151. Market Conduct

No one would have imagined that this technology, which seems to be only improving the convenience of people's lives, will involve much more aspects.

The Jumbo battery factory, the manufacturer of new high-energy batteries, has recently become the pet of the media while its sales have surged. Almost all the time, countless reporters are standing outside the factory, hoping to wait for the company's leadership to interview them about new technologies.

And more commercial spies hiding in the dark are gearing up, just waiting for the right opportunity to get the information of this new technology, and then sell it on the black market for a sky-high price. This kind of thing is a tacit good thing for everyone.

The new high-energy battery has just been launched, and it has shown its huge "money" to the world, and no one is not moved by it. Less than a week after it appeared on the market, traditional batteries have been ignored, and all of them are focused on high-energy batteries. Limited by production capacity, although high-energy batteries have not been able to sweep all markets for a while, and other batteries have been eliminated, but discerning people know that this is only a matter of time.

Therefore, peers who are also in this industry face this huge threat all the time, and they do not vomit or feel unhappy. It's just that in this kind of open-boiled society, even if the other party is sanctioned through the anti-monopoly law, whether it can succeed is another matter, and even if it is successful, as long as the other party divides the company into two, it will naturally be able to easily avoid sanctions. Other producers, without this kind of cash technology, are not competitive, and still cannot escape the suspicion of bankruptcy.

No one wants to sit idly by, not even in a small industry like batteries. Moreover, due to the emergence of high-energy batteries, some large consortia that did not care much about this industry suddenly discovered that there are huge business opportunities in it. Almost every battery manufacturer has recently received a request for an acquisition or merger.

In addition to commercial spies, there are political axes and secret agents of the military, and everyone is running for this new high-energy battery technology.

It's just that this factory has very strict secrecy measures, and it seems that it has been prepared for this for a long time. The guards are tight, and the technical means are kept extremely secret. When a few very skilled masters entered the production area, they found that all the processes here are no different from ordinary battery manufacturers.

In terms of brute force cracking, it is also difficult. As a result, there was a slight change in the main energy storage material that makes up the battery, but it was not possible to know how this change was formed. Through a series of high-precision molecular structure analysis, the military laboratory finally obtained the complete molecular formula of the energy storage substance.

Needless to say, this is an extremely efficient and stable way to store the output power optimally. Although it is possible to synthesize this molecular structure in the laboratory with the help of high-energy particle microscopy, it is almost extremely expensive compared to high-energy batteries on the market. For mass production, the gains definitely outweigh the losses.

Under the pressure of the military, the state apparatus also began to run rapidly, and it was soon discovered that this new type of high-energy battery had not yet applied for a patent. This discovery made many people overjoyed, and it seemed that within a few days in a row, patent applications for high-energy batteries were overwhelming. They are all well-known research institutions or large companies that hope to register patents in advance in order to restrict the production and sales of new high-energy batteries.

This step is also to force the operator of the giant battery factory to file the same request for patent registration. In this way, at least the political axe can justifiably obtain the technology in it. When the time comes, it will be secretly used in the military industry, and what can be done by this ordinary battery factory?

It's a pity that this kind of wishful thinking is very wonderful, but the battery factory simply ignores it. Respond to all changes with the same, sit firmly in Diaoyutai, no matter what tricks others make, they are just buried in production and sales.

Then, a series of changes began to play out like a farce. A little-known research institute began to apply for a patent for its own research technology, and at the same time, it demanded that the Jumbo battery factory stop selling the new battery, and filed a lawsuit in the district court for this. The district court immediately dispatched bailiffs, and without even taking evidence, demanded that the factory be sealed.

The people at the giant battery factory seem to be very sensitive to this and immediately follow it. All products were promptly removed from all markets, and an apology was issued to other electronics manufacturers who had signed contracts. He behaved as a model of a law-abiding citizen.

Everyone knows that there must be a trick in it, and there are definitely people who want to use this means to exert pressure on battery factories to share technology. However, it seems that the boss of the giant battery factory doesn't care about this at all, and stops production when he says that it will stop production, and it doesn't matter how much loss there is, so that those who come forward through the political axe have no pain to catch. It's just that everyone wants to covet the technology, but there is no gain.

At the same time, the power of the media was extremely terrifying, and soon the news spread to the people from various channels like wings. The sloppy handling of the district court was also exposed in an instant. Almost the day after this was done, people who had already used it and realized the convenience but were not yet satisfied began to protest against the local district court.

The caliber of propaganda seems to be pushed by an invisible big hand behind it, how can the media miss this kind of explosive news. These uncrowned kings who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic need this kind of excuse. In this regard, the media reports are even more eager to add fuel to the fire, and criticize the actions of the local courts, and only want to detain the hat of collusion between officials and businessmen to seize the property of law-abiding citizens. Although it is not explicitly stated, between the lines, this meaning is also revealed.

The institute was also under tremendous pressure, and since they claimed that their technology had been stolen, it needed to come up with the necessary evidence. The simplest is the technical information. Again, the pressure is that since the technology has emerged, there are countless battery producers who immediately ask to buy it, after all, this is a huge market, and since the giant battery factory is not willing to transfer, then it needs to find another way.

The electronics manufacturers who have solved the technical bottleneck because of the emergence of new high-energy batteries and immediately announced the launch of new products are even more anxious to kill all those who make trouble. The advertising campaign has been launched, but the new product cannot be launched, and this kind of bounce ticket is not an ancient video game, it is okay. Especially for those established electronics manufacturers, if something goes wrong, it will be a huge blow to their reputation.

It seems that when each producer receives an explanation from the Big Mac battery factory, there is also a promise that when the contract expires, if they cannot provide their customized batteries, then the battery factory is willing to pay liquidated damages. Because of the emergence of new batteries, everyone is still in the stage of doubting the production capacity of the giant battery factory, so the amount of the first batch of orders is not very large, even if it is liquidated damages, there is not much. It's just that battery factories can solve the problem with a little money, but the reputation damage of these manufacturers is irreparable.

In this case, it seems that these high-end manufacturers are also tied to the chariot of the giant battery, the so-called lawsuit, everyone understands what is going on, as long as the problem of the lawsuit is solved, then everything is business as usual. Otherwise, the damage caused will be a disaster for these high-end producers.

No one is going to leave money unearned. In addition to battery manufacturers, other high-end products do not make money through batteries, and there are many who are not interested in battery technology, after all, the business direction is different. As a result, greater pressure was passed from this group of high-end producers to the political axe.

In the face of such pressure, the political axe is also anxious. In particular, the local local court, in the face of pressure from several quarters, it was difficult to ride a tiger, neither left nor right, and it was a little slower to deal with it, and it was immediately criticized more harshly by the media.

And the media storm has intensified, and it has risen to the level of trust in the political axe, and at this point, everyone understands that this is no longer a problem that can be solved in a side-oriented way. The political axe also had to make a decision, lose the car to protect the commander, and remove all the bigwigs of the local court for various reasons, and some small fish and shrimp began to investigate criminal responsibility.

As for the small research institute that sued the giant battery factory, the head of the institute was directly detained on suspicion of bribing some political officials. The so-called lawsuit was quickly rejected because of insufficient evidence. The production and sales of the Jumbo battery plant were also carried out normally.

In addition, in response to this incident, the political axe had to set up a special investigation team to investigate the suspicious points. It seems that without the dispatch of the investigation team, the vast number of reporters and friends with magical powers have already unearthed countless so-called insider information. Military, political axe, chaebol, etc., rumors from all sides are boiling. The political axe and the military can not think about anything else, but this superficial fame cannot but be faced.

To this end, the political axe and the military held separate press conferences to refute the rumors, and stated that if the holders of the technology were unwilling to cooperate, the political axe and the military would not force the other party to accept the cooperation request in any way, which allowed the people's voices to be calmed down slightly.

When the second batch of high-energy batteries reappeared on the market, the popularity of the public could almost be described as jubilation. Almost as soon as it was put on the market, it was swept away.

Next, on the grounds of insufficient production capacity, the Jumbo battery factory solicited a wide range of partners from the society to jointly carry out production. The Big Mac battery factory will register technology patents in the short term and cooperate with any other producers with production capacity through technology transfer.

After a farce, all the people with ghosts found that they had been busy for so long and were all doing useless work. As long as you don't have to do anything, wait a few days, and the Big Mac battery factory will have to ask for partners because the market demand is too large. After this kind of painstaking scheming to steal chickens and rice, I suddenly found that the guys who only had such a simple method almost vomited blood in depression.

political axe, the people in the military are even more crying and laughing. The truth is that simple, but they go around the most complicated circle. Because of this, several officers at the level of director of the Special Operations Service had to leave their posts, not to mention heavy losses, and they were also burdened with huge popular pressure. The military's performance on the battlefield with the rebels was already exhausted, and at this time, it was even worse. Everything can only be described in one word: the gains outweigh the losses.

The technical cooperation bidding meeting of the Jumbo battery factory was held with great fanfare a week later. Attendees, almost all the battery manufacturers, whether civilian or military manufacturers, have representatives present, it can be said that the giant battery factory move, the entire battery industry, a net.

The host giant battery factory was very warm and did not discriminate against its peers, but after the official start, it was merciless.

The representative of the factory made it very clear that in the incident some time ago, the giant battery factory suffered huge losses. Under the pressure of the market, the transfer of the latest technology, this resolution was carried out under normal circumstances, that is, at about this time, but because of the litigation incident some time ago, there were certain problems in the capital chain of the giant battery factory, so the board of directors temporarily decided to increase the technology transfer fee under the original normal situation to ten times the original.

There is a word first, everyone does business and abides by the rules of business. This is market behavior, if you want to buy it, you have to follow this price, anyway, everyone has the only one, and there is no room for bargaining. The reason also shows that because of the lawsuit some time ago, everyone knows that this is revenge, but there is no way to refuse. If you don't buy it, you don't have to complain, you can't buy and sell, and I hope to have the next opportunity to cooperate.

The conditions were just around the corner, and all the deputies were dumbfounded. In order to force the giant battery factory, almost everyone here has participated in those behind-the-scenes conspiracy, and at this time, people are clearly going to collect debts. It's okay not to buy it, there are always people who want to buy it, who will have a grudge against the silver of the white flowers? In the end, everyone present, including the military, had to bite their back molars and accept the outrageous price. The most outrageous thing is that not to mention being slaughtered, you have to force a smile, smile at the reporters attending the meeting, and talk about the advantages of cooperation.

Subsequently, the major manufacturers who got the information, including the military, found a situation that made people laugh and cry after studying the technical data. The information is absolutely correct, and the Big Mac battery factory even generously gave away some of those additives to each manufacturer. After their trials, there were absolutely no problems with production.

The problem is that this mysterious additive is not available on the market. I can only consult the boss of the Big Mac again. This time, the other party did not have a second word, and asked the supplier information to say, the money was taken first, and the money was paid with one hand and delivered with the other. Business information is not so easy to leak.

The big money has already been paid, and I don't care about this little money. After gritting their teeth and digging out a sum of money again, everyone knew about the supplier of this mysterious raw material - the rainforest mining company in the Golden Five Star region of the far edge planet.

152. Prologue to the war

Mr. Zhao has been following the matter through the military's network. The communication line that General Lucas promised was indeed painstaking, although it was a special line for the military, but it could be connected to the civilian network, so that Zhao Li could learn about any news he wanted to know through this special line.

As soon as the high-energy battery appeared, Zhao Li knew that the boss behind the so-called giant battery factory was the big financier who invested in James.

A series of things that happened after that seemed to give Zhao Li a vivid lesson in business warfare. Moreover, his opponents are the political axe, the military, other interested chaebols, and so on. In this battle, where the smoke of gunpowder could not be seen, Zhao Li completely and thoroughly understood the powerful power of the so-called public opinion.

This kind of thing that cannot be seen or touched, in this open-boiled society, is an extremely lethal weapon. When public opinion reaches a certain point, even violent institutions such as the political axe and the military dare not easily brush the tiger's beard, the power can be seen.

The final result made Zhao Li admire and feel a deep sense of jealousy. With this kind of opponent, will James be able to keep his own properties in the end? However, they completely used reasonable and legal means to turn around other forces such as political axes, military, chaebols, etc., and finally had to swallow the evil consequences of ten times the transfer fee. That's not all, while people are selling batteries and technology to make money, they have begun to operate unique raw materials.

After the lesson of the last time, even if you know the raw materials on the edge planet this time, even if you know that it is a monopoly, there is no other semicolon and can make a lot of money, who dares to easily start on the cusp?

Not to mention reasonable and legal means, even if you use those conspiracies that are not on the table, there is absolutely no way. What is Edge Planet? How can people who dare to come here to operate have a foothold in this place without some strong means? Dare to play small tricks here, and the next day the body does not know where to look. The industry stands here, but it is relatively speaking, the most unexpected and safest place for those chaebols.

And what Zhao Li admires the most about the other party is that through a series of operations of the battery factory in front of him, he not only made money and gained fame, but also gave a warning to all greedy people. Lessons from the past, and then think about the brains of raw materials, as long as you have brains, you will weigh it. This move also vaguely protects the additive industry through official channels, but there is no need to worry about the military and political axe. The high level of the means is amazing, compared to Zhao Li and Kang Hongyuan's countermeasures at that time, they are more than a step smarter.

It is said that Kang Hongyuan can completely think of this method, but unfortunately, he is confined to the edge planet and cannot call for wind and rain in the Federation, so he can only retreat to the second.

The expensive cost of raw materials is mainly reflected in the cost of expensive transportation, and the other party did not hide James's ex-factory price. It's a mouth-watering price for upstream producers and the military. However, the journey planet is a war zone, but it suddenly makes the cost rise hundreds of times and thousands of times.

The temptation of large-scale deployment of energy weapons made the bigwigs of the military almost directly kill the theater headquarters. The most direct order, at any cost, to open up the transportation route between the planet on the journey and the planet on the edge.

The marginal planet, which had been invisibly abandoned by the political axe and the military, has become a sweet and sweet spot that everyone wants in a short period of time. This is especially true when some people know that this production area is actually in the Golden Five Star.

"Zhao Li, how did you do it, how could such an important industry be allowed to fall into private hands?" General Lucas lashed out on the communicator's screen.

"......" such a question, Zhao Li could not answer, nor could he justify. The military is not allowed to do business or open industries, can Zhao Li still take it into his own hands?

"¥@#¥......" a swear word in the army, smashing down his head and covering his face. Zhao Li stood all the time, waiting for General Lucas to finish his anger, and then get down to business. The more General Lucas was angry like this, the more it showed how much the military attached importance to this thing, how could Zhao Li not be secretly happy in his heart.

"Report to the general, Rainforest Mining Company once applied for special protection from the military at the beginning of the company's establishment." Zhao Li waited for General Lucas's fire to be almost off, and then said solemnly: "At that time, I reported this matter to my superiors, but there was no reply, so I finally rejected the other party and did not agree to the other party's request. ”

"Is there such a thing?" General Lucas's anger that had just been extinguished was immediately ignited by Zhao Li's words. He bowed his head a few times, and quickly brought up the report that Zhao Li had given to his superiors at that time.

"Why don't you just report to me?" Seeing this report, it proved that what Zhao Li said was true, but General Lucas still questioned Zhao Li angrily.

"General, it's just a local industry in a marginal area, and there is almost no one here who wants to do business, and no one doesn't want to be protected by the military. This is still based on his relatively large scale, so he made a special report. This kind of trivial matter, how can it not be enough to be level, let the commander of the military region personally deal with it, right? Zhao Li smiled bitterly on his face and told General Lucas the reason, but his heart was full of joy.

“！ @#¥......" again a series of swear words, but this time it was aimed at Zhao Li's superiors, not Zhao Li. After scolding, General Lucas calmed down a little: "You say, will it be useful to agree to their request at this time, and the military will provide them with protection?" ”

This time, Zhao Li shook his head directly and didn't say anything. General Lucas's question was only a glimmer of hope, at this time, it was necessary to protect if it was not protected.

"The Planet of Journey has increased its military investment, but the rebels may have sensed it and increased their strength as well." General Lucas's main purpose this time was to inform Zhao Li that no matter what, he wanted to keep the rainforest mining industry from falling into the hands of other forces.

If the rebels can get information on the distribution of the political axe army's forces at a critical time, then it is impossible not to know about the high-energy batteries that are boiling in society. The movements of the military are absolutely well understood, so it is certain that the rebels will definitely take advantage of the whole opportunity to firmly control this additive production plant in their own hands. Everyone knows that as long as there is this, there will be individual energy weapons, and if there are individual energy weapons, it will be possible to win a local war. The important surname in this is self-evident.

It seems that everything is going in the direction that Kang Hongyuan envisioned. But Zhao Li also felt more and more the pressure that was pressing on his brows.

Within a few months, it was enough for Zhao Li to use all the three dantians proficiently. The basic body strengthening technique that circulates in the body has now become the three true qi. The intervals are evenly spaced and flow in small weeks. Whether it is condensing true qi or generating true qi, it is almost several times that of the original single dantian cultivation.

The last time I mentioned it to Li Mengdie, Li Mengdie was so anxious and worried that I couldn't help it, this time, although Zhao Li had made absolutely significant progress in basic physical fitness, he didn't dare to say it to Li Mengdie. After all, for Li Mengdie, whether it is a basic physical fitness technique or an advanced foundation laying technique, it is just a foundation laying technique, and it is of no use to her at all now.

Perhaps, if one day, Zhao Li can also make a breakthrough in the nameless exercises, it is not too late to tell Li Mengdie. lest she worry about Zhao Li again, Zhao Li will also have a bunch of complaints.

After this period of intensive training, the fighters dare not say how much breakthrough they can make in martial arts practice, but they have definitely made great progress in the coordination of firearms. The combined power of the two hundred guns, even if Sanders claimed to be a master who had broken through the eighth level, he would never dare to try the power of it.

In addition to the tension of the military, there are still people who have expressed great concern about this. Of course, the banner is that if the rebels occupy this resource, then the advantage will be completely shifted to the side of the rebels.

And many people who don't express their worries are really worried about the situation here. Or, they didn't care how important the additive factory was, or whether they would be able to win the decisive victory soon if they were equipped with energy weapons. What they are worried about is that Kang Hongyuan is in Jinwuxing, and that industry is also in Jinwuxing.

That's the worst thing. When Kang Hongyuan announced the resurrection of the edge planet before, I don't know how many people secretly clapped their hands and applauded, but also let go of their worries for a long time. As long as he is on the edge of the planet, Kang Hongyuan has great ability, and there is no way to get out of this mess. When you enter that big dye vat, don't think about coming out innocently.

After the journey planet was reduced to a war zone, the policy of the political axe towards the marginal planets has almost been abandoned by default. At this moment, many people are even more relieved, they can't let the rebels occupy the journey planet immediately, and then occupy the edge planet, raise the butcher knife, kill the original political axe officials, and divide Kang Hongyuan's body to be more reassuring.

It's just that no one expected that in just a few months, the situation would take such a huge turn. The edge planet suddenly became a strategic resource that must be contested, and Kang Hongyuan happened to be the local official of that important strategic resource. So that countless people can only swallow a stomach of bitter water, but there is no place to reason.

The production of Rainforest Mining has not stopped, and James and Yelin have completely let go of their hands this time, ready to do a big job. At present, all the battery factories supplied to the Big Mac are transported through the transportation fleet, which is surprisingly expensive. But the military has not been able to end the war on the planet of the journey.

The Planet of Journey was originally a strategic resource location, and even if there were no high-energy batteries, it was also a battleground for soldiers. In addition, it has become the only transit point to the edge planet, and the number of important surnames has suddenly increased at least double.

Both the political axe army and the rebels used all their tricks to fight to the death, and it was extremely tragic. In just one week, both sides increased their forces at least fivefold, and the number of battle losses soared from hundreds of casualties per day to thousands, sometimes even tens of thousands.

The soldiers in the barracks, after Zhao Li received the order from General Lucas, have been waiting for each other, and if there is any trouble, they will set off immediately. The manned small warship has always been on the tarmac in a state of standby departure, and the entire base is D-class combat readiness.

At this point, even if you face a big enemy, you can only fight to kill the enemy, and there is no other way to retreat. This is Zhao Li's choice, but it seems that at this moment, all prospects are no longer in the hands of Zhao Li and Kang Hongyuan, and they can only wait for the unpredictable future. It even depends on the intensity of the political axe's attack and the attitude of the rebels towards it.

Once both sides feel that the investment in this is too big to outweigh the losses, as long as they desperately send a bomber over, they can send the plant of Rainforest Mining to the sky. Everyone is still on the same page. This is the situation that Zhao Li is most worried about.

When he got up early in the morning, Zhao Li felt that today's atmosphere seemed to be very unusual. I don't know why, I always feel like something is going to happen. Because of this, Zhao Li specially told the staff on duty not to be careless. Recently, it is a time on the cusp, and if you are not careful, you will never recover.

"Toot beep", the sound of a high alarm violently spread throughout the camp. "Air raids, air raids!" The officer on duty saw the target on the radar and frantically reported it.

On the radar, at least four small attack ships are rapidly approaching the barracks. There is no identification number, it has already been established, it is the enemy.

When almost all of them heard the alarm, they began to train according to the usual and enter their posts. After Zhao Li and Sanders' long training, everyone seems to have become accustomed to this kind of alarm, and everyone has their own job, either concealed or counterattacked, step by step, without panic at all.

Several small anti-aircraft artillery fires are all on standby. Sanders and Li Mengdie, each with a small laser cannon. There are only two individual combat air defense weapons, and at this time, we must not be stingy.

The law of the damned periphery, which does not allow a large-scale garrison of troops, and there are restrictions on weapons, leads to the fact that the regular army of political axes is simply not able to form a large-scale combat force. And those who really have air supremacy have nothing else to think about except the rebels. Hell, the rebels have never had this scruple to send out a massive army and carry out a devastating attack.

At such times, there are only two small troop carriers in the barracks, and it is absolutely suicidal to play against small attack ships. Without air supremacy, they can only wait for the bombing of the other side.

The opposing side has only four small attack ships, which is the standard escort configuration of large transport ships, and it can be seen from this that the opposing side definitely wants to send ground forces to occupy it. Needless to say, the target is definitely Rainforest Mining. If the rainforest mining can be controlled at this critical moment, then the rebels will definitely be equipped with energy weapons in a short period of time. The rebels were originally political axes, and everyone's technical reserves are similar, so they definitely have this industrial capacity.

Zhao Li was in the shelter of the barracks, staring closely at the sky, next to Li Mengdie, and Sanders was in the other corner. Their task is to find an opportunity to deal with these damn attack ships in the event of an enemy air attack. Otherwise, they will always be on the head, and this battle will not have to be fought, and the result will be known. Zhao Li was gambling, betting that the other party didn't know the secret arsenal in the Rim Planet military camp.

"Boom", at the same time as the violent bomb exploded, the prelude to the bombing finally began.

The war is at hand.

(To be continued)