Chapter 882 Important Planning

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They were in a good mood, and their appetite naturally increased. The previous conversation was very mentally and physically exhausting. Therefore, in the restaurant, before the appetizers came, the three of them quickly ate up the two boxes of small bread that went with the meal. clean.

Fortunately, this is a high-end restaurant, otherwise the manners of the three of them will really make people think too much. Since the three of them are not wearing any high-end clothes today, it is difficult to tell that the two of them are dressed purely from their appearance. Bit, actually a billionaire.

Looking at Musk's appearance, it seems that he is going to continue the topic just now, can you let me take a breath? Am I relaxed about the hours of long talk just now?

Moreover, the intention of cooperation has been reached, and then there will be some serious topics, such as investment share, division of labor, etc. Such topics are not easy to discuss at the dinner table.

"Have you two been to China?"

"Unfortunately, no," both of them shook their heads, looking a little embarrassed at the same time.

"Then, should you have eaten Chinese food?"

"I've eaten it, I like fish-flavored shredded pork," Straw said the name of a dish in weird Chinese to prove it.

"I like spicy chicken and mapo tofu," Musk seemed to grit his teeth, and finally reported the names of the two dishes in Chinese.

Thanks to the fact that the three things they said were the ones foreigners like the most, otherwise, it would have taken a lot of effort for Feng Yiping to guess what they were talking about.

People’s personality can also be seen in their eating preferences. It seems that according to Grandpa Mao, if you don’t eat chili, you won’t be revolutionary. Musk likes to eat these two dishes. No wonder he has done so many groundbreaking things.

"Strictly speaking, the fast-food Chinese food you eat is just localized Chinese fast food. It's really not Chinese food. I welcome you two to visit China if you have time. Chinese food is really as broad and profound as Chinese culture,"

"Moreover, many Chinese food genres emphasized naturalness hundreds of thousands of years ago. Now the trend of vegetarianism led by Hollywood stars also has thousands of years of tradition in our country,"

He is not talking nonsense, devout Buddhists began to be vegetarian, since Emperor Liang Wu of the Liang Kingdom in the Southern Dynasty, so counting, it has been nearly 1500 years.

We really have no rivals in the world if we have a history of inheritance and records. Musk from South Africa and Straw, an authentic American, were surprised when they heard what Feng Yiping said. 1500 years ago?

"It's a pity, I have only been to Australia," Musk said, "I have time, and I really hope to have a taste of it," Musk said.

Feng Yiping also knew about his trip to Australia. He was on honeymoon with his current wife, Justin, and went to see the Olympics. Then, he was dismissed from PayPal by his partner.

"I also hope that you can deeply examine China's huge market potential and efficient productivity," Feng Yiping said.

There is no way, at his level, it seems difficult to chat seriously, and chatting is also for the sake of talking about business.

"We should focus on the market of more than one billion people," Musk said.

No need to distinguish, Feng Yiping knew that he must be just being polite when he said this, which can be seen from Tesla's layout later.

When Tesla launched the S-series sports car, China was already the second largest economy in the world. At that time, Tesla also only paid attention to it, let alone now at the beginning of the century.

"With the continuous deepening of my country's reform and opening up, in my country, there are more and more families with real purchasing power and wealth of more than one million US dollars, and the infrastructure such as highways has become more and more perfect. Therefore, China's auto market has been very Prosperity,"

"Let me just say a set of simple figures. In 2000, the production and sales of automobiles in our country both exceeded 2 million. However, according to the statistics of our automobile network, by the end of this year, this figure will definitely exceed 4 million, close to 5 million. Doubling in three years, considering other factors, it is conservatively estimated that by 2008, when my country hosts the Olympic Games, this number should be very close to 10 million!"

Sure enough, numbers are the most convincing. Before, if the two of them were perfunctory, now they really take it seriously.

"Besides, due to tariffs and other reasons, in our country, the price of some high-end cars, you may not imagine, is at least three times the price of foreign countries in the same period. For example, the entry-level C-class car of Mercedes-Benz, in my country If the selling price is converted into US dollars, you can definitely buy a low-end S-Class here.”

This is the first time Musk and Straw have heard of such a thing.

"In 2000, my dad bought a Buick Century. If the transaction price was converted into US dollars at the exchange rate at that time, it would have exceeded 50,000 US dollars,"

"As for Mercedes-Benz's S series and BMW's 7 series, the price in China is more than 200,000 US dollars if converted into US dollars. However, such cars can be seen everywhere in many places in China, so don't worry. the spending power of Chinese consumers in terms of automobiles,"

"A Buick worth more than 50,000 dollars, and an S series worth more than 200,000 dollars?" Straw felt that this sounded like a fantasy.

"It seems that this situation will continue for a long time, so I want to focus on the Chinese market from the very beginning. The best thing is that we can start production in China, which is why I I also hope that the two of you can also inspect the quality and productivity of Chinese workers,"

"If in the United States, we can produce 1,000 complete vehicles a month, then in China, because of workers' wages and lower overall production costs, we can produce at least 2,000 complete vehicles a month."

This is Feng Yiping's conservative estimate.

Tesla has been losing money for many years, which is also related to its limited annual production capacity.

Feng Yiping does not want Tesla, which he leads, to fall into a vicious cycle where the stock price has been soaring, but the entity has been losing money.

How hot was Tesla S in China when it was first launched? If the supply could be supplied in time at that time and the charging problem could be solved, Tesla's development might be completely different.

Therefore, considering from the perspective of personal interests, Feng Yiping decided from the very beginning that production must be synchronized in China in the future.

In addition, his decision, of course, has other factors. Although it is impossible for Tesla to be born in China, he still hopes that Tesla, which is dominated by itself, can drive the overall development of the domestic electric vehicle industry. As for later, everyone is clamoring to overtake on curves in the field of electric vehicles. In fact, they are also catching up in this field.

"If it's what you said, then such a plan is completely reasonable,"

How can they refuse such a thing as low cost and high production capacity?

"From what you've said, I hope to visit China as soon as possible," Musk said.

"Thank you," Feng Yiping was relieved to hear his statement. This is a plan he had long ago. Even if other partners disagree, he still must do what Musk agrees in principle now, which would be great.

"I welcome you first," Feng Yiping said with a smile, raising his glass.

Because he was represented too many times by various people, Feng Yiping pays attention to this issue when he speaks now, and he doesn't say anything like "I welcome you on behalf of the hospitable Chinese people".

"Feng, you are now running on both sides of China and the United States. There are many jobs on both sides. I will also focus on SpaceX now. So, who will be in charge of this company in the future?" Musk still raised this question.

"**, if you can serve as our CTO, I think it's our honor," Feng Yiping said to Straw, raising his glass.

Originally, he didn't know anything about this person. In the past two days, he also collected a lot of information about him, and only then did he realize that this guy who he thought was a soy sauce party turned out to be a real genius.

This guy, who just turned 30 this year, was born in a mechanical family in the United States. His great-grandfather's generation established the Straubel Machinery Company in the 1890s to produce the first batch of machines for the American shipbuilding industry. internal combustion engine.

Influenced by the "do-it-yourself" concept inherited by the family, Straw was already a crazy geek when he was a teenager, and he started various attempts of his own.

While studying at Stanford University, he successfully converted a dilapidated Porsche into an electric car by developing his own software, making control systems and charging equipment.

He also took that car to Oregon to participate in the competition. Although the cruising range was only about 30 kilometers, his car broke the world record and became the fastest electric car in the world at that time. It accelerated to 79.14 mph.

If Allen from ACP is not here, Straw can be said to be the most suitable candidate for the technical director.

"No, it's my honor," Straw said, clinking his glass with the two of them.

"Cheers," cheered Musk, who also thought Straw was the perfect man for the job.

Feng Yiping didn't know that this man, Straubel, was the CTO of Tesla later, a great hero of Tesla hidden behind Musk, and also Musk's most inseparable technical partner.

"As for the CEO, I have a suitable candidate for the time being. If there is no accident, he should contact me soon," Feng Yiping said.

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