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

Against the backdrop of increasingly exhausted oil resources and environmental pollution, electric vehicles will enter a period of rapid development, but due to the high cost of electric vehicles, short battery cycle life, and short range, etc., the main factors restricting the further large-scale promotion of electric vehicles.

Major automobile manufacturers around the world are speeding up the research on new energy vehicles. However, although traditional automobile companies have accumulated years of experience in building cars, they are still unable to devote too much energy to new energy vehicles.

After several automakers tried to build electric cars, they eventually failed due to various reasons. The large amount of funds invested in the early stage were wasted, causing huge losses, and also caused some automakers who were eager to try it back.

To be honest, in the eyes of Daimler, after years of technical accumulation, Tesla's rechargeable pure electric vehicles are really not "new things".

However, there is really no car company in the world that can accelerate Tesla by 100 kilometers and have a range of cruising comparable to supercars.

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

Unlike the mainstream trend of electric vehicle batteries now, Tesla is the only manufacturer that directly uses the 18650 lithium-ion battery. Compared with lithium iron phosphate batteries, although this battery is relatively mature in technology, has high power, high energy density, and has a high consistency, the safety factor of this battery is also low. It is really caught fire, and 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?

This is no secret, Tesla has the world's top battery management system.

This is also the biggest reason why Daimler has pinched his nose and accepted the slaughter.

Andy wanted to introduce traditional car manufacturers because he knew better than anyone else about the current situation of Tesla. While Tesla, which focuses on new energy vehicles, is giving products more technological colors, it is difficult to avoid flaws due to its thin experience in making cars.

To be honest, Tesla's technical team focuses on electronics and electricians, so it is much more difficult to develop battery management systems than to develop batteries or chassis. The biggest killer weapon is to solve the bottleneck of development of pure electric vehicles, such as batteries and battery safety control systems and charging technology.

Andy knows better than anyone else that to realize Tesla's business plan, it is necessary to work hard on patent technology, which is the key to establishing his Tesla company's dominance in the world's electric vehicle field.

Although Tesla showed a cold and arrogant look, both sides knew that the negotiations had progressed to this point and hit it off.

However, cooperation is the same as cooperation, Andy has never believed that Daimler will give up developing electric vehicles in the future. With the advancement of technology in the future, Europe and the United States, which have always been strict with emission restrictions, will have stricter emission requirements. In this way, as a future solution, how can the overlord car companies like Daimler always be subject to Tesla's battery and power technology?

Thinking with your toes, these Germans will definitely turn against each other when they find that they cannot get the sharing of Tesla's technologies and will always be controlled by others, which is definitely something that these Germans cannot accept!

However, it is the honeymoon period that has just been signed. The two sides directly started a good buddy drama of commercial bragging at the press conference, which once again made Tesla the focus of attention of major media the next day.

The valuation of a $200 million company has increased by 10 times in a year. Many people open their mouths in disbelief when they see this news, and they feel like the world is becoming crazy.

Of course, there is also a group of people who regretted their worries when they see the news. What's more interesting is that no matter how angry he avoids harassment from journalists and paparazzi, asking how to see how Tesla's valuation soars to $2 billion, was included in the 2008 list of Time magazine's top ten worst deals.

This list ranks first for Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's acquisition...

Of course, no matter how Musk smashed and vented his anger, the investors called to ask about their financing intentions. All of this is just a small note on his road to success for Andy, a business genius who was praised by the media as having the best way to do business by the business genius Andy.

At this moment, Andy was wearing a hard hat, in the brilliant California sunshine, listening to the good news from his phone, while watching the busy work scenes of the many machinery and workers on the construction site of the new headquarters of Mocking Birds.

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

Andy's lips raised, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter. He finally won NB Global. As long as he returns to New York to complete the transaction himself, he can announce to the world that his Andy Smith's media empire has been established!

Meanwhile, Breon Roberts, CEO of Comcast, the largest cable TV service provider in the United States, hung up the phone with a frown.

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

Although it is no secret that Andy Smith's acquisition of NB Global is no longer a secret, the news of the acquisition has still shocked the entire media world.

Bran Roberts walked out of his office and began to think about a crazy plan.

Just now, after receiving the news that General Electric had signed a transaction agreement, he called Disney President Michael Eisner and made a friendly suggestion to the other party about the merger of Comcast and Disney, but it was flatly rejected by Michael Eisner.

In addition to the brief stagnation caused by the post-9/11 recession, the media industry has been steadily merging in recent years, but in the past few months, the merger deal has reached its peak due to Andy Smith's appearance.

Nowadays, the global financial crisis is raging, and the media industry has also suffered heavy losses. Moreover, the media industry can no longer rest assured by having richer program content than other companies. Winning cannot be separated from communication capabilities.

Bran Roberts narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes becoming sharp and firm, and he quickly walked towards the chairman's office.

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

Comcast founder and chairman Ralph Roberts was slightly stunned. He looked at his son in surprise. After all, he always gets along with him in the company based on work relationships. This is the first time he calls him dad directly in the company. It seems that the media's flattery of Andy Smith is very exciting to his son who is above the top.

"Is it a malicious acquisition?" Ralph pondered and frowned, looking at his son's face showing a firm expression, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Disney will never let us succeed.

You should better target Viacom and BS!

Sumnered Stone's media empire suffered a heavy blow in the financial storm, with its National Entertainment Inc. already liable for $1.6 billion, forcing him to sell his Viacom and BS stocks for $23.3 billion.

I've bought this part of the stock. All you have to do is continue to buy the remaining shares. Don't worry, take it slowly, Sumner's health seems to be getting worse. He has been absent from the quarterly earnings call of Viacom and CBS. I think he sells stocks at such low prices to ease the financial crisis, and more importantly, an estate plan."

Bran Roberts's face turned red a little, and he opened his mouth to say something, but looking at his father's indifferent expression, he finally nodded helplessly and replied: "I understand, Chairman, I will handle it..."
Chapter completed!