Lin Chen, on the other hand, went to Tesla headquarters to take up his new post.
The secretary is still the same one who worked with Musk before, but the CEO is no longer Musk.
"Mr. Lin Chen, it's been a long time."
"Long time no see. By the way, what's your name again?"
"Um, my name is Lucy Jones, you can just call me Lucy."
"Okay, Lucy, to be honest, I was tricked by Hansford into taking this position. I'm too busy with my own business in TC to have time to deal with this mess."
"Sure enough, I heard Mr. Musk say that you must have been threatened by Hansford. Oh, those evil capitalists."
"Ah, yes, yes, you're absolutely right."
"Mr. Lin Chen, in the two days since the price increase, 20% of Model Y users have applied for refunds. What should we do about this?"
Lin Chen thought for a moment and then said.
"No refund! Of course not! They're the ones who breached the contract, not us, so why should we refund their money?"
"ah?"
"Did I say something wrong? Is there a clause in our contract that prohibits price increases?"
No, not at all.
"So, I'm not going to refund it. Let them sue me if they dare."
Seeing that Lucy was still hesitating, Lin Chen gave her a reassuring look.
“Lucy, you should know that I run one of the largest internet companies in China. TC, worth billions of dollars, is also under my control. It went public in just a few months. Could I have achieved such results if I didn’t have the ability?”
Lucy thought about it and realized that this might be why she could only be a secretary while he was the boss.
"Okay, Mr. Lin Chen, I'll make the arrangements right away."
"Keep it up, Lucy. Work hard, and when Tesla makes a comeback, you'll have a chance to own shares too."
"Thank you, Mr. Lin!"
Lucy instantly seemed to have been injected with adrenaline and left.
Lin Chen watched her retreating figure and shook his head. Sure enough, making empty promises is an essential skill for every boss. The key is that you, a secretary who is by the boss's side every day, are actually enjoying it so much.
What happened next was exactly as Lin Chen had predicted.
Tesla has been sued by a group of car owners who had paid deposits.
Thanks to the outstanding performance of Tesla's legal team, the court ultimately declared Tesla the winner!
This case caused a huge uproar on the American internet, with major car bloggers all criticizing Tesla. Ultimately, public opinion pointed to the impartiality of the American judicial system!
This has really blown up.
Ultimately, after a second trial, the court ruled against Tesla and ordered it to unconditionally refund the deposits of those who placed orders.
After this incident, car owners who originally did not intend to get their deposits back began to choose to get their money back. There was no other way; Tesla's reputation was ruined, and it might go bankrupt any day. Buying this car would be a complete waste of money.
Lucy looked at the data that was compiled from below every day, her face filled with despair.
These are the owners of two giant companies?
Is this what you call ability?
Lin Chen, however, remained calm and even seemed somewhat happy.
Finally, Tesla ran out of money and couldn't pay its employees next month.
With no other option, Tesla had to declare bankruptcy.
The pioneer of trams thus dramatically declined.
Before the bankruptcy liquidation, Musk returned home, looked at everything he had built up, and sighed deeply.
Lin Chen walked over.
"I'm sorry, Lao Ma, it's my fault."
Musk looked at Lin Chen and shook his head. He had indeed doubted Lin Chen before, but then he thought about it and realized that from the very beginning, Lin Chen had bought eight percent of Tesla's shares without asking for management rights.
Later, he gave himself advice to make Tesla take the affordable route.
Then, he gave himself money again and again.
It's fair to say that without Lin Chen, Tesla wouldn't be where it is today; it would have gone bankrupt long ago.
Moreover, Lin Chen himself has lost over a billion US dollars because of Tesla.
All things considered, he was the person who contributed the most to Tesla besides himself. How could someone like that possibly want to destroy Tesla?
Therefore, Lin Chen must have been threatened by Hansford!
Thinking of all this, Musk patted Lin Chen on the shoulder.
"Lin, it's not your fault. If you have to blame someone, blame this damned capitalist country. Capitalism runs rampant, restricting the development of new technologies. It will only lead to its demise sooner or later!"
"So what are your plans for the future?"
"It's okay, I have enough money for retirement. I'm going to go on a round-the-world trip to relax."
Lin Chen thought for a moment and then said.
"Old Ma, how about this? I'll buy all your Tesla shares for two hundred million US dollars as a sponsorship for your round-the-world trip."
Upon hearing this, Musk was almost moved to tears, inwardly cursing himself for having doubted Lin Chen before.
"Lin, thank you so much, my good brother!"
Then, amidst Musk's repeated calls of "good brother," Lin Chen reluctantly spent two hundred million US dollars to buy 20% of Musk's Tesla shares.
When Tesla's other shareholders heard about this, they all rushed to befriend Lin Chen, hoping to sell their shares to him.
Because everyone knows that once Tesla announces bankruptcy, apart from Tesla's assets which can still be sold for some money, these shares will become worthless.
Lin Chen outwardly seemed unwilling to buy, but inwardly he was overjoyed. Come on, sell them all to me at a bargain price.
Ultimately, after a series of negotiations, Lin Chen spent another 200 million yuan to buy the shares held by the other shareholders, bringing his total to 30%.
You ask why Musk's shares are more valuable?
That's because of brotherhood!
Upon hearing the news, Musk was so moved that he insisted on inviting Lin Chen out for drinks.
Lin Chen said he really wasn't in the mood for drinking, which is why he declined Musk's kind invitation.
At this point, Lin Chen owned 58 percent of Tesla's shares, which meant he had real control over the company that was on the verge of bankruptcy.
A month later, Tesla suddenly announced that it was withdrawing its bankruptcy filing and merging into Xiaomi Motors, a Chinese company.
Subsequently, the official website was also updated.
To celebrate the launch of Xiaomi's new energy vehicles in the US, we are offering a special price on the Xiaomi SU1!
No need for $80,000!
No need for $40,000!
Drive home the Xiaomi SU1 for just $29,900, with a range of 500 kilometers, an automatic refrigerator, a color TV, and comfortable sofas!
In an instant, the entire American region was in an uproar!
Those car bloggers, who were about to continue criticizing, thought, "Isn't this just Tesla in a different guise? Do you think I wouldn't recognize you?"
But seeing the large red envelope on the table, they decided to stick to their principles.
"Family members! This is a real electric car brand! Tesla used to be just a pure cash cow!"
"Buy it!"
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