At noon the next day, Jiang Chen met with Elon Musk, who flew from the Western Hemisphere, in the conference room of the Future Building. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info, a Silicon Valley legend who is nearly 50 years old, still looks energetic at a glance, and he can't find what he should look like at the age of fifty.

"Sit. Looking at Elon Musk who walked into the conference room, Jiang Chen pointed to the chair next to the conference table and said with a smile.

"Thank you. Elon nodded politely, sat down in his seat, and looked at Jiang Chen.

Just as Jiang Chen was looking at him, he was actually looking at Jiang Chen as well.

I have always heard that this self-made young man in his twenties has built such a global technology empire in less than five years.

Involving industries from the Internet to new energy, and then from new materials to aerospace, the tentacles are almost all over all aspects of human production and life, but the future that people can envision, the Future People Group has turned it into reality.

Elon Musk still can't figure out a question, how does Jiang Chen's head grow. It is unbelievable that such a demon was born in a country that is most unlikely to give birth to a great man.

"Mr. Musk came all the way here to find me, presumably not to have tea and chat with me. Jiang Chen smiled slightly, leaned back in his chair, and crossed his fingers in front of his knees, "You and I are busy people with hundreds of thousands of dollars a minute, we might as well get straight to the point." ”

Elon Musk stared at Jiang Chen for half a minute, and finally sighed.

"I was thinking about how to convince you before I walked in the door. ”

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows.

"Oh, don't you want to do it now?"

Elon Musk shook his head and continued, "I want to think about it, but when I saw you, I knew that it was basically impossible to convince you." ”

"Can I hear the reason?" Jiang Chen said with a smile.

"Because we are the same kind of people," Elon Musk looked at Jiang Chen and said seriously, "Once you recognize something, it will never be easily changed." ”

Elon Musk's words made Jiang Chen fall into deep thought.

However, this contemplation only lasted less than ten seconds, and Jiang Chen spread out his hand and said in a relaxed tone, "You're right, if you're here today for the Earth Fleet project, I can tell you very clearly that you can go back." ”

Hearing Jiang Chen's words that he almost sentenced the future of SpaceX to death, Elon Musk's expression couldn't help but be a little bitter.

"Can't we give Silicon Valley enterprises a chance to compete fairly? We have a technological advantage in aerospace technology that far surpasses that of other countries' aerospace enterprises, and we will absolutely not lose to Russian and Chinese aerospace companies in terms of cost and quality. The future of humanity is at stake in the Earth Fleet, and is it just because of a little diplomatic friction that the future of the Earth is in vain?"

"Just because?" Jiang Chen interrupted Elon Musk's words with a smile, "The U.S. fleet is on Guam, right at the doorstep of the new country, do you call this 'just because'?"

Facing Elon Musk, who was speechless, Jiang Chen's fingers lightly tapped the desktop and said lightly.

"In my opinion, as long as the money is in place, there is no advantage that is permanent. You have the technological advantage you have today because of the Cold War-era space race, which gave you a large amount of the budget from Congress. ”

"We have fifty years, if not a century, to prepare for this war, and in the face of such a time scale, the advantage of starting point is completely negligible. ”

"What's more, in my opinion, your technological superiority is nothing. ”

It's nothing......

Jiang Chen's understatement negated NASA's achievements over the past half century and SpaceX's status as the world's second.

Although his heart was full of unwillingness, Elon Musk looked at Jiang Chen at this moment, but he couldn't say a word, only a bitter smile on his face.

The space elevator was built in the western Pacific Ocean, and the ring trade choked the throats of space companies around the world. In the face of such a gap, let alone the second in the world, even if the second to the hundredth in the world are all added up in front of the Transwarp trade, I am afraid that it is nothing.

Thinking of this, Elon Musk shook his head and stood up.

Since there was nothing left to talk about, there was no need for him to waste time here.

Although SpaceX and a number of Silicon Valley and Seattle companies have been excluded from the cake of the Earth fleet, Transwarp Trade has not completely left them a way to live. At least the asteroid mining project is still profitable, and the outsourcing projects of major aerospace companies are still divided into two mouthfuls...... It's just that the trillion-dollar market is afraid that it will not have a chance with them.

Stimulated by trillions of S$ money, even a pig can throw off its steps and run forward. Just as Jiang Chen said, in the next few decades, the US space technology will only be gradually thrown away by the members of the Earth Defense Alliance, unless the US Congress shows the courage of the Cold War era and also spends trillions of dollars on space programs.

But is it possible?

The gap between the United States and the new country is separated by a 36,000-kilometer space elevator.

Perhaps, there was no way to negotiate a solution to this matter from the beginning......

Just as Elon Musk got up and was about to leave, Jiang Chen suddenly smiled and spoke.

"Of course, it's not like there's no room for manoeuvre. ”

Jiang Chen's understatement was like a bomb thrown into Elon Musk's heart, which had sunk to the bottom. He turned around abruptly and looked at Jiang Chen, who was sitting at the conference table.

However, after meeting the smiling gaze, his originally pounding heart quickly regained its calm.

He knows very well that the so-called room for maneuver is only afraid that it has to be put in quotation marks.

The expression on his face changed several times, and he looked at Jiang Chen, "What do you mean?"

"There are a lot of Americans starting businesses in new countries. Jiang Chen said with a smile, "There is an old saying in Huaguo, people go to high places, and water flows to low places. Since SpaceX can't find a way out in Silicon Valley, why not consider Penglai City and Star Ring City?"

Elon Musk was stunned, and his expression suddenly became strange.

He originally thought that Jiang Chen would make some excessive demands, but he didn't expect to wave his hoe so bare to dig the foot of the wall?

"Mr. Jiang said with a smile," Elon Muskie said with a non-smiling smile, "Do you think that a company like ours can go by walking? ”

"The imminent problem?" Jiang Chen smiled and spread his hands, "I don't know what the problem is? Why can't I see it?"

"The aircraft carriers have arrived at the doorstep, isn't it a problem?" Elon Musk stared at Jiang Chen's eyes, he couldn't tell whether he was arrogant or confident, trying to find the fearless capital from his pupils, "Actually, if you take a step back, we can all live." ”

After being silent for a long time, Jiang Chen suddenly said with a smile.

"When did Silicon Valley become a lobbyist for Washington?"

"I didn't say anything. ”

Knowing that the final persuasion failed, Elon Musk shook his head, no longer wasting time, pushed open the door of the conference room and went out.

Without looking at Elon Musk, who had left, Jiang Chen clicked on the holographic screen of his watch, glanced at the calendar casually, and said as if talking to himself.

"It's almost time to get started. ”

Take a step back?

Taking a step back is hell. (To be continued.) )