Chapter 2274 Almost There

"It's a completely reasonable request, and it's almost rude to the point of being shameless that you want to keep taking advantage of that," Bezos said.

"However, there are no alternatives," he looked at Feng Yiping with a smile, "I can continue to approve such conditions, but you have to give me some very constructive suggestions."

"For the sake of past conditions, you ask me to make new suggestions. Haha, Bezos, you are thinking too much,"

"As long as your suggestions are constructive enough, then we might not be able to negotiate new terms," ​​Bezos looked at Feng Yiping with a smile.

Feng Yiping also looked at Bezos with a smile, "Can you give me some suggestions on Amazon's business development in China?"

"Sure," Bezos said, immediately interested.

"If Amazon wants to develop in China, it's actually very simple,"

"Um,"

"On my e-commerce platform, just open a flagship store,"

Bezos looked at him coldly. Is this your "constructive" suggestion?

Are you trying to trick me constructively?

"The terms must be renegotiated," he said immediately.

"Think about it, Bezos. I'm really suggesting this for your own good."

"If you don't understand, that's okay. You can try opening a flagship store in my mall and see if you can achieve outstanding results compared to the current lifelessness,"

"You should have discussed with me at the beginning, what other Chinese e-commerce platform should you acquire? My mall is the best e-commerce platform in China,"

"I know you are wary of me, but I have always been generous. Our mall can accommodate all opponents, let alone Amazon. Even if eBay wants to open a flagship store in my mall, it is not non-negotiable,"

"You know, I have always insisted on not focusing on competition..."

"I know, you want your competitors to help develop your blue ocean," Bezos interrupted.

Feng Yiping smiled and immediately stopped.

Letting Amazon and eBay open flagship stores on Jiasheng Mall is indeed similar to what Bezos said.

But he won't admit it.

"I haven't finished speaking yet. I have always hoped that everyone can work together to make the business bigger. Look, the starry sky is so vast." He walked to the corridor outside, pointed to the sky and said, "The market is just Like this starry sky, it can accommodate all our colleagues..."

"I have absolutely no idea how the market could be like the stars, but I'm sure of one thing, you've had too much to drink," Bezos said.

"Maybe, but don't you know that what you say after drinking is always true to your heart? My friend, no matter how we compete in the future, I will always treat you as a friend..."

"Friend, you'd better sit down, I'm worried you'll fall,"...

"Hehehe," people walking by the lake could hear their laughter here.

"Friend, do you really have to leave tomorrow? Do you want to go see Tesla? Tesla's electric cars have reached a critical node and success is imminent. Do you want to seize this last opportunity to invest... "

"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm sorry, we don't want to be in the car manufacturing business right now," Bezos said immediately.

He couldn't understand Tesla's future development, but there was one thing he felt his analysis was right.

However, Feng Yiping has been holding tightly on those projects that have good prospects and are developing very well, and no one is allowed to invest.

Therefore, when he suddenly launched a project that welcomed everyone's investment, Bezos felt very wary.

According to his speculation, there is only one possibility. Compared with his other projects, Tesla's return must be much lower, and the capital requirements are very large, so even if other people invest, Feng Yiping will not be too heartbroken.

Of course, judging from the fact that Feng Yiping has attracted so many famous people to invest in Tesla, Tesla's future development should be good, otherwise, he will not be able to explain to those people in the future.

Think about the guys who have invested in Tesla, not to mention Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, they are not easy to fool.

"Well, it doesn't matter if you don't invest. I know Amazon is strapped for funds now..."

"We're not strapped for cash," Bezos said immediately.

Bezos couldn't accept being told by a guy half his age that he had no money.

"Well, okay, I'm not nervous, it's just that you need to spend too much money," Feng Yiping said in a different way.

"There are indeed too many places where we need to spend money. You know, we have acquired a shoe e-commerce company and a clothing e-commerce company, and there are many other companies on our acquisition list..."

"And your favorite aerospace project also costs money," Feng Yiping added for him.

"Yes, Blue Origin currently also needs large investments...wait a minute," Bezos looked at Feng Yiping and understood that he was just saying in another way that he had no money.

This kid!

He was a little annoyed, "We have sufficient funds. After seeing your park, I am even thinking that we can now consider the construction of our new headquarters. However, we will not rashly get involved in the automobile manufacturing industry."

This was the first time in many years that he explained to someone over and over again, I am rich, I am really rich, I am really rich.

But judging from the other party's appearance, he still didn't quite believe it.

This gave Bezos a familiar and annoying feeling, just as so many shareholders and investors have repeatedly asked him when Amazon will be profitable, but he has repeatedly said that it can be profitable at any time, and even the data on the report shows that it has already. Profitable, but everyone still doesn’t believe it.

He could see what Feng Yiping meant. If you had money, would you invest in Tesla?

Humph, I won’t be fooled by this!

Feng Yiping shook his head secretly. This guy is really hard to fool. No wonder the hair on his head is getting less and less.

"Friend, it doesn't matter if you go back to Seattle, but don't forget to help Tesla promote..."

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Tesla, at this time, it can finally be seen at a glance that this place is originally a car production company.

Because there are already several prototype cars with zebra stripes and car covers in the yard.

These cars are not the original "mule cars" built to test the chassis. These are real prototype cars.

If you look at these cars for a long time, especially if you follow them, you will easily feel dizzy. This is naturally because of the black and white stripes on their bodies.

The reason why the prototype car does this is naturally to disguise it.

For competitors, the details in spy photos of new cars can provide in-depth judgments on size, design, and even analysis of new technologies.

This is similar to the fluid dynamics design developed by Dyson. Counterfeit manufacturers do not need to know what the principle is. They can achieve 60%-70% performance by just following it.

No one wants the results they have spent years of hard work to have stolen in a few seconds.

This step seems simple, but it is just to arrange a car like a zebra. It seems like a child can do it with random tricks. In fact, it is not that simple.

Disguising a new car as having no merit is an art, and Tesla has set up a dedicated team responsible for cosplaying new cars.

Their work also starts when the new car is still in the model stage.

Looking at it now, they have done a great job. The grocery cart in front of them is nothing like the Tesla model\s that Feng Yiping is familiar with.

Just for this result, a lot of money was really spent.

"Thank you for your hard work," Feng Yiping looked at the shareholders in front of him.

At this recent stage, everyone has a lot of work to do, and it is very troublesome. Just talking about the testing and certification of so many parts and subsystems, it is really an ecstatic process.

There are too many cases where the parts provided by parts suppliers are discontinued before they have been tested for a long period of durability.

Once something like this happens, there will be a lot of things to do next, including communicating and coordinating with the manufacturer, and even modifying the design...

From Eberhard to Straw, everyone looks a little thinner, but their eyes are getting brighter and brighter.

Everyone knows that after getting through this period, the next work will be relatively easy.

"No one feels hard work," Eberhard said. "Everyone just feels proud."

"Feng, we are almost done," he looked at the prototype cars. "Based on the current progress, the road test time may be advanced."

"It will definitely not be a problem to deliver small batches of cars next year,"

"We're almost there!" he repeated.

Feng Yiping patted him on the shoulder.

But, not to mention other things, just these prototype cars, as well as the next few batches of prototype cars, and road test cars, the total number will exceed 200.

There are also the related expenses of conducting more than 5 million kilometers of road tests all over the world...

Tsk, these are all money!

Building a car is not easy!

Fortunately, now we finally see the end.

He tapped Eberhard on the shoulder again, and yes, we were finally almost there.