My American magical life
Chapter 873 - 873 55 The Wind Rises at Nanhua 6_2

873: Chapter 55: The Wind Rises at Nanhua 6_2 873: Chapter 55: The Wind Rises at Nanhua 6_2 “Alright, Chan, I understand the principle, but that’s not enough.

You say we can’t just look at this promising venture from the perspective of a financial investor, and I get what you mean.

But, that’s still not enough, at least not enough to convince me that your plan is reliable.”

The consul from Hu City, who didn’t dare to listen more, stepped forward to negotiate with the reception staff from Liyang, while Cheng Daqi retorted with a hidden implication.

“So, Sandi, how much are you planning to invest?”

Cheng Daqi brought a bunch of people to inspect the place, and as it turned out, the most aggressive one was unexpectedly a girl.

It just goes to show that there is indeed a difference between men and women.

“It depends on how big your plate is, Chan.

If it’s about competing for positions in the industry, our family has shares in Volkswagen in Germany, as well as in some automotive companies in Hua Country, but those are indeed just financial investments.

As for the automotive field…

you also know about those American automotive companies.

The reason we come to Hua Country is that we recognize the opportunities in the automotive industry; we’re just lacking a suitable juncture.”

The domestic automotive manufacturing industry in America is huge, but the high costs, coupled with the steep tariffs and the tax benefits foreign capitals are taking, still result in an inextricable competition with Japanese and Korean companies.

Under the distorted industrial policy support driven by vote politics, American automotive companies are experiencing a slow death, like a frog being boiled in warm water.

It can be generally understood that they have lost their competitiveness—they just haven’t completely perished yet.

“Ha, it’s not my plate; this is Jia’s project.

Let’s head over there first.”

Seeing Cheng Daqi still beating around the bush, Sandi scoffed and followed the group into the Tianmu Lake Advanced Energy Storage Research Institute.

“Ladies and gentlemen, you are all guests who have come from afar, but our research institute has confidentiality regulations.

We need to put tape over the camera lenses on everyone’s phones.

Please understand.”

The Tianmu Lake Advanced Energy Storage Research Institute has two core businesses: one is to provide regulatory guidance for companies in the new energy industry, and the other is research in the battery field—energy storage needs batteries.

Even though it is not officially listed yet, the only factor affecting the listing time is the paperwork, not because they are not ready yet.

Wolf was somewhat surprised as he watched the security staff stick tape over both the front and back camera lenses on his phone, and he sighed.

“Although I also don’t understand the technology of power batteries, it seems to me that the technology here is very advanced.”

Liyang is a county-level city, not very high in administrative ranking.

The senior local officials understand English, and one of them happily said to Wolf.

“Mr.

Dracula, in the field of power batteries, Liyang has the most cutting-edge technology in the world that can be applied on a large scale.

You will definitely not be disappointed!”

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Cheng Daqi’s return to Hua Country was of course not just for his own automotive industry layout.

He was very clear about the matter of Family Good Items turning their back on recognition.

The female scammer Wang Xiaoxiao didn’t realize that Cheng Daqi actually admired her approach—just when he was wondering where to start, she gave him the chance to make a decision!

However, Cheng Daqi now is no longer the Xiao Cheng of the past; he is the famous and resounding Cheng Daqi.

Therefore, there are many things he no longer has to do with arduous effort himself; a little arrangement is all that’s needed, as he has no shortage of capable people under him.

Ultimately, the person tasked with blasting ‘Family Good Items’ was Zhong Ju, a trusted confidant of Sun Dongxin’s confidants.

A simple conversion can make one understand the special status of this person: Cheng Daqi’s head bodyguard is Riel and Danze, whereas Sun Dongxin’s head bodyguard is Zhong Ju.

In the forty years since the reform and opening up, the development of Hua Country has been too fast.

Due to the lag of the legal system and the existence of certain savagely growing outlaws, even bigwigs like Sun Dongxin need reliable and trustworthy people to avoid troublesome matters or, to put it another way, to do some things that are not quite compliant—note, not compliant ≠ illegal.

For people like Sun Dongxin, it’s generally difficult for them to have major legal issues.

He would hardly lose cases in Xiang’an District, but Sun Dongxin understands that doing business in Hua Country requires following the rules.

Hardly losing doesn’t mean never losing, nor does it mean oppressing others.

The justice of the court lies in the fact that its judgment results are conferred justice through the enforcement of public authority.

Besides judgments, there are also mediations, and the so-called surefire victories in the Nanshan Pizza Huts also settle a large number of cases through mediation.

Sun Dongxin was at home, listening to President Sun’s instructions.

“…One level after another, they claim it’s for early-stage promotion and that they’ll change it in the future, but Zhong Ju, do you think an Internet shopping platform created by someone without any technical background or industry experience can compete with other platforms after ending such promotional schemes?”

“There’s no need to even think about it, it definitely can’t.

Its model is simply unsustainable, but once you remove this model, its promotion will weaken.”

“So, the only way out for Family Good Items is demise!”

“But, just because the company has no way out doesn’t mean the founders don’t!”

Sun Dongxin sighed.

There were too many people like Wang Xiaoxiao, some even managed to abscond stylishly with tens of billions…

Sun Dongxin felt distressed thinking, what’s the point of his hard-earned money?

“That’s why Cheng and I have considered fully leveraging the popularity of ‘Family Good Items’ before Wang Xiaoxiao cashes out and flees.

If you have any thoughts, feel free to speak up.”

Zhong Ju of course had thoughts, no, not just thoughts, to be precise, he had many questions in his mind.

“Brother Sun, what exactly is our relationship with Shanhaiguan?

We hold only a small share of Shanhaiguan; do we really need to do so much for them?”

From Zhong Ju’s point of view, his own big brother seemed to be a bit too easy-going.

First, he went out of his way to help Shanhaiguan with promotion and hype, then he helped Cheng Daqi to run an internet celebrity MCN company for car manufacturing.

If all these were for profit, for Shanhaiguan, then it might be reasonable.

But Brother Sun, oh Brother Sun, now you want me to take the lead and detonate the minefield of Family Good Items.

Isn’t this a bit of overkill?

His words were articulate, fully expressing his stance without any hint of refusal, but he made his questions and opinions crystal clear.

“You don’t understand, Cheng is a young man full of ideas.

He explained his future career development direction in a phone call a few days ago.

He’s back in Hua Country to prepare for these endeavors.

Car manufacturing, cross-border e-commerce, online office software, to be honest, I don’t believe he can succeed in all three, yet, if he makes even slight progress in any one of them, his status will be no less than mine.”

Sun Dongxin smiled, poking at his subordinate jokingly.

“You’re just too clever for your own good.

How much did we spend for that small stake in Shanhaiguan?

It’s already paid off.”

“That’s as if I said I want to ride a rocket to Mars…” muttered Zhong Ju.

“You, you, I get what you’re saying.

But it’s not a big deal, the problem with Family Good Items is right there, we’re just missing someone influential enough to expose it.

You take care of exposing it, I will help amplify the impact, and Cheng will make a move too.

As for whether Daqi can really achieve what he claims…

we’ll just have to wait and see.”

Cheng Daqi said he’s going to make cars, and Sun Dongxin somewhat believed it, guessing that Accountant Jia might be connected to Cheng Daqi — Jia’s LeEco was quite renowned.

However, what Sun greatly anticipated from Cheng Daqi’s ventures was the cross-border e-commerce, because if this was done right, it could complement the Dongxin Group nicely.

On the other hand, General Manager Cheng’s MSN company had great advantages in terms of traffic.

This was why Sun Dongxin was willing to put effort into the Family Good Items situation, helping others was really helping himself.

The thing Sun Dongxin was least optimistic about was the online office software, but he could understand why Cheng Daqi wanted to do it.

Poor Cheng, constantly working across time zones, office software was literally a necessity for Daqi.

Regrettably, Sun Dongxin guessed all wrong.

The easiest success among Cheng Daqi’s projects was car manufacturing, because it resonated with the trend of the times and allowed Daqi to fully utilize his information advantage in the car-making process and marketing.

The hardest to succeed was cross-border e-commerce; it had to be executed quickly and then sold off — or else it would be over.

Meanwhile, Sun Dongxin blew the trumpet to underlay Family Good Items, and Cheng was about to take the lead and bolt!