In the chairman's office at Tesla's headquarters, Wen Ming, a person who was just about to change the world again with his new product, was slapped because of the new technology developed by others.

However, after figuring out the pros and cons, Wen Ming's mood changed for the better again.

"Cage, how much money do I have now? I mean, the money I can use for my personal purposes. ”

Cage was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

In the past, all the money on Apple's books belonged to Wenming. But so far, various agreements have begun to be signed for Teresa Roy's stake in Apple, and Teresa Roy's $5 billion has also begun to be credited to Apple's books in batches.

In this case, Wen Ming can no longer use the funds on Apple's books at will.

"$6.2 billion."

Cage replied that 99.999......% of the world's people would never earn in their lifetime.

"The $5 billion that Teresa Roy raised is entirely your personal cash-out proceeds according to the previous agreement between you and him. In other words, the $5 billion is just a walk from Apple's books, and then it will be transferred to your private account. Of course, according to the tax avoidance methods we have discussed before, this money is best taken from Apple's books if you need to use it. But now, only 2 billion of the $5 billion has arrived. ”

"On top of that, with the money on Apple's books, you can mobilize $1.5 billion in a certain period of time without any trouble. After buying Tesla, you put $300 million into Tesla's books, so you still have 1.2 billion left. ”

And the $3 billion cash raised by Tesla and Sequoia Capital has all been hit on Tesla's books. According to our previous negotiations with Sequoia Capital, you can also cash out this money completely personally. ”

"That adds up, that's $6.2 billion."

After a pause, Cage added, "I don't know what you're going to do with the money, but it should be enough." Even if it's not enough, you only need to wait a month and a half, then Apple will have an extra $1.5 billion in cash on its books, which can be used by you at your disposal. And Teresa Roy's other $3 billion will also arrive. ”

In other words, after a month and a half, you will have $10.7 billion at your disposal. The money is entirely yours personally, and no one will be able to interfere with whatever you are going to do with it. Of course, provided that you can't do something illegal. ”

After Wen Ming listened to Cage's report, he realized that he was already so rich.

There are many people in the world who are worth tens of billions of dollars, but there are really few people who can easily mobilize tens of billions of dollars in cash. Even if the head of some funds, such as the head of Sequoia Capital, can easily mobilize hundreds of billions of dollars in capital flow, but the money does not belong to them, but to their customers.

The $10.2 billion that Wen Ming can use is completely his personal cash. At the same time, it will not affect the valuation and capital chain of the two main industries under his name.

On top of that, Cage hasn't calculated the cash on Wenming's books that Tesla can bring to Wen Ming after it starts to make profits. According to Tesla and Sequoia Capital Markets' analysis of Model-S, Tesla will be able to bring at least $3 billion in net profits to Tesla by the end of 2010. The calculation method is based on the sales volume of 100,000 Model-S units and the profit of $30,000 per unit of hardware.

If you count the after-sales service......

"In other words, I can now use $6.2 billion in cash, and even if I spend that $6.2 billion, in a month and a half, I will have another $4.5 billion in cash?"

Wen Ming's question made Cage and Lilith nervous at the same time.

Cage said, "What the hell do you want to do?" Are you really ready to spend $6.2 billion all at once? Do you know how much that is? Even if you want to buy F-22 fighters, you can buy more than 30 of them. Provided, of course, that the government is willing to sell you the F-22. ”

Wen Ming didn't laugh at Cage's joke because he really wanted to spend money now, and he didn't know if it was enough.

"I'm going to buy these two institutes."

Wen Ming tapped his finger at the newspaper on his desk, and the places where his finger pointed were the front page headlines of the New York Times and the second page of the Wall Street Journal.

Cage and Lilith were stunned at the same time, of course they knew which two research institutes Wen Ming was talking about, weren't they the two that robbed them of Tesla's headlines?

But......

Cage glanced at Wen Ming cautiously, and had the urge to touch Wen Ming's forehead, but when he thought that this was the chairman's office, and Wen Ming was the chairman, he dispelled his idea of dying.

"Boss, it's really not April Fool's Day. If you really want to celebrate April Fool's Day, you will have to wait for about a week. ”

It was March 2010, and April Fool's Day was not far away.

Wen Ming laughed and said, "I'm not joking with you, I'm telling you very seriously that I'm going to buy these two research institutes." Of course, the main thing is their ability weapon, and this flying machine called 'Angel Wings'. ”

"Wait, why is this thing so named? When I buy it, I'm going to have to change it to a tall name. ”

Wen Ming has thought about it now, he doesn't think that other people have researched any new technology that will pose a threat to him, on the contrary, the world will become more exciting. Moreover, based on Apple and Tesla, the two banknote printing companies, Wen Ming is destined to be the richest man in the world in the future, and the richest man in the world who is getting richer and richer.

In this case, someone else has developed a new technology, but it is just a matter of spending some money to buy their technology.

The advantage of this is not only to make those new technologies their own, to provide enough benefits for themselves, but also to control some high-end technologies in their own hands.

As long as Wen Ming can ensure that his scientific and technological level does not lag behind, then, one day, he will be able to use technology to change the world and control the world.

Cage and Lilith didn't know what Wen Ming was thinking at this time, and after the two of them glanced at each other, Cage asked with a hesitant expression, "Boss, what's the use of us buying these two research institutes?" The energy injection system used by this angel's wings seems to be used in our Tesla cars, but this function is actually not very useful, because the car is easy to get into an accident if it runs too fast. ”

"As for this energy weapon, boss, we are not an arms company, what can we do if we buy them? Moreover, the R&D investment in the future of this energy weapon will definitely cost money like flowing water, and the future market prospects are uncertain......"

Wen Ming stretched out his hand to interrupt Cage's search for various reasons, and then said: "The energy injection system really can't be used in Tesla cars, but who told you that I bought it and used it in our existing products?" ”

"As for us, it's true that we're not in the arms business at the moment. But why can't we do the arms business? ”

Wen Ming's question silenced Cage and Lilith.

Without waiting for the two to speak, Wen Ming gave an order and said, "I ask you to buy these two research institutes in the shortest possible time. Other than that, I'm going to see that energy gun and that ...... in the shortest possible time. Angel wings. ”