Chapter 2343 What Is Coming Will Come
The things he mentioned are indeed sound, but what about your California government, which doesn’t give out even a dime?
Feng Yiping is still quite interested in the care of the people of the United States - especially when such a request is very legitimate.
"Of course, this is just my opinion. I will convey what you said to Musk as soon as possible,"
Schwarzenegger was stunned. Musk still asked you to tell this. We should have told him earlier, okay?
The reason why they approached Feng Yiping again was because after several contacts, they discovered that Musk was really not an easy opponent to deal with. In order to allow Tesla to settle in California, they naturally made various preferential plans. However, Musk’s request seems to have no bottom line.
And they feel that, at least, Feng Yiping sounds and looks more talkative than Musk. They also know that as one of the co-founders of Tesla, Feng Yiping has a long-term relationship with Tesla because of his shares. Ranei has the absolute right to speak, that is, as long as he agrees, it doesn't matter whether Musk agrees or not - but they are not prepared to use this to provoke a fight within Tesla, which is a very unnecessary exercise. fire.
But what he didn't expect was that Feng Yiping's intention to refuse was so clear. So, is it possible that Musk's attitude was actually due to his instruction?
If that were the case, things would be difficult to handle.
"What I mentioned above are just some objective advantages. The state government has made sufficient preparations to allow Tesla to stay in California," Schwarzenegger said with emotion. Businessmen are indeed businessmen, but they are not Be prepared to reveal your other preparations without haste.
He always felt that Feng Yiping was easier to deal with than Musk anyway.
That Musk is not only very slippery, but also thick-skinned, but at Feng Yiping's level, he will be more particular than Musk anyway. It is not good for the next meeting to always overturn the results of the previous meeting.
"You see, this time I have brought some heads of relevant functional departments. That one is the head of the state Air Resources Board. They are responsible for formulating relevant standards in the zero-emission vehicle plan,"
"To be specific, it is the points that manufacturers can get for every pure electric vehicle produced, and these points are the data used for carbon emissions trading,"
Feng Yiping glanced at the person Schwarzenegger was referring to. In any case, that person and his department are very critical to Tesla's future earnings. Obviously, if they increase the points earned by Model S by one point per unit, , then the annual income in carbon emissions will naturally increase a lot.
"And the guy over there is our treasurer. He also leads a group of the state's New Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Agency, and that group will decide on tax incentives for new energy vehicle manufacturers,"
"And that one..."
Schwarzenegger introduced the functions of the people he brought to Feng Yiping one by one, and they were all related to the benefits of Tesla's launch.
It seems that Schwarzenegger wants to cut the knot quickly and finalize the deal before other states take any concrete actions.
“We have prepared very favorable conditions for Tesla to locate its production plant in California,” Governor Shi said.
But Feng Yiping didn't want to hear about these specific conditions, because he fully believed that Musk would be able to embarrass himself in this regard, and he would definitely be able to get better conditions.
Just before he was about to speak again to express his attitude, two more cars drove over. The person who got out of the car caused a sensation among everyone. It was Steve Jobs.
This just saved him from pushing it away directly, "Sorry," Feng Yiping pointed over there.
Schwarzenegger immediately smiled and said, "We were about to go together,"
But I felt a little more confident. Even Steve Jobs came to test drive. So no matter what, Tesla's production plant must be located in California.
"Steve," Feng Yiping smiled and walked towards Jobs, "Mr. Governor happened to be here too,"
Schwarzenegger smiled heartily, "Steve, we meet again, your iPhone is great, and these are the iPhones in the car,"
He took the initiative to praise Tesla in front of Jobs - it seems that no matter which country you are in, being an official is a training thing.
"I think you will definitely like it and you will definitely find the similarities between it and the iPhone," Schwarzenegger helped Jobs open the car door. At this moment, it was as if he was from Tesla.
Jobs touched his chin with his hand and glanced at the appearance of the Model S. He was noncommittal, but his eyes brightened a little after seeing the interior.
On the passenger side, Straw had already sat in. This time, Feng Yiping took the initiative to whisper in Jobs's ear, "The accelerator must be lighter."
Given Jobs' current physical condition, a violent Model S would definitely make him feel uncomfortable.
He felt a little regretful as his words might have had the opposite effect.
Sure enough, after listening to Straw's general introduction, the car started racing wildly as soon as it drove onto the straight road - even if the accelerator was not fully depressed, it was not far off.
These strong men are all very stubborn.
"Mr. Governor, shall we go to the lounge first?" Feng Yiping suggested.
Eberhard came over immediately, "Mr. Governor, everyone, please come over here,"
Schwarzenegger understood that there would definitely be some exchanges between Jobs and Feng Yiping about Tesla's product. Considering the way Jobs acted, it was certainly not possible to have other people present in those exchanges.
When he and his group came to the lounge under the leadership of Eberhard, they found that Musk had not followed. His beautiful eldest daughter came up to hold his hand and said, "Dad, I like this." Car, when can we get one at the earliest?”
"I promise, it will be the first time," Eberhard answered the question for Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger looked at Eberhard, "My daughter likes this car, and I like this car factory."
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Musk pulled Feng Yiping and asked, "What did he talk to you about?"
"What I talked about more was some of California's objective advantages. He should have clearly understood my attitude, but of course that's not enough," Feng Yiping said.
"Next, he wants to tell me about the specific support policies of the California government. How can I talk to him about this? You are responsible for these things, and naturally you are more powerful," Feng Yiping smiled and raised his head with his shoulder. Bumped Musk's shoulder.
Musk smiled. Feng Yiping's words certainly satisfied him. He really didn't hope that Feng Yiping would have a hand in these aspects.
Tesla's situation has become very clear, and he hopes to highlight his abilities more in this company.
"It's just Feng, do you really think that we can really get a complete factory at a very small price next?"
Everyone has shortcomings, and Musk was not pulled into that fund by Feng Yiping, so there are still some doubts about some of Feng Yiping's judgments at this time.
"Yes, I am very sure that as long as the time is right, we will be able to get a complete factory at a very small cost, either in California or in other states," Feng Yiping said with certainty.
"Alternatively, we can quantify our goal. No matter which state we build the factory in, the support we receive must be at least US$1 billion,"
When Musk heard this, he was actually a little excited, "It seems that I have to start contacting other states as soon as possible,"
"It should be like this, but you still control the rhythm," Feng Yiping patted his shoulder again, "Man, I believe you!"
He is very happy to see Musk so active on this issue.
Because he is confident that no matter how active Musk is, it will not affect his status in Tesla.
Several test cars stopped. Jobs got out of the car and walked around the car with his hands on his hips. His words were not as rough and arrogant as Schwarzenegger thought, "It seems that in terms of appearance design, especially Are you still looking for your own style in terms of front face design?”
This naturally means that he is not satisfied with the front face, but it also shows that he is quite satisfied with everything except the front face.
“There will be some adjustments in the next different models, including headlights and grilles, but I think this is our design language,” Feng Yiping said. “Steve, do you feel that this is consistent with what you designed? Like Apple products, is it a product that can inspire people to buy and create demand? "
Jobs looked at the car, then at Feng Yiping, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Feng Yiping laughed, "I know, I know, in your mind, only Apple's products must be the most perfect, but I still feel that such comments will definitely appear in the future,"
"When Apple launches a new mobile phone, someone will comment and say, 'This is the Tesla of mobile phones.'"
In front of a crazy person, sometimes you have to be even crazier than him.
After hearing Feng Yiping's words, Jobs laughed - I don't know if he laughed back angrily, "There would be no comments like that."
"Haha, there will still be some, please," Feng Yiping said with a smile.
At this time, he saw Rubin standing over there waving to him. Could he not wait any longer?
Jobs glanced at Rubin and then looked away coldly. He didn't like that guy. There was no reason. He didn't like it when he saw it.
Although the guy's face was full of smiles, he intuitively felt that behind that guy's smile, there was a hint of irritability and domineeringness - he certainly didn't realize that he was exactly such a person.
Feng Yiping walked up to Rubin and said, "How's it going? Have you had a test drive?"
Rubin looked at Jobs's back, "Feng, when will you go to our side? Our research and development work has also ended,"
Feng Yiping also glanced at Jobs's back. This must come sooner or later. "After the Tesla road test team sets off,"