"Call me Musk!" Elon? Musk smiled slightly, "Actually, the private space transportation plan is not unresponsive, but on the one hand, it is troubled by funds, and secondly, there is a lack of a leader!" THIS TIME, I TOOK TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO MAJOR AMERICAN SPACE COMPANIES TO PEDDLE MY IDEA, UNEXPECTEDLY, AT THAT TIME, IT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A HUNDRED RESPONSES, AND THE CURRENT SPACEX COMPANY IS RECRUITING PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS TOM M, A LIQUID PROPULSION EXPERT FROM TRW, THE LARGEST ENGINE MANUFACTURER IN THE UNITED STATES? Muller, no one in the world has ever built a bigger engine than his; Boeing's Tim? Buza, where he was the test supervisor of the "Delta launch vehicle" for 15 years; And Chris, the structural designer of the "Hercules" rocket at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company? Thompson...... They all have a common dream, which is to do a great job! My dream is to explore space, and I want to be able to move to Mars for the rest of my life, and to make that dream come true is to reduce every step and every cost in the process of transporting space! ”

When Elon? After Musk finished speaking, Song Chen was in a trance, thinking of Yao Hua and Ruan Likai who followed their own business at that time, they should have had the same idea as these people, so they gave up the iron rice bowl and chose a more risky business, right?

Elon? Musk then smiled bitterly: "SINCE EBAY LEFT TO START A BUSINESS, EXCEPT FOR THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN BOTHERING US, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN AS SMOOTH AS A DREAM!" ”

Song Chen nodded and said: "Building rockets is not like making electronic products, the research and development cost is in the hundreds of millions, and tens of millions of dollars are not worth mentioning at all. And the fact that you can recruit these talents with these funds alone shows that you are also a charismatic person! Attractive people will make people have the courage to follow! But there's a problem......"

SONG CHEN MUTTERED: "IF I INVEST A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN YOUR SPACEX COMPANY, AND THE COMPANY WILL SUCCEED IN DEVELOPING ROCKETS IN THE FUTURE, WILL THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ADOPT OUR COMPANY'S TECHNOLOGY?" ”

"This ...... Elon?" Musk was silent for a while, and after a while he said, "We may lose NASA's list and project support funds, but with no one looking forward to and helping this project, I just want this company to operate, and I don't think about what will happen after success!" ”

"I'm afraid that you will unload and kill donkeys with the support of the U.S. government. Forcibly liquidate my shares! Song Chen spit out a sentence lightly. At this time, he did not say that he was going to change his nationality. He simply spoke out the possible consequences and tested the person's mental reaction.

Elon? Musk said disapprerovingly: "America is a free and democratic place, and your worries will never happen in this place!" However, considering that China's national conditions are very different from those of the United States, I am willing to cede the control of the board of directors. As long as you support Chenxing's senior managers, you support my control zhìSPACEX! ”

"控zhìSPACEXAqiē?" Zhang Ruoxi frowned slightly.

Elon? Musk glanced at her. He smiled and said, "Madam." You are worried about unloading the mill and killing the donkey, why don't I worry about the truth that the bird hides the bow? If it weren't for the lack of funds, I wouldn't have come to you today! Because once you do. We will have a hard time getting the most current state-of-the-art parts and technologies from large American companies! At the end of the day, SPACEX, as a startup, must take advantage of existing mature technologies that are not usually sold to foreigners, let alone companies in which Chinese control the shares! ”

Does Song Chen know Elon? Musk's authoritarian personality vs. Steve? Jobs is very similar, so he is not surprised at all to hear such "domineering" words from his words.

Song Chen said lightly: "Don't worry, what you are worried about will not be a problem soon!" However, your proposal did piquing my interest, which is why I met with you tonight, I've always been interested in rocket technology! THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF INVESTING IN SATELLITE-RELATED INDUSTRIES IN THE COMING YEARS, AND IF SPACEX CAN PROVE THAT YOUR LAUNCH SOLUTIONS CAN WORK, I'D LOVE TO SEE THEM HAPPEN! Now let's talk about investing again! How much of SPACE's own funds does it currently have? ”

The amount of information in Song Chen's words is too rich, to Elon? Musk's smart head also crashed for a moment. But when he heard Song Chen's last words, he knew that he had finally found a big businessman who was willing to fund his dream!

"More than 40 million!" Elon? Musk said with a little trepidation.

Song Chen nodded, and asked again, "How much money do you want?" ”

"Fifty million!" Elon? Musk obviously had already thought of the answer, and said slowly, "We all took out 50 million dollars, each accounting for 45%, and the remaining 10% was reserved as an option pool for those who started a business with me!" ”

"Fair enough!" Song Chen finally showed a satisfied smile. He knew that $100 million was definitely not enough to burn for two years, and Elon? Musk may not have as much money as he thought, which means that sooner or later he will get control of this company. "I support you as the CEO of SAPCEX ......"

"And the CTO!" Elon? Musk added, "This position is currently being taken over by me!" ”

"Alright! I HAVE POURED $50 MILLION INTO SPACEX, AND I HAVE SUPPORTED YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE AS CEO AND CTO OF THE COMPANY, AND THIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT WILL COME AS SPACEX DEVELOPS ITS MATURE LAUNCH TECHNOLOGY......"

Elon? Musk frowned.

Song Chen smiled slightly: "Now the question is, Musk, when do you think your team will be able to come up with a successful rocket launch solution!" ”

"This ...... Elon?" Musk hesitated, "I'm afraid this is an unanswerable plan, and the sooner the better in my position!" ”

"But as a businessman, I have to think about the worst!" SONG CHEN SAID SLOWLY, HE VAGUELY REMEMBERED THAT SPACEX LAUNCHED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, SO HE COULDN'T HELP BUT CONSIDER THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT.

Elon? Musk was silent for a long time before saying: "Give me five years, and I will prove to you the value of this company and me personally!" ”

"Compare money to time. I need geniuses even more! Five years is not a short time, but it is worth the wait! Song Chen said very happily, "Musk, although I support you in controlling SAPCEX, I will still ask Huasong Fund to send a few executive executives!" Of course, they will support your decision on my behalf and will not hold you back! Personally, I admire technology and hate bureaucracy, so you don't have to worry about it! ”

Elon, who made the "military order"? Musk breathed a sigh of relief. Nodding his head, "As you wish!" ”

After a sumptuous dinner. Elon? Musk went back contentedly with Song Chen's promise, and Song Chen then took Zhang Ruoxi's hand and strolled through Woodside's commercial street accompanied by several bodyguards.

Song Chen asked casually, "You've seen this person, what do you think of him?" ”

"Very good at talking. There are a lot of gestures and words when speaking. His words for my first impression. Considered a qualified business leader! Zhang Ruoxi decided to tell the truth, "Even so, the first meeting was a Series A financing and set an investment of 50 million US dollars." That's a bit too hasty! ”

Song Chen smiled, raised his head and looked at the starry sky, he said slowly: "Four years ago, Sun Zhengyi casually gave me an investment of 100 million US dollars, isn't this a hasty trip?" ”

"Can Musk be compared to you?" Zhang Ruoxi was taken aback. In her cognition, there is probably no one in this world who is more talented and talented than her own man, and she doesn't think that there are still people in this world who can repeat Song Chen's old wisdom and lay down a business group that can exert influence on mainstream civilization in just four years!

Song Chen shook his head and said, "I'm not comparing him to me, but saying: Four years ago, Sun Zhengyi gave me a chance to easily set up the framework of the Chenxing system, and now I want to give this opportunity to this person!" IF SUCCESSFUL, OUR SONG FAMILY WILL NOT ONLY MASTER THE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY AT THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC LEVEL, BUT ALSO LAY A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT OF GOOGLE; Even if it fails, it's just the price of a few sports cars and a few luxury villas! ”

Zhang Ruoxi said angrily: "Hmph, it seems to make sense!" Although a few sports cars and a few houses are extravagant, after all, they are placed in our garage, and if that rocket fails, it will become a one-time firework, and it will not be recovered! ”

Song Chen laughed, hugged his unmarried wife and said energetically: "If you have money, you have to spend it in a useful place!" The most important thing to be a man is to have a dream, if a person does not have an ideal, what is the difference between him and a salted fish? ”

"When people don't know the origin of this sentence!" Zhang Ruoxi sank slightly, and her delicate body like fragrant nephrite gently leaned into Song Chen's arms. She raised her head and glanced at Song Chen's slightly green-bearded chin, and she said softly, "What about you?" Beauty, career, and family have all been realized, what other ideals do you still need to achieve? ”

Song Chen smiled slightly and said leisurely: "Mine...... It's still early! The family is there, but the career is not stable! As for the beauty, such an awesome life that doesn't need to be explained, of course, is better than Playboy founder Hugh? Hefner did better...... Uh......"

Before Song Chen finished speaking, there was a pain in the flesh of his arm, but it was the beauty in his arms who was jealous.

"Think beautifully!"

……

With the final confirmation of Huasong Fund's investment of 50 million US dollars in cash into SPASCEX, the media's evaluation is the same as Song Chen's own opinion: "Song Chen, who is favored by the goddess of fate, gave the opportunity to Elon? Musk, although the entire space industry is watching his jokes, Silicon Valley, which is incompatible with the traditional technology industry, sincerely hopes that this man in his thirties can use the cultural spirit of Silicon Valley to reinvent the industry! ”

It's not just Elon who gets inspired? Musk, after getting the second important opportunity in her life [the first time was to meet Song Chen and decide to be her lover], Idei began to expand with her own understanding of Internet products.

First of all, she moved out of Chenxing Park!

With the continuous expansion of GOOGLE, PayPal and Chenxing Culture Group, Chenxing Park encountered the embarrassment that China's Chenxing Building had encountered, that is, the old three buildings had begun to show a crowded situation, the staff office area continued to shrink, and the American workers who advocated freedom and romance were not as good-tempered as the Chinese, of course, full of complaints.

The garbage dump behind the Chenxing campus has been cleaned up, but when the new office building can be built, it will not be good! Even if you build a building that doesn't have any architectural beauty to speak of, it will take a year or two!

Idei and her team can't wait. So he rented a floor of an office building near Stanford University as an office space, and chose this place because Idei decided to use Stanford University as a backup talent base.

After moving into the new office building, the second thing she did was to put a huge recruitment photo at the door of Stanford University, and wrote in a very seductive tone: "Do you want to be a Chenxing person?" Want to get great options rewards? JOIN FACEBOOK! REGARDLESS OF ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BECOME A VETERAN OF FACEBOOK, OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE! ”

IDEI CAIKA'S MOVE LED TO THE BIRTH OF THE "STANFORD GANG", THE LARGEST MOUNTAIN IN THE CHENXING SYSTEM, WITHIN FACEBOOK, BECAUSE FROM THE TOP TO THE GRASSROOTS EMPLOYEES, ALMOST ALL OF THESE PEOPLE CAME FROM AN ALMA MATER...... It was also because of this unintentional move that Stanford University and Chenxing Group had an unclear and chaotic relationship. Later Stanford graduates either work for companies within the Chenxing system. or start a business with the support of the Huasong Fund, and become what a certain congressman jokingly called: "Stanford University has become the forbidden side of the Song family!" ”

On the road of specific development, Kaori Hayakawa took the "alumni directory" pointed out by Song Chen as a guideline! In just one month, Xu Xiaoling and the same young programmers not only included most of the universities and high schools in the United States. Universities in Canada, Japan, and Mexico have also begun to be included in the development plan. It's ambitious.

Kaori Hayakawa's version of Facebook is different because the path taken is similar to Zuckerberg's. It's an open and free registration rather than an invitation-only system for internal members, so Facebook is growing much faster than Zuckerberg's version!

WITH THE HUGE TRAFFIC SUPPORT OF CHENXING NETWORK AND GOOGLE, FACEBOOK HAS ALMOST SUDDENLY CROSSED THE GROWTH OF ITS INFANCY. Growing pains of puberty: On June 20, Facebook had more than 15 million registered users!

Its Amazon ALEXA ranking has entered the top 10 from the beginning of obscurity, and such an astonishing expansion speed directly made the media exclaim, "Song Chen has taken control of a platform-level product that is widely popular with teenagers, and he is one step closer to his Internet empire"!

The reason for such an exclamation is because of the relatively authoritative and intuitive ALEXA ranking, the top ten rankings are: Google, Yahoo, 8848, QQ, Amazon, Wikipedia (owned by Google), ebay, MSN, Baidu, FACEBOOK!

Ten lists, Song Chen mastered the Chenxing Group accounted for seven places, almost as long as the people in the world are connected to the Internet, most of them are using the products of the Chenxing Group, if you count the children who have learned to use QQ to communicate and talk early, the Chenxing Group is the trend of killing the next generation of teenagers - such a terrifying influence, how can it not make people secretly frightened?

Compared with the dark mind of politicians, Wall Street investors are much simpler, Song Chen has no public spokesman on the East Coast of the United States, so Gerald, who has a good personal relationship with Song Chen? BELU IS NOW ALMOST THE MOST POPULAR FINANCIAL BROKER IN NEW YORK, AND EVERY INVESTMENT MANAGER WHO MEETS HIM ASKS THE SAME QUESTION: DOES FACEBOOK ACCEPT INVESTMENTS? WHEN WILL GOOGLE RECEIVE A SERIES C ROUND OF FUNDING? What about Baidu?

Gerald? BELU OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE AN ANSWER, ALTHOUGH MEGG SON IS JUST AS INTERESTED IN FACEBOOK!

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF FACEBOOK, CHENXING NETWORK HAS BEEN AFFECTED TO SOME EXTENT, BECAUSE THE CORE BUSINESS HAS SOMEWHAT OVERLAPPED COMPETITION, THE STOCK PRICE HAS BEEN FALLING IN RECENT DAYS, BUT THE MAGNITUDE IS NOT LARGE, SHOWING THAT THE CAPITAL MARKET SEEMS TO BE STILL WAIT-AND-SEE, ALTHOUGH CHINA'S MOBILE VALUE-ADDED SERVICES HAVE MADE THE LISTED COMPANY'S FINANCIAL REPORT BETTER, BUT SONG CHEN'S HENCHMAN YAO HUA STILL DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE FOUND A MORE PROMISING PROFIT POINT?

It is worth mentioning that the Internet bubble crisis originated in 2000 directly destroyed the confidence of global investors, and the global technology concept stocks were hit by the destruction of the company, and the stock price was almost impossible to compare with the highest level in early 2000, and the Nasdaq index was like yesterday's yellow flower, and it will never return to the peak!

In such a situation, China Chenxing Group in the support of Na city officials to fulfill hundreds of millions of dollars of repurchase agreement, the current China Chenxing Group held Ctrip, 8848, Chenxing network shareholding ratio has returned to a high level again, this is also in 2002 Internet companies financial reports overall turnaround, Chenxing three major listed companies stock prices lead the Nasdaq stock market background factors - only the founder family continues to increase the proportion of shareholdings, In order to prove to the capital market that the founders and the management of listed companies are optimistic about the market outlook!

THIS IS OFF TOPIC, BACK TO FACEBOOK ITSELF.

THE DATA LIBRARY USED BY FACEBOOK IS A DATA LIBRARY SOFTWARE THAT GOOGLE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY EFFICIENT, BUT THE OPERATION MODEL OF SEARCH ENGINES AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IS DIFFERENT AFTER ALL, SO XU XIAOLING'S MAIN JOB IS TO FULLY OPTIMIZE AND EVEN REWRITE IT FOR THE COMPANY'S OWN NEEDS - THIS IS A TASK THAT XU XIAOLING HAS NEVER TRIED, BUT SHE IS VERY INTERESTED IN IT. (To be continued......)