All round car designer

Chapter 532 The Initiator
At this time, the person sitting next to Xu Yingteng and talking to Xu Yingteng was the CEO of Nikolai.

In this way, the ins and outs of the whole matter will become clear, and it is him who caused Baixun to make a temporary new request!
Originally, this time, the main purpose of his visit to China was to discuss investment and construction of factories with the local government of Yangcheng in China. However, not long after arriving in China, news of the cooperation between Feichi Company and Baixun came out.

At that time, he was thinking about the investment and construction of the factory this time. What kind of form should he adopt? Should he follow the example of the previous Dafeng Automobile and build a joint venture with Huaxia, or should he invest exclusively in Nikola and be responsible for his own profits and losses?

These two forms of investment have their own advantages and disadvantages. If it is a joint venture, then you can quickly occupy the market with the help of local enterprises in Huaxia, and at the same time, the recognition of the brand will increase accordingly. I am more inclined to choose this investment method.

As for the sole proprietorship, Nikola can develop according to its own plan without interference from external forces, and can maintain the independence of the Nikola brand to the greatest extent.However, the disadvantages of doing so are also obvious. Not to mention the large amount of investment, Nikolai needs to be responsible for everything by himself, and the management cost is too high.

He also consulted Fred on this matter, and Fred also suggested that Nikola adopt a joint venture. Not only that, Fred also put forward two suggestions on the choice of joint venture partners.

The first is to cooperate with traditional automobile manufacturers. The advantage of this cooperation method is that it can use the sales channels established by the manufacturer to open up channels for Nikola’s sales in China, and it is more convenient to negotiate. The other party’s willingness to cooperate Definitely high.

The second is to jump out of the auto industry and cooperate with Chinese technology companies, especially Internet companies.Because in the next four modernizations of automobiles, the most critical thing is actually Internet technology. Once this kind of cooperation is successful, it can save Nikola a lot of research and development time, and many technologies can even be directly applied to vehicles.

Although cooperating with technology companies cannot provide assistance in sales channels like traditional car companies, Fred believes that technology is more important if you choose between technology and sales. At present, electric vehicles are still in the emerging stage. It's not very important, as long as the technology is accumulated, the cars behind will not worry about selling at all.

Therefore, Fred strongly recommended the second cooperation mode, and also recommended an alternative cooperation partner to him.

In the recommendation list provided by Fred, the first one is Baixun.

The reason why Fred preferred Baixun was very simple. Baixun's leadership in artificial intelligence technology and the existence of Baixun's map were enough to constitute the whole reason, which was exactly the same as Zhou Fei's reason for choosing Baixun before!
Originally, he planned to wait until the incident in Yangcheng was over, to conduct a thorough investigation in Huaxia, and finally decide on a partner, but he did not expect that news of the cooperation between Feichi Company and Baixun came out at this time, which forced him to act quickly.

If it were someone else, after Baixun had already chosen a partner, they would have given up on the idea of ​​cooperating with Baixun, but Fred, who was a student of Baixun, would not think so. His first thought was to make Baixun Take it from Feichi Company!

If it succeeds, on the one hand, Nikolai will have an additional high-quality partner, and on the other hand, Tesla will lose a strong partner. This is simply a good deal that kills two birds with one stone and kills two birds with one stone!
Although he didn't know whether he could succeed in intercepting Hu, but he still had the attitude of giving it a try, and conveyed his willingness to cooperate to Baixun through an intermediary. He did not expect to get a reply from Baixun soon.

After several times of contact like this, he decided to formally meet and discuss with Baixun, which is why he had this meeting.

"Just now we talked about the equity ratio of the joint venture company." He replied with a smile.

Unexpectedly, he could speak Chinese fluently.

Xu Yingteng smiled, "Yes, it's about the shareholding ratio. If we build a joint venture with Nikola, I hope that Baixun can hold 60% of the shares. I wonder if you agree?"

"We can accept this, so we will do what Mr. Xu said." He nodded directly.

Xu Yingteng looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect the other party to agree so readily. You know, because of the issue of the shareholding ratio, he had to negotiate with Zhou Fei for several rounds to get it.

Xu Yingteng didn't know about this person before. Two days ago, he asked someone to bring a message to Xu Yingteng, expressing that Nikolai was willing to cooperate with Baixun and offered more favorable conditions.

Although I don't know this person, Xu Yingteng still knows about the Nikola brand, which is currently the only electric car brand that can compete with Tesla.

Although the negotiation between Baixun and Feichi has entered the final stage at this time, and only a few details are left before the formal signing, Xu Yingteng still decided to meet with him for a detailed discussion.

When Nicholas came to invest in the country, he must rely on various resources of domestic enterprises, so in terms of acceptance conditions, he would only be more relaxed than Feichi Company. This is also a reason for Xu Yingteng to meet him firmly.

And if you want to start negotiations with Nikola, you must stop the contract with Feichi, otherwise it will be too late, unless Baixun breaks the contract, but the cost of breaking the contract is too high, Xu Yingteng can only use Some unconventional means were used to force Zhou Fei to stop the current negotiation.

And this kind of unconventional method is the provision that Zhou Fei heard and added temporarily.

Xu Yingteng thinks this way, if Mercedes-Benz is too willing to cooperate and is willing to accept these new terms, then no matter how generous the conditions offered by Nikola, Xu Yingteng will not reach an agreement with them.

And if Zhou Fei does not agree to these requirements, and Nikolai can really provide better cooperation conditions, then Xu Yingteng will naturally stop the negotiation with Mercedes-Benz and start cooperation with Nikolai.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Xu Yingteng cannot be tempted by the conditions proposed by Nicholas, there is still room for maneuver in the cooperation between Baixun and Feichi Company. Isn't Zhou Fei going to meet with him tomorrow? Putting the blame on the negotiating team, there is a clear saying that even if Zhou Fei knew the secret, he would not reveal it.

So this time, Xu Yingteng can advance or retreat. No matter who he cooperates with, Baixun will definitely be the biggest winner.

"If you say that, sir, then I will take it seriously." Xu Yingteng said with a smile.

He smiled and nodded, "Of course you have to take it seriously. If Mr. Xu has any requests, you can put them forward and have a look. We, Nicholas, will seriously consider them."

(End of this chapter)