Meng Hao coughed a few times.
He quickly interrupted the other party.
"I think you've all misunderstood my intention."
"By no longer letting Hua Rong Technology subsidize you, I mean you should all revive your respective companies yourselves."
Huh?
Revive their companies?
Under the encirclement, suppression, and crushing pressure of Teste?
That was simply impossible.
"Mr. Meng, we appreciate your good intentions, but this is impossible!"
"Our battery raw materials have all been cut off!"
"Our prices are not competitive at all!!"
"Our technology is relatively backward and even involves infringement. The lawsuits are still ongoing!!!"
"..."
Listening to the bursts of complaints.
Meng Hao was dismissive.
"The lithium ore raw materials are blocked... I will provide the raw materials!"
"You don't need to use foreign technology... Hua Rong Technology will provide technical support!!"
"As for prices, Hua Rong Technology will manage them uniformly!!!"
Hmm?
Wait!
Listening to Meng Hao, it seemed like he wanted to turn them all into franchisees of Hua Rong Technology?!
"Mr. Meng, are you planning to acquire our companies?"
The leader asked tentatively.
Meng Hao shook his head.
"Not acquiring, just franchising!"
Immediately, Meng Hao laid out everything: how he received free mineral resources from the Russian bear, how Hua Rong Technology possessed new technology more than five times superior to the most advanced lithium batteries on the market, and how he signed a tripartite gambling contract under Marchek's 'provocation'.
"So, Hua Rong Technology is offering technology far superior to the world's top lithium batteries for free, and also free lithium ore raw materials?"
After Meng Hao finished speaking.
Everyone was stunned, completely disbelieving.
Even though Meng Hao had explicitly stated this was a reward for them.
Still, such a windfall felt hard to believe.
"Then, besides franchising, what else do we need to do?"
If not for Meng Hao's consistently strong reputation, they might have dismissed it as a scam and left... However, Meng Hao and Hua Rong Technology were golden brands in Great Xia.
"It's very simple."
"With Hua Rong Technology as your guarantor, raise as much capital as possible."
"Then expand production. Within a month, I expect your companies' fixed assets and market value to be no less than one hundred million, and annual output value no less than fifty million."
"After this meeting, you should all promptly arrange for specialized personnel to come to Hua Rong Technology for training, and accept our guidance for industrial upgrades, transitioning to the latest, most cutting-edge lithium battery production lines."
Meng Hao paused, then continued.
"Of course, with rights come obligations."
"The technology is free... naturally, core technology will not be leaked, and the lithium ore is free."
"What you need to do is to surrender half of your output value as a franchise fee... You can trade the remaining half in the market... Products from Hua Rong Technology are guaranteed to be excellent... Even after surrendering half your output, the remaining portion will reach over twenty-five million. Deducting labor costs, etc., even with a 40% profit, that's nearly ten million in pure income."
For high-tech industries.
A 40% net profit was not considered high.
After all.
Take chips as an example.
The cost is just a pile of silicon crystals... colloquially known as sand!
...
The twenty-odd entrepreneurs, whose net worth instantly soared to over a hundred million,
Came in with worried faces and left with joyous strides.
At this moment.
They were immensely glad that they had unhesitatingly sided with Meng Hao several months ago.
This belated reward surpassed all their expectations.
And Meng Hao.
By outsourcing the lithium battery production to the franchisees.
He had once again unleashed his production capacity.
The first factory, which had already become the largest among his subsidiaries, immediately dismantled all its lithium battery production lines and distributed them to the various franchisees.
Concurrently, a large number of skilled workers, like sparks, spread across the country, heading to the franchisees' factory locations to provide technical guidance.
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
Business partnerships often yield a synergistic effect, where one plus one is greater than two.
This move was a win-win.
...
One month later.
It was the first delivery date for the tripartite gambling agreement.
Still using satellite encrypted communication.
"Oh."
"My dear Meng."
"What have you been busy with lately?"
"I heard your business is booming, receiving a large volume of domestic orders."
Marchek was openly rubbing salt in Meng Hao's wounds.
Seeing his schadenfreude, Meng Hao raised an eyebrow and didn't respond.
Marchek, finding himself out of his depth, reluctantly changed the subject.
"Songzan."
"Ten billion US dollars, to be delivered over a year, eighty million US dollars of goods each time."
"We've compressed costs, keeping them at 650,000 US dollars per unit... a further 5% reduction from the originally planned 70%... 125 units have arrived at the port designated by your company."
650,000 US dollars.
This was the absolute limit of cost compression Marchek could achieve.
He wanted to see how many units Meng Hao could squeeze out this time, having to cater to the domestic market while also exporting for foreign exchange.
As a result, before Meng Hao could speak.
Songzan, with a face full of astonishment, expressed his shock and surprise in his familiar, curry-scented accent.
"My god."
"Meng Hao."
"How did you manage this?"
"This time, you've sent 800 units."
"How did you control the cost to 100,000 US dollars per unit? This is simply incredible."
What the...
Marchek was stunned.
80 million US dollars in payment had resulted in 800 units of Meng Hao's Phantom mechs.
Reducing the price by a factor of ten.
How?
100,000 US dollars per unit?
Even if Meng Hao had sufficient funds for subsidies, how could his company increase its monthly production capacity from the original 500 units to 800 units?
And furthermore.
If he supplied all 800 mechs to Songzan.
What about the domestic market?
"Cost control is a commercial secret, so I cannot disclose it directly."
"As for production capacity, Mr. Songzan, you need not worry... With industrial upgrades, our Hua Rong Technology can now produce nearly 1,600 Phantom mechs per month."
"Coincidentally, domestic demand is also quite strong, with over ten thousand orders received... However, according to the original plan, these can be delivered within a year."
"I wonder when our Great Xia suddenly got so many wealthy individuals... However, the domestic version is tied to the consumer's identity, and once purchased, it cannot be returned or transferred."
Clearly.
The last sentence was directed at Marchek.
Finally.
Meng Hao didn't forget to add a final blow.
"The domestic version is priced at 1 million Great Xia coins per unit, which converts to approximately 135,000 US dollars, slightly higher than the supply price to you!"
What the hell.
Marchek's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
Judging from Meng Hao's expression.
Whether it was the 1 million Great Xia coins for the domestic version, which converted to 135,000 US dollars, or the 100,000 US dollar export version specifically for Songzan with its price reduced tenfold.
It seemed that both were profitable.
How was this possible?!