Chapter 512: Billionaire
“Can you introduce me to someone?”
Xiao Wang was sitting in the driving seat, like a consumer who came to a 4S store to buy a car. He looked at Lu Liang Said: "It's okay, the cockpit is not bad, the seats are very wrapped, and the materials used on the dashboard are solid, not much worse than high-end coupes." Less.”
“We use dual-motor all-wheel drive for this car, which can accelerate from 100 meters to 100 meters in 2.81 seconds, with a top speed of 259 kilometers per hour and a wheelbase of 3000mm...”
Liao Jie revealed his face. Smiling, like a shopping guide, introducing various data, Lu Liang was also pulled aside by Zhang Peiqiang.
He said with a serious face: "Mr. Lu, the details and other small aspects can be modified, but there is still a big problem."
Their car passed the crash test of China Insurance Research Institute without any problems. Even with the problem that new energy sources are most likely to catch fire, they have adopted a mode of loading batteries in the opposite direction to protect the safety of car owners as much as possible.
But there is one problem that has not been solved for a long time, that is the chassis technology. With their technology, it may be difficult to pass the elk test.
The Elk test is an important international standard for measuring vehicle safety.
The name of this test comes from elk, an animal found in most parts of Northern Europe and North America. They often jump out in front of vehicles unexpectedly and collide with high-speed vehicles, causing serious traffic accidents.
The elk test is to test the vehicle's ability to avoid obstacles and test the car's performance in making S-turns at high speeds.
The test content is to carry four people and counterweight, drive at an average speed of 70, and continuously avoid obstacles left and right. The better the performance, the higher the score.
Just like the Toyota Avalon priced at over 200,000 yuan, and the BMW 325 priced at over 300,000 yuan, the BMW 3 Series is a bit stressful but can pass, but the Avalon cannot pass and will overturn.
This performance depends on the tuning technology of the chassis. However, apart from practitioners, most people in China have never heard of the elk test, and the technology is naturally far inferior to that of foreign countries.
Lu Liang smiled: "You said it last time, and I have always kept it in mind, so I plan to spend some money to ask the technical team of General Motors Group to come over and tune the chassis."
Even if he cooperates with General Motors and spends a lot of money to build a factory in Detroit, chassis technology cannot be learned overnight. Now that he should spend money to hire people, he still has to spend money to hire people.
"I feel relieved when you say that." Zhang Peiqiang took a long breath and Lu Liang asked: "Professor Zhang, have you ever made a basic budget for the entire vehicle?"
"Mr. Lu, I'm not very clear about this, but someone has been taking notes." Zhang Peiqiang waved to another assistant: "His name is Mr. Zhong. Sir."
Zhong Shaoqing smiled and nodded: "Mr. Lu, if we take the most basic version as an example, the cost should be between 220,000 and 270,000."
The reason why there are five. Such a large price difference is mainly difficult to calculate now because many accessories are customized and charged a very high price.
We can only calculate the future vehicle cost from the supplier's perspective by adding labor costs and adding a 20% premium.
However, the 20% premium can be compressed. The key lies in the game between Lu Liang and his suppliers.
If he is good enough, has high enough production capacity, or returns money quickly, it is not impossible to reduce the premium to 5%.
Lu Liang suddenly asked: "How much profit does Tesla make?"
Zhong Shaoqing thought for a moment and replied: "I have done research before using the domestically produced Edamame 3 as an example. This car The gross profit margin should be between 20-25%.”
I'm afraid only the manufacturer knows the true profit of a product. He can only speculate through disclosure documents.
“After full localization, the gross profit margin dropped from 360,000 to 310,000. How can we still have such a high gross profit rate?”
Lu Liang couldn’t hide his surprise, and at the same time, he was also impressed by his company’s The pricing of a coupe also has a rough range, and at least the gross profit cannot be less than 25%.
It’s not that he wants to make more money, but that any domestic commodity other than real estate, as long as the market develops, will begin to have inexplicable prices.
So in the early stage of the launch of new cars, the gross profit margin must be set at a high point, so that you can be eligible to reduce prices with them in the future.
While several people were talking, Xiao Wang also ended the consumer experience, walked over and said with a smile: "Lao Lu, when the new car is launched, remember to give me one."
"It's not that you don't like it. Driving a tram?" Lu Liang laughed.
"Mainly to support you."
Xiao Wang looked proud. In the past year, Lu Liang rarely appeared in public unless something happened.
And he, with Panda going public in the United States, his personal wealth has reached 26.5 billion, and he has returned to the throne of the number one Internet celebrity.
As long as he is willing to accept advertisements, it will cost at least eight figures. Now he is promoting for free. I hope Lu Liang will not be ignorant of flattery.
“Let’s talk about it then.” Lu Liang laughed dumbly and picked up the suggestions provided by Xiao Wang, which included more than twenty pieces of advice, large and small.
“I’m telling you, let’s just change it to a two-door, two-seat sedan. That kind of coupe will be more classy.” Xiao Wang was very excited and has been helping to make suggestions.
In his opinion, four doors and five seats are purely redundant. If you want it to be handsome, it should be more thorough. It is best to have a cool scissor door. Many people will definitely like it.
"That would not be a coupe, but a sports car."
Lu Liang rolled his eyes and objected decisively.
The reason why coupe models exist is mainly to meet the shortcomings of sports cars that only have two seats and want to be ostentatious but not too ostentatious.
Scissor door is even more unnecessary. NIO ep9 is still gathering dust in the corner, which is the best proof.
Thinking of Weilai, Lu Liang suddenly remembered that Li Bing had called him a few days ago and asked him to meet. Building a battery swap station is a bottomless pit, and he can’t wait to get Weilai listed to make money for development.
So I asked Lu Liang to help introduce a few reliable market institutions. Weilai also wanted to go public in the United States and also wanted to raise US dollars in financing.
"Let's do this for now. I have something to do in the afternoon, so just go and do whatever you need to do."
Lu Liang is planning to leave. Although today is New Year's Day, it is also the first, so more It's the first day of the new year.
His schedule for the afternoon and the next few days was full, and he really had no time to fool around with Xiao Wang.
Explain a few words to Zhang Peiqiang and ask them to appropriately adopt Xiao Wang's opinions, conduct market research, and finally determine the final version.
Lu Liang left simply and without looking back.
With a look of resentment on his face, Xiao Wang turned to Zhong Shaoqing and said, "Does your boss look like a scumbag? He just treats me like a condom and throws it away after use. Even if he doesn't invite me to lunch, he doesn't even give me tea. Take a sip."
Zhong Shaoqing suppressed a smile. It was the first time he heard someone describe himself like this, and he quickly poured a glass of water: "Mr. Wang, drink water."
Xiao Wang. She glared at him and left immediately.
On the first day of the new year, Lu Liang was very busy, and news about him on the Internet was also spreading rapidly.
Hurun Magazine has learned a lesson. Last year, they were only a few days behind Forbes, but in the end they didn’t even get a drink of soup.
So, after learning from the painful experience, we announced the top 100 pig-killing lists on time at 12 noon on the 1st.
The top three are still Hengtai Lao Xu with US$44.3 billion, Penguin Ponyboy with US$42.2 billion, and Ali Jack Ma with US$40.2 billion. They have all increased a bit this year, but their rankings have not changed.
Hurun also knows what netizens want to see, and directly pointed out that Lu Liang ranked 25th, after JD.com’s Big Strongest, and recorded in detail that Lu Liang’s wealth is composed of five parts.
Douyin is valued at US$45 billion, and he holds 7.07% of the shares, worth US$3.18 billion.
Jude Times has a market value of US$26.5 billion and holds 10.664% of its shares, worth US$2.824 billion.
Tianxing Technology has no new round of financing for the time being, and the market valuation has not been updated yet. It is tentatively set at US$3 billion. Lu Liang holds 72% of the equity, worth US$2.16 billion.
As of the 29th of last month, Panda still had US$10.1 billion (current market value of US$8.55 billion), holding 8.235% of the equity, worth US$831 million.
Finally, Tianxing Investment. There is also Tianxing Private Equity.
It is estimated that no one except Lu Liang himself knows the specific value. The total can only be tentatively estimated at one billion US dollars.
According to statistics, Lu Liang’s wealth is US$9.995 billion and RMB 66.9 billion, ranking 25th on the Hurun Rich List.
"Mr. Lu, the speed of wealth growth last year is really amazing. You must know that the year before last, it was only 1.335 billion US dollars, an increase of 648% in one year."
Once the pig killing list was announced, Hurun specially The article was reprinted and named Lu Liang, for fear that netizens would not know his ranking last year.
As a domestic copycat on the Forbes list, they have always lacked traffic, and Lu Liang is synonymous with traffic.
“58 billion yuan a year, a lot of it is valuation, am I drifting away? Why doesn’t it feel like a lot?”
"As long as big things happen at home and abroad, Liangzi will almost always be there. I thought he would already have a net worth of hundreds of billions."
"Tsk, tsk, 25, not even tens of billions of dollars."
"Where's Xiao Wang? Some time ago, various media boasted so much, how come it's not on the list?"< br>
“Panda’s stock price has been cut in half again under his hands. It is estimated that you have to queue 200 people to see his name. He is indeed a prodigal, and even Liangzi can’t support Adou.”
"Liangzi pulled it, and Xiao Wang also pulled it. These two people are indeed a pair of incompetent brothers."
"Let me tell you, don't you understand the value of being ranked 25th on the post-85s rich list? I guess most people will never earn a fraction after the decimal point in their lifetime."
"Surfing the Internet Identity is given by yourself, When you meet me offline, I will address you as Mr. Lu, but online, I’m sorry, I’m only 25, Liangzi, I’m very disappointed in you!”
At the same time, Lu Liang took a break from his busy schedule and went to the toilet. Time, surf the Internet for a while.
I also learned that this year’s pig killing list was announced. I couldn’t help but smile bitterly when I saw the public opinion on the Internet.
He is a super rich man who is only five million US dollars away from tens of billions of US dollars, so he has no standing?
"But Hurun seems to have missed a calculation."
Others know little about Lu Liang's property in Tokyo, but his $200 million investment in Detroit is public news.
If you include the investment proportion of Bitcoin, at least another US$4 billion in wealth can be added. There are also three and four phases of private equity funds that are about to pay dividends, which is at least US$3 billion.
"So I'm already a billionaire?"
Lu Liang was immediately happy. From now on, when he drinks soy milk, he will drink one bowl and pour another, for no other reason. Just have money.
No more. My eyes feel a bit blurry and I can’t write anymore.
(End of this chapter)