Start with hooves

Chapter 194

Considering that in the future, the world's largest car sales market will be in the mainland, and the largest battery manufacturing market will also be in the mainland, combined with a stable business environment, taxes, production costs, R&D talents and other factors.

Su Rui does have too many reasons to try to move Tesla to domestic development.

The key point is to not only reduce the initial R&D investment, but also avoid being suppressed by established auto giants and oil suppliers.

In the early stage, go for a wave.

After having mature technology and car manufacturing experience and forming a large-scale competitiveness, then consider going to North America, Europe and other places to build super factories and integrate into the local market to seize the market.

In Su Rui's eyes, it is the most economical and affordable way to use the mainland as a base camp and seize the global market under the guise of an American company.

With traditional car companies as roadblocks, it is difficult to get policy support from Washington.

All kinds of vested interests are intertwined, especially when the interests of oil companies are involved, it is already thankful not to be dragged back.

After doing business in the United States for a period of time, you will find that the mainland market is more inclusive. It is not without reason that it can become the world's factory, and it can reduce many unnecessary troubles.

For example, employee unions in the United States, official censorship, malicious lawsuits, etc., even just thinking about it gives Su Rui a headache. Recently, the crew of "The Walking Dead" faced prosecution for scaring young people. This is actually a case of new forces being suppressed by established giants. miniature.

Almost all large TV stations and Hollywood film and television companies do not want Netflix Entertainment to really develop.

Su Rui is the shopkeeper, but I also heard that other executives of the company are struggling to deal with the so-called "protection of minors". The physical and mental health of adolescents.

It's like how strict the supervision is when browsing other websites.

All kinds of insidious tricks are emerging one after another, and before Netflix Entertainment has a firm foothold, it is estimated that there will only be more and more.

Compared with the Internet TV industry, the automobile industry is undoubtedly more important, and it faces greater resistance than Netflix Entertainment.

Although Su Rui didn’t know much about Tesla in his previous life, he only rode in a friend’s car, but he also heard that it was short-sold and sued when he went online. On a good day, start to enter a virtuous cycle of business status.

For these bad things, Su Rui only feels annoying, which affects the quality of life.

Even if Elon Musk really figured it out and wanted to package and sell Tesla, Suri didn’t want to take over in person. At most, he formed a new team to take charge of the management. He took some time to command remotely and help make suggestions.
In order not to appear too shrewd.

When I went to the dinner that night, Su Rui wore a pair of jeans, a sweater, a windbreaker, and new coconut shoes. She looked more like a fashion star than a businessman.

It was already very cold in Silicon Valley in December. After the sun set, the temperature was only about 5 degrees Celsius, and the wind felt chilly on the face.

Came to the restaurant by car, the decoration is pretty beautiful.

High-end Indian cuisine, this is mysterious territory that even Suri doesn't know much about.

The Indian food in his impression is either crushed into a paste, or full of curry flavor. No matter what ingredients are associated with the legendary Indian left hand, it is difficult to arouse appetite.

However, when Suri showed up.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed, white-eyed chef who was greeting the guests soon came to welcome him with a smile.

This instantly reassured Su Rui a lot, and he also understood why this Indian restaurant was awarded two Michelin stars.

Elon Musk witnessed the whole process of his entering the store.

He was recognized from the door, and people greeted Su Rui along the way. This kind of popularity, not to mention the little-known Musk, is difficult even for Zuckerberg.

Many super rich people are so arrogant and unreasonable that it is quite annoying.

Su Rui is different. Not only does she sing beautifully, but she also often shares her life online, without the airs of a big shot.

Compared with a pure businessman, people like to regard him as a singer with a great investment vision. In addition, the chicken soup of "wrestling with fate during illness and writing an immortal album" has a wide influence, and it is invisible. His image in the eyes of the public.

Even Elon Musk couldn't help but envy Su Rui's good luck at the moment, and successfully invested in Facebook and other companies while playing around, and made money.

On the other hand, Musk, who started his business in the mid-90s and worked hard for more than ten years, is worth less than one-fifth of Su Rui, which inevitably makes people feel unbalanced.

The two smiled and said some polite words, and just took off their coats and sat down.

A Latina waiter with a dimpled smile brought a bottle of Perrier-Jouët champagne, saying that it was given to Suri by the chef's order.

There is a napkin under the wine bottle, no accident, with a string of numbers written on it.

Seeing Su Rui stuffing the napkin into his pocket, Musk said with emotion:
"Wow, as expected of you, I just sat here for a few minutes and was only given a glass of water."

Suri smiled and said:

"You should try to become a star, and you will be known by many people. Order some food first? I'm very hungry now, so I don't care about etiquette anymore. Don't be offended."

Musk is still young, and he is not a rigid character at all. He said with a smile:
"Please feel free. I also eat a lot. I recommend you to try the Indian hand-caught mutton. The curry-flavored grilled prawns are also good. Yesterday I received a call saying that you plan to acquire my company. I thought about it all night and couldn't figure it out. , why did you do that, could it be for environmental protection?"

Su Rui ran the train with his mouth full, and told solemnly:

"I heard that electric cars can accelerate very fast. I want to develop a top-notch super sports car and build my Ferrari and Lamborghini brands. It is best to accelerate from [-] kilometers to less than two seconds. Of course, profit is also very important. Even if It is Tony Stark in "Iron Man", and he also needs to accumulate enough capital by selling arms, so it will be like the Volkswagen Group, with both cheap scooters and top super sports cars. I even named it in advance If you think about it, it’s called the Undead Bird.”

Saying this, even Su Rui himself felt stupid and secondary.

But Elon Musk believed it, showing a sudden realization, and said in his mouth:

"It turns out that the super rich always have some special hobbies, such as Howard Hughes who developed the fastest airplane in the world and was obsessed with making movies, as well as Microsoft shareholders Paul Allen and Oracle's Larry Ery Sen are competing with each other to build the world's largest superyacht recently. The Phoenix electric supercar idea is so cool."

Now that the mass production of the Roadster is not going well, Musk has indeed been led astray by Su Rui, and he is seriously thinking about transitioning to a supercar manufacturer.

Unfortunately, in Musk's view, this can only be regarded as an interest, and it is difficult to make money.

Among the many supercar brands in the world, only Ferrari and Lamborghini are really profitable at present, like Bugatti Veyron, the so-called selling a car for a loss is not a joke, it is tantamount to making money at a loss.

With Su Rui's financial resources, he even bought the Lanai Island, and spent another two to three hundred million US dollars to develop an electric supercar, which is very reasonable in Musk's view.

Normal people are accustomed to budgeting carefully, and it is difficult to understand the thoughts of the super rich. For example, Bill Gates spent tens of millions of dollars to raise a whale shark at home as an ornamental fish in the living room.

Not only did a whole team take care of that whale shark, but they also played with it and kept it entertained.
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