"Wall Street Journal News: The Marching Ant Group took advantage of its market monopoly to manipulate product prices and make huge profits, and was investigated by anti-monopoly."
"European Economic Daily: Marching Ant Group is suspected of abusing its market dominance and manipulating product prices, and has been investigated by antitrust agencies in many countries!"
“…”
Officials have not moved, but public opinion has taken the lead.
Almost within just two days, various countries publicly announced the launch of antitrust investigations into the Army Ant Group, and Western media reported it on front pages and began to create public opinion.
The United States, the European Union, Japan, Australia, Canada and other countries have launched antitrust investigations into the Army Ant Group’s holograms, intelligent robots and other products. As soon as the news came out, it caused an uproar in public opinion.
This is the first time in the world that so many countries have announced antitrust investigations against a company at the same time.
Today, holographic technology is showing terrifying effects in various fields.
Whether it is holographic mobile phones, holographic movies, holographic e-sports, holographic paradise, the horror of holographic technology is almost a revolutionary product, and the Marching Ant Group has gained huge benefits by relying on its technology monopoly.
When holographic technology is about to be fully popularized, multiple countries have launched antitrust investigations against the Army Ant Group at the same time.
Although the Army Ant Group is indeed suspected of being a monopoly, it is definitely not a coincidence that so many countries have successively announced antitrust investigations against the Army Ant Group.
"If there is no conspiracy, no one will believe it. Even if you want to create an army ant group, it doesn't have to be so obvious, right?"
"I'll give you a dozen of these monopolies that will force us into the future world."
"The Marching Ant Group is indeed suspected of being a monopoly. There are more than 30,000 holographic mobile phones, which are simply luxury goods. Isn't this using its monopoly advantage to obtain huge profits?"
"Shit! Can a small holographic projector be made without money? Thirty thousand is too expensive, so you can buy an ordinary mobile phone. If foreign countries master the holographic technology, it will be impossible to buy a holographic phone without fifty thousand, and there will be a bunch of licking dogs behind it. "
"It's impossible to get three to four thousand holographic mobile phones."
"In a word, the holographic market cake is too big, the army ants have eaten too much, and some people are jealous."
The fact that the Army Ant Group has been launched into antitrust investigations by many countries has been hotly discussed since signs appeared on the Internet.
Nowadays, when holographic technology is booming, almost all online platforms are occupied by news about holographic technology.
Even though the popularity of holographic movies, holographic e-sports, and holographic parks dominate the list, the antitrust investigation of the Army Ant Group still quickly made the headlines on major news platforms.
Washington.
Wilbur looked at the information in his hands. They were all materials and evaluation reports submitted by the statistics department below.
The Army Ant Group's holographic technology monopoly has caused them concern.
Holographic technology is fully rolled out, and no one can stop the arrival of the holographic era. If the Army Ant Group continues to monopolize holographic technology, it will be very passive in the future.
Therefore, he had to privately contact the leaders of several major European countries, as well as Japan, Australia, Canada and other countries, to discuss privately the issue of the Army Ant Group's monopoly on holographic technology.
Now the whole cake of holographic technology has been swallowed up by the Chinese, which is the most uncomfortable thing.
And this cake is unimaginably big.
They launched an antitrust investigation and hoped that the Army Ant Group would spit out something, at least they would not be so passive in the future.
Not long after, a middle-aged man in a suit and ties with glasses entered the office. He was Wilbur's assistant Mullen.
The headquarters of the Army Ant Group responded. "
"What did you say?" Wilbur immediately put down the document in his hand and looked up at Mullen.
"The Army Ant Group responded that they did not monopolize the market and asked their branches in various countries to cooperate with local official investigations."
"An expected answer."
Regarding the harmless reply from the army ants, Wilbur expected it to be a classic and standard reply.
"Then what to do next?"
"Talk to the general manager of their branch and give them the proposed conditions." Wilbur thought for a moment and said.
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London, England.
Liam is also paying attention to the information about the army ant group.
In the past half month, Army Ant Company's holographic technology layout has been completed, and holographic technology has fully blossomed in various fields. This popularization of holographic technology has brought huge benefits to Army Ant.
Last week, they received a private invitation from Wilbur and went to the United States for a secret meeting.
The content of the meeting was the issue of the Army Ant Group’s monopoly on holographic technology.
A huge cake has been formed, and the army ant group has almost monopolized this cake and controls the entire holographic market.
Next, holographic technology will definitely develop crazily. How much benefit is there
unimaginable.
So Wilbur hoped that they could work together to limit the monopoly of the army ants, and they all agreed.
But they are not stupid. Now that China is rising, they will not offend others because of the Americans.
It claims to launch an antitrust investigation, but it has not entered into a real investigation, and no penalties will be imposed for the time being.
At least they need to see how the United States reacts and the army ant group responds before they can take the next step, so as to avoid offending others by being regarded as a leader.
"Mr. Liam, the Army Ant Group has responded. They said they do not have a monopoly on the market and have asked their branches in various countries to actively cooperate with the investigation." An assistant came in and said.
"What's the reaction from the United States?" Liam raised his eyebrows.
This response was normal. He expected it. What he cared about was what action the United States would take after the Army Ant Group responded, and whether it would take serious action against the Army Ant Group.
"They found the manager of the American branch of the Army Ant Group," the assistant said.
"Then let's take a look at the situation first," Liam said.
The heads of antitrust regulatory agencies in the European Union, Japan, Australia, Canada and other countries had the same reaction as Liam. After receiving the response from the Army Ant Group, they did not immediately take the next step.
They will not jump out of situations that are not exactly beneficial to them.
Although the Army Ant Group currently has a monopoly on holographic technology, it has not shown any signs of abusing its monopoly position.
At this juncture, it is not a wise choice to jump out and offend others.
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In the conference room, Yin Hongye looked calm when faced with questions from U.S. officials.
Because of Disney's adjustment, the United States allowed the Army Ant Group's holographic projectors to enter the market, and the headquarters immediately sent him to the United States to set up a branch.
During this period, they gained a lot from the renovation of the holographic theater.
After the first holographic movie appeared, major director teams, including Marvel's team, announced that they were making holographic movies.
Orders for holographic projectors are even crazier.
At this juncture, U.S. officials informed him that they were going to conduct an antitrust investigation, and now they were looking for him, and their words were full of traps.
no doubt.
I want to start making things difficult for them again.
But he is not worried. The company sent him here to take charge of the holographic projector business orders. He has no decision-making power and can only be regarded as a messenger at most.
For all kinds of questions, he would not answer them directly, and he could give simple answers, but he would never go into depth.
On the other side, Maren frowned.
He asked the other party for investigation and questioning, just to show that he was preparing for an antitrust investigation, but although the other party answered his questions, they had no focus at all and were indifferent.
It's like a punch on cotton. It feels like you can't use your strength. It's very uncomfortable.
The Chinese are indeed cunning.
Gradually, Mullen also lost some patience, took out a document, and went directly to the topic.
"This is our condition. As long as your company agrees to these conditions and signs relevant agreements, we can withdraw the antitrust investigation against your company."
(End of chapter)