78: Chapter 78 Technological Overwhelming! Giants

Guan Yi hung up the phone.

Daniu Dynamics, Wang Chaoqun.

She placed her phone on the desk, and the phone made a slight sound as it hit the surface.

The office fell into a brief silence.

Outside the window, the lights of Xingchen Machinery Factory were intertwined with the neon lights of the distant city.

Guan Yi walked up behind Chen Xu.

"Boss."

Chen Xu's gaze did not leave the screen on the wall.

On it was a real-time sales heat map of the Jifeng and baofeng generation 2 across the country; a striking blood-red color was expanding frantically.

"Speak."

His voice was very flat.

"Aima Technology, Zhang Jian."

"Daniu Dynamics, Wang Chaoqun."

Guan Yi reported in the most concise language.

"Both called just now."

"With the same purpose."

She paused for a moment and added the most critical piece of information.

"They want to purchase our super battery."

Chen Xu's fingertips tapped gently on the tabletop, making a highly rhythmic 'da-da' sound, forming a sharp contrast with the frantically jumping data on the screen.

He didn't look back.

There was no expression of surprise on his face.

After a long time, he casually turned off the screen.

"The fish have taken the bait."

Chen Xu finally spoke.

Guan Yi understood instantly.

From the moment the press conference announced the battery with its heaven-defying parameters, from the moment Jifeng and Baofeng entered the market in a slaughtering posture, Star Technology's real goal was never to become another Diya.

Selling cars was just a means.

To let everyone see.

To make everyone go crazy.

And then, to make them realize that whoever controls the battery controls the industry's lifeblood for the next twenty years.

Star Technology wanted to be the standard-setter of the new era.

Chen Xu turned his office chair around to face Guan Yi.

"What do you think?"

"They reacted very quickly," Guan Yi gave a precise evaluation. "While Diya is still frantic over their collapsing sales, they have already found the only way to break the deadlock."

"If you can't beat them, join them."

"As long as they can get our batteries, they can instantly overtake Diya in the market, and even carve up all the high-end market share vacated by Diya."

Chen Xu nodded, showing his approval of her judgment.

"Therefore, we cannot simply sell to them."

"Reply to them."

Chen Xu issued the instruction.

"Don't agree immediately, but don't refuse directly either."

"Tell them that in principle, Star Technology does not sell batteries separately to the outside."

He paused intentionally.

"However."

Guan Yi's eyes lit up instantly.

"However, we can explore the possibility of 'Energy Strategic Cooperation'."

"Understood."

Guan Yi turned and walked to her workstation.

The words 'Strategic Cooperation' were enough to make giants like Aima and Daniu come begging for cooperation at any cost.

She quickly drafted the email.

The wording was official, but the attitude left plenty of room for imagination.

The core content of the email was only one thing: inviting Aima Technology and Daniu Dynamics to send their top person in charge to the Fei City Xingchen Machinery Factory in three days for a top-level business meeting.

...

At the same time.

Xi City, Diya Group Headquarters.

The top-floor CEO's office was brightly lit.

Li Wenbo sat behind a huge desk, not having slept all night.

On the projection in front of him, the left side showed the growth curves of Jifeng and Baofeng.

On the right were the dismal sales figures of Diya's 'Thor' series, falling vertically like a cliff.

The entire high-end electric motorcycle market in China had been occupied by Star Technology's Jifeng.

Diya had reached a moment of life and death.

Beep.

An invitation for an emergency video conference was sent to all the core executives of the group.

Within a minute, figures appeared on the screen one by one.

Vice President of Sales Wei Jianjun looked even more haggard than at the last press conference.

"President Li."

"Give me the data," Li Wenbo's voice was hoarse.

"As of eight o'clock tonight, the total number of return applications from dealers nationwide has reached 3,700. The total amount of security deposits requested for refund exceeds eighty million."

"The total national sales of the 'Thor' series today is thirty-seven units."

"According to third-party estimates, the daily sales of Xingchen's 'Jifeng' have already exceeded five thousand units."

The conference room was silent.

A marketing director finally couldn't bear the pressure and suggested: "President Li, should we... consider a price reduction promotion for the 'Thor' series? Or launch a stripped-down youth version..."

"Useless."

Li Wenbo interrupted him directly.

"This isn't a price problem."

"Even if we gave the 'Thor' away for free, would users want it? Who would want a piece of industrial trash that takes two hours to charge and has a range of a hundred kilometers?"

His words were very heavy.

None of the executives present dared to argue.

Because it was the truth.

In front of Xingchen's super battery, all the products they were once proud of had become trash overnight.

"This isn't market competition."

Li Wenbo stood up and paced back and forth in the huge office.

"This is a generational gap in technology."

"Any conventional marketing methods are meaningless in the face of absolute technological barriers."

He stopped walking, a look of determination flashing in his eyes.

"Pass down the notice: all price reductions and promotion plans are suspended."

"Book tickets for my travel team."

"Destination: Fei City."

All the executives were stunned.

Wei Jianjun blurted out: "President Li, you're going personally?"

"Yes."

Li Wenbo's answer was categorical and left no room for doubt.

"I will personally lead a team to Fei City."

"At all costs, I want to see that person named Chen Xu."

...

Shanghai, Aima Group Headquarters.

Chairman Zhang Jian clicked on the email almost the instant it arrived.

He read the content of the email word by word, leaning forward slightly.

When he saw the words 'Energy Strategic Cooperation', he leaned back heavily against his chair.

This wasn't a simple purchase.

This was a negotiation that would decide Aima's fate for the next twenty years.

Star Technology never intended to be just a supplier.

Their ambition was to become everyone's upstream source.

He immediately picked up the internal phone.

"Notify the heads of the legal department, strategic department, and technical department to meet in my office in thirty minutes."

"Prepare a negotiation proposal of the highest specifications."

"Also, book me the earliest flight to Fei City."

Almost the same scene played out at the 'Daniu Dynamics' headquarters in another city.

Chairman Wang Chaoqun looked at the same email and fell into deep thought.

Then, he pressed a red button on his desk.

This was the signal to activate the company's highest-level emergency plan.

"Assemble the company's top team."

"We are going to Fei City."

"To see Chen Xu."

Three giants, in different cities, made the same decision.

The goal was only one.

Fei City.

Xingchen Machinery Factory.

Chen Xu.

...

The night grew deeper.

Guan Yi had finished processing all the emails and had arranged the agenda for the meeting in three days.

She walked to the window and looked at Chen Xu, who was still standing there.

"Boss, the emails have all been sent out."

"Mm."

Chen Xu looked out the window, toward the direction of the Technology Park.

Xingchen Technology Park.

That was where the real future of Star Technology lay.

"Diya, Aima, and Daniu will all come," Guan Yi's tone was very certain.

"They have no choice but to come," Chen Xu said indifferently.

"How... are we going to talk to them?" Guan Yi asked the most central question.

Whether to choose one company for deep binding, to distribute fairly among all, or if there was another plan.

Chen Xu turned around; in the darkness, his silhouette was clear.

"Prepare two different contracts."

Guan Yi was startled.

"One for Aima and Daniu."

"The other..."

The corner of Chen Xu's mouth curled into an imperceptible arc.

"For Diya."