Reborn: Billionaire in College

"In my previous conception, the smart cockpit is mainly composed of three parts: the underlying architecture, application software, and cockpit electronics. The cockpit chip, operating system, and middleware constitute the underlying architecture of the cockpit, which determines the performance and structure of the entire cockpit system. The specific functions of the cockpit are realized by application software such as on-board maps, voice interaction, and terminal APP, as well as cockpit electronic hardware such as infotainment systems, LCD instruments, HUD, streaming media rearview mirrors, and cockpit domain controllers."

"Compared with the cockpit of a traditional fuel vehicle, the smart cockpit uses an LCD instrument panel and a large-size central control screen instead of a mechanical instrument panel and a traditional central control screen. You can also think of it as a tablet computer. At the same time, touch interaction replaces physical buttons. The infotainment function is richer, and the safety, integration and intelligence are significantly improved."

"The R&D links include operating system, application development, dashboard software development, TBOX software development, cloud services, multi-simulation fusion interaction, situational awareness and hardware."

“To put it simply, we regard the entire cockpit as a smart home system, and control each step through the system.”

When Chen Pingjiang finished speaking, Wang Chuanfu slapped his thigh excitedly and said, "It's hard to imagine that Mr. Chen has done such a deep research on new energy vehicles. I feel like you can come to BYD and serve as the chief consultant."

Chen Pingjiang laughed and said, "I know a little bit, Mr. Wang. To be honest, I am also very interested in new energy vehicles. Otherwise, how could I understand it so thoroughly?"

"Then why are you still hesitating? Mr. Chen, your smart cockpit and publicity channels, combined with my experience in vehicle manufacturing, will not be afraid even if Tesla enters China in the future, right? You have such a good image and are a household name, so we don't need a brand image spokesperson in the future. When the time comes, the high-end new energy vehicles produced will be directly displayed and sold in Orange Technology's direct stores across the country, killing three birds with one stone. The most important thing is that the new company will be able to provide smart cockpits and intelligent driving solutions to the outside world in the future, and Bidiya will be its most loyal customer."

My goodness, even Chen Pingjiang in Dongjiang heard about this plan.

It’s no wonder that the prospect envisioned by the boatman can actually be realized, and it’s 100% achievable.

First of all, both Renren and Orange Technology have a large number of engineers, including software, hardware and algorithm engineers, so there is no problem in making an in-vehicle system.

Secondly, don’t forget that DJI has been acquired by Chen Pingjiang. Didn’t DJI in its previous life also get involved in intelligent driving?
Wang Chuanfu's proposal is to let Orange Technology or Renren play the role of Huawei, while BYD plays the role of Celes, one responsible for production and manufacturing, the other responsible for technology output.

Chen Pingjiang nodded: "In principle, there is no problem, but the details need to be further considered."

Wang Chuanfu was naturally a shrewd man and understood that Chen Pingjiang was referring to the capital injection and shareholding distribution of the two parties in the new company.

He waved his hand generously and said, "As long as Mr. Chen is willing, we can invest the same amount, with BYD only taking 40% and Mr. Chen taking 60%."

Chen Pingjiang also didn't expect Wang Chuanfu to be so bold and sincere. He originally thought that he would fight for the controlling rights, but he didn't expect that he would save his breath.

In that case, why are you hesitating?
Chen Pingjiang himself wanted to make new energy vehicles, but on the one hand he didn't have enough energy, and on the other hand he had never made a car before.

As for the argument that Chinese people cannot make new energy vehicles because Tesla has not yet published its patent, that is pure nonsense.

First of all, the patents published by Tesla are all obsolete and outdated. The number of published patents only accounts for one-tenth of Tesla's total patents. After removing the duplicates, there are only more than 200 patents left, and even fewer of them can be used by new domestic car manufacturers.

Secondly, there is a prerequisite for Tesla to publish its patents, that is, if a car manufacturer uses Tesla's patents in the future, it cannot sue Tesla for infringement. Musk's calculations are very shrewd.

In addition, Musk also wants to expand the pie quickly and attract other automakers to join the market to revitalize the new energy vehicle market. Otherwise, how much splash can Tesla alone make? The most direct result is that he alone cannot keep up with the supporting manufacturers of electric vehicles. If the prices of parts cannot be pushed down, the prices of complete vehicles cannot be reduced, and sales will inevitably not increase.

In the end, there is no such thing as a free cake. Musk has open-sourced his patents, and he has not only released the Chinese version, so why is it that only China's new energy vehicles have made it through the siege?

Moreover, at this point in time in 2011, Chen Pingjiang had entered the game with technology and capital. Would he need Musk's patents in the future? Who would be the first open source leader?

Wang Chuanfu also thought very thoroughly.

There are too many car manufacturers in China that can build cars, but there are really not many that can do a good job in the software part of new energy.

Chen Pingjiang is undoubtedly one of them.

Can BYD do it itself? Of course it can.

But R&D is not something that you can produce results tomorrow if you invest money today. It will be difficult for BYD to get off the ground in five to ten years.

Faced with unknown results, Wang Chuanfu would rather find a reliable person to cooperate with.

Chen Pingjiang is rich, capable, passionate, well-reputed and famous. The key is that the two are fellow villagers. What surprised Wang Chuanfu even more is that Chen Pingjiang knows so much about new energy vehicles.

The basis for cooperation between the two sides is too strong.

Moreover, this joint venture will not have any impact on BYD's existing business.

Chen Pingjiang only wants to build high-end cars, which leaves BYD with a good market share. BYD only needs to develop low-end and mid-end models and then use the technology of the new factory to enhance it. I believe it will soon be able to occupy a place in the new energy vehicle market.

This in itself is an incremental step for BYD. Anyway, Wang Chuanfu himself now feels that it is difficult for BYD to produce high-end cars priced over one million yuan.

The two sides hit it off.

The final result of the negotiations between the two parties was that each party would contribute 300 million yuan to establish a new company called Jiuzhou Automobile.

Jiuzhou Automobile will have two headquarters, Dongjiang as Jiuzhou Automobile's R&D headquarters and Shenzhen as Jiuzhou Automobile's production headquarters. The production line will directly use BYD's existing one, which can save money to the greatest extent.

In the new company, Orange Technology holds a 40% stake, DJI holds a 10% stake, Chen Pingjiang's personal investment company Tianyuan Capital holds a 10% stake, and BYD holds a 40% stake.

Renren has too many shareholders, so we won’t take it with us. Orange Technology is Chen Pingjiang’s sole proprietorship, and he took DJI with him in the hope that DJI will also be able to develop a car control system in the future.

The board of directors of Jiuzhou Automobile has a total of seven members, four from Chen Pingjiang's side and three from BYD's side.

Chen Pingjiang is the chairman of Jiuzhou Automobile, and Wang Chuanfu is the vice chairman and CEO.

Chen Pingjiang is based in Dongjiang and is responsible for the research and development of the intelligent cockpit and vehicle control system, while Wang Chuanfu is based in Shenzhen and is responsible for the research and development of hardware, chassis, batteries and other parts as well as vehicle manufacturing.

After the cooperation intention was finalized, Wang Chuanfu seemed very excited. "Mr. Chen, we have to have a couple of drinks tonight."

"No problem. I'll accompany you till the end today."

It was a good decision to come to Shenzhen this time, Chen Pingjiang thought.

In the future, the logo on the front of the Yangwang u8u9 will not be BYD, but Kyushu.

Two days later in the afternoon, the two parties jointly held a press conference on the establishment of Jiuzhou Automobile to announce this good news to the outside world.

After the press conference, BYD's stock price soared. However, the outside world did not seem to be particularly optimistic about Chen Pingjiang's move.

"Is Chen Pingjiang too proud? He does everything he doesn't know how to do. First he started with wafer fabs, and now he's even making new energy vehicles."

"What are new energy vehicles? To put it bluntly, they are electric cars. Can electric cars be called new energy? Then the battery-powered Lao Tou Le cars running all over the streets are also new energy."

"Haha, what if an electric car runs out of power while driving on the highway?"

"Tesla is already far ahead overseas, but China is just starting out, haha."

"Why don't you continue to make great progress in the field you are good at? You have to do something you don't understand and think you are the savior."

"I just smiled and said nothing. If the so-called new energy vehicles in China can be made, I will stand upside down and have diarrhea."

"..."

As soon as Chen Pingjiang looked at the comment section, he knew that this was a very good taste.

New energy vehicles are not favored now, and everyone thinks that fuel vehicles are the best.

These days, it is common for domestic new energy vehicle companies to defraud the state of subsidies, but the results are all garbage.

Of course, there is the most important reason.

In 2011, the country’s soft power was not strong enough, and the moon is still rounder abroad…

In this day and age, if you talk about patriotism on the Internet, you will be scolded.

I just don’t know what these people will think when they see the poster of the 2.9 with a fuel consumption of 9.98L and a price of 06.

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"You are such a mean person. If I hadn't seen you and BYD holding a press conference, I wouldn't have known you were in Shenzhen. Why didn't you tell me you were coming? Don't you consider me your friend?"

After knowing that Chen Pingjiang came to Shenzhen, Brother Ma insisted on entertaining him.

Chen Pingjiang smiled and said, "I'm here to discuss projects and cooperation, not to have fun."

"What? Can't we talk about cooperation?"

Brother Xiao Ma has been living a pretty comfortable life recently.

First of all, he has become the third largest shareholder of Renrengou. Once Renrengou goes public in the future, how much money can Tencent make?

In addition, after Weilian followed Chen Pingjiang's advice and focused on stranger social networking, it quickly surpassed Momo, and its monthly active users are currently increasing step by step.

It is also based on Chen Pingjiang's suggestion that Tencent has begun to enter the overseas gaming market.

"Some time ago, I saw you and Ali were having a fierce fight. How are you doing now?" asked Xiao Ma Ge.

"That's it. Everyone has their own interests. The domestic Internet is so small that all the companies are fighting and merging with each other."

After thinking for a while, Xiao Ma asked, "I want to make my own payment system, what do you think?"

Chen Pingjiang was delighted when he heard this: "Just do it, but it's OK if you only use it internally, but it's probably difficult if you want to divide the world into three parts."

"Haha, of course we use it internally, so we can pay less channel fees. We don't think we can compete with WeChat Pay and Alipay."

It's not easy for this guy either. His luck is constantly being taken away by Chen Pingjiang. Now if he wants to set up a payment system, he has to say hello to Chen Pingjiang.

It’s not that he wanted to see Chen Pingjiang’s face, but the two companies were currently cooperating so happily, and he didn’t want Chen Pingjiang to have any ideas.

There was a family dinner arranged by Xiao Ma Ge in the evening. The group drank until around nine o'clock in the evening, and Chen Pingjiang returned to the hotel slightly tipsy.

Thinking of the message Yin Zhen sent during the day, Chen Pingjiang simply sent a WeChat message: "Come!"

On the other side, after receiving the message, Yin Zhen immediately smiled and massaged his sister's shoulders and legs, which made Yin Hui confused.

"If you are too nice to me, you are either a traitor or a thief. What do you want to do?"

Yin Zhenjiao smiled and stuck out her tongue. "I'm going out for a while, sis."

Yin Hui would immediately react, "Are you going to see Chen Pingjiang again?"

Yoon Jin blinked innocently.

"You are hopeless..."

"Oh, you are my good sister, remember to keep my secret and bring you something delicious when I come back."

Looking at her sister's departing back, Yin Hui felt nervous and excited about what was going to happen next.

About half an hour later, Yin Hui, who was taking a bath in the bathtub, felt a pang in her heart and that mysterious feeling came back.

In an instant, she felt her breathing quicken, her cheeks burning, and her skin red from her neck to her ears.

With waves of spasms, she couldn't help rubbing again... (End of this chapter)