Chapter 1723 What an International Joke

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After ten hours of flight, in the morning of US time, Li Mu was only two hours away from Dearborn, and the expected landing time of the plane was 11:00 a.m. local time.

And when Li Mu came, the plane's departure time in Yanjing was ten o'clock in the morning of Yanjing time.

The embarrassing thing about flying across the ocean is that what time do you take off from Huaxia and land at the same local time.

If it is an ordinary economy class flight, 12 to 13 hours of flight is enough to make people fall apart. Because the economy class is relatively crowded and it is difficult to get a good rest, most people are not only exhausted after getting off the plane, even their clothes are worn out. It was wrinkled and dirty, and was plagued by jet lag, and it couldn't be relieved for two or three days.

However, when executives of Fortune 500 companies go overseas for business trips, they can often put on neat suits and go straight to work after the plane landed. The reason is because they are not flying private jets , at least a first-class cabin that can lie down and sleep all the way.

Li Mu also slept all the way, and took a shower in the bathroom before landing. At this time, it was the morning of US time. He felt no different from the morning in Huaxia. He was full of energy and not tired at all.

Chen Ze slept soundly all the way. Wearing noise-cancelling headphones, he couldn't even hear the sound of the plane's engine. In addition, the plane was flying smoothly, and he could hardly feel any bumps.

When the flight attendant served breakfast for everyone, the captain said through the cabin broadcast: "Mr. Li, Mr. Chen, we have two hours to land at Detroit International Airport."

"Detroit?" Chen Ze, who was about to eat breakfast, looked at Li Mu in surprise and asked, "Old Li, didn't you say you were going to Dearborn? Why did you go to Detroit?"

Li Mu said: "Dearborn is a satellite city of Detroit. You can understand it as a district of Detroit."

"So it is." Chen Ze nodded and said excitedly: "Detroit is a good place, the cradle of the American auto industry, why do you think of pulling me to Detroit?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Just take a guess."

Chen Ze held his chin and pondered for a moment, then said, "It can't be such a boring thing as buying a car."

After speaking, I thought about it again and said, "It's impossible to just come to play, right? I won't say how busy I am, but you are much busier than me, and your time is more precious than me, so you will definitely not come to play. ."

Immediately, Chen Ze looked at Li Mu and said, "I really can't guess."

Li Mu said, "You can hold on for another two hours, and you'll know when you land."

Seeing that Li Mu was deliberately trying to sell off, and he had no idea of ​​uncovering the mystery in advance, Chen Ze could only give up on side-by-side.

But he was also pondering in his heart, why did Li Mu come to Detroit? He is in the Internet and high-tech industries. When he comes to the United States, it is usually Silicon Valley. It is amazing to go to New York to do capital affairs. An old industrial city like Detroit has nothing but industry, and it has declined a lot in recent years. There is no difference in the Northeast region, Li Mu can't come here to do business, right?

What's more, what else can you do here besides car sales?

Thinking of this, Chen Ze was taken aback. Good guy, shouldn't Li Mu want to discuss cooperation with GM or Ford? Are you going to be their dealer? There are still many models of GM and Ford that have not been listed in China, and the sales network is not very large. If you are optimistic about the future development of American cars in China, there is still a way to make arrangements in advance.

For example, a Mercedes-Benz dealer registered in Hong Kong has a huge stall and has a very strong influence. It can already influence Mercedes-Benz itself in the reverse direction.

Li Mu had previously aimed at Maserati, which was about to enter the Chinese market, and now he has the domestic general distribution of Maserati in his hands. However, after all, Maserati is a niche market. It's not easy to do sales.

However, most American cars are more popular family cars with low prices and high sales. For example, Buick has been selling very well in China. If Li Mu can really get one or two brand agents from GM or Ford, even if It's just a North China agent, and it's also a very big deal.

Chen Ze had basically confirmed his guess at this time, and his heart suddenly became excited.

If this matter can be done, then in the future, we will be able to obtain some resources for automobiles for everyone, which will not only bring profits, but also bring benefits to the entire racing circuit and the team.

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At 10:50 in the morning, the Gulfstream G550 landed smoothly at Detroit International Airport.

The plane drove to the business jet hangar, and then Li Mu, Chen Ze, Li Ziwei and Wang Yuen Long got off the plane together.

The shuttle bus at the airport took them to the customs. After going through the immigration procedures, everyone saw Elon Musk waiting here as soon as they came out of the customs.

Li Mu introduced Elon Musk to Chen Ze, but the famous Silicon Valley Iron Man was not very famous at this time, and Chen Ze knew nothing about him.

After introducing the two, Li Mucai said to Chen Ze, "I invested in a new energy vehicle company with Elon, and it is still in the product development stage."

Chen Ze asked curiously, "New energy vehicles? What do you mean?"

Li Mu said: "It's an electric car, powered by pure electricity."

Chen Ze said with a look of disgust: "What's the point of an electric car? Can that thing be compared to a gasoline car?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Then you have to look at the comparison."

"Competitive power!" Chen Ze asked, "Can it be compared?"

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "For a mass-produced car, the maximum power is expected to be above 600 horsepower."

"Blow it!" Chen Ze curled his lips and said, "600 electric cars? Nuclear power?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Nuclear power is not as good as lithium power."

Chen Ze was even more puzzled: "Lithium battery?"

"Yes." Li Mu said: "With lithium batteries as power, not only the power is strong, but also the acceleration is fast. In the future, the acceleration of 100 kilometers for mass-produced high-end vehicles should be within 4 seconds."

Chen Ze was speechless and couldn't help but ask, "How far can a car like this run on full electricity?"

Li Mu said: "It's about 400 kilometers, and drive normally."

"It's so awesome?" Chen Ze was even more surprised.

Li Mu smiled and said, "It won't take long for you to know."

With that said, he turned his head and asked Elon Musk: "What time is the appointment with the people from Ford?"

"Three-thirty in the afternoon." Elon Musk said, "Let's go to the hotel for dinner first, introduce you to my team members by the way, and then have a meeting in your presidential suite conference room to communicate the situation."

Li Mu snorted, remembering the consistent nature of the U.S. Commerce Department, and couldn't help but ask, "If the details of my cooperation with Ford are settled, will the U.S. Commerce Department come out to stop me?"

The U.S. commerce department often has some rude operations, such as forcibly dismantling a large company into several, euphemistically called anti-monopoly; it also often interferes with acquisitions and acquisitions between companies, either dead or alive or not. Life and death are not allowed to buy, anyway, it is a terrible debt.

Elon Musk said seriously: "The U.S. Commerce Department should not interfere with the projects we are talking about, and they basically have no constraints on the civilian auto industry."

Li Mu nodded and said, "I have to go to New York in a few days. On the day Google goes public, I will attend their bell ringing event. This time, the matter with Ford must be settled as soon as possible."

"it is good!"

Chen Ze was a little puzzled by the side, and asked Li Mu, "You told that Musk just now that you want to discuss cooperation with Ford?"

"Yes." Li Mu nodded and said, "Dearborn is Ford's headquarters. Their head office is here, as well as several Ford's own production lines."

Chen Ze said in surprise: "Ford's classic f150 should be produced in Detroit."

The image of the huge pickup immediately appeared in Li Mu's mind. It took several years for this car to enter Huaxia through parallel imports, but Huaxia did not have a pickup culture, so when it went, it was directly classified into the truck sequence, and the door was sprayed. The words and reflective strips are attached to the rear of the car, and many cities do not allow pickups to enter the urban area, so they have not caught fire.

For Li Mu, he doesn't like that kind of huge pickups too much. He always feels that it is still too big, and it is also too wasteful. The urban area often starts with more than 20 oil per 100 kilometers, which is indeed not suitable for domestic urban residents.

Chen Ze said: "I got an f150 two years ago and drove to Sichuan and Tibet. The car is still very powerful, and it sells very well in the United States."

Li Mu said with a smile, "Then let's just get it into China and sell it."

Chen Ze waved his hand: "The car is a good car, but when you arrive in China, you will be unaccustomed to the environment."

Li Mu asked him, "What do you think would be more appropriate if we were to take something away from Ford?"

Chen Ze thought about it and said seriously: "Land Rover! The classic off-road vehicle, which just entered the Chinese market last year, has not developed much yet, but the car is really good, it's like playing in the old palm ditch, although there is no Toyota Land Cruiser. It’s so solid, but the things the British designed are still more luxurious, much higher-profile than the Land Cruiser.”

Li Mu nodded thoughtfully and said, "What you said makes sense. Why don't we talk to Ford about the cooperation between Land Rover."

Chen Ze said subconsciously: "They seem to be doing the Chinese market by themselves now. If we can get a regional agent, some will do it."

Li Mu nodded slightly, noncommittal.

Although he didn't say anything on the face, Li Mu couldn't help despising Chen Ze in his heart.

Take an agent? Are you Chen Ze so promising? Can't we just buy the Land Rover back?

Moreover, we have to buy not only Land Rover, but also Jaguar and Volvo.

After fighting for two or three years, let the two cars of Range Rover and Defender realize domestic production.

After walking out of the airport, everyone got into the business car arranged by Elon Musk and went straight to a star-rated hotel in Dearborn.

Dearborn is almost Ford's own small city, where you can see Ford logos and advertisements everywhere.

When they came to the hotel, Li Mu met with Elon Musk's team. Everyone sat down at the large long table in the banquet hall. Elon Musk said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, let me introduce you to our acquisition team this time. a member of."

Chen Ze on the side asked in surprise: "Acquisition? What to acquire?"

Elon Musk smiled slightly and asked, "Mr. Chen doesn't know?"

Chen Ze shook his head in confusion.

Elon Musk looked at Li Mu, and when he saw Li Mu nodded with a smile, he said to Chen Ze: "We are negotiating with Ford, and want to wholly acquire the three car brands of Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo from them."

Chen Ze's whole person was like being struck by lightning, and it took a long time to recover, and he muttered: "What kind of international joke are you making..."