Chapter 119: Xiaoxi Heshi's Dissatisfaction

Sakura Country.

Yutian Automobile Group, President's office.

Xiaoxi Heshi looked at the recent report data, his brows furrowing slightly.

Long Country is one of their main markets; now that sales in Long Country have plummeted, it has severely affected Yutian Group's revenue figures.

If not for the brand reputation built over decades and the fact that performance in the other few major markets is still decent, Yutian Group might truly have slowly fallen in this new era.

"Forget it, although the revenue data is far from what it used to be, at least we have managed to gain a foothold in the new era. The situation for the other major car companies is mostly the same, so there is nothing to be dissatisfied about."

Xiaoxi Heshi sighed softly.

He then regained his fighting spirit and muttered:

"Next, by grasping the other major markets besides Long Country and developing steadily, one day, my Yutian Group will be able to rise again and become a world-leading automobile enterprise once more!"

Just at this moment.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

A hurried knocking sound rang out.

"Come in."

Xiaoxi Heshi shouted in a deep voice.

A middle-aged man with an honest appearance pushed the door open and entered, hurried to Xiaoxi Heshi's desk, and reported:

"President, it's bad! Tianqi Energy has rejected our additional order for Thor Battery."

"What?!"

Xiaoxi Heshi's expression changed abruptly: "What exactly is going on? How could they suddenly do this?"

Because major car companies are currently mainly selling new models that were rushed into development, and facing massive homogenized competition, no one dares to produce too much inventory from the start.

Added to this is the fact that Tianqi Energy, citing limited production capacity, refuses to accept too many orders from any single car company, giving the reason that it might affect the order demands of other car companies.

Therefore.

The Thor Battery orders currently held by Yutian Group are not many; according to current global sales and production capacity, they are only enough for a little over a month at most.

Other car companies are basically the same.

They only continue to add orders when the remaining undelivered orders are not enough, so as to maintain a suitable level.

And now.

Tianqi Energy suddenly refused to accept their subsequent additional orders, cutting off their Thor Battery supply, which is practically equivalent to cutting off food supplies on the front line; a slight carelessness could lead to a total production shutdown.

This situation is a huge blow to any car company.

In Xiaoxi Heshi's view, given the shrewdness Su Xin had previously displayed, it should be impossible for him to do such a thing.

After all, as the core enterprise monopolizing battery supply, if Tianqi Energy can reject their orders today, they might reject others tomorrow to control the automotive industry; this is something no car company would ever allow.

This will cause unease among many car companies.

It is even more likely to trigger anti-monopoly regulations.

Moreover, it will also cause a huge negative impact on Tianqi Energy's reputation.

This behavior not only seriously harms the interests of Yutian Group but actually indirectly harms the interests of Tianqi Energy as well.

Xiaoxi Heshi pondered secretly:

"Could Su Xin be a hot-blooded youth? Is this move only because of the old grievances between the two countries?"

"Impossible!"

"As such a successful entrepreneur, how could he commit such a mutually destructive act because of these inexplicable trifles?"

That middle-aged man explained:

"The explanation given by Tianqi Energy is that their production capacity was already very tight, and recently, serious problems occurred within two of their factories, affecting subsequent production capacity."

"On top of that, Long Country car companies have had great sales and added many Thor Battery orders."

"Therefore, Tianqi Energy's production capacity has currently exceeded the warning line, and they can only temporarily suspend order acceptance until the production capacity is eased."

Xiaoxi Heshi's face turned livid, and he pressed:

"Is it only us? Or have other car companies also been refused additional orders?"

"No, several car companies have been refused."

Upon hearing this.

Xiaoxi Heshi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

This situation at least shows that Tianqi Energy is not targeting Yutian Group, but that it is very likely truly due to problems with production capacity.

In that case, as long as they wait for the production capacity to ease, it will still be in time for them to add orders.

But at this moment, the middle-aged man continued:

"These car companies are all Sakura Country car companies, including Yutian Group, Mutian Group..."

Xiaoxi Heshi's face grew darker and darker; he slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Bastard!"

The middle-aged man's tone stalled; he stood where he was, trembling in fear, keeping his head low and not daring to speak.

Xiaoxi Heshi casually picked up a teacup from the desk and threw it violently, hitting the middle-aged man on the forehead, where it shattered to the ground with a 'crack'.

Yet the middle-aged man did not dare to move at all, letting the blood flow down slowly.

"If you don't know how to report work, you don't need to report it in the future; get out!"

Xiaoxi Heshi shouted angrily.

After seeing the middle-aged man bow and flee the office in a panic, he picked up the phone and contacted the presidents of the other two major car companies one after another.

Then he made contact with the senior management of several other major car companies, saying righteously:

"They can suppress me today, and they can suppress you tomorrow just the same!"

"Although we are competitors, when we are being suppressed by Tianqi Energy, we are partners fighting side by side."

"There is an old saying in Long Country: 'If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold.' If you stand by and watch coldly today, when you face suppression from Tianqi Energy in the future, no one will be there to stand up for you."

"The actions of Tianqi Energy are bullying against the entire industry. They delusionally wish to become the supreme overlord of the entire industry, treating all car companies like fish on a chopping block to be manipulated and slaughtered at will."

Three days later.

Representatives from several major car companies arrived in Tianjing, Long Country, and met Ding Kuiyong at Tianqi Energy.

Xiaoxi Heshi took the lead in challenging them:

"President Ding, back at the summit forum, President Su signed strategic cooperation agreements with all of us car companies, promising to be fair, just, and transparent, to maintain good cooperation with all car companies, and not to refuse orders from any of us. Why are you now deliberately taking the opportunity to suppress Sakura Country car companies?"

The president of Mutian Group also said:

"As the only power battery supplier in the automotive industry today, if you can rely on your monopoly position to wantonly suppress us today, you will be able to suppress other car companies tomorrow, and all car companies outside of Long Country the day after tomorrow."

"Your approach is narrow-minded nationalism! It violates the principle of fair commercial competition!"

"Today, we representatives of major car companies have come here together, not for anything else, but to demand an explanation and seek fairness."

Although the senior executives of car companies like Feichi and Wanzhong did not speak, they all watched Ding Kuiyong quietly, waiting for his explanation.

They agreed to come forward together with the Sakura Country car companies not only to pressure Tianqi Energy but also to make a statement—if Tianqi Energy really wanted to use its monopoly position to suppress any car company, they would join forces to resist.

We accept you as the core of the industry and the sole battery supplier, but you must also demonstrate an attitude of fair cooperation.

Every industry must have rules!

Ding Kuiyong wore a smile and appeased them:

"Please calm your anger, both presidents. I can understand your impatient feelings."

"Actually, I am also very sorry about the suspension of order acceptance. Problems occurred within two factories, and production capacity dropped. This is a reality that has already happened, and I cannot change it; I can only try my best to avoid it in the future."

"Currently, we are indeed unable to meet the order demands of all car companies, and for now, we can only selectively suspend additional orders from some car companies."

"No matter who it is, we have to choose a few."

Xiaoxi Heshi was dissatisfied with this explanation and retorted: "Then why are the few chosen all Sakura Country car companies? Isn't this deliberate suppression?"