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Chapter 2860 Admit your mistake

In Zhou Buqi's view, China has better conditions in all aspects. The only thing is that it is a bit lacking. Tesla is short of money now. To build a super factory, it may cost billions of dollars in investment. Tesla simply cannot afford so much money. It must meet the local investment conditions. .

In this regard, the EU is still more powerful and can provide more ultra-low-interest loans and a richer combination of policy support. Domestic investment promotion efforts are also very strong, but land prices cannot be reduced, and bank interest rates cannot be reduced. However, demolition and land acquisition are easier and cheaper for the people.

In this regard, Zhou Buqi has a deep understanding.

For domestic loans, the lowest interest rate is about 4%. Because many people take advantage of their connections. The loan interest rate is 4%, but the interest rate for large deposits can reach 6%. Some people with connections can get away with nothing. They don’t have to do anything and just borrow a few dollars from the bank. Ten to tens of billions, and then deposit it back into the bank, you can eat the interest difference.

Foreigners are not so smart in this regard.

Manchester United has also started a series of infrastructure projects in Manchester, and the interest rates are frighteningly low. There are now a total of 7 loans with a total value of 4.2 million pounds. The highest interest rate is 2.7% and has a super long term of 30 years. The lowest interest rate is a fiscally endorsed interest-free loan worth 1.4 million pounds.

Because foreigners believe that large-scale infrastructure is part of urban public services. The more large-scale infrastructure projects a company builds, the more beneficial it will be to the development of the city. It is not of a clear commercial nature such as commercial real estate or residential real estate. For some infrastructure projects that are beneficial to public services and urban development, the city should spare no effort to support them instead of making money from these projects.

Not only Manchester United, but also their rival Manchester City is also engaged in infrastructure construction.

Both families are outsiders.

The benefits of this system are really not free. Where can you find such cheap money?

Musk is eyeing Germany, probably because of this consideration.

This allows Tesla to build the Gigafactory on more favorable terms.

With signatures and deposits, Tesla has completed the last step of the delisting process.

Musk is excited.

After delisting, he is equivalent to being untied and can free his hands and feet to do something big.

Zhou Buqi is also very confident.

As long as the domestic side gives the green light, it should not be a problem to introduce Tesla's first overseas super factory to the country.

Although he has no decision-making power over Tesla, Musk has always respected his suggestions.

Just like artificial intelligence.

Zhou Buqi originally wanted to invite Musk to spend a few days on Long Island. He successfully promoted Tesla's delisting. It was considered that he understood a major event and could take a rest. Musk was very anxious and wanted to rush back to Silicon Valley.

"I have something big going on!"

Musk looked serious.

Zhou Buqi said amusedly: "What's the big deal?"

Musk said: "I have contacted several Google artificial intelligence scientists and a group of excellent engineers, and I plan to recruit them all. Now that Tesla has delisted, it is also time to start the next step in the field of autonomous driving. We’re exploring. Google’s autonomous driving is doing well, and I plan to hire some of their core scientists this time.”

"Uh..." Zhou Buqi twitched his lips, "Be careful that Larry Page gets angry."

We are all good personal friends.

It's really not Silicon Valley's style to poach people from behind like this.

Even if you are poaching people from behind, the most you can do is poach someone and don't affect the other party's business. Even if they are mortal enemies like Google and Microsoft, they still maintain a certain degree of demeanor and semblance of friendship when it comes to poaching each other.

Musk doesn't care. His style is not Silicon Valley at all.

He is simply a domestic Internet entrepreneur with exactly the same style.

The domestic poaching is really merciless. Not only do they do it secretly behind the scenes, but they also do it very ruthlessly, often poaching the entire opponent's team directly. Not only is it poaching, it can also directly paralyze the other party's business due to lack of people.

Musk’s personality is paranoid. He only cares about getting one thing done, rather than complicated relationships that have no actual value. “Angry? That’s his thing. I talked to Larry and he has the wrong attitude towards artificial intelligence.” I know. With so many AI scientists in his hands, they can’t create the value they deserve. I’m even worried that he will lead Google astray. I’m doing him a favor by poaching them.”

Zhou Buqi laughed loudly, "I don't understand artificial intelligence either."

Musk then sighed, "Zhou, although you are not an engineer, your understanding of artificial intelligence is much better than mine. I even made a major mistake about it."

"Error?" Zhou Buqi was slightly startled, "What error?"

Musk said regretfully: "I didn't adopt your suggestion! If I had accepted your explanation of artificial intelligence, Tesla might not have taken a detour."

Zhou Buqi was a little confused, "What suggestions did I make?"

Musk recalled: "I remember you told me last year that the future of artificial intelligence should be based on GPUs, not CPUs."

"Oh." Zhou Buqi smiled, "This is indeed the general trend. Rokid-go is so obvious. What surprises me is that there are many scientists who firmly believe that the CPU route should be followed."

Musk said: "I once thought that the CPU route should be chosen, so I made a very serious mistake."

"what happened?"

"Vehicle operating system."

"what happened?"

"Tesla's new version of the in-vehicle operating system has basically been developed. This is really a waste of huge resources." Musk shook his head, sighing and admitting his mistake, "I didn't dare to say this before. Now that Tesla has delisted, that’s what it says.”

Zhou Buqi doesn't have a technical background, so he doesn't quite understand. "Can you explain it in detail?"

Musk said: "In the past, I thought that artificial intelligence should be based on CPU, so the CPU of the vehicle system must be extremely powerful. Many people in the industry say that electric vehicles are an extension of the mobile terminal... You may even think about it in two or three years. I told me before that mobile applications can be better adapted to electric vehicles. Now that I think about it, I really regret it and I should have accepted your suggestion. "

Zhou Buqi laughed.

In my heart, this guy's thinking was really fast, and he kept admitting his mistakes and apologizing.

As a result, Zhou Buqi didn't even understand what was going on now.

Musk continued: "Actually, when you told me this point of view, when you said that electric vehicles are mobile products, they will be the same type of mobile products as mobile phones, tablets, and smart watches in the future. I still disagreed and laughed at you privately. But you don’t understand technology. Now it seems that I was the one who made the mistake. Rokid-go has fully proved that your judgment was right, which taught me a huge lesson.”

Zhou Buqi still didn't understand what was going on, but seeing that he kept apologizing, he accepted it openly and said with a smile: "Everyone makes mistakes, and I make mistakes too. This is normal. If you find out in time, Just correct it in time.”

Musk nodded, "So you said that Tesla's patents should be open sourced, and I fully trust your judgment. I will also give full consideration to the location of this Gigafactory, as long as there are no restrictions on joint ventures." , I will build the super factory in your country. This is not trust in your country, but trust in you. I have made a mistake once and will not make it again.”

(End of this chapter)