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Lin Yuan had always been outspoken online; as a Tesla executive, he never held back when criticizing Tesla.

However, no one expected Lin Yuan to be so unreserved at such a solemn occasion as a competitor's product launch.

The Coarse Grain Factory fans initially thought Lin Yuan was there to demonstrate, but they quickly realized he was Tesla's number one critic, leaving them at a loss.

Lin Yuan instantly stole Lei Zi's thunder, and soon, self-media influencers from the audience requested an on-the-spot interview.

"Hello, Mr. Lin. I'm XXX from Tech Self-Media. I'd like to ask if Mr. Lei's idea of building a unified large delivery platform aligns with Tesla Delivery's overall strategy. To what extent will your two companies cooperate in the delivery field in the future?"

Lin Yuan thought for a moment, "Actually, I really just came to have fun today. So, when you ask such serious work questions, I honestly don't know how to answer. As for cooperation, our two companies currently don't have specific cooperation details. It's more about having a shared vision for planning the delivery industry together."

"Mr. Lin, I'm a reporter from XXX Finance. May I ask if there will be a significant overlap in the customer base for your two companies in the delivery market? Because Mr. Lei just said he would cater to all delivery customer segments, aiming for a certain share in the mid-to-high-end sector while ensuring mass consumption. Will this conflict with Tesla Delivery's goal of targeting the mid-to-high-end, and how do you plan to address this conflict?"

"I believe there won't be any conflict, because Tesla and Coarse Grain Factory are two completely different companies."

"Do you mean that the Coarse Grain Factory still has a long way to go to catch up with Tesla?"

"Whether there's a gap or not is a very subjective view. Of course, in terms of market value, there is indeed a gap between the two companies, but comparing them in that way doesn't hold much significance. Because, when it comes to 'harvesting leeks' (profiteering), the Coarse Grain Factory and us still have a big gap."

"Ah?" The entire audience was once again in an uproar.

"Uh..." Lin Yuan immediately corrected himself, "Emotional value, I misspoke. In terms of selling emotional value, the Coarse Grain Factory and us still have a big gap.

Tesla has never been a brand worth listing and calculating for cost-effectiveness. We rely on the grand vision of technology driving human progress in the future.

Similarly, Tesla Delivery will not consider cost-effectiveness. Instead, it hopes to set an example, an example of how delivery can be standardized. As for the hotly debated concept of AI managing humans, I think there's no need to worry at all.

When you take notes on your phone, you aren't being managed by your phone. In essence, we still treat AI as a management assistance tool.

Because food safety is a process that requires control at every step, it cannot be guaranteed by simple one-time or two-time spot checks or other non-long-term methods. Our original intention is not to change the current state of the entire food safety field, but to make an attempt.

We hope that in the process of standardizing delivery, we can bring everyone a brand new possibility. A way of thinking, a brand new way of handling and solving problems.

This is our ultimate goal for doing delivery this time.

In a word—technology should be used to benefit humanity, not become a shackles for humanity. On this point, Mr. Lei and I are in complete agreement."

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, the applause from the audience lasted for quite a while.

Lei Zi waited for the stage to quiet down before picking up the microphone, "Unfortunately, there's another person better than me at showing off."

Lei Zi's style was never that of a suit-and-tie CEO, so saying something like that wasn't too out of line.

"Our Coarse Grain Factory also invests huge research and development funds every year. We have developed..."

Then, Lei Zi once again began to boast.

Lin Yuan just smiled silently beside him. Because the research and development achievements Lei Zi spoke of could indeed be considered achievements for any ordinary company. But for top technology companies, they truly weren't impressive enough.

Today, there are indeed a few companies in each segmented field that can truly contend with Musk's companies. But if you consider all fields combined, there really isn't any single corporate system that has this strength.

Although everyone thinks chips and GPUs are also amazing, no matter how amazing they are, they can't surpass aerospace + AI.

Of course, Lin Yuan actually had a big question mark in his heart regarding AI.

Especially after AI training entered an era of massive computing power stacking, Dragon Country would inevitably achieve a latecomer advantage in the GPU computing power field through its stronger manufacturing advantages.

No other reason, because the overall efficiency of the Western world in manufacturing was already unwatchable.

Lin Yuan actually privately didn't think highly of Musk's OpenAI. Although he often joked about Tesla 'harvesting leeks', he wouldn't truly joke about OpenAI.

If he did that, it would be equivalent to truly stabbing Musk in the heart.

Because complaining about Tesla wouldn't genuinely affect Tesla's car sales; many people who buy it are drawn to its emotional value.

But OpenAI is different; ChatGPT is rapidly iterating and, unlike the electric vehicle sector, hasn't yet formed a truly usable product, thus it hasn't established itself as a firm first-mover.

Therefore, if Lin Yuan truly joked about OpenAI and genuinely affected OpenAI's market value, even if Musk didn't strangle him, the capital behind Musk would want Lin Yuan to die by suicide with eight bullet wounds in his back.

So, Lin Yuan knew where to draw the line.

He mocked Tesla cars because current electric car competitors hadn't presented technology that crushed Tesla, and Tesla's battery, motor, and electronic control systems were still industry-leading. As long as this point was maintained, the product advantages brought by "refrigerator, TV, and big sofa" (referring to features other brands emphasize) were completely unable to offset the first-mover advantage.

On the contrary, Lin Yuan's teasing would even give people a feeling—"Look, Tesla's executives can shamelessly self-deprecate. Can other manufacturers do that?"

In Lin Yuan's eyes, Lei Zi's emphasis on his own research achievements seemed somewhat weak.

If there truly were globally unique scientific research achievements, there wouldn't be a need to create such a pile of terms.

Attaching high-sounding terms to products was something that Lin Yuan, as an engineer, deeply detested. It was like not calling water 'water,' but insisting on calling it 'H2O.' For someone with no chemical knowledge, wouldn't they be bluffed?

What Lin Yuan truly admired was the Chrysanthemum Factory; that was a giant in the tech world, an existence capable of contending with Tesla.

Listening to Lei Zi's almost forced, defensive introduction, Lin Yuan had a fleeting feeling—why didn't he go to the Chrysanthemum Factory? Ah, who told Musk to have such discerning eyes for talent?

In Lin Yuan's eyes, the Coarse Grain Factory was actually a company that pushed technology application to its extreme. It was like a goalkeeper, used to tell the world—this is enough money to spend on making a certain thing.

The Coarse Grain Factory naturally had its immense value; with it, Tesla wouldn't dare to endlessly exploit, and at the same time, it set a benchmark for domestic manufacturers—if you can't get close to this standard, don't play anymore.

This benchmark was visible to everyone, which is why another new force in car manufacturing recently went bankrupt.

"Thank you, Mr. Lei. Mr. Lei is someone I deeply admire." Finally, Lin Yuan expressed his heartfelt respect for Lei Zi.

The more commercial activities he participated in, the more Lin Yuan felt the complexity of the world.

Standards, rules, bottom lines—they were truly difficult to define clearly.

He also increasingly understood the power of original intention.

To guide himself forward, there was truly only that purest vision from when he had nothing, that initial dream when he took his first step.

Lin Yuan wrapped his arm around Lei Zi and gave him a bear hug, "I believe Mr. Lei and I will work together to completely standardize the delivery industry."

Regardless of whether Lei Zi was using the guise of doing delivery to actually play with AI, and regardless of whether Musk also harbored such thoughts, Lin Yuan at this moment only wanted to standardize the delivery industry and then return the dominance of the delivery industry to the merchants and delivery riderss.