I really just want to make money

Chapter 408
Is riding a bicycle better than riding an electric car?

Li Yu's eyes flickered twice inexplicably, feeling that what Luo Xuan said made sense.

Laziness is the driving force behind human technological progress.

Because I am too lazy to go shopping, I have online shopping.

Because I don't want to switch the TV on and off, I have a remote control.

Because I don't want to wash dishes, so I have an automatic dishwasher...

Think about it carefully, many inventions and creations of human beings are because they want to be lazy.

Let's talk about bicycles. Why do so many college students buy bicycles and throw them away?
It's not because of the effort of riding!
Once the novelty wears off, the bicycle becomes a pile of scrap iron.

In today's society, bicycles are definitely a cheating thing alongside treadmills, and whoever buys them will regret it.

Li Yu was originally very optimistic about his sister's bicycle rental business, but now that Luo Xuan reminded him, he suddenly felt enlightened.

Since buying a bicycle is doomed to become a pair of scrap iron, then engaging in bicycle rental, will it also become a pair of scrap iron after the user’s novelty wears off?
Very likely!
Just imagine, a bicycle and an electric car are in front of you. Do you want to ride a bicycle or an electric car?

Anyway, if Li Yu is allowed to choose by himself, he will definitely choose an electric car...

Wanting to understand the real thoughts of users, and then looking at Li Xiaoying's bicycle rental business, Li Yu immediately lost interest.

"If you have time to rent bicycles, why not rent a battery car..."

Li Yu was thinking in his heart, and suddenly felt a bright light flashing across his mind.

"That's right! Since bicycles are against human nature, let's engage in electric car rental in accordance with human nature!"

"Electric vehicles are much smarter than bicycles. If they have electricity, they can be embedded with app functions and linked with Moyu Group's Internet business..."

"And electric vehicles, the core is the battery, isn't this the new energy industry?"

"Aren't new energy vehicles just battery cars with four wheels? Since the technology of new energy vehicles is not yet mature enough, can electric vehicles be used to drive the development of battery technology and gradually accumulate technology..."

In an instant, all kinds of questions and countless information that had been lingering in Li Yu's mind during this period of time, as if they had been opened up to Ren Du's two veins, they were instantly integrated!
"Snapped!"

"Good! The electric car is good!"

"Hahaha, I also like riding electric bikes..."

After being slapped by Li Yu, Luo Xuan's body froze immediately, and she was ready to lift the car's butt out of habit.

Li Yu: "..."

Nima, it seems that Luo Xuan is planning to build an electric car...

……

The next day, when Li Yu was still considering who to contact first, his cell phone rang.

"Hey, Mr. Luo, hello, what a coincidence, I was about to call you, but I didn't expect your call to come first..."

"Hahaha, this shows that our ideas are very consistent."

It was Mr. Luo of JAC who called Li Yu. He was shocked and excited after listening to Li Yu's description of the new energy vehicle industry yesterday afternoon.

After returning to the company, he contacted his contacts in the imperial capital to inquire around, and after confirming that what Li Yu said was true, he went to the relevant leaders in the city.

The person Mr. Luo was looking for was Lu Feng, the deputy mayor in charge of the economy.

After Lu Feng understood the ins and outs of the matter, he keenly sensed that this was a huge opportunity.

Li Yu said that new energy vehicles are an opportunity for the domestic auto industry to overtake on curves in the international arena. If this is really done, is it not an opportunity for Hefei to overtake on curves in domestic provincial capitals?

Hefei executives have always dared to "gamble".

Fifty years ago, when other provincial capitals looked down on them, Hefei tightened its belt and bet on the "University of Science and Technology of China", which established Hefei as one of the four major science and education cities in China.

Five years ago, when other cities were not optimistic, Hefei bet on "BOE" and became the world's largest LCD manufacturing base.

In Hefei, there are countless such gambles.

This time, Lu Feng, who had just been promoted to deputy mayor, also felt the call of duty.

If you win the bet on the new energy vehicle, an industry with unlimited potential, and the future of Hefei, the trillion GDP is just the beginning...

Li Yu wants to stand on the edge of the wind and eat his meat, Mr. Luo wants to be the hero who leads the auto industry to overtake in corners, and Lu Feng wants Hefei to enter the trillion-dollar club in his own hands.

The three people are in different positions and have different ideas, but they all want to go together.

Mr. Luo kept talking at the city hall until after ten o'clock in the evening, and then left with an excited expression, and then took the initiative to call Li Yu the next day.

Not only did he call Li Yu, but before that, he had already contacted Mr. Yin of Chery and Mr. Li of Guoxuan Hi-Tech.

It's a pity that Chery can only express regret that it will not participate in this big plan because of its own persistence.

In the afternoon of that day, Li Yu sat down with the two leaders of JAC and Guoxuan Hi-Tech, and the three talked about their views on the future of new energy vehicles.

"Mr. Li, although I have worked in the automobile industry for most of my life, I really have no idea about new energy vehicles. Now it's just the three of us. Let me know the bottom line. Do you think this thing can really be done?"

Although his heart was already full of enthusiasm, Luo was always a steady person, and he still wanted to get something real from Li Yu's mouth.

"Mr. Luo is right. Although I am in the business of new energy batteries, to be honest, I have no eyes for new energy vehicles."

"After all, will someone really buy a big guy worth a dozen or 20?"

For things worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, young people like to try something new, and they buy it when they buy it.

But cars are different. Who would dare to try new things if they cost 10,000+ yuan?

If tens of billions are invested in it, and the resulting car cannot be sold, it will be the end of the calf!

So, don't look at Li Yu's extravagant hype, but when it comes to investing real money, the two bosses have no idea...

Seeing the tacit questioning eyes of the two big brothers, Li Yu scolded his mother in his heart.

What the hell, you guys are professionals, right?
I just hold the system in one hand, and get a piece of material from Boss Jia with the other, and I don’t understand anything else!

It's okay if you let me fool around, but if I continue to analyze in depth, there's nothing I can do...

Although he felt very fucked in his heart, no one could understand his bitterness.

There was no other way, he could only rack his brains thinking about how to fool and lure the two of them into the gang.

That's how people are. Sometimes, if you don't force yourself, you don't know that you are so good at fooling around.

Needless to say, for Li Shen's worries, Li Yu really thought of a way to explain in a roundabout way.

"Ahem, well, too expensive new energy vehicles may not be easy to sell, but we can take our time, for example, build some cheap cars first, as long as the price is attractive enough, there must be a market."

"A cheap car."

Hearing Li Yu's suggestion, Mr. Luo felt somewhat unwilling.

He is counting on the new energy vehicle to overtake on curves. If he wants to overtake on curves, he must be a "mid-range" car class.

The so-called mid-range cars generally cost between 15 and 30.

Anything lower than this price can only be regarded as a low-end car, and now the cars produced by JAC are low-end cars...

Since they all want to overtake on a curve, and let themselves continue to build low-end cars, Mr. Luo is naturally unwilling.

"The Tesla electric car in Ugly Country sells for hundreds of thousands, and it is said that it sells well..."

Looking at the stubborn little old man in front of him, Li Yu was also very speechless.

"Mr. Luo, our national conditions are different from Ugly's. Electric cars are a new thing. At the beginning, most of the customers were young people."

"Young people in our country want to buy a house, pay off the mortgage, and prepare the gift money for marrying their wives. How can they have so much money to buy a car?"

"If you bought a car out of your entire family, and it was you, would you take the risk to buy a new energy car, or buy a mature fuel car?"

Li Yu's words hit the nail on the head. Although he is now worth tens of billions, just over a year ago, he was still a poor and clinking dick.

As a former diaosi, Li Yu is very able to understand the needs and mentality of contemporary young people.

Among other things, if there is a four-wheeled car in the world, with leather seats, an air conditioner that can blow air-conditioning, good looks, and a landing that is no higher than 5 W, the down payment should be a little less, such as [-] five thousand...

Well, if there is such a car, Li Yu feels that even if his monthly income is 3K, he can consider buying a Shuangshuang first.

After listening to Li Yu's request, Mr. Luo felt as if he and Li Yu were not discussing the same thing.

Nima, new energy vehicles, what a lofty concept, how did it become "old man music" in Li Yu's mouth?

5 landed on a car, and leather seats?Why don't you go grab it?
"This is a bit difficult. As far as I know, the current cost of new energy vehicle batteries is very expensive, which can reach more than half of the overall cost of new energy vehicles."

"If according to what you said, 5 yuan, our ex-factory price is 4 yuan. After deducting the battery cost, what can we do with 2 yuan?"

As an expert in the automotive industry, Mr. Luo knows exactly what parts a car has and how much they cost.

Although he has never produced new energy vehicles, new energy vehicles are also cars. Even if they don't need engines and gearboxes, which are two major costs, they should have chassis, right?Do you have wheels?Suspension shock absorber?
Plus the air conditioner and leather sofa requested by Li Yu...

Hey!
Never mind, it's impossible!

"Mr. Luo, it's all about human effort."

"I don't think it is impossible to keep the cost within 4 yuan. As long as the production scale increases, the cost of batteries will definitely be reduced."

"In addition to the cost of other components, I believe that as long as we find a way, the cost can always be reduced."

"Also, isn't there policy support for this..."

After Li Yu talked for a long time, Mr. Luo finally gained a little confidence, but he still had the same idea.

"Even if there is a subsidy, this price is not profitable at all. Even if we sell several million cars, there is no way to recover the investment cost."

What Mr. Luo said is indeed a problem, and his idea is also correct. In the traditional economic thinking, selling a commodity requires a profit of the commodity. No businessman is willing to do things like selling at a loss.

But Li Yu is different. He has been engaged in the Internet industry from the very beginning.

The biggest difference between the Internet and the traditional economy is that the customer comes first, first sell the product, hold the customer in your hands, and then think about how to make money...

"Since it is not enough to use traditional thinking to make new energy vehicles, then we should change our thinking and use Internet thinking to build cars!" Li Yu gritted his teeth, and a new gadget that he had never heard of came out of his mouth.

If you fool me, you will even fool yourself into it!
"Internet thinking builds cars?"

"Can you use Internet thinking to build a car?"

Li Yu's concept that popped up out of nowhere directly hit the knowledge blind spot of the two big shots.

They know about building cars, and they also know about new energy, but how can this be related to the Internet?

"Ahem, you two, we in the Internet industry are talking about concepts and expectations. Well, you can understand that it means drawing big cakes..."

"As long as the concept is attractive enough, we can attract capital investment. As long as we have enough capital, we can grow bigger and stronger, and find a way out in development."

"Start with the small and cheap ones, and when the technology and cost control reach a certain level, it is not impossible to get involved in the field of mid-range or even high-end cars..."

Li Yu was still talking about the so-called "Internet thinking", and Mr. Luo and Li Shen had already looked at each other in dismay.

Doesn't this Nima mean cheating money?

Draw big cakes, find investors, and then burn money and sell them at a loss.

If the transformation succeeds in making money in the end, everyone will be happy.

If you don't succeed, pat your ass and leave.

As bigwigs in physical business, the two expressed that they were under a lot of pressure to do so...

After Li Yu finished speaking, Mr. Luo said with a guilty conscience:

"Mr. Li, can this really attract investors?"

Hehe, we have a team and technology anyway, you didn’t see Boss Jia, holding a PPT and dared to call out 500 billion investment to build a new energy sports car...

Compared with high-end sports cars, Li Yu still feels that it is more reliable to start with a cheap family car.

"As long as the two are willing to join, provide a team and technology, and have the support of the city government and favorable policies from above, I will be responsible for finding investment!"

Li Yu's chest slapped loudly.

He is not bragging, but has a certain degree of confidence.

First of all, he knows through the system that new energy vehicles are definitely the super outlet of the future, and this is his greatest confidence.

As long as you go in the right direction, you don’t want to die, you dare not say that you can eat meat, but you can drink soup...

Secondly, there is policy support at the national level, as well as support from local governments. Follow the government, and you will have everything you need to eat and drink.

If you do well, you can make a lot of money, but if you don’t do well, you can also make a little money by cheating on subsidies.

Well, although it is a bit low to think so, the words are not rough.

Finally, although the brand of Jianghuai Automobile is not very good, it is an old-fashioned automobile company after all. Apart from not being able to manufacture high-end gadgets such as engines and gearboxes, other simple things are still possible...

It just so happens that new energy vehicles do not need engines and gearboxes, as long as the batteries are powerful.

As for the battery, Guoxuan Hi-Tech joined in.

This small team cannot be said to be the top in the country, but it definitely has a first-class level. It belongs to winning at the starting line...

Based on the above points, and Li Yu himself does have a little "Internet thinking", he thinks it should not be difficult for him to fool around with some investments.

Seeing that Li Yu is so confident, and listening to him, if the two families are not willing to pay, they only need to send people and technology.

Investing in money, there is still the risk of being in vain, but it is basically zero cost to invest in people and technology.

After all, even if the partnered new energy vehicle company goes bankrupt, the technology is still there, and the people are not lost, and you can continue to use it if you take it back...

This deal is a bargain!
Mr. Luo, who did not agree with Li Yu's idea of ​​making low-end cars first, was also shaken at this time.

One side is an extremely risky venture investment plan, and the other is a plan that guarantees no loss and has a high probability of success.

How to choose, he actually already has a plan in mind.

It's just that he is the boss of a large state-owned enterprise after all, and some things must be decided collectively, and then the leaders of the competent department must be approved.

As for Mr. Li of Guoxuan High-Tech, he is the owner of a private company, so he doesn't have so many worries.

"Since you are so confident, Mr. Li, let me also express my opinion. I will definitely participate in this project. There is no problem with people and technology. As for the funds, we will talk about it after we have a detailed plan for the project..."

Li Shen is a fine individual, and when there is a good thing, his first thought is to occupy a hole first. As for how much share he will eventually eat, it depends on what plan Li Yu can come up with in the end.

"Hahaha, thank you Mr. Li for your trust. Then I will arrange for someone to do a more detailed project plan, and I will just wait for Mr. Luo's reply."

Seeing that Li Yu and Li Shen were both looking at him, Mr. Luo nodded immediately.

"Okay, wait for my good news!"

(End of this chapter)