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Chapter 973

Standing on the lawn in front of the White House, Tom Stockamp stood there with a little embarrassment. The biggest humiliation to a person is not cursing, but ignoring!

Now Tom Stockamp has experienced this feeling. Song Yang did not refute his words, but just stood there, ignoring him, the president of Chrysler, one of the three major American automobile groups.

"President Stockamp," Song Yang looked at Tom Stockamp, ​​"People can't live in the past, the glory of the past can't shine on the present!"

Hearing Song Yang's words, Tom Stockamp's expression turned a little ugly. Song Yang was almost saying that the traditional Chrysler cars are not as good as before. The old almanac is showing off, the British Empire still misses that the sun never sets, and now the three islands of their own are in conflict...

Tom Stockamp laughed angrily, "Song, I have always admitted that you are a genius in Silicon Valley, but I still want to remind you that this is the automotive industry, where opportunistic tricks are taken from time to time, your batteries, smart driving and so on The thing should not appear in the car!
Last year, General Motors' revenue was $1770 billion and it sold 820 million vehicles. DaimlerChrysler's revenue exceeded 1510 billion euros. How many cars did Siebel Electric Vehicles sell? ! "

A few years ago, Chrysler married Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, to form the world's second largest auto giant. Daimler also used this deal to successfully enter the American market.

Right now is Chrysler's most glorious moment, merging with Daimler, covering up Chrysler's troubles, making Chrysler seem to be still one of the global auto giants.

Compared with giant companies such as Daimler, General Motors, and Chrysler, Siebel electric vehicles, let alone sales, have not even produced a finished car, and they are still in the PPT stage.

As for when it will appear, it is still in the foreseeable future. Even the brother company of Siebel Electric Vehicles, Siebel Sports Car Company, can sell it now, that is, the T1 Lizard sports car. The other brand bought by Pagani is now Haven't played anything famous yet.

Song Yang didn't talk about performance or anything. To talk about these is to bring shame on himself. Let alone now, even in ten years, or even longer, the revenue of electric vehicles will not be comparable to these old car giants.

"President Stockamp, ​​let's make a bet. Within ten years, Siebel EV will be more profitable than Chrysler. If Siebel EV does it, I hope you can apologize to Siebel on behalf of Chrysler. , and donated $1000 million to American charities!

Of course, if I make a slip of the tongue, I need to fulfill the same conditions! "

There was a commotion on the lawn. It wasn't that Song Yang proposed the bet and how many chips there were, but that Song Yang dared to propose such a condition!

The confidantes of Cardinal, Pence, and other commanders were hesitant to speak for a while. Although the exchange rate of the euro to the US dollar has been falling all the way, it has fallen below 0.85, which means that one euro can only be exchanged to 0.85. U.S. dollars, compared with when the euro first appeared, one euro can be exchanged for nearly 1.2 U.S. dollars, which has fallen by more than 30%. It is not known whether the old Europe has been cut off.

But even if the exchange rate falls again, Daimler and Chrysler's combined revenues will still be a giant company with annual revenues of more than 1000 to [-] billion U.S. dollars. Even if the profits of the automobile industry are not as profitable as the mobile phone industry, they can A profit of billions of dollars can definitely be made, no matter how sloppy the mind is, and if you move your fingers on the financial statements, it will be even more profitable!

Arresting Chrysler alone is also the existence of hanging Siebel cars. Card and the others feel that Song Yang is completely stimulated by Tom Stockamp's words, and now he is throwing eggs at stones for nothing. Send money to Chrysler.

That bit of money may not be a big deal to Song Yang, but Song Yang, the "former" richest man in America, who may continue to be the richest man in the future, publicly "confessed" to Chrysler Automobiles in person, that would be bad for the image In other words, it was almost a bankruptcy blow, and those halos on Song Yang's head would also be completely shattered.

Card just wanted to speak and persuade Song Yang that he drank too much today, but Tom Stockamp over there refused to give him this chance.

"I will convince the Chrysler board of directors to agree to this bet, but Song, 1000 million dollars is too little bargaining chip, I propose to increase it to [-] million dollars!"

Looking at Tom Stockamp, ​​who "has a chance to win", Song Yang frowned, good guy, Song Yang is afraid of Chrysler cars, so he can't afford the money, so I want less, Tom Stockamp Instead, he took the initiative to increase the bargaining chip.

Apparently, Tom Stockamp took this bet as an opportunity to earn extra money. Although he wanted to donate it to charity, the money had to be handed over to Chrysler first. At that time, who would donate it to? For charities, how much to donate is not up to the Chrysler board of directors? !
In the face of all kinds of must-win situations, Tom Stockamp was confident and persuaded the Chrysler board of directors to agree. After all, if you don’t make money, you don’t make money, right?

"make a deal!"

Song Yang stretched out his hand to Tom Stockamp, ​​and then said to Card, Pence and the others, "Everyone present, including Mr. Datong, will all be witnesses to this bet!"

Song Yang never worried about whether the profit of Siebel Automobile could surpass that of Chrysler Automobile. He didn’t need Siebel Automobile to be so powerful. The opponent will fall by itself.

Even if Siebel's profit is zero, it can't stand that Chrysler's profit is negative, or the kind that loses tens of billions of dollars. Just ask, how did Siebel lose? !

When Song Yang and Tom Stockamp shook hands, the media reporters who heard the news took pictures of this scene. It won't take long before this "gamble of the century" will appear on the major media.

Looking at this scene, Richard Wagoner frowned slightly, and focused his eyes on Song Yang. Richard Wagoner remembered the rumors about Song Yang he had heard, and always felt that Song Yang was not that kind Adventurous people.

If it is an aggressive person, how can it be possible to fight in a place like Silicon Valley, move left and right between Wall Street institutions and Silicon Valley, repeatedly jump between Netscape and Microsoft giants, and in just a few years, win countless people? The unattainable social status of a person, even people like Immelt, the head of General Electric, have been cut leeks by him. This kind of person, even if Richard Wagoner was killed, he would not believe that he could be shorted. In just a few words, I was stimulated to make a gambling agreement that I must lose!

If there was no problem with Song Yang, then who would have the problem? Thinking of this, Richard Wagoner couldn't help feeling a little numb. What kind of scene, he couldn't imagine what kind of bird the auto industry would become at that time.

While thinking, Richard Wagoner looked up, but saw Song Yang standing in front of him.

"President Richard Wagoner!"

Song Yang had a drink with him, and said straight to the point, "President Wagoner, I hope that Siebel Automobile can cooperate with General Motors in the future!"

The automobile industry is an industry that can provide a large number of jobs and high-paying jobs. It is also a fairly mature industry that has been in operation for more than a hundred years. It is a pillar industry anywhere.

It is not impossible for latecomers to overthrow these established giant companies, but it is too difficult. If you want to overtake on a curve, a large number of patented technologies and key auto parts are in the hands of these established automobile companies.

Unlike Tom Stockamp, ​​Richard Wagoner didn't say his words to death, but he didn't let go easily, "There will be a chance, Song!"

After the new general came to power, the powerful people in the whole of America immediately underwent earth-shaking changes, including Capitol Hill, the federal justice, etc. Some people took office and some left. This game of power will be staged every few years. .

As for the Internet industry, the long-awaited Internet Revitalization Act was finally released and was submitted to Capitol Hill by the Generalissimo, but the "shrinkage" was serious, and it was completely different from what countless small and medium-sized Internet companies thought.

The founder of a small Internet company, after seeing this bill, cursed angrily. This bill is completely a new round of mergers and acquisitions bills for the Internet!

(End of this chapter)