Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 417: The Feud Between Biya Mansion and Changcheng
Chen Yiyang originally thought that it was already quite surreal when Wei Hanyu got the Great Wall’s official intervention to ruin his reputation, only to find out he wasn’t even the first victim.
Wei Yujun had already done similarly abstract operations with Changcheng, and Wei Hanyu purely learned from his father.
Last year, when faced with Changcheng’s accusation, Biya Mansion’s reaction was swift.
They immediately issued an official statement, claiming there was nothing wrong with their product, but rather Changcheng’s testing methods were flawed, and their product met national standards. They stated that Changcheng’s actions harmed Biya Mansion’s brand development.
After the issue blew up, supporters of Changcheng and Biya Mansion started debating over atmospheric fuel tanks being environmentally friendly and flammability issues.
But the debate quickly turned into personal attacks from both sides, leading to a fierce online war of words.
This forced Biya Mansion to come forward and explain in detail the technical principles of their atmospheric fuel tanks and even offered to make this technology free for other car manufacturers to try.
However, when Changcheng launched their new car afterward, they would occasionally mention this incident, subtly disparaging Biya Mansion’s atmospheric engine.
At that time, Chen Yiyang hadn’t planned to get into the automotive business, so he didn’t pay attention to it.
Now, hearing the assistant’s explanation, Chen Yiyang finally understood why, when he sought a partnership with Biya Mansion to purchase a manufacturing plant in Brazil back then, Biya Mansion agreed so readily and straightforwardly.
As it turns out, Biya Mansion already had issues with Changcheng. They were eager to strike Changcheng when it was down.
Then came this year.
During the time Chen Yiyang was in the Middle East,
Wei Yujun accepted an interview where he again brought up the old accusation against Biya Mansion.
He stated that his accusation back then was correct, that Biya Mansion’s atmospheric fuel tank was like a ghost lamp, and he had to blow it out.
This statement immediately made Biya Mansion uneasy.
Biya Mansion’s top management promptly posted a "Ghost Blows Out the Light" message and then said, "Dogs can bite people, but people can’t bite dogs."
"Actually, there’s a reason for the current huge conflict between these two companies."
The assistant handed Chen Yiyang a document and continued, "Biya Mansion’s low-priced models have been threatening Changcheng’s survival space in recent years, eroding the ecological niche of several of Changcheng’s key profitable models."
"Can’t Changcheng fight back commercially?" Chen Yiyang asked.
"Biya Mansion’s profit on a whole car is about a little over three thousand yuan, but because of its large scale, variety of models, and earlier entry into the new energy field compared to Changcheng,
even with low profits, Biya Mansion can still ensure it makes money from other aspects, which can subsidize its price war with Changcheng.
But Changcheng is different. Although they have several models with good sales, the group’s overall profit is not high. If they engage in a price war with Biya Mansion, they’ll definitely deplete their funds before Biya Mansion does."
"I understand." Chen Yiyang nodded.
In layman’s terms, Biya Mansion has multiple gold mines.
They can use extremely low profit to engage in a price war in a single field against Changcheng.
But Changcheng’s advantage lies in these flagship products to make money; they only have this one gold mine.
So now Changcheng is cornered, which pushes Wei Yujun to strike at Biya Mansion’s reputation.
Hoping to use off-market tactics to defeat Biya Mansion.
"That’s indeed a clever strategy, multiple mines against a single mine."
After understanding the conflict between Changcheng and Biya Mansion, Chen Yiyang clapped his hands, calling Liu Xiaoyue and others from Yiyang Automobile over.
"How is the trial production of our first model at Yiyang Automobile going?"
"It’s in the final debugging stage," Liu Xiaoyue said, "At the same time, we are negotiating with upstream and downstream suppliers to see if costs can be lowered a bit so we can aim for higher profits."
"What about pricing, any ideas?" Chen Yiyang continued to ask.
"The current management’s view is that it would be best for each vehicle to have a profit of around ten thousand yuan," Liu Xiaoyue replied.
"No, such high profit isn’t necessary," Chen Yiyang said directly, "Don’t forget, compared to other domestic new energy forces, Yiyang Automobile has the distinct advantage of having permission to enter the markets of Brazil, Russia, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.
It’s well known that while our country’s new energy vehicles are cheap, their export prices are raised by two to three tenths due to tariffs.
But since Yiyang Automobile has factories in those countries, our tax cost per new energy vehicle is much lower than other domestic cars.
We can sell abroad at a slightly lower price than other domestic cars. Then, the money earned can subsidize back into the domestic price war."
"Are we competing with Biya Mansion?" Liu Xiaoyue asked.
"No, it’s with Changcheng. We aim to compete in Changcheng’s advantageous fields and join forces with Biya Mansion to squeeze Changcheng completely out of the market," Chen Yiyang clarified.
After finishing his speech, Liu Xiaoyue observed Chen Yiyang, thinking that indeed her boss was a bit petty.
After being slammed by Changcheng back then, now he is even willing to lose money to bring down Changcheng; it’s best to be cautious not to offend the boss in the future.
After setting some future strategies for Yiyang Automobile,
Chen Yiyang stayed at home for a few days resting, watching various films and TV shows on the sofa with a junior accountant.
It was a few days of being a homebody.
But such relaxing days don’t last long.
Yushu’s Wang Xingxing came looking for Chen Yiyang.
"Are you here because something went wrong with the company?"
Chen Yiyang received Wang Xingxing at home.
Being old acquaintances and friends, Chen Yiyang was more casual.
"I wanted to ask if there’s been any incident with the arrangement for Yushu Technology’s humanoid robot to appear on the Spring Festival Gala?"
"No, why?" Chen Yiyang felt it was odd that Wang Xingxing would suddenly ask about this.
Getting Yushu’s humanoid robot on the Spring Festival Gala was an opportunity exchanged through resources with Zhang Yimou by Chen Yiyang.
Unless Zhang Yimou intended to break ties, it was a sure thing.
"It’s just that the robot sports competition organized by the Imperial Capital became quite popular online. I initially thought it wasn’t necessary to participate in such competitions because they are just promotional opportunities for other companies’ robots. Yushu would just play a supporting role.
But unexpectedly, that robot sports competition went viral online, allowing previously obscure humanoid robot companies to gain as much fame as Yushu. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
I’m worried that the Spring Festival Gala program crew might switch Yushu’s robot with another company’s because of this."
"I see," Chen Yiyang responded directly, "You don’t need to worry about that. You don’t think getting on the Spring Festival Gala is about strength, do you?"
