Chapter 14 of the main text is an important plan

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ps: Starting tomorrow, I will add 5 more to the god of autumn for my book friend, thank him for his silent support to me all the time!

In a good mood, the appetite is naturally open, and the conversation that took place before is very brain-consuming, and it is also very physical, so in the restaurant, before the appetizers come up, they quickly ate the two boxes of small bread that accompanies the meal. ≯≯

Fortunately, this is a high-end restaurant, otherwise the style of the three of them will really make people think more, given that they are not wearing any high-end clothes today, it is difficult to see that two of them are actually billionaires simply from their appearance.

Looking at Musk's appearance, it seems that he wants to continue the topic just now, can you let me take a breath?

Moreover, the intention of cooperation has been reached, and the next thing is mainly some very strict topics, such as investment share, division of labor, etc., such topics are not good to discuss at the dinner table.

"Have you ever been to China?"

"Unfortunately, no," both of them shook their heads, looking a little embarrassed.

"So, you should have eaten Chinese food?"

"I've eaten it, I like fish-flavored shredded pork," Straw said in a weird way to prove it.

"I like spicy chicken and mapo tofu," Musk seemed to grit his teeth, and finally named two dishes.

Thanks to the three things they said, they are the ones that foreigners like the most, otherwise, Feng Yiping would have to work hard to guess what they were talking about.

In terms of eating preferences, you can also see people's personalities, it seems that according to Grandpa Mao, if you don't eat chili peppers, you won't revolutionize, Musk likes to eat these two dishes, no wonder he has done so many groundbreaking things.

"The fast food-style Chinese food you eat, strictly speaking, is just localized Chinese fast food, it's really not Chinese food, I welcome the two of you to have time, you can go to China to see, Chinese food, really as broad and profound as Hua,"

"And many Chinese food genres, hundreds of thousands of years ago, have been emphasizing natural, and now the vegetarian trend led by Hollywood stars also has thousands of years of tradition in my country,"

He is not talking nonsense, devout Buddhists began to eat vegetarian food, since the time of Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty, so it has been nearly 15oo years.

To say that there is a history of inheritance and record, we really have no opponents in the world, Musk from South Africa and Straw, an authentic American, listened to Feng Yiping's statement, and were shocked, 15oo years ago?

"It's a shame that I've only been to Australia," Musk said, "I really hope to have some time and experience,"

Feng Yiping also knew about his trip to Australia, that is, he was on his honeymoon with his current wife Justin and went to watch the Olympics by the way, and then he was dismissed from his position at paypa1 by his partner.

"I also hope that you will take a deep look at China's huge market potential and efficient productivity," Mr. Feng said.

There's no way, to the point where he seems to be able to make serious small talk, small talk, but also to get down to business.

"A market of more than a billion people, we should focus on," Musk said.

There is no need to distinguish, Feng Yiping knew that he must be just polite when he said this, which can be seen from the layout of Tesla later.

When Tesla launched the S-series sports car, China was already the world's second largest economy, and Tesla at that time also only paid lip service to it, let alone at the beginning of the century.

"With the continuous deepening of China's reform and opening up, in China, there are more and more families with real purchasing power and a wealth of more than one million dollars, and the infrastructure such as high roads is becoming more and more perfect, so China's car market has been very prosperous in recent years."

"I'll just say a set of simple figures, oo years, China's car production and sales, but both exceeded 2oo million, but according to the statistics of our car network, by the end of this year, this number jù absolutely over 4oo million, close to 5oo million, doubling in three years, taking into account other factors, conservative estimates, by O8 year, when China hosts the Olympic Games, this number should be very close to 1ooo million!"

Sure enough, the numbers are still the most convincing, before, if the two of them were perfunctory, now they really attach a bit of importance.

"Moreover, because of tariffs and other reasons, in our country, the price of some high-end cars, you may not imagine, is at least more than three times the price of foreign countries in the same period, for example, Mercedes-Benz entry-level cars, the price in our country, if converted into US dollars, here, you can definitely buy a low-profile S-class,"

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

"In 2ooo, my dad bought a Buick Century, and the transaction price was over $50,000 if converted to dollars at the exchange rate at the time,"

"As for Mercedes-Benz's S series and BMW's 7 series, the price in China is more than $20,000 if converted into US dollars, but such cars can be seen everywhere in many places in China, so there is really no need to worry about the spending power of Chinese consumers in terms of cars."

"More than $50,000 for the Buick, $2o for the S-series?" Straw felt that this sounded like a fantasy.

"This kind of situation looks like it is going to continue for a long time, so I think from the very beginning, we should focus on the Chinese market, preferably because we can start production in China, which is why I also hope that the two of you can also look at the workers and productivity in China,"

"If in the United States, we can produce 1ooo vehicles a month, then in China, because of the wages of workers, under the condition that the overall production cost is lower, we can produce at least 2ooo 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 doesn't want Tesla, which he leads, to also fall into a vicious circle where the stock price has been soaring, but the entity has been losing money.

When Tesla S was first launched, how hot was it in China? If it could be supplied in time and solve the problem of charging, then Tesla's exhibition might be completely different.

Therefore, from the perspective of personal interests, Feng Yiping decided from the beginning that he must be put into production simultaneously 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, but he still hopes that Tesla, which is dominated by himself, can drive the overall exhibition of the domestic electric vehicle industry, not as it was later, everyone is clamoring to bend in the field of electric vehicles, in fact, in this field is also catching up.

"If it's really as you say, then such a plan is completely reasonable,"

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

"Hearing you say that, I hope to go to China as much as I can," Mr. Musk said.

"Thank you," Feng Yiping was very pleased to hear his statement, this is a plan he has long had, even if the other partners disagree, he still has to do Musk now agrees in principle, that would be better.

"I'll welcome you first," Feng Yiping said with a smile as he raised his glass.

Because he was represented too many times by various people later, Feng Yiping now pays attention to this issue, and he does not 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 a lot of jobs on both sides, and I am going to focus on spae now, so, who will be responsible for this company in the future?" Musk still raised this question.

"**, I think it's our honor if you can be our to," Feng Yiping said to Straw with his glass of wine.

Originally, he didn't know anything about this person, but in the past two days, he also collected a lot of information about him, only to know that this guy he thought was a soy sauce party turned out to be an authentic cowman.

This guy who has just passed the year this year was born in a mechanical family in the United States, and his great-grandfather's generation, in the 9o years of the 19th century, established the Straubel Machinery Company to produce the first internal combustion engines for the American shipbuilding industry.

Influenced by the family's "do-it-yourself" philosophy, Straw was already a crazy geek as a teenager and began to experiment with various things.

While studying at Stanford University, he used his own software, built a control system and charging equipment, and successfully converted a dilapidated Porsche into an electric car.

He also took that car to Oregon to compete, and although the range was only about one kilometer, his car broke the world record and became the fastest electric car in the world at the time, adding to 79.14 miles per hour in 17.28 seconds.

AP's Allen didn't come, and Straw was arguably the most suitable person for the technical director.

"No, I'm honored," Straw said, clinking glasses with the two of them.

"Cheers," said Musk happily, who also believes that Straw is the best fit for the job.

Feng Yiping didn't know that this ** Straubel was Tesla's TO later, a Tesla hero hidden behind Musk, and Musk's most inseparable technical partner.

"As for EO, I also have a suitable candidate for the time being, and if nothing else, he should contact me soon," Feng said. (To be continued.) )8