In the afternoon, Andy met the Daimler negotiation team led by the vice president in the conference room.

In the context of increasingly depleted petroleum resources and environmental pollution, electric vehicles will enter a period of rapid development. However, due to the high cost of electric vehicles, short battery cycle life, short range and other issues, they have been restricting electric vehicles from growing Main factors for scale promotion.

Major auto manufacturers around the world are paying close attention to the research of new energy vehicles. However, although traditional automobile companies have accumulated many years of experience in car manufacturing, they are also lacking skills. They cannot invest much energy in new energy vehicles.

After several car companies tried to manufacture electric vehicles, they ended up failing for various reasons. The large amount of funds invested in the previous period caused a huge loss and caused some eager car companies to shrink back. .

To be honest, in the eyes of Daimler, after years of technical accumulation, Tesla's rechargeable pure electric vehicles are really nothing new.

However, Tesla can achieve 100 km acceleration and endurance mileage comparable to that of super running technology. There is really no car company in the world.

As we all know, the core technology of electric vehicles lies in batteries. Tesla does not produce batteries itself. The batteries used are provided by Panasonic manufacturers.

Unlike the current mainstream trend of electric vehicle batteries, Tesla is the only manufacturer that directly adopts 18650 lithium-ion batteries. Compared with lithium iron phosphate batteries, this battery has more mature technology, high power, large energy density, and is consistent. It has higher performance, but it also has a lower safety factor. It is really on fire. At the same time, the thermal and electrical characteristics are poor, and the cost is relatively high.

So what advantages does Tesla rely on to create miracles in the field of new energy vehicles?

It's no secret that Tesla has the best battery management system in the world.

This is also the biggest reason for Daimler to pinch its nose.

The reason why Andy wants to introduce traditional car manufacturers, because he knows better than anyone, the current status of Tesla. Tesla, which focuses on new energy vehicles, has given its products more technical color, and due to its thin car manufacturing experience, it is difficult to avoid defects.

Really speaking, Tesla's technical team is focused on electronics and electricians, so it is much less difficult to develop a battery management system than to develop a battery or chassis. The biggest killer is to solve the bottleneck of the development of pure electric vehicles. Patented technologies such as batteries and battery safety control systems and charging technologies.

Andy knows better than anyone that if Tesla's business plan is to be realized, it must work on patented technology. Patented technology is the key to establishing his Tesla company's dominance in the world of electric vehicles.

Although Tesla showed a cold and arrogant appearance, in fact, both sides know that the progress of the negotiations to this point is already very affectionate, and it is just a snap.

However, cooperation belongs to cooperation. Andy never believed that Daimler would abandon its own development of electric vehicles in the future. In the future, with the development of technology, Europe and the United States, which have strict emission restrictions, will have stricter emission requirements. In the future, as a future solution for electric vehicles, how can a hegemonic car company like Daimler always be subject to Tesla's battery and power technology?

Thinking with your feet, this group of Germans will definitely turn their faces when they find that Tesla cannot share these technologies, and will always be controlled by others. This group of Germans is definitely not acceptable!

But now is the honeymoon period just signed, the two sides directly started a good business show at the press conference, once again making Tesla the focus of the next day's major media attention.

In a company with a value of 200 million US dollars, the valuation has increased tenfold in a year. When many people saw this news, they opened their mouths unbelievably and felt that the world was going crazy.

Of course, there is a group of people who have seen the news remorse. What is more interesting is that, no matter how angry, avoid reporters paparazzi harassment and ask how to see Mr. Elon Musk whose Tesla valuation has skyrocketed to $ 2 billion Time Magazine's Top 10 Worst Deals of 2008.

This list topped Yahoo's rejection of the Microsoft acquisition ...

Of course, no matter how Musk smashed the anger in venting his heart, the original investors have called to ask about the financing intentions. All this is to Andy, a business genius who is touted by the media as having a bit of rock and gold, and who is most capable of doing business It's just a small note on his way to success.

At this moment, Andy is wearing a hard hat, and in the bright California sunshine, while listening to the good news from his mobile phone, while watching and laughing at the busy working scene of many machinery and workers on the site of the bird's new headquarters.

"Oh, that's it, Al, it's hard for you, I will rush back to New York as soon as possible, and officially sign the transaction contract. Before that, let our people first settle in NB Global International, I believe Ge will agree ..."

The corner of Andy's mouth rises, the smile on his face becomes brighter and brighter, finally wins nb Universal, as long as he returns to New York to complete the transaction in person, he can announce to the world that his Andy Smith media empire has been established!

At the same time, Brian Roberts, chief executive of Comcast Corporation, the number one cable service provider in the United States, frowned and hung up the phone.

General Electric and Gaia completed negotiations and signed the agreement, which also marked the end of Andy Smith's acquisition of nb Global Group.

Although it is no secret that Andy Smith acquired nb Universal, the news of the completion of the acquisition still shocked the entire media world.

Brian Roberts stepped out of his office, thinking about a crazy plan.

Just now, after he got the news that GE had initialed the transaction agreement, he called Disney President Michael Eisner and offered the other party a friendly proposal for the merger of Comcast and Disney. However, he was met by Michael Eis Na's flatly refused.

In addition to the short pause caused by the economic recession after the 9/11 incident, the media industry has been steadily merging in recent years. However, in the past few months, due to the emergence of Andy Smith, the merger transaction has arrived. Reach the peak.

Nowadays, the global financial turmoil is raging, and the media industry has also been hit hard. Moreover, the media industry can no longer sit back and relax by having richer program content than other companies.

Brian Roberts narrowed his eyes, his eyes became sharp and firm, and he walked quickly to the chairman's office.

"Father, I want to try to buy Disney again for $ 54 billion!"

Comcast's founder and chairman, Ralph Roberts, was a little surprised. He looked at his son in surprise. After all, he always worked with the company in the company. This was the first time in the company Shouting Dad, it seems that the media touting Andy Smith is very stimulating for his son who has a higher eye than his own.

"Is it a hostile takeover?" Ralph frowned, thinking, looking at his son's firm expression, shook his head, and said, "Disney will never let us succeed.

You still aim at Viacom and bs!

Sumner Redstone's media empire was badly hit in the financial turmoil, and his national entertainment company's liabilities have reached as high as $ 1.6 billion, forcing him to sell his Viacom and Bs shares at a cheap price of $ 23.3 billion.

I have already bought this part of the stock. All you have to do is continue to acquire the remaining shares. Do n’t worry, take your time. Sumner's health seems to be getting worse. He has been absent from Viacom and CBS's quarterly earnings conference call. I think he sold the stock at such a low price, alleviating the financial crisis, and more importantly, a legacy planning. "

Brian Roberts turned red, and opened his mouth to say something, but looking at his father's indifferent expression, he finally nodded helplessly and replied: "I know, chairman, I will deal with it ... "