#58 - Section: Extreme Survival Hypothesis

Before this, Lu Haifeng had always maintained a low profile, keeping the Huaxing Laboratory tightly under wraps. Afterward, he had been quietly focusing on research and development, whether it was the continuous emergence of core patented technologies or the equity incentive policies, everything was kept as low-key as possible.

Now, at this moment, the Huaxing Laboratory is either his natural strategic ally or the most powerful competitor in the world.

It is worth mentioning that the emphasis on strategic positioning often involves planning strategic blueprints over five, ten, or even longer years. At this time, the higher-ups noticed the Huaxing Laboratory and began a major discussion on whether the Huaxing Laboratory would become a potential competitor.

The focus of the discussion was only one thing: whether to cooperate or wage war with Huaxing Technology!

"Let's cooperate!"

Xu Wenwei glanced at the senior executives and then took the lead in expressing his views, saying, "The reason why I suggest cooperating with Huaxing is not because we lack the confidence to compete with Huaxing Technology to the end, but because we always hold a belief in strengthening the country through science and technology."

"Now is not the time for internal strife, and we have already done the 'extreme survival hypothesis.' At this time, if a company breaks through the siege, we should seize the opportunity even more."

The so-called extreme survival hypothesis is a strategic plan made a few years ago, which is: assuming that one day, advanced chips and technologies from across the ocean will become unavailable, we will still continue to serve our customers.

For this reason, we must survive in this extreme environment of dried-up water sources, and thus a series of "backup" plans have been formulated. This plan may never surface, but when facing an extreme environment, if we want to survive, these backups built for emergencies must all be fully implemented overnight.

Old Man Ren nodded without saying a word. Another senior executive attending the meeting nodded in agreement and said, "I agree with President Xu's opinion. From a global strategic perspective, external pressure is greater than internal competition. If we don't break through the technological blockade across the ocean, foreigners only need to slightly pinch our necks, and we will be finished."

"I agree to cooperate."

"I reserve my opinion."

"Cooperate."

In the conference room, after more than twenty senior executives took turns expressing their opinions, over 90% of them chose to cooperate, and less than 10% reserved their opinions. No one opposed it.

Only then did Old Man Ren speak again, "That's right, our country can no longer engage in internal strife. We must twist all our strength into one rope, unite and engage in technology, and deal with powerful competitors across the ocean."

"Only by uniting together can we have greater combat effectiveness. As for whether internal competition will break out in the future, that is a matter for the future. Our brothers should first defeat the enemies coming from outside. Anything can be discussed behind closed doors."

A man in his fifties, whose hairline had already receded to the back of his head, said, "I also agree to cooperate, but the key is what Lu Haifeng thinks. This young man is unusually low-key. It seems that he hasn't attended any gatherings in recent years. Is he willing to cooperate?"

The whole room fell silent for a moment. Old Man Ren said with a hearty laugh, "Won't we know if we ask? He stays in his hometown of Piao City all year round. Let's pay him a visit tomorrow!"

Old Man Ren's words finalized the matter, and naturally no one opposed it. It was decided just like that.

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Lu Haifeng had just come out of the laboratory when he received a call from Zhao Jianhua, the general manager of Audi Company: "President Lu, Wang Cheng just called and said that the higher-ups have assigned us a task. If Audi Company completes it, then the country will grant a 50 billion interest-free loan with a term of 20 years. Also, the large piece of land next to the factory will be sold to us."

"Really? What task did the higher-ups give?"

Lu Haifeng didn't expect the higher-ups to grant a 50 billion interest-free loan, only half of what he had requested, but the most important thing was that piece of land. He had been eyeing that piece of land for a long time, so he was a little surprised.

Zhao Jianhua said on the other end of the phone: "The higher-ups said that they want our Audi Company to participate in the Ward's 10 Best Engines competition. We must get into the top ten before they will agree to our conditions."

Ward's 10 Best Engines competition, and we must get into the top ten.

Lu Haifeng didn't expect the higher-ups to offer Audi Company such a condition. Before, he had learned about this competition.

Simply put, this world's Ward's Engine competition is not like the one in his previous life, which was held by a single media outlet and where the engine selections had a lot of bias.

This world is different. The Ward's 10 Best Engines competition is jointly organized by the world's top ten most famous media outlets, making it a highly professional selection competition dedicated to allowing the general public to understand the world's most advanced engines through this competition.

Compared to the not-so-well-known Ward's 10 Best Engines in his previous life, this one is one of the most well-known automobile selection competitions in the world.

This world's Ward's 10 Best Engines competition is held every year. In order to obtain the greatest benefits and attention, huge sums of money are spent on global television and online broadcasts. Not to mention car enthusiasts, even ordinary people who don't understand cars are familiar with this competition.

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