In this month, the trouble of worry-free payment has never stopped, but it has not accumulated, Roy has not refused, and after solving the problems one by one, it is time to take off.

"Funds are broken, technology is backward, public opinion rumors are ?......" Roy laughed contemptuously, "Worry-free payment company has injected 40 million new capital, and the funds are sufficient to overflow! The guarantee service for online shopping, we can also launch it next week! Public opinion rumors can't change the fact that worry-free payment is strong, and time will defeat the enemy of 'rumors'." ”

Peter Thiel and Elon Musk looked at each other, but they didn't expect that when their company was in various civil unrest, worry-free payments would be reborn.

At Roy's request, Peter turned on a computer and jumped to the home page of Worry-Free Payments.

The moment the web page refreshed, suddenly, Peter pointed to the computer screen, stunned. Musk was also speechless in shock, and his head seemed to be blown open by the long list of numbers in front of him.

"How is it possible?!The number of registered people has exceeded 2 million! It's only been a few days?"

Roy smiled confidently, "You don't think I'm cheating on data, do you? Everyone knows that there is no point in doing that." What's more, before the merger of our two companies, your company's technicians must have the means to verify this fact. ”

"But!How is this possible?!I remember that a week ago, the number of registrations for worry-free payment was only more than 500,000, this number is exaggerated enough, how can it be ...... again" Peter has lost his demeanor. In the face of incomprehensible explosive growth, anyone will lose proportion. You know, now the total number of PayPal users is only more than 200,000, an instant 10-fold gap, catalyzed by the "network effect", is already an insurmountable gap.

Seeing that Peter's mood seemed to be easing, Roy immediately threw out a second bombshell, "There should be a lot of fraudsters on PayPal recently, right? The amount of money to be paid to credit card institutions every day is not a small amount, right? I regret to tell that this problem, worry-free payment has also been solved." ”

Peter's lips trembled, and he stopped talking, and the carefree payment was like a mountain, and he couldn't breathe.

Roy stood up with a smile and made a gesture of leaving, "Peter, you know, I am very sincere. Together, there are two benefits, and there are two injuries when divided. I want you to figure out the current situation before making a decision, there is not much time left for you. ”

The conference room was solemn, and the pins could be heard.

Before leaving the door, Roy turned around again, performed one last time, and continued to put pressure on the other party, "By the way, I suggest you pay attention to the newspaper these days, we have helped the FBI solve a lot of fraud cases, and the inspector will praise the contribution of the worry-free payment company by name, and at that time, I think the rumors will be self-defeating......"

Roy made a dashing turn, ready to leave Peter with another majestic back, and walked away.

Who knows, at this time, Musk spoke in a firm tone, "I am ready to inject another 50 million into PayPal." ”

A short sentence, but Roy couldn't laugh anymore.

Fack, this is preparing to carry out the subsidy war in the industry to the end, and it is a never-ending posture.

Such a result is the most unacceptable for Roy. Because if Musk continues to inject capital, for a long time in the future, both sides will have to desperately burn money, and this meaningless loss is likely to be a bottomless pit, and it makes my scalp tingle when I think about it.

Although PayPal's defeat is doomed, the period of final victory and defeat is a meaningless loss of resources.

Roy was silent for a few seconds with his back to everyone, and then had to turn around awkwardly, and smiled as humbly as possible: "What I just said is true, I come with sincerity, I hope we can merge rationally, and look forward to your reply." ”

Roy got a response from Peter and Musk before turning his head and leaving with a shrug face.

To be honest, Roy knows that Musk is just threatening himself to increase PayPal's bargaining chips, and he will definitely not inject funds into PayPal again, because it doesn't make sense. However, Roy did not dare to gamble like this, and now the worry-free payment is good, while PayPal is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and then tear his face to fight, and the cost of worry-free payment is also very high.

There is a slight flaw in the pretense at the end of this scene, and I can only find the field next time.

Thinking of the enemy to be dealt with next, Roy's eyes showed a fierce light.

Hmph! Bullying me for so long, I really don't have a temper.

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After Roy left, the conference room fell silent for a long time, and neither Peter nor Musk spoke, as if their brains had stopped thinking.

After a long time, Musk spoke: "If what Roy said is true, I hope PayPal can sign a merger agreement as soon as possible." I can accept a shareholding ratio of more than 25%. ”

Peter sighed: "If the merger fails, will you really inject another 50 million?"

"Ha, I only have 10 million in my pocket. Musk's face was full of helplessness.

"Hey, it's okay, I can make up some more. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, reading a lot. (Appendix 1)

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On the way, Ulysses shouted, "Boss, you're just *** explosive." They couldn't find the North at all...... Hahaha......"

Roy rolled his eyes, "You think I'm fooling? Are these two bulls stupid?"

Ulysses was confused, "Our company is not ...... Isn't the situation optimistic?"

"Hey, where you have money, you have everything. Now that the problems are solved, from today onwards, we have revenge and revenge!"

Debb stretched her head and said excitedly, "Where does the money come from?"

"Oh, ...... from heaven"

Debra looked at the sky, snorted depressedly, and complained, "Don't tell me anything." ”

Roy owns 44% of Red Coral's shares, and now the valuation of the equity has exceeded 100 million, but at JPMorgan Chase Bank, 40 million was pledged, and the repayment period was set.

This time he really took out his coffin. You know, these 44% shares will rise to more than 20 billion in the future. More than 200 times the future earnings, what is the concept?

If this worry-free payment can't turn the crisis into safety, resulting in the burial of Red Coral equity, he will definitely vomit three liters of blood, and be scolded by countless melon-eating people as melon skin.

As for Roy's other two-dimensional horse company, the profit is also considerable, but all the profit money is basically invested in patent applications, and now Noah has built a "patent Great Wall", and directly started a transnational patent lawsuit with RIBEN's Denso Co., Ltd., and the result is a victory or defeat, which has not yet been revealed.

Therefore, the ATM of the two-dimensional horse company has not yet reached the time of harvest.

If this patent lawsuit fails, you will never want to reap the rewards.

Ulysses then asked, "The problem with the money may be that the money has been raised, but is the number of users who have no worries about paying really fake? That's 2 million!" he looked at Roy with an inquiring eye.

[PS] Appendix 1: Historically, no matter how different Musk and Thiel were at that time, including how much the executives and employees at the time had opinions about each other, they understood that all of this was done for the company's growth and advancement.

Therefore, when Musk left PayPal, he did not make a big fuss or break the net, but calmly accepted the reality. And in the follow-up financing, Musk also added personal investment to PayPal, which can be regarded as his own vote of confidence.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the pattern and mind of taking into account the overall situation and "harmony but difference" that Peter Thiel and Elon Musk later became some of the most influential figures in Silicon Valley, and at the same time became very good friends.