Chapter 1003 If you don't go to the knife, you can't be ruthless

Chapter 1003 If you don't go to the knife, you can't be ruthless

Originally, the relationship between Australia and Galaxy Industry belonged to the kind that was not salty or light, not good, not bad, it could only be said to be very normal and ordinary, but since the establishment of the Galaxy Mineral Resources Development Group, Australia has begun to be unbearable.

As a developed country, Australia is a typical place with a vast and sparsely populated area and rich resources, and in terms of geographical location, Oceania is Australia's strong strength, and there are no countries around it that can threaten him.

In recent years, Australia has earned very rich profits every year by exporting various ores, such as Rio Tinto's annual profits, which are almost equivalent to the combined profits of the top ten steel mills in China. Because they hold the lifeblood of China's iron and steel industry, mining companies in Australia have teamed up with mining companies in Brazil and other places to reach an offensive and defensive alliance to wantonly increase the export price of iron ore. Subsequently, it was these mining companies that made the most profits, but the Australian government's tax revenue, local residents' employment and so on, all brought a lot of benefits to the Australian government.

However, this qiē disappeared with the establishment of the Galaxy Mineral Resources Development Group. Australian mining companies can no longer continue the previous dream, iron ore export prices plummeted three or four percent, there are still not many Chinese companies willing to import iron ore from Australia, the stocks of these mining companies are even more plummeting, the market value has shrunk by more than half, but it is still difficult to stop the fall and rebound.

In the past, Australia did not feel the threat brought by the rapid growth of Galaxy Industry, but now Australia has a painful skin, the reduction of taxes, the increase in unemployment, and the deterioration of social security are the most difficult problems for the Australian government to scratch its head in the past year or so.

The Australian government has been trying to find a way to solve these problems, and even considered putting pressure on the Chinese government to see if it can reduce the influence of the Galaxy Mineral Resources Development Group, but this idea was not put into practice in the end, when the price of iron ore soared, the Australian government had used various excuses to disagree with the price increase of Rio Tinto, BHP and other companies, and now if you put pressure on the Chinese government, it is simply untenable in the position, and the Chinese government is unlikely to make concessions to the Australian government.

In the end, the Australian government changed its thinking and decided to support a company that could compete with Galaxy Industrial, at least in a certain field. At this time, William's company as the sole investor broke into the Australian government's field of vision.

The company first showed extraordinary achievements in the field of new batteries, and then gradually expanded the production line, and successively launched a variety of batteries such as button batteries and batteries, each of which has the performance of similar products second only to Galaxy batteries, ranking second among similar products in the world.

The second is also very remarkable, after all, there is only one first, the history of the development of Galaxy Industry is almost seven years long, and it has confirmed the absolute leading edge in many fields, at this time it is very precious to be able to emerge a company, especially for the Australian government that is currently anxious because of the collapse of international iron ore prices, it is like sending charcoal in the snow, and the timely rain in the drought season.

The Australian government has stepped in to connect companies with Toyota, General Motors, and other multinational companies that need batteries, paving the way for them to cooperate.

In recent years, Toyota, General Motors and other major automobile companies in the world have been forced to retreat step by step, and the market share will be ceded to Galaxy Heavy Industries little by little. Today, Toyota is still the world's largest automaker in terms of output and sales, but its market share has fallen by more than 10%, and the market share of automakers such as General Motors has also declined in different ways.

In the field of land and air amphibious vehicles, Galaxy Heavy Industry occupies the first position in the market, and the single-person aircraft is far ahead of Galaxy Seiko, in addition, in the field of high-priced cars, Galaxy Heavy Industry's products are favored by more and more wealthy people because of their unique design, high efficiency and low pollution of oil-powered engines.

The automobile division of the anti-galaxy industrial alliance led by Toyota has thought of many ways to try to redeem the defeat, or at least to stop its own downward trend, but no matter what method they come up with, there is no way to make up for the huge gap in technology. In the field of traditional automobiles, it is difficult for Toyota to compete with Galaxy Industries, unless they risk infringing intellectual property rights, plagiarize Galaxy Industries' patents, and imitate the engines of Galaxy Heavy Industries, but in doing so, they have to pay too much price, and even the U.S. government, which has always advocated intellectual property protection, can hardly hold a position to protect them.

Improving the efficiency of oil-powered engines is not something that can be achieved overnight, and it takes a very long time to accumulate technology, plus a little inspiration and luck, to make a breakthrough in this area. Electric power engine in comparison, on the contrary, is a relatively easy problem to solve, as long as the problem of power supply can be solved, then Toyota and other multinational automobile manufacturers may not have the strength to fight with Galaxy Industry.

After determining the research direction, all the member units of the automobile branch of the anti-galaxy industrial alliance gathered the most elite scientific research forces and began to carry out scientific research, hoping to develop a large-capacity battery. However, this thing is not so easy to do, and some achievements have been made, but it is still a lot worse to reach the point of competing with Galaxy Industry. Even if it is put into operation, there is still a way to go.

At this time, the Australian government took the initiative to match a number of multinational companies such as Toyota with the company, which gave them an unprecedented hope.

Toyota, General Motors and other companies immediately sent high-level representatives to the Australian company to inspect and carry out the implementation of the new storage batteries produced by the company. The test results came out quickly, although it could not be compared with the products of Galaxy Industries, but it was able to allow the electric power car developed by Toyota to drive smoothly on the road for an hour or two. Such batteries are not enough for cars that use them to run long distances, but they can allow them to run short distances, after all, many families buy cars, not every day for three or five hours, one or two hours of running time, enough to meet most of their needs.

Toyota, General Motors and other companies immediately began to negotiate with the company, and they put forward three requirements, one is to ask for a stake in the company, and the other is to hope that the company can increase investment in battery research and do its best to develop a battery with better performance. Third, they submitted an order to the company, and Toyota plans to purchase about 1 million sets of batteries at a time, hoping that the company can produce them as much as possible.

William simply denied Toyota's decision to buy shares, of course, not because the company's shares could not be sold, but because the company was still in the initial stage, and many situations were not stable enough, and there were still many problems to be dealt with, so he did not sell shares for the time being.

This vague and specious reason makes Toyota very dissatisfied, but doing business is all your willing, especially the company is simply the last straw for them to survive, naturally they don't want to offend the company, lest the last hope be disappointed.

For Toyota's request to purchase batteries, William readily agreed, but the price he offered made Toyota have a toothache. William adheres to Liu Shiqing's principle that he has always been more ruthless, and the price is more than fifty percent more expensive than similar products of Galaxy Industry. This made Toyota feel overwhelming.

"Mr. William, is the price you offer too expensive? Galaxy Industrial's products are better than yours, but they are much cheaper than yours. Said the vice president of Toyota.

William shrugged his shoulders, "I can't do anything about it, Galaxy Industry has a mature product formula, they have been selling products for several years, and the research funds invested in the battery have been recovered, our company is not good, we must first ensure that we can survive, in addition, we must raise the next step of research funds, pay employees, pay insurance, pay taxes to the government, these all need money, if we sell the products of Galaxy Industry, it will not take long to go bankrupt." So, all I can say is sorry, I'm already giving the lowest price. ”

No matter how Toyota lobbied, William gritted his teeth, that is, he refused to lower the price, the purpose of the company was to avoid the possibility of Galaxy Industry being charged with anti-monopoly by the United States and other countries, and the other was to get close to the competitors of Galaxy Industrial, make money from them, and make some money that even Galaxy Industry could not earn. Just like a new type of battery, Galaxy Industry has been restricting exports to countries other than China, so naturally there is no way to make money from Toyota, but the company has no problems in this regard, if the knife is not ruthless, it will be too sorry for Liu Shiqing to spend so much effort to establish the company. U