There were a lot of media reporters at the press conference.

When the time came, Musk, who had a calm expression, walked up to the podium, and he said straight to the point: "I'm happy to announce the good news to you, I just received a $100 million investment, which will be used for Tesla and SpaceX, respectively." ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

"$100 million investment?"

"Musk actually found a big investment of $100 million!!"

"Someone pulled Musk, who had run out of ammunition, back from the edge of the cliff!"

"Who threw $100 million into him?"

In fact, before coming, many people thought that Musk's press conference was to report bankruptcy.

It's no secret that Musk is at the end of his rope.

Before meeting Bian Xuedao, in order to make money, Musk sold his house, sold his private jet, sold his McLaren F1 sports car, sold all his valuable things, and lived in a small hotel He still walked into the countdown to bankruptcy step by step.

Moreover, before the press conference, none of the American billionaires and consortiums announced their stakes in Tesla and SpaceX.

$100 million is not a small amount of money, where did Musk find it?

Unfortunately, Musk is vague about the specific investor, only saying that he is investing in an outstanding entrepreneur who loves space exploration and has a passion for new energy, and the name of this entrepreneur will be reflected in the company's next financial report.

This is tantamount to selling out.

The people in the audience were tickled by Musk, but they were helpless about him.

Many reporters at the scene have already made up their minds in their hearts, and after the press conference, they immediately began to inquire about Musk's whereabouts in the past half a month to see who he has contacted, and the mysterious investor must be among these people.

On the podium......

Musk went on to announce: "SpaceX will conduct the fourth launch of Falcon 1 on September 28, 2008. ”

"In addition, SpaceX's 'Dragon' spacecraft has been officially renamed the 'Long' spacecraft. ”

At the press conference, many reporters were blindsided when they heard this name change!

What's changed?

"Long" spaceship?

"Long" means "long" in English, is it called "long" spaceship?

If you take the meaning of "long distance" or "expedition", then you don't use the word "Long"!

What is Musk thinking?

Only a Chinese reporter at the scene vaguely guessed a few points -- "Dragon" means dragon, and "Long" is the pinyin of the Chinese character "dragon".

Could it be that Musk said that the $100 million investment was invested by Chinese?

Even if the Chinese invest money, Musk should not easily agree to change the name of the spacecraft, unless there are some unknown secrets.

This journalist guessed right......

After speaking, Musk turned around and pressed the micro remote control in his hand, and the big screen behind him appeared.

Pointing to the big screen, Musk said, "This is the new icon of the 'Long' spacecraft. ”

Some of you who have seen the old icon of the "Dragon" ship remember that the previous icon was an abstract black dragon with two huge wings.

Today with this new icon, the winged black dragon has become a red oriental dragon.

All right......

This name change is exactly the "gift" that Bian Xuedao asked Musk for.

No matter how much Bian Xuedao shouted "Chinese is the best", he never fantasized about printing the Chinese character "dragon" on the SpaceX spacecraft, if that is the case, the federal government of the United States will teach him and Musk to be human beings every minute.

Bian Xuedao is not so stupid, and Musk is not so stupid, but the two can really talk, and they can even be called bosom friends, plus Musk, who "burns money as his main business", feels that Bian Xuedao is a top capable person and will be a good long-term investment partner, so he gave Bian Xuedao a face, played side ball, and renamed "Dragon" to "Long".

This name change perfectly reflects Musk's character - the goals he pursues are very wild, but he is very good and pragmatic.

At the same time, I have to say that Musk can be so face-saving because the timing of Bian Xuedao's investment is too accurate and ingenious.

So to speak......

If it had been five months earlier, when Musk's Falcon 1 had not yet made its third launch, several investors still had confidence in SpaceX, which had failed twice. If the investment is made before the failure of the third launch, Musk will welcome the investment from Bian Xuedao, but will not be so grateful.

Equally......

If three months later, Musk's Falcon 1 completes its fourth launch, the Falcon 1 rocket will become the world's first liquid orbital rocket built with private funds, and SpaceX will become the world's first private company to successfully launch a launch vehicle. At that time, even NASA would give Musk a big contract, and it was a question of whether Musk would receive the $100 million.

Knowing where to go, and striking at the right time, is one of the benefits of the reborn.

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No matter how awesome the welfare of the reborn is, there are situations that he can't handle.

There's a good saying: you can put all your eggs in the same basket, but only if you can control what happens in the basket.

The problem is that some baskets are rules, and some are not.

Some baskets, with the owner's eggs, some people want to take away, want to crush it, not only pinch the eggs, sometimes even the owner of the egg pinch, this is too insecure.

After the incident of Tong Yungui and Xu Tycoon, he realized that the role of the "golden body" was limited, and Bian Xuedao decided to open the eggs in his hand.

Yu flew from Yanjing to Hong Kong today, not only to hide out to avoid suspicion and wait and see the limelight, but also to "put eggs" for Bian Xuedao.

Not long ago, he got the news that the current owner of "Hedong Garden" intends to sell the house, and in a small area, it has attracted the attention of several powerful buyers.

When I talked to Bian Xuedao for the first time, I just listened to it.

Before going to the United States this time, Bian Xuedao suddenly said to Yu Jin: "Yanjing is about it, you go to Hong Kong, if the total price of Hedong Garden does not exceed 4.5 billion RMB, tell me." ”

As soon as I heard it, I understood that I was thinking about defeat before I thought about winning, and Lao Bian was preparing for a back road with Tong Yungui.

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July 12, Yanjing.

At 9:10 a.m., Fan Qingyu, who was wearing light makeup, went out with Xia Ye and went to Zhao for an appointment.

Even if he resigned, after all, he had worked together for five or six years, not a colleague but also a friend, and in the firm, Mr. Zhao has always taken good care of Fan Qingyu. Therefore, this time, Mr. Zhao asked Fan Qingyu to dinner, saying that he wanted to ask her for a favor, and Fan Qingyu readily agreed.

At the same time......

In a rental house, Li Wei quietly ate a bowl of green vegetable egg noodles made by himself, although he couldn't eat it halfway through, he still insisted on eating the last bite, and even drank the soup clean.

Go to the kitchen to clean the dishes, put them in the cupboard, walk back to the bedroom, light a cigarette, Li Wei sat on the edge of the bed, pulled out two photos from under the pillow, and looked carefully at the photos in his hand while smoking.

In a photo, it is Li Xiang, Li Xiang who sang to him with a guitar on Li Wei's birthday.

The other photo is a black-and-white photo, in which Li Wei's parents are taken.

The smoke burned out......

Li Wei walked into the bathroom with the photo, burned the photo to ashes, threw it into the toilet and flushed it down, then picked up the car keys, put on a baseball cap, carried a backpack, and resolutely went out.