Chapter 175 Wang Chuanfu Pays a Visit, Domestic Automakers Join Forces to Counter Foreign Investment

"Lu, President Lu!"

Chu Xuan was pressed hard against the bulletproof glass of the floor-to-ceiling window.

His chubby face was distorted by the glass, and his eyeballs looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets.

His wrist trembled violently.

The wad of tissue, already soaked with sweat, dropped onto the expensive wool carpet with a "plop."

Chu Xuan scrambled to turn around.

His red-bottomed leopard-print shirt flapped on his body, and the collar was completely soaked.

"Downstairs! The lobby downstairs!"

He gasped for cold air, his voice cracking like a rooster that had been stepped on by the neck.

"President Wang of BYD! And those CEOs from Li Auto, NIO, and XPeng, they, they've all arrived!"

Behind the office desk.

Lu Jingming had one hand in his washed-out jeans pocket, leaning lazily against his boss chair.

His right index finger was nonchalantly spinning that green plastic lighter.

Hearing this, his movements paused for half a second.

"Oh?"

Lu Jingming raised his eyelids slightly, a flash of surprise appearing in his deep eyes.

Not far away at the computer.

Xia Weiliang was barefoot, squatting on the edge of the gaming chair.

The soles of her feet were still smeared with some grease and dust from the underground workshop.

"Click."

She crunched the strawberry-flavored candy in her mouth.

She rolled her eyes dramatically and pointed at Chu Xuan with the plastic candy stick in her hand.

"Dead fatty, can't you have a bit more backbone?"

Xia Weiliang looked at him with disdain.

"A few bumpkins who build shells scare you like this? If we build starships in the future, won't you just pee your pants?"

Chu Xuan slapped his thighs in anxiety, making loud sounds.

"Sister Weiliang! That's Wang Chuanfu! The head of domestic new energy vehicles!"

While bending down to pick up the tissue, he used his sleeve to wipe the waterfall of sweat on his forehead.

"It's harder to meet these big shots than to ascend to heaven usually. Today, in such a heavy rainstorm, they came here as a group."

Chu Xuan swallowed dryly.

"This is definitely a weasel paying respects to a chicken; they're up to no good!"

Lu Jingming tugged at the corner of his mouth, revealing half a white canine tooth.

He tossed the green lighter onto the desktop, making a crisp sound.

"Whether they are wolves or tigers, we'll know once we see them."

Lu Jingming stood up, his old sneakers stepping on the carpet, his tone casual.

"Go, invite the CEOs up. Don't let the seniors blow in the cold wind downstairs."

Three minutes later.

The solid wood door of the president's office was pushed open from the outside.

A strong smell of rain mixed with the damp, cold air from outside instantly flooded the spacious office.

Leading the way was Wang Chuanfu of BYD.

He was wearing a plain dark jacket.

A large patch of fabric on his shoulder was soaked by the rain, turning a deep, blackish color.

Following behind him were the CEO of Li Auto, Li Bin of NIO, and CEO He of XPeng.

These big shots who usually dominated the media.

Right now, each of them had a solemn expression, showing an unconcealable fatigue.

"President Wang, in such heavy rain, it's a bother for you to come here in person."

Lu Jingming stepped forward twice, a polite smile on his face.

Wang Chuanfu waved his hand, stopping Chu Xuan who wanted to help him take his umbrella.

He took out a plastic bag himself, carefully covered the dripping black umbrella, and leaned it against the door.

He was afraid the rainwater would dirty the expensive wool carpet of Xinghai.

This down-to-earth little action made the casualness in Lu Jingming's eyes fade a bit.

"President Lu, sorry for the abrupt intrusion."

Wang Chuanfu raised his head, shaking hands with Lu Jingming with his calloused hand.

His voice was deep, carrying the vicissitudes of decades of struggling in the manufacturing industry.

"Those joint-venture car companies outside have already officially lowered prices by 100,000 across the board today."

Wang Chuanfu gave a bitter smile and pointed to the CEOs behind him.

"They have been driven to a dead end by Xinghai and are preparing to drag everyone down with them before they die."

Everyone sat down separately.

Chu Xuan brought the freshly brewed Dahongpao tea, skillfully pouring tea for each person.

The tea poured into the white porcelain cups, sending up curling hot steam.

The CEO of Li Auto sat on the edge of the sofa, half his butt hanging in the air, looking awkward.

He secretly glanced at Lu Jingming.

His mind was filled with the terrifying scene of him stabbing his notebook with a pen tip on the day of the product launch.

"President Lu, I, Old Li, am a rough man, so I'll be straightforward."

The CEO wiped the sweat on his forehead, breaking the silence first.

"We are truly convinced by your space folding and magnetic levitation technology at Xinghai."

He sighed, his hand holding the teacup trembling slightly.

"I've flipped through your chassis videos hundreds of times, and my engineers have worked until they went bald, but they still couldn't copy even a little bit."

The CEO put down the teacup, his eyes turning slightly red.

"In the past, we could still compete with joint-venture cars by relying on big refrigerators and big TVs."

"Now that your whole-house intelligent fortress has come out, our cars have really become industrial waste."

These words were heavy, but they were also the bloodiest reality.

The xinghai su1 not only cut off the survival path of joint-venture cars but also smashed the rice bowls of domestic independent brands to pieces.

"So, are the CEOs here today to hold me accountable?"

Lu Jingming leaned against the back of the chair, his long legs crossed casually.

He looked at this group of big shots in the domestic automotive circle, his tone filled with unconcealable sharpness.

Wang Chuanfu shook his head, his back straight.

"President Lu, our Chinese automotive industry is one hundred years behind the foreigners."

He stared into Lu Jingming's eyes, his gaze burning, not retreating in the slightest.

"Since we finally managed to overtake on a curve on the new energy track, we will never do such stupid things as infighting."

Wang Chuanfu took a deep breath, his words shocking.

"We are here today not to beg for mercy. We are here to find Xinghai to discuss an alliance."

"An alliance?"

Chu Xuan gasped, and the teapot in his hand almost tilted.

"President Wang, it's not that I, Fatty Chu, am speaking harshly."

Chu Xuan swallowed dryly, mustering the courage to interject.

"Our Xinghai has technology when we need it, has dark factories for production capacity, and even Ningyuan Era is doing OEM for us."

He pointed outside.

"We don't seem to... have any reason to form an alliance with you all, right?"

Xia Weiliang, who had been playing games.

At this moment, she also turned the gaming chair and sneered.

"Exactly."

She stepped on the edge of the coffee table with her bare feet and spat the candy stick into the trash can.

"Your crappy ternary lithium batteries aren't even as good as the waste in my drawings, what are you using to form an alliance?"

Facing this merciless ridicule.

Wang Chuanfu not only didn't get angry but nodded in agreement.

"This young lady is right. In the face of absolute technology, we are indeed behind."

He crossed his hands, elbows resting on his knees, and leaned forward.

"But President Lu, building a car is not just about building an iron shell; it's about building an ecosystem."

Wang Chuanfu's voice gradually rose, filled with a desperate determination.

"Xinghai's current Solid-state Battery can run 1,200 kilometers, which is indeed invincible."

"But your supercharging stations, there are less than twenty built in the whole country!"

He slapped his thigh hard.

"I, BYD, plus Li Auto, NIO, and XPeng, we spent a full ten years."

Wang Chuanfu pointed to the city in the heavy rain outside the window.

"We have laid out three million charging piles across the country, opened up all government and enterprise procurement networks, and captured the most core infrastructure lifeline!"

The office fell silent instantly.

Only the dull sound of raindrops hitting the floor-to-ceiling window outside remained.

"President Lu, as long as you nod."

A fire ignited in Wang Chuanfu's eyes; that was the backbone of the older generation of Chinese car manufacturers.

"We are willing to completely open up this ten-year infrastructure network to Xinghai and transfer all offline sales channels."

He gritted his teeth, every word dripping with blood.

"Let's band together to keep warm. Let's drive those foreign devils from BBA and Toyota completely out of the land of Shenzhou!"

Lu Jingming listened quietly until the end.

He looked at the gray hair at Wang Chuanfu's temples, then at the anticipation in the eyes of the other CEOs.

At that moment, the arrogance and casualness in his eyes finally faded a little.

These older generation car manufacturers.

Under the century-old technical barriers of joint-venture car companies, they had been called copycats and mocked for being cheap.

But they relied on eating steamed buns to make China's new energy market the world's number one.

Lu Jingming reached out.

He picked up the green plastic lighter on the table.

"Click."

His thumb pressed hard on the grinding wheel, and a cluster of faint blue flames suddenly shot up.

The firelight reflected in Lu Jingming's deep eyes, dancing.

He didn't answer directly.

Instead, he pulled open the encrypted drawer at the very bottom of the office desk.

He pulled out a thick document and threw it directly onto the large black walnut desktop.

With a dull "thud."

It shook the CEOs of Li Auto and NIO.

On the cover of the document, it clearly read 《Authorization for Primary Solid-state Battery.

This was a version Xia Weiliang had "castrated" using [Next-Generation Energy Drawings].

Although it wasn't as perverted as the black brick on the xinghai su1.

But charging once to run 800 kilometers, no power loss in extreme cold, and low cost was enough to send BBA straight to hell.

Wang Chuanfu looked at those words, his pupils shrinking instantly.

His breathing became heavy involuntarily.

Lu Jingming closed the metal cover of the lighter, making a crisp sound.

He leaned back in his boss chair, his gaze as sharp as a knife, sweeping over everyone present.

"An alliance is possible. I can also give you this battery authorization."

Lu Jingming tugged at half of his sharp canine tooth, his voice not loud, but carrying an overwhelming dominance.

"But there is one condition, you must remember it clearly."

"From now on, the rules of the Chinese automotive circle must be set by my Xinghai."