Chapter 1279 When the bad guys rob the future (51/66)
Xiao Feishao has a angrily exaggerated presence in supporting new energy, especially with the innovation pioneer Tesla company making notes, the slogan of "Big Dreamer" Andy Smith's "Suffocation for Dreams" became the starting point for Tesla to sell dreams, and a big bubble was blown in the continuous marketing...
With the pursuit of a group of environmentalist alliances, Tesla has become a good role model for saving the earth, and a group of loyal Tesla fans are slowly being born.
Taking advantage of this craze, Tesla's official website uploaded a 10-minute video, which was a edited video of converting a Mercedes-Benz smart into an electric car. The modification projects include the chassis, battery, motor and electronic control system, as well as the entire test process.
Andy showed her face in this video, with a handsome appearance, a sunny smile, and a magnetic voice, and said calmly: "Many people are telling stories, bragging 13, buty. The ones we bragging 13..."
In the picture, Andy raised her eyebrows, shrugged, and smiled confidently: "It is becoming a reality!"
Then there is an animation voiced by Andy to demonstrate the Internet driverless car.
In the autonomous driving mode, the vehicle steering wheel will automatically fold and be hidden under the front wall. When manual driving is required, the steering wheel will bloom like a petal...
As this super shocking video was reprinted by major websites and TV stations, Tesla and Andy Smith once again became the forefront of global innovative technology, which instilled the entire automotive and IT industry.
Internet unmanned driving system?
Damn, has Tesla actually started to develop this kind of high-tech that burns money?
Tesla has become the hottest IT innovation company in the world in the past two days, and the number of visits to Tesla's official website has increased dramatically. The most important thing is to increase the sales of electric supercars, which were originally a bit down.
When the official order quantity reached 2,500 units, Tesla officially announced to the public that it would close the ordering system of electric supercars, and the electric supercars officially decided to sell only 2,500 units in 28 countries and regions around the world.
As soon as this news came out, it caused an uproar again, and various speculations and statements were also rampant. The most talked about was Tesla's company's thirsty sales again.
No matter how the outside world speculates, Tesla will no longer respond to any questions after it issued this decision. It seems that it does not care about the current popularity and is focused on starting production and research and development.
The real reason why the number of 2,500 units is that Tesla's production capacity cannot keep up. That's it. The last one may have to be delivered until 2010.
No matter how big the bubble Andy is, it is necessary to have a realistic foundation. To expand production capacity, it is undoubtedly necessary to build a new factory and recruit new workers. This is a huge investment. Andy did not go crazy and continued to burn money in it.
He was waiting for the Ministry of Energy’s loan to be in place, and the investors were rushing to send him money and let Tesla burn!
That's right, Andy is ready to say that the iron is hot, and Tesla has decided to start financing!
"Tell Daimler-Benz representatives that $200 million in 10% of the shares is my bottom line, if they want to, they can make a deal, if they don't, I don't mind modifying one to impress BMW."
Andy told the executives of Tesla in the video that if it weren't for the fact that Tesla really needed to introduce partners in car manufacturing, he wouldn't have chosen these traditional car companies. He wanted to cooperate with General Motors. Unfortunately, General Motors itself is difficult to protect. If the US government does not save them, bankruptcy is only a matter of time.
The modified video of Elf Auto was to attract investors and achieved its goal as it wished. Not only did Daimler-Benz call the first time, but even Toyota, the foot basin, called to inquire about investment matters, and BMW naturally did not leave it behind.
Andy, who has no good feelings for the foot basin, will naturally not attract the wolf into the house. Although Andy originally planned to speak out and slaughter people this time, for the huge returns that Tesla may bring to make money in the future, Andy does not want the foot basin people to take advantage of this at all.
Although the expressions on the faces of the Tesla executives in the conference room heard the big boss's offer, the expressions on their faces were not changed, but they all complained wildly inside, making them so dirty.
It's so dark!
This is to think about making back the money from acquiring Tesla!
Damn, in just a few months, the big boss dared to call out a valuation of 2 billion, which is crazy!
However, if you calculate the calculation, the valuation of 2 billion is not an exaggeration. The sales of 2,500 units also reached more than US$300 million, and the profit was more than 20 million. In addition, the 500 million low-interest loan from the Ministry of Energy has given, Tesla is not short of money. At this time, the introduction of Daimler company was more of a strategic cooperation need.
"Okay, boss, we will notify Daimler's negotiator later."
After Andy nodded, he looked at the executive in the third position on the left in the video screen and said, "John, how is the domain name going?"
The current domain name of Tesla's automobile company is a bit lengthy. Since Tesla adopts the Silicon Valley approach to dealing with everything from product development to sales, then an authentic domain name is undoubtedly very critical.
As the head of Tesla's network department, John Berry Hill smiled helplessly: "I'm sorry, boss, there's almost no progress. The domain name has been owned by Silicon Valley engineer Stugrossman since 1992 and has not been used for 16 years. The reason I bought this domain name at that time was because of his intimate relationship with the inventor Nikola Tesla, and the purpose of buying the domain name was for his own use.
We have been trying to convince him to give up ownership of the domain name, but unfortunately it has little effect…”
Andy's lips curled up, and a sneer appeared. He waved his hand and interrupted the other party, saying, "It's still not enough money! What price is it now?"
“2 million dollars…”
"Add another million to talk. Five million is the bottom line. If he is still insatiable, then give up. Although this is a bit imperfect, I hate greedy people!" Andy said coldly.
"I understand, boss, we will find a way to get the domain name." Looking at the cold expression on the young boss's face, John hurriedly expressed his nervousness.
"The next Monday, on the 27th, the Ministry of Energy's loan will be received. Although we have money, the R&D budget must be strictly controlled. We can bear failure, but we cannot accept useless failure and waste." Andy mainly told Martin, the chief engineer. This guy is a bit big and has a very bad ability to control costs. Andy had to equip him with a budget team to strictly control the R&D budget.
Martin shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly. He did not feel angry or uneasy because of Andy's words. He had been kicked out and returned to the company he founded again. His mentality has changed a lot. It is rare to be able to work under a boss like Andy who attaches importance to R&D and give him a lot of freedom.
After the video conference, Andy did not leave the study, but picked up the phone and called Alvetre in New York.
"Ah, I will send you a fax later. There are some domain names I need. You can ask me to apply for them all..."
When he talked about Tesla's domain name just now, Andy was thinking about registering domain names. He hadn't thought about it before, but after asking, he became a little depressed. For example, there are only 4 single-letter domain names in the world, and the others were all retained by the registry, not to mention domain names with English words such as diamonds, funds, etc., which had been registered long ago.
And Andy was intrigued again this time, just thinking about robbing the future, such as,...
Although the practice of robbing the Tianchao company is a bit shameless, who is the one who asked Andy to know the most about the emerging companies of the Tianchao? Moreover, the Tianchao company is very concerned about the issue of name correction and will even spend a lot of money to redeem it. This is a huge profit transaction, and he will never miss it. 8)
Chapter completed!