Chapter 1301 Pressure

"This is our main progress at present," Martin Eberhard finished his presentation in the Tesla conference room and returned to his seat a little nervously.

Before this, Feng Yiping, accompanied by them, systematically visited the teams of various subsystems of Tesla, but he just listened and watched throughout the whole process without expressing any opinions, and it is still the same now.

They exchanged glances. It seems that Feng is a little dissatisfied?

Feng Yiping is difficult to be satisfied. Since its establishment, Tesla has hired a lot of people and spent a lot of money, but many achievements are still only on drawings and models.

It is really not easy to build a car. It is really a huge investment, whether it is money or time.

Feng Yiping typed a few words on the computer, "Thank you for your hard work in the past period of time. This is a brand new project. The current progress is entirely the result of everyone's efforts."

After he said this, those people were relieved.

"Of course, it is not without problems. The biggest problem is that the overall progress is still a little behind, and the uneven development caused by it."

These people are all shareholders. They are also very enthusiastic about making pure electric vehicles. There is nothing to say about their diligence in their work.

However, after all, the only thing that has made real progress is the power system.

The battery management system that Mike and his team helped develop has now entered the actual testing stage.

But none of the other subsystems can satisfy Feng Yiping.

He thought about it and seemed to be a bit harsh on himself.

Although he had never even sat in a Tesla car, let alone bought one, he had seen one on the street more than once. Through the Internet, he had a clear and intuitive understanding of Tesla electric cars, from appearance to interior to performance.

But Martin, Mark and Straubel did not have such an understanding and clear impression. They may not even be able to imagine what kind of car it will eventually be.

"Sorry, I may be a little impatient. I still want to thank you all for your hard work,"

"Feng, in fact, we ourselves are not very satisfied with the current progress," Martin said proactively.

"It is gratifying that after many trials and errors in the early stage, most projects have found the right path. I think the next period of time will be a period of rapid progress for us. In the next few months, you will be able to see this from the work summary," Martin said.

This is exactly what Feng Yiping wanted. The Tesla in his hands is not like the Tesla in history, which was just a small-scale start.

Knowing the prospects of this project, he invested a lot of money without hesitation and hired many experts at high salaries. Logically, this research and development process should have been faster than before.

"We currently have a rough solution for the motor of the most difficult transmission system," said Straubel.

This is good news.

Because this is a stumbling block that Musk asserted at the beginning.

"Really?"

"We visited the world's leading motor manufacturers, and finally two of them are confident of trial production. Of course, according to your consistent philosophy, this motor, which has not yet been designed and finalized, all its intellectual property rights will belong to Tesla,"

"That's good," Feng Yiping finally had a smile on his face, "But everyone, although I am a little reluctant, I have another task here today. I want to set up a new autonomous driving department under Tesla,"

This is another main purpose of Feng Yiping's trip.

"Autonomous driving?" The three looked at each other, but they looked a little excited.

They really hope to apply as many new technologies as possible to this car.

The concept of autonomous driving is not new. It has been applied in airplanes, but it is still new enough in the automotive field.

"Yes, of course, this is definitely a step-by-step project. I think at least for now, we can carry out some research in active safety and assisted driving,"

The biggest difference between cars and airplanes is that the space of a driving channel is limited and it will be affected by the outside world at all times. The flight path of an airplane is spacious enough. Under the arrangement of the flight control center, it is less susceptible to external influences.

"In terms of car driving, we humans can be said to be a contradictory combination of the safest and the most unsafe,"

"Safety means that when we face emergencies, we can take measures based on various factors in the first place. In the foreseeable future, no matter how advanced the computer is, it is impossible to handle this ability better than us,"

"Unsafe is because such emergencies are mostly caused by ourselves, such as fatigue while driving, or distraction, such as answering the phone, or seeing a beautiful woman on the side of the road..."

"Traffic accidents caused by human factors account for more than 90% of the total number of traffic accidents. In this regard, we really don't have computer security with preset programs,"

"Now the technology of electronic maps, radar, laser, ultrasound, infrared, machine vision and other sensors has made great progress, and we in Silicon Valley are good at integration and good at using software to geniusly make hardware play the best effect, so I think we can do research in this area now,"

"Environmental perception, behavior prediction, human-computer interaction, high-precision positioning..."

"Wait, speak slower," Straubel said with shining eyes.

What Feng Yiping said were some specific directions, and the most difficult part of developing a new project is to determine which aspects to start researching.

"These are just some of my personal thoughts. I will email you the details. In short, I hope this project can be established as soon as possible."

It must be said that Tesla's level of autonomous driving later on was also at the forefront of the industry. Feng Yiping hopes that this time it will not lag behind, and he hopes that this question will be raised by himself, not Musk.

The guy who developed the rocket is too easy to think of adding autonomous driving functions to the car.

"Feng, your proposal is genius," Martin was very excited.

Feng Yiping was right. The advantage of Silicon Valley is to use software to integrate hardware. He is very interested in the work of developing autonomous driving.

As soon as Feng Yiping proposed it, he felt that Tesla should be equipped with such technology.

"That's it?" Feng Yiping packed his things, "Don't forget, come to my house at 6pm to attend the Spring Festival party."

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NEXTDOOR, in the large conference room, there are a lot of reporters here today, and the atmosphere is a little different. Matthew Ledger of USA Today, with his hands in his pockets, is relaxed and is the absolute protagonist of the scene. He is smiling and communicating with his colleagues around him.

In any case, as the first person to question this merger, his report yesterday definitely attracted a lot of attention to their newspaper. Now, many of his colleagues around him really envy him.

The main purpose of so many reporters attending this press conference today is to see whether Feng Yiping and Netflix will react and take corresponding measures. If not, they will definitely follow up immediately.

Brian, the reporter responsible for Silicon Valley news at the Los Angeles Times, the most influential newspaper in the West, is looking forward to the show, hoping that you can be proud for a while.

He has been deeply involved in Silicon Valley for many years and has a dense network of relationships. He has heard some rumors. He wants to express deep sympathy for this guy who is eager to use Feng Yiping and Netflix to get promoted.

Let alone other things, just because Feng Yiping can successfully invest in Google, become an advisor to Steve Jobs, and be appreciated by the heads of well-known companies such as Amazon, McDonald's, and Starbucks, how could he not have any real ability?

How could this merger be as Matthew wrote as he thought?

But seeing Matthew looking at this side with a somewhat victorious look, Brian's sympathy immediately disappeared, leaving only disgust and gloating. Let's see how long you can be proud.

"I'm here," the noisy scene quieted down. Zheng Jiayi chose to appear in a dark blue suit today, and she looked for Matthew in the crowd for a while without concealing it. It was obviously looking for Matthew.

This didn't take her much effort, because Matthew was the central figure in the small circle that had not yet completely dispersed.

Zheng Jiayi's eyes were emotionless, but Matthew was quite graceful and nodded to her with a smile, but Zheng Jiayi didn't bother to pay attention.

This silent confrontation made many reporters who were paying attention to Matthew brighten their eyes. It seemed that there was a good show?

"Today I have something to announce to you all," Zheng Jiayi said straight to the point, "Regarding our acquisition of Netflix, from project establishment to implementation, we have undergone rigorous demonstration and planning. For the future development of Netflix, we have sufficient preparations that will make everyone's eyes light up."

Now, except for Matthew, everyone's face lit up.

But Brian observed more carefully. He saw that Matthew's face changed a little, but he didn't seem to care.

Why is he like this? Things don't seem as simple as they seem?

Zheng Jiayi continued to inform everyone about the relevant situation, "Mr. Feng studied at Tsinghua University in China for his undergraduate degree. He has always followed the school spirit of Tsinghua University, 'Actions speak louder than words'. He originally wanted to use actions to let those who care about us understand the plan for Netflix, but since so many people are looking forward to our arrangements, I heard that many people are disappointed-considering that we have less than a week to acquire Netflix, these people seem to be really looking forward to it,"

"In short, according to the authorization of the company's board of directors, I will now disclose relevant important information,"

"Hehe", many people will involuntarily look at Matthew at this time. The words of this Miss Zheng are very targeted!

But Matthew still looked calm.

"In fact, I didn't need to make this explanation, because the relevant measures were originally scheduled to be released tomorrow. The reason why I made this explanation today is to prevent our professional friends in the media from being influenced by some false opinions and writing some reports that will make them regret it based on speculation alone."

Feng Yiping originally disagreed with holding this press conference today. If the website goes online tomorrow, all those doubts and concerns will disappear?

But Zheng Jiayi thought more.

If there is no public response, it will be like a default. Maybe other newspapers that are still waiting will quickly follow up, and then be quickly slapped in the face by Netflix's new measures the next day.

That feels good, but it is not a good idea to make too many media lose face and make too many media feel embarrassed when they think of Netflix in the future.

Zheng Jiayi's words are equivalent to a ruthless rebuttal. Finally, Matthew's face darkened a little.

He didn't think Zheng Jiayi and the others were bluffing. He was sure that they would have a plan.

But now, few people are paying attention to her. They are all looking at Zheng Jiayi, eager to know Feng Yiping's new move.

"We have also prepared for this new move for a very long time. Like Facebook, it is a very cool website and a website that opens up new fields."

"What kind of website is it?" Some reporters have been impatient to ask.

"I hope to keep the more specific situation confidential for the time being, but I promise that everyone will know it after tomorrow."

"Of course, I still have very important information to tell you. This is the URL of our website. The website will be online at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Welcome to click on it."

"I also want to say that the slogan of our website is "Show yourself". I hope everyone will like it then."

In fact, since YouTube has already been launched a week in advance, it doesn't matter if it is launched one day in advance. However, Cummins believes that it should be a good choice to let everyone guess what type of website it is today and let those media help expand their influence and do a wave of free publicity.

Indeed, after hearing this, many media have been conceiving the content of today's report. Without exception, they are all related to the website that Zheng Jiayi mentioned that made them guess.

I believe that after the two waves of publicity yesterday and today, the American people who were not too excited about this will also start to look forward to it, which is great.

Expectation means interest, and interest is the prelude to liking it.