Chapter 969
"After months of research and preparation by our company team, we have decided to enter the automotive industry and breathe some new life into the automotive market."
"This time, the car product is as groundbreaking and ahead of its time as everything that has ever been made with future technology."
"Let us sell you on exactly what the car is, it will be unveiled to you at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland on December 1st."
The post is short, only three to four hundred words, and at the same time relatively brief.
Firstly, it introduced the news of the pre-order and release of the second generation of Future Technology's Super Generation mobile phone, before cryptically talking about the car side of things.
The specific price of the Super Generation II is, naturally, much more expensive than the Super Generation I. For the Super Generation II in China, the base price is at RMB 3,999, while the plus version will be two thousand dollars more expensive.
For North America, the base price of Super Generation II will be $1,500, and the plus version will be $500 more expensive.
Of course, the release of the Super Generation II is limited to China and North America, and will not be available for Europe and South America, where sales have not long begun, or for the fourth sales region, which is still in the preparatory stage of sales.
The majority of internet users, in fact, prefer to focus on the Super Gen II. After all, mobile phones are a popular item, whether they are for geeks or nerds, or for bigwigs, they are a necessity in their lives.
After Future Tech's new product launch a while ago, the coolness and power of the Ultra II has long since penetrated the hearts of users around the world.
Now that we know that Future Tech will be pre-ordering and releasing the Ultra II, most of the mobile fanatics are eager to pay for it immediately.
Of course, the news of the upcoming pre-order and launch of the Super Gen II was welcome, and the news of Future Tech's entry into the automotive industry was also a source of surprise and wonder for many.
"Big love to Future Tech, the Super Generation II is finally going to be launched, I've been waiting for it for so long I'm getting chrysanthemums!"
"You may not believe me, I dreamed of owning a piece of Super Generation II last night."
"So, apart from the Super Gen 2, Future Tech is going to enter the automotive sector?"
"Concentrate on mobile phones and watches, everything else is just a waste of time.
"I don't know, it's only been two years since the rise of Future Technology, but they've already ventured into mobile phones, chips, watches, graphene, metal hydrogen, entertainment and other industries, and now they're entering the automotive industry.
"Upstairs is the right solution, Li Linfei is a bull, Future Technology is a bull!"
"The future of technology is so high profile, the mobile phone industry has killed many companies, so on, to offend the world ah."
"Afraid of a hang, before the explosive head are honestly bowed, afraid of some company people make trouble?"
"Yes, the technology industry is based on technology and real ability, if you do not have the ability, then what is the point? Go home and nurse your child yourself."
"I just ask, who is Future Tech afraid of?"
Within minutes of the tweet being posted, it attracted thousands of comments.
Netizens were ecstatic about Future Tech's upcoming release of the Super Generation II, while there were both positive and negative comments about the move into the car industry.
Some think Future Tech is too greedy to chew, after all, its rise is too short, it should first stabilise the market such as mobile phones before making plans. Otherwise, it would be sad to see the company end up in bankruptcy.
In addition, there are also concerns that the rapid development of Future Technology, too high-profile, will touch the interests of many families and plutocrats, if they rise up against Super Dimension Technology, then Li Linfei's situation will not be easy.
However, many NC fans of Future Technology and Li Linfei said, "Who has Future Technology feared since its rise?
Even the United States is strong, Future Technology has never bowed its head, and has even taken a year's tax exemption from them.
In the eyes of those who believe in Future Tech, the company is synonymous with invincibility, and looking at the history of Future Tech's rise to prominence, this is indeed the case.
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In the age of the internet, information is shared.
The news of Future Technology's imminent entry into the automotive sector went viral and was soon reported by major media outlets around the world.
These included major international media such as the People's Daily, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Tokyo Daily News and the Times.
And four days after the news was spread to the world, that same day.
Wolfsburg, Germany, the headquarters of the Volkswagen Group.
The major shareholders and representatives of the Volkswagen Group were gathered in a bright and spacious conference room, sitting around an oval table.
The atmosphere, somewhat stagnant, was like the calm before a storm, making it feel quiet, but extremely depressing.
"Well everyone, you are all here, you have read the information I sent you, and I am sure you all know the subject of this meeting." At the top, Martin, the president of the Volkswagen Group, spoke up.
In the conference room, all eyes turned to him.
"A few months ago, we all gathered in this conference room, and at that time, we discussed with confidence the events concerning the future of technology and whether it would enter the automotive industry."
"The final conclusion was that there was a 60 per cent chance that they would not enter."
"However, four days ago, the official websites of both Future Technology and Ferrari, posted the news that they would be entering the automotive sector, and after yesterday's press conference, the matter has been confirmed."
"So, this hungry wolf from the East, Future Technology, has opened its fangs and also swung its claws at us, and they are coming to take a piece of our cake."
"Everyone, what you have to say about this, you can say whatever you want, I want everyone to put their opinions, to voice them."
With these words, Martin scanned the entire conference room, his eyes fell on the shareholders or shareholder representatives present, and saw that half of their faces were covered with a gloomy expression.
"President, I don't think this matter is as bad as I thought." A blue-clad gaijin in his fifties said.
"How so?" Martin gestured for him to continue.
Chapter 970
"First of all, I think that Future Technology has some backbone when they put out the word to enter the automotive sector, but their backbone, as we have discussed before, comes from Ferrari."
And this time, Ferrari has also announced that it is going to exhibit a new car on the same day as our company, Lamborghini, in Geneva, Switzerland."
"Perhaps this Ferrari exhibition car is the beginning of Super Dimension Technology's entry into the automotive field, but we all know that Super Dimension Technology has previously had nothing to offer in the field of automotive heavy industry, and they rely on nothing more than Ferrari's reserve technology."
"And after the lawsuit a while ago, Ferrari's two top labs, are firmly in our hands, so Future Technology may seem to be coming on strong this time, but in fact it's just a bluff." The blue-clad foreigner shut his mouth after finishing his insight.
Immediately afterwards, someone else immediately started to conform.
"That's right, Future Technology's focus is on internet related technology, automotive heavy industry, is not their area of expertise."
"They only have one Ferrari company under their umbrella, other than that, and my people have investigated clearly, Li Linfei himself has not been making any acquisitions of any car companies."
"Future Technology is now the number one company in the world, it's true that our Volkswagen Group can't match its revenue, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we should be afraid of it, at least we don't lose out to Future Technology in terms of our heritage."
The people sitting here are all bigwigs in the automotive field, and the Volkswagen Group's heritage, that naturally goes without saying, is extremely diverse with a wide range of car factories around the world.
Last month people within the company, valued the assets of the entire group and came to the conclusion that the total assets of the entire Volkswagen Group, at present, have managed to exceed US$500 billion.
This is real assets, not the market value of listed companies that would turn into a bubble in the event of a financial crisis.
So, under the shelter of such a powerful shade, the people of the Volkswagen Group speak with a lot of pride.
However, while some are optimistic, others see some crisis.
"Everyone, Future Technology is no bluff, they are a flooding beast, a hungry wolf, if we are not careful, we will be drowned and torn apart, just like the Apple Group!"
"There is no room for sloppiness in this matter, Future Technology's potential, after all this time, the whole world has recognised them, can't you see it yet?"
"It's ridiculous, at this point in time, you guys are still deceiving yourselves and others like this."
"Super Dimensional Technology doesn't understand heavy industry? But how did my people inquire that the high-precision nine-axis linkage CNC machine tools that the Chinese military recently got were leaked out from Super Dimensional Technology?"
"Before Future Technology introduced metallic hydrogen, who here believed that they could manufacture it? No, right, but now you see that every country in the world, including the United States, is taking money to beg people to sell 'metal hydrogen'."
"The future of technology cannot be underestimated, people, those companies that have closed down because they underestimated super-dimensional technology are a lesson for us to learn from, so pay attention."
Fear and a sense of horror and crisis are contagious emotions. With the deliberate mobilisation of a section of the room, the atmosphere in the entire conference room, again, became a few degrees of dullness.
"Let's all settle down and listen to me for a moment." Martin spoke out.
Soon, the conference room quietened down.
"First of all, it's true that we can't underestimate Future Technology, and no one will underestimate it, after all, its rise has brought too many surprises to the world.
"Their company's mobile phone is used by my son and daughter, and from their mouths, I learned what they say about this product, do you want to know what it is?"
"President Martin, what do you mean by boasting about Future Technology? Are you trying to boost the prestige of others and defeat our own?" Adesi, a representative of the Rurik family, said grimly.
Martin didn't even look at Adesi and continued with his own.
"My son told me it was the most perfect phone he had ever used, and my daughter told me that after using this phone, if she didn't have it in the future, her world would be grey."
"While young people may be exaggerating the truth, narrowing it down a bit doesn't stop us from understanding their love for the perfect phone."
"And regardless of everything else, let's just say the rise of the perfect phone has, in one fell swoop, crushed Apple, formerly the world's number one company in terms of market capitalisation."
"Apple, which lost its mobile phone business, has seen its market capitalisation fall by the wayside, from more than $700 billion last year to just under $400 billion now."
"Shrinking by more than $300 billion, that's what's happened to them."
At this point, Martin paused and turned his gaze to Adesi, who was a little uncomfortable by the look he was giving him and averted his gaze and inclined his head away.
"I don't want us, the Volkswagen Group, to follow in the same footsteps in the future." At this point, Martin's words took another abrupt turn.
"However, Future Technology is great, they are number one in the world, this is indisputable, but they are great is their business, we, the Volkswagen Group, also have our pride and backbone."
"This time, Super Dimensional Technology and indeed anyone else in the world will not expect that the car we launch on the 1st of December will be the crossover car that we will have in our technological reserves ten years from now."
As the words fell, a smug smile appeared at the corner of Martin's lips.
This time at the Geneva motor show, not only will there be Lamborghini cars, including Porsche, Audi, Bugatti under the VW umbrella, as well as the VW brand itself, will all launch new models.
"What does this ...... Martin president mean by your words?"
"This exhibition, actually put the technical reserves of ten years later, into use?"
"If that's the case, then there's not much suspense."
"I just want to know, what exactly is the car?" As the room chattered, Martin squeezed his hand and quickly quietened down.