"Don't worry, I personally selected these young men, and Minister Wang also conducted a political review of them. They're all our own people."
"That's good. Next, Xiaomi Auto will first put together a framework to fool Musk, and then go to FAW to start manufacturing cars based on the real technology we currently have. If we encounter any problems, we will consult Tesla's second batch of technical support teams."
"Yes, that's what I was thinking too. I'll contact Minister Wang right away and ask him to make arrangements."
"Brother Jun, I have a phone call coming in, I'll hang up now."
Lin Chen hung up Lei Jun's call and looked at his phone. To his surprise, it was Musk. Lin Chen smiled; this guy was definitely calling to ask for money.
"Hey, Lao Ma, what's up?"
"Ahem, Mr. Lin, look, our first batch of Tesla technical support team members have returned. Things must be going very well on your end, right?"
"Hey, Lao Ma, how dare you say that? What kind of people did you send? Did you even train them properly? People from our company just called me and said that your Tesla technicians don't train properly at all. They just go out to eat and drink every day and don't come back until midnight."
"Ah, this..."
Musk was cursing the engineers in his mind. "Damn it, I told you to go easy on them when you were teaching, not to let yourselves go completely over there!"
Now things are really messed up. He was originally planning to use this incident to ask Lin Chen for some money, but how is he supposed to bring it up now?
"Ahem, Mr. Lin, I'm not entirely clear on this situation either. I'll go and investigate right away."
After saying that, Musk hung up the phone and then consulted with several of his trusted technical experts about sending technical support to China.
Upon listening, it turned out that Lin Chen was absolutely right. These Tesla engineers really did live a life of luxury, indulging in lavish meals and drinks every day.
Musk was furious. When these key technical staff saw Musk's murderous look, they thought it was a good thing they hadn't revealed the secret about taking money for special treatment, otherwise Musk would probably have thrown them off the building.
After calming down, Musk began to think about what to do next.
Recently, for some unknown reason, all the car bloggers have been intentionally or unintentionally belittling Tesla, saying that there is nothing wrong with electric vehicle technology itself, but that Tesla is trying to exploit the public.
Look at the electric vehicles for the elderly in China; they are also battery-powered, but they lag behind Tesla in terms of acceleration and driving range.
But the price difference is too big.
The "old man's car" has a range of 150 kilometers and is priced at $4,000.
Tesla, with a range of 400 kilometers, priced in US dollars.
The battery life is more than twice as long, but the price is 20 times different!
Is it in this river?!
These car bloggers' arguments were well-reasoned and supported by a lot of public opinion, as well as by many owners of gasoline-powered cars.
As a result, the car bloggers who first posted these kinds of videos inexplicably received a lot of traffic support.
When other car bloggers saw this, they exclaimed, "Wow, so this is the secret to generating traffic!" and then all the car bloggers started criticizing Tesla.
This also led to even worse sales for Tesla, with Model S and Model X sales almost reaching zero.
Building new production lines already requires a lot of money, and now that there's no source of income, Musk's money is being spent even faster.
If he doesn't get new financing, he might not even be able to hold on until the new production line is completed before he has to declare bankruptcy.
It seems the only option is to send the most core technical experts to China to teach them something real, otherwise it would be really embarrassing to ask Lin Chen for money.
So the next day, Musk personally led a group of experts to TC Meidi headquarters to find Lin Chen.
"Mr. Lin, these are Tesla's most famous experts. You can even find them directly on Google. They are very well-known in the United States."
"Huh? Old Ma, why did you bring these experts to see me? I can't learn this professional knowledge either."
"What I mean is, I'll send a few of them to China for technical guidance in the second batch. Last time, our technical staff were indeed a bit lax, but don't worry, it definitely won't be like that this time."
"Hey, that's great, Lao Ma. I knew you were reliable."
"It has to be reliable, but I've almost spent the money you gave me last time, and the production line isn't finished yet. It's still a little short. Could you invest a little more?"
"Damn it, Lao Ma, who do you take me for, a capitalist who owns a bank? Where would I get so much money?"
"Mr. Lin, really, please invest a little more. In return, I'll give you the entire sales region in Asia, and Tesla won't enter Asia for five years."
"Do you think I'm stupid? Where else in Asia, besides China, is there a suitable market for electric vehicles? Just look at Tesla's global sales figures and you'll see."
Musk's lips twitched. Indeed, China is Tesla's largest market in Asia. Koreans only buy Hyundai, those with modest means only buy Honda, and the wealthy occasionally buy Mercedes-Benz or BMW. In short, very few people buy Tesla.
"Well, how about this? This time, I'll have these experts provide technical support for six months straight! Six months should be fine, right?"
Lin Chen touched his chin.
"Oh well, I've already invested so much money. If Tesla goes bankrupt, I'll lose a lot of money too. So I'll invest another hundred million dollars in you."
"Huh? Only one hundred million? Can you give me a little more?"
"Do you want it or not? If not, forget it!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Musk was devastated. One hundred million dollars would probably only be enough for him to build the production line, but he'd worry about that for now and deal with the rest later.
Lin Chen called Ye Qian over, and they quickly re-signed a cooperation agreement with Musk.
Then they arranged for Anrou to transfer the money.
After signing the agreement, Lin Chen smiled and said to Musk.
"Old Ma, why don't you come with me to sell milk tea? Stop making electric cars, look how much money you've already wasted."
Musk's eyes showed disdain.
"No, this is my dream!"
Then he left with his people.
After Musk left, Lin Chen also informed Lei Jun and Minister Wang about the news of the renewed agreement.
He also told the two that the people who came this time should all be truly talented, and it would be even better if they could recruit one or two and keep them in China.
After dealing with these matters, Lin Chen threw himself back into the work of TC's expansion.
He aims to open TC stores in all major cities in America within six months, which is the main reason he came to America in person.
Because if he isn't personally present, many things can take up to a month to get approved through all the layers of procedures, which is too slow.
What he lacks now is time.
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