The black technology empire started with a debt of one billion

Chapter 501 Chapter 516: Who can resist the temptation of free land and interest-free loans.

So what are the benefits of building a factory in Dubai?
First, through the trade and re-export market of Dubai, it can be radiated to West Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and other regions, with a population of 14 billion.

Dubai is the most important trade market and re-export market in the Middle East. According to customs statistics: the annual trade volume of food, food machinery and hotel equipment in the Gulf is US$90 billion, 70% of which is re-exported through Dubai.

Through the trade and re-export market of Dubai, it can be radiated to West Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and other regions, with a population of 14 billion.Middle Eastern countries spend as much as US$380 billion every year on purchasing wheat, barley, rice, vegetable oil, sugar, meat and children's food from abroad, accounting for about 8% of the international food market.

In recent years, with the increase in population, changes in food structure, rising food prices and other factors, the demand for food in Middle Eastern countries has been increasing year by year, with an annual growth rate of 7%, while the development rate of domestic food production has slowed down in comparison. It is very slow, with an annual growth rate of only 2%, which is far from meeting domestic demand.

In addition, Dubai is also a major exporter of heavy industrial products in the Middle East.

In recent years, the UAE has also established industries such as steel, cement, cables, fertilizers, chemicals, and oil refining.

Emirates Global Aluminum is the world's largest high-quality aluminum producer and the UAE's main export commodity besides oil.At present, Global Aluminum has become a multinational company covering the entire industrial chain. It owns a large bauxite mine in Guinea, Africa, with an estimated annual production capacity of 1200 million tons.

Global Aluminum has smelters in Abu Dhabi and Indonesia, and has customers in more than 50 countries and regions, including large automobile manufacturers such as Germany's BMW.

In addition to these industries, the UAE also has two very eye-catching industries.

One is GlobalFoundries, which was established in 2009 as a joint venture between AMD in the United States and Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

GlobalFoundries has wafer manufacturing plants in Dresden, Germany, Singapore and New York, USA. It is the first truly global chip foundry.Even TSMC, the leader in wafer foundry, may not be as good as this. GlobalFoundries' production bases are distributed in three continents, using global resources to ensure reliable and flexible supply.

In addition, GlobalFoundries has multiple offices in the United Arab Emirates and an operational headquarters in Silicon Valley, making it a truly global operation.

In 2013, AMD completely divested the remaining 14% of its shares from GlobalFoundries, so this chip factory is completely owned by the United Arab Emirates. GlobalFoundries is still the third largest chip foundry in the world, second only to the crooked TSMC. And Shanxing Electronics with sticks.

Although it is second only to these two companies in scale, the technology it masters is not advanced and it is not yet able to produce 14nm chips.

In addition to these industries, Dubai also has its own aerospace industry. In 2014, Dubai established the National Space Administration and launched a national space strategy. For a country with a population of less than 1000 million, Dubai’s strategic vision is commendable. At this point, Dubai is at the forefront of the entire Middle East.

New energy vehicles are a major trend in the future, so Dubai sent Harmandan to China to negotiate with Cao Mang.

You must know that Dubai is only one of the many emirates in the United Arab Emirates. Many emirates in the United Arab Emirates are very wealthy. If Deep Blue can build a factory in Dubai, then Deep Blue's cars can cover the surrounding areas through Dubai, and the export of electric vehicles will bring great benefits to Dubai. Come with lots of taxes.

There are also certain benefits for Deep Blue Automobile to build cars in Dubai. It has been said before that Dubai can radiate to West Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and other regions. If electric cars are manufactured in Dubai, it can save a certain amount of freight.

"Prince Harmandan, what are the benefits of Deep Blue building a factory in Dubai?" Cao Mang asked as he poured tea for him.

"Mr. Cao, first of all, our tax rate for companies is 0%, and the value-added tax for enterprises is 5%, and Dubai will not levy personal income tax. If your company builds a factory there, it can significantly reduce tax expenditures, and we can Interest-free loans for your company.

With the scale of Deep Blue Technology, we can provide up to US$200 billion in ten-year interest-free loans.

Beyond that,” Harmandan bin Mohammed Barabara began explaining the benefits of building a factory in Dubai.

From the perspective of outsiders, Dubai is an inhumane place, but the wages of the people at the bottom are very low, and the average salary of workers is similar to that in China. For foreign-invested companies in Dubai, they will also pay insurance premiums for the workers recruited by foreign companies.

Employers in Dubai are only required to provide workers with two types of insurance: medical insurance and life insurance.

If Deep Blue Technology invests in Dubai, Dubai will provide insurance for employees recruited by Deep Blue. This policy can save Deep Blue a lot of costs.

In addition, the Dubai government will provide free land to Deep Blue Technology.

"GlobalFoundries will achieve mass production of 12nm chips around December, and by then GlobalFoundries will also be able to OEM chips for Deep Blue Technology." Harmandan bin Mohammed finally added.

"Prince Harmandan has already mentioned this. If I don't go to Dubai to build a factory, wouldn't it look very insincere?" Cao Mang said with a smile.

With an interest-free loan of US$200 billion, free land and an ultra-low tax rate, all the conditions offered by Harmandan are very attractive to Cao Mang.

"I wonder how big a factory Mr. Cao plans to build in Dubai?" Harmandan bin Mohammed asked with a smile.

"I plan to build a factory in Dubai as big as my local one. In addition, I will let CATL build a battery factory there. I hope Prince Harmandan can provide the same preferential policies. Batteries are important for electric vehicles. The most critical component, if all batteries are imported from China, the transportation cost will be very expensive," Cao Mang said.

"No problem at all." Harmandan bin Mohammed smiled.

He did not expect that Deep Blue Technology would bring CATL to build a factory there. Deep Blue bringing CATL was an unexpected surprise for them.

“Prince Harmandan, as far as I know, Dubai has introduced many policies in the past two years to encourage citizens to use electric vehicles, but people in Dubai don’t seem to be very interested in electric vehicles, mainly because the existing electric vehicles have poor battery life. .

I do have a way to solve this problem. "Cao Mang said with a smile.

"Oh, I wonder if Mr. Cao can help us solve this problem?" Harmandan bin Mohammed asked curiously.

"Deep Blue Automobile has a special solution for taxis. You can replace all taxis with electric vehicles. When people ride electric vehicles and discover how good they are, I believe people will definitely switch to electric vehicles," Cao Mang said. Then he took out a laptop and placed it on the table.

Cao Mang opened the PPT of Deep Blue Technology's power swap system and showed it to the other party.

"Deep Blue Technology will put 30 electric vehicles into the taxi industry in China in the next year. If the Dubai government can invest a large number of solar power swap stations in the country, the cost of taxis can be reduced to even cheaper than using oil. .

Doing so will not only significantly reduce your country's carbon emissions but also guide people to switch to electric vehicles. "Cao Mang added while Harmandan was checking the PPT.

The reason why Cao Mang told the other party about taxis was because the Dubai Taxi Company is state-owned and there are no privately operated taxi companies in Dubai.

Harmandan bin Mohammed felt a little incredible after seeing Cao Mang's PPT. He did not expect that electric vehicles could have batteries replaced like toys, which solved the problem of battery replacement. It was not a problem to replace all Dubai taxis with electric vehicles. "Mr. Cao, your plan is really great. Your car-making technology is really strong. I wonder how much a car like yours sells for?" Harmandan bin Mohammed said in surprise.

"The price of this kind of electric car with replaceable batteries is the same as that of ordinary Deep Blue cars. The price of Deep Blue cars abroad is the same as 780 US dollars. However, the electric capacity of this kind will be a little less than that of ordinary Deep Blue cars. Ordinary Deep Blue cars The car can run 650 kilometers on a full charge, but this kind of electric vehicle with replaceable batteries can only run [-] kilometers on a full charge.

In order to solve the problem of quick battery replacement, we can only sacrifice part of the battery capacity.

The price of a spare battery is US$[-], and the price of a battery replacement station is also US$[-]. The ratio of car to battery is one to one. "Cao Mang said.

"Mr. Cao, this price is too cheap. I have decided to order 100 of these cars from you, plus another 1 battery swap stations and [-] yuan of batteries." Harmandan bin Mohammed said.

Maybe someone will ask at this time, is such a big city like Dubai only buying [-] cars?

There are only [-] taxis in Dubai. They ordered [-] taxis at once, which is already a lot. As expected, the remaining [-] taxis will be used by officials.

"No problem. I'll have someone prepare a plan and send it to you later." Cao Mang said with a smile.

Then the two chatted for another half an hour, and after exchanging contact information, Harmandan left with his people. He had a very busy schedule in China this time, and he also visited in secret. Huaxia knew that there were not many people coming.

As for Deep Blue Technology's establishment of a factory in Dubai, Cao Mang planned to do it secretly. He knew that Deep Blue Technology had always been very low-key in doing things, so the other party also agreed to Cao Mang's secret work.

Deep Blue Technology will invest in building a car manufacturing plant in Dubai with a daily production capacity of 7500 units.

After Harmandan left, Cao Mang called Zeng Liuqun.

"Mr. Cao, why did you call me when you had time?" Zeng Liuqun said with a smile.

Zeng Liuqun also came to watch the Deep Blue rocket launch a few days ago, but the other party flew back the next morning.

"Mr. Zeng, just now Prince Harmandan of Dubai came to visit me in Wenchang. He invited me to invest in building a car factory in Dubai. I have already agreed to the invitation. I hope that CATL and Deep Blue will go there to build the factory.

In addition to providing us with land for free, the Dubai government will also provide us with a ten-year interest-free loan. They can provide CATL with an interest-free loan of RMB 50 billion. "Cao Mang said.

"Mr. Cao, what you just said, can you say it again?" Zeng Liuqun couldn't believe his ears.

He wondered if he had heard wrong just now. Cao Mang rolled his eyes and said it again.

"Mr. Cao, what are we going to do next?" Zeng Liuqun asked excitedly.

Deep Blue's expansion means that their business can also expand. The most important thing is that this expansion does not cost a penny, and they can even withhold part of the funds. This matter is pie in the sky for King Ning. .

"I will send you the contact information later. Then we will send people over to conduct surveys first. This investment and construction is carried out in secret, so there is no way to announce it to the outside world." Cao Mang said.

"No problem." Zeng Liuqun agreed readily.

If it's done in secret, it's done in secret. Keeping it secret doesn't matter to him. CATL is not a listed company, so there's nothing wrong with making money in a low-key manner. After getting the interest-free loan, he can use the money to expand his business. .

"The photovoltaic development in Dubai is quite impressive. You can also talk to the other party at that time to see how to promote your energy storage products. This time going to Dubai to put into production is a good opportunity for Ningde Times." Cao Mang added road.

"I understand, Mr. Cao, I will go there in person this time." Zeng Liuqun said.

"If possible, I will go there with you." Cao Mang said.

The relationship between Dubai and China is pretty good. He should be fine if he goes to Dubai. Dubai is one of the few countries he can go to.

Fast forward to January 2016, 7.

Today is the day when Deep Blue Technology launches its rocket for the second time. Although Deep Blue Technology did not invite anyone to watch this time, it still broadcast the launch live online. After some people near Wenchang learned the news, they also spontaneously came to the Wenchang base. Watch a rocket launch.

Some tourists who happened to be traveling in Hainan also came to Wenchang to watch the rocket launch.

However, Cao Mang has returned to Shenzhen City from Wenchang. Cao Mang stayed in Wenchang because of those little goblins who pestered Cao Mang to play poker with them.

After Cao Mang returned to Shenzhen City, he called several heads of the automobile research and development department to his office.

Jiang Junlin, Deng Zhennan, Kang Wenyang, Chang Jianbin and Jiang Hengchao all came to his office.

"Since the first dark blue car was developed, I believe you guys have been quite free during this period, so I plan to develop a second car." Cao Mang said and handed several drawings with Wuling Hongguang Mini to them. people.

"Mr. Cao, are you asking us to give birth to the old man?" Deng Zhennan asked with a frown.

"No, this is the first electric car for young people in China. It does not need to be equipped with too many functions. The motor power is about 20Kw, and the range is 120-200 kilometers. I priced it at 38800, and the cost is as low as possible. Control it at around 20000 yuan.

The appearance of this car must be fashionable, and all elements must be in line with young people. "Cao Mang said.

"Mr. Cao, if we want to produce this car, we also need to modify the production line, which will affect the existing production capacity." Jiang Junlin said.

"I don't plan to produce this car myself. We will hand it over to other factories for OEM production." Cao Mang said.

(End of this chapter)