Chapter 398 Departure (see monthly ticket)

  The next day, on the 101 highway returning to Silicon Valley, Xia Jingxing received a call from Eberhard.

   "Daren, I have to inform you..."

  The phone stopped for a long time before continuing with a big smile, “Roadster has made a major breakthrough in technology. We think it’s time to take orders.”

  Fuck!

  Xia Jingxing paused when he heard the other party, thinking that the battery had exploded again, but the shock turned into a surprise.

  "Really? Can you start accepting customer orders?"

  Xia Jingxing’s voice is also a little bit of joy. It has been a year and a half since he invested in Tesla.

  During this period, he divided into two times, injecting a total of 16.3 million US dollars into Tesla.

  Among them, a round of financing of 7.5 million US dollars, he personally led the investment of 6.3 million US dollars, and took 42% of the equity, which has now been diluted to 33.33%;

  B round financing of 13 million U.S. dollars, Vision Capital Lichun Fund led the investment of 10 million U.S. dollars, and won 15.88% of the equity.

  In total, he actually holds 49.21% of Tesla's shares, nearly half.

   Therefore, he has always been extremely concerned about Tesla's development.

  Since this year, he has put more energy on the development, fading out, job handover of Facebook, and the construction and creation of Vision Capital.

  I didn’t go to the Tesla factory very much, but Eberhard still maintained the frequency of communicating with Eberhard once a week on phone calls or one work email a week.

  Now that Tesla has finally begun to accept orders and start selling cars, how can he not be surprised.

  It’s just that this is just the first step in the Long March, and there are many challenges ahead.

  But in any case, this is also quite a landmark event.

   calmed down, Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "Congratulations, and congratulations to all the employees, you have accomplished an amazing feat.

  This step taken by Tesla is destined to leave a strong mark in the history of electric vehicle development. "

  Eberhard was also very happy on the other side of the phone. It has been three years since he and Tarpening established Tesla.

  In the middle, they experienced a bankruptcy crisis, and experienced the sacrifice of major shareholder seats to attract venture capital in exchange for a chance of survival.

  Now, finally ushered in the dawn of victory.

  As long as the car can be built and sold, it can become a car manufacturer as successful as Ford. In his opinion, it is worthwhile to sell most of the equity.

  Building an electric car is a crazy act of incomparable investment, which cannot be sustained for a long time by his own strength.

  Before, he underestimated the cost and difficulty, and almost bankrupted Tesla. Fortunately, he introduced the big gold master Darren Xia.

  He and Xia Jingxing, a major shareholder, get along very happily. The other party is not only familiar with the electric vehicle industry, but also very supportive of their work, making money, and never frowning.

  No, he is about to ask Xia Jingxing for money again.

  "Dairun, although we can get a certain amount of cash flow by receiving orders and receiving deposits, our research and development work cannot be stopped. We still need to invest a sum of money."

  Xia Jingxing responded happily: "Okay, that's okay. I'll be at Tesla in a while, let's talk in person."

   "Well, that's it."

  Eberhard hung up with a smile.

   When Xia Jingxing was on the phone, Gao Lili and Shen Xinyi sitting in the back also heard it.

  As soon as Xia Jingxing hung up the phone, Gao Lili couldn’t wait to ask, “Is Tesla going to sell cars?”

  Xia Jingxing turned her head, looked at her and said, "Yes, why, you want to buy one?"

   "Can't afford it, it must be very expensive, after all, it is made by hand."

  Korea has interviewed Tesla and Eberhard before and knows some inside information about Tesla.

   "Is the battery still on fire? When we went for an interview last time, we saw the battery..."

  Shen Xinyi realized that it seemed that this was a bit out of time, so he glanced at Xia Jingxing and stopped talking about the latter.

  "The probability of fire has been reduced to a minimum, but as long as it is a machine, there must be a failure rate. This cannot be completely eliminated, and we will continue to improve."

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "The first model, we named the "Founder Series".

  Two founders, come here! "

   "No money, when Lilith goes on the market one day, I will buy ten cars and give them to employees as rewards."

  Goryeo deserves to be a woman who has lightened her successful skills. She drew a cake and made Xia Jingxing willing to bow down.

   "Okay, then I can remember."

  While speaking, Xia Jingxing also remembered one thing, shouldn’t the Internet celebrities come out and bring goods? Or even further, set Lilith's internet celebrity signing reward as Tesla.

  Internet celebrities get off the show from time to time, or take a video to introduce them, and the brand exposure will immediately rise.

  Cars are also sold, and there are free ads, which can kill two birds with one stone.

  Not yet, mainly because Lilith is poor.

  Carrying the two women to the vicinity of Silicon Valley, Xia Jingxing asked Zhang Chenguang to stop.

  Xia Jingxing asked the two to transfer to Abrah’s Sao Pink Beetle, because he wanted to save time and rush to Tesla early.

   "No pity for Xiangxiyu at all, no girl likes you like you."

  Go Lili got out of the car cursingly, while Shen Xinyi on the side was snickering, and quickly took away her partner, not wanting to look at her ashamed.

Xia Jingxing didn't mind at all, and waved to the two of them.

  The pink beetle parked behind the Rolls-Royce stuck out its head and waved vigorously at Xia Jingxing.

  Because of the angle relationship, the two women and Abra are in a straight line. The two think that Xia Jingxing is saying goodbye to her, so they are sentimental.

  Seeing the picture of spicy eyes again, Xia Jingxing's neck shrank and hurriedly went up to the car window.

   "Go and go, hurry up!"

  Xia Jingxing didn't want to stay longer for a moment, and waved his hand at Zhang Chenguang vigorously.

  It took another half an hour, and the car drove outside the Tesla factory.

  After the car stopped, Xia Jingxing opened the door and walked out without waiting for Zhang Chenguang to open the door, and walked quickly into the factory.

  Compared with before, there is an obvious feeling when entering the factory, and there are more manpower.

  Eberhard put a folder under his arm, discussing something with Straubel.

   Seeing Xia Jing walking, the two stopped discussing, and fisted with Xia Jingxing one by one.

   "Where's the car? Take me to see."

  The boss wanted to see the car, Eberhard didn't dare to neglect, so he trot to take the key.

  After Eberhard left, Straubel, currently the battery technical director, accompanied Xia Jingxing to speak with a very close attitude.

Xia Jingxing had a good understanding of him, including his "battery permutation and combination" technology, which he was regarded as a legend by his colleagues in the company, was promoted and raised in one fell swoop, all came from the major shareholder and chairman of the board in front of him. .

  He didn’t know what Xia Jing’s behavior was to give himself the great credit. This invention, recognized by the company, saved at least half a year of research and development time.

  He thought about it, but he could only explain that Xia Jingxing wanted to cultivate himself and help him improve his prestige in the company.

  In addition to Eberhard, Straubel also often called Xia Jingxing and sent work emails.

  What big moves the company has, or what Eberhard hasn’t told him, Xia Jingxing knows it all.

  His career spread is too big, and sometimes it is inevitable that there is a place where he is not in place. At this time, he needs a cron such as Straubel to show his effect.

   Soon, Eberhard took the key again and took Xia Jingxing to a warehouse near the factory.

  When the warehouse door opened, Xia Jingxing couldn't look away from watching the neatly parked eight Roadster sports cars.

   is no longer the single lifeless black before. Four of the cars are red, bright like fire and full of vitality.

   "Go out all the way and run a lap on the track."

  Xia Jingxing’s command made Eberhard a little startled, "Now?"

   "Yes, call all the employees up and see the heroic appearance of Roadster on the track. This is inseparable from everyone's dedication, and everyone should be proud of it."

  Eberhard instantly understood the meaning of Xia Jingxing, which is to cultivate a sense of honor and belonging for employees.

  This is a good thing, you have to support it!

  So Eberhard ran to the nearby factory and called the employees.

  After a while, dozens of employees ran over noisily, with a bright smile on everyone's face.

   "Guys, the weather is so good today, take all our darlings out to bask in the sun."

  The old employees knew that this was the chairman. Hearing Xia Jingxing's words, they were very happy to find Eberhard to get the car keys.

  As for the new employees, some people don’t know who this young Asian is, so they whispered to the old employees.

  After inquiring, the new employee thoroughly remembered this impressive chairman.

  In the eyes of old employees, Xia Jingxing is an eclectic and unrestrained rich man who often gives benefits, and new employees feel the same way.

  These prototype cars, CEO Eberhard usually can't be more precious, for fear of bumping.

  When the chairman came, he waved his hand and opened it casually. It is so magnificent!

  Not long after, another founder, Tarpenning, came from the office in the office building next door.

  When he watched the eight baby bumps have driven out of the warehouse and formed a long queue, ready to drive where, he was very anxious, and he had to stop this wasteful and risky behavior on the spot.

  Eberhard stepped forward to persuade the partner and told him that Xia Jingxing meant it.

  Tapening quickly looked at Xia Jingxing, who was nodding and smiling at him, he chuckled his mouth a few times, and finally said nothing.

  A long line of eight convertible Roadster sports cars drove out of the office area where Tesla is located, followed by dozens of cars.

  Because the Roadster has only two seats, eight cars can only seat 16 people.

   And Tesla currently has more than 80 employees.

  The entire Tesla company, with the exception of a few left-behind administrative employees, can be regarded as an outing, let's go and witness the brave and heroic appearance of the works in hand on the field.

  A fleet of eight red and black convertible sports cars has become a beautiful landscape on the road, attracting many passers-by to watch or take pictures.

  Xia Jingxing sat in the Rolls-Royce car, keeping his eyes on the team in front of him.

  The employees are quite well-behaved. They know the preciousness of the car under the buttocks, and there is no messy drag racing, and they drive the car gently.

  (End of this chapter)