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Sophia Rossi said, "I've had the people at the China branch keep an eye on the Li Group's developments. They've reported that the Li Group has been in frequent contact with Xingchi Auto recently, apparently discussing cooperation regarding a new engine that's about to be developed."

"Xingchi Automobile?" Lucas Eason looked at Sofia Rossi with confusion. He had never heard of this company.

Sophia Rossi handed Lucas Eason another document about Xingchi Automobile and explained, "Xingchi Automobile is a newly established automobile company that acquired the Huayang Machinery Manufacturing Plant in China.

Not only that, they also invested in Professor Xu Zhili’s engine research and development project.”

Hearing Sofia Rossi say this, Lucas Eason's hand that was flipping through the documents stopped unconsciously.

He knew Professor Xu Zhili quite well. He was a well-known mechanical expert in China and even internationally.

At the beginning, Huanyu Auto offered Professor Xu Zhili generous treatment, hoping that he would join Huanyu Auto's R&D department, but was rejected.

Later, upon learning that Xu Zhili's team was carrying out an engine research and development project, Huanyu Auto tried to poach members of his team. It was almost successful, but in the end, a Chinese capital intervened and ruined the plan.

He had seen the news some time ago and learned that Professor Xu Zhili's R&D project had achieved a technological breakthrough and would soon be able to transform the R&D results into actual production capacity. This was not a good sign for Huanyu Auto.

"Who is the boss of Xingchi Automobile?" Lucas Eason asked.

Sophia Rossi replied, "Her name is Li Jiawei. She is the daughter of the Li family and the second largest shareholder of the Li Group."

Lucas Eason looked at Sofia Rossi and said, "You mean, the Li Group is arguing with us about this $600 million contract because its fundamental purpose is to lay out a plan for the next round of development in the automotive industry?"

Sophia Rossi nodded and confirmed, "Judging from the news from China, this possibility is very high.

After all, Xingchi Automobile has the technology, and the Li Group has huge and stable sales channels and productivity. Once the two companies cooperate, we will be in a passive position.

Moreover, our current engine research and development is at a bottleneck stage. Our R&D progress is slower than that of Professor Xu Zhili. Their collaboration is extremely disadvantageous to us.

Furthermore, if Huanyu Auto is branded as a 'commercial fraud', it will be difficult to attract investment even if we launch our new engine in the future."

Lucas Eason had been so exhausted by the affairs of the Li Group and Yas Walker during this period that he neglected other developments in the outside world. He did not expect to encounter such a "big trouble".

Lucas Eason paced anxiously in the office. After thinking for a long time, he looked at Sofia Rossi and said decisively, "We must stop the cooperation between the Li Group and Xingchi Automobile, and we must completely kill Xingchi Automobile while it is just getting started."

After saying that, Lucas Eason fell into deep thought again, and after a moment he asked, "What is the relationship between Xingchi Automobile's Li Jiawei and the Li family?"

Sofia Rossi said: "As far as I know, Li Jiawei's relationship with the Li family is not very good.

When she was born, due to a mistake made by the hospital, she was taken away with another baby girl. She was not recognized by the Li family until she was in her thirties.

Rather than saying that she has deep feelings for the Li family, it would be more accurate to say that her conflicts of interest with the Li family are more about conflict of interest.

Moreover, Li Yan came to work at this branch because he lost in the competition with Li Jiawei and was sent to the branch by the family. "

Lucas Eason pondered his plan secretly.

Technology is undoubtedly the core of today's business development. Previously, the Li Group lagged behind Huanyu Auto in terms of technology; otherwise, it would not have proactively invested in Huanyu Auto's engine R&D project in the first place.

Furthermore, the Li Group lacks next-generation engine technology. For Huanyu Auto, if it cooperates with it, Huanyu Auto can occupy a dominant position with its technological advantages and effectively control the Li Group.

Although Xingchi Automobile was established not long ago, Lucas Eason was deeply wary of it. After all, he was well aware of Professor Xu Zhili's strength.

In addition, he also learned about some parameters of the engine developed by Professor Xu Zhili and found that the performance of the engine developed by Professor Xu Zhili was comparable to that of Huanyu Auto, or even slightly better.

Lucas Eason seemed to suddenly think of something, stopped abruptly, and asked Sophia Rossi: "Are you sure that the Li Group is discussing cooperation with Xingchi Automobile?"

Sophia Rossi nodded and said, "Sure, the Chinese media has already reported on this."

Lucas Eason slammed the documents in his hand on the desk, looked at Sofia Rossi, and said anxiously: "Contact Liang Yusen immediately and tell him that we are willing to negotiate with the Li Group."

Sophia Rossi looked at him and asked, "Do you want to report this to the boss?"

Lucas Eason waved his hand and said, "No, the boss has given me full authority to handle this matter."

After hearing what Lucas Eason said, Sophia Rossi said, "Okay, I'll call Mr. Liang right away."

When Liang Yusen received a call from Sophia Rossi, he was really surprised.

After all, the relationship between the two companies has been tense in recent days, and there is no sign of compromise from either side.

Liang Yusen had originally prepared to meet with Huanyu Automobile Court, but he never expected that Sofia Rossi would tell him that Lucas Eason wanted to see him!

Although Liang Yusen couldn't figure out why Lucas Eason suddenly proposed a meeting, this was undoubtedly a positive signal, and he naturally agreed to meet with Lucas Eason.

Liang Yusen smiled and said, “Miss Sophia, please tell Mr. Lucas that I accept his invitation.”

After Liang Yusen hung up the call with Sofia Rossi, Li Yan looked at him in surprise and asked, “Uncle Liang, Lucas Eason wants to meet with you?”

Liang Yusen nodded thoughtfully: "That's right, but I don't know why he suddenly changed his attitude."

Li Yan didn't care why Lucas Eason changed his attitude. She just felt that the surprise came too suddenly. She said excitedly, "It must be because Huanyu Auto's stock price has fallen in the past few days, which has put pressure on them."

Liang Yusen looked at Li Yan, nodded and said, "That's one reason." However, Liang Yusen's intuition told him that the reason that prompted Lucas Eason's attitude change might not be that simple.

Li Yan didn't notice anything strange about Liang Yusen, and continued, "Uncle Liang, where are you meeting? Can I go with you to meet Lucas Eason?"

Liang Yusen looked at Li Yan with anticipation in his eyes. Furthermore, Li Yan had been performing very well in the past few days, and he also intended to continue training Li Yan. He told him the time and place for the meeting with Lucas Eason, and said, "You are most familiar with the cooperation between the Li Group and Huanyu Auto, so you should come with me to meet Lucas Eason."

The place where Liang Yusen and Lucas Eason met was a private manor with excellent privacy. Liang Yusen and Lucas Eason were both efficient people. After the two met, there was no excessive small talk. After greeting each other, they got straight to the point.

Lucas Eason spoke first: “Mr. Liang, our company recognizes the previous cooperation between the Li Group and Huanyu Automobile.

We currently offer two solutions. One is to treat our breach of contract as a breach of contract, and Huanyu Auto will return the $300 million invested by the Li Group and pay an additional $100 million as compensation.

Liang Yusen had little interest in the plan proposed by Huanyu Auto. The key to Li Group's insistence this time was not money. Liang Yusen looked at Lucas Eason, smiled slightly, and asked, "I want to hear your company's second solution."

Lucas Eason smiled and took out two identical documents, handing them to Liang Yusen and Li Yan respectively, "You two may want to take a look."

Liang Yusen opened the file, which was a newly drafted contract. However, after seeing the contents of the contract, Liang Yusen sneered and looked at Lucas Eason. These foreigners always like to play some tricks, thinking that others can't see through their calculations.

Liang Yusen put the document on the table in front of him, looked at Lucas Eason, and said coldly: “Mr. Lucas, is this your sincerity in negotiation?”

Lucas Eason naturally noticed Liang Yusen's dissatisfaction, but at the same time he also noticed the excitement in Li Yan's eyes who was sitting next to Liang Yusen.

Lucas Eason smiled and said, "Mr. Liang, this is our greatest sincerity. The Li Group lacks technology, and we lack sales channels in China. If we work together, we will definitely be able to get what we need and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results."

Liang Yusen said: “Mr. Lucas, I think you may have misunderstood.

The Li Group has no shortage of R&D personnel. With such an excellent R&D team, why would it worry about a lack of technology?

What's more, if you look at this contract, Huanyu Automobile and Li Group split the profits in an 80:20 ratio, which means that Li Group has become your Huanyu Automobile's OEM factory in disguise.

Do you think the Li Group will agree to such an unreasonable contract?"

Lucas Eason didn't respond to Liang Yusen. Instead, he looked at Li Yan and asked with a smile, "Mr. Li, what do you think of this contract?" As he spoke, as if he had made a great decision, he continued, "In fact, Huanyu Automobile can make some more concessions. If you are sincere in your cooperation, we can split the profits 70% and 30%. What do you think?"

When Li Yan heard Lucas Eason give in again, the excitement in his eyes became more obvious. He looked at Liang Yusen and whispered, "Uncle Liang, I think this plan is pretty good!"

When Liang Yusen heard what Li Yan said, he was about to open his mouth to refute, but his eyes swept over Lucas Eason and Sofia Rossi sitting opposite him, and he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

In the end, Lucas Eason and Liang Yusen still failed to reach an agreement, but this was only the first meeting between the two parties, and it was inevitable that they could not reach a consensus.

Watching Liang Yusen and Li Yan leave in the car, Sophia Rossi turned to look at Lucas Eason and asked, "Do you think the Li Group will agree to cooperate with us?"

Lucas Eason smiled confidently at Sofia Rossi, "They will agree to our terms. After all, this is in the current interests of the Li Group."

Lucas Eason could see that Mr. Li was very interested in his proposal, and he believed that Mr. Li would persuade his father to cooperate with Huanyu Auto.

Ever since getting in the car, Li Yan felt the chill emanating from Liang Yusen.

After the car drove away from the manor, Li Yan looked at Liang Yusen, whose face was gloomy, and said, "Uncle Liang, I sincerely think that the second solution proposed by Huanyu Automobile is very beneficial to the Li Group."

Liang Yusen turned to look at Li Yan and asked, "Huanyu Auto provides the engines, assembles them at the Li Group's factory, and then sells them through the Li Group's sales channels. Do you think this plan is feasible?"

Li Yan nodded in affirmation: "We can cooperate! Uncle Liang, you know that the Li Group's technology is currently out of date. Cooperating with Huanyu Auto can at least stabilize the Li Group's market share in the automotive field."

Liang Yusen sighed helplessly. He was completely disappointed with Li Yan at this moment. He didn't want to waste any more words and just said, "After returning to the hotel, tell your father about the situation here."

After returning to the hotel room, Li Yan immediately called his father Li Ronghua and told him in detail about his meeting with Lucas Eason today, including the two solutions given by Lucas Eason.

After hearing the first plan, Li Ronghua rejected it without hesitation. The Li Group was not short of the 400 million US dollars.

When Li Ronghua heard the second plan proposed by Huanyu Automobile, he fell silent.

He tried his best to minimize the impact of this incident and made Huanyu Automobile willing to negotiate with them. Although he also understood that Huanyu Automobile's move was essentially treating the Li Group as a downstream processing plant, it was beneficial to the current Li Group.

Moreover, Lucas Eason was right in saying that the Li Group is indeed lagging behind in engine technology.

Li Ronghua couldn't help but regret that he had given up investing in Professor Xu Zhili's engine research project and instead chose to invest in Huanyu Auto's engine research project.

Moreover, the domestic automobile industry has been developing rapidly in the past two years. If the Li Group falls behind, other car companies will swallow up their current market share, and it will be very difficult to catch up in the future.

Therefore, at present they can only use the market in exchange for cooperation opportunities. Although the profit is less, it can at least help the Li Group get through this difficult period.

Li Ronghua asked, "What is your uncle Liang's attitude towards this?"

Li Yan sighed and replied, "Uncle Liang doesn't quite agree with the proposal put forward by Huanyu Automobile."

Li Ronghua understood Liang Yusen's thoughts, but the difficulties the group was facing were far beyond Liang Yusen's imagination. He said, "I will communicate with your Uncle Liang."

Liang Yusen expected his second brother to call, so when Li Ronghua called, he answered without hesitation, "Second brother!"

Li Ronghua said: "I already know the solution proposed by Huanyu Auto."

Liang Yusen sighed and asked, "So, second brother, what is your choice?"

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