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In Zhou Buqi's opinion, China has better conditions in all aspects. The only thing is that it is a little lacking. Tesla is short of money now. Building a super factory may cost billions of dollars. Tesla can't afford so much money. It must be the conditions for local investment.

In this regard, the EU is more powerful and can provide more ultra-low-interest loans and a richer combination of policy support. The domestic investment promotion is also very strong, but the land price cannot be reduced, and the bank interest rate cannot be reduced. It is easy and cost-effective for the demolition and land expropriation of the people.

In this regard, Zhou Buqi has a deep understanding.

The lowest interest rate for domestic loans is about 4%. Because many people rely on relationships to take advantage of loopholes, the loan interest rate is 4%, but the interest rate for large deposits can reach 6%. Some people with connections can get nothing for nothing. They don't have to do anything. They can borrow tens of billions from the bank and then deposit it back in the bank to get 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 all frighteningly low. There are now 7 loans with a total value of 420 million pounds. The highest interest rate is 2.7%, and it is an ultra-long term of 30 years. The lowest interest rate is an interest-free loan with fiscal endorsement worth 140 million pounds.

Because foreigners believe that large infrastructure is part of urban public services, the more large infrastructure a company has, the more beneficial it is to the development of the city. It is not a clear commercial nature such as commercial real estate and 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, rather than making money from these projects.

Not only Manchester United, but also Manchester City, the city's arch-rival, is also engaged in infrastructure construction.

Both are outsiders.

This kind of institutional benefit is really not to be missed, where can you find such cheap money?

Musk has set his sights on Germany, probably for this consideration.

It can allow Tesla to build a super factory with more favorable conditions.

After signing and stamping, Tesla has completed the last procedure of the delisting process.

Musk is very excited.

After delisting, he is equivalent to being untied, and he can let go and do a big job.

Zhou Buqi is also very confident.

As long as the green light is given in China, it should not be a problem to introduce Tesla's first overseas super factory to China.

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

For example, artificial intelligence.

Zhou Buqi originally wanted to invite Musk to play with him in Long Island for a few days. He successfully promoted Tesla's delisting, and he could understand a big thing and take a break. But Musk was in a hurry and wanted to rush back to Silicon Valley.

"I have a big thing!"

Musk looked serious.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "What big thing?"

Musk said: "I have contacted several Google artificial intelligence scientists and a group of excellent engineers. I plan to dig them all over. Now that Tesla is delisted, it is time to start the next step of exploring the field of autonomous driving. Google's autonomous driving is doing well. This time I plan to dig all their core scientists over."

"Uh..." Zhou Buqi pulled the corner of his mouth, "Be careful that Larry Page is angry."

Everyone is a good friend.

Poaching people behind the scenes like this is really not the style of Silicon Valley.

Even if you poach people behind the scenes, at most you can poach one person and don't affect the other party's business. Even sworn enemies like Google and Microsoft maintain a certain level of grace and on-site friendliness when poaching employees.

Musk doesn't care about that.

His style is not Silicon Valley at all.

He is just like a domestic Internet entrepreneur, with the same style.

Domestic poaching is really ruthless. Not only do they do it secretly behind the scenes, but they are also extremely ruthless at the first strike, often directly poaching the entire team of the other party. Not only poaching employees, but also paralyzing the other party's business due to lack of people.

Musk is a paranoid person. He only cares about getting one thing done, not those complicated relationships that have no practical value. "Angry? That's his business. I talked to Larry. He has a wrong understanding of artificial intelligence. So many AI scientists in his hands can't create the value they deserve. I am even worried that he will lead Google astray in AI. I poached people here to help him." Zhou Buqi laughed, "I don't understand artificial intelligence either." Musk sighed, "Zhou, although you are not an engineer, your understanding of artificial intelligence is much better than mine. I even made a big mistake for this. "

"Error?" Zhou Buqi was slightly startled, "What error?" Musk said regretfully: "I did not accept your suggestion! If I accepted your interpretation of artificial intelligence, Tesla might not have taken a detour." Zhou Buqi was a little confused, "What suggestion did I make?" Musk recalled: "I remember you told me last year that the future of artificial intelligence should be based on GPU, not CPU." "Oh." Zhou Buqi smiled, "This is indeed the general trend, Rokid-go is so obvious. What surprised me is that there are still many scientists who firmly believe that the CPU route should be taken. "

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's wrong?"

"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 phone 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, saying 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 didn't think so, and I laughed at it 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.”