Vol 6 Chapter 776: Need more

This could not help Feng Yiping being unhappy.

In China, with the great attention and support of the local government, Tesla's factory construction is progressing very smoothly. It is expected that by this winter, the installation and commissioning of the equipment can be started.

This is good.

He has always insisted that being able to set up factories in China, which is a big automobile consumer and a strong production country, is the key to whether Tesla can smoothly get on the right track in the future.

At present, the weakness that the original Tesla has not been able to make up will soon become a strength that is difficult for Tesla's competitors to replicate.

In contrast, the progress of the United States is quite backward.

Although Tesla is currently able to produce in small batches, such a small fight is just a helpless move to maintain Tesla's popularity and strengthen the confidence of Tesla fans.

Tesla's positioning is mid-to-high-end, mainly mid-range. Such a market positioning and adopting such a supercar-like production method is of course unrealistic.

However, due to various reasons, the planned super factory still has not landed.

Tesla’s prominent investors can no longer help but exert pressure.

Feng Yiping also expressed his understanding of this. He is very clear that those guys really don’t value the returns brought by Tesla’s large-scale production. What they value is Tesla’s mass production and popularization. The reputation bonus brought.

In the United States, the most important things that are politically correct are anti-war, anti-racial discrimination, and environmental protection.

For all business leaders, visible efforts in environmental protection are the best choice that can win the favor of the people without incidental trouble.

Commercially speaking, the commissioning of the US factory is also crucial to Tesla's success.

Feng Yiping knows that for a long period of time, Europe and the United States, which are more affluent and more enthusiastic about environmental protection, will be Tesla's most important market.

Therefore, building a large-scale production plant in the United States is a natural choice.

At the same time, it is true that most ordinary people in Europe and the United States now know the improvement of our comprehensive national strength and are aware of our progress in industry, but if Tesla is born in the United States like this, all kinds of new energy vehicles will be added to the halo from the beginning. But it will be produced in China and sold back to the United States. I believe that American consumers will not accept it.

Not only will it not accept it, but it may also cause a series of disturbances.

In fact, the United States is also a country where populism prevails, and their election after elections, one by one, the candidates who hope to reach the pinnacle of their lives by lip service, most welcome such material.

On the other hand, I have to say that in view of domestic consumption habits, Tesla must and must build a factory in the United States.

He is very sure that if Tesla only produces in China, although the quality of the final product is also very good, for many domestic consumers, its gold content must not be that high.

The original Tesla produced in the United States is the best Tesla, and it is the Tesla that everyone hopes to pursue.

And there is no mass production in the United States, and Tesla, which is only mass-produced in China, is almost meaningless.

In other words, it means much difference.

This is really hard to say that our consumer concepts are backward and blindly admiring foreigners. It can only be said that our relevant practitioners are unsatisfactory, because we are behind in the automotive industry.

When our level in this area can be as good as our current home appliances, this situation will naturally be the same as the home appliances we sought after Japan and South Korea, and quickly become a thing of the past.

Therefore, the safest commercial approach is to take the lead in mass production in the United States and build a solid foundation in the minds of consumers before mass production in China.

Feng Yiping, who has done construction in the United States several times, has no expectations for the efficiency of American construction.

For a more professional project like an automobile factory, the efficiency will definitely be lower.

Therefore, to achieve this step as soon as possible, GM's Fremont factory, which is the original Tesla factory, is very critical.

This factory is GM’s best factory in the United States. The quality of GM cars produced by this factory is the highest among all GM factories in the United States. Except for equipment and process reasons, the employees in this factory are quite Therefore, under Toyota's hand-in-hand teaching, I truly mastered the essence of Toyota's lean production.

It was from this factory that the quality of GM's US factories and even GM's global factories have been qualitatively improved. Ironically, it is now Toyota, which helped GM improve product quality, because of excessive pursuit of production. There is a big problem in quality.

That is to say, Feng Yiping not only wants this factory, but it is important to get this group of workers.

But he asked for more than that.

He is not looking forward to the US government's financial support for new energy companies like Tesla-like all countries in the world, the US government provides a lot of support to new energy vehicle companies, such as high and low interest rates. loan.

But our richest man Feng has never been generous in the United States, so of course he has to be compensated in other ways.

"Feng, I will arrange time and go to talk with the state government immediately," Musk was also very active at this time.

Like many other companies, his SpaceX is also on the verge of failure at this time, mainly because his Falcon rocket ushered in the third failed launch last year.

The result is not only a large amount of financial losses, but also confidence in SpaceX from all walks of life.

And his remaining funds are only enough for another launch.

In this way, if he fails again next time, not only will it be difficult for him to maintain the company's operations, but the NASA contract will also be in vain. At that time, SpaceX will have only one way to go bankrupt.

Musk, who needs to improve his confidence, or needs to relax himself, is currently focusing more energy on Tesla.

At this time, while excited, unconsciously, he had more respect for Feng Yiping.

Although for a proud person like him, he cannot be convinced by Feng Yiping because of anything, but last year, could it be expected that GM would close the Fremont factory this year?

Pursuing the first principles, that is, insisting on seeing the world from the perspective of physics, insisting on peeling off the appearance of things layer by layer, first looking at the essence behind, and then going up from the essence layer by layer. Think of it as a piece of hardware, and define your brain as a device that can store and process data-that is, Musk of a computer. He believes that he really has both the wisdom of a top physicist and the computing power of a supercomputer. I must not see this.

Therefore, even though he knows that Feng Yiping’s ability in programming or machinery is the same as himself, he is really in awe of Feng Yiping at this time-of course, he will not admit it. at this point.

"No, Musk," Feng Yiping thought for a while, "I think it might not be a good idea to go to the state government so eagerly."

"Don't forget, we look forward to getting this factory for free,"-the value of this factory and equipment is also worth at least $1 billion.

"Also, we also hope that California can provide us with direct cash compensation." - Feng Yiping will not take advantage of his country, but he has always been polite to the US government.

"So I think we still have to wait for a while, until GM's destiny becomes clearer, and after all our preparations are done better, then we will go to Sacramento to find the state government and try our best to settle for one or two rounds."

"Man, we really need to get the factory done as soon as possible,"

Musk thought for a while, "Feng, I agree with your opinion, but do you think we can do this? At that time, let some people make some noise, let the state government know that we are interested in this factory, let them take the initiative to find On us?"

Feng Yiping immediately affirmed, "This is a good idea, let's do it like this,"

Sorry Governor Shi, although I like some of your movies very much, although your eldest daughter is very beautiful, but there is no way, we still have to use these methods.

"Then I will arrange it right away," Musk said. "And Feng, I wish you all the best in your hearing."

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Capitol Hill.

The office of Barney Frank, the veteran representative of Massachusetts, is extremely busy at this time.

This subprime mortgage crisis is not only a rare opportunity for Feng Yiping, but also for many other people, such as Barney Frank.

Since he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1980, his office has never been so lively. As Chairman of the Financial Committee of the House of Representatives ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ From last year to the present, he is one of the most popular people on Capitol Hill. One.

Those senior government officials, from the former Treasury Secretary Paulson, to the Federal Reserve’s Bernanke, and the former New York Fed Chairman, the current Treasury Secretary Geithner, to the former tycoons of Wall Street and those who are still in power, such as Lehman’s Fuld, Goldman Sachs’ Lauder, Morgan’s McJinheng, Xiaomo’s Jamie Diamond...

You have to obediently listen to his orders and attend one hearing after another.

This kind of excitement made the 69-year-old man this year look unusually energetic, even the handful of carefully trimmed mustaches, each one is very energetic.

Because there are too many related hearings, his office has repeatedly expanded the recruitment, but the manpower is still stretched.

But at a time when everyone couldn't be cloned, Barney Frank insisted on transferring a group of the most capable forces from the office and letting them be responsible for only one project.

Now it is time for him to listen to the team’s report. When everyone has finished speaking, he shook his head heavily, "I am very dissatisfied, very dissatisfied,"

"Everyone, don't you know who you are going to face this time? And what are his strengths?"

"Faced with such a person, you prepared these," he held the file room, "surely it will be useful?"

The folder that represents the results of everyone's careful preparation fell on the table and everyone's faces with a "pop".

He looked at everyone with disappointment, "There are many ways to insult yourself, and there is no need to mobilize people like this."

"Again!"

"Remember," he lit his finger **** the table, "what we need is a hearing that leaves him speechless!"

The dome of the foreign meeting mountain behind him makes his words very powerful.