The third day after Black Thursday.

The sun rises at six o'clock in the morning, illuminating the morning on Manhattan Island in New York.

As usual, he got out of the car with his briefcase, and just as Behm yawned listlessly and was about to walk briskly to the company building, he suddenly saw the door of the newsstand, which was usually crowded, but at the moment it was surrounded by a large crowd of people.

Many gentlemen in suits and leather shoes with wax on their shoes squeezed in without regard to their image, trying to pass through the crowd like squeezing the subway, exchanging the banknotes in their hands for the newspapers in the hands of the newsstand owners.

"What's going on......"

Bem, as he was about to step forward, when he saw a fat man with curly hair squeezing out of the crowd with a curse.

This man was none other than Karell.

Before he could hesitate, Behm immediately stepped forward and patted his colleague on the shoulder.

"Hey, what the hell is going on? Why are so many people gathered here? ”

"It's because I don't know what's going on that that I put so much effort," scolded, tearing open the crumpled newspaper, Carell squinting his eyes the size of a green bean as he followed the first line of headlines on the paper.

Almost the moment his eyes touched the newspaper, Carell's expression froze.

Bym, who was standing behind him, did the same, his expression instantly stiffened, and then quickly changed his joy and sadness.

“…… The Ministry of Commerce withdrew the lawsuit! ExxonMobil withdraws the lawsuit! Oh, God...... This, this is too ......" immediately cast a supplicating glance at his colleague, and Carell continued in an anxious voice, "Bem, my friend, think with your clever head, what does this mean?" ”

Grabbing the hair on his head, Bem's brain was in a mess at the moment, not much better than his partner.

"I don't know...... It was so sudden, maybe it's a good thing, maybe it's a bad thing...... Let me think about it, it's definitely good for fusion power stations on the West Coast...... Damn it! We originally thought that this antitrust investigation would drag on until at least the end of the year! Halfway through the fight and then stopped, it hasn't been a week before and after, what are those idiots on Capitol Hill thinking! ”

“…… An email from the company. ”

"What did it say?" Looking at Carell, who took out his phone, Behm hurriedly asked.

"Didn't say anything, just let us arrive earlier, the manager was going to use half an hour before work to have a short morning meeting......"

"Hurry up! I guess that's what we're going to discuss! Tucking the newspaper into his briefcase, Behm hurried to the door of the company.

It took a few seconds to react, and Carell's face changed, and he hurriedly put away his phone, shouting loudly as he chased after him.

"Hey! That's the newspaper I bought! ”

What happened near the Goldman Sachs Group building was not an isolated accident.

In fact, almost the entire newsstand on the island of Manhattan was overwhelmed by the fanatics, and the frenzy even spread to several other streets in the New York metropolitan area.

It is not excluded that some people are going to join in the fun.

But the vast majority of them are financial industry practitioners who work at nearby investment banks.

U.S. International Trade Commission Dismisses Antitrust Investigation!

ExxonMobil drops prosecution!

These two pieces of news appeared in the Wall Street Journal almost at the same time.

It is said that in order to prioritize these two exciting news stories, picking one out as the headline caused the editor of the Wall Street Journal a headache for a while.

However, it doesn't really matter.

Because no matter which news makes the headlines, it is enough for the newspaper to sell like crazy.

Those who were lucky enough to grab the newspaper in the first place, many of them couldn't believe their eyes. After a weekend of mental preparation, many people were ready to deal with this shock, but they didn't expect this menacing anti-monopoly investigation to come to an abrupt end?!

Soon, the news spread to the internet.

These headlines for investors have spread all over the United States and even all corners of the world at the speed of light along the network. Like most investors who are concerned about this matter, almost everyone was stunned by the news.

In particular, the white supremacists who clamored for a lesson to the arrogant Chinese and the supporters of the "America First" creed were poured cold water on their heads.

on Facebook.

The discussion of related topics has been thoroughly fried.

【Darkest hour!】 】

[Disappointing, next time I will definitely not vote for that cowardly liar. 】

[This is definitely a dark day in history! Lady Liberty actually bows her head like an evil force! This reminds me of Chamberlain, who signed the appeasement pact back then, at first we all thought that we could buy peace in Europe by selling Poland, but we didn't expect that the price would be the whole world! (sadness) (sadness)】

[Don't put gold on your face, who is making trouble?! 】

[Upstairs is out of the wall, do you know how many times Lady Liberty saved the world?] How much peace has been maintained? How many famines have been solved??? 】

【…… I suspect you're a friendly soldier, but you didn't add a dog's head, and I'm going to move out my Italian cannon! 】

……

Tesla Building, Huaxia District.

In the conference room on the top floor.

Looking at the rising sun outside the floor-to-ceiling window, Musk, who had been on a plane all night, was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed.

"I can't blame you, everyone knows that we didn't lose to Star Technology, and we didn't lose to that...... BB charging, not even lost to Huaguo. ”

Beavis was silent and did not speak.

He knew who his boss was trying to say.

“…… In fact, if you think about it, it was a wrong decision to go this far, and we have little chance of winning since they completed the patent barrier for lithium-air batteries. In other words, even if I don't hang wireless charging technology on this fortress, I will pick a technical standard that is beneficial to us and expand our advantages. ”

Patents are only valid for 20 years.

But how long does the standard last?

No one knows, because up to now, many standards have not been eliminated, whether it is the market or the industrial chain, there is inertia, unless the entire replacement is difficult to change.

Hearing the words of his subordinates, Musk sighed.

"I know, but ...... Are you willing to accept failure? ”

Beavis shook his head and said.

"It's something that can't be helped."

Some time ago, the local government in Shanghai suddenly swept away its previous welcoming attitude and began to become aggressive, and he realized that something might be wrong.

This change in attitude is so unusual that it's hard not to think deeply.

Later, after Bivis found an official who had a good relationship with them and held an important position in the relevant department, he vaguely learned from the conversation that this was from Shangjing.

They touched the bottom line.

Until they retreat to this bottom line, their attitude will not change.

Beavis doesn't know exactly what that bottom line is, maybe because of something they do themselves, maybe because of something the White House does.

But he knows that this is the bottom line, and it may be related to Tesla's future in China......

However, he does not have the right to decide.

Only the man standing in front of him has this right.

After being silent for a while, looking at the back of Musk standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Beavis asked.

"What are we going to do next?"

"You can't do anything," retracting his gaze from the rising sun at the Yangtze River port, Musk turned to look at Beavis, and sighed lightly, "Stop the loss in time." ”

"Charging piles are an enticing piece of cake, as attractive as the future of the city, but they are not our core business ......"

"At the very least, we have to keep Tesla's market in China."

With his shoulders slightly relaxed, Beavis nodded and continued to ask.

"I see...... By the way, what about the new electric car? I'm referring to the model 2022 ......"

“…… With lithium air," when the word was spoken, Musk's heart ached, the expression on his face twitched slightly, and he gritted his teeth and continued, "Battery, just use their SH standard ......"

SH Standard ......

Lost again......

Ahhh

It's so infuriating!

Looking at the boss with twitching facial muscles, Beavis's heart suddenly couldn't help but have a trace of admiration.

He had been in China for some years and had heard two proverbs.

One sentence is "those who achieve great things do not hesitate to tip".

Another sentence is "men can bend and stretch".

Maybe......

That's the secret of his success.

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