Chapter 890 A Pool of Stagnant Water (Autumn Light 3)

Martin, who was full of pride, encountered an unexpected blow in Detroit. He met with the three experts on the list. As a result, not long ago, he and Mark brought their electric car plan to find those venture capitalists. The results were very similar, and they all refused without even being polite.

Only one person said a little more to him, "Young man, this is a car, not the gadgets you made in Silicon Valley before. Do you know how many parts a car has? Thousands of them!

These parts come from all over the world, do you know how complicated it is to manage such a supply chain? "

"The things you build in Silicon Valley, such as computers, you don't need to produce any parts at all. You go to the parts store to buy parts and assemble them on demand, and then install the drivers and operating systems. You have built a working computer. computer.

However, do you know that in the automotive industry, each of our companies has its own CAN protocol. To put it simply, Ford’s car light controller cannot be used in our GM cars at all. It is also the doctor’s ESP. used in automobiles, and cannot be installed in Ford vehicles," he said.

He looked at the very surprised Martin playfully, "So, do you understand how complicated it is to build a car?"

"I see," Martin nodded.

"That's good," the expert nodded. "You'd better pack your bags and go back to Silicon Valley and make those gadgets you know,"

Martin drank the whiskey in his glass, "I understand why the two of them said that they want to bring some changes to the auto industry,"

"I can't believe it at all, and I can't even imagine that today, when technology is so advanced and cross-border collaboration is popular, the auto industry is so closed, no, so primitive,"

"This is definitely not a healthy format, nor is it a format that can develop healthily. If you still stubbornly stick to these outdated, outdated, exclusive habits that should have been abandoned long ago, you will eventually drink the bitterness you have brewed. Wine, I don't think this time will be too long, don't you realize this problem?"

When he first said these words, Martin felt a little angry, but later, he slowly cheered up, feeling like Don Quixote, full of a sense of mission.

"If before this, I only had 9 points of confidence in this project, now I have 12 points of confidence, Dr. Stephen, I believe that in a few years, you will re-recognize those of us who only do it in Silicon Valley. gadget guy,"

His declaration-like words made Dr. Stephen a little dazed. A friend next to him, who was also in the automobile industry, asked with a smile, "What's the matter Stephen? Who is that young man?"

"Nothing," Stephen shook his head, looking at the young man who had already walked out of the bar, "it's just a drunk guy,"

Martin's rhetoric, in his opinion, was crazy talk.

He never imagined that this guy Martin would have the potential of a super crow's mouth. What he said today really became a prophecy later.

Martin, who walked out of the bar, looked at the lively bar behind him, the surrounding buildings, and the towering general headquarters in the distance. Standing on the street of this brightly lit modern metropolis, he really saw the gloom of the city.

In his mind, Detroit, the automobile city that symbolized the cutting-edge technology of the mechanical industry, is now just a wild tribe in a modern cloak in his eyes.

He called Feng Yiping to express his emotions.

"So Martin, that's why I said that all the parts of our car are made from scratch," Feng Yiping said on the other end of the phone, "We just want to use some common parts, and you will find that the cost is also high. "

After deciding to do this project, Feng Yiping found out that some of Tesla's later pioneering work may not be so much their insistence, the starting point is to make every detail of the vehicle perfect, rather than being forced.

The automotive industry, like the aerospace industry that Musk is engaged in, is also a very exclusive industry with no spirit of sharing at all.

Musk and Tesla later decided to open their patents to all their peers. In addition to wanting more people to make this cake bigger, I am afraid that there are also considerations in this regard.

In this regard, Feng Yiping somewhat likes the domestic auto industry.

Although domestic automobile access is difficult, at least the spirit of sharing in the domestic automobile industry is not bad.

He clearly remembered that when SUVs first became popular, the biggest difference among so many brands of SUVs on the market was the brand, from spare parts, to production process, to production line, they might all be exactly the same.

Of course, Feng Yiping didn't know whether they followed the old path similar to the American auto industry.

"Martin, I think, can you change your thinking? These long-established experts will cherish their reputation very much, and because of their generous income, they dare not and do not have the courage to innovate, so I think that convincing them It may be more difficult to join, it is such a person, joining our young company, whether it will help or hinder, it is really hard to say."

"So, can we consider starting with the young assistants of these experts? They have experience and technology, but fortunately, their ideas are not solidified. More importantly, they are not opposed to innovation and change. What do you think? "

"Thank you Feng, what you said is very reasonable. I will adjust my goal and mainly look for young and middle-aged experts,"

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Thanks to Comrade Musk, who is very good at publicity, Feng Yiping once again hit the headlines in the United States. However, this time, unlike the two one-sided praises that he led his company to successfully go public, it is a bit like his The blue ocean strategy was the same when it first came out in the United States, with some mixed reviews.

However, the debate over his book seems to be an academic dispute, but this time the debate over Musk's rhetoric looks like a regional dispute.

The western media are very supportive of Musk, Feng Yiping, and their start-up Tesla. Many reports are very prophetic and say, "We believe that this cooperation between these two outstanding young people from the United States and China , will disrupt the industry in the future,”

"Maybe Tesla is a baby who can't walk yet, and the giants may dismiss him, but we believe that more and more imitators and followers will invest in this industry in the future. By then , Those auto industry giants who stick to the rules and have not innovated for a long time will eventually tremble."

As for the media in the east, they mocked Tesla and Musk's rhetoric in their reports as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Two so-called business geniuses are a real-life Grimm's fairy tale: They couldn't even change a tire, and now they're threatening to upend the entire auto industry," the Detroit News said.

The Detroit Free Press said, “While thousands of our scientific researchers are working hard for new technologies, and when our production plants update our car products every few years, Musk said that our auto industry has not experienced it for too long. Change; when the top experts in the automotive field said that the research in this field still has a very long way to go, and even those who are at the forefront of the industry can't see the end, Musk said that traditional automobile manufacturing Karma has come to an end..."

"We all know that the genius Mr. Musk regards everyone as a computer. We kindly remind him whether he should check his own software and hardware, because normal logic cannot draw such a conclusion."

Feng Yiping couldn't help laughing when he saw this. He knew Musk's point of view. He really compared people and computers. He said that a person's hardware is his body and brain, and his software It is the way of thinking, the way of thinking, values, habits and personality.

Therefore, Musk has always believed that learning is equivalent to the process of downloading data and programs to the brain. Listening to the teacher in the classroom is like a ridiculously slow download. Therefore, he prefers self-study, which is why this graduate from the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton guy, who was later known as the "Iron Man" instead, learned more by himself than he learned in business school.

I don’t know why Musk dared to think about these reports in the east. Anyway, Feng Yiping now feels that these reports are not enough, and the trouble is not big enough right now, because no heavyweight figure has come out to object.

The opposition of these heavyweights is actually free publicity for Tesla, which will make more people pay attention to their start-up company. Since it will take a long time to launch the product, Tesla continues to maintain its popularity in the public. Very important.

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