Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 209 Tesla’s Savior

Honor G2 is very popular in the United States, surpassing iPhone 3G. Apple has no idea where its confidence comes from. Actually, only edge pseudo-3G does not support WCDMA, so the Internet speed is only one-tenth of Honor G2.

Apple has better global sales channels than Honor, but its pursuit of higher profits and traffic sharing with operators has led to doubts about life due to being involved by Honor, and it has even lost many important partners, such as Deutsche Telekom T-Mobile and Japan's Softbank. .

Honor G2 has many problems, such as battery life, system fluency, and mobile phone security. Consumers don’t care whether the mobile operating system is provided by Google Android or Microsoft. They only care about the user experience. What Honor wants is a good experience on its own mobile phone, and Google wants to More mobile phone brands need to use Android.

Fortunately, the priority of Honor's cooperation with Google Android is higher than that of other companies such as HTC at this time, and many ideas have been fully cooperated with it, including canceling search and retaining only the classic three-button navigation.As for user interface design, that is Honor’s business. The native Android interface and theme background are too ugly.

As for whether to put all APPs on the desktop or add the application list to the desktop mode, he prefers flat design, but more people like a clean desktop, so just make do with it.Google Android and most mobile phone companies will compromise for their own interests.Think about it, how much does it cost to bundle an APP and click to register?

No matter what, Qu Li wants to maintain the relationship with Google Android on the one hand, and strive for more initiative for Honor on the other.Fortunately, although HTC has a wild approach, it has not put all its chips on Android. Microsoft is the boss of HTC.

Maybe it was because he saw that Honor was too successful. Someone in Honor discovered HTC CEO and Ms. Wang Xuehong in Silicon Valley. Qu Li was not curious about this strange woman. In terms of personal achievements, she was already very good. She owned the X86 architecture and CDMA basic patents. If The return of Wanwan is a good thing to break the monopoly. Unfortunately, the ambition is too big, the market is too small, the Wanwan government is not effective, and it looks down on the domestic market and consumers. In the end...

"Maintain normal social interactions and adhere to the principle of not paying bribes." Qu Li can only do this. As a Chinese enterprise, it is right to be cautious in the United States. No one knows when the knife will fall. Even legal compliance will be missed. Some almost, but able to last longer.

"I understand, I will keep an eye on HTC..."

"..." When will I let you keep an eye on HTC?Speaking of which, if there is an internal fight at Google and you offer a bribe to embarrass them, will you feel better?

"Google is our long-term partner. Don't harm Google's interests."

"I understand……"

A qualified or excellent subordinate must learn to think appropriately.

Qu Li, who stayed in the United States, stared at Honor and Shopee. He received another investment invitation letter from Facebook in his work mailbox, and then he remembered that there was another Tesla that he had forgotten.

“How is Facebook doing now?”

"1.6 million registered users, 6100 million active users..." Huang Zheng replied, as his assistant came to Shopee in Silicon Valley from China.

"Facebook also sent another cooperation plan and wanted to share revenue with us..."

"Is it appropriate for Shopee to develop too fast?" Qu Li did not refuse Zuckerberg's request at the first time. If he wanted to share it, he would definitely have more traffic support, including the display of key positions in the user interface, which would be pros and cons for Jumei. Half and half.

"Shopee's revenue in fiscal year 2008 (from November last year to October this year) reached US$11 million, and Jumei's domestic revenue was US$10 million. If it cooperates with Facebook to share revenue, Shopee's revenue next year may reach 4.5 billion. Dollar."

"The key is whether we can meet such a large demand."

"I don't know. It depends on Facebook's specific cooperation requirements."

Yes, Facebook didn’t sell anything in its previous life. It has always been advertising. Now it may be forced to rush. There are 1.6 million registered users worldwide and they are still growing rapidly. Under huge cost pressure, the world has fallen into a financial crisis, and advertising has Reduced, FB revenue growth slowed down.

"You want to raise money, what's the valuation, how much does it cost?" Qu Li called Zuckerberg directly.

"The valuation remains unchanged from the previous round, with financing ranging from [-] to [-] million."

"Then let's talk about cooperation. When Brady comes back from England, I will ask him to contact you."

"Why are you unwilling to participate in financing?" Zuckerberg asked directly

"The valuation is too high. At this time, everyone is short of money. It is difficult for me to convince investors."

"How much do you think is appropriate?"

"I don't know, but I think it's definitely within $100 billion."

"Then I can only say sorry to you. We have no shortage of investors."

"It's okay, I wish you good luck." Qu Li hung up the phone. FB will have a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars in the future, but so what, the futures of Jumei and Shopee are not bad.

Huang Zheng was arranged to work on a cooperation plan between Shopee and FB. He had to deal with Swift. Her "Fearless" was a hit in the United States, selling 60 copies in a week. "Chasing the Stars", written by Qu Li and composed by Swift and sung by Swift, was second only to The title song "Fearless" was a huge hit.

Qu Li doesn't care whether he is popular or not. He didn't sing it anyway. As long as the audience is wide enough and Honor G2 is popular enough, he will be happy.Swift felt that she resonated with him, so she wanted to communicate more with him. So Qu Li took her to meet a struggling entrepreneur.

Musk currently owns three companies, SpaceX, Tesla and another company doing solar energy, SolarCity. He divorced at the beginning of the year and lost a lot of money.According to him later, this period was so bad that by 2009 he even had to borrow money to live.

"Don't look at this man being so sloppy, but he is engaged in two great undertakings, one is rocket launch, the other is pure electric cars..." Qu Li took Swift to see Musk, and the guy said he was miserable. , but there was a beautiful actress Tallulah Riley by his side, who later married him and gave birth to a monkey.

Swift, who is less than 20 years old, is very fond of this cool man. Tesla's Roadster is very cool, and the driving experience is completely different from that of a gasoline-powered car.Swift went out to play in the car, and Qu Li and Musk talked about business.

"Tesla is like this, how can you let me set up my own pure electric car company with peace of mind? Listening to Musk's words, Qu Li knew Tesla's plight. It is difficult to mass-produce due to lack of money."

"Difficulties are temporary..."

"The cost of building a factory in China will be very low, but there may be no market; in the United States, the cost will be high but there will be a market. There is really no such thing as the best of both worlds."

"Then I go to Zhongguo to build a factory and ship the cars to the United States to sell?"

"What are you thinking? China does not allow wholly foreign-owned automobile companies to exist. And if you look at General Motors, Ford and Volkswagen, which company is not making a lot of money with China, how can you have a chance? Even if I want to build a car, it will be difficult. , now even the company has not been established.”

Qu Li talked about his troubles. He wanted to set up a battery company first, and then wait until the time was right to set up an automobile company to control the three cores of automobiles: battery, motor, and electronic control.

"Then why don't you design your own chip for Honor G2?"

"The cost is too high and it takes too long..."

"Now that you know, you should know the trade-offs. When building a car, the most important thing is to sell the built car." Musk advised Qu Li: "Tesla's steps are: build a sports car; use this money to build an affordable car; use the money to build a more affordable car…”

"Do I have to do the same?"

"Who knows, you are not in the US market, I don't know China, and Tesla's future is not yet over..."

"It's okay, I brought you 5000 million US dollars." As soon as Qu Li finished speaking, Musk seemed to see a savior shining brightly.