"You mean, our equipment is also installed with the same system, then can we use the same means to block all the high-tech equipment sold to Hua Xia!" Rector Morgan said.
"Yes!" Slime nodded. "But this won't hurt the Daqian, it will only hurt other Hua Xia companies because most of the Daqian equipment is already self-produced, and some of it is imported … Even if it's locked, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the Daqian is now in a state of suspension, they don't care if the equipment is blocked."
"F * ck!" Rector Morgan also learned the classic Chinese curse.
"Isn't he afraid that no company will buy their Daqian equipment in the future if he does this?" Rector Morgan felt ridiculous when he said this.
If the Daqian was forced to die this time, then it didn't matter if there were companies buying their equipment or not. Anyway, they were already dead, so it was better for everyone to die together.
But if the Daqian survived … Then they would talk about it later, and this time it was indeed the West who made the first move. The Daqian took the moral initiative and did not make a move without reason, so there was a high probability that many companies would still believe in the Daqian.
Finally, and most importantly, equipment like the 3nm lithography machine was only sold by Daqian Optoelectronics in the whole world. You couldn't find a second seller, so you could only endure.
"Drag it out, the Daqian can't drag it out with us!" Rector Morgan could only use the delaying tactic in the end.
Morgan was a financial group, and he could tolerate the delaying tactic. Rector Morgan even made a lot of money by shorting the market during this time.
But other companies couldn't afford to drag it out. Many companies that had their equipment blocked directly began to protest to the state.
But they wouldn't protest on the streets, it was useless. They directly protested to the parties behind the government through their own people.
Those who could afford the Daqian equipment were not small companies. They had money. They only needed to tell the parties that if they didn't find a way to restore their equipment, then these companies wouldn't give them any political donations in the future.
All of a sudden, all the parties began to panic. Without political donations, they couldn't afford publicity.
If they couldn't afford the publicity, they wouldn't be able to compete with the other candidates. When that time came, they would have no choice but to give up the position of the ruling party.
As a result, the governments of many countries began to waver, and when Rector Morgan's delaying tactics spread to Europe, the bosses of these companies directly cursed.
Morgan can drag it out, but we can only drag it out until we die. I gave you face before because I won't die, and I might even earn.
But now that I'm about to die, you're still f * cking f * cking f * ck.
Therefore, Rector Morgan's words were completely treated as farts, and instead, he won countless disgust.
Soon, the governments of several small European countries relented and announced the start of negotiations with the Daqian Group.
Although Morgan once again began to put pressure, the effect was not so obvious. After all, this was Europe, not a certain country. The deterrence of the Morgan consortium was greatly reduced.
At this time, no one expected that the Mercedes-Benz Group would release a new car promotional video, breaking the balance.
This was a promotional video released by Mercedes-Benz for their brand-new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Pure Electric Car.
This promotional video was actually not very creative. It was also very ordinary and very long. It was a full 20 minutes. Under normal circumstances, no one would watch such a promotional video.
However, this promotional video spread among all the netizens at an unimaginable speed, and then evolved into a huge wave.
Because this was a live video of an unmanned vehicle.
In fact, as early as 2007, the Daqian Electric Car launched the first generation of autonomous driving technology, which is to install more than a dozen cameras on the body, and then judge the condition of the car according to the cameras and drive automatically.
However, this autonomous driving was not as perfect as imagined.
First of all, the autonomous driving must be driven on roads with very clear lane lines.
Secondly, it must be driven on sunny days and during the day, at night or dusk, rainy days or foggy days are not possible.
Then, the autopilot was only an aid. Da Qian made it clear that the autopilot couldn't deal with sudden changes in speed, lane changes, or sudden appearance of pedestrians. It also couldn't recognize some traffic lights at tricky angles. Therefore, it was recommended to only use it in a clear environment like a highway. It wasn't recommended to use it in complicated urban roads.
Moreover, the driver is required to maintain attention at all times, so that he can take over driving at critical moments.
In short, this autonomous driving is an auxiliary driving function. Although it is useful to a certain extent, it is impossible to completely separate oneself from the human. Most of the time, the human has to drive personally.
But this time, the video released by Mercedes-Benz was completely different.
First of all, although there was a person in the driver's seat, this person did not touch the steering wheel from beginning to end, so this time, it was really an unmanned vehicle.
Secondly, this time, the car was driven on the busiest street in Berlin with the most traffic, so there were cars in front, behind, left, and right of the test car, and from time to time, there would be cars coming to block it. At the same time, the traffic lights were constantly changing, but this Mercedes-Benz maintained a perfect driving posture and maintained the safest state.
However, this wasn't the most amazing part. The most shocking part was actually the four segments.
The first scene was when the car passed by the third entrance, suddenly a car turned left and rushed directly in front of the test car. If it was driving normally, it would definitely hit it.
To be honest, even if a living person was driving, even if he was a little careless and did not step on the brakes to the end, he would directly hit it.
But the test car did it. It only took him 0.01 seconds to react, and he stepped on the brakes directly, perfectly avoiding this collision.
He did not even step on the brakes to the end, but let the car stop at a relatively stable speed. It did not give the passengers a strong sense of impact, and it did not let the car behind hit it because it could not stop. This time, the dodge was perfect.
The second shocking scene was on a small, winding road.
This was a small road that could accommodate at most two cars driving side by side. There were many bicyclists on both sides of the road, and many people would bump into each other while driving on this kind of road.
However, the test car also passed through very smoothly. During this period, it crossed paths with six other cars. Among them, when it crossed paths with a large SUV, the test car even automatically narrowed its rearview mirror to ensure the distance between the two cars.
At the same time, there were bicycles coming over from time to time on the side of the road. The test car turned the steering wheel slightly in time to keep the distance between the vehicle and these bicycles. If it was not possible, the test car would simply stop and let the bicycles pass first.
This made many of the spectators feel ashamed because this car was much better than theirs.
The third scene was the most shocking.
This scene was actually an enhanced version of the first scene. There was also a car that directly changed lanes and blocked the road.
This time, it was more fierce than the last time. The speed of the other party was faster, and the angle was more tricky. It was the kind that was unavoidable.
Even if you braked, you would still hit it.
Then, the test car did something extremely shocking … It suddenly shook violently while driving, and then the whole car directly turned sideways. In less than a second, it completed a 90-degree turn. The rearview mirror of the two cars was almost touching the rearview mirror as the two cars completed the turn.
Later, according to the explanation of the experimenter, the test car actually completed an emergency drift. Using the characteristic of drifting, the vehicle could complete a 90-degree turn in an instant, successfully avoiding the inevitable car accident this time.
This made all the spectators dumbfounded. They knew how to drive, they knew how to brake, but they really didn't know how to drift. Moreover, at such a critical moment, drifting so accurately, it was really f * cking impossible for them to control.
Later, the researchers also explained that the car would never drift under normal circumstances. However, the situation just now was too dangerous. Even if they stepped on the brakes, they would still hit the car. Therefore, they could only use an unconventional method like drifting to avoid the car.
Seeing this, what else could everyone say? They could only applaud.
As for the fourth scene, it was not so exciting. It was just an automatic stop.
However, unlike the previous automatic parking system that required the assistance of the driver, this time, all the passengers got out of the car and pressed the automatic parking button. The car drove into the parking lot by itself, found the only empty space, and parked perfectly in the middle of the parking lot. Even those with obsessive-compulsive disorder would be speechless.
In the end, the owner of the car pressed the key, and the car automatically drove out of the parking space, stopped precisely in front of the owner, and automatically raised its wings.
The door of a new era had been opened at this moment.
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