When Lin Chen called Musk and asked him to send a technical team to support his Xiaomi car.
To be honest, Musk was genuinely shocked.
What kind of speed is this? I haven't even finished designing my new car model yet, and you've already built a factory over there?
Despite the complaints, Musk still organized a group of key technical personnel to go to Xiaomi Auto in China to provide technical guidance.
There was no other way; he felt he was running out of money again and planned to ask Lin Chen for some more later. So he had to build a good relationship with him beforehand. If he showed no sincerity at the beginning of the cooperation, he would scare away this money-making god.
However, he also had his own plans. The first batch of people sent over to provide guidance were indeed technical experts, but he only planned to send them over for three months, and then he would send another batch of people over the time that came.
The electric vehicle project involves so much content that three months might only be enough to get a basic understanding. Once the Xiaomi car project is launched, the second batch of workers sent over will just be ordinary technicians.
When the Xiaomi car project is stuck in limbo, Lin Chen will inevitably come to me for help again. Then the money will come in, hehehe~!
Soon, Lin Chen received a call from Lei Jun.
"Brother, the first batch of technical support personnel sent by Tesla has arrived in Beijing."
"Yes, Brother Jun, the first batch of technical support personnel should all be real technical backbones. We need to find a way to squeeze them dry."
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"Musk signed this agreement because he was short of money. I guess he wanted to use this to keep me hanging and get more money from me. So, he will definitely let us build the framework first, and then ask me for money. At this point, our electric car project will be stuck in the middle, and I will be in his control."
"Then what do we do?"
"Hey bro, that's why I'm telling you, we need to find a way to squeeze them dry."
For example, separate them into one-on-one groups so that they don't have to supervise each other.
Then secretly give them some favors, and they'll feel like they're the only ones benefiting. Since no one else knows, they'll teach as much as they want. This way, little by little, it adds up and greatly improves our learning progress, right?
"Brilliant, bro! Your brain is amazing, hahaha! Is there any other way?"
"For example, find a few of your buddies who are easygoing, get some of them to go to a massage parlor together and have some fun, become buddies, and then ask them some technical questions. Wouldn't that open up a lot of possibilities?"
"Yes, yes, yes, what else?"
“I haven’t thought of any other way yet. Brother Jun, why don’t you go ask the CEOs of the four major state-owned car companies? They are definitely much better at this than I am.”
"Haha, I'm going right now."
After hanging up the phone, Lei Jun called the heads of the four major state-owned car companies one by one.
When the four CEOs heard Lei Jun's concerns, they felt they made a lot of sense. If it were them, they might have done the same thing. After all, teaching a disciple can lead to the master starving, and the two countries are already in a competitive relationship.
Therefore, they shared all their knowledge generously, offering a variety of tips and tricks, which Lei Jun exclaimed was truly enlightening.
Indeed, when it comes to manipulating people's hearts, China is practically the ancestor of foreigners!
The next day, Lei Jun personally selected a group of young men with clean backgrounds and exceptional intelligence, and added them to the learning team.
These young men seem carefree and unambitious during the day when they are teaching, but they become very active after get off work.
They all took these Tesla technicians out to have some fun.
At first, the Tesla technicians thought these people had some ulterior motive, but after a few drinks, they realized that these were all people with connections who wanted to get a good position in Xiaomi Auto.
The reason for inviting them to have fun is because there will be an assessment later, specifically based on this learning experience.
So, I wanted to find some backdoors and special treatment from these Tesla technicians.
Upon hearing this, the Tesla technicians thought to themselves, "So, competition exists everywhere." However, what these young men said made perfect sense.
Moreover, they were taken out for lavish meals, drinks, foot massages, and given red envelopes. I would feel guilty if I didn't treat them to special treatment.
Anyway, I'm just a nobody. It's normal for me to come to China on a business trip and make some money. Besides, no one else knows that I taught them.
These young men were actually all wearing listening devices.
On the other side of the bugging device was an entire technical team, including language experts, psychological experts, and car manufacturing experts.
The car manufacturer's manufacturing experts are responsible for extracting and summarizing all kinds of useful information, and then asking the questions that need to be asked.
Language experts and psychologists, on the other hand, need to carefully design their conversations to extract more useful technical information without arousing suspicion.
So, over the course of three months, it may seem that Tesla's technical team only taught about 20% of the entire electric vehicle project, but in reality, they have unknowingly revealed 60-70% of the content, in addition to the technology possessed by the Chinese experts themselves.
It can be said that China has basically mastered Tesla's electric vehicle technology.
It's entirely possible for these Chinese experts to build an electric car now, with performance likely only about 10% lower than what Tesla manufactures itself.
Three months later, these Tesla technicians reluctantly returned to America.
After receiving the battle report from Xiaomi Auto, Minister Wang...
He excitedly ran to report to Elder Huang.
"Old Huang, our country's experts are truly amazing! They've already mastered 90% of it with just a few words!"
Old Huang smiled and said.
"Haha, these experts have really worked hard, they did a great job."
Minister Huang scratched his head and said.
"Actually, it's not so bad. Think about our ancestors back then. They could buy a toy at the American supermarket and build a nuclear submarine based on that toy. The conditions are much better now."
"That's not how it works. Anyone who can contribute to the country is a good person! The ancients said, 'Family, country, and the world,' but in reality, without a country, where would a family come from?"
On the other side, Lei Jun was also talking about these things with Lin Chen, but Lin Chen's approach was more straightforward and direct.
"Brother Jun, give each of these experts and those young men a bonus of one million yuan. They've worked hard, but tell them that this matter still needs to be kept secret."
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