life.
At that time, he really understood the significance of a smartphone.
This spokesman dared to use the feeling of using a smartphone for the first time to describe the second-generation magic crystal phone?
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