Chapter 2837 Masco's Idea

Although the Tesla Model S of the previous life appeared in 2009, it actually went on sale at the end of 2011, and the first car was delivered in 2012.

This life is different. With Xiao Qi’s strong financial support and various technical supports from Fairy Lab, Tesla’s research and development pace has been further accelerated. In addition, it already has the foundation of the Roadster, so the Model S can be so fast. Launched successfully.

Of course, according to Musko's request, it should actually be released at the end of 2010 at the earliest.

However, what Xiao Qi, the major shareholder, meant was to push the car to the market first, let the market test the car's capabilities, and then talk about subsequent improvements.

Because the car is never perfect.

In fact, Xiao Qi made this decision after seeing the enthusiasm of Americans for electric vehicles and Tesla in his previous life, knowing how popular the Model S would be.

Moreover, Tesla's Fremont factory didn't even have a production capacity of 30,000 vehicles a month. Xiao Qi actively supported it, and then invested 50 million in this factory to make the production capacity reach 30,000.

Facts have proved that Xiao Qi's decision is also correct. Tesla, which has been struggling, has received orders for 170,000 vehicles in one go after the Model S was born, and its estimated pre-tax profit is as high as 1.5 billion US dollars. .

Although this amount is not too much, and it is an average of more than six months, it is already a happy event for Tesla, which has been losing money for several years and exhausted Musk's last penny. Encouraging grades.

Masco, who was drunk, called Xiao Qi, and after a series of "thank you", he actually started crying, which shows how much pressure he has had in the past few years and how heavy the burden he has carried.

Masco regards Xiao Qi as his bole, if Xiao Qi hadn't invested more than 700 million US dollars in it. If Xiao Qi hadn't asked Fairy Lab to fully support the intelligent integrated system and the application of LCD touch function, the development of Model S would not have been so fast, and various follow-up work could not have been done so well. The effect can't be so good.

In fact, he didn't know that if he hadn't come to China a few months earlier, he would have been able to get hundreds of millions of dollars in interest-free loans from the U.S. Department of Energy.

It's just Xiao Qi's good luck, he entered the company when Tesla was at its lowest ebb and became the company's largest shareholder.

Wait until Musko wakes up. Another phone call to Xiao Qi.

He wants to discuss with Xiao Qi about the further expansion of the Fremont factory, and where Tesla will go next.

The expansion of the production capacity of the Fremont plant is imperative.

It's just that Masco still has a little doubt about the follow-up of Model S, for fear that this is a sweet dream, and the truth will be revealed when he wakes up.

So he just wants to expand the factory to an annual production capacity of 500,000 vehicles.

But Xiao Qi’s opinion is that the direct expansion to 800,000 vehicles is only the first step. The second step is to wait until Tesla develops several other cars in the laboratory, and the scale of the factory will reach 2 million vehicles. .

Yes.

Tesla's technical reserves are very strong.

The current Model S technology was actually almost mature two years ago. Otherwise, how can it be launched so quickly?

For bad products, Masco will definitely not go public, even if Xiao Qi is the largest shareholder, he will not change his insistence.

In their laboratory, in addition to the Model S coupe, there is also an off-road vehicle, a pickup truck, and a small family car.

Among them, the technology of domestic small cars is fully mature, but off-road vehicles and pickup trucks are stuck in terms of power output, but they have already bought some technology patents from Ford and Toyota. I am in the midst of desperate research, and I believe there will be good news in a year or two.

Xiao Qi's shareholding is 42%, Musko's is 28%, and their combined shares are 70%. Enough to determine everything about the company.

So in the case of slight differences, they backed down a little, and reached a decision to produce 250,000 vehicles in the first half of next year and 400,000 vehicles in the second half of next year.

This matter is easy to solve, but the second matter is a bit troublesome.

Musk has a comprehensive design for the future of Tesla.

Tesla Inc. represents the future of electric vehicles. It is also the development direction of clean energy vehicles in the future.

So this requires a huge investment, so that Tesla can develop more and better vehicles, and even cars that rely on maglev to drive in the air in the future, Tesla also wants to do it.

High technology necessarily means high investment.

It is conceivable how much money Tesla will spend to achieve such a goal.

Therefore, in Musk's view, if you want to get more R&D funding, you must list Tesla, so that more money can come in to support their R&D.

But Xiao Qi thought differently. He told Musko, I will pay for all the funds you want, and everything will be calculated according to the shares.

Anyway, going public will also dilute everyone's shares, which is the same as the effect of my capital injection.

If it is not listed, Tesla can also have a more flexible development method. It does not need to care about the supervision of the stock market or the issue of profit return, as long as it concentrates on research and development.

Masco actually agrees with Xiao Qi's statement very much. He is a pure idealist, he doesn't like to do things for the benefit of money, and he doesn't like others to disturb his research and development for the benefit of money—— Don't doubt, since he sold Paypal, all his money has been invested in Tesla and SpaceX, and in the end he kept borrowing money to invest. Without great love, no one can do it.

Tesla is currently the company most likely to shine. If it continues to develop, it will develop very well. To be precise, it will be very profitable. The initial investment is absolutely nothing, so if it does not go public, it will be for Musk. It's better.

But the point is, Musko has another unspoken reason.

That's what concerns the rocket launch company SpaceX.

Tesla is burning enough money. Xiao Qi invested more than 700 million U.S. dollars, which has already been spent this year.

But compared to SpaceX, this amount of money is nothing.

70% of Masco's family property was actually invested in SpaceX, and Xiao Qi also invested 600 million US dollars in it, but in just half a year, it was all spent.

Seeing that there is still a long way to go before the output, this group of wealthy shareholders of SpaceX can only invest again in January, with a total of 500 million US dollars, but no one knows that this 500 million When can US dollars be used?

Musk is worried that these shareholders will not be able to bear the high payment in the end, and the days when they will not be able to wait for the return, and finally withdraw their capital and leave.

At that time, he can only be responsible for the continued development of SpaceX, so he will need astronomical sums of money.

And where did the money come from?

It can only come from Tesla.

Tesla's profits alone cannot support it, so Masco thought of listing Tesla, and after people in the market sought after it, the value of Tesla would increase tenfold or dozens of times, so that he would You can continue to support the development of SpaceX by selling shares for cash.

According to Xiao Qi's idea, Tesla's market value can be expanded to ten times intelligently, which is already a limit, and it is far from reaching the market value after the market bubble has been enlarged.

For this, Masco felt a little sorry for the investor Xiao Qi, but for his own ideals, he could only think of this way.

Besides, he felt that Xiao Qi bought Tesla's shares just to make money, and now he helped Xiao Qi earn a lot of money, which is not a bad result.

But this cannot be said, so he can only stubbornly insist that he wants Tesla to go public.

Xiao Qi didn't know Masco's thoughts, and he felt a little helpless about Masco's stubbornness, but he also understood these Americans.

When Americans start a company, there are very few who do not want to go around in the stock market and gain both fame and fortune.

Therefore, Xiao Qi has also made plans for Tesla to go public, hoping to acquire as many shares of Tesla as possible. After all, Tesla represents the huge development potential of smart cars in the future and should not be missed.

The reason why the automobile industry is so difficult now is that on the one hand, the labor force continues to increase, and on the other hand, the government is becoming more and more stringent, whether it is taxes or other restrictions.

But electric vehicles are different. Clean energy has always been supported by the government. For this reason, the government can not only reduce taxes, but also create various favorable conditions for it, so that it can continue to popularize.

This is also an important reason why Tesla received so much support in the previous life and was so popular in the stock market.

If the Xiao family can gain enough rights and interests in this area, then there will definitely be more room for development in the future intelligence field.

However, I think so, but Xiao Qi will not make it so easy for Musk to list Tesla.

An important reason is that Tesla has just launched the Model S, which has been released for more than a year and can push up Tesla's stock price to 200%. We must wait for it to be fully released. Only after one's own strength has passed will people understand the value of Tesla better, and they will not sell gold as a stone.

Another important reason is that the current U.S. stock market is still at a low ebb, and it will have to wait until 2013 for it to gradually recover.

Moreover, Facebook and Twitter have been preparing to go public in turn in the past two years. There is no need for Tesla to compete with them for funds in these markets. It is the best strategy for us to separate and move forward step by step. (~^~)