The past few days have been a milestone period for the entire world's automobile market. Dongchen has been advancing step by step in the automobile market like an armored vehicle. However, even though other companies have suffered a huge impact, no one has
They really surrendered, but the defection of Japanese and Korean companies put other car manufacturers in danger.
Among the overseas automobile manufacturers, except for General Motors, which has completely relaxed and jumped out of the cruel battlefield, everyone else is waiting in their hearts for the final battle. There is no doubt that after this decisive battle, except Dong
Chen, no one will survive.
After the ups and downs of the past few years, the EU economy has now reached an extremely fragile state and is very sensitive to the international financial market. There are many European automobile manufacturers, especially Germany and the United Kingdom. The impact of Dongchen has also hit the European automobile market.
It is very big. Seeing that General Motors has started to produce Dongchen Motors, the EU also knows that the deadline has come.
All European automobile manufacturers have reduced the market to the greatest extent, but even so, they are unable to resist Dongchen's invasion at their own doorstep.
The international financial market is a very sensitive spider web. Take the Sino-European trade as an example. If the EU does not follow the conventional rules and imposes illegal restrictions on Dongchen Automobile, then it will affect not only Dongchen Automobile, but also Dongchen Automobile.
It is the entire bilateral trade between China and Europe. China will also take punitive measures in other areas of trade. In this way, the EU may retain its local automobile market, but what they will lose may be the entire trade with China.
The EU's economy has been in a state of decline in recent years. They cannot afford a trade war without gunpowder, especially when facing a huge market like China. Therefore, the EU gave Dongchen permission to enter the European market. However,
The EU is also unwilling to open its doors and wait for the other side's armored vehicles to rush in unscrupulously.
The EU has held many seminars on Dongchen. Because Dongchen has obtained an annual production capacity of more than 7 million vehicles from General Motors, the EU has little doubt about the possibility of Dongchen entering the country in a short period of time.
.In order to avoid a frontal war as much as possible, the Europeans who are best at mediating immediately thought of the United States.
Subsequently, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a visit invitation to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. Its intention is that China and the United States will hold a purely economic meeting in Washington without any political elements.
The bilateral meetings between the ministries of commerce are no longer one or two. The so-called non-political content means that the content of the meeting is limited to normal bilateral trade. Once such a signal is sent, both sides know it well and will never do it after meeting.
Any discussion of sensitive topics, such as some kind of export blockade or economic sanctions, will be forgotten.
In previous bilateral trade meetings, entrepreneurs from both countries would always join in. The bilateral ministries of commerce would then coordinate the meetings to seek new and broader trade cooperation, and this time is no exception.
The U.S. Department of Commerce made it clear that it hoped to invite the head of Dongchen Group to visit the United States along with officials from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. However, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce did not immediately agree or reject it. Instead, it replied that Dongchen Group needed to be consulted on this matter.
Chen Group’s consent.
When Xu Hui, the head of the Huahe Alliance of the Ministry of Commerce, contacted Zhang Wenhao, Zhang Wenhao agreed without any hesitation.
Xu Hui did not expect Zhang Wenhao to be so straightforward, so he asked with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, which leader of Dongchen Group are you going to let go to the United States with the group this time?"
Zhang Wenhao said: "I will go by myself."
"Are you going in person?" This made Xu Hui a little surprised. He thought that with Zhang Wenhao's character, he would not like to get involved in official activities that were more or less political. The senior officials had already understood this.
Senior leaders have always been very sensitive to Dongchen. Judging from Dongchen's cooperation with the government during this period, senior leaders can basically draw a conclusion that Zhang Wenhao is willing to fully cooperate with the country in business, but he is cautious in walking around.
Apart from politics, the higher-ups understood and appreciated his mentality very well, so they never took the initiative to tie Dongchen more closely to the government.
It is precisely because the top management has this sense that they have been instructing those in government departments who have contact with Zhang Wenhao to try not to drag Dongchen into political activities. Xu Hui is also unwilling to get into trouble, so he initially thought
, Zhang Wenhao casually arranged for a member of Dongchen's management to come over, which was very justified in terms of face, but he never expected that Zhang Wenhao would express his intention to go there in person without hesitation.
Immediately, what Zhang Wenhao said next made Xu Hui even more surprised and confused. Zhang Wenhao said: "By the way, Director Xu, I would also like to trouble you to express your stance to the United States. I hope to see Qualcomm and Texas Instruments during this meeting."
The person in charge.”
Qualcomm and Texas Instruments are two well-known chip and semiconductor design and manufacturing companies in the United States. They are different from Intel, which is also world-famous. The vast majority of Intel's business is in PC chip manufacturing, while Qualcomm and Texas Instruments have always been
Focus mainly on chip research and development for mobile devices.
Zhang Wenhao proposed to meet with the heads of Qualcomm and Texas Instruments. Could it be that Zhang Wenhao is interested in mobile device chips?
This makes Xu Hui a little confused. If we talk about chip manufacturing, especially high-end processor chip manufacturing, China has only achieved some second-rate achievements in PC chip manufacturing, that is, the "Loongson" series.
High-end mobile device processing chip manufacturing is basically a blank slate.
Xu Hui was not a person who knew much about technology. He just felt that Zhang Wenhao must have some purpose in wanting to meet with the heads of these two companies, but he didn't want to think too much about what it was, so even if he agreed,
Said: "I will contact the people at the U.S. Department of Commerce as soon as possible. I think there should be no problem."
"That's good." Zhang Wenhao smiled slightly and said, "If the United States confirms it, please let Director Xu inform you."
Xu Hui did not delay and immediately contacted the interface person at the U.S. Department of Commerce and proposed Zhang Wenhao’s intention to meet. The U.S. Department of Commerce also needed to conduct separate consultations on intentions with the two companies. One day later, a clear and affirmative reply came from the United States.
The CEOs of both companies expressed their willingness to participate in this Sino-US business meeting.
Both China and the United States attach great importance to this meeting, and because of the sensitive factor of Dongchen, the two sides have entered a rapid preparation stage. There are 12 leaders and staff from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and 13 entrepreneurs, a total of 25 people.
The big list was quickly drawn up, and Zhang Wenhao also received the news. Three days later, the entire delegation gathered in Yanjing and took a charter flight from the Ministry of Commerce to Washington, USA.
The reason why the Americans organized this business meeting is simply because the EU hopes that the United States can mediate and use the United States to intervene. It affects the dialogue between the EU and China, mainly the dialogue between EU automobile manufacturers and Dongchen.
Zhang Wenhao did not know that this meeting would include members of the European Union. Even the person in charge of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce did not receive this news from the Americans. The plane took off from Yanjing and flew directly to Washington, the capital of the United States.
The U.S. Department of Commerce does not work in the White House, but in the Hoover Building in Washington. This time, the White House’s attitude is the same as that of the Chinese government, trying to ensure that this meeting is purely a business meeting. Therefore, no one within the White House directly
Get involved in this matter.
As soon as the delegation's plane landed, a brief welcome ceremony was held at the airport. Since this was a business dialogue between the two countries, Zhang Wenhao could no longer wear a cap, sunglasses and a mask like he did when recording top-gear. This time,
Zhang Wenhao is wearing a slim-fitting black suit and light blue shirt. He has the demeanor of a young entrepreneur, and this time he is also holding the title of Executive Assistant to the CEO of Dongchen Group.
The welcome ceremony was not cumbersome. It was nothing more than walking down the red carpet, with representatives from both sides lining up to shake hands with each other, allowing the media to take some videos and photos, and then the top leaders of both sides made brief speeches of less than three minutes each.
Afterwards, the group all boarded the bus prepared by the U.S. Department of Commerce. This time, Zhang Wenhao came to the United States with 12 domestic entrepreneurs. Among them, Zhang Wenhao was the only representative of an automobile manufacturing company, and most of the others were
Leaders of traditional energy, materials industries, and three Internet companies.
Zhang Wenhao rarely interacts with these people. On the one hand, the two parties do not have much interaction. On the other hand, the other party does not take Zhang Wenhao seriously. After all, even though Dongchen is a huge group, a CEO executive assistant,
It’s really not worth getting to know the top leaders of big companies like them.
This meeting lasted for five days in total. After Zhang Wenhao got on the bus, the Chinese team leader obtained the specific itinerary arrangement documents from the U.S. Department of Commerce, and then sent several documents for circulation.
Zhang Wenhao took a quick look at the document. Since it was already three o'clock in the afternoon US time, they just arranged a simple meeting and joint press conference in the afternoon.
There will be a business banquet at seven o'clock in the evening to welcome the Chinese business delegation. Tomorrow morning, the meeting will actually begin. All representatives from both sides will participate in the meeting. The first day of the meeting will not be open to the media.
Generally speaking, few people will disclose the real core content of the meeting to the media. The clips that the media can publish are usually scenes of empty polite remarks. The day after tomorrow, the Ministry of Commerce will arrange for a Chinese delegation to enter the White House. On the one hand, it will visit
, on the one hand, it is to hold a larger-scale meeting at the White House. This meeting will only involve more entrepreneurs, and the White House itself will not participate.
The reason why the Americans moved out of the White House was to show that they attached great importance to this meeting, but Zhang Wenhao did not take it seriously.
The bus arrived at the Ministry of Commerce. The square in front of the building was already occupied by news media vehicles. The group got off the bus and walked into the office of the U.S. Department of Commerce under the attack of the world's media.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Charles led everyone to the largest meeting room first. The media was allowed to film this meeting.
The first item to be arranged was the meeting and handshake of the members of the two delegations. Basically, they lined up to shake hands one by one. At this meeting, all members of the American meeting were present, including Jack Andrew, CEO of Qualcomm, and
There is Ben Gilberto, CEO of Texas Instruments.
Zhang Wenhao sat down in an inconspicuous corner of the Chinese delegation. However, the identity plate in Chinese and English in front of him gave him away. When the media discovered that this young man was the only representative of Dongchen, a large number of spotlights and cameras turned away.
Others were attracted, and all their efforts were concentrated on Zhang Wenhao.
CNN's on-site reporter turned his back to the venue and said to the camera: "I really can't believe that most of Dongchen's recent appearances were attended by young people. Do you remember the top-gear from before? The one wearing a hat and a mask.
The young man wearing sunglasses, according to top-gear host Jeremy, is just over 20 years old, and he should be the same person as the young man we just saw in the camera."
"A twenty-year-old young man actually represents the Dongchen Group, which is at its peak all over the world. Although I don't know the true origin of this young man. But I think his identity in the Dongchen Group must be very crucial, and he will never
Just as simple as a CEO assistant!"
At the meeting, Zhang Wenhao and other company representatives did not speak. At this time, it was a polite and etiquette expression between the leaders of both parties and had little to do with Zhang Wenhao.
The meeting lasted for an hour and a half. Afterwards, the leaders of the Ministry of Commerce of both parties jointly held a press conference, and Zhang Wenhao and other entrepreneur representatives were directly escorted to the hotel. These days, they will all stay in this hotel at night.
The banquet was also held here.
The accompanying entrepreneurs were very interested in the banquet. Because American banquets are more casual, the participants were not only members of the delegations from both sides, but also many American business and political celebrities and Hollywood stars. On this occasion
, it is easy to negotiate cooperative business unintentionally.
At the banquet, a well-known American jazz band played authentic jazz music on the stage, while entrepreneurs had already started walking among the crowd with wine glasses in hand, looking for interested targets to talk to.
Xu Hui came to Zhang Wenhao, who was alone, with a wine glass in hand, and said with a smile: "What? You're not used to this kind of situation?"
Zhang Wenhao nodded and said: "It doesn't feel very interesting. It's just a show of courtesy."
Xu Hui smiled and said: "They don't know that you are the real leader of Dongchen. Otherwise, I think tonight will not be a banquet. These people will definitely surround you until you faint from suffocation."
As he spoke, Xu Hui put away his smile and said: "I just heard the minister reveal that the Americans had a private conversation with him. In addition to members of both sides, there will also be some politicians and entrepreneurs from Europe at tomorrow's meeting.
"
"Europe?" Zhang Wenhao asked in surprise: "Why are they here to join in the fun?"
Xu Hui shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't know, I guess they are here to make a profit. The European economy has not improved recently. They are now looking for business opportunities everywhere like headless flies."
While the two were chatting, a white man strode over with a glass of wine. Zhang Wenhao recognized him at a glance. This man was Jack Andrew, CEO of Qualcomm Group.
Jack Andrew came straight to Zhang Wenhao. As soon as he arrived in front of Zhang Wenhao, he smiled and stretched out his right hand, shook hands with Zhang Wenhao, and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Zhang, I am Jack Andrew. Earlier today we
We’ve met.”
Zhang Wenhao nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Andrew, I am very impressed by you."
Jack Andrew laughed and said, "Don't call me Andrew, just call me Jack."
The formal address for Americans is usually to call him last-name, which is his surname. Close friends will call him fit-name, which is his first name. Jack. Andrew asked Zhang Wenhao to call him Jack, which also shows that he has a deep affection for Zhang Wenhao.
In order to take him seriously, I wanted to use this kind of friend-like title to bring the relationship closer between the two.
Zhang Wenhao naturally would not object and nodded: "Okay, Jack."
Jack Andrew laughed and said, "I heard that people from your company want to see me and Ben?"
Jack Andrew was talking about Ben Gilberto, the CEO of Texas Instruments, and Zhang Wenhao did not hide it. He nodded and said: "Yes, Dongchen has always wanted to meet you two chip giants."
Jack Andrew smiled slightly and confirmed his thoughts. He felt from the beginning that Zhang Wenhao's identity was definitely extraordinary. When he first received Dongchen's request to meet him, Jack Andrew keenly felt that Dongchen's cross-industry
I'm afraid there was a very big reason for making an appointment with him. Although Andrew didn't know the reason yet, he knew in his heart that Dongchen would definitely be a big shot when he came this time.
While most people thought that Zhang Wenhao was just a person sent by Dongchen Group to deal with this meeting, Jack Andrew felt that Zhang Wenhao's position in Dongchen would definitely not be just a simple assistant to the CEO. Otherwise, Dongchen would name him
If you want to see yourself, there is no reason why you only send an assistant here in the end. This is not in line with common sense.
Jack Andrew asked half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Your company wants to see me, is it also going to enter the field of chip manufacturing?"
Zhang Wenhao smiled slightly and said, "We do have this idea."
Jack Andrew's face was stern, and he suddenly became nervous. So far, Dongchen's technological strength has shocked the whole world. If Dongchen is really determined to do the chip business, then they must already have all the capabilities.
I am afraid that they have mastered very high-end chip manufacturing technology.
But Zhang Wenhao used a casual lie to cover up his true thoughts and said: "I think Jack, you should know about Dongchen's own a1 and a2 car interaction systems, right?"
"Of course!" When Jack Andrew heard about the a1 and a2 interactive systems, he immediately said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, when Dongchen was launched in North America, I bought a c3c as soon as possible. I have to say, Dongchen
Chen's automobile manufacturing capabilities are really strong, and the C3C is simply the top and most unsurpassable SUV in the world!"
With that said, Jack Andrew added: "Especially the a1 and a2 interactive systems, my God, I can't imagine what a powerful command library Dongchen has built in order to build these two interactive systems!"
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