Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 211 Digging for artificial cars

Although he felt that there was still room for the international crude oil price to fall, there were many places where Vision Investment was short of money. Qu Li agreed to cash out 50 short orders at around US$5000, receiving a profit of US$3 million plus a deposit of US$5500 million.

After the funds arrive, they must of course be transferred to Tesla to help the company survive.

Taking Huang Zheng's results and discussing with Brady the need to strengthen cooperation with Facebook, Shopee was overtaken by Jumei in the second half of the fiscal year. This was largely due to insufficient staffing due to rapid development, and Jumei Logistics' American company was even more ineffective in customs clearance. There are many problems, and several adjustments in the business direction have caused a certain degree of confusion, rather than insufficient traffic on FB.

"I don't think there's any need to be too optimistic. FB is developing very fast and it's normal to want to increase revenue, but they don't understand the e-commerce business and the value of my existence..." Brady had too many interactions with Zuckerberg in the United States. contact.

As an American genius, Xiao Zha is very proud, especially after meeting Qu Li. According to the Forbes rich list, Qu Li is the youngest self-made billionaire. Xiao Zha feels that he is capable of IQ. Overwhelm foreign peers.

"If they open a FB mall, we will provide them with self-operated products. If they want to earn commissions, they can do it. Amazon can't talk better than us anyway." In Qu Li's view, FB's e-commerce business is not doing its job properly. There are many countries waiting for him to occupy. E-commerce is a hard business and you can make money, but the gross profit from advertising fees is higher.Why make hard money when you can make money easily?

After discussing for a while, the two showed little interest in Shopee and FB cooperating to sell goods, and then discussed the mobile Internet.Smartphones have accelerated the popularity of mobile Internet, and developing APPs more suitable for mobile shopping has become an important task for Shopee.

"Isn't it too early to develop an APP at this time?" Brady feels that Shopee already has enough things to do, and it also has to be responsible for the British market, which is too busy.

"Just think that we are starting a new business. The North American users of iPhone and Honor have exceeded 500 million. We analyze Amazon's approach. No matter what they choose, we develop the APP in advance to at least ensure that we will not fall behind. If we are lucky, we can even gain a comparison Advantage……"

"But there are not enough human resources, and it will be difficult to..."

"Shopee made a request, and Jumei's middle office was responsible for the development, and then localized adaptation and beautification..." Human resources in the United States are more expensive, so the heavy tasks are left to the Chinese team. As for information security, of course, it must be left to the American team.

Developing an APP is an inevitable choice. In China, it is said that 99% of Tmall, Taobao, and 100% of Pinxixi’s traffic come from the mobile terminal, and more than 60% of Amazon’s traffic comes from the mobile terminal. The potential is so great that it cannot be overemphasized.

Moreover, Shopee has the advantage of learning from the membership-based supermarket Costco, so it will not expand SKUs crazily. If Amazon and Jumei will have 1000 million SKUs in the future, then Shopee may only need 10 SKUs: fewer product choices and more Low prices, mainstream and self-operated brands plus white label (including internet celebrity brands) products from small and medium sellers.

In addition to the mobile terminal, there is also the Internet celebrity delivery model. This matter is mainly responsible for the "Danlin" brand. Taking advantage of the cheap Internet celebrities and traffic, they can even reach a strategic cooperation agreement with Google YouTube to accelerate brand incubation.

Don't think so much anymore, things have to be done step by step. Each of these people has their own ideas and sometimes they are unwilling to listen to him. He has to establish his own vision, but he cannot take out everything he knows in one breath.

As for Huang Zheng’s desire to cooperate with Facebook, it’s certainly a good idea. Give it a try and see if everyone’s differences are big. They are all developing at a rapid pace. It’s impossible for Jumei Shopee to work for FB.

He was already preparing to return to China, but Musk, who received Quli's investment, introduced him to several very powerful Chinese engineers.

"I have always wanted to poach them before, but General Motors is more attractive than Tesla. We almost went bankrupt due to the subprime mortgage crisis..."

"Although GM is about to go bankrupt, my company has not been established yet and I have no previous experience in the automotive industry. If they want to start a business, they won't come to me, right?"

"Believe in yourself, you are called a miracle boy in the United States, and you are more tolerant and friendly to the success of young people..." What Musk did not say is, I have introduced you to people, and you still want me to teach you how to recruit them?

“Maybe it would be easier if you started a car company in Silicon Valley.”

Of course Qu Li knew that Silicon Valley was a shortcut to success, but if he was asked to manage a start-up company far away across the ocean, he did not have the ability to guarantee the success rate, and even if it succeeded, so what, it ran counter to his strategic goals.

Since the beginning of this year, GM, Ford, Chrysler and other American cars have laid off employees one after another. Therefore, the founder of Jingjin Electric returned to China to start a business. Many Chinese engineers who are determined, courageous and have opportunities have contacted domestic car companies. They still have illusions and have strong technical skills. They are not worried about layoffs. In the United States.

Naturally, what Qu Li wants is a master of technology. Those who have achieved financial freedom and can eat and drink wherever they go. No, they are talented people who are respected everywhere.For example, Li Yinan has a good reputation. No matter how many times he fails, there are always people chasing him to give him money. He must be capable, but may not have a leadership personality.

Before contacting them, you must first get to know them. The main purpose is to know their personality traits, their views on Chinese people, which ones are patriotic, and which ones are banana people.This is not to discriminate against banana people, but to persuade a very successful elite in the United States to take risks in the country. It is easy to impress people with feelings and patriotism.

It’s not that money is not important. Spending money can only buy mercenaries. The high-cost operating model will inevitably bring uncontrollable high risks. What he wants is a partner, who shares the risks and has a high probability of success, and Qu Li has the capital advantage. , it is enough to have the control of a company, but to hold all the profits in your hands is too greedy, and you will be too careful to gain more than you lose.

Fortunately, Xie Zhouyong, Liu Hegang, Shen Yehua, Zhang Qinan, and Wang Zongqi were randomly named, otherwise it would be impossible to find these "experts".Many of the five of them knew each other, but Qu Li still went to talk to each other one by one.

From why he wants to build cars and what kind of cars he builds, to why he wants to establish such a pure electric car company in Zhongguo, what significance this has for the entire automobile industry in Zhongguo, and why it should be established at this point in time.

"It takes 8 million shirts to buy a Boeing airplane. If we continue to rely on low-end manufacturing, it will be difficult for workers on the Chinese manufacturing assembly line to increase their income. Workers' income is not high, and it will be even more difficult for farmers."

"I don't know what you think. Anyway, after I achieved financial freedom, I just wanted to do something meaningful. I don't want to talk about the rise of China. Anyway, I think it is important to promote the growth of an emerging industry with great potential in China. A very fulfilling thing.”

"I founded Honor by chance. Honor G2 is probably the beginning of Honor becoming globally famous, but this industry has inherent weaknesses, such as chips and operating systems..."

"The new energy vehicle industry is different. I have communicated with domestic experts. They will push the court to introduce support policies for pure electric vehicles..."

"But the special domestic market environment makes it difficult for me to believe them. The world ultimately depends on us. Without ideals, there is no reality..."

I don’t know if the words I tried so hard would have any effect. Several people left their contact information and said they would reconsider. They all have families and are adults, so they are not easily fooled.