After the United States government announced the ban on electric scooters, Boss Jia did not make a fuss. However, the environmental organizations in the United States were not happy about it.
These organizations protested and organized demonstrations every day. They did not stop for more than a month, and their influence grew. All the citizens of the United States sympathized and supported them.
This situation shocked Boss Jia. He even asked the public relations department if they had spent money to bribe the environmental organizations to operate in the United States like they did in Europe.
In the end, the public relations department almost knelt on the ground and assured Boss Jia that they did not spend the money.
"That's strange. Who would spend money to bribe these environmental organizations? Could it be that the United States really support environmental protection?" Just as Boss Jia was puzzled, the situation in the United States got worse and worse. In the end, the United States government could not take it anymore and announced that they would reconsider the bill.
In the end, the new bill was released. The bill stated that the United States would fully support environmental protection and the development of electric scooters. However, they had to protect the interests and convenience of electric scooters.
Therefore, if the electric scooter industry wanted to enter the United States, they had to set up a power station company. Within a year, they had to independently build a large number of power stations in the United States.
Moreover, the density of the power stations had to ensure that there was a power station within 10 kilometers of a city or settlement. In the suburbs, there had to be a power station for every 50 kilometers of road.
At the same time, within 100 kilometers of any inhabited area within the borders of the country, there had to be a power station!
This seemed like a very reasonable plan. After all, the United States was so big. If they could not find a power station at any time, it would be very inconvenient for the citizens of the United States to drive.
Therefore, this plan was very normal. No organization would object to it. However, in Boss Jia's eyes, this was a real trap.
Because the United States was very big, if they were to build power stations according to this plan, they would have to build more than 100,000 power stations.
Moreover, many of these stations were located in very remote locations. Even if all the people in the United States used electric scooters, these stations would not make any money. They would only lose money every year.
Some people might say, "Isn't the Daqian also building a large-scale power station in Europe?" Why can't it work in the United States?!
First of all, Europe's energy conversion stations had local capital. Various forces in Europe had invested in energy conversion stations, which reduced the Daqian's financial pressure by half.
In addition, the conversion stations in Europe would be built in stages. In the first two years, the conversion stations would only be built in key cities. After that, it would take about 10 years to popularize the conversion stations throughout Europe.
Even so, the construction of the power station in Europe had consumed a large amount of Daqian funds. The Daqian had already invested more than 30 billion US dollars, and it was estimated that they would spend another 10 billion US dollars every year. Profits would only come in five years.
However, the United States only gave them one year. That meant that Boss Jia would have to invest more than 200 billion US dollars a year to complete the construction of such a large-scale power station … Boss Jia would have to have been hit in the head with a hammer to be willing to do something like this.
The United States' bill was basically to shut the mouths of environmental protection organizations. It was to tell them that it was not that the government did not support environmental protection, but that the standards were not up to par.
But soon, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, and even domestic electric scooter manufacturers collectively came to Boss Jia. They expressed their hope that the Daqian could be responsible for establishing a power station company. They would then build large-scale power stations in the United States to complete the requirement of electric scooters entering the United States.
These people expressed that although 200 billion US dollars was an exaggeration, the market for electric scooters in the United States was at least 2 trillion US dollars. If the income from the power station was included, the market would be 3 trillion US dollars. This market was very promising, and they could not give up such a rare opportunity.
Therefore, they hoped that the Daqian would take the lead, and then each company would contribute some money to set up the company. Then, they would start building power stations in exchange for electric scooters entering the United States market. This would be beneficial for everyone.
These companies could group together and make demands, but Boss Jia did not want to get involved in this mess. The amount of money needed was too large, and the opponent was the United States. In the future, the United States could be shameless and turn against them at any time. Boss Jia was not willing to do such a thing.
"You can let someone else take the lead. The Daqian can provide some financial support!" Boss Jia said straightforwardly.
"If that's the case, then we can only ask Ford to take the lead!" Volkswagen's representative sighed and said, "But Ford wants all electric scooters in the United States to use their charging standards and battery standards. We can only agree!"
"What!" Boss Jia suddenly stood up. If Ford took over the United States' battery and charging standards, wouldn't there be two standards for electric scooters in the future?
This was not the result Boss Jia wanted to see. Therefore, Boss Jia softened and said that he needed to think about it.
A few days later, Boss Jia said that he was willing to take the lead, but he had to negotiate with the United States government to reduce the construction time from one year to three years. Otherwise, the Daqian would not be able to handle the financial pressure.
In response, these European companies naturally nodded and agreed to pressure the Daqian government to change the construction time limit.
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"Chairman, this is a trap. We must not step into it!" After these companies left, Dong Mingzhu immediately advised.
"I know. This is not only a trap, it's also a trap. A trap designed to trap me!" Boss Jia smiled bitterly. "It seems like they've figured out our background. Sister Mingzhu, how much money do we have left in our accounts? "
"Less than twenty billion USD!" Dong Mingzhu sighed and said, "If they can raise one hundred and eighty billion USD, then we can still give it a try!"
"How? Once we step into it, we won't have enough money. Then, the construction of the power station can't continue. If the power station can't be completed on time, the electric scooters will never be approved and enter the United States market. "
"If we can't enter the United States market, the power station that we've built can't be operated. If we can't operate it, we won't have any income. We'll also have to pay for the operating costs. We'll become a tumor that sucks tens of billions of USD from the company every year. When that happens, it'll drag the Daqian to death!" Boss Jia sneered.
"Sigh, that's what I wanted to say!" Dong Mingzhu rolled her eyes and said, "That's why I said that we can't step into this trap. If we don't have enough money, we'll all be finished."
"But this is our only chance to take over the entire electric scooter market. If we succeed, we'll control the global electric scooter standard. The entire electric scooter industry will depend on us, the Daqian. We'll be the gods of the electric scooter industry!" Boss Jia touched his nose and said, "We have to step into this trap."
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