Heitings was the leader of the Ford negotiation team. At this time, he was leading the team to leave Pengcheng International Airport and prepare to take the high-speed rail to Shantou and Meizhou.
As a member of Mi Li's family who came to Dongtang for the first time, he had to lament the greatness and terror of this country. He looked at the bustling scenery with tall buildings and busy traffic outside the car window.
"Mr. Heitings, is this your first time coming to Dongtang?" asked Parker Barry, general manager of Ford Dongtang Branch.
Heitings nodded: "This is indeed my first time coming to Dongtang."
"Very shocking, isn't it?"
"It's really shocking."
"The longer I stay in this country, the more I feel that this country is progressing and changing every day." Parker Barry sighed with a complicated expression.
"Mi Li's family is falling behind, and we have been resting on our laurels." Heitings said with a wry smile.
"Look at the high-speed train we are taking now. Is it very fast?"
Heitings looked at the scenery passing by quickly outside the window and replied in agreement: "It is indeed very fast. The slow classic trains in China cannot be compared. I heard that the first phase of the California High-Speed Rail has been completed. I believe we will too."
There will be high-speed rail.”
"California High-Speed Rail? With the speed they are dilly-dallying, it may not even be completed by 2030," Parker Barry said mockingly, spreading his hands.
"Haha!" Heitings shook his head and smiled bitterly. He felt the same way about Parker's words.
Parker then revealed a piece of news that surprised Heitings: "Haitings, did you know? Dongtang is preparing to phase out the high-speed rail."
"What? Eliminate high-speed rail?" Heitings obviously couldn't believe it. Such a good technology was going to be eliminated?
"Don't believe it?" Parker opened the holographic bracelet and pulled out a news article "The Ministry of Railways Pilots Pingtan-Shantou-Mei Vacuum Railway".
Heitings raised his glasses and read the article carefully. The more he read, the more shocked he became.
"Why haven't I heard any relevant reports in China?"
"Do you think the country will report on these great achievements of Dongtang? They will only blackmail Dongtang." Parker said helplessly.
"It's amazing. The speed is 1,100 to 1,200 kilometers per hour. If an intercontinental railway is built, it will only take about ten hours from Dongtang to Mi Li's house."
"No! If it is an intercontinental railway, the speed will only be faster, because theoretically the speed of the vacuum railway can reach about 10,000 kilometers per hour." Parker said.
"It's unbelievable. We are still struggling to build a high-speed rail, but Dongtang is already preparing to phase out the high-speed rail." Heitings said with a heavy heart.
"This is just one aspect, just like our mobile phones, chips, and communications have fallen behind in all aspects." Parker reminded.
Haitings has some understanding of what Parker said about mobile phones, chips, communications, etc. Currently, 9% of the global mobile phone market is occupied by the two major manufacturers Dongtang, Colliers, and Sydney.
Don't look at the fact that Xueli is known as the MiLi family, in fact they are a holding company of the Galaxy Consortium.
Not to mention chips, Dongtang, Dongdao, and Kaoli have already popularized 7 nanometers and 5 nanometers, high-end ones are using 3 nanometers, and Galaxy Group is even developing 1 nanometers.
Intel, Texas Instruments, and NVIDIA from the MiLi family are currently struggling with 7 nanometers.
Also in the field of communications, the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia regions have begun to fully popularize 6G communications, and Milijia is still using 4G communications.
There is a huge gap between the two, which makes Heitings feel sad and pessimistic.
Haitings didn't want to continue this heavy topic, so he changed the topic and asked: "By the way, Parker, what did the Raytheon Group say about our arrival?"
"They welcome our arrival, but the conditions seem to be a bit harsh. I heard that the Volkswagen Group's negotiations were not pleasant yesterday." Parker told the news he knew.
"To be more specific, what are their conditions?"
"Share, requires 30% of the shares."
"30% of the shares?" Hearing this condition, Haiting frowned immediately.
"Thor Group's attitude is very tough. By the way, Musk also arrived in Shantou and Meizhou yesterday."
“Tesla’s Musk?”
"That's the guy."
"Hasn't Tesla always cooperated with Raytheon Group? What is he doing here?" Heitings asked in surprise.
"It seems that this time they are working with General Motors. Raytheon Group is very dissatisfied and is preparing to increase the price of Tesla's batteries." Parker said gloatingly.
Heitings could not comment on this matter, and then he continued: "I want to talk to the president and the board of directors about this 30% stake."
"necessary."
Heitings took out his laptop, wrote these things in an email, and sent it to Milijia's head office.
By the time he had sent the email, the train had slowly stopped at the Shantou-Mei high-speed railway station.
When he came to Shanmei, Heitings saw a world different from ordinary big cities. Large areas of graphene solar films made the entire city look like it was indoors.
There are very common holographic projection equipment, electric cars, and flowers and trees everywhere. The vines climb on the walls of the houses, and the roofs are almost like hanging gardens.
"A city full of technology and nature." Haitings admired.
"After all, this is one of the two core cities of the Galaxy Consortium, and it is positioned as the capital of science and technology." Parker explained as he walked.
“Where is Galaxy Technology’s headquarters?”
"There!" Parker said, pointing to the five stepped buildings.
The stepped buildings he refers to are Galaxy Technology's five buildings, 15, 16, 17, 1, and 19.
Parker continued to explain: "Galaxy Technology will build a new building every year. The new building will be 10 floors higher than the previous year's building, which symbolizes Galaxy Technology's progress every year."
"That's it." Heitings looked at the stepped building like a histogram, and he could see the ambition of Galaxy Technology.
The two of them got on the minibus and looked silently at the factories and high-rise buildings on both sides. Now, the rapid development of Dongtang has shattered their pride.
Soon, in silence, the minibus carrying Ford's negotiating team finally arrived at the headquarters of Raytheon Group.
Generally speaking, Galaxy Technology will not come forward when it comes to matters related to their respective businesses. Each group will handle it by itself. Unless it is a very big matter, Galaxy Technology will come forward.
After Fang Shengjie exchanged a few pleasantries with Heitings, he got straight to the point and handed Heitings a contract.
Looking at the conditions in the contract, it turned out to be similar to what Parker said. Raytheon Group required Ford to take out 30% of its shares and sell them to Raytheon Group for 10 billion yuan.
"Mr. Fang, please give us some time. I need to talk to the board of directors about this matter." Heitings knew that he could not make the decision.
Fang Shengjie nodded: "Okay, I'll give you three days."
"Then let's say goodbye first."
After Haitings said hello, he took Parker and others back to the hotel.
the other side.
Mi Li's house, inside the Ford headquarters.
The president of Ford has received Haitings' email. Apparently, he is not surprised by Raytheon Group's harsh conditions, or the lion's opening.
But even he couldn't decide this matter. After all, it involved a 30% share transaction, and he had to discuss it with Ford's board of directors.