In the most prosperous steel forest in the eastern part of Shanghai, stands a unique building.

This is Tesla's headquarters in China, and it is also the second landmark building invested and built by Tesla Group on this land after the completion of Tesla's Gigafactory.

Overlooking one of the most prosperous inland estuaries in the western Pacific, it is like a lighthouse at the mouth of the Nile, guiding merchants and international capital to enter this huge market......

Of course, there are many more similar lighthouses.

Since the light of clean and near-unlimited energy on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, more and more international capital has flocked here to try to share the dividends brought by this energy revolution, and Musk paper is just one of all the shrewd businessmen.

At this moment, in the boardroom on the top floor of this building.

Beavis, the general manager of Tesla China, is meeting with an unusual customer - he is from the Boston area of the United States, and his name is David Lawrence.

Lawrence is a very common surname in the United States, but when you tie it to the Boston area and the banking industry, it has some extraordinary meaning.

As a well-known local "wealthy family", the Lawrence family, who are engaged in the financial industry, is often mentioned together with their other three old friends, the three families of Lowell, Adams and Rocky.

When North America was still a colony, these visionaries were the first to get rich, investing the huge sums of money accumulated from overseas colonial plundering in the banking industry, and relying on these financial institutions to provide funds for the light and heavy industrial chains they directly or indirectly controlled, and rose rapidly in the waves of the two industrial revolutions.

Riding on the wave of the two industrial revolutions, they apparently did not rest on their laurels and formed a political alliance with the emerging Kennedy family in the new century.

And this was the birth of the Boston Consortium, which is known to most people.

The name was thunderous in the period before and after the Vietnam War, and it was not until the assassination of Kennedy that their unbreakable alliance gradually declined due to their huge arms orders.

Since then, the name of the Boston consortium has gradually receded from the front of the stage to the background, and even the resounding signboard of Boston First National Bank has disappeared from people's sight in countless mergers and acquisitions.

However, the wealth and heritage accumulated in those two centuries and two industrial revolutions cannot just disappear in a vacuum.

Although they rarely appear in the eyes of ordinary people anymore, they are still influencing the world in their own way......

Standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the conference room, squinting at the world lit up by neon and street lamps, Beavis smiled and opened his arms to the man standing next to him.

“…… As you can see, we're facing one of the most prosperous areas of the city, and of the western Pacific. Seeing that the river did not stretch from there to the mouth of the sea, almost half of the wealth of China flowed here. ”

In order to please this special guest, he can be said to have done everything he could.

Tesla's expansion in Shanghai and throughout the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration needs funds, and although banks in China are happy to lend them money, the borrowed money needs to be repaid, and the interest is not cheap.

In this way, the best option for Tesla is to get a sum of money from outside the bank, and preferably in the form of financing.

If the Boston consortium can be interested in Evgo's plan, with the support of deep financial capital, the progress of expanding their business in China will undoubtedly be countless times smoother.

Although these financial giants are also masters who eat people and do not spit out bones, I believe that no one will refuse to make a fortune together......

"It's a pretty city, much more prosperous than that little village in Boston."

Lawrence, who said this, smiled faintly, not like a tourist's compliment, but like a shrewd businessman, judging the goods in front of him.

Glancing sideways at the expression on Lawrence's face, Beavis couldn't grasp the meaning behind his words, and finally still looked out of the floor-to-ceiling window, narrowing his eyes.

"Endless energy, we all thought it was just a legend before, but now someone has actually done it."

"I've been working here for four years, and I've watched them little by little...... Or rather, he left the world behind in his stride. I'm afraid that even now, not a single American would believe that their energy is so extravagant that it is still profitable to grow vegetables in skyscrapers and pull goods on maglev trains. ”

"Growing vegetables in a skyscraper?" Lawrence raised an eyebrow in interest.

"Recently, some people have been doing this, and it seems to be called three-dimensional agriculture...... You know, it's like that all over Asia, they have a fanatical appetite for fresh, all-natural food, and they don't care if it's expensive," Beavis muttered and gestured with his fingers, quickly clearing his throat to correct the subject that had gone astray, "I mean, don't you think it's a waste to leave all this gold and silver treasure here?" They don't deserve it! ”

"Indeed," Lawrence nodded in rare agreement, took one last look at the night view outside the floor-to-ceiling window, then turned his retracted gaze to Beavis beside him, smiled slightly, and said, "Go ahead and talk about your project, maybe it will impress me." ”

Beavis smiled slightly and said happily.

"Of course, it doesn't matter how many times you want to hear it."

Just as Beavis patiently spoke again, ready to present their plans to Mr. Lawrence, there was a soft knock on the door outside the conference room, and a middle-aged man in a suit who looked to be in his forties walked in.

Looking at his secretary, Lawrence raised his eyebrows slightly.

"What's the matter? Mr. Jonad. ”

"I'm sorry to interrupt your meeting, but there's something important I have to report to you."

Glancing at Beavis, who had a dumb expression, Lawrence smiled and said lightly.

"Does it have anything to do with the gentleman next to me?"

Jonad nodded with a serious expression, took out a stack of papers from his arms, and handed them to Lawrence with both hands.

“…… Relate? In that case, I'll have to look into it. ”

With that, Lawrence took the document from his secretary's hand and glanced apologetically at Beavis, who was standing next to him...... Although there is some sincerity in this apology, I am afraid that even he does not know.

Looking at Lawrence, who left himself to dry and took care of the matter at hand, Beavis's heart couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

However, if he is unhappy, he will never dare to offend this big guy, so he can only stand there honestly and wait for Lawrence to read the documents in his hand.

Minutes and seconds passed.

The last few pages of the document in Lawrence's hand remained.

Beavis, who had been waiting a little impatiently, finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but at this moment, the man's slightly furrowed brows made him almost relaxed, and instantly became nervous again.

"Your company seems to be in trouble."

Looking at Lawrence in disbelief, Beavis replied in a daze.

“…… What the? ”

"There's a Chinese company that seems to be a threat to your core business," Lawrence said, looking at Beavis, in a tone that wasn't joking, "and we understand that you seem to be on a losing edge." ”

At a disadvantage?!

"You mean that BB charges?" Hearing such a ridiculous statement, Beavis laughed and said, "With all due respect, your subordinates seem to have played a very poor joke with you. In case you don't know, we have reached agreements with five companies, including Volkswagen. I can give you a message, they-"

"Of course I know that you and Volkswagen have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement, which is really clever, otherwise I wouldn't be standing here. Also, please don't doubt the abilities of my subordinates," Lawrence smiled, tore off two pages of the document in his hand, and handed it to a stunned Beavis, "For the sake of your honesty with me, I'll show you one thing too...... Normally, we would charge $500,000 for these two pages. ”

Taking the two torn pages of paper from Lawrence's hand, Beavis looked impatiently at the contents of the paper, wondering what it was, that Lawrence, who was almost about to sign the financing agreement, suddenly began to sway.

However, almost the moment his eyes made contact with this piece of paper, his whole heart seemed to be frozen, and he stopped beating for half a beat!

"These shameless guys!" His fists clenched tightly, his pupils contracted slightly in disbelief, and Bivesk suppressed the anger in his heart, gritting his teeth and growling, "It's unfair competition for them to do this!" Violating the spirit of free trade! It's not legal! ”

Hurriedly looking up, he noticed that Lawrence was looking at him with a smile, and Bivis, who was in a cold sweat, tried to look a little calmer, and barely squeezed out a smile on his face.

"Mr. Lawrence, I think this should not affect our cooperation, you can also see, they are suspected of unfair competition, as long as we file a lawsuit, the judge will definitely be on our side......"

"But which side of the judge should make the decision?" Lawrence shrugged his shoulders a little disapprovingly at Beavis' statement, "I certainly don't want this to affect the ...... of cooperation between us."

Beavis was overjoyed, and quickly smiled and stretched out his right hand, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation, I know there's a good restaurant around here, we might as well -"

"However, between the benefits and the risks, we need to think carefully before making a decision......" Gently shaking Beavis's hand, Lawrence looked at his watch after quickly letting go, and continued, "As for dinner, I'm sorry I can't make it to the appointment, I have an important meeting to deal with in a while......"

With that, he returned the half of the document in his hand to Jonad, who was standing aside, and nodded.

Knowing what the boss meant, Jonad took a few steps forward and pushed open the door to the conference room for the boss.

"Then, I hope to hear good news from you the next time we meet," Lawrence, who walked to the door, smiled slightly and nodded to Beavis, "I wish you a good mood and goodbye." ”

The door to the conference room was closed.

Looking at the back that disappeared at the door, the expression on Beavis's face was hideous and terrifying.

When the footsteps outside the door were far away, he suddenly slammed his fist on the round table of the conference in anger, and swept the cup on the table into the corner.

"Fack!"

A standard American-style national curse blurted out, venting the anger in his heart and a trace of panic that gradually floated.

As Lawrence said, they're in trouble......