C337 He Was Invited to America
These past few days have been a great milestone for the world's car market, and Dong Chen has been pushing forward like an armored vehicle. However, even though the other companies had suffered a huge impact, no one had really surrendered. However, the betrayal of the Japanese and Korean companies had put the other car manufacturers in danger.
Among the overseas car manufacturers, except for General Motors, which had completely let out a sigh of relief and jumped out of the cruel battlefield, everyone was waiting for the final battle in their hearts, and without a doubt, after the final battle, other than Dong Chen, no one would survive.
After these few years of suffering and destruction, the EU economy had become extremely fragile. It was very sensitive to the international financial market. There were many European car manufacturers. Especially with Germany and Geely Country in the lead, Dong Chen's impact on the European car market was also very big. Seeing that General Motors was starting to manufacture Dongchen Automobile, the EU knew. The time had come.
All the European cars and Manufacturing Enterprise had shrunk the market to the largest extent, but even so, they could not resist Dong Chen's invasion in front of their doors.
The international financial market was a very sensitive spider web, for example, the trade in Central Europe. If the European Union did not follow the usual rules and set a restriction on the Dongchen Automobile, then... Then he would not only affect Dongchen's company, but also the entire trade in Central Europe. China would also take disciplinary measures on trade in other areas. In this way, the European Union may be able to protect the local market for cars. But... What they lost could be the entire trade with China.
The EU's economy had been in a state of decline in recent years, and they could not bear a trade war without smoke and smoke. Especially in the face of such a huge market like China. So, the European Union gave Dong Chen permission to enter the European market. But... The EU was unwilling to open the door, waiting for the armored vehicles to rush in recklessly.
The EU had held many meetings with Dong Chen because he had obtained more than seven million units of annual productivity from General Manager. Therefore, the EU did not doubt the possibility of Dong Chen launching an attack within a short period of time. In order to avoid a head-on war as much as possible, the European who was the best at mediating immediately thought of America.
After that, the Merika Ministry of Commerce sent a visit invitation to the China Ministry of Commerce. They wanted to have a purely economic meeting in Washington, without any political implications.
It was not the first or second time that the Twin Business Ministers had a meeting. As the saying went, there was no political component involved. The content of the meeting was limited to normal trade between the two sides. Once such a signal was sent out, both sides were well aware that even if they met, they would not discuss any sensitive topics. For example, sensitive topics such as an export blockade and economic sanctions would be thrown to the back of their minds.
In the past, there would always be entrepreneurs from both sides participating in the past trade meetings. They would then be paired up by the Twin Business Department to seek new and wider trade cooperation. This time was no exception.
The Merika Ministry of Commerce clearly expressed that they hoped to invite the person in charge of Dongchen Group to accompany the officials from the China Ministry of Commerce to visit the United States. However, the China Ministry of Commerce did not immediately agree, nor did it immediately refuse. Instead, they replied that this matter needed to be approved by Dongchen Group.
When the person in charge of the Huahe Alliance in the Ministry of Commerce, Xu Hui, contacted Zhang Yunfeng, Zhang Yunfeng agreed without any hesitation.
Xu Hui did not expect Zhang Yunfeng to be so straightforward. He smiled and asked, "Director Zhang, this time, which leader of the Dongchen Group are you planning to bring with you to America?"
Zhang Yunfeng said, "I will go by myself."
"You will go by yourself?" This made Xu Hui a little surprised. He originally thought that with Zhang Yunfeng's character, he would not like to be involved in many political official activities. The higher ups had already known about this.
The higher ups had always been very sensitive to Dong Chen. From the cooperation between Dong Chen and the government during this period of time, it could be seen that he was very sensitive. The higher ups could basically come to a conclusion that Zhang Yunfeng was willing to fully cooperate with the government in business. However, he was cautiously roaming outside of politics. That was why... The higher ups also understood and appreciated his attitude... Thus, they had never taken the initiative to tie Dong Chen and the government even tighter.
It was precisely because the higher ups had this sense of smell that they had instructed the government to try their best not to drag Dong Chen into any political activities. Xu Hui was also unwilling to provoke this misfortune. So... At first, he thought that Zhang Yunfeng would casually arrange for a management level member of Dong Chen to come over. It was already very reasonable for him to do so on account of face, but he never thought that... Zhang Yunfeng did not hesitate to say that he wanted to go in person.
What Zhang Yunfeng said next made Xu Hui even more surprised and puzzled. Zhang Yunfeng said, "By the way, Secretary Xu, could you please tell America about this? I hope to meet Gao Tong and the person in charge of the Texas Instruments in this meeting. "
Gao Tong and the Texas Instruments were two famous chip and semiconductor manufacturing companies in the United States. They are different from Intel, who is also famous in the world. Intel's business is mostly manufacturing PC chips. As for Gao Tong and Texas Instruments, they had been focusing on the research and development of mobile devices.
Zhang Yunfeng proposed to meet the person in charge of Gao Tong and Texas Instruments. Was Zhang Yunfeng interested in the mobile equipment chip?
This made Xu Hui somewhat confused. If it was the chip manufacturing... Especially the high-end chip manufacturing, China only made the PC chip. With some achievements that were still in the second-rate phase, which was the "Dragon Core" series, the high-end mobile equipment processing chip manufacturing process was basically a blank.
Xu Hui was not a person who was very clear about technology. He just felt that Zhang Yunfeng must have some motive to meet the people in charge of these two companies. But he did not want to think too much about what exactly it was. He immediately agreed and said, "I will contact the people from the Merika Business Department as soon as possible. I think there should be no problem."
"That's good" Zhang Yunfeng smiled and said, "If the Merika Department has confirmed it, I will have to trouble Secretary Xu to inform them."
Xu Hui did not delay and immediately contacted the contact person from the United States Department of Commerce. He proposed Zhang Yunfeng's intention to meet, and the Merika Department of Commerce also needed to consult with the two companies. A day later, a clear and affirmative answer came from the Merika: The CEO of the two companies expressed their willingness to participate in the Merika business meeting.
Both the United States and China attached great importance to this meeting. And because of the sensitive factor of Dong Chen, both parties entered a rapid preparation stage. The list of twelve leaders, staff, and thirteen entrepreneurs from the Ministry of Commerce of China was quickly drawn up. Zhang Yunfeng also received the news. Three days later, everyone from the delegation went to Yanjing to gather. They took a chartered flight from the Ministry of Commerce to Washington, the United States.
The reason why the Americans organized this business meeting was because the European Union hoped that the United States could mediate between them. With the appearance of the United States, it would affect the dialogue between the European Union and China. It was mainly the conversation between the EU's car manufacturer and Dong Chen.
Zhang Yunfeng did not know that there would be members of the European Union in this meeting. Even the head of the Ministry of Commerce of China did not receive this news from the Americans. The plane took off from Yanjing and flew straight to Washington, the capital of the United States.
The UA business department did not work in the White House, but in the Hoover Building in Washington. This time, the attitude of the White House was the same as that of the China government. Ensure that this meeting is purely a business meeting as much as possible. So, no one in the White House directly interfered with this matter.
As soon as the delegation's plane landed, a short welcoming ceremony was held at the airport. As this was a business conversation between the two countries, Zhang Yunfeng could no longer record it like he had done in the past. Wearing a cap, sunglasses, and face mask, this time... Zhang Yunfeng was wearing a black suit and a light blue shirt, which made him look like a young entrepreneur. And this time, he was also the executive assistant of the Dongchen Group CEO.
The welcome ceremony was not complicated. It was just walking on the red carpet. The representatives of both parties stood in line and shook hands with each other. They asked the media to take some videos and photos. Then, the leaders of both parties would give short speeches in less than three minutes.
After that, the group of people boarded the bus prepared by the Merika Department of Commerce. This time, there were 12 entrepreneurs in the country who came with Zhang Yunfeng to the Merika. Among them, Zhang Yunfeng was the only representative of the car Manufacturing Enterprise. The rest were mostly the leaders of the traditional energy and materials industry, as well as the three Internet companies.
Zhang Yunfeng rarely interacted with these people. On the one hand, it was because they did not have much interaction with each other. On the other hand, they did not take Zhang Yunfeng seriously. After all, even though Dong Chen was a huge company, he was the CEO's executive assistant. It was indeed not worth befriending a leader of a big corporation like them.
This meeting lasted for five days. After Zhang Yunfeng got on the bus, the leader of the team from China received the specific itinerary documents from the Merika Business Department and then sent a few documents to be read.
Zhang Yunfeng took a look at the documents. Since it was already three o'clock in the afternoon in Merika, they only arranged for a simple meeting and a joint Press conferences in the afternoon.
There was a business banquet at seven o'clock at night, which could be considered as a welcoming party for the country's business delegation. Tomorrow morning, the meeting would officially begin. All the representatives from both sides would participate in the meeting, and the first meeting would not be made public to the media.
Generally, the true core content of the meeting would not be made public to the media. The fragments that the media could release were all meaningless pleasantries. The day after tomorrow, the Ministry of Commerce arranged for the delegation from China to enter the White House. On one hand, it was for a tour. On the other hand, it was to hold a larger meeting in the White House. This meeting... There would only be more entrepreneurs participating, and the White House itself would not participate.
The reason why the Americans moved out of the White House was to show how important this meeting was. Zhang Yunfeng did not take it seriously.
When the bus arrived at the business department, the square in front of the building was already filled with news media vehicles. A group of people got out of the bus and walked into the office of the Merika business department under the pincer attack of the media.
The Secretary of Commerce of the United States, Charles, led the group to the largest meeting room. This meeting was allowed to be filmed by the media.
The first project that was arranged was the meeting and shaking hands of the representatives from both parties. Basically, they lined up to shake hands one by one. During this meeting, all the members of the United States Meeting were present. Including Gao Tong's CEO Jack, Andrew, and Texas Instruments's CEO Ben. Gilberto.
Zhang Yunfeng sat down in an inconspicuous corner of the delegation. But... The English identity plate in front of him betrayed him. When the media found out that this young man was the only representative of Dong Chen... A large number of magnesium lights and cameras cast aside the others and focused all their attention on Zhang Yunfeng.
The CNN live reporter turned his back to the venue and said to the camera, "I really can't believe it. Dong Chen's recent appearance... It's basically all young people participating. Do you still remember the Todd from before? According to the host of Top Dog, Jeremy, the young man wearing a hat, a mask, and sunglasses. He's just over 20 years old. This is the same young man we saw in the camera. It should be the same person. "
"A 20 year old young man actually represents the Dongchen Group that is at its peak in the world. Although I don't know the true origin of this young man, I think... His identity in the Dongchen Group must be very important. He definitely won't be as simple as an assistant to the CEO!"
During the meeting, Zhang Yunfeng and the other company representatives did not speak. At this time, it was the politeness and etiquette between the leaders of both parties, and it had nothing to do with Zhang Yunfeng.
The meeting lasted for an hour and a half. Then, the leaders of both parties' business departments worked together to make a Press conferences. Zhang Yunfeng and the other company representatives were escorted directly to the hotel. These days, they would stay in the hotel, and the evening banquet would be held here.
The accompanying entrepreneurs were very interested in the banquet, because American banquets were more casual. The participants were not only members of the two parties' delegations, but also many famous businessmen and Hollywood stars in the United States. Under such circumstances, it was very easy to accidentally talk about cooperative business.
At the banquet, the famous American Barons performed the music of the music of the musician. The entrepreneurs were already holding their wine glasses and swimming around in the crowd, looking for interesting targets to talk about.
Xu Hui held his wine glass and came to Zhang Yunfeng's side. He smiled and said, "What's wrong? I'm not used to this kind of occasion?"
Zhang Yunfeng nodded and said, "I don't think it's meaningful. I just want to show my face and show my courtesy."
Xu Hui smiled and said, "They don't know that you are the real leader of Dong Chen. Otherwise, I don't think tonight will be a banquet. These people will definitely surround you until you pass out because of suffocation."
After saying that, Xu Hui put away his smile and said, "I just heard from the minister that the Americans talked to him privately. In tomorrow's meeting, other than the members of both parties, there are also some politicians and entrepreneurs from Europe."
"Europe?" Zhang Yunfeng asked in surprise, "What are they here for?"
Xu Hui shrugged and said, "I don't know either. They are probably here to make up the numbers. Recently, the economy in Europe has not been improving. They are now like headless flies looking for business opportunities everywhere."
As the two of them were chatting, a white man walked over with a wine glass in hand. Zhang Yunfeng recognized him at a glance. This man was the CEO of Chase Group, Jack Andrew.
Jack. Andrew ran straight to Zhang Yunfeng. When he arrived in front of Zhang Yunfeng, with a smile, he stretched out his right hand and shook Zhang Yunfeng's hand. Smiling. He said. : "Hello, Mr. Zhang. I'm Jack. Andrew, we met earlier today."
Zhang Yunfeng nodded and smiled. "That's right, Mr. Andrew. I have a deep impression of you."
Andrew laughed and said, "Don't call me Andrew. Just call me Jack."
The official way of addressing Americans was to call them by their names. Friends who were close to each other would call each other by their first name. When Andrew asked Zhang Yunfeng to call him Jack, it could be seen that he attached great importance to Zhang Yunfeng. He wanted to use this form of address as a friend to improve the relationship between the two.
Zhang Yunfeng naturally did not object. He nodded and said, "Okay, Jack."
Andrew laughed and said, "I heard that someone from your company wants to see Ben and me?"
Jack. The Ben Andrew was talking about was the CEO of the Texas Instruments, Ben. Gilberto, and Zhang Yunfeng did not hide anything. He nodded and said, "That's right. Dong Chen has always wanted to meet you two chip giants."0
Jack. Andrew smiled and confirmed his thoughts. From the beginning, he felt that Zhang Yunfeng's identity was definitely not ordinary. When he had just received the news that Dong Chen wanted to see him, Jack. Andrew had a sharp feeling. There must be a very big reason for Dong Chen's inter-industry meeting with him. Although Andrew did not know what the reason was, he knew it in his heart. Dong Chen must be a big shot this time.
When most people thought that Zhang Yunfeng was just a person sent by the Dongchen Group to deal with this meeting, Jack felt that Zhang Yunfeng had a high position in Dong Chen. He was definitely not just a simple assistant to the CEO. Otherwise... Dong Chen wanted to see him, but there was no reason for him to only send an assistant. This did not make sense.
Andrew half-jokingly and half-seriously asked, "Your company wants to see me. Don't tell me you want to enter the field of chip manufacturing?"
Zhang Yunfeng smiled and said, "We do have this idea."
Jack. Andrew's face turned stern and his heart instantly tensed up. Up until now, Dong Chen's technological strength had shocked the whole world. If Dong Chen really wanted to do the chip business, then they must have full confidence. Perhaps, they had already mastered the very high-end chip manufacturing technology.
Zhang Yunfeng used a casual lie to cover up his true thoughts and said, "I think Jack, you should know Dong Chen's own A1 and A2 car interaction system, right?"
"Of course!" When Andrew heard about the A1 and A2 interaction system, he immediately smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, when Dong Chen went public in North America, I bought a C3C immediately. I have to say... Dong Chen's car manufacturing ability is really too powerful. C3C is simply the world's top and most unsurpassable SUV!"
Andrew continued, "Especially the A1 and A2 interaction systems. My God, I dare not imagine how powerful the command center Dong Chen built in order to construct these two interaction systems!"
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