As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 181 Conversation with Lei Jun
Because the objects cast by Merlin are all American.

American kept the matter a secret.

Anyway, it just so happens that the donkey elephant has completed the handover in 2024, and the previous batch of high-level executives can gradually fade out of the public eye.

It's just that the foreign media will keep staring at them, especially the Russian RT's fighting power is overwhelming, and various close-ups analyze the psychology of the characters.

RT TV also gave this matter a definition: "Merlin's curse".

Anyone under this curse will lose their positive emotions. Judging from the public appearances of the big shots, their smiles can be clearly seen as fake smiles.

There is only endless emptiness and exhaustion in the eyes.

The term Merlin's curse is recognized worldwide, and everyone agrees that this description is very appropriate.

At the same time, it is also a kind of vigilance, don't act rashly before you are absolutely sure.

There may not be any benefits, but once Merlin's dimensionality reduction is hit, the target is himself.

Coupled with Merlin's disappearance, they didn't even dare to mention Merlin's name before they restrained Merlin from remotely manipulating the human body.

So much so that American joked internally:
"He is more or less like a mysterious person, the sword of Damocles hanging over our heads."

"The main reason is that William's control method is too weird. Before we find a way to restrain this method, everyone around us may be his substitute.

The more important point is that he can adopt a solution similar to the global surveillance program we used before, and he has a technological generational advantage over us in the Internet field. "

"So now the investigations against him are stopped, and the big shots will not make irrational decisions until they find a way to crack it."

"That's not necessarily the case, the current brain circuit is not something normal people can understand."

Leadership is indeed prone to surprises.

Not only did the people in England think that Merlin was an Englishman, they even officially suspected that Merlin was an Englishman.

Originally, they were looking for a list of people who disappeared inexplicably in England's history for nearly 500 years.

And college students, researchers as the focus of attention.

England spent a lot of manpower and material resources to do this, trying to find traces of disappearance from history.

After Merlin's curse came out, the matter stopped immediately.No one could bear Merlin to do this to himself.

All the materials of this project are sealed up, waiting for possible restart in the future.

The existence of Bill and others is the best deterrent to the Blue Star civilization.

Netizens in Huaguo linked Merlin's curse with the law of the dark jungle in "Three-Body Problem".

"Technology may not be inferior to magic, but the problem now is that we are in the light, and Merlin is in the dark.

We don't know anything about magic, and Merlin seems to be well-versed in Muggles.The two sides are not at the same level in cognition. "

Zheng Li's clone in Lion City also felt that the "focus" on him disappeared.

Deterrence is still effective.

Before the launch of the first model of Rice Auto, Lei Jun specially flew to the Lion City to meet with Zheng Li and visit the R&D center of Rice in Lion City.

Seeing Zheng Li is the core purpose, and visiting the Rice Lion City R&D Center is only a secondary purpose.

There are obviously more white hairs on Lei Jun's head than before, and the dyed hair can't cover it up.

Zheng Li chooses to meet Lei Jun on the top floor of Huali Family.

As soon as Lei Jun met, he immediately hugged: "We haven't seen each other for a long time. The last time we met was probably in 2022. At that time, I came to Lion City for business and met."

"Every time I see you, I always have a feeling that the era is young, and I always feel that I should retire."

Zheng Li was only 24 years old at this time, and he was already the richest man in Asia, worth more than one trillion RMB.

Lei Jun looked at it and felt that he had been working for nothing for so many years.

Zheng Li said with a smile: "It was the first venture capital that my brother gave me back then. It was with the initial capital at that time that I was able to develop today."

The butler silently disappeared into the living room after delivering the tea.

The conversation between the two of them was somewhat confidential, and casual disclosure of any information would have an impact on the secondary market.

"No, no, no, I'm just icing on the cake. Even when you were a student, my 5000 million was just icing on the cake, not a timely gift."

Lei Jun is very humble, he knows that Zheng Li is not good at talking, so he continued:
"Kechuangbiology is a purely technology-driven enterprise, and the endorphin manufacturing method of Kechuangbio at that time was the core demand of human beings, and the competitiveness of the products lies there."

"Even without my venture capital, it would take a little longer for you to get started, but you can still develop science and technology to where it is today."

"On the contrary, I have benefited from your favor. Shunwei Capital can own [-]% of Kechuang Biotech."

The market value of Kechuang Biology has exceeded RMB 4 trillion. After the split, the total share capital has changed from 40 million shares to [-] billion shares.

The market value of 2000% of the shares in Lei Jun's hands exceeds 5000 billion RMB. The first investment that year was 200 million RMB, and the B round follow-up investment was only about [-] billion RMB.

In five years, the investment has multiplied tenfold.

The income brought to Shunwei Capital by this investment alone exceeds the total investment income of all these years.

Zheng Li: "Brother, we know each other so well, so you don't have to be polite, we can be more straightforward."

"I feel that you are under a lot of psychological pressure this time. Does the rice car matter make you very stressed?"

Lei Jun sighed: "Although what is said in the media does not have to be taken seriously."

"But the rice car should really be my last stop, and it is true that I can't move anymore when I get older."

"Whether the rice car can be successful, whether it can survive smoothly, I have no idea."

New energy car companies have been fighting fiercely in recent years, and new players have entered the game one after another.

Whether Hua Wei builds a car or not, it can only be said that the benevolent sees benevolence and the wise sees wisdom.

(Anyway, I think Celes is the same as getting off in person)

Luxshare Precision, the former Apple supplier, also entered the market, announcing in a high-profile manner that it would build a car.

Not to mention that international consumer electronics giants such as Apple and Sony have also announced that they will participate in the competition for new energy vehicles.

In the past, there were Li Xiaowei, BYD, Tesla, etc., and in the future, Apple and Sony's new energy vehicles will be launched soon.

As their competing product, rice is under great pressure and has no core advantages. Does rice noodles really work for big-ticket commodities like cars?

Lei Jun's heart is the same as what he said, he really has no idea.

Zheng Li: "Dami is so successful, there must be no problem with Dami Auto. I believe in Dami's mature supply chain system and the executive power of the Dami team."

Cars are far more a test of the strength of the entrepreneurial team than mobile phones. To be able to build a car successfully is a necessary ability to do things in a down-to-earth manner.

But on top of the basic ability, there are many, many things left to be able to survive.

Like Jia and Xu, they don't have the most basic ability to do things in a down-to-earth manner, and car building only exists in their mouths.

Lei Jun's face was very bitter: "Recently Tesla announced a price cut of 3 yuan in the Huaguo market, and the price has hit the 25 range."

"This is too much pressure on rice cars. Even with the blessing of super lithium battery technology, it is difficult to beat Tesla at the same price."

"Many people succeed in starting a business without knowing why they are successful. Although they will sum up various successful experiences, they are actually only a small part."

"The biggest factor for entrepreneurial success is timing. If you seize the opportunity and do better than others, you will succeed, which is what we call the outlet."

"But the trend of new energy vehicles is really too hot in the words of today's young people."

"The difficulty is no less than entering the mobile phone industry in 2020 to start a business. Every pain point you can think of has been solved by your peers."

"At the same time, only after really entering this industry can we know the strength of Tesla."

"I heard that Tesla's price reduction of 20 yuan this time is just the beginning, and it will drop another [-] yuan in the future, which is close to the price range of [-] yuan."

Zheng Li was very surprised. Due to his entrepreneurship, he still has a certain understanding of Blue Star's industry.

Zheng Li asked: "I'm curious, the price of a single Tesla is only between 25 and 30, and the price is reduced by [-]?"

"Will the price reduction affect their own profits? Excluding marketing and the profit margins reserved for dealers, this will all be negative profits, right?"

Lei Jun explained: "This is the horror of Tesla."

"Their gross profit margin is 30.00%. If the price is reduced by [-], it will still be profitable."

"However, the profits of domestic new energy manufacturers are generally between 10% and 20%, and they cannot bear this level of price reduction."

"Super lithium batteries have put a lot of pressure on Tesla, but Tesla has come up with the killer trick of reducing prices."

"Super battery life does solve the mileage worries of tram users, but this feature is not what every car owner needs."

"Many new energy vehicle users are only driving in the city, and super battery life is just icing on the cake for them."

Zheng Li: "So Tesla's price reduction can attract all the users who don't value battery life?"

Lei Jun nodded: "It may not be possible to reduce the price by [-], but if the price is reduced by [-], it will definitely attract most customers who do not value battery life at this price."

Zheng Li: "What is the estimated price of the rice car?"

Mentioning this Lei Jun sighed: "Our original plan was to divide rice cars into two models with super battery life and those without super battery life."

"There is no rice car with super battery life, and the price is around 15."

"But at this price, if Tesla cuts the price by [-], the competitiveness of rice car products without super battery life is too weak."

"This is not to say that the rice car product itself is not good, but to consider aspects such as user recognition."

Many investors are not optimistic about rice making cars, because cars are different from mobile phones.

A mobile phone failure will not affect your personal safety, but a car failure will affect your personal safety.

According to the degree of pressure on the supply chain of rice mobile phones, the same method of making cars will not work.

Let me mention here that Huawei never squeezes suppliers for mobile phones, but Huawei squeezes suppliers of software services in an all-round way.

Pressing payment is a common operation. The most annoying thing is that the length of time you help Huawei with software services depends on when they learn your technology.

The majority of users are obviously skeptical about the safety of rice-made cars.

Therefore, after Rice announced that it would build a car, the secondary market voted with its feet, which is not optimistic.

The stock price fell along with the Hong Kong stock market, falling to the ankle.

Until recently, after the listing of brain-computer connected VR, Rice accounted for 20.00% of the shares of the joint venture company.Relying on this super benefit, the market value of rice has exceeded the previous highest point.

Zheng Li knew why Lei Jun was so much older when he met Lei Jun this time, "Should have already left the production line?"

Lei Jun: "The first batch of rice cars are already in production, and the model must not be changed."

"The only question now is how much to push the price down."

"Originally, Dami Auto did not want to take the cost-effective route, but now it seems that it has to return to the cost-effective route."

Zheng Li: "Only by surviving can we talk about the next step."

Lei Jun: "I don't want to engage in cost-effectiveness, because the cost-effectiveness has been deeply bound to rice."

"Over the years, I have always wanted to get out of this limitation, whether it's splitting Redmi or creating a mix series."

"Dami Auto has returned to the cost-effective price butcher route, and I am worried that it will affect the rice mobile phone."

Zheng Li: "Tesla was the first price butcher."

Lei Jun nodded: "That's right, I think it's much better when you say that."

"It's a dead end if you don't cut the price, but there is still a chance of life if you cut the price."

If the price is not reduced, how can the 15 ordinary battery life rice car be compared with the model 20 whose price has been reduced to 3?
As a top entrepreneur, with his sense of smell, Lei Jun can make decisions that are most in line with the current interests.

As for whether anyone can calculate five or ten years later, it is possible in five years, but impossible in ten years.

Lei Jun continued: "The rice car has to be done even if it has to bite the bullet."

"Even if I fail in the end, I hope I will try my best."

"This time I came to Lion City, I also wanted to talk to you about the transfer of shares."

"You transferred [-]% of the shares to Huaguo Investment. From my point of view, I think it's a good thing."

"Increasing the proportion of state-owned assets can get some additional support, and at the same time, the capital of all parties in the share ratio will be more balanced."

Zheng Li nodded: "Actually, I have always wanted to introduce national capital, but there is no suitable time. This time, Huaguo Investment just happened to find me."

"I transferred a small part of the equity to them at a more suitable price."

Zheng Li did not choose to tell Lei Jun the truth.

What Cheng Gang reported to him did not belong to the communication content of the board of directors, and Mr. Lei did not know about it.

Since Cheng Gang was previously a professional manager of Shunwei Capital under Lei Jun, Cheng Gang deliberately distanced himself from Lei Jun in order to avoid suspicion.

Even if the news leaked from Cheng Gang to Lei Jun, Lei Jun would not make it clear that Zheng Li could not step down when he heard what Zheng Li meant.

The surprise on Lei Jun's face was caught by Zheng Li.

"I thought someone was putting pressure on you, and I wanted to comfort you."

"It's also a good thing for you personally. You can cash out [-]% of the shares at a time, and you can allocate some resources if you have funds in hand."

"In addition, from a certain perspective, the expansion of state-owned capital is conducive to the subsequent development of science and technology innovation."

　Let me tell you about my thoughts. In an industrialized society, if the protagonist wants to make troubles and engage in social and industrial changes, it must require compromise and exchange of interests.

　　You have to rely on yourself for everything, and you have to travel to Blue Star in a country with a magic society.

　　In addition, the protagonist compromises, and with the recovery of strength later, he will not compromise and can do whatever he wants. From a certain point of view, this is also a process of growth.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)