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Chapter 1287

In the evening, Song Yang held a grand banquet for Ballmer and Edison. Irene brought ICQ executives, and Ertian and Kalanick, who were just watching by Alcatel. , Pets' Evan Spiegel, Feita Xie Qing and many other people from the Song Yang camp in San Jose came to support.

To be honest, seeing Song Yang's lineup, Ballmer and Edison were really envious. The people at today's banquet were only part of Song Yang's camp, and there were PayPal, Google, Personnel from companies such as eBay and Double-Click were not present because they were far outside of San Jose, but these people at the banquet were all independent figures. The companies they are in charge of are all giants in their respective industries up.

How can we not make Ballmer envious of it? Over the years, Microsoft has acquired companies, large and small, much more than those companies established by Song Yang. The companies acquired from Song Yang alone have Hotmail There are several mailboxes, Skype, etc., not to mention the other companies that have been acquired, but they are still far behind, let alone buying one and destroying the other, but after being acquired by Microsoft, the companies are somewhat sluggish.

Take Skype as an example. Before it was acquired, it was blown to the sky. Internet telephony changed the era of communication. As a result, after Microsoft acquired Skype from Song Yang, there were indeed many users, but the shadow of changing the era of global communication , but didn't see it, but it was a mess of losses, which made Microsoft doubt whether it can wait until the day when Skype dominates the communication era.

Now looking at those people in Song Yang's camp at the banquet, Ballmer is really greedy, but he also knows that Microsoft's desire to buy these companies may not be realistic.

Edison also used a pair of eagle eyes to watch Ertian, Kalanick, Evan Spiegel and others. The companies they are in charge of have not yet been listed. can get huge rewards.

At that time, the performance of Deutsche Bank Investment Bank, Edison felt, might be able to increase by a large amount. Looking at the lineup at the banquet, Edison could imagine how much Wall Street was after Song Yang.

On the second day of the banquet, ICNC and other TV stations, as well as several automotive media magazines, began to report the "hot" sale of the world's first electric sports car, the Sibel Angel. Ballmer, Edison, Song Yang, Irene, Eltian and other big names in the technology industry have appeared on these reports.

The news of "Siebel Angel electric sports car, pre-sale sales exceeding [-] units" has been spread even more, and many media have joined the boasting group. They are flattering the Siebel car, just like the future of the automobile industry The star is average.

The valuation of Siebel Automobile has also been directly raised by a large amount, breaking through the valuation of 55 billion dollars for the first time, but this is entirely based on touting the electric car business. In this year, the valuation of sports car companies is not high. Gao, after all, apart from a few sports car brands such as Ferrari, all others are in a mess. It's not as good as the electric car business, which makes people imagine.

The valuation of this 55 billion US dollars must be very watery, that is, it is nothing more than shouting while taking advantage of this wave of heat, but this is the benefit of technology companies, like those traditional car companies, selling hundreds of thousands of cars and earning dozens of dollars. With tens of billions of dollars, Wall Street institutions are willing to raise their stock prices a little bit, but when Xibel Auto blows it up, the valuation will rise steadily!

And on the same day, Anduran took a commercial plane to start a trip to Asia, and was going to host the delivery ceremony for those users in Asia who purchased the Siebel Angel electric sports car.

On the business plane, Anduran received a list of electric sports cars purchased from Yanjing from his assistant. On it were those who bought the Siebel Angel electric sports car and were willing to attend the delivery ceremony for the media. There were also several car owners who were busy. Cannot attend the handover ceremony.

After a few glances, Anduran didn't see any clues. He wouldn't have imagined what would happen to the list of car purchases in later generations, as well as the photos at the delivery ceremony, after being dug out more than ten years later. Such an effect, sometimes, the first batch of buyers may not be fans, but black fans and dismantlers...

On this list, the first name is the founder of the Autohome website, the second name is the investor of UC Browser, well, he will invest in another company Xiaopeng Motors in the future, and the third name is It was the one who established Bitauto. The rest of the first batch of car owners who bought the Siebel Angel electric sports car were also famous people. It is just estimated that these three will not be impressive.

At the same time that Anduran was on the commercial plane, those who bought the electric sports car in North America also took away the Siebel Angel electric sports car, and even disassembled it into pieces for research!

"The chassis of General Motors, or the old chassis of General Motors a few years ago, uses air suspension, and these performances are actually mediocre.

but……"

In Tesla, another electric car company established almost at the same time as Siebel Electric Vehicle, in a garage at the moment, the Siebel Angel electric sports car has been completely dismantled into a pile of parts, and a group of engineers are working on these parts The parts are tested.

It was Mark Penta, one of the two founders of Tesla, who spoke to Martin Eberhard and Tesla's largest investor, Musk.

When seeing the chassis, suspension, and fancy interior of the Siebel electric vehicle, Mark Penta was a little disdainful, but for the most important battery, electric drive, and electronic control system of the Siebel electric vehicle, Mark Penta Ta Ming looked very dignified.

"Siebel Automotive's car battery technology surpasses ours, and is not much worse than Panasonic's battery technology. It can be seen that Siebel wants to reduce the cost of car batteries!
It seems that the global electric vehicle battery alliance led by Siebel is really useful! "

Mark Pentaming said, "The electronic control system and the motor are indeed unique, especially the electronic control system. Mark Anderson is really the best software engineer in Silicon Valley. Parking, these functions, really surpass us at present..."

"Can Tesla launch an electric vehicle of the same level?!"

Musk didn't want to listen to Mark Penta's order to continue blowing up Siebel. He spent a lot of dollars on Tesla. As a result, the first car was still far away. He didn't know how much more dollars to invest and how long to wait.

"Of course!"

Martin Eberhard and Mark Penta ordered the two to say in unison that they were quite confident in their skills.

"But it may take some time," Martin Eberhard said to his big benefactor, "Actually, even if Tesla launches such a vehicle, the sales will definitely not be very satisfactory. More than one hundred units were sold, but most of them were bought by Bruno Song, Irene, Ertian and others. The actual sales volume may not be a few at all, otherwise Anduran would not have sold more than a dozen units. If the sales volume is higher, I will fly to Asia in person!"

"We don't have much time left!"

Musk said angrily, Martin Eberhard and Martin Eberhard are always full of confidence, but the first prototype car has not been developed yet, but the US knife has been burning. His worth is far away. Not as good as Song Yang.

For Martin Eberhard, Musk has become more and more dissatisfied, and he doesn't know how long he can tolerate them.

"Siebel Auto is lobbying American Energy, Federal Transportation and other agencies to implement Siebel's own electric vehicle safety standards, charging standards and battery standards for electric vehicles. If Siebel Auto can master the electric vehicle industry Standards, what is the point for Tesla?!"

Musk said in a deep voice, Siebel Motors is not just making electric cars honestly, but wants to play with standards. Everyone knows that in an industry, whoever controls the standards will have the right to speak in the industry. It really makes Siebel Motors , Mastering the standards of the electric vehicle industry will definitely make the latecomers of the industry drink a pot.

"I want to see Tesla's own first electric car as soon as possible, no matter what the cost!"

Musk said to Martin and Mark Penta, which made their hearts sink. For the first time, they felt that this big benefactor does not seem to be a good person. If the research and development is not successful, what are the consequences? He didn’t say it, but Martin Eberhard probably knew in his heart that either Boss Ma conceded defeat and left the market after losing a lot of money, or the two founders were kicked out, and Boss Ma made additional investments in Tesla several times, which has become major shareholder of Tesla.

Like Tesla, the Siebel electric car was dismantled into pieces. There is another company, Chrysler Motor President Tom Stockamp asked Chrysler engineers, "So, this car was hired by Siebel? The electric sports car touted by the media is just a large toy and industrial waste, right?!

Who would buy an industrial garbage car that needs to be fully charged for four or five hours to run less than [-] kilometers? ! "

As he said that, Tom Stockamp couldn't help laughing. After Siebel released the first electric car, Tom Stockamp was still a little worried. After all, he still had a century bet with Song Yang. .

Although Tom Stockamp is confident that Chrysler will not lose to Siebel, after all, he is not afraid of [-] but just in case, and Song Yang's name in America is so resounding that Tom Stockamp also had to worry about whether he would capsize in the gutter.

But after dismantling the Siebel electric sports car today, Tom Stockamp's worries disappeared immediately. He felt that with Siebel's current technology, it would not be able to threaten Chrysler in another 100 years. He looked forward to seeing On the day Song Yang lost, under the lens of the American media, as a loser, he handed over the $[-] million betting chips...

"However, the Xibel electric vehicle still has some merits. Its electronic control system is quite excellent, allowing the electric vehicle to obtain strong power, even in the initial stage, exceeding the power of the engine, and there is also an automatic parking function... "

A Chrysler engineer said to Tom Stockamp that he was somewhat interested in this electric sports car, but all he got was a casual wave of his hand from Tom Stockamp, ​​who was not interested in continuing to listen and walked away .

(End of this chapter)