Chapter 401 Auto Show Wonders (3400 words for monthly pass)

  The Santa Clara County auto show is here as scheduled. Tesla attaches great importance to this auto show because this is the first public appearance of their new car company.

  After three years of development, the current car has also been built. It is a mule or a horse, and it is time to pull it out.

To this end, Tesla took out four of the remaining eight Roadster sports cars, two black and two red, and sent them to the exhibition booth as a show car for visitors and reporters who came to the auto show to contact and test. ,Photograph.

  It’s not that I don’t want to take out more, but Eberhard and Tarpening are worried about something wrong in the transportation and they will be swept away.

  Two days ago, Xia Jingxing drove all eight cars out at once, which was enough to make them feel distressed and tremble.

   Fortunately, there was no accident, and the car was intact, otherwise I was afraid that I would have to go with Xia Jingxing forever.

In the    booth, all four Tesla sports cars were covered by a black curtain, which was tightly concealed.

  At this time, the audience has not entered, and the passing staff are very curious about what the car covered under the cloth looks like.

  Look at the profile and height, it should be a sports car.

  The Tesla logo on the booth was also very eye-catching, like a hammer.

  The staff thought for a long time, but did not remember which car brand it was.

  Maybe it is an unknown sports car workshop in Europe! The staff thought so.

  Xia Jingxing is talking with Eberhard and Tarpening, while Gene is talking with several tall, blond car models in cool clothes.

  "Daren, you said that users who watched Tesla, how would they comment on this car?"

  Eberhard seemed to have completely forgotten the unhappiness of the previous day, and asked Xia Jingxing with a smile.

   "I don't know how to evaluate it. I guess it must have signed us a check without hesitation."

  Xia Jingxing shrugged and said in a joking tone.

  Tapening frowned, "You said, is the price of one hundred thousand US dollars acceptable to users?"

  "Have we considered this question before?"

   Eberhard replied first, he spread his hands, “The customer groups we target are those that are not price sensitive.

  What does it mean to be insensitive to price? It is to buy things, never considering the price, such as those like Darren. "

  Xia Jingxing chuckled. Indeed, the price of one hundred thousand dollars is very high. At this time, buying a brand-new Porsche sports car is about this price.

  A Tesla sports car with many technical problems, compared with a mature Porsche sports car, in the eyes of most people, the latter is obviously more fragrant.

  Only local tyrant customers who are not bad for money can buy a Tesla sports car like a toy and go back to study. By the way, put a force in the circle: I have an electric sports car, don't you?

  As for the actual use, compared with other mature fuel sports cars, it is not a little bit worse.

  "Not to mention the price. We only need 70,000 US dollars for the manufacturing cost, and we sell 100,000 US dollars. If the research and development costs are amortized, it will still be at a loss."

Tarpening took a picture of the Tesla sports car covered by the curtain. "What I am really worried about is the full reservation. People will either buy the full amount of the car or pay a small amount of cash. I have not heard of our payment. Full deposit.

  I don’t know if anyone is willing to accept this booking method? "

  Eberhard said in an uncertain tone: “It should be. This is the world’s first mass-produced electric sports car.

  Guangzhou this "world's number one", it's time to sign a check too! "

   "That's not necessarily true. It depends on the auto show in the past two days."

  Tapening looked serious and worried.

  Infected by the partner’s emotions, Eberhard, who was originally extremely optimistic, also put a smile away, a little frown.

  After all, the two have no confidence in whether the public can accept this sports car and accept their full booking method.

  And why do they want to make a full reservation?

  This is because the two have negotiated that they need to use this method to make some money and reduce the dependence on equity financing.

  Both of them have less than one-third of the total equity, and they have been thinned out by two rounds of equity financing.

  If a large amount of financing is required, in addition to working for capital, the right to speak in the enterprise will be reduced.

  In addition, making some money and making some revenue for Tesla is also conducive to the next financing, and the valuation quotation is also emboldened to be higher.

  Because this shows that someone really bought a Tesla car, the business story can be told.

  Xia Jingxing knows how much the two people’s abacus is, and he doesn’t stop it, letting them play freely.

  "In a moment, you are like this, show the curve of your figure, combine it with the curve of our sports car, integrate people and vehicles, and keep a large area of ​​fascination..."

  Jean is teaching the girls how to stand, and he also made a demonstration by himself, leaning on the car, and placed an S shape.

  Xia Jingxing glanced at it, calling out that she couldn't stand it and her eyes were contaminated.

   "Genn, come here."

   Hearing the big boss shouting to himself, Gene no longer circled around the car model, and ran to the three of Xia Jingxing.

   "Daren, what's the matter?"

Xia Jingxing pointed to the distance, "Nikola is also here for the exhibition. After the audience enters the venue later, you change your clothes and the exhibitors who hang them are also picked up. Go and spy on the military situation and see their cars. How about it."

   "Oh, being a commercial spy? I'm the best at this."

  Gene was very confident and took the task without blinking his eyes.

   "Nicola is also here?"

  Tapenning was very surprised, Eberhard was also very interested in the news and came together.

  Xia Jingxing nodded, with a flat expression: "Yes, I just wandered around and saw the booth with Nicholas, and there were two cars, like us, covered by curtains. I don’t know what the car is like."

  Eberhard and Tarpening frowned. Regarding the competitor Nicolas, they have not taken it lightly, and they have specially sent someone to stare at the company. Any major progress will be reported to them.

  Now Nicholas has built two cars silently, and even they have not received relevant information.

  Is Nikolai raising the level of confidentiality? Or is the dark child who bought it exposed?

  In fact, it is normal for such technical enterprises to send commercial espionage to each other.

  Some time ago, they discovered a commercial spy sent by Nicholas.

  In addition to expelling and prosecuting this employee, they also increased the level of confidentiality, and the core technology will not be easily accessible to new employees.

  Even old employees began to distribute work computers and were not allowed to take the equipment home.

  The company’s computers are all equipped with software, which can monitor what is done on the computer, such as inserting a USB flash drive and copying what data.

  This is a war without gunsmoke, and both sides have used eighteen martial arts.

   "Then you should pay attention!"

  Eberhard nodded, frowning and said: "Nicolas built a prototype in such a short time, I doubt..."

  Eberhard glanced at Xia Jingxing and Tarpening, lowered his voice and said, "It's our technology that stolen!"

   "Do not rule out this possibility!"

  Tapenning nodded heavily, her expression dignified.

  Xia Jingxing is also a little bit unsure and will not express his views for the time being.

  After a while, David Lanes, wearing a T-shirt with the Tesla Logo printed on it, trot to the booth and yelled: “Here are they, here they are.”

  Xia Jingxing gave a wink at several people, and Eberhard, Tarpening, and Lanes each stood beside an exhibited car.

  In less than two minutes, audiences of different skin colours to participate in the exhibition poured in like a tide, stop and go, looking around.

  Some people are attracted by the car, some people are attracted by the car model, and the large group often walks away a few people.

  But there are still quite a lot of spectators coming to the booth where Tesla is.

  Xia Jingxing and the other three people put their hands on the curtain.

  After a group of spectators approached the Tesla booth, they opened the curtain.

  Four stylish and shiny new sports cars immediately attracted the attention of passing spectators.

  Lynes stepped forward to the gate to watch the wind, what he was waiting for was such an opportunity, a chance to make a stunning appearance.

  In the crowd, a dozen young guys pushed aside the audience who were blocking their way, and rushed to Tesla's booth with an indomitable momentum.

  Xia Jingxing’s mouth twitched, and he glanced at Straubel, who was among a dozen guys. Is this the "day knot" you invited?

  This neat and uniform posture, he also took it.

  Looking at Xia Jingxing’s eyes, Straubel shrank his neck, knowing that he didn’t have the right time, and was a little anxious.

  But it’s okay, there is still some help.

  Straubel gave a look at the surrounding guys.

  These people know that, following the rehearsed routines in advance, they began to ask the staff in Tesla uniforms, trying to look like they were very interested in the car.

  Please end the day. It was also Eberhard and Tarpening who were worried about the cold and made all the preparations.

  The two of them also had a headache. The performance traces were too obvious, which was a bit of a headache.

  Xia Jingxing, Eberhard, Tarpening, and Lanes are all wearing Tesla work clothes, incarnate in sales, and start a conversation with the guy who is getting married.

   "Hi, man, this car is so beautiful? How much does it cost? I want to order one."

  Xia Jingxing looked at the freckled white boy who was questioning in front of him, and the side of T-shirt was disconnected.

  I came to earn quick money today, and I didn’t say change to new clothes.

  Xia Jingxing worked hard to make a professional smile: "This is the world's first electric supercar Roadsters launched by Tesla...

  It takes only four seconds to complete zero-to-hundred acceleration, hitting Porsche and Maserati sports cars of the same price...

  It can last 250 miles on a single charge, enough to take you around San Francisco..."

  Hearing Xia Jingxing’s loud introduction, the hesitant audience who had been wandering under the booth also showed interest, and people began to come to the stage to watch the car.

  Xia Jingxing deliberately said it louder, so that the audience who were watching from the audience could hear it.

  His goal has been achieved!

  Emotions are contagious. People have a herd phenomenon, and more and more audiences are squeezing onto the stage.

  The small booth can hardly contain so many people. Looking at it from a distance, it is densely packed with human heads.

  Several car model girls were squeezed to and fro, and a few salty pigs were rubbing oil.

  The scene was extremely chaotic, and Xia Jingxing was squeezed into the audience.

  Someone started to pull the car door, trying to look inside the car, but the door didn’t move and couldn’t open at all.

  At this time, someone finally remembered the staff who had been pushed aside by them, and called the staff aloud to ask them to open the door.

  Xia Jingxing borrowed a loudspeaker from Ford in the booth next to him, and joined Eberhard, Tarpening and others who were also squeezed out of the booth, and began to return to the stage again.

  "Don’t crowd, line up one by one..."

   The loudspeaker roared, and with Eberhard, Tarpening and others maintaining order on the side, the scene gradually came under control.

  Straubel was a clever man. He gathered a dozen of the day-knot brothers, lined up in a row, and began to demonstrate to others.

  Have to wait in line to see the car?

  Some people left cursingly, but more people still want to take a closer look at what an electric sports car is like.

  So, a spectacle appeared in front of the Tesla booth.

  A long winding dragon circled the booth in several directions, winding around and around...

  After the scene became orderly, Tesla began to receive car-watching customers.

  Only sixteen people can be accommodated at a time because there are only four cars.

  A salesperson faces four customers, starting from the appearance of Tesla, introduction of various parameters, and then to the price of the car and the way of booking the car.

  Someone in the audience heard one hundred thousand dollars and left another batch of them cursingly.

  But there are many people who stayed, and they don’t have to buy it, so I’ll take a look and don’t buy it.

  (End of this chapter)