Chapter 120: The Offensive of Foreign Car Companies

Ding Kuiyong shook his head and said:

"It is truly not an intentional targeting."

"I have said it before, some companies must be cut off, so tell me, whose additional orders should I cut?"

"Feichi, Wanzhong, Yutilong, and several other car companies have their main production bases far away in Europe, and their Thor Battery transport time by sea takes nearly a month."

"If their orders are cut, when we try to add them later, any slight delay due to logistics issues that leads to a failure in seamless connection will affect the overall production schedule."

"Can you accept this kind of risk?"

The executives from Feichi and other car companies shook their heads.

Ding Kuiyong looked at Xiaoxi Heshi and the others, and continued:

"On the contrary, your Sakura Country is very close to Long Country, the transport time for Thor Battery is shorter, and with the previous orders to sustain you, you can hold out for a longer time."

"Even if there is a delay of another month, or if you encounter other troubles along the way, you will have more room for maneuver."

"Under these circumstances, do you really think I should cut the additional orders of other car companies?"

Upon hearing this, the senior representatives of Feichi and other car companies were suddenly relieved, and then looked at the representatives of the three major car companies of Sakura Country with schadenfreude.

One of them smiled and said:

"Actually, I said long ago that Tianqi Energy would not intentionally suppress any of us; this reduction in production capacity is also a helpless matter."

"That's right, due to distance issues and Tianqi Energy's production capacity, our current supply of Thor Battery is already very tight; once we encounter unexpected risks, it could lead to production delays."

"If the additional orders are stopped, our production will definitely be greatly affected."

"But you Sakura Country car companies are different; a delay of half a month or a month basically won't have any impact."

"Forget it, since things have reached this point and President Ding has personally explained it to everyone, there is no need for us to continue entangling ourselves here."

The others also chimed in one after another.

All they wanted was Ding Kuiyong's stance.

Since Ding Kuiyong had given a reasonable explanation and it was not deliberate suppression, they had no need to stand on the same front as the Sakura Country car companies.

Come to think of it, they were still in a competitive relationship; if the three major Sakura Country car companies had their production affected due to the supply of Thor Battery.

And that in turn affected their terminal sales.

That would be good news for them.

Xiaoxi Heshi and the other two stood frozen on the spot.

They never expected that Ding Kuiyong would explain it from this angle, and yet the logic was barely passable.

Everyone stocks two months' worth of goods, but Feichi and other car companies take a month to transport, while they only need a few days, so their ability to resist risk is clearly stronger.

In a situation where some orders must be cut, it is certainly most fair to cut theirs.

Furthermore.

With the other party having said this much, he could not possibly demand that they cut the orders for Feichi and the others.

Otherwise, it would be too offensive.

The three of them looked at each other, momentarily not knowing how to refute Ding Kuiyong's words.

After being stunned for a moment.

Xiaoxi Heshi had no choice but to ask: "President Ding, can you tell us what the situation is with the internal problems at the factory? We'll see if we can help out and resolve it as soon as possible to restore production capacity."

Ding Kuiyong shook his head: "Sorry, this is company internal confidential information, I cannot disclose it."

In fact, there were of course no problems inside the factory; it was just an excuse found at random.

But it was also a fact that production capacity was insufficient.

Because with the hot sales of Long Country car companies, the sales of other major car companies had also stabilized, and everyone's demand for Thor Battery was growing, already exceeding the production limit of Tianqi Energy.

Therefore, during this period, Tianqi Energy had been providing limited supplies to all major car companies, which was equivalent to letting each company only eat until they were seventy or eighty percent full.

Now, having found an excuse for reduced production capacity, it was on one hand to suppress Sakura Country car companies, and on the other hand to support Long Country car companies, with most of the production capacity prioritized to guarantee the supply for Long Country car companies.

Xiaoxi Heshi asked again:

"Can your company's production capacity recover in a month? If there are no subsequent additional orders, with our existing inventory plus undelivered orders, it is only enough for at most one and a half months of production needs."

"Excluding logistics transport time, at most after one month, we need to receive the delivery of subsequent additional orders for production to be able to connect."

Ding Kuiyong said sternly:

"I am not sure; it could be as short as a week or as long as over a month, I dare not guarantee how long."

"The only thing I can promise is that if production capacity recovers, I will definitely coordinate the capacity at the first opportunity and arrange for your supply."

Xiaoxi Heshi's mouth twitched; he had ten thousand complaints in his heart, but they were stuck on his lips and he couldn't say them.

He had always been convinced that Ding Kuiyong was deliberately suppressing Sakura Country car companies, and of course, he could hear that the other party's words were just perfunctory.

But there was no way around it.

Who let Tianqi Energy be the only supplier of Solid-state Battery? They could only look at the other party's face with longing; as long as the other party was not too excessive, they could not possibly truly fall out with them.

"Alright, since everyone has no objections, I will go get busy first. The factory is currently in a period of massive expansion, so I need to keep a close eye on it. Everyone, please sit here for a while, I will arrange for two people to take you around Tianjing properly."

Ding Kuiyong looked at his watch, stood up, and greeted them with a face full of smiles.

Xiaoxi Heshi and the others declined repeatedly, then stood up and left Tianqi Energy Company.

Ding Kuiyong returned to his office and made a call to Su Xin, reporting the reaction of the senior executives of the three major Sakura Country car companies.

On the other side of the phone.

Su Xin had a smile on his lips and said calmly:

"Good, continue to do as previously discussed."

"Use the method of boiling a frog in warm water to squeeze their production capacity and living space bit by bit."

"At the same time, the production capacity of other car companies must still be guaranteed as much as possible, just don't truly provoke public anger."

Not long after hanging up the phone.

Secretary Feng Haifeng made a phone call and reported: "Boss, there are two relatively important pieces of news recently."

"Go ahead."

"The first piece of news is that various countries have successively announced that cars equipped with the Xiaozhi Driving System need to undergo additional strict safety reviews, which has increased the regulatory costs for these countries, so they are imposing an additional 10% tariff on top of the original basis."

"Although vehicles exported from Long Country are not yet equipped with the Xiaozhi Driving System, many foreign users buy Long Country cars precisely because they look forward to being able to install it directly later on."

"Now that the news of the additional tariffs has come out, the export sales volume of Long Country cars has decreased significantly."

"Coupled with the fact that in the half a month or so over the New Year, there have been several more car accidents involving vehicles equipped with the Xiaozhi Driving System; although it was proven afterwards that these were due to external factors or the car owners' own responsibility, it has still caused some negative impact on the internet in various countries."

"Currently, domestic public opinion only has a small number of people questioning the Xiaozhi Driving System, with the majority still highly praising it, but foreign public opinion is not optimistic, and the mainstream trend is unfavorable."

"The second piece of news is that it is currently circulating on the internet that several large foreign car companies have reached cooperation intentions with Tianqi Equipment Company."

"Moreover, these reports claim quite convincingly that foreign car companies feel this technology has not yet undergone sufficient verification and its safety cannot be guaranteed, so there is no formal cooperation yet."

"Now, quite a few netizens are condemning Long Country car companies, saying they are too rash and are using the lives of Long Country people as test subjects, unlike car companies in other countries that have a sense of responsibility."

"There are also some people condemning you, Boss, saying that you are providing an unverified Intelligent Driving System to Long Country people, preparing to wait until the verification is complete before exporting more perfected products to foreign car companies."