[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-scholar-s-advanced-technological-system":3,"chapter-scholar-s-advanced-technological-system-scholar-s-advanced-technological-system-chapter-991":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Scholar's Advanced Technological System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1330963,1769,"Chapter 991 - Use Lithium-Air!","scholar-s-advanced-technological-system-chapter-991",991,"\u003Cp>the third day after black thursday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the rising sun illuminated manhattan island at six o’clock in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as usual, ben got off the car with a briefcase. he yawned and began to walk toward his office building when he saw a newspaper stand being surrounded by a crowd of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>men in suits and leather shoes gathered around the stand, handing out cash in exchange for a copy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“what happened...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ben walked up and saw a fat man with curly hair walking out of the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this guy was none other than carell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ben didn’t hesitate before walking up and patting his colleague’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“hey, what happened? why are there so many people around here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“i don’t know, that’s why i tried to buy a copy.” carell unfolded the newspaper and looked down at the headline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the second his eyes touched the newspaper, carell froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ben also froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“the department of commerce withdrew! so did exxonmobil! this is...” carell looked at ben and said, “ben, my friend, quick, think, what does this mean for us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ben grabbed his hair; his brain was racing a million miles an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“i don’t know... this is too sudden, maybe it’s a good thing, maybe it’s not... let me think, this is good for the fusion power plant in cali... f*ck! i thought this antitrust investigation would drag on for at least the end of the year! it’s been less than a week and the idiots at congress already withdrew!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“there’s an email from the company.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“what did they say?” ben quickly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“nothing, just telling us to arrive earlier, the manager wants to hold a short meeting...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“quick! they’re going to discuss this during the meeting!” ben said as he crammed the newspaper into his briefcase and ran into the office building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>carell put away his phone and screamed as he tried to catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“hey! i bought that newspaper!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what happened near the goldman sachs building wasn’t an isolated incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in fact, almost all of the newspaper stands in manhattan were swamped by businessmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>some people just wanted to know what was going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but most people were people working in investment banks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the international trade commission dismissed the antitrust investigation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>exxonmobil gave up on their lawsuit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these two news headlines appeared in the wall street journal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>apparently, the wall street journal editor took a long time to decide which news article to put as the front-page story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>however, it didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>because regardless of which story was on the front page, the newspaper was sold out like hotcakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>people who were lucky enough to grab a copy couldn’t believe their eyes. people were mentally preparing themselves, but they didn’t expect this anti-monopoly investigation to stop so suddenly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>soon after, the news spread onto the internet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these headlines spread throughout america at the speed of light, and investors were stunned by the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this was a huge blow to the conservatives that wanted to give the arrogant chinese a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>facebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the comment section began to flood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[this is our darkest time!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[i’m so disappointed, i won’t vote for this coward again.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[this is the darkest time! this reminds me of chamberlain, who signed the peace treaty, thinking that it was going to avoid the war. then look at what happened!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[stop talking out of your a*s!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[do you know how many times america has protected the freedom of the world?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[... you look like a quisling to me!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tesla building in china.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the conference room on the top floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>elon musk looked at the sun rising through the floor-to-ceiling windows. he had just gotten off a red-eye flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he suddenly sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“i’m not blaming you, we all know that we didn’t lose to star sky technology, nor did we lose to beep beep charging, we didn’t even lose to china.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bobby didn’t say anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he knew what his boss was thinking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bobby said, “actually, thinking about it carefully, we made the wrong decision. ever since they registered their patent for the lithium-air battery, we had no chance of winning. i would have done the same thing as them. even though i don’t think wireless charging is game-changing technology, i would have used another tactic to allow us to become the standard setters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a patent was only valid for 20 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but how long was a standard valid for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no one knew because standards had inertia; it was difficult to replace and change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>elon sighed and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“i know, but... are you willing to accept defeat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bobby shook his head and replied, “no, but there’s nothing we can do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a while ago, the local shanghai government suddenly became unwelcoming and aggressive toward tesla.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this type of attitude change was abnormal, so bobby began thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then, after bobby contacted an official from the local government, he learned that this was beijing’s doings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they crossed the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and before they uncrossed this line, the chinese wouldn’t change their attitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bobby didn’t know which line they crossed, perhaps it was something they did or something the white house did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but he knew that tesla’s future in china depended on them uncrossing this line...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>however, he didn’t have the power to make a decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only the man standing in front of him did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after a while, bobby spoke to elon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“what do we do now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“nothing...” elon looked at the sun rising and said nonchalantly, “damage control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“charging station is a good industry. we can make a lot of money here, but it’s not our core business model...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“for now, we have to keep tesla alive in china.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bobby nodded and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“i understand, what about the new model? the 2022 model...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“use lithium-air batteries,” elon said with a look of pain. he clenched his jaws and said, “use their sh standard...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sh standard...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>i lost again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ahhh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>i’m so f*cking pissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bobby had a sense of admiration in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>maybe...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this is why elon is america’s greatest entrepreneur...\u003C\u002Fp>",997,"2026-06-05T19:45:02.214Z",1,"novelbin.me","8c7579008c46b875e70cbfd15fb2268945e92b83112befca4b6349b3839cee29","scholar-s-advanced-technological-system-chapter-992","scholar-s-advanced-technological-system-chapter-990",1683,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fscholar-s-advanced-technological-system-cover.jpg"]