Regarding the grievances between Lu Zhou and ExxonMobil, it can be said that it is an old thing.

In fact, if it weren't for the paper being turned out again, the matter would have passed.

But the problem is that the paper has not only been turned out, but also turned from the original worthless to a key to a trillion-dollar market......

The other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Somewhere in the White House.

Pushing away the assistant who tried to stop in front of him, Woods, who walked into the office quickly, put his hand on the table, stared at Kevin, the chief of staff of the White House who was sitting across the desk, and said word by word.

"I want to see the president!"

Looking at Woods standing at the desk with a headache, Kevin stopped the pen in his hand and said with a sigh.

"The president is not in the White House right now, I'm afraid I don't have time to see you, and it's the same with me. I will convey your request to His Excellency the President, if your request is within reasonable limits. ”

ExxonMobil was one of the financiers of their party's finances, and while they didn't necessarily have to listen to their father, no one wanted to go with the green Franklin if it wasn't necessary......

Seeing that the chief of staff didn't pay attention to what he was saying, Woods took a deep breath and stared at him as he continued quickly.

"Listen, the patent for the lithium-air battery originally belonged to us, but they used disgraceful means to snatch what originally belonged to us from us! This is a commercial fraud of Chiguoguo! ”

Even though he has been in the political arena for so many years, he can be regarded as having a face like a city wall, but listening to Wu Ci's full words, Kevin's head still has a few black lines.

Even commercial fraud came out......

This patent transfer contract is so clearly written in black and white, can this contract still be forced to sign by others?

"So what do you want me to do? Convincing the president and Congress to change the law? ”

Woods opened his mouth, and for a moment he couldn't help but pause.

In fact, he didn't come up with any good ideas.

Before coming here, ExxonMobil's salesmen had gone to Shanghai several times, and even offered 10 times the price that Star Technology had paid for the patent from them with the help of a shell company, but still failed to buy back the patent for the cage carbon molecule......

Looking at Woods, who didn't speak, Kevin sighed and said, "Maybe you should seriously think about it and come to me again." ”

Seeing that Mr. President's chief of staff didn't seem to be intent on helping him, Woods took a deep breath, stared into his eyes and continued.

"Listen, how important lithium-air battery technology is, I don't believe I need to say more, right? At the beginning, because of the lithium-sulfur battery thing, our new energy industry has lagged behind China, if they master the lithium-air battery technology, we will fall into the abyss of no return. Do you understand what I mean? ”

"The patent may only be more than 20 years, but as long as they keep lying on us and constantly sucking blood, and then use the nutrients sucked from us to cultivate their own R&D strength, we will always lose the opportunity to surpass them, and we will always be 20 years behind them! I can only continue to pay for my backwardness! Just like the dilemma faced by the Chinese people in the semiconductor industry! ”

"In order to avoid falling into this abyss, no matter what means are used, we must do something!"

Kevin frowned slightly.

Although he saw the ExxonMobil CEO as just venting his anger at being frustrated by Chinese companies, there was one sentence that caught his attention.

If China continues to lead the new energy industry, it will definitely not be a good thing for the United States.

Especially when the Chinese are holding the trump card of controlled nuclear fusion in their hands......

Just as Kevin was thinking about how to report the matter to His Excellency the President, the door to his office suddenly opened.

The rude opening of the door interrupted Woods' chatter, and a man in a plaid shirt walked in briskly and spoke in almost the same tone.

"I want to see the president!"

Kevin's expression was a little strange, he glanced at Musk who was standing at the door, and said after settling down.

"Someone said the same thing about you about half an hour ago, or ...... Let's discuss it privately? ”

Musk glanced at Woods, who was standing in the office, and after thinking about who this person was for a while, he never remembered, so he took a deep breath and looked at Kevin to continue.

"Listen, no matter what this gentleman says, what I'm going to say next is something very important, important enough for you to put down what you're doing now, and wait for me to say—"

Kevin: "Let me guess first, is it related to new energy?" ”

Musk was slightly stunned, and then snapped his fingers.

"That's right! Or to be more accurate, lithium-air batteries! But if you've been following the news lately, you should know what those damn Chinese people have done! They bundle lithium-air batteries and wireless charging, two unrelated technologies, and force us to accept their standards like a rogue...... It's just, it's like ......."

Holding a breath in his throat, Musk opened and closed his mouth and struggled for a while before he found an accurate set of words and spit out the emotions held in his throat in one breath.

“…… It's like you're forcing us to eat! ”

"Poof!"

Woods, who was standing nearby, almost couldn't hold back, and accidentally laughed out loud at the metaphor, because the funny expression did look like eating something that shouldn't have been eaten.

It wasn't until the other two people in the office looked at him that Woods realized his gaffe for a moment, and hurriedly coughed dryly, changing his expression to a serious expression.

"Sorry...... I sympathize with what you are going through. ”

Musk opened his mouth and wanted to continue to say something.

But at this moment, Kevin, who was sitting behind the desk, pushed away the chair and stood up.

"Alright, gentlemen, that's all for today's meeting, I still have a very important meeting to hold in a moment, and it is impossible to discuss it with you endlessly."

Glancing at Woods and then at Musk, he held his breath and thought for a few seconds before continuing.

"I probably understand what you want to say, Star Technology is a threat, am I right?"

Musk and Woods nodded their heads vigorously and said through gritted teeth.

"That's right, it's not just a threat, their existence is simply a cancer!"

"Yes, I have to add, it's a shameful thief! Thief! ”

"Okay, gentlemen, the White House will take this seriously!" Kevin nodded with a serious expression, "We will ask the Ministry of Commerce to seriously investigate the patent acquisition case six years ago, as well as the provisions of the SH standard on suspected illegal use of patents and unfair competition, if the situation is true, we will give you a satisfactory answer!" ”

Hearing this, Musk finally reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this result is not 100% satisfactory, it is at least 80% true.

As long as the Ministry of Commerce can deduct a suspected monopoly hat for Star Technology, most of the problems can be solved.

After all, the U.S. Commerce Department's antitrust investigation is no joke.

As long as it is targeted by those people, even Star Technology has to take off a layer of skin......

Musk is convinced of this.

……

The meeting is over.

Barely getting a satisfactory answer, Woods walked out of the White House with a tired face and got into the black stretch car at the door.

Sitting across from him, a man in a black suit asked in a voice that didn't have much of an undulating voice.

"How's it going?"

Seemingly a little afraid of this man, Woods was not at all as aggressive as he had been in the chief of staff's office, but said in a restrained tone.

"The White House seems to recognize the importance of the issue, and they intend to launch an antitrust investigation into Star Technology. I just saw the CEO of Tesla...... Did you ask him to come? ”

"No," after nodding nonchalantly to the driver, Lawrence continued to look at the CEO sitting across from him, "I didn't instruct him to do anything, but apparently they made the right choice." ”

Woods frowned and continued: "Are you so optimistic about Tesla's charging pile business in China? With all due respect, although the Chinese market is huge, this kind of public utility related to national security is ...... Even if they are willing to make some changes and open up to private companies, they may not allow a foreign company that has failed to control Shanghai's power exports. ”

"Mr. Woods, I ask you to think about it," Lawrence said with a nonchalant smile and a relaxed tone, "if the White House changes its owner every four years, how do we make sure that every president is a good man who can take care of us?" ”

Woods frowned.

"It's a technical question, first of all, we have to look at the voter support in each state, and pass—"

"It's not as complicated as you think."

Lawrence shook his head, but just raised two fingers, as if he were gesturing a V for victory, and shook it lightly in front of the Mobil CEO.

"To sum up, bets on both sides are fine."

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