Rebirth in a Perfect Era Chapter 1723: What kind of international joke
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After a ten-hour flight, the morning of US time, Li Mu is only two hours away from Dearborn, and the estimated landing time of the aircraft is 11 am local time.
When Li Mu came, the plane took off at Yanjing at 10 am Yanjing time.
The embarrassment of flying across the ocean is that when you take off from China, landing happens to be the local time.
If you travel in ordinary economy class, 12 to 13 hours of flight is enough to let people fall apart. Because economy class is relatively crowded and it is difficult to get a good rest, most people are not only tired after getting off the plane, just Even the clothes are wrinkled and dirty, and they are deeply troubled by jet lag. No two three dayss can't help it.
However, when the executives of the world ’s top 500 companies go on business trips abroad, they can often put on a straight suit immediately after the aircraft landing, and go directly to work. The reason is that they take Not a private jet, at least a first-class cabin that can lie down and sleep all the way.
Li Mu also slept all the way and took a shower in the bathroom before landing. This is the morning of American time. He feels no different from the morning of China. The whole person is full of energy and no fatigue.
The Chen Ze sleeps soundly all the way. The noise-cancelling headphones are put on, and even the engine sound of the aircraft cannot be heard. Coupled with the smooth flight of the aircraft, you can hardly feel any bumps.
When the flight attendant served breakfast for everyone, the captain said through the cabin broadcast: "Mr. Li, Mr. Chen, we have two hours to land at Detroit International Airport."
"Detroit?" The surprisingly looks at Li Mu of Chen Ze who was about to have breakfast, asked: "Old Li, did n’t you say what Dearborn? Why did you go to Detroit?"
Li Mu said: "Dearborn is the satellite city of Detroit, you can understand that it is a district of Detroit."
"It turns out so." Chen Ze nodded and said excitedly: "Detroit is a good place, the cradle of the American auto industry, how do you think of pulling me to Detroit?"
Li Mu laughed and said: "Guess what."
Chen Ze pondered for a moment with his chin and said, "There can never be such a boring thing as buying a car."
After talking, I thought about it again and said, "It ’s not possible to just come and play? I wo n’t say how busy I am, but you ’re much busier than me, and time is more precious than mine, definitely not Will come over to play. "
Then, Chen Ze looked at Li Mu and said, "I really can't guess."
Li Mu said: "You persist for two more hours, you will know after landing."
See Li Mu deliberately want to sell the pass, and did not reveal the idea of the answer in advance at all, Chen Ze can only give up the side-kick.
But he is also thinking about it, Li Mu What are you doing in Detroit? He is doing internet And high-tech industries, generally come to the United States Silicon Valley It ’s a great trip to New York to engage in capital matters. The old industrial city like Detroit is nothing but industrial, and it has declined a lot in recent years. China There is no difference in the Northeast region, Li Mu Can't you come here to do business?
Not to mention, what else can we do in addition to car sales?
Thinking of this, Chen Ze was shocked. Good guy, Li Mu, would n’t it be to talk to GM or Ford about cooperation? Do you want to be their distributor? There are still many models of GM and Ford that are not listed in the country, and the sales network is not very large. If you are optimistic about the future development of the US car in China, the layout in advance will still be the first.
For example, a Mercedes-registered seller in Hong Kong has a huge number of stalls and has a very strong influence. It can already affect Mercedes in the reverse direction.
Before Li Mu, I aimed at Maserati who was preparing to enter the China market. Now Maserati ’s domestic distribution is in his own hands, but Maserati is a niche after all. , So it ’s not easy to do sales.
However, most American cars are more popular family cars, with low prices and high sales. Like Buick, it has been selling very well in China. If Li Mu can really get one or two brands from General Motors or Ford. An agent, even if it is only an agent in North China, is also a very big deal.
Chen Ze has basically confirmed his guess at this time, and his heart is suddenly excited.
If this matter can be solved, then in the future, we can also get some automotive resources, which will not only bring profits, but also bring benefits to the entire race track and the fleet.
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At 10:50 am, the Gulfstream G550 landed smoothly at Detroit International Airport.
The plane drove to the business jet hangar, and then Li Mu, Chen Ze, and Li Ziwei and Wang Yuanlang all got off the plane together.
The shuttle bus at the airport took them to the customs. After completing the immigration formalities, as soon as they came out of the customs, they saw the Elon · Musk waiting here.
Li Mu introduced Elon · Musk to Chen Ze, but the famous Silicon Valley Iron Man of later generations was not very famous at this time, and Chen Ze knew nothing about him.
After introducing the two people, Li Mu said to Chen Ze: "I invested in a new energy vehicle company with Elon, and it is still in the product development stage."
Chen Ze asked curiously: "New energy vehicles? What do you mean?"
Li Mu said: "It is an electric car, driven by pure electric power."
Chen Ze said disgustedly: "What is the meaning of electric vehicles? Can that be compared with gasoline vehicles?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Then you have to look at it."
"Comparative power!" Chen Ze asked: "Can it be compared?"
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "If the car is mass-produced, it is expected that the maximum power should be more than 600 horsepower."
"Blow it!" Chen Ze whispered, "600 electric cars? Nuclear-powered Ah?"
Li Mu laughed and said: "Nuclear power is not enough, lithium battery."
Chen Ze is even more puzzled: "Lithium battery?"
"Yes." Li Mu said: "Lithium batteries are used as power, which not only has strong power but also accelerates quickly. In the future, the 100-km acceleration of mass-produced vehicles should be able to be achieved within 4 seconds."
Chen Ze listens to the tongue, can't help but ask: "How far can such a car run with full energy?"
Li Mu said: "It's about 400 kilometers, drive normally."
"Is there such a awesome?" Chen Ze is even more surprised.
Li Mu laughed and said: "It won't take long for you to know."
Speaking, he turned his head and asked Elon · Musk: "What time is it with Ford?"
“30:30 in the afternoon.” Elon · Musk said: “Let ’s go to the hotel for dinner first, and introduce you to the team members on my side, and then have a meeting in your presidential suite meeting room to communicate the situation.”
Li Mu hummed, remembering the consistent urination of the US Business department, could not help but ask: "If I have negotiated the details of the cooperation with Ford, will the US Business department come out to block it?"
The Business department in the United States often has some sarcastic operations. For example, it is necessary to forcibly dismantle a large enterprise into a few, known as antitrust; it often interferes in the acquisition and acquisition of enterprises, or it is not allowed to sell. , Or not allowed to buy life or death, anyway, owe badly.
Elon · Musk seriously said: "The project we are talking about, the US Business department should not interfere, they basically have no restrictions on the civilian automobile industry."
Li Mu nodded and said, "I will go to New York in a few days. On the day of Google's listing, I will attend their bell-ringing event. This time, I will get things done with Ford as soon as possible."
"Okay!"
Chen Ze was a little puzzled and asked Li Mu: "You just said to Musk that you want to talk about cooperation with Ford?"
"Yes." Li Mu nodded: "Dearborn is Ford's base camp, their head office is here, and several Ford's own production lines are also here."
Chen Ze said in surprise: "Ford's classic F150 should have been produced in Detroit."
The huge pickup truck immediately appeared in the mind of Li Mu. The car only entered the China through parallel import after a few years. However, the China has no pickup truck culture. This thing is directly classified as a truck series. , The door is sprayed with letters, and the rear is affixed with reflective strips, and many cities do not allow pickups to enter the urban area, so there has been no fire.
For Li Mu, he did n’t like the huge pickup truck, he always thought it was too big, and it was too wasteful. The city started with more than 20 kilometers of oil, which is really not suitable for domestic cities. Residential households.
Chen Ze said: "I got an F150 two years ago and drove to Sichuan and Tibet. The car was still very powerful and sold very well in the United States."
Li Mu said with a laugh: "Then let's get it to be sold in China."
Chen Ze waved his hand: "The car is a good car, but it will be unacceptable in China."
Li Mu asked him: "Do you think if we want to get something from Ford, what would be more appropriate?"
Chen Ze thought about it and said seriously: "Land Rover! Classic off-road vehicles, just entered the China market last year, there is not much development yet, but the car is really okay, like the old palm groove is like playing, although does not have Toyota Lu Xun is so skinny, but the British design is still relatively luxurious, much more high-profile than Lu Xun. "
Li Mu nodded thoughtfully and said, "You also have a point, it is better to talk to Ford about Land Rover's cooperation."
Chen Ze said subconsciously: "They seem to be doing the China market now. If we can get a regional agent, there are still some."
Li Mu nodded slightly, not sure.
although said nothing, but Li Mu couldn't help but despise Chen Ze.
Agent? Is your Chen Ze so good? Can't we buy back Land Rover?
Moreover, we should not only buy Land Rover, but also Jaguar and Volvo.
After fighting for two or three years, the two Range Rover and Guardian cars will be made domestically.
Out of the airport, everyone took the Business Car arranged by Elon · Musk and went straight to a star hotel in Dearborn.
Dearborn is almost Ford ’s own small city, where Ford ’s logo and advertisements can be seen everywhere.
When I came to the hotel, Li Mu met with the Elon · Musk team. Everyone sat down at the large long table in the banquet hall. Elon · Musk said to Li Mu: "Chief Li, let me introduce you to our acquisition team Members. "
The side Chen Ze asked in surprise: "Acquisition? What is the acquisition?"
Elon · Musk smiled slightly and asked: "Mr. Chen doesn't know?"
Chen Ze shook his head violently.
Elon · Musk looked at Li Mu, nodded smilingly at Li Mu, and said to Chen Ze: "We are negotiating with Ford and want to buy Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, three car brands from them."
Chen Ze as a whole was struck by lightning, it took a long time to recover and muttered: "What international joke do you guys ..."