Chapter 986 Rules Are Made for Winning

first was the us department of commerce investigation, then was the department of justice; they were all going after star sky technology.

if a conviction was formed, star sky technology might have to pay a 10 figure fine for the sh standard and lithium-air battery patent bundling agreement.

the united states seemed to have set its eyes on attacking this high-tech chinese company.

the day after the department of justice report came out, the news of the antitrust investigation spread throughout china.

soon after, heated discussions began to spread.

[f*ck sake, do the americans want to destroy star sky technology?]

[this is ridiculous! we bought it when it was worthless, now we find out its valuable, and theyre trying to say the sale wasnt legal?]

[it looks like star sky technology is being too flamboyant, they should have been more low-key! if they didnt have their sh standard, this wouldnt have happened!]

[go f*ck yourself! we developed the technology ourselves, why cant we use our own standards? also, the sh standard charging station is only in shanghai? why does the us have authority here?]

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compared to the discussion on facebook, the weibo discussions were undoubtedly more intense. there were a lot more curse words being thrown around.

people with ulterior motives also joined in on the discussion.

for example, a well-known expert in the financial industry wrote a post around procedural justice and game theory, tackling the problem of how star sky technology should treat sanctions by the department of commerce.

[actually, this is a problem of chinese companies unable to adjust to the international market.

[there are many companies with excellent research and development capabilities in our country, but what advanced science and technology needs is good management. even though many companies have achieved success, they arent able to penetrate the international market. [they think that they can do whatever they want, just like what they do in china. that idea is naive and ignorant.

[in fact, the united states isnt worried about being surpassed by china. its quite the contrary. the rise of chinas economy is in line with the interest of the united states. however, chinese companies are not aware of this. if you follow the rules of the game, they will admit defeat and praise you. however, if you dont follow the rules, dont complain when they give you a lesson!]

after this article came out, it immediately spread to other social media platforms.

some people scolded the article, while others were persuaded.

regardless of public perception, the author had successfully achieved their goal.

the authors view count exploded

i saw it, it looks like were going through an antitrust investigation.

lu zhou sat in his jinling institute for advanced study office. he was talking with chen yushan on the phone.

because the college entrance examination was only a few days ago, lu zhou posted on weibo to his teenage fans, wishing them good luck in the exam.

however, most of his fans were talking about his company being sanctioned.

but because it was getting closer to june, lu zhou was spending most of his time on riemanns hypothesis. he didnt pay attention to star sky technology or beep beep charging.

if it werent for people on weibo tagging him, he wouldnt have even known about the americans plans.

chen yushan didnt seem to be worried.

who cares if theyre after you, ill protect you.

lu zhou:

okay, okay, just kidding. chen yushan smiled and said in a serious manner, has the state come to look for you? people from beijing?

lu zhou thought for a second and said, does the state administration for national defense count?

director li would come to lu zhous office every couple of days.

chen yushan smiled and said, thats good, you can relax now.

lu zhou said, thats it?

chen yushan: of course, competition between companies is just market behavior, so the country wouldnt intervene. whether its in america or china.

but this is clearly not the case now, because of the lithium-air battery and sh standard, we have clearly dominated the market. electric vehicle companies and charging station companies only have two options, either adhere to our standards or give up on lithium-air batteries.

obviously, from their perspective, it seems like they have a choice.

they actually didnt have a choice.

not adhering to the new standards meant they would be eliminated from the market.

unless the entire industry abandoned lithium-air batteries, consumers would naturally choose lithium-air batteries over lithium-sulfur batteries.

and obviously, the industry wouldnt just abandon the superior lithium-air batteries.

chinese companies would gladly incorporate lithium-air batteries into their cars.

lu zhou nodded and said, so, were about to win, but the americans are upset. they want to smash the chessboard, am i correct?

chen yushan smiled and said, bingo! youre correct! rules are made for winning, rules are broken for winning too.

then what do you plan on doing? lu zhou said. sitting in his chair with his phone pressed against his ear, he said curiously, were just a company, were no match against an entire country.

chen yushan: thats right, but the second the department of justice and department of commerce smashed the chessboard, the chess players have changed.

some departments might pretend to turn a blind eye, but seeing how director li came all the way to jinling, it looks like beijing is taking this seriously.

chen yushan smirked and said, this isnt about business competition anymore, this is about politics.

lu zhou nodded.

i see, no wonder you said the chess game is over, and the show is about to begin.

yeah, our job is over, we just have to wait now. chen yushan sighed and said emotionally, a few years ago, i would have never adopted such a radical strategy, but now, we can.

in fact, when the lithium-sulfur batteries came out, star sky technology had the option to do something similar to this.

because of the reliability and durability of lithium-sulfur batteries compared to traditional lithium-ion batteries, they had the chance of making companies like apple and samsung adhere to their standards.

as long as they cooperated with huawei or xiaomi, they had the chance to dominate the market.

however, that was just in theory; if they really did that, it would be suicide.

just by monopolizing the electric vehicle industry alone, they were able to attract the attention of the white house.

if they tried to do the same on mobile phones and other electronic equipment, the united states would have taken a more drastic approach

even huawei and xiaomi wouldnt have done such a thing; they would have stayed far away from star sky technology.

weak countries dont have diplomacy, strong nations have everything. just like how manhattan controls the worlds wealth. is it because of their trading technology? maybe, but thats not the essence of it.

our situation is similar. business operation is important, but the reason were winning is not because of our strategy.

lu zhou curiously asked, then what is it?

chen yushan: its because of you.

me?

yeah chen yushan smiled and said, we already won, ever since the light that illuminated haizhou three years ago.

just wait and see. even if were going against exxonmobil and tesla, or even the white house, we will be victorious!