Martin, who was passionate, encountered an unexpected blow in Detroit. He met with three experts on the list. As a result, he brought his plan for electric vehicles not long ago and found those venture capital investors with Mark. He didn't even have any politeness, so he refused directly.

Only one of them said a little more to him, "Young man, this is a car manufacturing, not the gadgets you built in Silicon Valley before. Do you know how many parts a car has? Thousands!

These parts come from all over the world, and do you know how complex it is to manage such a supply chain?”

"The things you make in Silicon Valley, such as computers, you don't have to produce any parts at all. You go to the accessories store to purchase accessories and assemble them as needed, then install the driver and the operating system, and you build a computer that can be used.

But do you know that in the automotive industry, each of our companies has its own Can Agreement. To put it simply, Ford's headlight controller cannot be used in our general-purpose cars. It is also a PhD esp. It is used in our cars and cannot be installed in Ford's cars."

He looked at Martin, who was very surprised, with fun, "So, do you understand how complicated it is to build a car?"

"I get it," Martin nodded.

"That's good," the expert nodded. "You'd better pack your luggage and go back to Silicon Valley and be the gadgets you're familiar with,"

Martin drank the whiskey in the cup in one go, "I understand why both of them said they wanted to bring some changes to the automotive industry," he said.

"I can't believe it at all, nor can I imagine that today, when technology is so developed and cross-border collaboration is already popular, the automotive industry is so closed, no, so primitive,"

"This is definitely not a healthy business model, nor is it a healthy business model. If you still stick to these outdated, inappropriate and exclusive habits that should have been abandoned long ago, you will eventually drink the bitter wine you brewed. I think this time will not be too long. Don't you realize this problem?"

When he first said this, Martin felt a little angry, but later, he slowly became excited, feeling like Don Geecod, full of mission.

"If I had only 9 points of confidence in this project before, now, I have 12 points of confidence, Dr. Stephen, I believe that in a few years, you will re-reach us guys who only do gadgets in Silicon Valley,"

His words like a declaration made Dr. Stephen a little stunned. A friend next to him, who was also from the automobile industry, asked with a smile, "What's wrong with Stephen? Who is that young man?"

"Nothing," Stephen shook his head and looked at the young man who had already walked out of the bar, "just a drunk guy,"

In his opinion, Martin's bold words were crazy words.

He never expected that this guy Martin would have the potential to be a super crow's mouth. What he said today turned out to be a prophecy later.

Martin walked out of the bar and looked at the lively bar behind him, the buildings surrounding him, and the towering general headquarters in the distance. Standing on the streets of this brightly lit modern metropolis, he really saw the dull and dusk atmosphere under the glamor of the city.

Detroit, a car city that originally symbolized the forefront of the mechanical industry and technology in his mind, is now just a wild tribe wearing a modern cloak.

He called Feng Yiping to express his feelings.

"So Martin, that's why I said that all the parts of our car are made from scratch," Feng Yiping said on the other end of the phone. "We just want to use some universal parts, and you will find that the cost is equally high,"

After confirming the project, Feng Yiping discovered that some of Tesla's subsequent innovations may be more forced than their persistence.

The automotive industry, like the aerospace industry that Musk is engaged in, is also a very xenophobic industry with no sharing spirit at all.

Musk and Tesla later decided to open their patents to all their peers. In addition to wanting more people to make this cake bigger, they are also afraid that this is also considered.

At this point, Feng Yiping likes the domestic automobile industry a little.

Although it is difficult to access domestic automobiles, at least the spirit of sharing in the domestic automobile industry is pretty good.

He clearly remembered that in the moment when SUV became popular, the biggest difference between so many brands of SUV on the market was probably the only brand, from spare parts, production processes, and production lines, they might be exactly the same.

Of course, Feng Yiping was not sure whether they followed the old path similar to the American automobile industry.

"Martin, I think, can you change your mind? These long-standing experts will cherish their reputations very much. Moreover, due to their wealth of income, they dare not and do not have the courage to innovate. So I think it may be difficult to convince them to join. It is hard to say whether to join our young company, whether it is a support or a resistance."

"So, can we consider starting with these young assistants of experts? They have experience and skills, but fortunately their ideas have not been solidified. More importantly, they are not opposed to innovation and change, what do you think?"

"Thank you Feng, you made a lot of sense. I will adjust my goals and mainly look for experts from middle-aged and young people,"

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Feng Yiping, who is very good at promoting, made headlines in the United States again and again. However, this time, unlike the two one-sided praises he had led his company to successfully list, it was a bit like when his Blue Ocean Strategy was first launched in the United States, with some mixed reviews.

However, the debate over his book seems to be an academic dispute, but this time the debate over Musk's bold statement is like a regional dispute.

The media in the western region are very supportive of Musk, Feng Yiping, and the Tesla they started. Many reports said foreseeably, "We believe that the cooperation between the two outstanding young people in the United States and China will subvert this industry in the future," he said.

"Maybe Tesla is a baby who can't walk yet, and the giants may disdain him, but we believe that in the future, more and more imitations and followers will be invested in this industry. By then, those auto giants who stick to the rules and have not innovated for a long time will eventually tremble."

As for the media in the east, they were as if they were injected with chicken blood, and they were ridiculous to Tesla and Musk in the reports.

The Detroit News said, "The real-life version of the Grimm fairy tale of two so-called business geniuses: they wouldn't even change a tire, but now they threaten to subvert the entire automotive industry," the Detroit News said.

"When our thousands of researchers work hard for new technologies, when our production plants update our automotive products every few years, Musk said that our automotive industry has not changed for too long; when top experts in the automotive field said that this industry still has a very long way to go, and even those who are at the forefront of the industry cannot see the end, Musk said that the traditional automotive manufacturing industry has come to an end...."

"We all know that the genius Mr. Musk treats everyone as a computer. We kindly remind him whether he should check his own software and hardware, because of normal logic, he cannot deduce such a conclusion."

Feng Yiping couldn't help laughing when he saw this. He knew that Musk's view was really a comparison between people and computers. He said that a person's hardware is his body and brain, and his software is the way of thinking, thinking, values, habits and personality.

So Musk has always believed that learning is equivalent to downloading data and programs to the brain. Listening to the teacher in the classroom is like an outrageously slow download. Therefore, he prefers self-study. This is why this guy who graduated from the Wharton School of Pennsylvania was later praised as "Iron Man". He learned more by himself than in business school.

I don’t know how Musk dares to think about these reports in the East. Anyway, Feng Yiping now thinks these reports are not enough, and the current trouble is not big enough, because no heavyweight figure comes out to object.

The opposition of these heavyweights is actually a free publicity for Tesla, which will make more people pay attention to their startup company. Given that it will take a long time to launch the product, it is very important that Tesla continues to maintain popularity in public. (To be continued.)

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