Chapter 997 It’s too early
"Build a factory in China?"
In California, Barron met Tesla Chairman Musk.
Musk was slightly surprised when he heard that the other party mentioned that they would go to China to build a new factory together:
"Regarding the new factory, it is too early for Tesla. The current factory in California is sufficient to meet our production requirements, and we have room for expansion here."
Barron was not surprised by Musk’s words.
Tesla currently has two super factories in the United States. The earliest factory in Fremont, California, is Tesla's main vehicle assembly factory. It currently produces the Model S and the luxury electric SUV that will be launched in the second half of this year. Model X will also be produced here.
In addition, it is the Gigafactory in Nevada. This Gigafactory was jointly invested and constructed by Tesla and Panasonic to produce its batteries and electric vehicle accessories.
Although the British Automobile Group is working with Tesla to develop the global electric vehicle market, Tesla's current sales cannot be compared with those a few years later. In the whole of last year, Tesla sold a total of nearly 2.5 10,000 Model S units, it is expected that its sales this year will be around 35,000 units - if the original time and space process is followed, it will be three years later in 2017 that Tesla's global sales will exceed 100,000 units for the first time.
Of course, it now seems that this time can be brought forward, but this achievement will not be achieved until 2016 at the earliest.
After all, judging from the selling prices of Model S and Model A bottleneck occurs and a new factory needs to be built.
At this moment, Musk himself would not have expected that Tesla would develop so rapidly in the future and that supply would soon exceed demand. Therefore, he was confused about Barron's proposal to build a factory in China.
And for Musk, even if he builds factories overseas, China is still not his first choice.
In addition to the fact that China currently only allows joint ventures with its local companies to enter, although China has the advantages of policy (encouraging the development of new energy vehicles) and a complete supply chain, it has not yet encountered financial pressure and Faced with the dilemma of shortage of funds, with the preferential policies and support from China, we chose to build a factory in Shanghai.
Now Musk's first choice for building overseas factories is still Germany.
Well, it’s also that he hasn’t been educated about the future of German factories.
In this case, Barron has decided to postpone the British Automobile Group's construction of a wholly-owned production plant in China.
This also gives him more options. Nanjing Automobile Group in China can launch Kirin brand electric models for the public to seize the Chinese market.
"Don't just talk about these things. We can go to the company to talk tomorrow. Let's enjoy it tonight. I have invited a lot of celebrities."
Although he is often considered a workaholic, Musk is still very relaxed when it comes to playing.
Just like what he said, many Hollywood stars were invited to the party held in his mansion in Los Angeles today.
"Let me introduce, this lady is Ms. Heard. She contributed amazing acting skills in "Three Days of Assassination" released this year..."
The first person Musk introduced to Barron was a beautiful woman...
Well, this woman Barron looks very familiar, isn't she the "Queen of the Sea"...
It can be said that her divorce dispute with Johnny Depp was a big deal in Barron's previous life.
Oh, by the way, the two are not married at this time. After making their relationship public last year, they just got engaged at the beginning of this year...
It is said that in the original time and space, Musk was shocked to see Amber Heard in "Machete Kills" after his two marriages ended, and then contacted the director of that movie to get him to know her. Amber.
But now, Musk’s “second wife” doesn’t exist yet—Dalula Riley has been hired by Barron in advance and became his personal assistant.
But Musk's "taste" has not changed. According to him, he took the initiative to get to know Amber after seeing Amber in the movie "3 Days to Kill" which was just released at the beginning of this year.
Now Barron sees various signs between the two. Amber, a woman who has just been engaged to Johnny Depp, a Hollywood man 23 years older than her, even though there is no substantial "crossing of lines" with Musk, There is also some ambiguity between the two of them.
But it has to be said that this "Queen of the Sea" is considered to have outstanding appearance among Hollywood actresses. No wonder Musk is fascinated by her.
"Hello, Your Highness the Duke, it is an honor to meet you."
When shaking hands with Amber, Barron felt her little finger scratching his palm intentionally or unintentionally.
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"With regard to DailyVedio's IPO listing in the United States and the United Kingdom, Netflix has also felt pressure. Hastings has contacted me before, hoping to give them more support, at least in the North American and Asian markets, which should be inclined to them. "
Although there were many Hollywood actresses at the party at Musk's house last night, Barron is not very interested in these actresses now - if we talk about his identity in his previous life, he would still be interested in these Hollywood actresses. If there is a halo of fame and a filter in the movie, then with his current status and knowing the "red sofa" prevalent in Hollywood, it is no longer a hidden rule, it is an explicit rule.
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Well, regardless of gender, just like the Hollywood actor Ben Affleck once said bluntly, "In order to get a good role, I don't mind playing the flute for a night"...
So now he doesn't have much interest in these actresses - but speaking of it, after separated from Musk yesterday, he spent the evening studying knowledge with his assistant Dalulla Riley at his Leith Flower Manor. When, I still don’t feel it...
What he saw now was Annika Dawson, CEO of Blue Valley Capital.
Currently, through DS Holdings and Blue Valley Capital, Barron holds more than 30% of Netflix's shares and can be said to be the company's largest shareholder.
Also due to its cooperation with Marvel-MGM and Barron's financial support for Netflix, Netflix has been very successful in transforming into self-produced content, leaving Hulu behind in the competition among streaming media platforms. behind.
Now Netflix is also preparing to expand to overseas markets after consolidating the North American market.
Because the European market has DailyVedio, a streaming media platform supported by local European media groups, Netflix's expansion in the European market is somewhat unsatisfactory, mainly because the series it cooperates with local European production companies do not have very satisfactory on-demand volumes. , now they are starting to target the Asian market, and have begun to prepare to cooperate with some film and television companies in South Korea and Japan to launch local Asian dramas.
However, after DailyVedio went public in the United States, Netflix became a little wary of the other party's remarks that it intended to expand into the North American market.
They don't want to be directly "stolen" when they explore overseas markets.
Although both DailyVedio and Netflix can be regarded as Barron's industries, DailyVedio's shareholders are all British companies, and Netflix's shareholders include DS Holdings and Blue Valley Capital.
Hastings hopes that Blue Valley Capital can give him enough support in this regard.
