[PS: Sorry, I only have two chapters for today. I'll make up for it in two days.]
[Breaking news! Citibank and the Daqian Group are secretly in contact. Both sides are negotiating a 100 billion USD loan!]
[Morgan Financial Group says that the electric scooter industry is the future. Morgan will not give up on the future!]
"Insightful people in the US are calling for the power station replacement plan to be too difficult. The state government should provide subsidies to protect the common home of Earth!"
Throughout June and July of 2007, the United States, or perhaps the entire world's automotive industry, was focused on the electric scooter market in the United States.
Everyone was eyeing this market covetously. Everyone wanted to take a bite out of it, but everyone was helpless. Currently, no one was able to enter this market. Everyone needed to work together. Therefore, many companies were eager to hold a second conference.
Well, in one year … no, in three months, two conferences were held. This record was unheard of.
In the end, under the coordination of many parties, the second conference was held. However, this time, Boss Jia did not attend in person. Instead, he sent Wang Chuanfu as his representative.
This time, it was obviously much smoother than the last time. After three months of calm and consideration, as well as mutual compromise, these automobile companies finally reached a consensus.
In the face of Boss Jia's four requests, they said that the first request was that the Daqian's contribution was too small. 20 billion USD was not enough to get the leadership position. Therefore, they suggested that the Daqian contribute 100 billion USD. This way, they would agree to give 60% of the shares to the Daqian. The remaining 40% would be divided among the other investors.
As for the last three requests, they basically accepted them all. After all, all companies hoped that the company could make money. They could sit and wait for dividends. Only a fool would want to run a company. It was too tiring.
The representative of Citibank also very generously said that the 100 billion USD would be provided by Citibank as support for environmental protection.
This statement was as if Citibank's loans were zero interest. In addition, the United States Parliament also announced that the state governments would be required to subsidize the electric scooter for less than 50,000 people.
Then, these people collectively went to find Wang Chuanfu. Their meaning was obvious. They had already made such a concession. If they still didn't agree, they would be unappreciative.
However, Wang Chuanfu insisted that the Daqian would go bankrupt if they couldn't pay back the 100 billion USD. Therefore, the second meeting was still in a deadlock.
That was until a shocking piece of news came from the DuPont Chemical Laboratory in the United States. They had discovered a brand new fuel cell technology that was three times cheaper than the current Daqian lead-acid batteries, but with twice the capacity.
Now, the DuPont Consortium was ready to invest in the battery industry, and at the same time, invest in the power station technology. They intended to take over the construction of the power station.
In an instant, almost all of the automobile companies were in contact with the DuPont Group. There were rumors that the European electric car companies were already considering replacing the Daqian battery and switching technology and joining the DuPont Group.
"This is a joke. They are talking about a technology that is only in the laboratory as if it can be put into production tomorrow, built the power station the day after tomorrow, and spread all over the world the day after tomorrow!" Boss Jia snorted when he heard the news.
"Forget it. It's just an act!" Boss Jia laughed and called Wang Chuanfu.
The next day, Wang Chuanfu's attitude changed during the meeting. He said that the plan could be discussed further. The meeting was at a turning point.
In the end, after getting some benefits, the meeting was declared a success. A few days later, the results of the meeting were officially announced to the public.
The Daqian Group would establish a new power station operation and construction company. This company was temporarily named "Lace Electric Company."
This company would be responsible for building new power stations according to the requirements and standards of the United States. The total investment of the company was 200 billion USD. Citibank loaned 100 billion USD to the Daqian Group, and the Daqian Group owned 60% of the shares.
The remaining 100 billion USD was invested by other companies. In the end, almost all the medium and large automobile manufacturers in the world, a total of 174 automobile manufacturers, invested 5 billion USD. Volkswagen had the highest investment. The second was Mercedes-Benz, which invested 4.5 billion USD.
When this news was announced, it could be said that the world was shocked. A company with a market value of 200 billion USD was born just like that. Moreover, all the investors behind it were all the top companies in the world. This filled all the shareholders with anticipation.
Logically speaking, if it wasn't for the fact that it still needed some time to go through the listing process, it would probably be sold out in an instant. This company was really too imaginative.
Another thing worth mentioning was that after the Daqian Group owned 60% of the company's shares, the 120 billion USD was automatically added to Boss Jia's wealth.
This was known to the whole world, and no wealth magazine in the world could deny it. Therefore, in the latest issue of the Forbes Global Rich List, Mr. Jia was ranked first. With a net worth of 2000 USD, he became the richest man in the world. The title of the richest man in the world was finally on Mr. Jia's head.
Everyone in the world knew that Boss Jia was already the World's Richest Man. If it were not for the United States' financial magazines, Boss Jia would have been crowned in 2000.
However, ordinary people did not know this. They thought that Boss Jia had always been the second richest man in the world. Many Hua Xia people were looking forward to Boss Jia becoming the World's Richest Man. They were looking forward to telling the whole world that not only did they have the characteristics of Hua Xia, but they were also the World's Richest Man.
At this moment, all Hua Xia people felt proud. Boss Jia had become the center of the world. Both Hua Xia people and foreigners treated Boss Jia differently.
Then, the whole world started to report on Boss Jia. Many media outlets started to dig up stories about Boss Jia from various angles and published them on their own media outlets.
For a period of time, as long as they reported on Boss Jia's news, there would be traffic.
Later on, many television programs started to produce documentaries about Boss Jia. At least twenty television stations approached Boss Jia and expressed their hope that Boss Jia would accept an interview. They wanted to film a documentary about Boss Jia, but they were all rejected by Boss Jia.
However, even if they were rejected, many TV stations still looked for other ways. For example, Ying State's BBC did not interview Boss Jia throughout the whole process. They did not go to Yuzhang to film it. Instead, they used the internet and some real people to film it. They filmed a series of three episodes that lasted 180 minutes. Once it was broadcast, it immediately received a lot of ratings.
Then, the BBC received a complaint. It turned out that Boss Jia sued the BBC for defamation. Boss Jia had never been like what the BBC said. When he was young, his parents forced him to join the army. He also never said that Tsinghua University refused to let him go and forced Boss Jia to drop out of school.
In the end, Boss Jia also criticized the BBC for using a filter that was too dark. The sky in Yuzhang was very clear and the sun was very bright. Later, Boss Jia said in an interview that the BBC's filter was as if the documentary was filmed in the underworld.
In the face of Boss Jia's evidence, the BBC lost the lawsuit without a doubt. However, they only had to withdraw the documentary and apologize. That was all.
In addition, a Korean TV station was sued along with the BBC because they said that Boss Jia was Korean.
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