Chapter 2322 Celebration Banquet (Part 2)

"The house is great, very great, and the location is very good," Schwarzenegger praised again before sitting down.

"Thank you," Feng Yiping waved to the side, and a waiter immediately brought two glasses of wine.

The governor sat cross-legged on the chair, watching more and more people walking among the flowers downstairs, thinking that the Chinese really like new houses.

"I have been to China twice. It is really a very beautiful country. I like it very much," he took out a cigar and gestured to Feng Yiping.

Feng Yiping waved his hand, "I like it too. Welcome to your next visit. At that time, I will be honored to invite you to my company as a guest,"

"I will definitely go. By the way, I will go to China again in two months," Schwarzenegger said immediately.

"Special Olympics?" Feng Yiping asked.

In October, the 12th World Summer Special Olympics will be held on the banks of the Huangpu River and Suzhou River. This is also the first time that the World Summer Special Olympics will be held in Asia and in a developing country.

As the son-in-law of the Special Olympics family, a star, and the governor of the United States, he naturally had to go to support them.

"Yes," Schwarzenegger put the cigar back in his pocket. Since Feng Yiping was unwilling to try it, he himself did not smoke it. "I have always been a volunteer for the Special Olympics,"

Then he laughed self-deprecatingly, "There is no choice, right?"

"Haha," Feng Yiping also laughed. For Schwarzenegger, this is indeed no choice.

"You know, Feng," Schwarzenegger said, "We should interact more. We will have a lot in common. The environment in which we grew up is very similar,"

California is a special existence in the United States. In terms of economy, if California is listed separately, its GDP will rank among the top 10 in the world.

In terms of politics, the United States has a total of 538 electoral votes, and California alone accounts for 55 of them.

In the US presidential election, the electoral votes are very important. Simply put, as long as one party first obtains more than half, that is, 270 electoral votes, then he will be elected as the President of the United States.

The reason why the 2000 presidential election was so lively was that according to statistics, Gore had already won the majority of popular votes, but Bush won more than 270 electoral votes.

And in theory, if you win more than half of the popular votes in a state, you will automatically win all the electoral votes in that state. This is not right, so there were recounts and lawsuits on both sides later...

But the guy who is now in charge of this state, which is crucial to the United States, was born and raised in a country that was very pro-Soviet at the time, had a national policy that represented the core socialist values, and almost joined the communist camp (if you look at the national emblem of Austria, we will feel familiar, because there are also sickles and hammers on it).

Feng Yiping smiled. He didn't have a good impression of the former communist countries in Eastern Europe. They took so much aid from our country to tighten its belt, but in the end they were all ungrateful and far inferior to the black brothers in Africa.

He glanced at Governor Schwarzenegger and raised his glass. "I admire your achievements,"

"Haha," Schwarzenegger raised his glass. "You are now the idol of more people,"

"Look, your products have brought great changes to the world. I am also a user of Facebook, YouTube, and Netflix, but do you know which of your projects I like the most?"

"Don't you like all of them?" Feng Yiping, who knew the answer, said deliberately.

"I like them all, of course I like them all, but my favorite is Tesla, which you founded,"

Feng Yiping knew that this was the case.

As a governor who was born as a Hollywood star, Schwarzenegger is lacking in economic work, but like other Hollywood stars, the environment is his specialty and an aspect he is very passionate about - he also has a very different side from Hollywood stars. As a steel straight man who has been elected as "Mr. Olympia" many times, he vetoed the plan to legalize gay marriage passed by the California State Assembly.

Last year, he signed California's "Assembly Bill 32", making California the first state in the United States to implement mandatory controls on greenhouse gases from factories, power plants and smelters.

It was this bill that officially launched California's "carbon emissions trading" program, which encourages companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through rewards and stipulates that refineries and large factories must purchase licenses before they can legally emit greenhouse gases.

That is, car companies are required to produce a certain proportion of electric vehicles or other zero-pollution vehicles. If they cannot reach this, they can buy from other companies.

Musk once benefited from this bill. Tesla made at least tens of millions of dollars in profit every quarter from carbon emissions trading.

Obviously, as a green governor, he may not care about the impact of Feng Yiping's Netflix and YouTube on his famous Hollywood, but it is impossible not to pay attention to Tesla, which produces zero-emission electric vehicles.

"We all hope to do what we can for climate issues," Feng Yiping said.

Schwarzenegger knew who Feng Yiping was talking about "we". It was Tesla's series of glittering investors, from Bill Gates to Jobs to the Google brothers...

So this made him feel that this would be a very promising company.

"I heard that your first car is about to start road testing?"

"Yes, we have made preparations in the most suitable test drive locations around the world, including the New North," Feng Yiping replied, "You are also welcome to visit Tesla for a test drive, Mr. Governor,"

Schwarzenegger extended his hand, "It's settled, I really hope to be one of the first users of Tesla,"

Feng Yiping shook his hand, "It's our honor,"

"It's just," Governor Schwarzenegger asked, "I think one of the puzzling questions is that Tesla seems to have not built a production plant yet?"

This is a very critical question.

At first, Feng Yiping was also a little confused. Why did Tesla spend so much time and make so much noise when it built a super battery factory later, but there was no news about the more critical vehicle production plant?

But he soon understood, because he knew that his proposal on the production plant at the board meeting was also Tesla's original practice.

"The board of directors has already made a decision on this issue. Considering that Tesla is a brand new product, and we all hope that the production process can be highly automated, we hope to develop our own production line,"

"To be safe, we will definitely conduct small-scale trial production at the beginning, and then consider building a large-scale factory after it matures,"

He said with a smile, "Our advantage is that we don't have much financial pressure at present,"

Tesla was different at the beginning. Investors were urging them to produce finished products as soon as possible to make money, and funds were limited. Without income, they couldn't operate.

But this time is different. Feng Yiping himself is the largest shareholder and has no shortage of money.

In the United States, the preferential treatment that can be obtained for building such a factory is at least more than 1 billion US dollars, and he can't let it go.

"In any case, I think California is the best for Tesla," Schwarzenegger said.

"We all appreciate the governor's efforts in environmental protection. California is indeed a place we like very much, but you know, we have to consider the opinions of other directors,"

Feng Yiping's meaning is very clear. Whether it will land in California depends on your bid.

"Considering China's advantages in production, we have also put the plan to build a factory in China on the agenda," Feng Yiping added a little fuel to the fire.

"I see," Schwarzenegger found out what he wanted to know and knew Feng Yiping's attitude on this matter. "I hope we can maintain full communication in this regard."

He needs the significance of Tesla in environmental protection, the employment that Tesla can bring, and the GDP that Tesla can bring, he also needs...

"No problem," Feng Yiping nodded.

But he has already thought about it. Musk can still be responsible for this matter. He is a good bargainer - no, he is a good bargainer who raises prices again and again.

General entrepreneurs will only ask for various discounts. That guy will always change his mind and raise the conditions after everything is settled. Moreover, he is very direct and confident in asking for money, and it is not a small amount. Such things should be left to professionals like them.

"Then, Mr. Governor, let's enjoy this party," Feng Yiping said as he looked at the increasing number of people downstairs.

"Please!"