The main entrance of Tesla's headquarters is located at 3500 Deer Creek Road, Deer Creek, California. The standard American-style headquarters, without high-rise buildings, is a suburban bungalow factory that is truly "far from the hustle and bustle of the city". The high-end and bright buildings are decorated next to it. It is a Tesla direct store and delivery center, and there is also a Tesla maintenance service center not far away.

Andy's convoy stopped one after another, and the bodyguard quickly got out of the car and opened the door. Andy, who was wearing a slim black suit, stepped out with a smile on his face, and looked at a group of shareholders and Tesla executives headed by Elon Musk, who had a complicated expression, and came up.

"Hello, Mr. Musk, I'm glad to see you." Andy smiled and shook hands with the other party. This was the first time the two met. To be honest, Andy didn't have much feelings for this realistic version of Iron Man, just a typical businessman.

"Hello, Mr. Smith, I'm glad to see you, I'll introduce you to you..."

Andy shook hands with a calm and calm smile on his face and greeted the strange and familiar Tesla shareholders.

"Larry, I didn't expect you to come too, which surprised me very much..." Andy shook hands with Larry Page in surprise and greeted him.

"Haha, Sergei was going to come here too, but you know, he is busier than me, so I have to be the representative to welcome you."

Andy nodded. These guys are all Tesla electric cars invested by private investment. To be honest, they are more optimistic about the future of clean and environmentally friendly energy. No one wants their investment to be wasted, they cannot pay wages, and there is a problem with their capital chain. Someone who is on the verge of bankruptcy can take over the Tesla electric car company, which is undoubtedly the one they are most happy to see.

"Mr. Smith, please visit Tesla and the production factory first. I think you will definitely be happy to be able to do this business after seeing it." Musk said arrogantly, as if he was at a disadvantage, and the expression on his face became more and more stiff.

Larry Page, Ebay, Jeff Schole and other shareholders all looked at Andy with a faint smile. To be honest, Andy's acquisition price of $200 million is indeed very low, but for a car company that is on the verge of bankruptcy, it will burn the incense if someone takes over it.

"Haha, let's go. I can't wait to see what Tesla is doing. You may not know. I am very interested in industrial design. I even designed a car myself, hoping that Tesla engineers can make it in the future.

Elon, Didn’t Downey talk to you about the shooting of Iron Man? All the steel suits in it were designed by me. When the movie was released, you will see super cool effects. Believe me, you will fall in love with it..."

Looking at Andy Smith talking about the huge interest shown in industrial design, it surprised a group of Tesla's shareholders and executives slightly, and Musk's originally stiff expression also changed a little. It seems that this young genius billionaire's acquisition of Tesla is not just a simple investment.

The group passed through the direct store and entered the factory directly. The first thing that caught my eye was a huge Tesla logo. I started my journey to the right to visit the Tesla factory.

After walking out of the warehouse passage, there is the main entrance of the Tesla factory. There are some senior executives' speeches quoted by models on the left side of the entrance, and the model pictures on the right side shows Tesla models.

The concept car with a black Lotus sports car's appearance is the first "aero buk", which is an aerodynamic-optimized design prototype, which is also the prototype of Tesla's first electric sports car roadster.

This "mule 2" is a second-hand prototype car that Tesla has fully assembled by hand, and is closer to the roadster. I heard that the Iron Man crew has also made it into the movie, and it will appear in Stark's garage.

Andy stopped in front of this car and took a look. To be honest, the roadster based on the appearance of the Lotus Sports Car is not a success. Due to the niche of electric cars and its high price, this model was only produced 2,500 units and was delisted.

"If I remember correctly, the original price of this mass-produced car was $98,000, right?" Andy slid his fingers gently across the roof, with a charming and warm smile on his face, but these few words undoubtedly made Tesla, including Musk and all the executives' expressions slightly stiff. What kind of pot is it that doesn't open and which one is specially slapped in the face?

"Sorry, although I don't know the production process and raw material price of this car, I guess the cost of this car is much more than $100,000, right?"

"Ahem..." Musk coughed a little with a little ugly face and nodded awkwardly, "The cost is calculated and it costs about $120,000, which is far higher than the original cost estimate of $70,000."

"Haha, you've booked 1,200 vehicles at present, right? Tsk tsk, this is a considerable loss. You can't just raise the price temporarily, it's 120,000 yuan? I'm afraid that the reservation customers will dismantle the delivery center..."

The smile on Andy's face never disappeared, but what he said sounded extremely harsh to everyone. Several people smiled bitterly with each other. This person was indeed a poisonous snake.

The group continued to move forward with their own thoughts and came to the spacious and clean assembly factory. The robot arms of a considerable scale were quite spectacular and very intimidating.

Under the explanation of the engineer, Andy also learned that similar to most cars, Tesla's main production process includes four parts: stamping and making various components, connecting each component into a body, spraying the body with other components and installing other components to the body, including the production of electric motors and battery components.

Andy understood that Tesla is using its own manufacturing method to build cars. Moreover, Tesla has done a lot of things by itself, while other automobile companies have transferred to suppliers, including producing its own seats and assembling battery packs on site. That is to say, with the demand for production capacity, the current team of engineers of 160 people is not enough, and even hundreds of people are not enough. In addition, the body and many decorations are not produced on traditional production lines and need to be built separately.

OK, no wonder the cost of a car is so high.

Andy looked at Musk's mouth slightly raised, as if everything here made him proud. Even if it was no longer possible, everything here was very valuable, in his opinion.

Andy turned to look at Musk and the people around him chuckled: "If I remember correctly, Tesla should be a technology company, not a manufacturing company, right? If you want to be an automaker, you will have to spend billions of dollars to build a new factory..."

Alvetre's eyes were full of smiles. Looking at the embarrassing expressions of the shareholders and management of Tesla's company, he almost laughed out loud. He knew better than anyone else that his big boss could kill people when he complained, and he had a lot of strange words.

Now, I can't show off. I was beaten by the big boss and my face was covered in blood. Of course, everyone knows that Tesla's real core technology is electric motor and battery.

Musk and the shareholders were also a little embarrassed. They originally wanted the buyer to feel that the money was worth it, but after hearing Andy's questions, everyone felt that Tesla had become a big pit.

Musk was somewhat relieved and led everyone into the spacious and bright conference room. The two sides sat on both sides according to the camp.

The rich men, including Larry Page, looked at Andy's seat in surprise. Andy Smith, the big boss, actually sat aside. Alvetre, was sitting on the center seat. The two leaders who had been negotiating with Tesla, sat on both sides. Andy sat in the corner on the right, looking leisurely as if you talk, I only look at it and don't speak.
Chapter completed!