Chapter 930

Just like NEXTDOOR, the newly established Tesla is also developing very fast. Originally, it only rented one building, with three or two big cats and small cats. Now it has rapidly expanded into a small park. Experts and employees from various countries have joined, Already close to 300 people.

This is a more lively place than NEXTDOOR and Google, because everything is a start-up, you can see a lot of people arguing in any place, and sometimes even a group is arguing.

This is all caused by the five of them.

They ordered everything to start from scratch, so there are too many possibilities for how to realize various functions.

These people who have just joined Tesla, even if they still have doubts about the results envisaged by the five of them, they absolutely believe in Tesla's strength, especially Feng Yiping, he doesn't look like a poor man host.

As long as they are willing to continue to invest, maybe this can be done?

In short, this job seems to be a job that can be done for a long time, and the start-up period of any company is the easiest time to get promoted. Among the people dug from all over the place, they all have the intention to show their best at this time.

Whether you are in charge of a project or assisting in the execution of a project, there will be a big difference in achievement and income.

Feng Yiping visited a few places and was very satisfied. No matter whether these people have electric car dreams like himself or not, at least for now, they are working very hard.

Feng Yiping has not made an official appearance here yet, those guys discussing around the workbench, around the drawings, around the writing board, occasionally looked up and saw a smiling Asian young man, who seemed a little familiar , but they didn't take it seriously, thinking it was the assistant of some Japanese expert watching the fun.

A few days ago, Martin also recruited a few Japanese people, and he had to admit that the Japanese are still good at interior design.

The beauty at the front desk of the main building knew the big boss, so she hurriedly said hello, Feng Yiping nodded, "Where is Martin, is he upstairs?"

"Not here," the beauty checked the records, "he's in the transmission project now,"

Feng Yiping nodded, walked straight upstairs, and came to the financial office, "Kevin, call out the expenditures for these few days,"

Kevin is the first employee of Tesla besides their five founders. After being interviewed by the three founders, he is the most demanding among all employees.

"Okay Feng," he recalled the relevant data and reminded, "Because it is the initial stage, the expenditure on hardware and office is very high,"

Feng Yiping looked at the data and couldn't help scratching his head. Not counting the wages of so many people, the equipment and experimental materials purchased every day now cost more than 200,000 US dollars. No wonder Martin and Mark couldn't hold on. , Such a project is indeed very expensive.

"Kevin, in what areas do you think we can appropriately reduce expenditures without affecting R&D work?"

Feng Yiping didn't know much about automobile manufacturing, so he just wanted to reduce expenses. He didn't know where to start, but the financial staff who deal with numbers all day would have some opinions.

"First of all, I think we can make some useful attempts in the procurement of office equipment. We can purchase some second-hand office furniture, which does not affect the use, but the cost is much lower," Martin said. When Feng Yiping asked, he immediately had an answer.

It's a good idea, it suits my temperament, "Is there any more?"

"In order to improve work efficiency, several office buildings currently have various workstations, such as CAD (Computer-Aided Design), OA (Office Automation), etc. I think these relatively large-scale equipment can be used in a centralized manner. It can also effectively reduce the procurement cost of our office equipment,"

It seems that when Musk drove Martin out of Tesla, the main crime he made for him was poor cost control. Looking at it now, Martin may really have such a problem. It is not the time for start-up companies to be extravagant.

"Very good, is there any more?" Feng Yiping took a pen to write down these two points.

"This," Kevin hesitated a little.

"Kevin, to be frank, for a long period of time, the company will only have expenses and no revenue. Every opinion of yours is very important,"

"Then I have one more point, just for reference," Kevin is also very positive, because he also wants to be the company's chief financial officer.

"you say,"

"The company's biggest expense now and in the future is still employee wages,"

Feng Yiping nodded. The wages of workers in the United States are not low. What's more, among the more than 300 people now, many of them hold the title of expert.

"I think that in some aspects, we can make appropriate cuts. For example, now we haven't even solved some of the most basic problems, so we have hired a few experts in interior decoration. Is this necessary?"

Feng Yiping thought about it, it really is.

Although this time at the beginning, it is no longer a small fight in history, but it will take a few years at the earliest for the whole vehicle to take shape. necessary.

In the same way, some experts in other fields, such as body/model design, and even car general layout engineers and safety engineers, seem to be unnecessary now.

At least wait until the key, lowest-level technology has an outline, and then follow up on these, and there is still time.

"Kevin, thank you for your opinion," Feng Yiping also patted him on the shoulder, "I think starting from this month, we can add an item to our financial statements, that is, some directions in which we can reduce costs,"

"Thank you Feng, I will definitely come up with a rigorous report,"

He was very excited. Feng Yiping's words were equivalent to granting him part of the rights of CFO.

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In the building responsible for the research and development of the transmission system, Feng Yiping found Martin, but the issues they discussed were too professional, and he really couldn't get in. "Martin," he could only say hello.

"Feng, when did you come?" Martin squeezed happily out of the circle.

"Just arrived, the work is going well, you have worked hard,"

"Hehe, it should be. To me, working with so many professionals is a kind of enjoyment," Martin said excitedly.

"Martin, I left a memo in your office, mainly about cost control, you can take a look at it later," Feng Yiping led him along the path between the buildings.

"I understand your desire to achieve results as soon as possible, and I am not as familiar with these aspects of work as you are, but Martin, it is the launch of an ordinary gasoline-powered car, which is not something that can be done in a short time, let alone our plan A pure electric vehicle from scratch?"

"I think we should be prepared for long-term investment. At least the next three to five years will be a period of pure investment. During this period, if we save, it is equivalent to earning,"

"The issue of cost is something we have to consider, and you don't want the price to be so high that you can't accept it because we have to share the research and development costs when our car finally comes out in the future."

"We now have a total of five founders, and you are also a person who has successfully run a business. You should be clearer than me about the issues that need to be paid attention to here,"

The partner's quarrel is not news anywhere.

Musk is a genius, but he is definitely not a good-tempered person, but also a very strong person, and in terms of technology, he is at least better than Feng Yiping.

When the research on Tesla's electric car has a certain prospect, he might not do what he did later.

Although this time, Feng Yiping has turned Straw, the biggest contributor to Tesla's technology, directly from an executive to the founder, but he feels that this is not enough. In order to avoid possible conflicts in the future, he still hopes Someone like Martin who also has technical expertise can stay in the company and support himself.

"Research and development must be done quickly, but costs must also be effectively controlled, so that your work performance will be considered perfect, what do you think?"

There was a lot of voices around, and the discussions were all issues that Martin was very interested in. He really wanted to join in now, but after hearing Feng Yiping's words, he suddenly woke up.

"Feng, thank you for your reminder," he said sincerely, "I am actually a person with a flawed personality. Mark knows this about me. Get it done as quickly as possible,"

"You are right. For a company like ours that needs to develop for at least five years, cost control is very critical. I remember Feng, and I will definitely pay attention to it. Now I will discuss this issue with the relevant departments," he shook his hand. Hold Feng Yiping's hand and say, "Thank you, thank you!"

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