My Age of Investment

  Chapter 1600 Forced palace

   "Don't get excited buddy, am I here? If you have something to say, we can sit down and talk about it."

  Xia Jingxing sat down at the head of the conference table without changing his face, and pointed to the seat behind the shareholder representative, signaling him to be calm.

   Such a calm appearance made the shareholder representatives who stood up to make trouble a little uncomfortable, feeling like they had hit cotton hard.

   After sitting down, Xia Jingxing first glanced at the table card placed in front of the white middle-aged man who made the attack, and found that it was actually a representative sent by the early shareholder SDL to attend the meeting. He felt a burst of doubt in his heart.

  Because the relationship between this institution and him has always been good, he participated in Tesla's A round of financing with him, and he can be regarded as the company's veteran shareholder.

At the same time, because SDL itself is not well-known, the fund is not large, and its shareholding ratio in Tesla is also very low, so they have always behaved more Buddhistly in important and formal occasions such as meetings and voting. He slapped the table loudly at the major shareholder.

  Today he behaved very strangely! An unusual signal was revealed!

  Xia Jingxing suppressed the doubts and vigilance in his heart, looked around a few times, and took in all the expressions and actions of the shareholder representatives present.

  Everyone was very silent, watching from the sidelines, no one came out to defuse the embarrassing atmosphere, and no one went to scold the shareholder representative of SDL, as if at this moment, the air in the room froze.

   Today's shareholder meeting was held in this abnormal atmosphere.

The representative of the SDL shareholder, who was pushed out by others as a gunman, sat back in his seat and continued to question Xia Jingxing aggressively: "Dai Lun, regarding the matter of Fuxing Automobile, you must do something to satisfy all of us in front of all shareholders. explanation of.

  Your institutions such as Vision Capital and Daxia Capital are now Tesla’s controlling shareholders. You don’t deny this, right?

   At the same time, you also control a new energy vehicle manufacturer named Fuxing Automobile in China through Fuxing Industry Holding Group. Is this also true? "

   "That's right, just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush."

  Xia Jingxing acted calmly, looked at the shareholder representative of SDL with a warm smile, but it made the latter feel a little nervous.

  Because, as a witness of related events, he knows how Xia Jingxing eliminated dissidents these years. The long list of "death lists" such as Eberhard and Tarpenning is the best proof.

   To be honest, he was also very afraid that Xia Jing would retaliate against SDL after he acted, but there was no way, their company had already taken advantage of others, and he had to do something!

   And after the matter is done, SDL will soon no longer have to worry about staying on Tesla's shareholder list.

  Since you don’t plan to stay in Tesla anymore, you’re afraid of a fart!

  Thinking of this, the man's courage immediately strengthened by three points, and he continued to put on a pose: "Then as a minority shareholder, I have reason to protest."

"What is the protest? Protest that I have built Tesla from a small manual workshop with a valuation of 15 million US dollars to a market value of nearly 10 billion US dollars, with a modern production workshop and annual delivery of tens of thousands of vehicles. Energy car companies?"

  Xia Jingxing's preemptive speech was very sudden, and it didn't talk about martial ethics, but it was very effective, successfully disrupting the rhythm of the SDL representative's questioning.

   In a panic, he continued to speak without hesitation: "Daren, I did not deny your past contributions to Tesla, but this is different from what we are going to discuss now.

  Let me just say it bluntly, there is a conflict of interest between Tesla and Fuxing Motors, you have to choose one or the other. "

  Xia Jingxing plucked his ears with his hands, deliberately pretending that he didn't hear clearly, "Say it again."

   "I said, Tesla and Fuxing Motors are two companies, you must give up one."

  Xia Jingxing grinned, "Are you kidding me? Why should I give up one?

   It's you, since you feel that your interests have been violated, then you can choose to liquidate the stocks, no matter how much you cash out, I will continue. "

  Being squeezed by Xia Jingxing, the representative of SDL was very angry, and said with a livid face: "Don't change the subject, we are discussing your problem now!"

   "Didn't I already give you a solution? Accept it if you can stand it, and get out if you can't stand it!"

Xia Jingxing's supercilious attitude completely annoyed the representative of SDL, who slammed the table, stood up and pointed at Xia Jingxing's nose, and said sharply, "Dailun, if you continue to show such an attitude, I don't think we can talk anymore. , see you in court!"

  Xia Jingxing smiled faintly: "Who are you scaring! Do you think I'm the kind of person who is afraid of lawsuits?

  Tell you quietly, my winning rate is not low, and I have won two more lawsuits recently. "

  The representative of SDL had no choice but to turn to the people around him for help.

   Soon, some people stood up to fight against injustice.

   "Darren, I don't think a lawsuit is a good way to solve the problem."

  Xia Jingxing's gaze quickly shifted to Antonio who was speaking. He vaguely felt that this person might be the real mastermind behind the scenes. SDL, an organization alone, would not have the guts to force him.

  However, he didn't get angry, but chatted with Antonio while talking and laughing, "Then do you have some advice?"

  Antonio said with a half-smile: "For example, if you sell a part of your Tesla shares to other people and give up the position of controlling shareholder, everyone can feel at ease, and you can continue to share Tesla's growth dividends."

   "Oh, that sounds like a good idea! But what if I say no?"

   "Don't rush to make the final choice, you can listen to everyone's opinions first."

  As soon as Antonio finished speaking, other shareholders echoed his words.

   "Yes, Darren, your business focus has shifted to China now, and you may not have so much energy to manage Tesla's affairs anymore. Wouldn't it be good for everyone to let go appropriately?"

   "Musk and Fisker often attack Tesla as a Chinese company in media interviews. Many American consumers who don't know the truth believe it. This has seriously affected our car sales in the US market."

   "The attitudes of the Department of Energy and the California government towards Tesla have also changed to a certain extent. They seem to be very worried that we will relocate the company to China, causing the interest-free loans and subsidies they provide to be in vain."

   "..."

  With the first person taking the lead, the others expressed their opinions one after another.

Xia Jingxing listened roughly, and found that everyone's speeches can be summed up in one point: Tesla can no longer continue to develop in the United States under the identity of a Chinese-owned holding company, because it will greatly affect Tesla's future development future.

  In the past, these people never disliked whether the "life-saving money" he invested in Tesla came from China. As long as it can save the company's precarious cash flow, they can say anything.

  Now that the company is listed, the delivery volume of cars has gradually increased, and it immediately began to grab shifts and seize power.

  It is very realistic, and it is also in line with the nature of Onsa people: they believe in realism and have no moral values.

   To deal with this kind of barbarians, it is impossible to talk about benevolence and morality, because they only recognize fists!

After all the shareholder representatives had finished their speeches, Xia Jingxing said slowly, "Is it all over? Then it's my turn to say it, or that sentence, people who don't want to stay on Tesla's shareholder list to fight with the company , welcome to leave.

  Even if everyone is gone, I can continue to lead Tesla to a higher industry status by myself. At worst, I will privatize Tesla. "

  Hearing Xia Jingxing's "stubborn" and "full-hearted" statement, the shareholders were completely uneasy, and they were as noisy as a vegetable market.

   "Daron, you have to think clearly. Once Tesla is labeled as China, its development will inevitably not go smoothly. Even if you privatize Tesla, what's the point? You will only lose more money."

"I know Darren you are rich, but I don't think you can support the development of Tesla by yourself! You can bear a loss of one billion or two billion dollars, but you can bear five billion or one billion dollars. Tens of billions of dollars, or even more losses?"

   "Daeron, there's no need for everyone to make such an ugly mess, can't we talk about it?"

   "..."

  No matter how the shareholders tried to persuade him, Xia Jingxing refused to let go, holding on to an attitude: If you want me to abdicate, then please leave first.

Seeing that the shareholders and Xia Jingxing were in a complete rivalry, Antonio stood up again, took out an invitation card and slapped it on the table, and said loudly: "Look, everyone, this is the invitation letter for Fuxing Auto's new car launch. Not surprisingly, the first new energy vehicle developed by Fuxing Automobile will be unveiled in Beijing next month.

  Darren, you have been preventing Tesla from entering the Chinese market in order to give Fuxing Auto the time to grab the market, right? "

  Hearing Antonio's words, the shareholders present were a little surprised, and then they all felt a sense of anger at being deceived.

  At the beginning, some shareholders proposed to enter the Chinese market, but Xia Jingxing strongly raised objections, saying that China's new energy vehicle market is immature, and it is necessary to focus on the development of the more mature US new energy vehicle market.

  Shareholders thought this was kindness!

  Looking at it now, Xia Jingxing's initial opposition was more like premeditated and harboring evil intentions!

  Looking at the murderous eyes of shareholders around him, Xia Jingxing didn't feel too flustered, and remained calm.

   After all, in his opinion, some things will have to be faced sooner or later, such as how to resolve the conflict of interest between Tesla and Fuxing Motor?

  He was prepared for this!

  “The target market of Fuxing Automobile is China, and there is no conflict with the European and American markets that Tesla is aggressively attacking.”

   Before Xia Jingxing finished speaking, Antonio sneered and retorted: "China is also a potential target market for Tesla."

   "Has Tesla entered the Chinese market now?"

  Xia Jingxing's tone gradually became colder. He had never had a good impression of Antonio.

  Because the other party was dishonest in the past and liked to make small moves, Xia Jingxing kindly let him go because he was more cooperative in kicking out the two founders.

  Looking at it now, kindness is not a thing. This Italian-American guy is so bold that he joins other people to force him, his major shareholder!

   This son must not stay!

Xia Jingxing, who had already sentenced Antonio to death in his heart, looked around at the other shareholders, and said loudly: "You can check it out yourself, or get in touch, and see if major automakers such as Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, and Toyota want to enter What price did the Chinese market pay?

  Setting up a joint venture company and giving up half of the equity is only the basic condition.

  In addition to this, there are many requirements on investment scale and technology transfer.

  With such a big auto market in China, who is not greedy? Who doesn't want to go in?

  But China is not your home, and not anyone can enter it if they want to.

   Do you think I was idle from last year to this year?

  I'm running a relationship for Tesla, understand?

   You don’t understand even if you say it. Another word, lobbying, you should understand it. "

  Xia Jingxing's words stunned the shareholders present. There are indeed many Americans who don't understand China, or have misunderstandings.

   How to enter the Chinese market is a profound knowledge that most Americans have not grasped until now.

   Now Xia Jingxing said that he was lobbying for Tesla to enter China, which instantly aroused everyone's interest.

  Compared with the bright prospect of "Tesla's entry into China, the stock price will at least double", the profit promised by Antonio is nothing!

  The moral bottom line of financial practitioners has always been very flexible. Whoever can lead the big guy to make a fortune, the big guy will support whoever sits in that chair!

  Seeing that there seemed to be signs of rebellion, and the shareholders who were asking Xia Jingxing for advice on entering China, Antonio lost his temper for a moment, and decided to throw out another heavy weight to remind these fools to stand firm.

   "Daren, how do you explain that Fuxing Motor is going to acquire Atieva?"

  Hearing Antonio's words, the fools were shaken again, and they all looked at Xia Jingxing with puzzled eyes, wanting to see how he would answer.

  Atieva is no ordinary company, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as Tesla's sworn enemy.

  Why do you say that?

  That’s because many people in this company have a common identity—from the founder Xie Jiapeng to the executive Peter Rawlinson to the ordinary engineer—a former Tesla employee.

   In other words, this is a company founded by a group of Tesla ex-employees.

  In the eyes of most Tesla shareholders and employees, Atieva, a company founded by heretics, is definitely more hateful than heretics like Nikola and Fisk.

   Now that Xia Jingxing wants Fuxing Auto to acquire Atieva, what signal is it sending?

   This caused some shareholders to shake their minds again, and they didn't understand what Xia Jingxing wanted to do.

  Antonio looked at Xia Jingxing with a smile, and said while the iron was hot: "Daren, I have to say that your methods are very clever, but also very subtle, and you want Fuxing Auto to acquire some of Tesla's mature technology and engineering team through the acquisition of Atieva.

  But you are not smart enough, I have already discovered your tricks. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled disdainfully: "Do you know who else is on Atieva's bidding list? If you know, you won't say such stupid things."

  The other shareholders looked puzzled, but it was not easy to ask questions, otherwise they would look stupid.

   Fortunately, Xia Jingxing quickly revealed the answer to the mystery, which saved everyone from embarrassment: "Another company that wants to acquire Atieva is called Jinke Development, which is owned by the Li family on Hong Kong Island.

  I don’t need to introduce more about my relationship with the Li family on Hong Kong Island, right?

  Even if I can't get Atieva, I can't let the Li family get this company to add to my troubles. "

   "Is that why you bought Atieva?"

  Antonio sneered, "Don't take other people as fools, what is the real purpose? You know best!"

   "Believe it or not! Atieva doesn't make cars. They only develop the three-electric system, which will not pose a direct threat to Tesla."

   "That means there is an indirect threat?"

   "Since you are afraid of this and that, then you should stop engaging in venture capital outside, and go to Dezhou Buyer Farm to live a retirement life in advance!"

  …

  After arguing with Antonio for a few words, Xia Jingxing didn't bother to look at the ugly expression on the other's face, and focused his energy on convincing other shareholders.

   Soon he took out his trump card and gave other shareholders a reassurance.

   "Tesla's current development trend is not as peaceful as everyone imagined. Before the annual sales volume reaches hundreds of thousands of vehicles, it is still too early to talk about profitability and cash out.

  You can choose to get out of the car now, and you will earn several times or dozens of times the profit anyway;

  Of course, you can also choose to continue to trust me.

  If you are willing to believe me, I can give you a guarantee that Tesla will be able to set up a joint venture in China by the end of this year at the latest. "

   "Who is the joint venture with?"

  Draper, who has been silent and has an unclear attitude, asked the aspirations of the people present, which Chinese car company to choose as a joint venture is also very sensible.

   "Revive the car!"

  As soon as Xia Jingxing finished speaking, there was an uproar in the meeting room.

   Establishing a joint venture with Fuxing Automobile was an answer they hadn't expected at all.

Xia Jingxing explained unhurriedly: "Fuxing Automobile Group has three automobile brands under its jurisdiction: Wuling, Baojun, and Fuxing. It has complete car manufacturing qualifications. At the same time, it also relies on the parent company Fuxing Industry, which has huge industrial chain resources and business synergy. platform.

  Tesla chose Fuxing Automobile as a partner to enter the Chinese market, which must be a win-win thing.

  Of course, you can also try to talk to other Chinese car companies. As long as they agree to introduce a million-yuan new energy vehicle into the Chinese market, I have absolutely no objection here. "

  Xia Jingxing was very confident, he was not afraid that the scene would be messed up in his hands.

  Because among the heads of so many car companies in China, he is really the only one who has sufficient confidence in Tesla.

  Others heard that they only sell more than 10,000 cars a year, so there is no interest in introducing joint ventures.

   Moreover, this is still the sales volume in the rich American market. If it is sold in the Chinese market, it may only sell 1,000 vehicles a year.

  Draper nodded, "Okay, I understand, I support Darren's decision."

   With Draper, a highly respected senior in the industry, taking the lead, other shareholders have also expressed their support.

  Seeing that you can enter the Chinese market with unlimited potential, who can refuse this temptation?

   Soon, only two institutions, SDL and Value Equity Capital, remained silent.

  Xia Jingxing looked at the two protagonists who initiated the coercion incident as if watching a joke, and asked with a smile: "Do you two have different opinions? If you have any objections, you are welcome to raise them.

  If the two of you disagree with my approach and want to sell shares, I also have two friends who plan to buy shares in Tesla, and I can introduce them for free. "

Antonio looked at the other shareholders, and found that they were either closing their eyes and resting their minds or looking down at the documents. No one spoke for him at all. He had tasted the betrayal at this moment and could only speak harshly: "Daren, don't be happy It's too early, and sooner or later you will stumble."

   After finishing speaking, he looked at the other shareholders and said bitterly: "You all look at it, today he can use this method to force me away, and tomorrow he can use the same method to force you away.

  Tesla's future is ruined in the hands of you short-sighted people. "

   "Okay, don't give a farewell speech! Hurry up, if you don't, I'll call security."

   After finishing speaking, Xia Jingxing waved his hand, and drove away Antonio and the shareholder representative of SDL like two flies.

  After the two left in despair, Xia Jingxing put on a smiling face, and said to the rest of the people: "Now the environment is clean, and we can talk about some interesting topics.

   I don’t know if you have noticed recently, it seems that a group of distinguished guests came to the door and brought valuable gifts!

  Do you want to accept this generous gift? "

  (end of this chapter)