March 2002, Kennedy Space Center. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Reed, I'll admit you're a genius, but there's a lot of opposition from above about your space exploration program. You should know that this is a project that costs tens of billions of dollars, and it is difficult for Congress to pay for your dreams because of your momentary brains! ”

At the Kennedy Space Center, there are two people sitting in the conference room, one is Professor Thom, the director of the space center, and the other is the future Mr. Fantastic, Reed Charlize.

"Professor, this is a great project, which has an unimaginable impetus to the history of aerospace development and the history of world science. I already have a complete plan, perfect spacecraft design drawings, and with a little bit of investment, I can achieve great results! ”

Reed gestured his hands excitedly, trying to convince Professor Thom.

Professor Tom shook his head regretfully, in fact, he had already been persuaded by Reed, but the council did not support the proposal, and he could not do anything.

"Reed, give up, $85 billion is not a small number, it is the contribution of countless taxpayers. You were able to convince me because I knew the science and your ingenuity. And the big guys in the council think that your plan is too advanced, and exploring the mysteries of the universe is an impossible task at this stage. Professor Tom sighed and whispered, "Give up, and in a decade or two, when the time comes, we will start this proposal." ”

One or two years, that's not a small number.

Just as Congress can't stand the 85 billion scientific research funding, Reed can't stand it either, his plan is at hand, but he has to wait a decade or two.

Reid looked depressed and sat weakly in his chair.

He was so disheartened by the difficulty of raising funds that he didn't even listen to Professor Tom's words of comfort.

"Reed, forget about it, I'll give you a long vacation, go home and get some rest." Professor Thom nodded, and left the empty conference room.

Outside the door, Reed's best friend, the future Stone Man Ben Graemm, was standing in the doorway, quietly eavesdropping.

Seeing Professor Thom come out, the stone man sighed and turned and walked into the conference room.

"Reed, is there no hope?" The stone man had a direct personality and said sullenly.

Reid clenched his fists tightly, glanced at the plan on the table, and said in a deep voice: "There is still hope, we will leave the Kennedy Space Center, form our own company, and seek capital injection from other companies, I don't believe that such a good plan will be smashed in our hands." ”

A complete plan, a practical implementation plan, this is the confidence that Reed has.

He believes that if he comes up with the plan, there will be investors who will flock to him, and then he will have the money to build a flying machine and realize his dream.

It's a pity that there is a gap between reality and dreams.

For a whole week, Reed found more than a dozen large companies, as well as numerous Wall Street financial predators.

But when these people learned that the plan would cost $85 billion, and that the Kennedy Space Center itself had rejected it, the harsh reality came.

Rejection, rejection, rejection.

With his own plan, Reed ran into walls on Wall Street and big entrepreneurs, and many even thought they were liars.

In desperation, Reed could only set his sights on his former rival, a rising star in the business world...... Victor Doom, "Doctor Doom of the Future".

"Put the flower basket a little to the left, Mr. Victor, pay attention to the company's appearance, and the position at the door is the face of the company."

The 108-storey Victor Building is the heart of Victor's business.

At the door, a black iron statue under construction is Victor's high-spirited appearance.

Reed and the Stone Man, looking at the employees who placed flower baskets at the door, walked into the building with their heads bowed, ready to meet Victor.

As in many movies, the seeker arrives one step early, and the seeker arrives late.

It wasn't until nine o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock in the afternoon that Reed and the stone were informed that Victor had time to meet them.

"After waiting for two hours, this guy's concept of time is really bad, does he really think of himself as a big man?" The stoneman said to Reed with an angry face.

Reed didn't care about it himself, waved his hand lightly, and said with a smile: "Get off the horse, you can't get on the table, Victor likes these the most." ”

Victor, Reed, Stone Man, Susan, all four are MIT students.

During his time at school, Reed's genius-like performance not only won Susan's affection, but also deeply hurt Victor's heart.

In Victor's words, Reed likes to show off his brilliant brain, as if he were the only smart person in the whole world.

In fact, MIT college students are like middle school students in front of Reed, and even many tutors can't keep up with Reed's thinking and question whether they are stupid.

Therefore, Victor dislikes Reed very much, especially his crush Susan, and after becoming Reed's girlfriend, this disgust has accumulated to the top.

"Let me see who's coming, the smartest Reed, and your little henchman, Ben Graeme!" In the lavishly decorated office, the future Doctor Doom said with a playful look on his face: "Let me think about it, what are you here for, beg me, please help you!" ”

Before the official contact, Reed had already sent an appointment, and some of the plan materials were attached.

Victor didn't even have to think about it to know what Reed and the others meant. Therefore, the purpose of his repetition was only to undermine Reed's self-confidence, for there was nothing more satisfying to vanity than for his enemies to plead with him.

"This garbage, I really want to teach him a lesson." The stone man was so angry that he wanted to rush forward and kick him a few times.

It's a pity that they came to seek financing this time, and Victor Enterprise's market value of $200 billion is very helpful to their plan.

Even if he is not satisfied in his heart, the stone man knows that his idea is impossible to achieve.

Otherwise, a big entrepreneur in charge of hundreds of billions of assets can put him in prison with a touch of his fingers, and he will never think of it for the rest of his life.

"Victor, we didn't come here to quarrel with you this time. If you agree, I'd like to talk about my plans and see if we can work together. Reed got straight to the point and didn't ramble with Victor.

Victor shrugged his shoulders, his ass not leaving his chair at all, and waved his hand: "Say, let me hear your plan." ”

"In my speculation, the cosmic storm of high energy concentration may have affected the birth of the original species. If we can build a spaceship that can withstand a cosmic storm and go deep into it to collect data, we may well be able to derive basic information about the original evolution. With these data, we can feed back on genetics, promote the secondary evolution of human beings, and better understand the mysteries of the universe and the universe, which belong to the unknown territory......"

Reed spoke loudly, talking about his plans and goals, talking about what he thought was exciting, and waving his arms vigorously.

For half an hour, Reed's explanation was not over.

Victor glanced down at his watch and tapped his fingers on the table to stop the tirade.

"Enough..."

"I haven't fully explained the plan yet!"

"Enough, enough."

Victor sighed, leaned back in his chair and said, "You are still the same, you think you are the best, everyone is inferior to you, and you can't even understand what you are saying." ”

Speaking of this, Victor himself laughed and said with a smile: "Your plan is very good, I only have one problem now, Congress doesn't believe that you will succeed, why should I believe you?" ”

The space exploration program, which was completely rejected by Congress, is not a secret to the outside world at all.

Investing in a program that is not favored by Congress, and is controversial even within the space agency, is undoubtedly a risky decision.

No entrepreneur forgets that investing is risky.

The $85 billion plan, once declared Waterloo, can at least shake the foundation of a company, and at worst even destroy a large enterprise.

"In the United States, only companies with assets of more than 100 billion yuan can be rated as consortium-level companies. It took me ten years to bring Victor Energy to the standard of a consortium company. Once I agree to your plan, then I have only two paths to take, one leading to the broad road and the other to the abyss. The smile on Victor's face disappeared and was replaced by seriousness.

Victor has a market value of 200 billion yuan, he has 56% of the shares in his hands, and his assets are about 110 billion.

Once he made the decision, he would invest $85 billion in space exploration.

The success of the plan is good to say, the stock price rise is not a dream, and it is possible to soar into the sky.

Conversely, if the investment fails, the stock is likely to plunge and Victor's fortune evaporates in an instant.

"In that case, we take our leave." With a look of loss on his face, Reid turned and walked out.

Just as Reed opened the door and was about to walk out, Victor's voice came from behind: "You are still so anxious, you don't wait for others to finish speaking." ”

"What do you mean?" Reed pulled the door with one hand and turned to look at Victor.

Victor didn't answer, reaching out and stroking the globe on his desk, twisting it hard to the right.

"Click..."

As the globe turned, the bookshelves in the room quickly receded to the sides.

Reed and the Stone Man looked up, and saw that there was another room behind the bookshelf, and two strangers were sitting in it.

In a small room-like room, there is a conference table, and two strangers in suits and sunglasses sit on the sofa with red wine glasses.

Seeing a stranger appear, Reed and the Stone Man are surprised.

Victor got up from his chair, spread his hands slightly, and said, "You must think that I was giving you a leg up by drying you for two hours, right?" Wrong, very wrong, I was entertaining these two gentlemen during the two hours you have been waiting, and allow me to introduce them now. ”

"This is Mr. Goldcake, the overlord of the gray industry." The person introduced by Victor is a burly gold cake with black sunglasses.

Jin Bi nodded slightly, and his cruel gaze was hidden under the sunglasses, which still made the air a little more dignified.

Reed and the stone man looked at each other, a little confused about the situation.

Victor smiled and didn't say much, stretched out his hand and introduced again: "And this gentleman, the largest angel investor on Wall Street, the financier in the mouths of countless entrepreneurs, he is ......"