Chapter 148: Rat, rat, me duck, the wash is coming

Chapter 148: Rat, rat, me duck, the wash is coming

"You still need me to teach you such a small thing... Then what do I feed you for?"

Bai Ye cursed at Jordan and then hung up the phone.

Jordan, who was in Silicon Valley, felt ashamed.

As for the resentment caused by being scolded...it doesn't exist. Bai Ye can make him tens of millions of dollars a year. What's wrong with scolding him? He was only afraid of making the young master angry.

"A bunch of losers!"

Bai Ye threw the phone away, then hugged Betty, who was wearing a wedding dress, on his lap and said:

"Come on, baby, let's continue. You can close your eyes, imagine me as Bruce Banner, recall his voice and appearance, and those beautiful scenes you once had..."

"The person reaching out to caress you now is Bruce Banner, and the person kissing your lips is also Bruce Banner..."

Betty was becoming more and more involved in the cosplay. She hugged Bai Ye's neck with her backhand and began to kiss Bai Ye back.

The two had a great time, and it wasn't until dawn that the lights in Betty's house went out.

…

The next day.

Villa No. 10924, Chalon Road, is surrounded by lush shrubs and has great privacy.

The mansion has an interior area of ​​20,248 square feet and is designed in the style of a French country manor. It has a total of 7 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, as well as a wine cellar and a two-story library.

Not only is the indoor area large, it also has nearly 1.7 acres of outdoor space, not only a private gym and five-car garage, but also an outdoor pool and spa.

This is the home of Silicon Valley rising star Elon Musk, a rented house.

7am.

Elon Musk woke up on time.

Suddenly, he felt his hands were slippery.

Elon Musk opened the quilt in confusion and took out his hand, and suddenly found that his hand was covered with blood.

"What?"

Elon Musk is a little confused. Could it be that his anxiety these days has caused him to have a hemorrhage?

He continued to pull the quilt down.

Then he discovered a severed horse head placed on his bed...

He stared at the horse head blankly, with only one thought in his mind:

"An offer you can't refuse?"

This was the darkest year of Musk's life. Tesla had a huge financial deficit, SpaceX failed three launches, and an overwhelming financial crisis ensued. He was also tortured by divorce, employee resignations, and ridicule from the outside world. .

For example, the "Truth About Cars" website has a "Countdown to Tesla's Death" column, which is like watching a joke, waiting for Tesla to die. There were even 50 articles talking about how Tesla will perish in one day. Some Tesla employees even broke the news, claiming that Tesla deceived the public and that all order cash was squandered... That year, Musk felt that he was the target of public criticism.

It’s just that Musk didn’t expect that he would be in such a miserable state and that someone would bully him.

"what to do?"

Musk is also a mortal, and he is also afraid of death. Faced with such drastic measures, he will also be afraid of being hit by a dump truck and die on the street. It is perfectly normal to feel fear.

He tried hard to suppress his fear and began to think about who the other party was?

Musk recalled all the enemies in his life and finally identified the murderer. Osborne and Stark came to negotiate with him yesterday afternoon. He originally wanted to use his excellent negotiation skills to let Osborne and Stark Grams took a stake in Tesla, but they wanted to swallow it up, and he ultimately rejected the acquisition.

Osborne is the most powerful medical complex in the United States, and Stark is the most powerful military-industrial complex in the United States. They are both behemoths with a license to kill. If you want to deal with this little Elon Musk, then Nothing more normal and simple.

"Isn't it? Isn't it just that I rejected your request to acquire Tesla as a whole? Are you using this method to threaten me? Do you two giants think too highly of me?" Musk was about to cry without tears: "Tes La is just a little Karami worth hundreds of millions of dollars!"

To be honest, Tesla’s market value is estimated to be just the turnover of Osborne Group and Stark Group in one day. Musk remembers that Osborne Group’s revenue last year was more than 80 billion US dollars, and its turnover in one day was almost 3 With US$100 million, he couldn't figure it out at all. How could Tesla attract these two giants and give them such an inevitable trend?

And Musk understands even more clearly that if he dares not to agree to the acquisition invitation, he will be in trouble!

Today someone cuts off a horse's head, but tomorrow it will be his human head.

He calmly called the maid, cleaned the room, took a shower, drank a cup of coffee, ate some egg rolls, and drove to Tesla's headquarters in Palo Alto. On the way, he called Jordan:

"Mr. Belfort, after a night of careful thinking, I have decided to agree to your acquisition invitation. In addition, I have to discuss it with other shareholders."

"No problem." Jordan said with a hearty smile: "Mr. Musk, it's a pleasure to cooperate with you. Don't worry, we will give you a satisfactory valuation."

After hanging up the phone, Musk couldn't help but slap the steering wheel and cursed "Fuck!".

Tesla was originally a very important part of his career puzzle. Even though he was almost at the end of his rope, he never thought of giving up control of Tesla. As a result, he was being bought and sold by force. Only then could he be happy. Weird.

But what can be done?

The arms can't twist the thighs.

Let alone him, how many people in the entire United States can withstand the pressure exerted by Osborne and Stark at the same time?

Tesla's matter took two days of tossing. Finally, Stark Group and Venus Energy packaged the acquisition of Tesla at a valuation of US$600 million, and Tesla's early investors included Google's Larry Page. Seven of Tesla's early investors, including Sergey Brin and eBay's Jeff Skoll, didn't even dare to let go of any of them and walked away with several times the return.

After signing the contract, Musk was disappointed and relieved at the same time, because this acquisition allowed him to get close to US$200 million in cash. He lost Tesla, and his other company, Space X, was saved.

In fact, he still values ​​Space X more than Tesla.

"Belfort, please give my regards to Mr. Osborne Jr. and Mr. Stark. Tesla will be handed over to you from now on."

Musk bowed to Jordan and was about to leave. After all, this was Tesla's headquarters and no longer belonged to him.

Jordan stopped him and said with a smile: "Mr. Musk, don't be anxious now. This business is over. We have other businesses we can continue to discuss."

"Other business?"

Musk wondered.

Doesn't it mean Space X?

shit!

If you rob Tesla and want to rob Space

Oh my gosh!

Don’t they all say that America is a paradise of freedom and democracy? How could there be such shameless people as Osborne and Stark, forcing me to die alone!

Jordan said slowly: "We invite Mr. Musk to continue to be the CEO of Tesla and give you 20% of the management shares."

"What?"

Musk looked at Jordan with a black question mark on his head.

You took Tesla away from me and then invited me to be the CEO of Tesla. What’s the difference between taking off your pants and farting?

Jordan saw Musk's confusion and explained with a smile: "Maybe Mr. Musk was so anxious during this period that he forgot to watch more news. Have you seen the video of Tony Stark fighting in a mecha? ?Stark and our Venus Energy have broken through cold nuclear fusion technology and completed a new energy revolution. From now on, the human world can slowly abandon fossil energy and use the clean energy we create. But Mr. Musk Perhaps you also understand how powerful the American energy giants are, and even Osborne and Stark cannot forcefully promote new energy standards immediately unless we are willing to hand over the technology and share it."

"Of course this is impossible! This new energy source is too important. According to the wishes of Mr. Stark and Mr. Osborne Jr., they are unwilling to use this new energy source in war. So in order to break through the blockade of the energy giants , we can only choose emerging industries to start business, and new energy vehicles are one of the industries they have chosen. In order to save time and accumulate strength to promote new energy standards as soon as possible, they selected Tesla, the leader in new energy vehicles, and Mr. Osborne Jr. also valued your management skills, Mr. Musk, and he convinced Mr. Stark that he was willing to hire Musk as the CEO of Tesla."

He looked at Musk, who was gradually trembling: "Yes, Mr. Musk, you guessed it right. Tesla will use cold fusion energy next. The biggest obstacle restricting the development of new energy vehicles, cruising range, will No longer exists! To be honest, if Venus Energy and Stark Group were not willing to acquire Tesla, then by the time we officially announced our entry into the new energy vehicle industry, Tesla would immediately become garbage abandoned by the times."

Musk knows that Jordan is right. Without the black technology of Stark and Osborne, even in another 20 years, the biggest obstacle to the development of new energy vehicles will still be cruising range. Now it is different. The energy used to support mecha battles is used to support the battery life of new energy vehicles. This is a dimensionality reduction attack.

"So Mr. Musk, are you willing to take over this position?" Jordan smiled.

"I...will!"

Musk thought for a long time and chose to nod.

Such a fool would not want to do this. Before this, his shareholding in Tesla was only a little over 30%. Now he has received nearly 200 million US dollars in cash, and he has returned to serve as a superpower with two major backers behind him. The CEO of Tesla can still own 20% of the management shares. This is so cool, right?

Of course, he also knows that these 20% shares are not easy to get, and there must be restrictions in terms of performance requirements, etc., but it is already much more than what he got in Tesla, which owns 30% of the shares. After all, he has used it Tesla, which uses cold fusion energy, is like a heifer flying on a plane. It’s so awesome, right? The cake has become dozens of times bigger!

As for the two more big investors behind him who cannot disobey him, Musk didn’t care so much after he thought about it. Those doing business in Silicon Valley these days, especially those who can make the business big, how could there not be a few big investors behind them? The sponsor?

Even Google, which packages itself with the slogan "Don't be evil," portrays itself as a friendly, hip, and humane technology company that has made a name for itself through a combination of technology, luck, and true innovation. This is true, but only part of the story. In reality, Google is a smokescreen lurking behind the American military-industrial complex.

The CIA's Highland Forum provided some funding to Sergey Brin when he and Larry Page were working together to develop Google.

Based on the concept of "mass surveillance as the main way to obtain information on a global scale", in the name of the joint project "CIA-National Security Agency-Massive Digital Data System", Google has also received subsequent support from the Pentagon, CIA, and national "Substantial" seed funding and oversight from the Security Agency and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

There is no doubt that Google has a strong background in the US military.

And Google did not disappoint its funders. Through the Project Maven program, it helped American drones develop artificial intelligence image recognition software and "win the war between computer algorithms and artificial intelligence" by improving the U.S. military's ability to analyze drone videos. .

Despite collective opposition from employees, Project Maven has not actually been cancelled. Even Google will continue to provide services to the Department of Defense until the day the contract expires in 2019.

Therefore, if a reborn person thinks that he can acquire the company for his own use in the initial stage of Google's launch, it is purely a dream. At most, he can make some financial investment, get some money, and hurry up when it's time to run away. Escape, otherwise the person dies and the Google shares are gone. Without strength, simply rich, they are just pigs waiting to be slaughtered.

Musk now feels that even Google, the "Light of Humanity", has done a lot of dirty things behind the scenes for its big financiers. No matter how bad the two big financiers behind him are, can they be as bad as the big financier behind Google?

"OK."

Jordan smiled and nodded and said:

"Since Mr. Musk has accepted this position, please rest assured that engineers from Stark Group and Venus Energy will soon be stationed at Tesla to help you complete the transformation of Tesla."

Musk accepted the fate of being a younger brother, changed his mind, and soon became excited. With the blessing of cold nuclear fusion technology, he had too many plans to make money for Tesla in his mind.

Blessing to the soul.

Musk asked Jordan: "Can I go to New York to visit Mr. Osborne Jr. and Mr. Stark?"

Jordan glanced at Musk in surprise. This man's attitude change was too smooth. No, his position as the number one younger brother under his young master would not be taken away by him, right?

"I need to call and ask."

Jordan hesitated slightly, picked up the phone and called Bai Ye. After a moment, he nodded towards Musk:

"The master said it's okay."

Ever since, Jordan and the others bought an extra ticket for Musk when they returned.

After leaving JFK Airport, Jordan went all the way to Venus Energy Company.

After entering the company, Jordan and Musk went through a search and investigation before arriving at the Ark Reactor laboratory.

"Master, I've lived up to your expectations, I'm back."

Jordan stepped forward with a smile.

"Very good, your bonus will be doubled this month."

Bai Ye also broke away from watching the manufacturing process of Ivan Vanke's Ark reactor, saw Jordan and Musk, and smiled.

"Hello, Master Osborne, I am Elon Musk."

Musk quickly stepped forward to say hello, bowed slightly, and kept his posture very low.

"Are you Musk? Yes, you did a great job." Bai Ye reached out and patted Musk on the shoulder, smiling: "To be able to come to the United States from a North African with nothing and do such a big thing, It’s really not easy.”

Musk's nose became sore and he almost shed tears.

His journey along the way was really not easy. His father was a bankrupt domestic violence man. Apart from raising him, he gave him almost no financial support. When he came to the United States, when he was 17 years old, he lived in a youth house. I stayed in a hotel, worked various odd jobs, and sawed wood on a relative's farm for several months.

I didn’t expect that the big benefactor would still care about these little things about him... It’s so touching.

Bai Ye: "But it will be different in the future. I am optimistic about you. I think you will be the next richest man in the world."

"No, no, no, what virtue and ability can I have to snatch this position for you, Master Osborne?" Musk waved his hand quickly.

"I don't want to be the richest man in the world! I think Tony has a similar idea. This world is still yours after all!"

Byakuya shrugged.

Musk thinks about it and feels the same way. Rich people like Osborne and Stark have long disdained to compete for the title of the world's richest man. What they want is actual power.

Just like the DuPont family, the Rockefeller family, and the Morgan family, there are almost no names of these people on the world's richest list, but among the American elite, who can ignore the existence of these families?

The right to speak is in other people’s hands!

People just want to keep a low profile, so they don't like to show off.

"This is the Ark Reactor that can start a new round of energy revolution. Do you think it's okay?"

Bai Ye handed an Ark Reactor to Musk.

Musk hurriedly took over the Ark Reactor, which was emitting a faint blue light, and said cautiously:

"Isn't this thing radioactive?"

"The Ark Reactor is made with palladium as its core element, and palladium is not radioactive. It is quite stable. Even if you hit it with a hammer, it will not explode like a nuclear bomb."

Bai Ye snapped his fingers and called Ivan Vanko, who was playing with the birds over there, and said:

"Ivan, come and explain to Musk the working principle of the Ark reactor."

"There's so much going on!"

Ivan Vanke rolled his eyes, but did not refuse. He gave Musk a science talk with a cold face and a bad tone.

After finishing speaking, regardless of whether Musk could understand or not, he left alone.

"This employee... really has a character!"

Musk said sarcastically.

"If you can independently develop this Ark Reactor, maybe you have more character than him." Bai Ye smiled and said, "We tend to be more tolerant towards those who have the ability."

After listening to Ivan Vanke's explanation, Musk also had a written report in his hand. After reading it carefully, he found that the Ark reactor was indeed a genuine cold nuclear fusion, a type of energy that could usher in a new round of energy revolution. of great creation.

It is really unimaginable, with the current underlying technology, how on earth can such a great technology breakthrough be achieved?

It simply does not comply with the rules of technological development.

After confirming the data of the Ark Reactor, he came up with countless ways to make money using the Ark Reactor.

"marvelous!"

Musk was full of praise while holding the Ark Reactor:

“Tesla has the blessing of technology like the Ark Reactor. It’s really hard for me to imagine that anything else in this world can stop Tesla’s growth.”

"Don't underestimate the counterattack of energy giants and automobile capital. Maybe they can't stop the vigorous growth of new energy vehicles, but they can delay our time. But the thing we lack most at this time is time." Bai Ye said: "Xiao Ma, I have a good idea for Tesla. For example, we will make Tesla's patents public so that all new energy vehicle companies can use them for free. What do you think?"

"ah?"

Musk was immediately shocked:

"Master Osborne, if all Tesla patents are made public, what competitive advantage will Tesla have in the future?"

"Restricting the development of the industry by applying for patents is a game played by the weak! Real technology companies don't bother to do this. They only need to set industry standards." Bai Ye said disdainfully: "Xiao Ma, please expand your layout. Tesla’s real competitors do not come from other electric vehicle manufacturers, but from traditional fuel vehicles and energy giants, so we need to make the pie of new energy vehicles bigger. By opening up Tesla’s technology patents, we can encourage other companies. Automobile manufacturers have entered the pure electric vehicle market to promote the development and popularization of electric vehicle technology. Kidnap more interests and capital and help us fight against those vested interests!"

Musk thought about it carefully and suddenly felt that Bai Ye's idea was wonderful, it was simply a stroke of genius.

Yes, Tesla is now the leader in new energy vehicles, and what it has begun to consider is no longer just sticking to its advantages, but creating an ecosystem and setting industry standards.

"Of course, we open source Tesla's technology. Those companies that want to use Tesla's technology will also have their technology used by Tesla for free. This is a good way for everyone to develop and make progress together."

Bai Ye added.

Musk looked at Bai Ye with admiration. Although this young master was younger than him, his business acumen and strategic vision were obviously stronger than his!

Chatted for a long time.

Bai Ye said again: "Xiao Ma, I heard that your Space , I have discussed with Tony, and we can jointly invest US$1 billion in your Space X. In addition, Stark Group will open up some licenses for rocket and satellite technology to Space

How about it?

Musk was so excited that he almost cried. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, he really wanted to give Bai Ye a kiss. Bai Ye solved all the problems that troubled him: What's wrong with being a dog to my brother?