The last few days have been a milestone for the entire world's auto market, and Dongchen has been advancing in the auto market like an armored car, but even though other companies have suffered a great impact, no one has really surrendered, but the defection of Japanese and Korean companies has put other automakers at risk

Among the overseas automakers, except for General Motors, which has completely breathed a sigh of relief and jumped out of the cruel battlefield, everyone else is waiting for the final decisive battle in their hearts, and there is no doubt that after this decisive battle, no one will survive except Dongchen.

After several years of ups and downs, the EU economy has now reached a very fragile point, very sensitive to the international financial market, European automobile manufacturers are numerous, especially led by Germany and the United Kingdom, the impact of Dongchen on the European automobile market is also very large, seeing that General Motors has begun to start the production of Dongchen automobiles, the EU also knows in its heart that the limit has come.

All European automakers have contracted their markets to the maximum, but they are powerless to resist the invasion of Dongchen on their doorstep.

The international financial market is a very sensitive spider web, take Sino-European trade as an example, if the EU does not follow the conventional routine to play cards, and the violation of restrictions on Dongchen automobiles, then he will not only affect Dongchen a company, but the entire Sino-European bilateral trade, China will also make punitive measures in other areas of trade, so that the EU may keep the local car market, but they lose. But it could be the entire trade with China.

The European Union's economy has been in a state of constant decline in recent years. They can't afford a trade war without gunpowder, especially in the face of such a huge market as China, so the EU gave Dongchen permission to enter the European market, but the EU is also unwilling to open the door and wait for the other party's armored vehicles to rush in unscrupulously.

The EU has held several seminars on Dongchen, and because Dongchen has obtained an annual production capacity of more than 7 million vehicles from GM, the EU has little doubt about the possibility of Dongchen making a move in a short period of time. In order to avoid a frontal war as much as possible, the Europeans, who were the best at mediation, immediately thought of the United States.

Subsequently, the U.S. Department of Commerce extended an invitation to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce to visit, and its intentions were: The meeting between China and the United States in Washington is in a purely economic sense, without any political component.

The meeting between the two ministries of commerce is not once or twice, the so-called non-mixed political component, that is, the content of the meeting is limited to normal bilateral trade, once this kind of signal is issued, the two sides know well, and when they meet, they will definitely not discuss any sensitive topics, such as some kind of export blockade, economic sanctions and other sensitive topics will be left behind.

In the past, bilateral trade meetings have always been attended by entrepreneurs from both countries. The bilateral ministries of commerce will then make a match 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 with officials from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, but the Chinese Ministry of Commerce did not immediately agree or refuse, but replied to the other party that the matter needed to obtain the consent of Dongchen Group.

When Xu Hui, the head of the Huahe Alliance of the Ministry of Commerce, contacted Zhang Wenhao, Zhang Wenhao agreed without any hesitation.

And Xu Hui didn't expect Zhang Wenhao to be so straightforward, so he asked with a smile: "Mr. Zhang." This time, which leader of Dongchen Group are you going to go to the United States with the group? ”

Zhang Wenhao said: "I'll go by myself." ”

"You're going in person?" This made Xu Hui a little surprised, he thought that with Zhang Wenhao's character, he should not like to get involved in some political official activities. This point has long been known to the senior management. …,

Senior leaders have always been very sensitive to Dongchen. Judging from the cooperation between Dongchen and the government during this period, the senior leaders can basically draw a conclusion that Zhang Wenhao is willing to cooperate completely with the state in business, but he is cautious and outside politics, so the high-level management also understands and appreciates his psychology very well, so he has not taken the initiative to tie Dongchen and the government more tightly.

It is precisely because the high-level has this sense of smell that they have been instructing those people in the government departments who have contact with Zhang Wenhao not to drag Dongchen into political activities as much as possible, and Xu Hui is also unwilling to touch this mold, so he thought at first that Zhang Wenhao casually arranged for a management of Dongchen to come over, which was already very reasonable in terms of face, but he never expected that Zhang Wenhao would not hesitate to say that he would go in person.

Immediately, Zhang Wenhao's later words made Xu Hui even more surprised and confused, Zhang Wenhao said: "By the way, Director Xu, I also trouble you to express your attitude with the United States, this meeting, I hope to meet the heads of Qualcomm and Texas Instruments." ”

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 famous in the world, most of Intel's business is in PC chip manufacturing, and Qualcomm and Texas Instruments have been focusing on the research and development of chips for mobile devices.

Zhang Wenhao proposed to meet the heads of Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, is Zhang Wenhao interested in mobile device chips?

This makes Xu Hui a little confused, if chip manufacturing, especially high-end processor chip manufacturing, China only in the PC chip manufacturing, there are some achievements that are still in the second-rate stage, that is, the "Loongson" series, high-end mobile device processing chip manufacturing, basically still a blank.

Xu Hui is not a person who understands science and technology very well, he just thinks that Zhang Wenhao must have a certain purpose to meet the heads of these two companies, but he doesn't want to think about what it is, and when he agrees, he said: "I will contact the people of the US 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 on the side of the US Department of Commerce and proposed Zhang Wenhao's intention to meet. The U.S. Department of Commerce also needs to consult with each of the two companies. A day later, a clear and affirmative reply came from the United States, and the CEOs of both companies expressed their willingness to participate in the Sino-US business meeting.

This meeting, both China and the United States attach great importance to it, and because of the sensitive factor of Dongchen, the two sides have entered the stage of rapid preparation, the list of 12 leaders and staff of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, 13 entrepreneurs, a total of 25 people, was quickly drawn up, and Zhang Wenhao also received the news, three days later. All the delegates gathered in Yanjing and took a chartered flight from the Ministry of Commerce to Washington, D.C.

The reason why the Americans organized this business meeting is nothing more than because the EU hopes that the United States can mediate and use the United States to intervene. The dialogue between the EU and China is mainly the dialogue between EU automakers and Dongchen.

Zhang Wenhao did not know that the meeting would include members of the European Union, and even the head of China's Ministry of Commerce did not receive the news from the Americans, and 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, and this time, the attitude of the White House is the same as that of the Chinese government, trying to ensure that this meeting is a purely business meeting, so. There is no direct involvement in the White House.

As soon as the delegation's plane landed, a brief welcome ceremony was held at the airport, because this time it was a business dialogue between the two countries, Zhang Wenhao could not wear a peaked cap, sunglasses and a mask like he had recorded Top-Gear before, this time, Zhang Wenhao was wearing a slim black suit and light blue shirt, but he had the style of a young entrepreneur, and this time he was wearing the title of executive assistant to the CEO of Dongchen Group. …,

The welcome ceremony is not cumbersome. It was nothing more than walking the red carpet, with representatives of both sides lining up to shake hands with each other, allowing the media to take some videos and photos, followed by a short speech of less than three minutes by the biggest leaders of each side.

Afterwards, the group got on 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 is the only representative of an automobile manufacturing company, and the others are mostly leaders of traditional energy and materials industries, as well as three Internet companies.

Zhang Wenhao rarely communicates with these people, on the one hand, because the two sides do not have much intersection, on the other hand, the other party does not take Zhang Wenhao in his eyes, after all, even if Dongchen is a huge group, but an executive assistant to the CEO is indeed not worthy of the top leaders of these large enterprises.

The meeting lasted five days, and after Zhang Wenhao got on the bus, the Chinese team leader obtained the specific itinerary documents of the US Department of Commerce, and then sent several documents for circulation.

Zhang Wenhao took a look at the documents and said that since it was already three o'clock in the afternoon of US time, they only arranged a simple meeting and a joint press conference in the afternoon.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, there will be a business banquet, which can be regarded as a reception for the Chinese business delegation, and tomorrow morning, even if the meeting really begins, all representatives of the two sides will participate in the meeting, and the first day of the meeting will not be open to the media.

The day after tomorrow, the Ministry of Commerce arranged for the Chinese delegation to enter the White House, on the one hand, to visit, on the other hand, to hold a larger meeting in the White House, this meeting, only more entrepreneurs will participate, and the White House itself will not participate in it.

The reason why the Americans moved out of the White House was also to show that they attached importance to this meeting, and Zhang Wenhao did not take it seriously.

When the bus arrived at the Department of Commerce, the square in front of the building was already occupied by news media vehicles, and the group got off the bus and walked into the office of the US Department of Commerce under the fire of the world's media.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Charles led the crowd to the largest meeting room, and the media was allowed to film the meeting.

The first project arranged was the meeting and handshake of the members of the delegations of the two sides, basically lined up to shake hands one by one, this meeting, all the members of the United States meeting were there, including Qualcomm CEO Jack. Andrew, as well as Texas Instruments CEO Ben. Gilberto.

Zhang Wenhao sat down in an inconspicuous corner of the Chinese delegation, but the identity sign in front of him in Chinese and English betrayed him, and when the media discovered that the young man turned out to be the only representative of Dongchen, a lot of magnesium lights and cameras left everyone else. All his strength was concentrated on Zhang Wenhao's body.

N's on-site reporter turned his back to the venue. said to the camera: "I really can't believe that Dongchen's recent appearances are basically participated by young people, do you remember the previous Top-Gear?" The young man with a hat, a mask, and sunglasses, according to Top-Gear's host Jeremy, was just over twenty years old, which should be the same person we just saw on camera. ”

"A twenty-year-old young man actually represents the Dongchen Group, which is flourishing all over the world, although I don't know the true origin of this young man. But I think his identity in Dongchen Group must be very crucial, and it will definitely not be as simple as just an assistant to the CEO! ”

Meet-and-greets. Zhang Wenhao, the representatives of these enterprises, did not speak, at this time, it was the politeness and etiquette between the leaders of the two sides, and Zhang Wenhao had little to do with it.

The meeting lasted an hour and a half, and then the leaders of the two ministries of commerce jointly held a press conference, and Zhang Wenhao, the entrepreneur representatives, were escorted directly to the hotel, where they will stay these days, and the evening banquet will be held here. …,

The accompanying entrepreneurs were very interested in the banquet. Because the American banquet is relatively casual, the participants are not only members of the delegations of both sides, but also many American business and political celebrities and Hollywood stars, and it is easy to inadvertently talk about cooperation business on such occasions.

At the banquet, well-known American jazz bands played authentic jazz music on the stage, and entrepreneurs began to wander through 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, and said with a smile: "What? Not used to this kind of occasion? ”

Zhang Wenhao nodded and said, "It doesn't feel interesting." It's nothing more than to show up and show courtesy. ”

Xu Hui smiled: "They don't know that you are the real leader of Dongchen, otherwise, I don't think tonight will be a banquet, and these people will definitely surround you in the middle." Until you pass out from suffocation. ”

As he spoke, Xu Hui put away his smile. He said: "I just heard the minister reveal that the Americans talked to him privately, and tomorrow's talks, in addition to the members of the two sides themselves, there are also some politicians and entrepreneurs from Europe. ”

"Europe?" Zhang Wenhao was surprised and asked, "What are they doing here?" ”

Xu Hui shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know, I guess I'm here to make soy sauce, the economy in Europe has not improved recently, and now they are looking for business opportunities everywhere like headless flies." ”

The two were chatting, a white man strode over with a wine glass, Zhang Wenhao recognized him at a glance, this person was Jack, CEO of Qualcomm Group. Andrew.

Jack. Andrew came straight to Zhang Wenhao, and as soon as he arrived at Zhang Wenhao's side, he stretched out his right hand with a smile, shook it with Zhang Wenhao, and said with a smile: "Hello Mr. Zhang, I'm Jack. Andrew, we met earlier today. ”

Zhang Wenhao nodded and smiled: "That's right, Mr. Andrew, I'm very impressed with you." ”

Jack. Andrew laughed and said, "Don't call me Andrew, just call me Jack." ”

The official title of Americans is generally called last-name, that is, surname, and close friends will be called first-name, which is his first name, Jack. Andrew asked Zhang Wenhao to call him Jack, which also shows that he attaches great importance to Zhang Wenhao and wants to get closer to the relationship between the two through this friend-like title.

Zhang Wenhao naturally didn't object, and nodded: "Ok, Jack." ”

Jack. Andrew laughed and said, "I heard that the people in your company want to see me and Ben by name?" ”

Jack. Ben in Andrew's mouth is the CEO of Texas Instruments. Gilberto, and Zhang Wenhao did not hide it, nodded and said: "That's right, Dongchen has always wanted to meet with you two chip giants." ”

Jack. Andrew smiled slightly, affirming the thoughts in his heart, he felt from the beginning that Zhang Wenhao's identity was definitely not ordinary, when he first received Dongchen wanted to see him, Jack. Andrew keenly felt that Dongchen's cross-industry appointment with him, I am afraid that there is a very big reason, although the reason is, Andrew is not clear, but he knows in his heart that Dongchen will definitely be a big man this time.

When most people thought that Zhang Wenhao was just a person sent by the Dongchen Group to deal with this meeting, Jack. Andrew felt that Zhang Wenhao's status in Dongchen would definitely not be just a simple assistant to the CEO, otherwise, Dongchen wanted to see him by name, and there was no reason why he only sent an assistant over in the end, which is not logical.

Jack. Andrew asked half-jokingly and half-seriously: "If your company wants to see me, shouldn't you also enter the field of chip manufacturing?" ”

Zhang Wenhao smiled slightly and said, "We do have this idea. ”

Jack. Andrew's face was pale, and his heart suddenly became nervous, so far, Dongchen's scientific and technological strength has shocked the world, if Dongchen really has the heart to do chip business, then they must have been fully sure, I'm afraid, 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 should know Dongchen's own A1 and A2 car interaction systems, right?" ”

"Of course!" Jack. As soon as Andrew heard the A1 and A2 interactive systems, he immediately smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, when Dongchen was listed in North America, I bought a C3C for the first time, and I have to say that Dongchen's automobile manufacturing strength is too strong, and C3C is simply the world's top and most unsurpassable SUV!" ”

Talking, Jack. Andrew added: "Especially the A1 and A2 interactive systems, oh my God, I can't imagine what a powerful instruction library Dongchen has built in order to build these two interactive systems!" (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )