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Chapter 466: 370 million downloads on the first day! Building factories overseas? Dream on!
On the evening of August 18, WeChat upgraded its blocking measures.

The activity link is effectively blocked; after a user shares it, they can see it, but their friends cannot.

Upon discovering this, Ma Liyun was so angry that she started cursing.

The next morning, as soon as he arrived at his office, he called Lu Zhaoxi, Zhang Yong, and Chen Hang, the project manager from Laiwang, to a meeting.

"Mr. Ma, Laiwang has been online for two days and has accumulated 870 million downloads, 740 million registrations, a second-day retention rate of 18.7%, and 463 million active users yesterday."

Chen Hang briefly synchronized the core operating indicators of Laiwang.

"And the average usage time?" Ma Liyun asked.

“11.4 minutes,” Chen Hang replied immediately.

"The retention rate is too low and the user stickiness is insufficient. We need to think about what strategies we can use to keep users on Laiwang," Ma Liyun commented.

"I think we can unify the login methods. In addition to logging in with a Taobao account, we should also add quick login methods such as Zhifubao and Weibo," Lu Zhaoxi said.

Ma Liyun nodded, indicating that Chen Hang should take note.

He thought for a moment, then said to Zhang Yong, "Notify all Peach Girls to join Laiwang."

How did WeChat rise to prominence so quickly?

First, it relies on QQ for traffic; second, it relies on the "shake" feature.

If WeChat can do it, Laiwang can certainly do it too.

While Lao Ma was holding a meeting, Chen Yansen was also in the conference room of Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park, reviewing the data from Yunzhou's first day of launch with Liang Bo and others.

"Yunzhou had 3.7 million downloads and 3.4 million registrations yesterday. According to the verified enterprise information, 70% of them are merchants registered on Pinbei, and the remaining 30% come from online search engines, online advertising, and social media promotion," Liang Bo reported.

“Yunzhou is different from Laiwang. Its core users are enterprises. Once you win over one company, you can add dozens, hundreds or even thousands of users. What is the activation rate of enterprise ride-hailing and dining services?”

Chen Yansen asked casually.

In fact, his biggest purpose in developing Cloudboat was to solve enterprise information security. We can't keep using external office software, can we?
“1.7%.” Liang Bo replied truthfully. Just as he was about to explain, Chen Yansen waved his hand and said, “It’s good that it has a 1.7% usage rate right after it goes live. No rush, take it slow.”

He is an extremely patient boss; as long as Liang Bo's operational direction is not off track, he is willing to give him time.

“Yes, boss, I understand,” Liang Bo replied.

"Old Huang, tell Yifeng to switch all the communication groups for business management staff to Yunzhou from now on."

Chen Yansen looked at Huang Zheng and said.

“No problem,” Huang Zheng, who was sitting on the side listening, responded immediately.

"Although Yunzhou is a project of Jinri Technology, it is also a key project of the group. We hope you will do a good job in assisting us so that Yunzhou can gain a place in the field of enterprise office software."

Chen Yansen's gaze swept from left to right as he softly offered his instructions.

After he finished his meeting, Meng Yun, who was following closely behind, whispered a reminder: "Tesla CEO Elon Musk has arrived and is in the A4 meeting room on the second floor."

Chen Yansen nodded and took the elevator to the second floor.

Given his wealth and industry influence, he certainly doesn't need to greet Musk.

In terms of wealth, Musk was on par with Huang Renxun at that time.

Tesla's sales have been lukewarm, with annual sales of less than 20,000 units before the launch of the Model S LR version.

SpaceX survives entirely on cargo orders from NASA's International Space Station, which generate some revenue, but not much.

SolarCity, a photovoltaic power generation company, has been listed for only a year and has a market value of approximately $40 billion, but Musk's shareholding is only 20%. All told, Musk's net worth does not exceed $15 billion.

Therefore, Musk and his assistant behaved extremely well in the meeting room, showing no impatience whatsoever.

After all, he knew in his heart that in terms of business strength, he was far inferior to Chen Yansen.

Furthermore, since he needed someone's help, he adopted an even lower posture.

He traveled all the way from the United States to the virtual city, taking a plane, then a high-speed train, and then a car. It wasn't until he saw the wheat fields near the science park that he realized he had finally arrived at his destination.

Thanks to Chen Yansen, Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park has gained a high reputation overseas. Several pictures on Senlian Capital's official website have also made countless foreigners aware that the Alexa smart speaker and Orange B1 smart bracelet they use every day were born here.

With a "squeak!"
A frosted glass door was pushed open from the outside in.

Upon hearing the noise, Musk instinctively looked up, and the moment he saw Chen Yansen, he immediately stood up and quickly went to greet him.

"Mr. Chen, thank you for taking the time. I am Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla."

Musk greeted them politely with a smile.

While they were talking, he secretly observed Chen Yansen.

Consistent with what the Facebook blogger said, the other party is a very young Asian entrepreneur. Judging from his appearance, he is about the same age as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy in the United States. He is physically strong and at eye level with the blogger, which means that Chen Yansen is at least 1.85 meters tall.

He wore a royal blue shirt and black trousers, his eyes were calm and his demeanor composed, which was quite different from his age.

"Elon, please have a seat." Chen Yansen smiled gently and gestured with his hand.

After speaking, he sat down first and looked at Musk across from him.

In his early forties, dressed in a black suit and with a tie perfectly tied, he was grinning widely, trying to convey his goodwill and sincerity to Chen Yansen.

"Regarding the supply price of DeepBlue 4890 batteries, there is no room for negotiation at the moment. Due to the technological issues of lithium-sulfur batteries, the cost remains high at $400 per kilowatt-hour. I can't make much money at all. To be honest, I actually want to raise the price to $440 or even $460."

Before Musk could speak, Chen Yansen rejected the other party's first request.

4890是深蓝科技打造的一款圆柱形锂硫电池，‘48’代表电池的直径为48毫米，‘90’表示电池的长度为90毫米。

Not making money?
Who believes it!

Musk muttered to himself that based on the battery capacity and price of the Orange Q1 electric car, he could roughly estimate the cost of the Deep Blue battery, which was at most $240 per kilowatt-hour, on par with Panasonic's 18650 battery.

But he didn't dare to point it out. In North America, although there are no books like "The Art of Thick-Skinnedness" or "Zizhi Tongjian," there are books like "Crucial Conversations" and "Influence," which specialize in interpersonal relationships and social skills.

However, Musk overestimated Chen Yansen's conscience.

If the cost of Deep Blue Battery is $240 per kilowatt-hour, Mr. Chen would definitely dare to sell it for $600 or $700.

“Mr. Chen, I understand. In that case, I have a new proposal. Could we build a battery factory near the United States? Tesla will pay for the equipment, and your company will only need to assist with installation, debugging, and provide raw materials. You can leave the tedious daily management to me, and give Deep Blue Technology a commission of 160 US dollars per kilowatt-hour.”

"The advantages of doing this are twofold: firstly, it saves on transportation costs; and secondly, it allows for deeper cooperation with Tesla to develop more powerful batteries."

Musk asked tentatively.

Chen Yansen smiled. The other party's ulterior motives were obvious. They wanted to deepen the cooperative relationship and then use the order volume as leverage to gradually increase their bargaining power.

Furthermore, when building factories overseas, who can guarantee that Tesla won't engage in reverse engineering?

Despite the high difficulty and the risk of infringement, he knew that Musk was not an honest man.

If he dares to agree, Tesla will set up a battery research and development lab the very next day.

(End of this chapter)