After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 284: Dead End, Change Career as Soon as Possible
"We still have to rely on the Americans to make things happen."

Tesla held a domestically produced Maodou 3 delivery meeting and live-streamed it on TikTok. Before the meeting started, Musk was all smiles and sang "YMCA" passionately.

Although it was originally a gay song, over time, this song has been given a positive and unifying meaning.

Musk's dancing is as enchanting as that of a businessman. When his emotions are deep, he turns into an accordion master.

“It’s really freeing.”

Lu Liang sighed, no longer intending to tease him this time.

Musk holds a 26.5% stake in Tesla, and based on its current market value, his net worth exceeds 1300 billion yuan.

If status is judged only by wealth, it is probably equivalent to Wang Wei of SF Express. It may be a humiliation for the SF Express CEO to make such a fuss on the stage.

But Musk had no such burden. He squinted his eyes, his expression full of enjoyment, and he was immersed in it.

The main reason is that he is really happy. After all, he enjoys the huge industrial system and demographic dividend of the University of Tokyo.

The cost of producing the Edamame 3 in the United States is close to US$4.6, or about RMB 30.

The material cost of one Edamame 3 vehicle that rolls off the production line at the Shanghai Super Factory is only 20 RMB.

Moreover, if production capacity increases in the future, costs can be further reduced.

Profits soared from less than 5% to 31%.

Everyone would be happy with this kind of profit, as not only can they earn more, but they also have the initiative to lower prices.

While watching the delivery meeting, Lu Liang browsed through information about Tesla and Musk to prepare for the upcoming meeting.

Nearing three o'clock, Zhuo Yifan knocked on the door to remind them that the car was ready and they should set off to the hotel to meet Musk.

The news that Musk is staying here has spread, and many media reporters are squatting at the door of the hotel.

"11288, is that car Lu Liang's?"

"Oh my god, it's true."

"Musk? Lu Liang? This is big news!"

All of a sudden, reporters swarmed in at the door. Fortunately, the business Mercedes following the Bentley saw the situation and stopped quickly.

Six security guards trotted to the Bentley, opened the back door, and escorted Lu Liang on his trip.

"Mr. Lu, are you here to meet Mr. Musk?"

"Mr. Lu, you have already left the private equity firm. In what capacity did you meet with Mr. Musk today?"

Reporters with cameras and guns surrounded Lu Liang, and everyone wanted to get the first-hand news information.

In a sense, Lu Liang has many similarities with Musk.

Although Tesla calls itself a technology company, it is also called a financial company. Lu Liang's main business is finance, and he also plans to build cars himself.

Just standing together, the two of them are full of topics.

"We are friends." Lu Liang smiled indifferently.

Musk received the news and rushed to the hotel entrance with a smile on his face and his arms outstretched.

Although they had never met before, they embraced each other warmly when they met for the first time, just like old friends.

To the media reporters on the scene,
Leave a precious hug photo.

"Lu, Nihao." Musk spoke in broken Chinese.

He had been interested in learning Chinese since he came into contact with the Shanghai Municipal Government two years ago. However, he had no talent for languages ​​and could not learn it no matter how hard he tried.

"Hello, there are a lot of people here, let's go in first." Lu Liang responded with a smile in broken English.

His English level is obviously a level higher than Musk's Chinese, but he has no oral environment. Su Wanyu has said more than once that his spoken English has a Tokyo accent.

As a teacher, she feels very guilty.

But Lu Liang didn't care. As long as he could listen, speak and watch, it was fine. A heavy accent would make the listeners uncomfortable, so what did it have to do with him?

Besides, last year Xiao Wang mocked Lei Jun for his heavy accent and brought shame upon himself abroad, but in the end he still apologized honestly and deleted his Weibo post.

The two came to the reception room prepared for them by the hotel.

"Lu, I came to China two years ago, but I didn't get a chance to meet you. It's a pity." Musk smiled. He came to Shanghai once two years ago, when it was the first batch of Edamame X deliveries.

At that time, he really wanted to take advantage of Lu Liang's popularity, but it seemed that Lu Liang noticed it.

Lu Liang smiled and said, "At that time, we had just started to develop and were quite busy. I really couldn't spare the time."

Musk couldn't help but sigh: "Indeed, the development of Dongda's new energy market has been too fast in the past two years."

He couldn't help but look at Lu Liang. Lu Liang made an indispensable contribution to the rapid development of the market. In his opinion, the first World New Energy Vehicle Congress was held in July this year.

It would not be an exaggeration for Lu Liang to serve as vice president.

"Elon, you asked me to meet you today, aren't you just trying to compliment me?"

Lu Liang smiled, but couldn't help complaining in his heart, wondering who the idiot was who spread this message. Westerners only know how to be direct and don't know how to exchange polite greetings.

Musk's little ideas are so numerous that they are almost comparable to those of Jack Ma. At the World New Energy Vehicle Congress, the vice president has not been decided yet, but the president has been confirmed, and he is the vice president of state.

Even BYD’s Wang is not qualified to be the vice president, so what qualifications does he have?

Musk smiled awkwardly: "Of course not, I mainly want to talk to you about the future development of the market."

Last year, Dongda sold a total of 51.2 new energy vehicles, and there were only 59.53 units worldwide.

Although Tesla's market value has risen to 800 billion US dollars and has been recognized by the market, he is still confused.

What’s the use of having a high market value? It is just the market’s expectation for the future of the company and the industry.

Once it fails to meet expectations, the higher you praise it now, the harder it will fall in the future.

With global sales of less than 60 units for the whole year, he cannot see the future of the industry. He can only force himself not to think about it or accept the market's expectations for Tesla.

This visit to China was partly for the delivery of Maodou 3, and partly also to seek help from Lu Liang to resolve some issues.

Perhaps even Lu Liang himself does not know how highly the Western world truly thinks of him.

As long as he is willing to embrace Wall Street, he will be treated like Buffett and Soros.

"Wilson and I have talked about this many times, and every time he talks about it, he describes you like he describes God."

Wilson is the investment director of JPMorgan's Group 3. It was he who advocated investing in Tesla and was determined to build Tesla into another world-leading technology giant after Microsoft and Apple.

Wilson's fame on Wall Street is not much less than that of Buffett, but he often fights on behalf of JPMorgan Chase, so people only remember JPMorgan Chase and ignore his role.

He had rarely failed in investments over the years, but since he met Lu Liang, the legend is gone and he has been hit again and again.

They have fought against each other six times so far, and the only two times he made a profit were when Lu Liang was on the same side with him, and when he took the initiative to stand on the same side with Lu Liang.

He has never won whenever he played against his opponent, so much so that now he worships Lu Liang like he worships God.

Once or twice might be luck, but six, seven, or eight times is a reflection of absolute strength.

Lu Liang was silent for a long time, then he sighed softly: “Elon, don’t listen to what others say, but watch what they do.”

He has been asked this question more than once, including Li Bing, Li Xiang and others.

The financial market has high expectations for the new energy industry and wants to praise it to the sky.

But offline sales are like cold water, reminding them again and again that the current market is like this.

They fear that trams will not be accepted by the public and that industry expectations will not meet the expectations of the financial markets.

So everything now is just a building in the air.

Ningde’s market value is one trillion, and Tesla’s market value is eight trillion.

Lu Liang is very clear about the potential of this market.

He actually wanted to tell Musk to stop doing this, as electric cars were a dead end and Tesla should change its business as soon as possible.

But he himself didn't believe what he said. If it was really a dead end, why would he keep investing money in it?

And no matter what Lu Liang says or not, Tesla will continue to move forward firmly because too many people have high hopes for it.

Just like Li Erfeng, maybe he didn't have the intention to fight for the throne at the beginning, but later on, he had reached the point where he would die if he didn't fight for it, and those who supported him would die with him.

Since it is impossible to change Tesla's development trajectory, it is better to do it a favor.

(End of this chapter)