Chapter 081: A Strong Alliance
The reason why Meng Qian hesitated before was that he was afraid of trouble, and some of his domestic industries used his own name to participate in shares, and in case of change, it would affect many aspects. But according to Shi Hu's popular introduction, the green card is just a residence permit, a tool to facilitate travel between the two places and facilitate affairs.
I talked to my seniors and benefited a lot. After another cup of coffee bottomed out, Meng Qian and he verbally agreed to come over in July, and they would cooperate in the development of artificial intelligence technology, and by the way, they would invest in new batteries and stem cells, and apply for green cards.
There is still the problem of business cooperation in the back, but that is Liu Jianye's task, and Meng Qian is not good at this. After lunch, I went to the casino with Liu Jianhao when I had nothing to do. I didn't try my luck when I came to the casino, I'm sorry for this trip, I changed thousands of dollars in chips and went to the casino.
Liu Jianhao is not a novice, and he is very skilled in business.
The dealer is a foreign face, but he can speak Chinese, and it seems that the gambling addiction of Chinese is already known to the world. Once you understand the rules, follow along with the bets. However, Meng Qian is not interested in gambling, just to have fun, play all types, and come back empty-handed.
However, Liu Jianhao was lucky, there were wins and losses, Meng Qian casually asked the waiter for a cocktail, sat down and watched while drinking...... When he got to the back, he was really bored, so he took out his mobile phone to surf the Internet, he had bought a temporary card at the airport before, and he could use the data of the United States.
Picked a few photos to upload, captioned a trip to the United States.
It's afternoon here, and it should be morning in China, I thought it was not popular, but I didn't expect that in ten minutes, I pasted a joke of foreign beauties, and got several likes, and there was a message "Let's have more Yanmar". Meng Qian was speechless, beauties are far more attractive than celebrities these days.
Seeing that it was a classmate who left the message, he simply ran to the group and swiped photos to play.
Soon there was news: "Elon Musk? That's not true, is it? ”
Someone else said: "Brother Tuhao, have you gone abroad?" ”
"The one in the back is the heavyweight! The Chinese gambling god! This sentence was sent by Sun Liangcai, a sworn friend.
Meng Qian said, "You also know him? ”
Sun Liangcai sent a message: "My house is so close to Macau, half of the largest casinos in the local area are his, do you think I don't know?" ”
Meng Qian typed: "I drank coffee with him all morning today." ”
"Holy!" Sun Liangcai was jealous, "Is there a gambling mystery to ask for?" ”
"Nope." Meng Qian replied.
"You're really going to kill me!" Sun Liangcai hated iron not steel, "He is very good at playing cards, poker is unbeatable, and he once won hundreds of millions of dollars at a time." ”
"Blow it." There were people in the group who didn't believe it.
Sun Liangcai was angry: "Blow an egg!" If you go and look at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the first place has tens of millions, and those super gamblers, what's so strange about playing hundreds of millions? ”
Meng Qian smiled: "Okay, okay, I will have many opportunities to meet with this gambling god in the future, help you get a few group photos, and the trick of playing cards." ”
"Enough buddy! Interesting! Sun Liangcai sent a bunch of love.
"There is a traitor. Feeling! "Someone was heckling.
"It's a foundation!"
Meng Qian was gossiping with these guys...... Liu Jianhao stood in front of him silently: "Dude, do you still have chips?" ”
Meng Qian raised his head and understood: "Lost?" ”
"Give me some more copies." Liu Jianhao said.
"Lend money to gamble, a big taboo." Meng Qian did not borrow.
"Forget it." Liu Jianhao rubbed his face, "The casino is really not suitable for me, I don't want to go out when I come in." ”
"That's why everyone who runs a casino makes crazy money." Meng Qian said that it also indirectly proves that Shi Hu will be a partner who can use huge amounts of money.
Two days later.
A week has passed, and according to the original plan, it was supposed to be the day they went back, but because of the problem of cooperation with the battery factory, the time was delayed. However, Meng Qian and Liu Jianhao didn't feel anything bad, and the excitement of the casino was not something that could be experienced in three or two days.
Liu Jianye discussed a plan with Shi Hu, they want to divest Fuguo Energy's mobile phone and power battery business and set up two subsidiaries, because power batteries will not make money in the next few years, and the funds will be invested in the industry, and it will even lose money and accept external financing.
In addition, in five years, there may be competitors with technical equivalents, who will occupy more markets and monopolize as soon as possible to control the upstream and downstream of the industry. At present, it is still a "quick word", quickly attracting strong partners, absorbing more funds, and all used to strengthen themselves.
These two subsidiaries will be controlled by Wells Fargo Group, and Wells Fargo Energy will only be responsible for mobile phone batteries and digital equipment business in the future, and the accounts will be very beautiful; And Wells Fargo Power, which is responsible for the super expensive power battery, will pave the way for the future and new technologies, and may also be listed.
The last item is related to the patent holder, Meng Qian wants to charge 3% of the licensing fee, that is, the power battery generates 10 billion sales, and he can get 300 million patent royalties, no matter whether the 10 billion sales are ultimately lost or profitable, his "pocket money" is indispensable.
However, the licensing fee should not be too high, as it will affect the valuation of the company and the consideration of financing by the outside world, and even if it is to be listed later, investors will see that the licensing fee is too high, which will lower the market value of the company. Meng Qian only treats the licensing fee as a pocket spend, and only counts it as a side business.
After agreeing, they left for California.
The Gulfstream G550 took on the mission, the aircraft is not large, only a dozen seats, but it is positioned as a private luxury business jet, and every inch of space in the cabin is customized, including first-class seats, handmade carpets, plush sofas and bars.
After a relaxing forty-minute walk, land at Santa Clara Airport.
Shi Hu had just finished drinking a glass of champagne, and the slender stewardess went to open the cabin door and stood aside with a smile. Another flight attendant put his coat on the big boss, and he put on a pair of sunglasses and swaggered off the plane. Two assistants followed with something in their hands, full of momentum.
"That's a real deal." Liu Jianhao followed.
"What a moat." If Meng Qian had the chance, he would also want to play like this.
First of all, throw away the envy of the real trench life, and this time they want to negotiate business with Tesla.
Meng Qian and Shi Hu have previously agreed on the specific conditions of the cooperation, and the company's technology exclusive (North America) cooperation accounts for 10%, and at the same time invests another 2.5 billion US dollars. As for Shi Hu's share, it is Tesla's largest investment amount, and the rest is all-inclusive.
Originally, this should have been a few days of bargaining, but this negotiation has a heavyweight tycoon, Shi Hu said that even if Tesla does not cooperate, he and his business friends can fully provide all the operating funds of the battery factory. The implication is: aren't it billions?
So there isn't much choice for Tesla.
Musk also doesn't want to give up, equity participation means being able to participate in management and be able to fight for priority for the brand.
There are too many benefits in this, and if he doesn't agree, I'm afraid it will be like the current Panasonic. Originally, they had already negotiated cooperation with Panasonic, but unfortunately the will of God was difficult to disobey, and Chinese the rise of technology, the Japanese could only eat ashes in the back...... Musk easily persuaded the board.
They invested in the joint venture Giga, mainly including: the exclusive cooperation in North America of Wells Fargo Power (not created), plus 2.5 billion US dollars accounting for 60%, Tesla's investment of 1.8 billion yuan accounted for 30%, and the remaining 10%, Shi Hu recommended some companies, specifically belonging to the California consortium.
And Shi Hu, the big man, will participate in the construction of Fuguo Power. His relationships and influence are far more important than funds, he is not white, and he has a better affection for Chinese when he grew up in China, so Meng Qian needs this strong backer, and Liu Jianye also admires him very much.
Wells Fargo Power has not yet been created, and Shi Hu's contribution has not yet been determined. The main purpose of this company is not to make money, but to pave the way for the rich country group, new technology, and trick people - the future shares are sold, if they sell to the Japanese lithium battery companies that they are forced to a dead end, it will definitely be a profit.
The topic returns to Giga first, because at this stage, everyone does not have so much cash, and Wells Fargo Energy only has 2 billion US dollars overseas, and funds are very tight. Therefore, Shi Hu said that he could arrange for the bank to provide them with a loan, and the financial strength behind the consortium was immediately revealed.
This kind of strong alliance is also the reason why Tesla can't refuse.
After all, Tesla has to mix in the United States, and its headquarters is also in California, right under the nose of the consortium.
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PS: It's been three more, although it didn't make the list...... Recommended.