Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 470 Electric Vehicle Collection! (Second Update!)
Upon hearing Lin Yi's address, Lei Jun barely hesitated. He slapped the newspaper in his hand against the window of the guardhouse, put his hands behind his back, and walked forward with a cheerful smile, like an old cadre.

Not hearing any movement behind him, Lin Yi turned around and saw Lei Jun's figure disappear at the intersection. He turned to Han Shunfa in the guardhouse and said, "Arrange for one of your security department's shuttle buses to travel between the two factories."

"Ji Shuangshuang will reimburse you for any additional vehicle expenses."

"Understood!" Han Shunfa snapped to attention, then turned around and instructed two people to drive out the shuttle bus that was placed behind the guardhouse, and they drove it out the door and chased after it along the road.

Before long, the shuttle bus caught up with Lei Jun.

Standing by the roadside, watching the shuttle bus slowly stop beside him, Lei Jun's eyes lit up. He rubbed his hands together excitedly, walked to the driver's seat, and cautiously asked the driver:
"Could I drive it for a bit?"

"No!" The driver shook his head, then pointed to the road beneath his feet:

"This is a municipal road. We are sightseeing vehicles with special permits. We can drive on the road temporarily, but we can't drive around randomly."

"If you want to drive recklessly on the road, you have to be at least 70 years old so that the traffic police won't dare to arrest you."

"So don't make things difficult for me. Get in the car, we'll take you there."

"Alright!" Lei Jun was a little disappointed that he couldn't drive the sightseeing bus on the highway. With a sigh, he climbed into the shuttle bus and sat down behind the driver's seat.

The vehicle started again, taking him to the electric vehicle workshop.

After circling around, the shuttle bus finally stopped at a side gate, which also had a guardhouse with two guards inside. Upon seeing the person appear at the gate, they carefully examined them and handed over a registration book.

"Mr. Lei, please register me!"

"Do you know me?" Lei Jun took the register and filled in his name.

They returned the register.

The security guard took the register, opened the door, and explained, "We have photos and identification information of the company's main partners here."

"Our Director Han just called and asked us to let you in."

"this way please!"

"I'll get in touch with Engineer Su Lechuan for you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the landline dialing sounded. Hearing unfamiliar names, Lei Jun rested his hands on the windowsill and asked with a smile, "Aren't your chief engineers Mao Xiaofei and Cao Bin?"

"Engineer Cao and Engineer Mao's main work area isn't here. The chief engineer for this workshop is currently Engineer Su Lechuan." The gatekeeper shook his head, explained, and then quickly held up his finger in front of him, signaling Lei Jun to be quiet.

"Mr. Su, Mr. Lei from Xiaomi Group wants to come in for a visit. It's on Mr. Lin's orders. Should I take him to your workshop office, or...?"

"The testing ground, I'm over here!" A deep voice came from the phone receiver, and the gatekeeper's gaze returned to Lei Jun: "Mr. Lei, I'll take you to the testing ground!"

The gatekeeper pushed open the door and walked out, leading the way, with Lei Jun following behind like a curious child.

For the past ten years or so, he has been working on software and has never touched hardware. Now that he's starting to work on mobile phones, he's instinctively trying to emulate Apple's approach and wants to adopt a light-asset model.

However, after meeting Lin Yi a few times, I suddenly realized that this asset-heavy model is actually quite good.

Compared to the asset-light model, this asset-heavy model is more likely to win over local governments.

He was also considering whether he should set up two production lines, or at least two.

Try it first before talking.

Soon, the two arrived at the experimental site. The gatekeeper pointed to the way in, turned around, and left without hesitation.

After walking a few more steps, Lei Jun spotted the man standing at the laboratory entrance. He looked to be around 40 years old, with frameless glasses perched on his nose. He exuded an air of refinement, but Lei Jun felt as if he were a powder keg hidden beneath the surface, ready to explode at any moment.

He walked over: "Engineer Su?"

Upon hearing the voice, Su Lechuan looked up, smiled, and walked towards Lei Jun. Without much small talk or preamble, he pointed to the experimental field and said, "President Lei!"

"This way, please..."

Following the direction Su Lechuan pointed, Lei Jun's eyes widened immediately. There were six cars parked on the cement ground of the experimental field.

At the far end was a very common electric bicycle, with an assembled shell and painted light pink. In the Suzhou sunlight at seven or eight o'clock, the light pink paint looked shiny and very beautiful.

Beyond the electric bicycle was a motorcycle, a very ordinary design, a classic red body, a black seat, a stainless steel luggage rack, no license plate, you could throw it on the road and lose it and never find it again.

The front of this red and black motorcycle has a large headlight that doesn't match the body at all; it's a matrix headlight that's obviously very bright.

Next to the red and black motorcycle was a tricycle, painted red, with nothing particularly outstanding about it.

Beyond the three-wheeled vehicle is a rather uncommon four-wheeled off-road motorcycle. The wheels are small, and it has the same red and black color scheme, with nothing particularly special about it.

Next to the four-wheeled off-road motorcycle is a green motorcycle.

This green motorcycle looks a lot like the Kawasaki Z1000, but the color of the green motorcycle is not the standard candy green of the Kawasaki Z1000.

So, this is a fake car!
but it does not matter!
Just have some fun!
Behind the motorcycle was a green-painted, rudimentary-looking jeep. The vehicle only had a driver's seat and a passenger seat, with a cargo box at the back. Even though it was painted green, you could still see the welding scars underneath through the paint.

To be fair, this welding process is ugly.

Lei Jun smiled and walked towards the vehicles. As he got closer, he noticed another vehicle next to the heavy electric bicycle.

However, because that car was relatively flat, its view was blocked by other cars!

That's a go-kart!

Go-karts in the game!

He turned around almost without hesitation, his gaze fixed intently on Su Lechuan: "Engineer Su, that go-kart..."

Without saying much, the emotions in his eyes conveyed everything he wanted to say.

Su Lechuan scratched his head, pulled a walkie-talkie from his pocket, and shouted into it:
"Where are you people?"

Not long after the shout, about 10 people came out of the workshop opposite the test site, carrying instruments and documents, and walked into the test site, finally coming to the two people.

After putting their things down, the dozen or so people gathered in front of Su Lechuan, lined up, and counted off.

After the count was finished, Su Lechuan pointed at Lei Jun and said, "This is Mr. Lei from Xiaomi Group. Xiaomi Group, under his company, is a partner of our company."

"He wants to see electric cars, why don't you show them to Mr. Lei?"

Upon hearing Su Lechuan's instructions, seven people immediately stepped forward from the dozen or so people. These seven people seemed to have rehearsed countless times; without exchanging words, they passed each other and walked towards their own vehicles.

After they got on the electric vehicles, Su Lechuan came to Lei Jun's side, pointed to the electric vehicles, and whispered an explanation:

"This pink one is our main product, an electric scooter for commuting."

"Although it is called an electric bicycle, you can easily reach 75 kilometers per hour just by turning on the switch."

"Of course, the limit of this car is not 75, it's that we set the electronic speed limiter to 75."

He had just finished speaking when the tester, riding on a pink electric bicycle, turned the key and started the bicycle.

Then, with a gentle twist of the throttle, the electric bicycle shot off the concrete like an arrow, hurtling towards the test track. Its 16-inch tires kicked up the dry soil, creating a long trail of dust behind it.

A gust of wind blew, and the dust that was kicked up landed in front of Su Lechuan and his companions. After swallowing a mouthful of dust, Su Lechuan expressionlessly picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Drive slower!"

The cyclist seemed very obedient, and indeed slowed down after the walkie-talkie stopped.

Seeing this, Su Lechuan pulled Lei Jun to the red and black motorcycle, patted the seat, and plopped down on it.
"This is an electric motorcycle!"

"A classic 125cc motorcycle design, weighing 125 kg, with a 30 kg, 70 kW super-large capacity battery and a 20 kg high-power electric motor."

"The overall frame structure has been strengthened while reducing weight, making it easy to achieve a range of 400 kilometers."

"Mr. Lei, would you like to try it out?"

Looking at the classic color scheme of the motorcycle, Lei Jun wanted to twist the throttle, but when he thought of the go-kart next to him, he waved his hand gently to indicate his refusal.

Without him touching it, the tester next to him gently twisted the throttle, and the 125cc electric motorcycle shot off like an arrow.

The 125cc electric motorcycle moved aside, and what appeared in front of them was the red tricycle.

This time, Su Lechuan didn't explain, but instead helped the tester next to the tricycle load things onto it.

It contained sandbags, made of burlap, with a string of numbers painted on them in vermilion.

Standard loading and unloading: 100 catties/bag!

Under Lei Jun's watchful eye, these ruthless men threw 20 bags onto the tricycle. Every time they threw a bag onto it, Lei Jun would take a step back.

Because every time he threw a sandbag, the tricycle wheel would sink a little, he was really afraid the wheel would explode.

After throwing the last sandbag, Su Lechuan patted the dust off his hands and pointed to the tricycle: "It's for hauling goods. Our boss Lin requires it to carry at least one ton."

"Of course, we label it as 500 kilograms!"

"Go!" He waved his hand sharply at the last moment, and the driver of the tricycle twisted the throttle. The tricycle began to move slowly forward, and the speed increased.

"Drive slower!" After giving the instruction, the two walked up to a four-wheeled electric off-road motorcycle and kicked it hard.

"This is just a hobby project; there's practically no market for it. Mr. Lei, would you like to give it a try?"

In response to the invitation, Lei Jun waved his hand again, his gaze once more sweeping over the cars in front and landing on the go-kart at the very back.

Seeing his expression, Su Lechuan didn't bother to continue the introduction. He led Lei Jun to take care of the cars in front, and finally stopped in front of the go-karts. He squatted down and stroked the go-kart steering wheel.

"Mr. Lei, have you played that game?"

"That KartRider!"

"This go-kart can reach a top speed of 110 km/h."

"I noticed Mr. Lei looked at this go-kart several times. Would you like to try it out?"

"Then I'll accept without hesitation!" Lei Jun showed no modesty whatsoever. He gripped the steering wheel with both hands, plopped down in the seat, shifted his body a few times, and naturally adjusted to a comfortable position.

He shook the steering wheel a couple of times: "Engineer Su, how do you drive this thing?"

Su Lechuan pulled Lei Jun's hand off the steering wheel and pressed it to the left rear of the seat: "This lever is the handbrake!"

"The pedal on your left foot is the brake!"

"The right foot pedal is the accelerator!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Jun pulled the handbrake with his left hand and gently pressed the accelerator with his right foot. The battery output power, starting the electric motor and driving the 12-inch tires to rub against the ground.

"Whoa—" With a strange cry, the go-kart, carrying Lei Jun, followed the trajectory of the tricycle and entered the vehicle testing ground.

Cement roads, dirt roads, grassy areas, asphalt roads, flooded roads...

Within minutes, the only sounds in the field were the hum of electric motors, the squeaking of tires against the ground, the occasional reports from walkie-talkies, and Lei Jun's strange cries.

Hearing the strange cry, Su Lechuan unconsciously pinched the bridge of his nose. He really wanted to ask Lin Yi and Lei Jun if they had some serious illness.

But when he thought about his salary, he felt that he was the one with a serious illness.

The boss!
What is a boss?

The person who gives out money is called the boss!

The boss is everything, as long as the boss is happy.

After yelling and screaming on the track for over twenty minutes, Lei Jun, covered in mud, finally drove the go-kart back to Su Lechuan, pulled the brakes, and casually sat on the go-kart to begin his critique:

"These wheels are a little too narrow; it would be better if they were wider!"

"It would be best to use... um... a bald tire!"

"This size also needs to be increased, ideally large enough for a person to lie down, and then add a car window... no, a cover on top..."

At first, Su Lechuan listened attentively to his comments, but as he listened, he realized something was amiss.

Finally, he asked bluntly, "Mr. Lei, you're probably referring to Formula 1 racing, right?"

On the go-kart, Lei Jun nodded naturally: "Yes!"

"Hamilton was a karting driver before becoming an F1 driver."

"If a race car driver can grow from a karting driver to an F1 driver, why can't your karting grow into an F1 car?"

Su Lechuan didn't want to talk, he just wanted to hit someone. He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the urge to hit someone, and gently beckoned to Lei Jun: "You get down here right now!"

"Let's have some fun!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Lei Jun released the handbrake again, drove the go-kart into the test track, and the strange screams rang out once more.

Seeing this, Su Lechuan, feeling utterly hopeless, pulled out his phone and dialed a number:
"Is this the front desk? Please connect me to General Manager Lin's office; I need to report something!"

beep...

After a brief busy signal, Lin Yi's voice came through the phone: "Old Su, what's going on?"

"That Mr. Lei has been playing go-karting like crazy, and even commented that our go-karts could be upgraded to F1 cars."

“I wanted him to come down, but he wouldn’t, and now he’s back on the field.”

After finishing his complaint, Su Lechuan fixed his gaze on Lei Jun, deciding to stop him the next time he came.

However, the next second, he received devastating news through his phone's receiver:
"Prepare three more!"

"I just reviewed the materials; you have made extra preparations!"

(End of this chapter)