Chapter 338 Auto Show and Situation

It was spring in March, with continuous drizzle.

Chen Pingsheng, who had nothing to do, took his big kid to the auto show to see cars.

The Shanghai Auto Show has the latest top-level cars from major brands.

The new energy super factory he built at a cost of 12 billion is expected to be completed in August this year.

It only took one year, and the speed of China's infrastructure maniac is the fastest in the world, and it is not a false reputation.

After the super factory is completed, it will take another three to six months to complete recruitment, training, and various engineering commissioning.

Tengfei New Energy can officially enter the mass production stage.

Of course, during this period, Tengfei New Energy needs to integrate major motors, electronic controls, batteries, and intelligent driving technologies.

The specific production time will probably be in the spring of 2018.

It took two years for his Tengfei New Energy Vehicle to truly achieve mass production.

Produced from the PPT.

However, the team is still discussing whether the first car should be an SUV family passenger car or a coupe design that young people prefer.

In short, the design and positioning of the first car are very critical.

Because he hadn't made a specific decision yet, he simply came to the auto show to find inspiration.

What can I say about the 2017 auto show? The car models must be beautiful.

I don't know who complained, but the car models are wearing more and more clothes.

Not professional at all.

In the past, they only had two pieces of cloth to cover their long legs. Whoever has the biggest breasts among ABCDE has the right to speak.

What a pity, you can't see it now.

The Shanghai Auto Show is held several times a year, and there are always a lot of people at each auto show.

The big kid has two days off, so he has to go out with his dad.

"Dad, there are so many cars at home, why are you still buying a car?"

"We are going to build a car at home, so of course I came to see it!"

There were a lot of people, and the first car Chen Pingsheng saw was Land Rover.

This year, Land Rover launched a new Range Rover Velar, which is a mid-size SUV and priced between 400,000 and 600,000.

It should be said that among the million-level luxury cars, the aura of the Land Rover Range Rover Extended Edition is unmatched.

The G-Class, including the Cayenne, can't compare with the Range Rover's aura.

The car model here is still a female college student. Although there are regulations that car models can no longer wear triangles, major car dealers will still try their best to let them show their sexiness.

In order to gain higher popularity.

This girl is probably a school beauty in school. Her hip skirt is very short, and it also shows everything that should be exposed.

The aura of the Star Velar is completely incomparable to that of the Range Rover.

Chen Pingsheng still went to the girl and bought two new Range Rover extended versions this year.

There are various prices.

"Just send it to this address."

He rarely drives a car with a landing price of more than two million.

All of them were taken to Tengfei New Energy for disassembly and research.

He definitely didn't need to pay in installments when buying a car. After he finished buying it, Chen Anan was still asking behind him, "Dad, does your mom know that you spend so much money?"

"I don't know your mom spends money either!"

Chen Anan said this instinctively. She didn't get any extra pocket money during the Chinese New Year this year, and she was so upset.

This time, she followed her dad out, so she had to find ways to buy two things she also liked.

In addition to various new models of Land Rover, Lexus also launched a better-looking LS500.

The front grille of the new generation LS adopts the spindle design of the Lexus family, and the exterior design incorporates the exaggerated design language of the LF-FC concept car, which looks quite exaggerated.

It comes standard with 19-inch tires and offers 20-inch tires as an option. In addition, the new car also uses a hollow rim structure to reduce tire noise.

This century-old car company is still quite mature in design. Just talking about the million-dollar Lexus LS500, there are few rivals.

The only one in the same class that looks better than it is probably the Panamera.

That's a classic model, and everyone who sees it will love it.

Chen Pingsheng estimated that there will definitely be new energy manufacturers who will learn from Zotye in the future.

Tailor-made their own Panamera, one-to-one production and imitation.

After all, the appearance of this car is really amazing.

He bought two Lexus at one time.

Next door is Aston Martin, which is the dream of countless young men.

Driving a Martin when young, love is trouble-free.

Martin DB11 also released a new car with a V12 engine this year.

This British sports car is mainly elegant and gentlemanly.

Seriously speaking, the appearance of this car is really high, and he has owned it for a long time.

If Tengfei New Energy wants to produce sports cars, it can refer to its design.

The landing price is only 3.5 million, and he also ordered two at one time.

One for himself and one for research in the Tengfei design department.

Now he buys whatever he likes, and he starts with two. His attitude of not being short of money makes the young girls nearby stunned.

Even Chen Anan said, "Dad, you have successfully attracted their attention again!"

"If they pay attention, then let them pay attention."

Chen Pingsheng said, "Your dad has invested so much money in car manufacturing. As long as he is free in the future, he will definitely come to the auto show."

Okay... Chen Anan also picked the one she liked.

There are too many cars at home, and it is difficult for her to pick the one she likes.

Ferrari also released a GT sports car, Portofino.

Compared with previous models, this car looks a bit like the Aston Martin we just saw.

The chassis is much higher, so you don't have to worry about having to stop and grind slowly when you encounter a pit.

Chen Pingsheng also bought two cars of different colors.

One for his wife and one for disassembly.

Now the girls nearby are completely numb.

I have never seen anyone buy a car like this, it's just like picking radishes and cabbages.

For Lao Chen now, cars worth millions are just like picking radishes and cabbages.

Clothes can be picked at will, and cars can be bought at will.

1760Li xDrive model in January this year.

The M760Li is equipped with a 6.6L V12 engine with the same cylinder as Rolls-Royce.

Although the power parameters are not very exaggerated, it is the fastest accelerating BMW in history.

0-100km/h takes only 3.7 seconds.

It is also the only V12 sedan equipped with a four-wheel drive system.

BMW also pointed to this car to fight AMG S65.

The landing price is three million, and Xiaoka can send two BMWs home with one swipe.

In addition, he also bought three Panameras that were newly released this year. The Panamera's model design is said to never end.

The most beautiful coupe is no joke.

He would buy different car designs and restore them one-to-one at the Tengfei Design Department.

Only on this basis can he develop the first car model that is most suitable for Tengfei's new energy.

Buying a car is not the goal, but making a car is.

The big fart accompanied him for a whole morning and insisted on picking one he liked.

Her vision is unique. She left a lot of luxury cars unselected.

She actually fell in love with the newly released Mercedes-Benz smart.

A super small micro car, the price is as high as more than 200,000.

It's not wrong to say that it is an IQ tax.

Those who drive Mercedes-Benz E300 may not have money, but those who drive this Mercedes-Benz smart must have money.

Otherwise, this thing looks like an old man's car.

Who is stupid enough to spend hundreds of thousands to buy it.

Chen Pingsheng bought two for his daughter, one sky blue hardtop and one orange convertible.

Chen Anan likes it so much, it feels like a big toy.

There is no need to study this kind of car, just put it in the corner.

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After buying the car, Chen Pingsheng went to his own Tengfei New Energy headquarters.

The ecological park has not been built yet, so he rented a 21-story headquarters building here in advance.

Although his investment in the field of new energy vehicles is already the largest in China, it is still compared with Tesla abroad.

Not to mention that it was established ten years later, the funds are still far from enough.

He entered this industry not to compete with those domestic big factories that cheat subsidies.

The goal must be global!

First there is a super factory, then an ecological park, plus eight research institutes in the fields of motors, electronic controls, and AI intelligence.

He is already covering the entire industry.

The key is that the battery factory of Tengde Times was also separated by him. In less than a year, he has invested more than 40 billion in research and development.

As of now, the total investment has exceeded 65 billion.

At present, Yan Donghui, the former dean of the Sany Heavy Industry Research Institute, is still in charge of the establishment of the entire Tengfei New Energy.

The person in charge of component procurement is Zhang Qiming, the former president of BMW Group China.

As for the consumer division, it is Xu Dong who is in charge, and he focuses on the core R&D field.

He was a vice president of Huawei.

These are the three horses that make up the top management of Tengfei New Energy.

Because he was born in Huawei, Xu Dong himself attaches great importance to R&D, and anyone who has worked in Huawei knows it very well.

Its products do not rely on price to win at all, and the core is to create higher value.

That is, it relies on core technology to lead.

This can be said to be the same goal as the current Tengfei New Energy. Fortunately, Huawei has not yet entered the field of car manufacturing.

Otherwise, with its strength, it can definitely crush 99% of its opponents.

Xu Dong also directly pointed out that what Tengfei New Energy lacks most at present is R&D talents in AI artificial intelligence.

There is definitely no shortage of general talents in China, but this kind of top R&D talents requires a large number of mathematicians and electronic engineers.

This area is still very scarce.

As strong as Huawei is, it is still in the babbling state in the field of AI compared to advanced foreign technologies.

That was March 9 last year.

Alpha, an artificial intelligence program developed by Google, completely defeated Lee Sedol, the top Go player in Korea.

It shocked the world.

Artificial intelligence then entered the public eye more widely.

Many people may not understand what artificial intelligence is?

Let's put it this way, artificial intelligence will eliminate 90% of the production workers on the assembly line in the future.

You have to know that since the Southern Speech in 1992, the real reason for its rapid development in China is not only the opening up in terms of policy.

The core reason is that we have the cheapest labor in the world.

And the most diligent workers on the production line can work overtime day and night.

It is also because of this that China can move towards the world.

Due to the high labor costs, foreign large factories have placed OEM production in our side.

Thereby solving the problem of employment and income of a large number of grassroots workers.

This is also the investment attraction in that era.

Once artificial intelligence develops further, this advantage will be completely shattered.

Foreign large factories can directly use robots produced by artificial intelligence to replace production.

Just add artificial intelligence programs in it.

If it really comes to that, it means that foreign countries are likely to repatriate a large number of factories.

That is, move them back to their own countries, which will lead to an infinite increase in unemployment.

When assembly line production can be completely replaced by artificial intelligence, only a small amount of manpower is needed to complete the production of a Foxconn.

This will greatly change the situation of insufficient basic industrial chains abroad.

In short, it is definitely not a good thing for China.

And this is just one application scenario of artificial intelligence.

After all, we have more than one billion people who need jobs and food.

Once foreign large factories return, you can imagine.

More and more people can only be forced to join low-threshold industries such as takeaways.

This is the horror of artificial intelligence.

It is also a field that top manufacturers such as Google, Apple, and Nvidia must compete for.

I don’t know how much money is spent on this every year.

China started too late in the research and development of artificial intelligence, and there is a lack of such talents.

The core technology of new energy vehicles is still unmanned driving. Don’t think it sounds simple. It needs to be continuously calculated based on a large number of models.

At this time, a lot of mathematics and top talents in electronic engineering are needed.

Such talents can only be recruited from top universities, or they can be poached from other large companies.

Everyone is short of top talents, and everyone is picky about ordinary talents.

It is already difficult for graduates from ordinary universities to enter large companies.

Academic qualifications are still very useful, of course, you need a high degree.

For ordinary universities, top companies like Tengfei New Energy, which have invested 60 to 70 billion yuan, basically will not recruit many.

According to Xu Dong, there are only two ways to make a rapid breakthrough in artificial intelligence.

One is to buy R&D teams abroad and directly acquire other people's not very mature technologies.

Set up your own R&D center on the spot.

The second is to rob people from top universities, such as the famous University of Science and Technology of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, etc.

Top talents in such places will be snatched by large companies.

The core of future competition is still the competition for talents.

After all, many top companies are not short of money, so it depends on whose layout is more far-reaching.

In addition to artificial intelligence, Tengfei New Energy still lacks some basic car manufacturing technologies.

Including chassis adjustment, transmission and drive shaft, etc.

This is also the real reason why Chen Pingsheng wants to buy an old car company abroad. If the underlying foundation is not perfect, all the smart driving on it is just castles in the air.

At the beginning, it is fancy and can attract some people.

Over time, various problems will emerge one after another.

This is also a common problem encountered in the domestic automobile market.

Even without the independent Tengde Times Battery Factory, Tengfei New Energy has more than 8,000 R&D personnel.

If you want to build a really good car, you still have to spend more money.

There is also a common way to save money, that is OEM.

Directly hand over the production of the whole vehicle to domestic car companies for OEM.

After the car comes out, add a little artificial intelligence and put your own brand label on it.

First, there is no need to invest tens of billions to build a factory, and second, there is no need for too much research and development.

Chen Pingsheng himself doesn't believe in those OEM factories anyway. The reason is very simple. They can't produce any good cars themselves. Can you expect them to make good cars for you?

After careful consideration, going abroad to buy old car companies is a necessary step.

Thoroughly perfect the technology of the new energy infrastructure of Tengfei, and then upgrade it.

In addition, he has to go to those top universities to recruit talents.

In addition to recruiting talents, setting up research centers abroad is also a necessary step.

After all, many people who study abroad are unwilling to return to work in China.

He didn't even think about building a really good car.

More than 60 billion yuan is far from enough, at least nearly 100 billion yuan is needed.

The money spent on research and development every year starts at 20 billion.

Perhaps only by persisting in this way for three to five years can a slightly capable new energy technology company be cultivated.

The 700 million or 800 million US dollars in the pocket are not fragrant in an instant.

It's far from enough.

Chen Pingsheng returned to the headquarters of Shanghai. It seems that he has to continue to make money, so that he is qualified to gain a foothold in the technology industry.

You must know that the competition in the field of science and technology is different from that of traditional industries. It has to face competition from the strongest opponents in the world.

You can't be careless at all.

He still has to find a way to solve the talent problem first. The headquarters of Shanghai has become busier and busier, and there is no more idle work and fishing before.

The main business is still under the Tengying Group, which has already touched the traditional field of food, drink and entertainment.

There are countless investment projects.

Everyone is also busy in this process.

Up to now, Tengying Entertainment is still the company with the highest market value in Tengying Group.

With the influence of short dramas, variety shows, movies, TV series, investments, etc., the market value has reached 120 billion.

Even if he only counts the shares of Tengying Entertainment, his net worth is 60 billion.

A first-tier domestic tycoon.

Zhang Wanyi also came back from Manhattan. There were not too many employees there, probably more than a hundred people.

Most of them are dedicated to Wall Street and global dynamics.

It is necessary to send news of major events abroad back to China as soon as possible.

In addition to buying back the shares of Lujiao Coffee, the current goal of the Manhattan branch is to look for old car companies that may be sold around the world.

"Uncle Chen, March and April are the spring recruitment in universities. Our group has been invited by 16 top universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Here is the list and time."

Being invited by top universities to join the spring recruitment itself also reflects the current hard-core strength of Tengying Group.

Chen Pingsheng took a look, including well-known art schools such as Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Electronics.

There are also top 211 universities such as Shanghai University, Zhejiang University, and Fudan University.

This year, the recruitment data given by the group's human resources department is to expand recruitment by 5,000 people.

Most of them will be assigned to companies such as Snack Fast Run and Dream Fund, which are about to go public with Lujiao Coffee.

Tengfei New Energy's recruitment plan is not included in this schedule.

They only recruit the highest-level R&D talents.

This requires going to the top scientific research universities.

Even if the market value exceeds 100 billion, they still have not received invitations from Tsinghua University and Peking University.

Chen Pingsheng said: "Let's do it according to this plan. In addition, in addition to Chu Qiuyan, let Yang Qian and Zhao Mingyu, the president of Snack Fast Run, go to the university to give an open recruitment speech.

"Also, donate 100 million yuan to Chu Qiuyan's alma mater in her personal name."

Chu Qiuyan was a girl he picked up from a milk tea shop of less than ten square meters.

She is the president of Bobo Milk Tea and the vice president of Lujiao Coffee.

Financial freedom must have been achieved a long time ago. She is still the representative of university entrepreneurship.

The inspirational goddess is also the golden signboard of their group.

"Uncle Chen, do you want to talk to President Chu first?"

"No, just give her a surprise. It is a good story to repay her alma mater after success, not to mention that she is so young and has graduated for less than two years. "

Zhang Wanyi expressed her envy in her real name. This is the pinnacle of life.

The hardships in the first half of life turned into sweetness in the second half of life.

Chu Qiuyan joined Tengying Group and achieved a perfect class leap in less than three years.

A real winner in life.

The heads of each branch of the group went to the school for recruitment, but Tengfei New Energy did not.

Chen Pingsheng touched his chin. Logically, Lao Yan and Xu Dong were qualified.

It's a pity that Tengfei is still a newly established technology company and has not even done brand promotion.

If he wants to go to those top scientific research universities to snatch people, he has to go himself.

Tengying Group has formed its own unique operating system .

There are processes and standards to implement from top to bottom. The core of the next five years is to make Tengfei New Energy a success.

Chen Pingsheng thought about it and decided to go to the scientific research university himself.

He was not familiar with other places, but he was familiar with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan.

He asked Zhang Wanyi to arrange time and contact people in Wuhan to recruit people in the name of Tengfei New Energy.

Zhang Wanyi has a high-end network of contacts related to the entire Tengying Group on her mobile phone.

If the boss goes there in person, he will be qualified to give speeches at Peking University and Tsinghua University, let alone 211 universities of science and technology.

The fastest rising business tycoon in the past five years , that's no joke.

When he heard that his father was going to Wuhan, the big kid immediately rushed to go.

She wanted to go too, so Chen Pingsheng thought about it and decided to take her with him.

The main reason was that he wanted her to see the atmosphere of those top universities.

For anyone from the northern province, if their children could get into Wuhan's Huazhong University of Science and Technology, there would definitely be a lot of gongs and drums, and the family would have to worship their ancestors for three consecutive days.

The companies that can enter such universities for recruitment are all leaders in a certain field.

Seriously speaking, Tengying Group has a great reputation in China.

However, few people know about Tengfei New Energy, and the few news reports are still about investors.

Chen Pingsheng is not planning to advertise in China. He wants to do it during the Premier League.

Then Tengfei will sponsor Leicester City throughout the whole process to enhance its global reputation. If it can become famous abroad, it will give people a psychological illusion of high-end brand when it returns to China.

The promotion direction for the next year will still be mainly in the field of football.

For this reason, he will not hesitate to let the club spend any money to introduce Ronaldo or Ding Ding.

To ensure that Leicester City can play in the Champions League final from the Premier League.

When Tengfei New Energy has a global reputation, it will definitely be much easier to recruit people.

His considerations in many aspects are still very deep.