On November 18, 2000, Tesla released its first mobile phone: T1.
At that time, the emergence of T1 not only made the Chinese people feel the impact of technology, but also felt the huge pressure on foreign major venues.
Mature and smooth fingerprint recognition, super-standard storage capacity, avant-garde appearance design, cameras that surpass the times and ultra-clear LED screens...
Almost nothing T1 showed was common in the world at that time.
Because of this, the T1, priced at 6,999, has directly become the king of mobile phones that year and the next.
And the one who defeated it was still Tesla himself.
From 2000 to 2005, Tesla updated its products every year, and every year, Tesla was able to win the seat of the king of machines.
Of course, the King of Machines is not a unique product. In the later years, foreign brands such as Nokia, Motorola, and Blackberry seemed to be stimulated by Tesla, so they successively launched various powerful models.
Of course, there are also all kinds of nasty things happening, such as patent wars, market exclusion, etc.
But Tesla has a strong technical background, so it is not afraid at all.
In actual competition, Tesla will always be a little bit ahead in technology, so that other manufacturers will always be unable to strangle it.
This is achieved with real technology.
Of course, Tesla is not alone.
In terms of low-end technology, it will cooperate with other domestic small brands, and the price is cheaper than big brands such as Nokia.
In terms of high-end technology, Tesla will also cooperate with Nokia and other big brands to develop. After all, the world is a big place, and cooperation can only lead to win-win results.
Because of this, after five years of competition, Tesla has successfully become one of the most well-known mobile phone brands in the world.
When people mention Tesla mobile phones, they will be listed alongside Nokia, Motorola, etc.
With such technology and brand heritage, Tesla has gained a firm foothold in the drastic changes in the market after 2005.
In 2005, the state's production approval system for mobile phones was abolished, the entry threshold was significantly lowered, and "copycat phones" began to become rampant.
This has also caused many original "branded machines" to lose the price advantage they relied on for survival.
As a result, a large number of domestic brands began to suffer losses.
Such as waveguide.
In 2005, although Bird's mobile phone sales still ranked second in the country, the company suffered a loss of 470 million yuan, its first loss since its listing, a year-on-year decrease of 328%.
There are many reasons for losses.
On the one hand, the counterfeit machines mentioned above are rampant, which makes the price advantage of waveguide no longer exist.
On the other hand, foreign brands (such as Nokia) have changed their marketing strategies and implemented channel sinking to seize the low-end market.
Due to the two-phase attack, there was a large inventory backlog in waveguide, and profits were eroded.
So much so that before the impact of Apple smartphones, waveguides had already failed completely in the era of feature phones.
In fact, not only Bird, but domestic mobile phone brands such as Amoi, TCL, and Konka at that time all suffered losses to varying degrees.
The homogeneity of products and the lack of core technology are their common weaknesses.
By 2007, Bird suffered a loss of 594 million yuan.
This is not over yet. In 2008, Bird once again suffered a loss of 167 million yuan. In this year, Forbes released a list of the worst bosses of non-state-owned listed companies, and Bird CEO Xu Lihua ranked first among the 10 worst bosses.
Counterfeit mobile phones are rampant, causing many domestic brands to suffer, but Tesla can swim against the trend. According to Ms. Dong’s battle report, Tesla sold 190 million mobile phones worldwide in 2007, with sales of 18 billion euros.
The profit margin is 26.3%, ranking 4th in the world.
Nokia ranks first, with sales of 437 million mobile phones worldwide in 2007, sales of 51 billion euros, profit margins of 15.6%, and market share rising from about 26% last year to 36%, while Tesla is
Last year's 13% increased to 22%.
In addition, Nokia's mobile phone sales in China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) reached 50.7 million units in 2007, with an annual growth rate of 27.6%.
Tesla’s sales volume was 61.2 million units, with an annual growth rate of 30.2%, ranking first in China’s market share for four consecutive years.
In 2007, Nokia's market value has reached its peak of 115 billion U.S. dollars, and Samsung's is close to 90 billion U.S. dollars. Therefore, according to the current market share of Tesla mobile phones, if it is ready to be listed, all parties estimate that the Tesla mobile phone alone will be
It is worth more than 50 billion US dollars.
If Jiang Yan's other assets are added to this, such as his investment in the Internet, which has skyrocketed dozens of times, and various real estate properties, plus Tesla's other industrial chains and the sea of stars, Jiang Yan's assets will have long been
It’s over 100 billion U.S. dollars. If this kind of data were released, it would really scare a bunch of people in the country to death.
The most important thing is that from now on, it will skyrocket every year. After all, it is only 2007, the country has just begun to take off, and many of Jiang Yan's plans have just begun.
Having said that, Tesla's ability to achieve such results, in addition to Ms. Dong's complete sales and management system, mainly relies on the excellent technology mastered by Tesla.
This is also true. In the eyes of current Chinese people, Tesla's brand quality is actually not much different from that of big foreign brands such as Nokia, and is even stronger than many foreign brands.
These are all the results of technology.
However, such good days are probably coming to an end.
Because on June 28, 2007, the first-generation iPhone went on sale in the North American market.
The current sales volume of the first-generation iPhone cannot be compared with that of giants like Nokia.
But people in later generations will know what the iPhone really means.
When the iPhone came out, Nokia's mobile phone business collapsed.
This happened just a few years later.
Who would have thought at the moment?
Jiang Yan thought about it.
And he had already made preparations.
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, the current estimate is also after the 2008 Olympics.
And just like the previous feature phones, the new generation of mobile phones will follow the original strategy and only need to be a little better than the same period. For example, the Tesla mobile phone in 2008 will be better than the second-generation Apple iPhone 3g.
Of course, the aroma of wine is also afraid of the deep alley.
But this problem is not a problem for Jiang Yan.
With him here, publicity is not a problem
Movies, TV series, its stars, etc. are all promotional points. For example, they will be embedded in next year's "Myth" and "The Martian".
Even without publicity, the photos of Jiang Yan taken by paparazzi can make the products he wears popular for a while.
Therefore, with a stable and open system, numerous cooperative units, independent intellectual property rights, and huge investment in scientific research funds with high profits.
Coupled with the entertainment attributes of Stars and Seas, even if Tesla mobile phones cannot surpass Apple in the future, they will still be able to firmly reach the second level below Apple.
It's just that in the era of smartphones, there are more factors to consider. For example, it is still 2G network now, 3G network will soon usher in, and 4G network will iterate at a faster speed.
Therefore, Tesla should also consider this aspect more.
As for the formulation of 4G standards, this is impossible. It is not that the technology is not good, but that the national strength is not good enough. Therefore, Tesla will work with Huawei to formulate 5G standards in the future.
But for Jiang Yan, the most important thing is actually conquering the chip.
Jiang Yan's emphasis on chips also began in 1999.
Now after 8 years of development, it is very good and has achieved considerable results.
The complete process of semiconductor chip production includes chip design, wafer production, packaging production, cost testing and other links.
In China more than ten years later, these links, except for a few, are all lagging behind the world's advanced level.
This will also cause domestic enterprises to suffer in the future.
But things are different now.
Although Tesla's overall technology has not yet reached the level after 2020, it is still because of the bug Jiang Yan. It is expected that it will be able to break through the entire 14nm process before 2012. As for what will happen in 2022?
Anyway, the old lady will be shocked when the time comes.
In addition to the above, Tesla has many other industries.
Camera, screen, battery, etc.
Among them is what Jiang Yan values more: cars.
As a black technology company, if you want to build a car, you cannot just make one type of energy. Therefore, fossil fuels, electric energy, hydrogen energy and other black technology power systems are all in the plan, and it has already achieved good results.
In terms of fossil energy, that is, gasoline engines, Tesla currently has its own star product.
That is the 2.0T gasoline engine code-named THF001 independently developed by Tesla's subsidiary "Vulcan".
THF is the acronym for "Tesla", "Vulcan" and "Engine".
The first 0 in "001" represents gasoline, diesel is 1, and the following 01 is the number, so in the future, 002, 003, etc. will be produced according to the market.
This engine was finalized in 2004, and a cooperation agreement was signed with Great Wall in the second half of the year. This directly allowed Great Wall's product lines to compete with German cars in terms of engines.
At present, domestic car critics are all praising the senses of this engine, and the mysterious company "Vulcan" has already become famous in the car industry.
Therefore, it is expected that in the next five years, as long as Great Wall, which relies on this engine, does not waste time and optimizes its product line, the market competitiveness of brands such as Haval, WEY, and Tank will be greatly enhanced in the future.
In addition to the engine, Vulcan Company also has another mature product, which is the 7-speed AT gearbox code-named THB001.
In terms of gearboxes, Vulcan is following the path of Europe's ZF. In the future, it can cooperate with any car company, continuously launch new products, and constantly challenge the industrial limits of the gearbox industry.
At present, this gearbox has already received its first batch of customers, which are Great Wall and Geely.
It's a pity that there are no established foreign brands, but it doesn't matter. After all, this is just the beginning. Just do business slowly. Anyway, the technology is here and it will shine one day.
In fact, after having the engine and gearbox, Vulcan, as a technology exporter, will not be content to just play a behind-the-scenes role in automobiles.
It's just that what Jiang Yan wants is not the development path of many domestic brands such as Great Wall.
If he wanted to do it, he would start with supercars.
There will be no gasoline-powered supercars in China in more than ten years, let alone now. Jiang Yan naturally wants to fill this gap.
The design of the first supercar has basically been completed and will soon enter the production stage. It is expected that the first concept car and the first mass-produced model will be launched by the end of 2008.
Tesla spent 900 million on this.
Fortunately, all technologies are my own, otherwise I really wouldn’t be able to play...
The appearance was created by Jiang Yan himself, and it is simple. You can just copy it from the parallel world, but it will definitely look cool when the time comes.
The same goes for the interior, but since this car is our own brand, many of the interior equipment must be cooperating with Tesla.
In addition to these secondary aspects, Vulcan actually also left a hand in the most important aspects such as power, gearbox and chassis.
As for the engine, this time it uses an 8.0-displacement engine codenamed THF008. The gearbox is also an 8-speed AT gearbox from THB008. The rest are the same, and they have all undergone a major upgrade.
After all, it is a supercar, and it is priced at no less than 1 million US dollars. It is a supercar of the same level as Bugatti and Koenigsegg. Its performance in all aspects is naturally breathtaking.
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The audience has made countless people fall madly in love with it.
In addition to movies, this car will also be included in various world-class games such as "Need for Speed".
In short, publicity must be done well.
A high-quality brand must be established.
Then Vulcan will start to compete in F1 like Ferrari and other car companies, and then it will produce more civilian supercars priced at three to four million.
The next step is to introduce more practical ones, such as SUVs, etc. Anyway, in the future, Vulcan will do whatever brands like Lamborghini and Porsche do. To make money, copying the answers is the most convenient.
After the emergence of ultra-luxury high-end brands, brands targeting the mid- to low-end household market followed.
As for the household market, Jiang Yan does not plan to make gasoline-powered cars, or in other words, he does not want to make mid- to low-end gasoline cars. He only leaves Vulcan to grasp the high-end market and benchmark against future luxury brands such as Porsche.
In fact, only he can do this in China, and this is enough.
The rest is left to the new energy market.
As for new energy vehicles, the Vulcan brand will no longer be used, but Tesla’s. As for what Tesla will do, the Tesla of the original time and space, which is the current time and space, has been renamed "Episode" in the old United States.
The car company of "Vita" also has a ready-made one.
For Jiang Yan's Tesla, there is no shortage of batteries, motors, and other technologies such as human-computer interaction equipment, and there is no shortage of chip technology. Vulcan is at the forefront of car-making background. I believe that in the domestic market in the future,
Tesla will become like BYD.
Of course, other domestic brands such as BYD will not suffer, because Jiang Yan’s Tesla will not go it alone. Like mobile phones, related technology industries are separated, and patented technologies can be commercialized.
In short, in one sentence, only by making the market bigger can everyone really make money and domestic brands truly go global.
"Then the next step is for Sister Dong to do the hard work."
After Jiang Yan spent more than a week transferring various industries under Tesla, it was time to say goodbye.
Miss Dong smiled and replied: "Don't worry, as long as you don't suddenly change your plan, everything is under control."
"That's good." Jiang Yan smiled, and then reminded, "Don't forget to exercise every day."
"Just leave it alone. I value my life more than you do. Okay, just go about your business. In 2008, you were under greater pressure than me."
"That's not bad."
Jiang Yan smiled, said goodbye to Miss Dong, and then flew to the capital.
This time I came to Beijing to submit songs for election.
This was an invitation from above, and Jiang Yan didn't hesitate and directly selected three songs and handed them over.
In addition, regarding whether he will become the singer of the theme song, the superiors also asked Jiang Yan to prepare, and he will accept the selection together later.
Everyone knows that if I can sing a song at the opening ceremony of 2008, or if your song is sung on stage, it will be a lifetime honor.
But just because the glory is huge, the situation here is very complicated.
Some things don't just mean that you are the most talented and famous.
In addition, Jiang Yan is not only a singer, but also an athlete. He is responsible for three consecutive championships. This is no less important than singing, so the superiors may use this as a reason to remove him.
Precisely because he knew this, Jiang Yan's mentality was actually peaceful.
If you really have to choose yourself, then sing well.
Even if you don’t make the choice, it will save you trouble. Being an audience member is actually a good choice when the time comes.
In comparison, to be honest, Jiang Yan prefers to watch the opening ceremony with his wife and children.
However, such emotions disappeared after receiving a call from the leadership on January 1, 2008.
"We can't watch the opening ceremony together. I have to go up and sing the theme song."
At home, Jiang Yan said calmly.
Afterwards, the whole family cheered and started celebrating.