Chapter 1683: Inauguration Ceremony (I)
Li Mu hopes that Tesla can make a breakthrough in technology, which is to be able to reduce the dimensionality of other new energy vehicle companies in the future.
It's as if Ferrari is desperately throwing money at F1, with their technical accumulation, taking the technology of F1 and subtracting it a little, it is a Ferrari sports car with a lot of value.
However, in Li Mu's opinion, this drop is far from enough.
If you want to do it yourself, you will go all the way down to the level of Corolla.
In other words, Tesla's technology must be able to compete with a supercar like Ferrari head-on, and it must be able to directly compete with a model like Corolla in terms of cost performance.
To achieve this goal, in addition to Tesla's own continuous research and development and innovation, it must also make a good basic layout in advance.
Corolla and Ferrari may be under the same group, but it is impossible to produce on the same production line, so they have to make a production capacity layout in advance.
Li Mu has a few options in his heart, whether it is BYD, Geely, or the Great Wall in China, they all try to collect a wave first.
As long as one of them is accepted, it will have the qualification and production line to produce passenger cars in China, and then quickly expand the new platform suitable for new energy vehicles to prepare for Tesla's mass production.
As soon as Tesla's mature model came out, he immediately promoted the cooperation with the State Grid in China for super charging stations.
In the previous life, Tesla actually lived a very hard life, and the super charging stations were built almost one by one.
In Li Mu's view, this kind of basic equipment, how can it be built one by one, at least one hundred and one hundred built, not only to lay first-tier cities, but also to lay trunk high-speed, to try to solve the user's mileage anxiety from the initial stage of new energy vehicles.
In the final word, you can get the money.
As for the United States, it will naturally start at the same time, not to mention that with Schwarzenegger in California, Tesla must be full of new energy red flags in California at the beginning of its listing.
If the Chinese and American markets are gnawed down, Tesla will inevitably become a big success, and the Tesla at that time will not be the Tesla of the previous life.
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After chatting with Elon Musk, it was almost time to leave, and Li Mu took Du Wei and others, accompanied by Mrs. Schwarzenegger, to the state government by car.
At this time, the state government of California was even more starry than Hollywood.
The vehicle of Li Mu and his entourage bypassed the large number of reporters gathered outside and stopped directly at the main entrance of the state government, where Schwarzenegger was already waiting to greet him.
Because Li Mu is the most valuable of the entrepreneurs present, not only Schwarzenegger attaches great importance to it, but also the media invited to report the whole process inside.
Schwarzenegger walked up to Li Mu with a smile on his face, took the initiative to shake hands with him, and said, "Welcome to you, Mr. Li." ”
Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Congratulations, future Mr. Governor." ”
Schwarzenegger smiled heartily: "Thank you, please come in!"
The inauguration ceremony was held in the state government's press conference hall, the stage has already been set up, and hundreds of chairs are neatly placed below, where in addition to American political celebrities, there are also a large number of top Hollywood stars and top entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.
Li Mu was arranged in the first row, and he saw many acquaintances along the way.
The entire "Flying Tigers" starring team, led by Spielberg, came, but they arrived earlier and were already seated in different areas.
As a young generation in Hollywood, Anne Hathaway's position is in the middle, and Du Wei saw her dancing happily and constantly gesticulating with her.
Anne Hathaway wore a black evening dress today, solemn and beautiful and sexy, and after waving to Du Wei, she waved to Li Mu a little shyly.
Leonardo and Tom Hanks are on the third row.
Spielberg's position, in the second row.
Sitting next to him is a slightly obese white male, probably not from the entertainment industry.
CEO Lin Qingya, who came to attend on behalf of Makino Technology's American branch, was also in the second row, and when she saw Li Mu, she hurriedly got up and nodded to Li Mu, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li." ”
Li Mu smiled and asked, "When did you come over?"
Lin Qingya said: "Not long after I arrived, I came directly from the company by car. ”
Li Mu said: "When the inauguration ceremony is over, fly to Hollywood for a party, will we go together?"
Lin Qingya said: "I won't go, and I will take the bus back to Silicon Valley after I am done." ”
Li Mu waved his hand: "Let's go to Hollywood together, and then go to Silicon Valley together tomorrow, I just have something to talk to you about." ”
Lin Qingya nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be with you later." ”
Not far from Lin Qingya, who was also in the second row of seats, Larry Page beckoned to Li Mu and said with a smile: "Hello Mr. Li, long time no see!"
Li Mu smiled slightly and asked him, "How are the preparations for the IPO?"
Larry Page said: "We are looking for an opportunity to report to you, we have already started to prepare for the roadshow, which is scheduled to take place at the end of the year. ”
Li Mu nodded and said, "I'll just wait for your wave, after your successful IPO at the end of this year, I will also start it next year." ”
Schwarzenegger's assistant said to Du Wei and Celine Dion: "Miss Du Wei, Miss Dion, you two are seated next to each other, on the other side of the second row. ”
Du Wei hurriedly asked Li Mu: "Brother Li Mu, which row are you in?"
Schwarzenegger smiled at this time and said, "Mr. Li is in the first row, and his seat is directly in front of you." ”
Du Wei breathed a sigh of relief, if she was too far away from Li Mu, she would feel uncomfortable in her heart.
After greeting Lin Qingya and Larry Page, Li Mu and Du Wei came to the other side.
Du Wei's seat was indeed next to Celine Dion, and on the other side of Du Wei's seat was the famous Michael Jackson.
Schwarzenegger even took the initiative to introduce Li Mu and Michael Jackson to each other, and he smiled and said to Michael Jackson: "Michael, haven't you always told me that you want to know Li Mu, come, let me introduce you to each other." ”
Michael Jackson stood up with a slight smile, Li Mu had already stretched out his hand first, and said with a smile: "No need to introduce, I'm a fan of Michael." ”
Li Mu is indeed a fan of Jackson, but that was when he was young in his previous life, but even if it was in his previous life, he still had great respect for Michael Jackson, a legend, at this time.
Michael Jackson also hurriedly shook hands with Li Mu and said seriously: "I've always wanted to know Mr. Li, and I finally have the opportunity to meet me." ”
Schwarzenegger smiled and said, "Michael, let me introduce you to a little girl, who is Mr. Lee's sister." ”
As he spoke, he pointed to Du Wei and said to Michael Jackson: "This is Du Wei, who is also a singer. ”
Du Wei saw Michael Jackson himself, she was already so nervous that she couldn't even speak, although she herself has always regarded Celine Dion as an idol, but if you talk about the degree of legend, Michael Jackson is the number one legendary singer in the world, and the only top one, so it is impossible for her not to be nervous when she sees such a god.
Michael Jackson took the initiative to reach out to Du Wei and said with a smile: "Hello Miss Du, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”
"You...... Hello...... Michael ......" Du Wei shook hands with Michael Jackson, and his excited heart was about to jump to his throat.
After a few pleasantries, Schwarzenegger looked at the time and said, "Let's hurry up and take a seat first, and when the inauguration ceremony is over, let's go to Hollywood and talk slowly." ”
Everyone naturally agreed, and Schwarzenegger pointed to the vacant seat in front of Du Wei and said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, this is your position." ”
Li Mu nodded, and was just about to walk over, when he found that next to his seat, Microsoft's Bill Gates was actually sitting.
Li Mu didn't expect Schwarzenegger's staff to arrange himself with Bill Gates, to say that the two are still half enemies, Makino Technology killed MSN twice, and even beat Microsoft's entire social industry into powder, which brought a lot of losses to Microsoft, and the stock price has been affected and has been depressed.
It's a little awkward to sit with him now.
Moreover, Li Mu felt that this arrangement was also quite delicate.
One is the richest man on the rich list, and the other is the uncrowned king who has not yet been on the rich list.
Bill Gates looked at Li Mu, stood up with a smile on his face, and took the initiative to shake hands with Li Mu: "Hello Mr. Li!"
Li Mu smiled indifferently and said, "Mr. Gates is fortunate to be there." ”
After that, Li Mu sat down next to Bill Gates.
Bill Gates smiled and said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, I don't know when Makino Technology will officially IPO? I can't wait for you to replace me in the rich list." ”
Li Mu said with a smile: "We will start the IPO at the beginning of next year, but to be honest, I really don't want to be on the rich list, and if I can, I would even rather not go public." ”
Bill Gates said seriously: "It's actually good not to go public, Makino Technology has such a strong revenue capacity, in fact, there is no need to rely on listing for financing, once listed, you must disclose the company's business details, and you will lose a lot of freedom." ”
Li Mu said with a smile: "If you want to do something big, you must have more cash in your hands, now the Internet industry is developing rapidly, hurry up to go public and finance tens of billions of dollars in hand, you can lay out a lot of things in advance, if I don't go public, it is still very difficult to get so much money in offline financing, after all, the purpose of capital investment is to wait for the listing to cash out, and if they refuse to go public, their investment enthusiasm will be greatly reduced." ”
Bill Gates was a little depressed in his heart, and he had tens of billions of dollars in hand to make a layout? With such a large amount of money coming in, wouldn't Makino Technology have to penetrate into every subdivision of the Internet industry? When the time comes, I am afraid that it will have a great impact on Microsoft.
Microsoft's social networking has died in the hands of Li Mu, Bill Gates is a little worried about Li Mu in his heart, and now he is a little hairy when he hears Li Mu say that the layout of tens of billions of dollars is understated.
Li Mu suddenly remembered about Weibo at this time, looked at Bill Gates, and asked him: "Mr. Gates, does Microsoft still want to do social networking?"
Bill Gates was a little annoyed in his heart, what do you mean by this? Is it provocative? Didn't the fire of our social business just let you soak in urine and extinguish it? What's the matter, do you still want us to light it up and let you do it again?
Bill Gates crushed his anger and said, "We've given up on social business. ”
Li Mu hurriedly said: "Don't, to be honest, I have the idea to sell Weibo and Twitter after a while, in my opinion, Microsoft and Weibo Twitter have the best temperament, should Microsoft consider it?"