Elon Musk's trip to China is to learn from Taoism. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Not long ago, Musk's SpaceX and Orbital-ATK shared NASA's $3.6 billion International Space Station cargo contract, just two years after SpaceX's first rocket launch.

From the perspective of technology accumulation and stability, Musk has a lot of work to do to successfully complete NASA's contract.

Therefore, three months ago, Musk worked 90+ hours a week, and in the last two months, he has worked an astonishing 110 hours a week, but even so, he still took time out of his busy schedule to fly to Shanghai to participate in the cocktail party to cheer Bian Xuedao.

The reason is very simple, Musk regards Bian Xuedao as a friend, and standing on each other's platform is a tacit understanding between friends, and Musk also wants to pave a way for Tesla (Tesla) to enter China through this China trip.

In fact, in Musk's plan, the Chinese market has been one of several centers of Tesla's global strategy.

Tesla (Tesla) is undoubtedly closer to the lives of ordinary people than SpaceX, of course, this "ordinary" should be put in quotation marks, because the price of Tesla-Model-S is not affordable.

However, in the long run, the price of Tesla cars can be expected, because as long as the technology is mature, mass production, the charging network is rolled out, and even the factory is built in China, the price will definitely fall, but even if it falls, the product will definitely face the middle and high-income people who are environmentally conscious.

Musk started this trip to China with the purpose of investigation and contact.

Unlike Bian Xuedao, Musk is an acute person.

On the evening of December 29, Bian Xuedao personally went to the airport to pick up the airport, the two sat in the car, and within 5 minutes of driving out of the airport, Musk asked Bian Xuedao: "I want to set up Tesla (Tesla) China headquarters, Yanjing and Shanghai, where do you recommend?"

I didn't expect to ask such a "sensitive" question as soon as I met Musk, and I thought for a while, and replied: "Emotionally choose Shanghai, rationally choose Yanjing." ”

Musk listened, thought for more than a minute, looked at Bian Xuedao and said: "I thought you would say that you choose Shanghai rationally and Yanjing emotionally, but I didn't expect you to say the opposite." ”

Bian Xuedao said with a smile: "You can think like this, it means that you did your homework before you came." ”

Musk nodded: "I consulted with the Chinese engineers in the company, and I also deliberately took a few hours to read three books on Chinese culture." ”

Knowing that Musk has the "natural skills" to read books super fast, he didn't get entangled in the problem of "reading three books in a few hours" while learning the Tao, he said with a smile: "The direction of studying culture is right, but it is not enough, there are still two words that need to be studied - national conditions." ”

Musk is a person who understands everything, after listening to Bian Xuedao, after digesting it a little, he turned to ask: "The city must come up with some preferential policies for the landing of foreign investment, what good suggestions do you have for preferential policies?"

Preferential policy ......

Musk's question made Bian Xuedao feel like his elbow was turned outward.

But on second thought, if Tesla is really going to enter China, several cities that are expected to win will definitely take the lead, and at that time, there is no need to learn from Bian Xuedao to give advice, and the cities themselves will come up with the most competitive preferential conditions to win the favor of Tesla.

So, it doesn't matter if you tell the truth now, it's just that before telling the truth, Bian Xuedao wants to hear the truth from Musk's mouth first.

So, Bian Xuedao pondered for a few seconds and asked Musk: "In your plan, what year are you going to bring Tesla cars to China?"

After staring at Bian Xuedao for two seconds, Musk said solemnly: "The plan is 2013, and if all links go well, 2012 is also possible." ”

"Oh......" Bian Xuedao nodded slowly when he heard this, then touched his chin and thought for a few seconds, and said: "I heard a news from my news channel, within two years, China's Yanjing, Shanghai and other big cities in order to solve the problem of urban traffic congestion, in order to alleviate traffic pressure, it is very likely to use license plate lottery to limit the growth of vehicles on the road. So...... If Tesla cars enter China after 4 years, if you want a policy, you can ask the local government to give preferential policies for buying Tesla cars without lottery numbers in the name of new energy vehicles, which will be very attractive to some car buyers. ”

In addition, Tesla owners can also be required to obtain new energy licenses for free, enjoy driving on bus lanes, and enjoy welfare policies such as driving in the city without tail number restrictions. Of course, the premise of all this is to build a joint venture factory, otherwise it will be more difficult to get these policies. ”

While learning the refinement of Taoism, Musk's understanding is also superb, and the two of them asked and answered, and soon explained the issues they were concerned about.

With a 10-minute drive from the hotel, Musk asked the question he had been thinking about all the way on the plane: "Do you think Chinese will like Tesla cars?"

Bian Xuedao said: "I personally think that I will not adapt to the water and soil. ”

Musk asked, "Why?"

"What I just said, the national situation...... After a pause, Bian Xuedao continued: "First, most Americans live in independent houses, have their own garages and parking spaces, and can install their own special charging facilities. Most Chinese live in buildings, very few live in villas, and even the proportion of private parking spaces is not high, which makes it difficult to have space to install high-power charging facilities. ”

"Second, it's not uncommon for American families to have three or four cars, and usually fuel cars and electric cars can be mixed. However, Chinese families, limited by economic conditions and difficulty in getting a license, it is difficult to buy a car, let alone a second car, so most of them are one car per family. If the only family scooter is an electric car that is troublesome to charge, then the convenience of life will be compromised. Zero-pollution and zero-emission electric vehicles are very environmentally friendly, very responsible, and very cool, but after all, it is a means of transportation, and its existence value is to provide convenience, if this cannot be guaranteed, it will definitely be given up by consumers. When I say convenience, I not only mean charging, but also after-sales service, have you calculated, how many years will it take for Tesla to build 50 super charging stations and 50 after-sales service centers in China?"

Listening to Bian Xuedao, Musk's face became serious.

"Third, China and the United States are two completely different markets, and the consumption concepts of consumers in the two countries, especially the wealthy class, are very different. ”

The hotel is in sight.

Musk was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed.

When Bian Xuedao saw it, he laughed and said, "You even dare to build your own rocket, and you are discouraged by me in a few words?"

Musk laughed and said, "I'm an engineer, and in my eyes technology is manipulable, and the market is much more difficult to maneuver." ”

Bian Xuedao nodded, shook his head again, and said: "You forget one point, the Chinese pay great attention to reality, as long as the three key points of charging, after-sales and price are handled well, the market can still be optimistic." ”

As the car drove into the hotel parking lot, Musk leaned back in his seat and said, "Thank you for telling me so much." ”

Knowing what Musk was referring to, Bian Xuedao said with a smile: "I'll tell you this, because I don't make cars, because the streets in China are all joint venture cars, and anyway, electric cars are indeed more environmentally friendly than fuel vehicles, and I personally still hope that my descendants can breathe a little less car exhaust." ”

Five minutes later, the two stood in the elevator, and Musk asked Bian Xuedao: "Is tomorrow's itinerary arranged?"

Bian Xuedao nodded and said, "You told me that you will be in touch on the second day after coming to Shanghai, and the teachers and students of Jiaotong are very much looking forward to your speech tomorrow!"

Musk asked curiously, "You're not going?"

Bian Xuedao grinned: "Go, I'll sit down and applaud you tomorrow." ”

As the elevator went up, Musk, who was jumping in his thinking, suddenly asked: "I need a president of Tesla Greater China, do you have anyone to recommend?"

Bian Xuedao shook his head and said, "This is really nothing." ”

Stepping out of the elevator, Musk said: "Someone recommended someone to me, Chinese, female, I don't know if you recognize it." ”

"Oh?" Bian Xuedao looked at Musk and said, "What's your name?"

Musk said calmly: "Jessica-zhu, zhu-dezhen." (To be continued.) )