000185 HOV
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Xiao Yifei is relaxed and happy here, and Zhu Jianqiu is quite tired. I searched all my old friends, and in the face of such a big investment in a project, they were either not interested, or they said that they had no money. And the old foxes who are interested and rich are even more ruthless than Xiao Yifei, because they fancy him and have no money to develop now.
Sometimes Zhu Jianqiu wanted to simply leave the project behind and wait for the abundant funds in the future, but the backer repeatedly urged him, and after thinking about it, he still made a phone call to Xiao Yifei.
On the way home from Palm Springs, the two beauties who were tired of playing slept in the back seat, and only the black nose squatted energetically in the co-pilot seat to accompany the driver Xiao Yifei.
Shortly after driving into the city, a police car chased after me.
Xiao Yifei began to think that other cars were being chased, but after observing it, the police car was chasing him. He had no choice but to turn on the turn signal, and pull over, and found that the police car was indeed chasing him, so he could only stop inexplicably, lower the window, honestly put his hands on the steering wheel, and wait for the police to come up. The black nose turned his head and looked at Xiao Yifei curiously.
Xiao Yifei saw a policeman get out of the police car from the rearview mirror, press one hand on the holster, and slowly approach Xiao Yifei's car.
"Can you understand English?"
"Yes, what's the problem?"
"Please put your hands where I can see and lower the rear window."
Xiao Yifei complied. Xiao Yifei began to film the glass on both sides of the navigator because of his dirty thoughts, and the police couldn't see the situation in the back seat, but now that the window was lowered, the police saw the two beauties sleeping on their stomachs in the back seat, and they were even more nervous. Xiao Yifei found that his hand had grasped the pistol in the holster.
"What's wrong with them?"
Xiao Yifei guessed that the policeman thought he had gotten ** for the two girls, and hurriedly explained:
"They were so tired from skiing today that they fell asleep."
After saying that, he shouted twice:
"Wang Nan, Shirley. Wake up. ”
The two of them hummed and refused to get up.
"Ladies, please take out your papers."
The two of them heard the voices of others, and finally became confused. Wang Nan suddenly saw a policeman standing outside the car window. I screamed in fright. Her voice startled Xiao Yifei and the police.
After a while, the three got out of the car. Stand in a row. After checking the driver's license and ID card, the police began to explain:
"Mr. Xiao, you were just driving in the carpool lane, and I only saw you alone, so I stopped you. Now it seems like a misunderstanding, you can go. ”
After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave, just at this time Xiao Yifei saw an open-top sports car driving over, and there was obviously only one person in the test. Xiao Yifei hurriedly pointed to the car and asked:
"Police. How could he walk the carpool lane alone? ”
In the United States, the implementation of carpooling lanes (HOVs) is indeed a good system. Many families own more than one car, and everyone drives their own cars, which creates some waste. In order to encourage everyone to share the bus, we have implemented a system of shared lanes.
The leftmost lane of many highways is a shared lane, which is usually empty, and it takes a long time for a car to pass by. Especially in other lanes, everyone can only move forward at a slow pace. There were no cars in the lane next to it, and I really wanted to have a passenger in the car so that I could enjoy the convenience of the shared lane.
If you are driving alone and are on the wrong side of the shared lane. Once caught by the police, they face a fine of more than $300. Faced with high fines and the desire to enjoy the convenience of HOVs, a spontaneous carpooling behavior has emerged in the United States. In metropolises such as New York, people are connected to each other through the Internet, and for a long time there have been basically fixed carpooling locations. People who want to hitchhike from somewhere to somewhere are waiting for vehicles at a specific location who want to enjoy a HOV.
Therefore, Xiao Yifei was very curious about why the sports car that could be seen at a glance as a person would run to the HOV.
"Oh, it's a hybrid with a sign on the back. HOV can also be used by a single person. ”
"What, hybrid vehicles can use HOVs?"
"Yes. According to the new policy issued by the state government, hybrid vehicles and new energy vehicles only need to pass the test. You'll get a sign that you can put on the rear of the car and you can use the HOV. ”
"Oh, so hybrid and electric can get that mark?"
"The electric one is definitely okay, and the hybrid one has to pass the test."
Waving goodbye to the police, Xiao Yifei turned into the HOV lane again.
The next morning, Xiao Yifei met Zhu Jianqiu again on the 34th.
"Brother Xiao, the profit you want must be too high, otherwise I would rather leave the land wasted there."
Xiao Yifei thought about it and said his bottom line:
"In this way, I also know that the whole project also exists because of your relationship, and you will have to contribute to the loan in the future, so I will reduce it by half percent, and I only need 4% of the profit."
"Brother, leave some porridge money for my brother." Zhu Jianqiu is definitely not satisfied with this half-made concession and wants to get more profits.
"Brother Zhu, think about it, if everyone cooperates, you can get at least more than 2 billion in a year and a half, which can greatly alleviate your current financial situation. Maybe you'll be able to win a few more plots of land, and the profits will be even greater. And if we don't cooperate, your land will be empty, and the profits will not be available for a long time. Of course, maybe you can continue to develop in the future, maybe you can find investment, but we are all businessmen, and capital occupation is also a headache. ”
Anyway, Xiao Yifei bit the bottom line of 4% and did not let go, and in the end Zhu Jianqiu could only compromise. Of course, Xiao Yifei couldn't send him money right away. There are still many steps to follow:
First of all, it is necessary to accurately verify whether there are any other debts on that land. Secondly, the height of the floor must be set immediately. Third, after there are no problems with the first two, Xiao Yifei's Isis Investment Company and Zhu Jianqiu's Development Company will sign a cooperation agreement. Fourth, after the cooperation agreement was signed, Xiao Yifei also sent Li Qinglin and Xiao Ya into the real estate company to supervise the use of funds.
It happened that Ryan, a personal lawyer, was back in Los Angeles for the holidays, so he left the whole matter to Ryan. The audit of the financial status of the plot must have been entrusted to an old acquaintance, KPMG. They have branches in Modu and Lin'an, and I believe they can handle this
Affair.
Xiao Yifei glanced at the account, and there were more than 30 million on it. The 50 million he needs to invest is definitely not a one-time investment, and only 10 million is enough for the first phase of digging pits and piling. There is absolutely no problem with the funds on the account.
It has become a lucrative big business, Xiao Yifei is very happy, he decided to reward himself, think about it, he decided to buy a Tesla sports car, also catch up with fashion, play with the concept of environmental protection.
Don't underestimate the popularity of concepts such as environmental protection, sustainability, and organic in the United States. In less than 10 years, almost all of Napa's wineries have abandoned the previous methods of growing with fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, etc.
Toyota Prius Hybrid since 01 in North America. Focusing on environmental protection and fuel economy, driven by Hollywood stars who like the topic of environmental protection, the Prius has quickly become the new darling of the American market, and has sold nearly 800,000 units in the United States. Now it's a streetcar in the United States, and in Los Angeles, you can come across one in a few minutes, anywhere in the parking lot.
Since everyone likes to advertise that they pay attention to environmental protection, Xiao Yifei can also play with the concept of environmental protection. He can't look at the hybrid of the Prius, so he can play it thoroughly. Straight on Tesla.
Although the Tesla R now has some problems, such as the range of a single charge, although it is less than 400 kilometers, it is not enough to run from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Another example is Tesla's large-scale supercharging station, which has just been rolled out. The coverage is still very small. But Xiao Yifei can overcome these shortcomings if he only drives a Tesla around downtown Los Angeles now.
As we all know, the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area is a vast area, reaching 100 kilometers from east to west and north to south, and in such a large urban area, if you take the street through the city, the traffic lights can be a nightmare, so the highways distributed in the urban area have become the first choice.
Although there are no traffic lights on the highways in the urban area, there are many vehicles, and the speed of the vehicles is certainly not comparable to the highways outside the urban area. Especially when you take Highway 405, you can watch the cars speeding by in the empty HOV lane next to you. And he can only crawl at a speed of more than 20 years with the turtle speed of the car in front, which is simply tormenting.
If you drive a pure two-seater sports car like the Tesla R. That must be Xiao Yifei alone, so according to the policy. He can also enjoy HOV when he is alone, and he is no longer afraid of the turtle nightmare of 405.
Xiao Yifei drove around to the Tesla store on Santa Monica Avenue, which looked like an ordinary warehouse supermarket, and there were several Tesla cars in it, which were borrowed from Lotus, and really resembled the Lotus sports cars he had rented before.
A red-haired beauty shopping guide with a good face took Xiao Yifei to a sports car and began to talk about its advantages, what aluminum alloy frame, carbon fiber body, acceleration of 100 kilometers in 3.7 seconds, range of 240 miles and so on. He also took Xiao Yifei to visit a sports car that had opened some parts and showed Xiao Yifei its internal structure. Seeing that the electric motor the size of a watermelon can provide more than 200 horsepower, and only half of the battery pack in the suitcase can provide a range of nearly 400 kilometers, Xiao Yifei was indeed a little stunned.
The shopping guide warmly invited him to test drive. Xiao Yifei has opened the lotus flower and knows that its characteristic is that both hands cannot leave the steering wheel, because the steering wheel is small and hard, and one hand sometimes can't move (exaggerated).
This Tesla steering wheel is about the same size as it, but as soon as he stepped on the accelerator (electric pedal), Xiao Yifei noticed that it was different. Silently, without warning, a feeling of pushing back came, and the car ran out. Xiao Yifei hurriedly released the accelerator, and the speed of the car dropped sharply. It's so scary that it starts without any movement, and if someone is standing in front of the car, it's dangerous.
The chaperone next to him was well-informed, and immediately comforted Xiao Yifei softly, explaining to him that this is the characteristic of electric vehicles, with fast response speed and immediate response to the driver's movements. When the power gate is released, the power recovery device automatically activates, absorbing the remaining energy and converting it into electricity to charge the battery, contributing to the battery life. And he also said that if you are not used to the absence of movement, you can install an accessory to simulate the roar of a gasoline engine.
The city road can't run smoothly, but Xiao Yifei thinks that this car is not bad, but unfortunately the interior part is still a little lacking, and the tire noise is a bit loud.
Back to the store, Xiao Yifei began to inquire about the charging situation, when he knew that the purpose of charging piles could be installed for free, he thought that it was possible to install a few charging piles in Monterena, which could also be used as a gimmick to attract some car owners to the winery, and it could also show that we Monterreyna paid so much attention to environmental protection.
The shopping guide was naturally very happy that someone was willing to install it as a pile, and immediately sent him an application on the computer.
Xiao Yifei began to choose models, Tesla actually has a hard top, but unfortunately the hard top needs to be manually retracted, but the hard top is definitely much smaller than the soft top, so he still chose the hard top. Although this car costs more than 100,000 yuan, it can also deduct $7,500 in federal taxes and $2,500 in state taxes when you get a car, plus the convenience of being able to enter and exit the HOV at any time, it is also worth the money.
After paying the money, this Tesla R officially belongs to Xiao Yifei. Because the store wanted to send someone to help Xiao Yifei install a charging pile for home use, it happened that they had one more person to help Xiao Yifei open the pilot, and Xiao Yifei himself enjoyed the Tesla that he had just arrived.
Wang Nan and Shirley, who were in the house, heard the noise of the charger outside, and came out to watch curiously.
"Tuhao, did you buy another car?"
"yes, look, this is my new all-electric Tesla sports car."
The two curiously walked around the car twice.
"It's too small, are you sure you can sit in it?"
This car is indeed a bit small, with a height of only 1.1 meters, a width of only 1.8 meters, and a length of less than 4 meters. It's a lap smaller than the Ferrari California next to it, and it's even smaller than the Navigator.
"Why can't you sit down, you see, don't you just sit down?"
"This car is so good, what about the key, I'll try it."
Xiao Yifei told them not to drive out of the community, but only in the community where there are no pedestrians and few vehicles.
Installing the charger is very simple, two workers can do it in three or two, and then they talk about some charging common sense. Xiao Yifei had just started making lunch, and Wang Nan and the others came back in a Tesla.
"It's a really good car, the acceleration is so good."
"It's just, and it doesn't make a sound at all, which is awesome."
"I don't need to refuel yet, how much is this car, I'll buy one too, and I'll use it when I study in the future."
"More than 100,000. But it seems that Canada has not yet been sold. ”
"It's so expensive, so forget it." (To be continued)