On the other hand, the United States itself was in a huge mess.
The reason was actually Boss Jia's BYD.
Although BYD used legal means to protect the sales rights in most of the United States, the Motorcycle Association tightly grasped the fact that Tesla was not subject to road control regulations.
After failing to stop Tesla from being on the road, this became the Motorcycle Association's last resort. At the very least, they wanted to prevent Tesla from being driven on the main roads of the United States. Otherwise, motorcycles would not be able to compete with Tesla.
However, Boss Jia's strategy of the Environmental Protection Alliance was very successful. As the international concept of environmental protection became stronger, the United States people became more and more aware of environmental protection. Therefore, under the opposition of environmental protection organizations, the ban on Tesla on the main roads was not passed.
But soon, God sent a knife into the hands of the Motorcycle Association.
In February 1998, a young man was riding a Tesla on the main road and crashed into a pregnant woman.
The pregnant woman had just parked her car on the side of the road and opened the driver's door. Just as she was about to get out of the car, the speeding Tesla crashed directly into her.
In an instant, the car's door flew out and there were two corpses and three lives on the scene. The Tesla rider's spine was broken and he died on the spot. The pregnant woman was pronounced dead in the hospital and the child naturally did not survive.
Such a major and vicious case immediately became the biggest trump card of the Motorcycle Association. They constantly used this case to promote, which led to the United States people to have a great change in their views of Tesla. Even many environmental protection organizations that were originally cooperating with Tesla did not dare to continue working with it.
This naturally caused Tesla to be under a lot of pressure. The original ban on Tesla on the main roads of the United States began to speed up and was being voted on. Tesla was about to appear on the ban list.
It was a done deal and could not be resisted at all. This made Wang Chuanfu feel like he was back in Beijing two years ago, when he was spurned by all the Hua Xia people.
In a panic, Wang Chuanfu could only continue to call Boss Jia for help.
"Did you forget what I said to you two years ago?" Boss Jia asked faintly after listening to Wang Chuanfu's report.
"I remember!" Wang Chuanfu would never forget these two sentences for the rest of his life. "You told me that if I did something wrong, I should stand upright and be beaten!"
"That's right. Since you remember, then just stand straight and take the beating!"
"But Chairman, it's fine if I get beaten up. But once the ban is passed, our Tesla sales will plummet!" Wang Chuanfu cried.
Last year, Wang Chuanfu had sold 2.6 million Teslas in the United States. The total sales had reached 54.2 billion US dollars, and the profit was more than 10 billion US dollars. It was almost the same as the annual profit of a medium-sized car company in the United States.
This was also the main reason why all the motorcycle companies in the United States were so relentless in their pursuit of Tesla. The profits were simply too enviable.
However, out of the 2.6 million sales, two million of them were created after the United States discovered the Tesla Motors as the main road in the city.
In other words, if Tesla was banned from using the main roads, then Tesla's popularity in the United States would be reduced to pre-liberation overnight.
"You have to remember that it was the heavy-duty motorcycles that were beaten up. It has nothing to do with our Tesla!" Boss Jia muttered over the phone. Wang Chuanfu was stunned when he heard this. Then, he understood a lot of things in an instant.
Therefore, on the third day after the tragedy, Wang Chuanfu announced that he would hold a press conference. The reporters immediately swarmed over to see how BYD would respond in this environment where the entire American people were angry.
But based on the experience of these reporters, no matter how BYD responded, it would not end well.
First of all, if BYD refused to admit its mistake or pushed the blame to the Tesla riders, saying that it was the riders who did not follow the traffic rules, it had nothing to do with BYD and Tesla.
This sounded reasonable, but the United States would be very unhappy. Then, BYD's reputation would be completely ruined.
What if BYD admitted its mistake and sincerely apologized and compensated?
This would be the end of BYD. Although BYD's attitude could win the favor of the public, and the compensation was not a lot of money. But the problem was, once BYD admitted to this, all the victims of Tesla's car accidents in the future would go to BYD for compensation. Then, BYD would be finished.
Imagine if all the victims of car accidents in the world could go to the car manufacturers for compensation. What a wonderful world it would be.
Even if all the car manufacturers were sold, they would not be able to afford such a huge amount of compensation.
So, in the eyes of these reporters, BYD's decision to hold a press conference to respond to this incident was very unwise.
The best solution was to act dumb and remain silent. This was because the car accident had nothing to do with the car manufacturers. No car manufacturers in the world would hold a press conference for a major accident.
Unless this accident was caused by the quality of the car.
All in all, the reporters felt that Wang Chuanfu's head was kicked by a donkey.
But it doesn't matter. Wang Chuanfu is willing to hold a press conference, and this is a good thing for the reporters. They will have a lot of news material.
Speaking of which, the Da Qian Corporation was really a company that was loved by reporters and media all over the world. First of all, the Da Qian Corporation was proficient in marketing strategies and public relations. Every year, they spent one billion US dollars on media.
Secondly, the Da Qian Corporation really didn't lack news. Every year, they could make a few big news stories, unlike some companies that didn't even make a fart for more than ten years. In comparison, the Da Qian Corporation was simply amazing!
But no matter what the reporters think, Wang Chuanfu's press conference started as scheduled.
At the beginning of the press conference, or rather, as soon as Wang Chuanfu appeared and the reporters were about to ask questions, he stood up first, put his hand on his chest, and made a cross. Then he said, "I hope that all of us here will first mourn for the victims of this traffic accident for 30 seconds!"
Good heavens, who would dare to reject this suggestion? Thus, the reporters held back a bellyful of questions and did not ask. They stood in place for 30 seconds and did not mention anything.
But after the silence ended, they still did not have a chance to ask questions. This was because Wang Chuanfu said directly. "The Daqian Group is willing to take responsibility for this incident. We did not do a good job in guiding the sales of heavy-duty electric motorcycles. We did not provide the correct value and usage plan to all our customers. This caused the heavy-duty electric motorcycles to appear on the main roads of the city, causing a huge mess."
"So, we are willing to provide humanitarian aid for the three victims. We will compensate each of them with 1 million USD. At the same time, we would like to apologize to everyone again. We hope that everyone will forgive us!"
"…" All the reporters were stunned. This is not an apology. They are kneeling down and getting beaten up.
There is actually such a conscientious company in the world!!!
This is the conscience of the US!!
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