Reborn: Billionaire in College

Musk has been unhappy in the past week.

Shanghai, one of the future locations for Tesla's super factory that he particularly liked, had just been snatched away.

It’s not that Musk is not working hard, but if the super factory is to be settled in Shanghai, it must break the joint venture form, otherwise shareholders will have objections.

Tesla has been trying to enter China since 2004, and after ten years of hard work, it finally paid off, but even now sales are still poor.

In the final analysis, one reason is insufficient production capacity, the other is insufficient brand power, and the price is high.

Insufficient production capacity has always been Musk's concern, and there seems to be no solution at the moment.

As a result, Tesla's stock has been repeatedly shorted on Wall Street, almost becoming a "discarded child."

"Boss, we don't have much time left. The bloodsuckers on Wall Street are getting less and less patient with us. We have to choose one place to build a factory, China, Mexico, or India, no matter where." Jason, the deputy, said bitterly, "I prefer to build a factory in China."

"Damn it, Jason, you are talking nonsense. How could I not know China's optimal solution? But I don't want to cooperate with others and lose the initiative. We can't even afford the technology leaks caused by cooperation. Unless China's policies are relaxed in the future."

China is Tesla's largest target market. This is almost a consensus within Tesla!
Last year, total auto sales in the United States were 1747 million, while in China they were 2400 million, and the latter is growing at an increasingly faster rate.

If Tesla wants to raise its stock price, it must open up the Chinese market.

Establishing a factory in China not only solves the production capacity problem, but also is closer to customers, reducing logistics time and costs. It is a perfect choice.

"Then choose Mexico or India?"

"FUCK! Wait another 10 years to build factories in these two damn places. Who will you sell the factory to if you build one in India? Will you be blackmailed by drug fans in Mexico? Besides, Chinese workers are hardworking, skilled, and yet their wages are low."

Jason spread his hands and said, "This won't work, and that won't work either... In two years, what if that amazing Chinese guy becomes popular with his electric car? I saw that car at the China Auto Show. Although I don't know the actual driving experience and battery life performance, I can honestly say that the interior is really high-tech, which is my style."

It would be fine if Jason didn't mention this, but Musk gets a headache when he talks about it.

We still can’t avoid Chen Pingjiang!
This damn Chinese first challenged Musk in the field of commercial aerospace, and then extended his tentacles to electric vehicles, and even obtained perfect pre-sale data, which made Musk very jealous.

People who buy gasoline cars and those who buy electric cars are two natural groups. Musk hopes that Tesla can become the Apple of electric cars, and it must become the Apple.

In Musk's view, China's current new energy vehicle brands are all rubbish. The only variable lies in Chen Pingjiang, but he is unable to break in.

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Just a few days later, a video of an interview program was leaked on Twitter, causing an immediate uproar.

Countless people @陈平江 came out to confront him.

Due to the jet lag, Chen Pingjiang had just gone to bed and was planning to do some inappropriate exercise with Yan Yan, when he heard his cell phone vibrating.

It wasn't until I opened Twitter and spent a few minutes figuring out the whole thing that I finally felt dumbfounded.

This old Ma is really a talker. In the live show last night, after four years, the same host asked the same question to the same person.

Four years ago, when Musk was interviewed by Bloomberg, the host mentioned that BYD was a competitor of Tesla and pointed out that Buffett's investment company Berkshire Hathaway held a 10% stake in BYD at the time. Hearing this, Musk couldn't help laughing in front of the camera.

When asked why he was laughing, Musk said, "Have you seen their car?" After the host answered "Yes," he continued to laugh and then admitted that he did not regard BYD as a competitor.

“I don’t think they have any great products. I don’t think their products are particularly attractive. The technology is not very strong yet. BYD as a company has pretty serious problems in its home market of China. So I think their focus should be on making sure they survive in China.”

It was because of this interview that Wang Chuanfu was said to be so unlucky that he even broke a cup.

It was precisely because of this interview that the collaboration between Wang Chuanfu and Chen Pingjiang was directly initiated.

Because Lao Wang had to admit that what the other person said was true.

Four years later, the scene reappears!
In front of the camera, Musk looked calm and composed: "I am still responsible for my words. Although BYD survived, it is still difficult for it to achieve any results in the field of electric vehicles."

The host asked: "What about Jiuzhou? We all know the boss behind it, and they achieved extremely exaggerated results last year before the new car was launched. I saw the introduction video of their car on Tiktok, and I thought it was great."

Musk shook his head: "SO... what does that mean? I think it's very dangerous to collect a lot of cash before a car is delivered to the user. What if the delivery of the vehicle is affected, the delivery speed cannot be guaranteed, or it cannot be mass-produced at all? I learned from some channels that there are big problems with the production capacity of Jiuzhou S1. They will have a big problem next. If they don't handle it well, it is very likely to turn into a public relations crisis."

"Even if the Jiuzhou S1 is delivered, I don't think it can be compared with Tesla. You know, on the Chinese Internet, car enthusiasts use refrigerators, color TVs, and large sofas to mock this car. Although it has good configuration, the three major components have not been tested in the market and cannot be compared with our mature products at all."

After exiting the video, Chen Pingjiang thought about it.

It seemed that he had to interact with Musk, and then he was dumbfounded the next moment. He tagged no one for a long time, and after checking, he found that Musk had deleted him.

"What are you going to do?" While thinking, Chen Pingjiang felt his shoulders sink, and then he realized that it was Yan Yan who leaned over. She had just watched the video, and fortunately, foreign netizens @陈平江 thoughtfully added Chinese subtitles.

"What else can I say?" Chen Pingjiang snorted and laughed, "Of course I will say the same thing back! Does your husband seem like the type who wouldn't dare to say a word when he's bullied?"

The next moment, Chen Pingjiang turned into a keyboard warrior, his brain working rapidly and his fingers clicking on the mobile phone screen.

"First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Musk for his encouragement and pointing out our shortcomings. But I heard that your company's global sales last year just exceeded 5 vehicles? Oh, our car has not even been launched yet, but we have already received more than 18650 reservations. How come this is going on? But don't worry. When your company learns how to use 60 batteries to stack degrees of electricity without catching fire, maybe we can still communicate with each other?"

"I recently saw that your company lost another 2.3 million US dollars in the third quarter? I feel so sorry that you have to ask the government for another 4.9 million yuan in subsidies to fill the hole. By the way, have you built the 200th super charging station? Do you need an introduction to the leaders of China Power Grid for a cup of tea?"

"Finally, a warm reminder: When you promote 'fully autonomous driving' with Autopilot 1.0 next year, remember to send a few more flowers to the Tesla owner who had a car accident and caught fire in California. By the way, the aluminum body is a great way to save battery life!"

Chen Pingjiang used Google Translate to reply to three consecutive tweets in both Chinese and English.

Every word is really heart-piercing! The power of yin and yang is at its maximum!
It's heading straight for Musk's belly.

The tweet mercilessly pointed out the Model X delivery delays, frequent battery fire accidents, and huge losses.

After posting the tweet, Chen Pingjiang smiled and hugged Yan Yan: "Look how civilized we are!?" (End of this chapter)