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Chapter 195 Potential money-losing goods

If someone told Suri.

Said that the waiter who is serving him the plate at this moment will become the founder of the world's largest catering group, a billionaire, and the richest man in the world in the future.

Most likely, Su Rui would take it as a joke and laugh it off, instead of hugging his thighs with a disagreement and letting the waiter make him rich.

When to say something.

At least with Tesla's current performance, Suri said that he wants to use its platform to build an electric supercar, which seems reasonable to Elon Musk, and he can't fault it at all.

Strictly speaking, the Roadster model currently on sale is an electric sports car.

Although neither the brand nor the performance can be called "super", but looking at the world, the technology is already considered to be the current first-class level.

On the premise of spending money at all costs, with Tesla's existing talent team, it is indeed capable of integrating a super sports car, which may compress the time-consuming to accelerate from [-] kilometers to less than three seconds.

Since Su Rui also purchased Lanai Island with a large amount of money, it is of course considered by Musk as the type of super rich who likes to enjoy.

It is not surprising that they want to build their own supercar brand.

After thinking about it for a moment, Musk told:
"If you plan to buy the whole thing, it's none of my business how you decide. But if you're going to raise money, the idea of ​​making an electric supercar may be a bit different from our positioning. The plan of me and the company's executives, It’s all about keeping down manufacturing costs and making electric cars that are comparable to or even better than fuel cars. That is, cars that meet daily travel needs and are not so expensive, like Toyota, but cooler.”

Suri's disguise is deceptive.

In order not to be taken as a victim and slaughtered, he is crazy to draw cakes in front of Musk, describing how beautiful Tesla's development prospects are.

Once it is said.

Wouldn't it be that he exposed his desire to invest in it, and personally gave Musk the opportunity to raise the price.

So at this time, Su Rui shook his head and said:
"The global auto market is close to saturation. Others can run thousands of kilometers with a full tank of gas. Why buy an expensive electric car? And if you want to mass-produce an ordinary car, the initial investment cost is much higher than the research and development of a supercar. I spent 5000 $20 can produce a supercar, but if you want to realize the mass-produced electric car you are talking about, maybe $[-] billion is not enough.”

Musk would like to say that the Roadster electric sports car has started mass production, but the sales of hundreds of vehicles a year is a bit embarrassing to mention.

So he just spread his hands to express his helplessness, and said to Su Rui:
"It's a bit difficult in the short term, but the technical level of battery production has been improving. As long as it is manufactured in large quantities, the cost will soon drop. It is a relatively long-term goal."

Suri finished ordering first.

Immediately afterwards, he took it easy and said to Musk:

“I originally wanted to invest $5 million, or $[-] million, but the R&D costs are so high, it’s likely that the money will be burned out before mass production starts. This means continuing to raise funds, which will continue to dilute my shares , on the day of real success, the [-] million US dollars in financing may only account for about [-]% of the shares?"

After finishing this sentence first, Su Rui smiled and added:
"You should understand that from an investor's point of view, the risk of financing Tesla is too high. If the follow-up funds cannot keep up, the capital chain will be broken immediately, and the venture capital institutions in Silicon Valley have the least confidence. You want projects that are mature and will bring revenue very quickly.”

How can Elon Musk not know that Tesla's situation is very dangerous. Unlike Internet companies in Silicon Valley, because Tesla involves physical manufacturing, it is difficult to draw cakes for potential investors.

The product technology, output, revenue, financial status, etc. are all clear at a glance and clearly displayed in front of investors.

When he found out that even a young man like Su Rui could see that Tesla's prospects were difficult.

Musk suddenly felt a chill, and only felt that if he continued to hold Tesla, the road ahead would be difficult.

Although in Musk's estimation, it is estimated that it will not cost as much as US$20 billion to achieve mass production and build a super factory.

But including research and development, marketing, etc., $10 billion may not be enough.

Just like selling the payment software PayPal, Musk thought at this moment, Su Rui has already bid 2 million U.S. dollars, so he might as well just walk away and make a total profit of more than 2000 million U.S. dollars, which is enough to satisfy him .

The reason why he felt so was also due to Su Rui's secret guidance.

Su Rui said that his shareholding will be diluted with continuous financing, and the same is true for Musk, the major shareholder. Counting the time and energy costs, etc., Tesla looks like it has no future. look.

Judging from the current situation.

Su Rui was just telling the truth, and everything seemed quite natural.

Elon Musk is more talkative on weekdays, but at this time he couldn't answer Su Rui's question. After thinking about it for a while, he said:
"Even if you only own 5% of the shares, it may be very valuable. When the results of the research are realized, I believe that new funds can be found continuously. The size of the car market is very large. Even if only one in ten people choose to buy electric cars, It will also be a market with an annual output value of hundreds of billions of dollars, and it is worth waiting patiently and carefully incubating it.”

Su Rui didn't have mind reading skills, so he couldn't figure out what Musk was thinking, so he tried jokingly:

"How about selling it to me as a package? I've made a great offer, maybe when I work on an electric hypercar, I can give you one for free."

"2 million US dollars? It's very exciting. But I think it's worth more. If you really want to build an electric supercar, maybe you can cooperate in other ways, such as Tesla's technology and R&D team, and you It’s in your better interest to be responsible for funding.”

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Feeling trapped, Su Rui quickly shook his head and replied:
"But this is your credit, not my brand, which is not cool enough. Tonight is still a long time, please talk about Tesla's current strategic plan, you may find some bright spots, consider financing, according to The implementation of your plan is not completely without discussion. My investment model is relatively flexible, and I can always find a cooperation method that satisfies both of us.”

As Musk said.

The scale of the auto industry is huge. On the premise that the potential benefits are worth exploring, Tesla's prospects are quite good.

The only problem is how to mass-produce an electric car that has a chance to sell well, which is restricted by financial problems.

If it is sold at a price of about [-] million US dollars, even if you contact traditional car companies, you may have the opportunity to reach a cooperation at this price, so Musk is not in a hurry for a while.

In his eyes, Tesla is considered a potential money-losing product, which can be sold or not.

Also.

The capital market is picking up, and Musk doesn't want to make a hasty and wrong decision.

during meals.

We talked about Tesla's strategic plan, and the content is nothing more than developing a high-end car and trying to mass produce it.

On the basis of the Roadster electric sports car, the company has accumulated some experience, and the development of a prototype of the Model S is underway.

On the surface, Su Rui didn't pay much attention to mass-produced electric cars, but actually listened very seriously. When he grabbed the mutton and served it to the table, he asked Musk while eating:
"It's interesting. I can see that you have put a lot of thought into it. Most commodities in the world have a price tag. What kind of conditions do I have to offer before you can agree to sell Tesla to me? In exchange, when the time comes How about taking you to participate in the financing of Netflix Entertainment, it is also a cool company, and has the opportunity to let you make a cameo and try to be a star."

(End of this chapter)