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Chapter 386: Dealing with Musk

This shows a lack of sincerity.

Among Musk's nine major projects, Gao Yuan has no interest in Tesla, Pi mobile phone, tunnel, brain-computer interface, super high-speed rail, and photovoltaic power generation technologies.

The new energy vehicles he produces now are better than Tesla.

The photovoltaic power generation industry is now an oligopoly. Gao Yuan does not have the relevant technology and is too lazy to take the time to get involved.

Furthermore, he feels that current photovoltaic power generation has little technical content.

As for the two industries of tunnels and super high-speed railways, Gao Yuan cannot shake them.

These are all national-level projects.

The only things that Gao Yuan is interested in are SpaceX space exploration, Starlink satellites, and artificial intelligence.

Although Starlink satellite is an industry under Musk, its strategic value is of great significance, and it is impossible for the United States to allow Gao Yuan to invest in it.

Gao Yuan has no plans to get involved in the field of artificial intelligence for the time being.

Only SpaceX space exploration is worth cooperating with.

"Elon Musk, I am only interested in SpaceX space exploration! If you disagree, there is no need for cooperation."

Gao Yuan put forward his own request.

If we can't reach an agreement on this, then there is no need to talk about it.

"Mr. Gao, we can cooperate in other fields, such as mobile phones, artificial intelligence... fields."

When Musk heard Gao Yuan’s words, he instantly became anxious.

He has invested a lot of money in the financial market. If the deal fails, his losses will be huge.

Moreover, if the cooperation fails, the company’s stock price will probably continue to fall before he returns to China.

Wall Street produces not only financial tycoons, but also huge vampires.

If a company has good development prospects, they will invest frantically and continue to reap the benefits.

And when the company shows signs of decline, they will bare their bloody fangs and accelerate the company's destruction.

Tesla is now Musk's largest industry, with a current market value of 4 trillion RMB.

Last year alone, the company had revenue of RMB 7000 billion and a net profit of RMB 1000 billion.

Musk has been using Tesla's profits to subsidize SpaceX space exploration and Starlink projects.

If Tesla collapses, the research and development of his other projects will be hindered, and eventually the whole body will be affected, and those vampires will definitely short sell stocks significantly.

So after learning that Gao Yuan had developed the latest new energy vehicle, Musk immediately came here to seek cooperation with Gao Yuan.

"I'm sorry, but in my opinion, there is not much room for development in these industries."

Gao Yuan shook his head and stood up to see the guest off.

He originally wanted to acquire Tesla's domestic industries and then use Tesla's factories to produce Yuanfang cars.

It seems unnecessary now, but if it really doesn't work, it's not impossible to acquire other cars.

"Mr. Gao Yuan!"

Musk took a deep breath and made the final decision. "It is not impossible to cooperate on the SpaceX space exploration project, but our country's control over this project is not as strict as that of Starlink satellites, but it is still strict."

"Especially with the current relationship and situation between our two countries, direct cooperation is extremely difficult."

"I do have a suggestion. Instead of working with me, why don't you do this project yourself abroad?"

"As for the location, I suggest arranging it in Australia."

Then, Musk talked about his ideas and explained why he chose Australia.

Musk's meaning is very simple, to carry out this project in cooperation abroad to avoid a certain degree of supervision.

In addition, he has some connections with the Australian royal family, which provides him with many conveniences.

As long as Gao Yuan agrees, he will provide Gao Yuan with all the necessary project materials until the project is completed.

"can!"

Gao Yuan nodded.

There is some truth to what Musk said.

If it were in Australia, it would be more suitable for both of them.

The two have already discussed the general direction, and as for more detailed consultations, they need to be coordinated by the people below.

Finally, Musk and Gao Yuan agreed to meet in Australia next month.

……

"Mr. Gao, the order quantity of Yuanfang Automobile is still far beyond our expectations!"

Wang Sichao walked into Gao Yuan's office. "In just three days, the order volume exceeded two million units, and the order quantity exceeded 500,000 units. According to our current delivery capacity, it may be delayed to half a year later."

This is still an optimistic estimate, taking into account NIO's industrial production line and the advantages of other factories helping to manufacture parts.

Without the help of these companies, these 500,000 cars would probably have to be produced until the year after next.

"I discussed it with several other vice presidents and came up with two plans."

Wang Sichao said, "The first option is to expand the factory. Although it cannot alleviate the problem in the short term, it is still beneficial in the long run. The second option is to acquire several more domestic and foreign companies, but in this case, our company's cash flow may be in short supply."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan pondered for a moment and put forward his own opinion, "It is not advisable to rashly expand production for the time being. Although the current quantity is very large, it is only because Yuanfang Automobile has just been launched."

After half a year, this data will tend to stabilize.

Referring to the sales data of major automobile companies, the monthly sales of a single model is at most 40,000 to 50,000 units.

After expanding production, when the market returns to normal, the newly built factories will be useless, resulting in vacant waste.

What should we do with the extra workers? Let them stay in the factory, but they have no work to do.

But if they are fired, there will inevitably be complaints, as these workers are the backbone of their families! It will definitely have a negative impact on Yuanfang Automobile.

If we acquire other car manufacturers, we will obviously lose money. Those auto giants will definitely not sell easily, and small factories will have to upgrade their equipment, which will waste a lot of time.

I will sign a contract with Tesla's Musk in a few days. You should cooperate with Li Bin to prepare personnel to take over Tesla's domestic factory."

Gao Yuan said.

This is the best solution he can think of at the moment.

As for further expanding the scale of the factory, Gao Yuan has no plans to do so. Taking over Tesla's factory is enough.

After the sales boom of Yuanxingzhe is over, Yuanfang will also usher in a wave of stable development. Not every car will be so popular.

In this way, Yuanfang Automobile's monthly production volume can be increased from 70,000 vehicles to about 100,000 vehicles.

"On the other hand, we will provide subsidies to users who have already locked in their orders. As long as the car does not arrive for a day, we will subsidize the user's transportation fee of 100 yuan. 50 yuan of it is in cash, and the other 50 yuan is a voucher with no threshold, which can be used to purchase products under Yuanfang Group on the YouNi APP."

The subsidy required will be more in the first month, and then the subsidy will become less and less.

Fifty dollars per person is not a lot, but for those customers, it means that Yuanfang Automobile values ​​them enough, because the emotions caused by delayed delivery will be minimized.

I believe that they will become loyal users of Yuanfang Auto, and when they change their next car, they will choose Yuanfang Auto.

It is equivalent to cultivating a group of loyal fans.

What's more, there are 50-yuan vouchers, which can also promote the sales of skin care products and other products, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

"This is a good idea!" Wang Sichao nodded.

It’s okay to lose some money, the main thing is that you can convert a large number of users into fans, which is awesome.

"Then I will announce this news to the public today."

Wang Sichao left the office.

……

Half an hour later, two pieces of news about Yuanfang Automobile appeared on the hot search list.

The first hot search was that Yuanfang Auto’s locked orders reached 500,000, breaking the record for the first locked orders of domestic automakers and raising it to a level that other automakers could not reach.

Another hot search was that Yuanfang Auto’s production is limited. In order to make up for the regret of car buyers who cannot pick up their cars in time, Yuanfang Auto decided to subsidize users 100 yuan for every day of delayed delivery.

As soon as these two pieces of news came out, the entire Internet exploded.

"Damn, if my car is delayed for a year, wouldn't I be able to make more than 30,000 yuan? One-third of the car price is back, which means I only spent 60,000 or 70,000 yuan to get a car? This is so cool."

"The person above suggested that you go to the hospital to have your eyes checked. Of the 100 yuan Yuanfang car subsidy, only 50 yuan is in cash, and the remaining 50 yuan is in vouchers."

"That's worth it. With fifty dollars a day, I can take a taxi to and from get off work, instead of squeezing on the bus or subway. It's awesome!"

"..."

There is a lot of discussion on the Internet.

At the same time, some used car dealers are having a hard time.

When Yuanfang Auto was launched, they thought about making money and mobilized their friends and relatives, as well as the company's employees, to place orders for hundreds of Yuanfang Auto.

I plan to sell these cars at a higher price after they are produced.

Unexpectedly, the distant place suddenly wanted to subsidize the delayed delivery.

This is such a pain in the ass.

Although it is only a cash subsidy of 1,500 yuan per month, many people like to take advantage of it. They would rather delay delivery and earn an extra month's money.

It is even more impossible to sell it at a high price.

All the money of these used car dealers went into this.

Their losses are relatively smaller, but domestic automobile companies are suffering a lot.

The CEOs of seven or eight car companies gathered together, all looking worried.

"I originally thought Gao Yuan just wanted to overturn the table, but I didn't expect he wanted to destroy our rice bowl!" said a car company CEO angrily, "The sales of our car model were 14,000 last month, but this month's sales have plummeted."

"I estimate that we may not even be able to sell 5,000 vehicles this month."

The automotive industry pie is so small that if it is distributed equally, each company won’t get much.

Everyone was enjoying the cake, but suddenly a distant car company appeared and took the cake away.

"My company's cars have also suffered a sales Waterloo. We can't just sit there and wait for death." Another CEO also said.

"If we continue to watch Yuanfang Auto continue to do this, our car companies will go bankrupt within a year. I plan to report this to the higher-ups and ask them to intervene in Yuanfang Auto's production."

"Ahem... Stop dreaming. The big guys above are supporting Yuanfang Auto. Yuanfang Auto is currently on the rise. How could the leader you are looking for help you at this critical moment?"

"This won't work, and that won't work either. Are we really going to surrender?"

The seven or eight CEOs were already worried, and now they are even more worried.

"I do have a suggestion!" Mr. Zeng stood up. "Since Yuanfang Auto won't let us survive, we won't let it survive either. Doesn't it subsidize users? Then we will subsidize users as well. It will subsidize 50 yuan for every day of delayed delivery, and we will directly grab its orders."

"As long as the customer places an order on the YouNi app and intends to buy our car, we will give the customer double the money."

The price of locking the order is 10,000 yuan, so they will subsidize the customer 20,000 yuan for the purchase of the car.

Ten thousand of them can offset the loss caused by the user locking the order.

The additional ten thousand yuan is equivalent to a price reduction.

"But if that's the case, won't we lose 20,000 yuan per car? When will this end?"

“That’s better than going out of business!”

On the same day, these seven or eight car companies announced at the same time that as long as customers gave up buying Yuanfang cars and went to their 4S stores to buy new cars, they would receive a subsidy of yuan.

For a time, the Internet was in an uproar.

"I think Mr. Gao is truly God's chosen one, and his opponents are all mentally ill!"

"When I was reading novels, I used to think it was outrageous that the protagonist's enemies' intelligence would drop immediately after seeing the protagonist. Now it seems to be really true!"

"These car companies don't understand. Do we buy Yuanfang cars because of the price? It's because of the quality of the car! How can their cars compare with Yuanfang cars? I don't want to spend a lot of money to buy a bunch of iron shells..."

"..."

Although these seven or eight car companies spent a lot of money to subsidize their customers, netizens were not buying it.

……

In the villa.

Lin Wanyu lay in Gao Yuan's arms, browsing her phone, and couldn't help laughing.

"These car company CEOs are really interesting. They have really invested a lot of money to deal with our Yuanfang Automobile!"

"I remember that Nanwei Automobile sold 20 vehicles last year. Assuming all our customers go there, their revenue in this year's financial report will be 40 billion less than last year."

"Their company's net profit last year was only 20 billion yuan."

They lose 20 billion a year. I wonder how much money they can lose.

"Let them go, but don't force them too hard. We have to leave them some room to survive." Gao Yuan said, "However, our Yuanfang Automobile has seen a huge increase in production recently, and workers are scarce. We can recruit people from these car companies."

"Tomorrow, contact Wang Sichao and ask them to start recruiting externally. Workers with experience in automobile manufacturing who come to work at Yuanfang Automobile will receive a 20% salary increase."

"If management personnel with experience in car company management come to work at Yuanfang Auto, their salary will increase by 30%, plus year-end bonuses."

Lin Wanyu burst into laughter. "You are so mean. You are cutting off the source of the trouble. I'm afraid those car companies won't be able to hold out for much longer."

The automobile market share has been taken away by Yuanfang Auto, and now even the skilled workers and management have been poached by Yuanfang Auto.

"It's not that I'm cutting off the source of the trouble, but the salary they offer is too low," Gao Yuan said. "In order to exploit their workers, those car companies often require them to work at least 12 hours a day."

"Overtime work has become the norm, but wages and benefits have not increased."

In comparison, although Tesla is a foreign company, its employees are paid twice as much as those of domestic car companies.

Many workers would rather work for Tesla than for local car companies.

Gao Yuan increased wages in order to recruit more skilled workers and experienced management to better promote the development of Yuanfang Automobile.

After explaining these things.

Gao Yuan called Zhang Yu to his office alone.

He will travel to Australia next month to meet privately with Musk.

But after all, a foreign country is not China, so his security issues must be ensured.

When thinking about this, he suddenly remembered a system reward he had received before.

"It's time to get that S-class military training ground out!"

(End of this chapter)