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"Tell those Mexicans that China has a drone brand called DJI. Their drones are cheap and affordable. These drones can fly 30 kilometers at a time and can carry up to 30 kilograms of cargo. A drone costs only a few thousand US dollars. You don't need to take the main road to transport cargo with drones." Han Chen said.

How could Sleater Christian not understand what Han Chen meant? He was asking him to tell the Mexicans to use drones for smuggling.

90% of the smuggled goods in the United States come from Mexico, whether it is arms, drugs, people or eggs, there is nothing Mexicans can't do as long as you can think of it.

Mexico borders five American states: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Florida.

In addition, the bordering area between the two sides is too large to strictly guard every space on the border.

What's more, Han Chen has now given them a new smuggling method that is difficult for border police to detect.

Han Chen believed that as long as Sleater Christian told the Mexicans this information, it would not be long before a large number of Deep Blue electronic products would be smuggled into the United States.

"Boss, I understand." Sleater Christian replied with a smile.

"Okay, nothing else." Han Chen said and hung up the phone.

Fast forward to November 2014, 1.

Although Sleater Christine told Han Chen about the tax increase on the 1st, it was only passed by the House of Representatives last night. Don't think that three days is a long time to pass a resolution.

In fact, it is rare for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a resolution in three days. If it weren't for Black Rock's push behind it, it would have taken at least a year and a half to pass.

The authorities also expressed strong condemnation of the US tax increase and said they would take corresponding countermeasures in the near future.

Han Chen had just arrived at the company when he received a message from Zhu Xiaotong, saying that the dark blue GLS2013 hybrid version and dark blue sedan had been released, and the time was the same as the time Zhu Xiaotong reported.

After arriving at the automobile laboratory, Han Chen saw a silver-white car that looked like a Model 3 placed in the center of the laboratory.

Next to this car is a dark blue extended-range version of the GLS2013.

"Mr. Han." Zhu Xiaotong greeted Han Chen quickly after seeing him.

Ma Changan and Yang Yichong also greeted Han Chen after Zhu Xiaotong greeted him.

Han Chen could see through the car window that the interior of the electric sedan was made of high-end leather seats, just like the dark blue GLS2013.

The layout of the electric sedan’s center console is very similar to that of the dark blue GLS2013.

"Mr. Han, this electric car is designed completely according to your requirements. The body specifications are 5021*1987*1431 and the wheelbase is 2960mm. The motor uses a self-developed permanent magnet synchronous reluctance motor.

This electric car is available in two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive options. The power of the front and rear dual motors of the four-wheel drive version is 135kW/235kW respectively.

整车使用的是48V的系统，电池使用的是900V高压平台，电池分为52kWh、75kWh和105kWh，续航时间分别为400公里、620公里以及880公里，最多可以支持600KW的快充，双枪模式下支持900KW快充。

The car system is equipped with a second-generation Whale Swallow CPU and a second-generation Kongxuan graphics card. HUD, privacy sound shield, and audio configurations are optional.

The chassis uses our independently developed multi-link independent suspension system, and the ABS system uses our independently developed ABS system. Our independently developed BAS can support braking at a maximum distance of 105 kilometers. In addition, our independently developed ABS also supports reversing triggering, which can be compared with the ABS of the BMW Series.

"Ma Changan began to introduce other parameters in a babble.

根据马长安的介绍双驱52KW的成本是13万软妹币，75KW的成本是15.8万软妹币，四驱105KW的成本是18.6万软妹币，四驱版本只有105KW的才有。

韩琛打算将52KW价格定在19.8万软妹币，75千瓦价格定23.9万软妹币，105W千瓦顶配版则是定在29.8万软妹币。

This pricing allows Han Chen to control the gross profit margin of each vehicle at around 40-50%.

Ma Changan then introduced to Han Chen the extended-range version of the Deep Blue GLS2013. The extended-range version of the Deep Blue GLS2013 replaces the original fuel engine with an electric motor, and the three-electric system uses the three-electric system of an electric car.

The extended-range version of the Deep Blue GLS2013 has motors for two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, and batteries for 52kWh, 75kWh and 105kWh.

It is equipped with a 1.5T extended-range dedicated generator, which was independently developed by the Deep Blue team. Thanks to it, the cost of the entire vehicle has been reduced a lot.

Standard features include HUD, privacy sound shield, high-end audio and space seats.

The cost of the extended-range version of the Deep Blue GLS2013 is also much lower than the original fuel version. The cost of 52kWh is only 20 RMB, the cost of 75kWh is 21.5 RMB, and the cost of 105kWh is 24 RMB. Of course, this number is not accurate to the decimal point.

满油满电的情况下52kWh版本可以续航1400公里，75kWh可以续航1750公里，105kWh可以续航2000公里。

Han Chen is also very satisfied with the two electric cars designed by Ma Changan and Yang Yichong.

"Electric vehicles are different from fuel vehicles. A single vehicle must run at least 20 kilometers in road testing, and the total mileage must be at least 1000 million kilometers. We will recruit more people to challenge the 20-kilometer 24-hour uninterrupted road test. After we confirm that there are no problems, we will push the car to the market. After all, this car is sold to our own people, and we must ensure the safety and stability of the vehicle." Han Chen said.

"Okay, Mr. Han." Zhu Xiaotong replied.

"Okay, just do your thing. I won't disturb you anymore." Han Chen said and turned to leave.

After Han Chen returned to the office, he sent a message to Tong Jingjing, asking her to recruit a group of researchers to develop satellites. Han Chen planned to launch the Starlink project before Max.

Not long after Han Chen sent the message, Jiang Enzhu pushed open the office door and walked in.

"Husband, Sanxing China CEO Jin Rongxia, Intel China CEO Yang Xu, AMD China CEO Pan Xiaoming, Nvidia China CEO Zhang Jianzhong, Qualcomm China CEO Meng Pu, and MediaTek President Tsai Ming-jie, they want to meet with you. Who do you think they should meet and who they should not?" Jiang Enzhu asked.

"Tell them you won't meet and we can talk about anything else in April," Han Chen said.

Han Chen knew that these people came for Beidouxing, but it had already been said that Beidouxing would be released in April, so it was impossible for him to release Beidouxing in advance.

In this case, there is no point for Han Chen to see these people again, so he might as well just get rid of them.

"Okay, husband." Jiang Enzhu replied.

"Enzhu, you will form a sales team to be responsible for Beidouxing's business. Beidouxing's business will be handed over to you from now on." Han Chen said.

"Ah, I think being your secretary is pretty good." Jiang Enzhu said in surprise. "Leave the business matters to the people below you, you just need to manage them well. Chang Huazhang has been bored to death since you came, I'm afraid he will resign if this continues." Han Chen pinched Jiang Enzhu's collagen-filled face and smiled.

"Okay." Jiang Enzhu said with a pout.

United States April 2014, 1.

The Deep Blue Group store in Times Square, New York City.

With the third generation of DeepBlue mobile phones supporting instant voice translation and DeepBlue smart home, the traffic of DeepBlue Group's experience store suddenly surpassed that of Fruit Store to become the electronic product experience store with the largest traffic.

After all, Deep Blue's things are so advanced, and few people can refuse them.

Yarco Gallegos is a college student at New York University. In addition, he is also an avid fan of Deep Blue. It's a pity that his family is not well off and can't afford to buy him a Deep Blue mobile phone.

Of course, Yarco Gallegos did not give up. In order to have his own Deep Blue mobile phone, he worked in a convenience store every day.

After working odd jobs for several months, he finally saved enough money to buy a Deep Blue MAX3.

Yarco Gallegos happily walked into the Deep Blue Experience Store and immediately went to the Deep Blue mobile phone booth.

The salesperson also greeted Yarco Gallegos with a smile when he saw him.

"Sir, this is the latest Deep Blue MAX3 mobile phone launched by our Deep Blue Electronics. This phone..." Fion Clemens was about to introduce the Deep Blue mobile phone to the other party, but he was interrupted by Yarco Gallegos before he could finish his words.

"I remember the price of Deep Blue MAX3 is 1299 US dollars, why does it say here that the price is 1549 US dollars?" Yarco Gallegos asked with a frown.

"I'm very sorry, sir. Here's what happened. Congress passed an agreement yesterday to increase tariffs on Chinese electronic products by 25%, from the original 10% to 35%. Our costs have increased, so naturally the selling price has also increased," said Fion Clemens helplessly.

After hearing the other party's words, Yarco Gallegos also showed a bitter smile.

He only has 1400 US dollars for everything he owns, and he can't afford it after the price increase.

"Sir, if you think the Deep Blue MAX3 is expensive, why don't you buy our Deep Blue 3 phone? Although the Deep Blue 3 is a little worse than the Deep Blue MAX3, its performance is still faster than other phones on the market." Fion Clemens said after seeing the other party's expression.

But Yarco Gallegos only wanted to buy Deep Blue MAX3. Although the performance of Deep Blue 3 was stronger than other mobile phones on the market, there was still a certain gap between Deep Blue 3 and Deep Blue MAX3.

"I'll come back another day." Yarco Gallegos said dejectedly.

Fortunately, he is only short of 100 US dollars now, and he can just work for 100 days with 3 US dollars.

at the same time.

Medford, Oregon, USA

Brian DeBoer had just arrived at the company when he received a call from Sleater Christian.

"Mr. Brian, you already know about the tariffs, right?" said Sleater Christian.

"Got it," Brian DeBoer replied.

"Because of the tariffs, our supply price needs to increase from $11 to $13.5," said Sleet Christian.

"Mr. Sleet, we have signed a contract. Why do you suddenly raise the price? Isn't that unreasonable?" Brian DeBoer said.

Since Brian DeBoer knew about the tariffs, he naturally knew that the cost of Deep Blue would increase as a result. As a businessman, he was definitely unwilling to raise prices.

After all, they will lose a lot of money after the price increase of Shenlan. They can't tell customers that Shenlan has increased its prices, so our prices must also increase.

"Mr. Brian, we signed a long-term contract. It is clearly written in the fifth clause of Article 7 of the contract that if costs increase due to tariffs, we have the right to adjust the price based on the actual tariff price." said Sleater Christian.

If it were any other supplier, they probably wouldn’t have the confidence to talk to Brian DeBoer in this way.

The reservation volume of Deep Blue GLS2013 in the United States has exceeded 15. Unless Brian DeBoer does not want to do business with Deep Blue anymore, Brian DeBoer will never turn against Sleater Christian.

要知道一辆深蓝GLS2013可是给他们带来8万美刀的毛利，15万辆深蓝GLS2013的毛利就是12亿美刀的毛利。

After deducting various costs, they can still make 10 billion US dollars.

"Mr. Brian, we have no choice about this matter. If we don't raise the price, we will lose money. Now that the tariffs of Deep Blue Automobile have changed, you can also adjust the retail price so that you will not lose money on future orders.

People who can afford this price don’t lack the money, and consumers can accept a moderate price increase.” Slit Christian said.

"Mr. Sleet, as far as I know, the cost of the Deep Blue GLS2013 is very low, and it is not my fault that tariffs were imposed this time. So let's both take a step back. You adjust the price to US$12, and we will each bear part of the tax pressure." Brian DeBoer said.

"Mr. Brian, this price is finalized by our headquarters. I have no right to adjust the price. If Brian wants to bargain with me, then I can only say sorry to you. If Mr. Brian cannot accept it, I can only terminate the cooperation. We will look for a new agent to cooperate with." Sleater Christian refused.

When Brian DeBoer heard what the other party said, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"I understand. Our cooperation continues." Brian DeBoer said with gritted teeth.

Brian DeBoer would rather earn less than give up the cooperation with Deep Blue. Even if they make 2.5 less per car, they can still make 6.3 US dollars. He can't make that much money even if he sells ten BBA cars.

"Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Brian." Sleater Christian smiled.

at the same time.

After the news of the price increase of Deep Blue was posted on the Internet, it quickly became a hot topic among netizens.

"Does anyone know what's going on with Deep Blue's price increase this time?"

"The gentlemen in Congress passed a bill yesterday, which raised the tariff on imports from China from 10% to 25%, and the tariff on cars from 2.5% to 25%. Now domestic brands can't compete with Deep Blue. If they want to make local brands more competitive, they can only protect local companies by increasing tariffs." (End of this chapter)