Recently, the governor's office of California said in a video conference that California has reached an agreement with BYD to provide the state with much-needed personal protective equipment, including masks, with a total value of about 1 100 million US dollars.
Not long ago, Masayoshi, CEO of Softbank Group? Son) has just revealed that Japan's Softbank will cooperate with BYD to produce masks and supply 300 million masks to Japan every month, including 654.38 billion N95 masks and 200 million ordinary medical masks.
Domestic export
At the moment when the domestic epidemic situation has subsided, the production of most domestic medical equipment such as masks and ventilators has returned from the general direction of "anti-epidemic and disaster relief" to the business itself, and the foreign market, which is still in the hot water stage, has become the best gold digger for domestic manufacturers.
On the other hand, domestic mask manufacturers have mushroomed, which is worse than the SUV market of 20 18. Under such conditions, getting a big order is also a skill. After BYD received two international orders, no one would question Wang Chuanfu's strategic vision of completely changing masks.
In the words of Mark Kilar Duch, director of emergency services in California, "BYD USA, a North American subsidiary of BYD, can get in touch with China directly and has the ability to establish a sustainable large-scale personal protective equipment supply pipeline to help California fight the epidemic."
Just like Kilar Duqi, BYD may not be the most professional mask manufacturer, nor is it the most cost-effective, but at the current point in time, it has enough ability to become a bridge between China and the United States.
Who is helping BYD sell masks to America?
Is it Warren Buffett?
Buffett, a 90-year-old stock god, has always had a soft spot for BYD.
In 2008, Buffett subscribed for 225 million shares of BYD at a price of about HK$ 8 per share. At present, Buffett still holds shares in BYD, the latest share price is HK$ 58.9, and the income has exceeded 7 times.
Over the years, no matter how BYD's share price fluctuates, Buffett has always adhered to the promise of "value investment" and contributed a key force to BYD's market value growth. In addition to close financial transactions, Buffett himself is also a "dickhead".
Not long ago, Buffett took a recent photo on the Internet. In the photo, he is wearing "I want to live a long life. So far, so good. (me? Planning? Where to? Live broadcast? Forever. ? So what? Is it far? So what? It's good. ) "and the photo says" and now, my BYD mask is helping me achieve my goal! Thank you! "
Shortly after the release of this state of "bringing goods" for BYD masks, BYD and California's 1 100 million dollar mask bill was completed immediately, which had to be sighed. Warren Buffett not only has the first-class ability to lead the investment, but also his ability to "bring goods" is even better. Whether BYD and California's big bills are handled by this crocodile is also quite intriguing.
Is it Ke Li?
In 20 17, the China-US Policy Foundation awarded the "China-US Business Leader Award" to Ms. Ke Li, President of BYD North America Branch, in recognition of BYD's outstanding contribution in the American market.
It is worth noting that Ke Li's heavyweight guests also include Mr. Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States, who won the award "Outstanding Achievement Award in Sino-US Relations". Receiving the award on the same stage as the ambassador reflects BYD's growing influence in the United States.
As the helm of BYD's cultivation in the American market, Ke Li is bound to play a key role in the negotiation of this big order. In addition to this transaction, BYD under its leadership has more "bright future" moments in the US market.
In February 2020, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Jasidi (Eric? Garcetti) announced that the city purchased the largest order for pure electric buses in American history-155, of which 134 came from BYD.
Just two years ago, on 20 18, the United States returned a batch of electric buses produced by BYD, and claimed that it would pursue legal responsibility for quality problems, which became a major blow to BYD in the American market.
It took BYD ten years to gain the trust of Americans, from no one cares to running-in doubts, and then to winning the biggest order.
On April 20 10, BYD's American headquarters was established in Los Angeles. A few years later, BYD built the largest electric bus factory in the United States in Lancaster, a small town in southern California, which is 1 10 km north of Los Angeles, covering an area of 4 10000 square meters (about the size of six standard football fields). Not far from this factory, 154 mu of land purchased by BYD is being used to plan the next cloud track manufacturing.
Behind Ke Li's numerous awards and big orders, BYD's "internal strength" effect of deepening the American market has been highlighted.
Is Sam Jamal (Sam? Jammal)？
In the rough decade, BYD has never given up operating the American market. Since electric buses, cloud tracks and other projects all involve the government level, BYD once again took the lead in communicating with American political and business relations.
After that, BYD recruited talents in various fields. At 20 18, 1 1, BYD USA (BYD? Official website announced that Sam Jamal (Sam? Jammal) will be the senior manager of corporate government relations (senior? Manager, government? Relationship).
Jamal, who has more than ten years of working experience in American legislation, policy and clean energy, worked in Elon Musk (Elon? Musk) is the legal adviser of SolarCity and Tesla, two new energy companies.
But in addition to his high-quality resume at Tesla, his resume is more important. He also held important positions in the US Congress and the administration of former President Barack Obama from 2009 to 20 15.
Being able to handle such a key figure is a silent proof that BYD can "eat" in the American market. In addition to government relations, its factory in the United States is also quietly "buying people's hearts." ? Paris, mayor of Lancaster, where BYD's American factory is located, revealed in an interview with the media that after BYD set up a factory here, the crime rate in Lancaster dropped by 40% from 7 am to 4 pm, and the unemployment rate also dropped from 24% to 4%.
Who is the key figure in BYD's mask bill? Perhaps all of the above have made contributions in different fields, and the final answer to this question can only be Wang Chuanfu. Without the transformation of this visionary more than ten years ago, Buffett would not have made a value investment in BYD; Without the strategic deployment of the United States, Ke Li's Sam Jamal (Sam? Jammal) and other key talents will not appear at BYD's US headquarters.
Not long ago, in the list of "25 greatest anti-epidemic leaders in the world" published by American Fortune magazine, Wang Chuanfu, as the only leader of China automobile enterprises, made the list. Not long ago, in the Chinese edition of Fortune magazine, Wang Chuanfu was selected as "China Businessman of the Year" and became the only winner of this title.
In response to the call of the state, while helping foreign epidemics, we rely on mask business to make up for the current tight profit situation in the cold winter of the automobile market. I have to admit that this may be Wang Chuanfu's most "fame and fortune" business.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.