What's wrong with Chapter 239? Legal liaison.
What's wrong with Chapter 239? Legal liaison.
"That's impossible. I know Huachuang; their technology includes at least two generations of ours."
Moreover, training them is extremely difficult. To complete training in such a short time would require either someone providing them with new techniques or a telepathic communication to deceive us.
"So what do we do now?"
Seeing that his subordinates had once again thrown this problem at him, Müller was also worried.
Transsion is about to launch its cars. If they really solve the ESP problem, they'll become a laughing stock among the regional managers.
What's more troublesome is that once Transsion's ESP starts selling to the public, Bosch's business in China will be truly threatened.
This is not an assumption, but an inevitable choice.
After all, anyone who dares to offend Chuanyin is already buried with grass growing 3 meters tall.
"Make an appointment with Ms. Liu from Chuanyin for me." Mueller stood up. "I need to talk to her. Now, immediately!"
Hans Müller's tone grew increasingly flustered and fearful.
But his secretary's conversation only intensified his fear once again.
The logistics department replied that Liu Fang was currently busy and unavailable, and that she would need to wait in line.
The boomerang has returned.
After two anxious days of waiting, Muller finally received a call from Liu Fang.
"Mr. Liu, Bosch was wrong in what happened before. We have resolved the production capacity issue, and ESP can resume supply. We can offer Transsion the most favorable terms in terms of price."
There was a brief pause on the other end of the phone, followed by Liu Fang's laughter.
"Mr. Muller is too late."
Liu Fang raised her hand to look at her watch again: "If we're not mistaken, a brand new email we sent to your company should have arrived by now."
Since the collaboration was "pleasant," shall we meet somewhere else?
Muller knew Liu Fang's words had a hidden meaning, and he wanted to explain anxiously, but in the end... the other party had already hung up on him, giving him no chance to explain at all.
Just then, the secretary knocked on the door and came in.
"Mr. Mueller, the radio transmission has sent us an indictment, and the court hearing is scheduled for next week."
Muller initially thought his secretary had misspoke, after all, for such a large international contract, even if a lawsuit were filed, it would take some time...
But when he took a look, an incredulous expression immediately appeared on his face. When did the court become so idle?
The lawsuit was filed three days ago, the case was accepted three days ago, and the court hearing is scheduled for next week...
There seems to be something wrong with this program.
But when he saw that the court was in Guangzhou, he immediately understood that the other side had used the rules.
"Apply for an objection to jurisdiction and drag the case to Shanghai, so that it can be delayed for a while longer."
The secretary shook her head: "Boss, that's for our individual clients, it's useless for telepathy."
Even if it's just to waste time, it won't work. The court will definitely reject it, since the contract already stipulates the delivery location, and Guangzhou has jurisdiction.
Hans Müller felt a wave of dizziness wash over him; he shouldn't have been so greedy.
But he quickly took action, convening a meeting with the legal department, since it was ultimately up to the legal department to decide whether there was a problem.
As expected, the legal department was not as worried as Mueller.
General Counsel Zhou Jianping threw the lawyer's letter from Chuanyin onto the table with a soft thud, a disdainful smile playing on his lips.
"Has Transsion gone mad? ESP has a global monopoly, and our production capacity claims are legal and compliant."
The Guangzhou court dared to rule against us; they're not afraid we'll drag the others down with us.
In the past half hour, Hans Müller had figured it out. This was just some trickery played by the other party. He then reopened the lawyer's letter with a blank expression.
His biggest worry now is the benefits he's received. Of course, those benefits are for the company's benefit; even if the company fails, it won't throw him out.
"Probably?" Hans Müller thought to himself.
"6.57 million," Hans Müller said in a low voice, "Do they even know what they're doing?"
Zhou Zhengping nodded: "Mr. Muller, don't worry. This is their strategy—to make exorbitant demands to force us to settle."
But the problem is, we have absolutely no reason to reconcile.
"Tight production capacity is a fact, and the contract includes a liability exemption clause. Even if we drag this out in court for two or three years, they still won't win."
Hans Müller was completely relieved of his worries.
Then he looked at his secretary beside him: "What about the promises made by those car companies?"
"It's all been signed," Zhou Zhengping said quickly. "Geely, Changcheng, Shanghai Automotive, and several other joint ventures have all renewed their contracts."
Yes, sales have increased by 10% compared to the same period last year.
Muller nodded, thankfully he hadn't become that unfortunate victim.
"Then let's do it this way." He stood up, a slight smile finally appearing on his lips. "Transsion wants to build cars, fine. But they need to understand that the automotive industry is not the mobile phone industry."
The rules in this industry are set by the suppliers, not by newcomers.
It's just a supply chain disruption for a period of time; which company hasn't experienced that?
How come it's the other way around when it comes to him?
He sat down again, and another plan began to form in his mind.
"Notify the public relations department to leak some information."
"For example, Transsion wanted products with poor quality control and small orders. We simply don't have that many low-end products; after all, production capacity must prioritize shipping large, high-quality products to major manufacturers."
Zhou Zhengping immediately praised, "Mr. Muller, your move was absolutely brilliant."
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Guangzhou, Transsion Motors.
Liu Fang has been communicating with the legal director for the past few days.
Her desk was piled high with documents: all sorts of contracts, emails, recordings, shipping documents, and test reports.
"Mr. Liu, the second phase of the adaptation test at Huakong is complete."
The assistant pushed open the door and handed over a report.
Liu Fang took the report and turned to the last page.
"Passed. All indicators meet national standards, average parameters exceed those of PhDs by 60%, and some performance indicators are more than doubled."
This will give us a greater advantage in the upcoming negotiations.
Liu Fang nodded, picked up her phone, and dialed another number.
"Boss, Bosch has taken care of it."
Shen Fei remained calm on the other end of the phone, not showing much anger: "Where's the chain of evidence?"
"Boss, you can rest assured that I've got it all locked up." Liu Fang opened the folder in front of her.
"The original contract and a recording of a Bosch sales representative privately admitting it wasn't a production capacity issue."
They have all the logistics orders and factory records that they provided to those car manufacturers.
Our loss list is also out: production line shutdowns, order defaults, and brand losses totaling 6.57 million yuan.
"Don't forget the deposit and late payment fees, okay?"
"22.5 billion." Liu Fang hesitated slightly. "Boss, this..."
"Not high." Shen Fei's voice carried a hint of amusement. "If they dare to block the way, they should be prepared to have a piece of their flesh bitten off by us."
Liu Fang nodded.
"Understood. I'll look for new evidence in the next couple of days and see if I can get any more evidence."
SFS