I'm almost a Muggle

On March 1, 2017, the presidential dialogue of Fenghuang Finance invited Li Yan, president of Rongche.com and founder and chairman of Future Automobile.

This entrepreneurial driver founded Rongche in 2000 and led Rongche to the United States after 2010. Rongche became the first automobile Internet company listed overseas in China.

At the end of 2014, because he took a photo of extremely severe smog on his balcony, Li Yan decided to go on the road again to start Future Automobile, position himself as an international smart car company, and benchmark against Miguo's Raster.

Last year, Future Auto, which had not held a press conference, finally held its first press conference in London.

At the press conference, NIO released 6 pure electric supercars with power reaching 1,360 horsepower, benchmarking old supercars such as Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1, Porsche 918 and other old supercars.

For a moment, Li Yan became a sensational figure.

This year's presidential dialogue program specially invited this hot spot in the capital market.

At the beginning, we mainly talked about Li Yan's struggle in entrepreneurship and some issues of business philosophy.

Later, the host couldn't help asking about the cat factory.

"Actually, I have had contact with the cat factory for a long time." Li Yan didn't mind taking advantage of the cat factory's popularity.

Moreover, talking about cat factory in his personal interviews only makes people feel that he has a broad mind.

"What kind of contact is it?" The beautiful host suddenly became interested.

"About the beginning of last year, I met Mr. Pei Qianlong, vice president of group strategy at Cat Factory..." Li Yan said.

He actually didn't take Pei Qianlong seriously at the beginning.

Just one year~

"I heard that Mr. Pei is very young." The female host's eyes lit up.

"Yes, I'm about the early thirties. At that time, I was talking about the shared bicycle business, which left a very deep impression on me. Haha, it's very difficult." Li Yan said with a smile.

"Difficult? Why describe him as difficult?" They have always wanted to be an exclusive interview with the owner of the cat factory in this show.

However, this is almost impossible.

No one will reveal the identity of the owner of the cat factory.

The ones that I don’t want to break out are the competitors of the Cat Factory. Think about it, a boss who is not doing his job has done his career to this point. If he can’t act and concentrate on his career, it would be a disaster.

Whoever dares to reveal the true identity of this guy will be anxious with whom we are.

"Borrowing a friend's comment on Mr. Pei, everyone says he is wise and close to demons." Li Yan said.

"This is what you say about Zhuge Liang."

"Yes, it's not unreasonable. Looking at the development of the cat factory, Mr. Pei has definitely played an important and critical role." Li Yan was both admired and jealous.

He wasn't jealous of Eunuch Pei being smarter than him.

But I am jealous of Boss Lin, why such a person cannot be used by him.

He didn't understand why such people didn't start their own business and insisted on helping others to build a throne.

Don't worry about funds.

As long as Pei Qianlong decides to start a business and shouts from the other side, I want to raise funds, probably a lot of capital will come over to hold the money and wait for him to come.

"What about Vice President Chen Xiaoman, she seems to be the person in charge of the new energy vehicle project of the Mao Factory. What do you think the new energy vehicle of the Mao Factory has and what should you pay attention to?" The host cannot keep gossiping Pei Qianlong.

As a woman, she naturally hopes that the topic will be centered around female executives in cat factory like Chen Xiaoman or Shi Shanshan.

Moreover, Chen Xiaoman and Li Yan are both in the new energy vehicle industry.

It is more in line with today's interview topics.

"Mr. Chen seems to be the vice president of administrative affairs in Cat Factory, in charge of internal affairs. However, he has also begun to take over projects recently. Cat Car is the first major project she has accepted. I have not had much contact with her, but I have been in contact with Liu Xia, the director of Cat Factory's new energy vehicle project, and I am considered a veteran in the industry."

"It seems that the cat factory is indeed full of talents." The host nodded.

"Yes, but now cat factories, I think their biggest advantage is their technology. It is hard to imagine how long the cat factories have been preparing for this area. Moreover, they acquired two new energy vehicle giants at the beginning. Their technology is a little ahead of Miguo's Raster, which is no match in China." Li Yan was very open-minded.

Belittle your opponent will only make you feel even more embarrassed. If you lose, you will be more natural and you can be forgiven.

"Our future cars..." the host asked.

"In the future, cars are not as good as those, and there is a certain gap. There are still many places we need to work hard on. We are currently seeking to place an order with the battery factory of the Cat Factory." Li Yan said with a wry smile.

Take the ES8 model they plan to be launched this year for example.

The ES8 is a full-size 7-seater SUV with high-power electric four-wheel drive and air suspension, which is a configuration for family outings or self-driving tours.

In terms of power, it is equipped with front and rear dual motors and four-wheel drive systems, with a maximum output power of 650 horsepower, a comprehensive peak torque of 840 Nm, and an acceleration of 100 kilometers in only 4.4 seconds. It is matched with a 70kWh liquid-cooled constant temperature battery pack.

These are not important to ordinary people.

The key is that under constant speed conditions of 60 km/h, the maximum range of cruising exceeds 500 km and the comprehensive range of cruising is 355 km.

It's much worse than the Cat Factory.

According to the future automobile's own actual test, the ES8's range is 226 kilometers in the constant speed range test of 120km/h.

If the family is carrying luggage and sitting full, it will not even reach 200 kilometers.

It is far from the claimed 355 kilometers.

It's really the heart of a high-end SUV, the life of a scooter in the city.

Under the same conditions, the cat factory is said to be able to reach more than 400 kilometers. If it weren't for bragging, the gap would be even worse than the car would be tired in the future.

The 80% power that can be achieved by 30 minutes of fast-fighting, the future car will take at least one hour, and it will take three to four hours to charge slowly.

Another embarrassing gap.

This is actually nothing.

What's even more embarrassing is the price. The first batch of ES8 "foundation version" models are priced at 548,000 yuan. According to the subsidy standards in 2017, it will cost 475,400 yuan. It is mainly aimed at future auto-related founders and "friends". Only 10,000 vehicles are sold, and it has been booked.

The benchmark ES8 model is priced at 448,000 yuan, and it costs 375,400 yuan to be purchased in the capital according to the 2017 subsidy standard.

The SUV of the Cat Factory is 300,000 yuan, which is the price before subsidy.

The lower price, longer battery life and charging speed have caused the future cars to fall into unprecedented embarrassment not long ago.

The 10,000 founding versions are all friends or investors.

They won't unsubscribe anyway.

However, these booking customers in the benchmark version have set off a craze for unsubscribe.

About 17% of customers chose to unsubscribe.

In the future, the automobile will temporarily announce a lower price, which will stabilize the remaining customers.

Li Yan couldn't help but be honest with each other's differences, otherwise he would definitely be treated as a clown when sitting here.