Chapter 147: Rat and Duck, It's Time to Wash
"I still have to teach such a small thing...... Then what do I raise you for? β
Bai Ye scolded Jordan with his head and face, and then hung up the phone.
Jordan, who is in Silicon Valley, is embarrassed.
As for being scolded and resentful...... doesn't exist, Bai Ye can make him tens of millions of dollars a year, what's wrong with scolding him? He was only afraid of getting angry with the young master's body.
"A bunch of scrap wood!"
Bai Ye threw the phone out, and then hugged Betty, who was wearing a wedding dress, to her lap and said:
"Come on, baby, let's continue. You can close your eyes and imagine me as Bruce Banner and remember his voice and looks, the beautiful pictures of you......"
"Now the person who reaches out and caresses you is Bruce Banner, and the person who kisses your lips is also Bruce Banner......"
Betty also became more and more involved in this cosplay, hugged Bai Ye's neck with her backhand, and began to take the initiative to kiss Bai Ye back.
The two had a great time, and it wasn't until dawn that the lights in Betty's house went out.
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Following.
Villa 10924 Chalon Road, surrounded by lush shrubs, offers great privacy.
Designed in the style of a French country estate, the 20,248-square-foot mansion features seven bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, as well as a wine cellar and a two-story library.
Not only is it large indoors, but it also has nearly 1.7 acres of outdoor space, with not only a private gym and five-car garage, but also an outdoor pool and spa.
This is the home of Silicon Valley rookie Elon Musk, a rented house.
7 a.m.
Elon Musk woke up on time.
Suddenly, he felt that his hands were slippery and greasy.
Elon Musk lifted the quilt in confusion and took out his hand, and suddenly found that his hands were covered in blood.
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Elon Musk is a little confused, could it be that his anxiety these days has made him have a blood collapse?
He continued to pull the quilt down.
Then he found a severed horse's head on his bed......
He stared blankly at the horse's head, with only one thought in his head:
"A condition that can't be refused?"
This is the darkest year of Musk's life, Tesla has a huge financial deficit, SpaceX 3 launches failed, a mountain of financial crises followed, and divorces, employee departures, and ridicule from the outside world tormented him.
It's like the "Car Truth" website has set up a "Countdown to Tesla's Death" column, like a joke, waiting for Tesla to die, and there have even been 50 articles in one day talking about how Tesla died. There are even Tesla internal employees who broke the news, saying that Tesla deceived the masses and squandered all the cash on the order...... That year, Musk felt like he was the target of public criticism.
It's just that Musk didn't expect that he would be so miserable, and there would be people to bully him.
"What should I do?"
Musk is also a mortal, and he is also afraid of death, and in the face of such drastic measures, he will also be afraid of being hit by a mud truck on the street, and it is normal to feel fear.
He struggled to suppress his fear and began to wonder who the other person was.
Musk recalled all the enemies in his life, and finally locked down the murderer, Osborne and Stark, who came to negotiate with him yesterday afternoon, he originally wanted to use his excellent negotiation skills to let Osborne and Stark take a stake in Tesla, but they wanted to swallow Tesla, and finally he rejected the acquisition.
Osborne is the strongest medical complex in the United States, Stark is the strongest military-industrial complex in the United States, both belong to the behemoth with a murder license, and it is normal and simple to deal with him for a little Elon Musk.
"Isn't it? Isn't it just a rejection of your request to buy Tesla as a whole? Just use this method to threaten me, you two giants think too highly of me, right? Musk wants to cry without tears: "Tesla is just a little Karami with a valuation of hundreds of millions of dollars!" β
Seriously, Tesla's market capitalization is estimated to be the turnover of Osborne Group and Stark Group in a day, Musk remembers that last year's Osborne Group's revenue was more than 80 billion US dollars, and the daily turnover was almost 300 million US dollars.
And Musk understands even more that if he dares not to agree to the acquisition offer, then the rat and the duck will be washed to the end!
Today it is a horse's head that is cut off, and tomorrow it will be his head.
He calmly called the servant, cleaned the room, and then took a shower, had a cup of coffee, ate some egg rolls, drove to Tesla's headquarters in Palo Alto, and on the way, called Jordan:
"Mr. Belfort, after a night of careful consideration, I have decided to agree to your offer, and I will have to discuss it with the other shareholders."
"No problem." Jordan smiled heartily: "Mr. Musk, happy cooperation, please rest assured, we will give you a satisfactory valuation." β
Hanging up the phone, Musk couldn't help but pat the steering wheel and scolded "fuck!" βγ
Originally, Tesla was a very important part of the puzzle of his career, even if he was almost at the end of his rope, he never thought of giving up control of Tesla, but now he was forced to buy and sell, and it is no wonder that he can be happy.
But what can be done?
The arms can't twist the thighs.
Don't talk about him, how many people in the whole of America can withstand the pressure exerted by Osborne and Stark at the same time?
Tesla's matter was tossed for two days, and in the end, Stark Group and Venus Energy bought Tesla at a valuation of $600 million, and Tesla's early investors, including Google's Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and eBay's Jeff Skoll, seven of Tesla's early investors, didn't dare to let go of a fart, and left by themselves with several times the return.
After signing the contract, Musk was disappointed and relieved at the same time, because the acquisition allowed him to get close to $200 million in cash, lost Tesla, and his other company, Space X, was saved.
In fact, he still values Space X more than Tesla.
"Belfort, please say hello to Mr. Osborne Jr. and Mr. Stark on my behalf, and Tesla will be handed over to you later."
Musk bowed to Jordan and prepared to leave, after all, this is Tesla's headquarters and no longer belongs to him.
Jordan stopped him and said with a smile: "Mr. Musk, don't worry, this business is over, we have other businesses to continue to discuss." β
"Other business?"
Musk wondered.
It wouldn't mean Space X, would it?
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If you rob Tesla and want to grab Space X, then I'll ...... I'll just ...... I had no choice but to obey you.
Oh, my God!
Don't they all say that America is a paradise of freedom and democracy? How could there be such shameless things as Osborne and Stark, forcing me to death alone!
Jordan said slowly: "We invite Mr. Musk to continue to serve as the CEO of Tesla and give you 20% of the management shares." β
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Musk looked at Jordan with a black question mark on his head.
What is the difference between the Tesla you snatched from me and the invitation to be the CEO of Tesla?
Jordan saw Musk's confusion and explained with a smile: "Maybe Mr. Musk was too anxious during this time to forget to watch more news." Have you ever seen a video of Tony Stark fighting in a mech? Stark and our Venus Energy have broken through the cold nuclear fusion technology and completed a new energy revolution, and from then on, the human world can slowly abandon fossil energy and use the clean energy we make. It's just that Mr. Musk, maybe you also understand how much power the American energy giants have, even Osborne and Stark can't immediately force new energy standards, unless we are willing to hand over the technology to share. β
"Of course it's impossible! This new energy source is too important to be used in warfare, according to the wishes of Mr. Stark and Mr. Osborne Jr. So in order to break through the blockade of energy giants, we can only choose emerging industries to start business, and new energy vehicles are one of the industries they picked. In order to save time and accumulate strength as soon as possible to promote the standard of new energy, they selected Tesla, the leader of new energy vehicles, and Mr. Osborne Jr. attached great importance to Mr. Musk's management skills, and he persuaded Mr. Stark to hire Musk as the CEO of Tesla. β
He looked at Musk, whose body was gradually trembling: "Yes, Mr. Musk, you guessed it right, Tesla will use cold nuclear fusion energy next, and the biggest obstacle restricting the development of new energy vehicles, mileage, will no longer exist!" To be honest, if it weren't for the willingness of Venus Energy and Stark Group to acquire Tesla, then when we officially announced our entry into the new energy vehicle industry, Tesla would immediately become garbage abandoned by the times. β
Musk knows that Jordan is right, without Stark and Osborne's black technology, even if it is another 20 years, the biggest obstacle to the development of new energy vehicles is still the mileage, but now it is different, the energy that can be used to support mecha combat to support the endurance of new energy vehicles, this is a special dimensionality reduction strike.
"So Mr. Musk, would you like to take this position?" Jordan smiled.
"I ...... Willing! β
Musk thought for a long time and chose to nod.
This is so stupid that he doesn't want to, before this, his stake in Tesla was a little more than 30%, and now he got nearly $200 million in cash, and he turned back to be the CEO of Super Tesla with two major backers behind him, and he can also have 20% of the management shares, which is simply cool, right?
Of course, he also knows that the 20% stake is not easy to take, and there must be restrictions on performance requirements and other aspects, but it is much more than what he got in Tesla, which has a 30% stake, after all, Tesla, which uses cold nuclear fusion energy, is a heifer on a plane, and it is awesome, right? The cake is dozens of times bigger!
As for the two more big financiers behind him who can't be disobeyed, after Musk wants to open it, he doesn't care so much, these days Silicon Valley does business, especially if he can make the business bigger, how can there not be a few big financiers behind it?
Even Google, packaging itself under the slogan "Don't Be Evil" and portraying itself as a friendly, funky, humane tech company that has made a name for itself thanks to the combination of technology, luck, and true innovation. It's true, but it's only part of the story. In fact, Google is a smokescreen lurking behind the American military-industrial complex.
The CIA's Highland Forum, which partially funded Brin in the development of Google by Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Based on the idea of "mass surveillance as the primary means of obtaining information on a global scale", Google has also received "substantial" seed funding and oversight from the Pentagon, as well as the CIA, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, in the name of the joint CIA-NSA-Massive Digital Data System project.
There is no doubt that Google has a strong background in the U.S. military.
And Google did not disappoint the dads of the financiers, through the Project Maven program, to help the United States drones develop artificial intelligence image recognition software, by improving the ability of the US military to analyze drone films, to "win the war of computer algorithms and artificial intelligence".
Despite the collective opposition of employees, Project Maven was not actually revoked. Even Google will continue to serve the Ministry of Defense until the day the contract expires in 2019.
Therefore, if a reborn person thinks that he can buy this company for his own use in the initial stage of Google's launch, he is purely dreaming, at most he will make some financial investment, get some money, and when it is time to slip away, he will slip away, otherwise he will die, and Google shares will not know where to go. has no strength, is simply rich, just a pig to be slaughtered.
Musk now thinks that even Google, the "light of mankind", has done dirty things behind the back of the big financiers, no matter how bad the two financiers behind him are, can they be worse than the big financiers behind Google?
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Jordan nodded with a smile and said:
"Since you have accepted this position, Mr. Musk, then rest assured that engineers from Stark Group and Venus Energy will soon be stationed at Tesla to help you complete the transformation of Tesla."
Musk accepted the fate of being a little brother, changed his mind, and soon became excited, with the blessing of cold nuclear fusion technology, he had too many plans in his mind to make money for Tesla.
Blessed to the soul.
Musk turned to Jordan and asked, "Can I go to New York to visit Mr. Osborne Jr. and Mr. Stark?" β
Jordan glanced at Musk in surprise, this person's attitude is too silky, it's not good, the status of the first little brother under his young master's command won't be snatched away by him, right?
"I need to give a call and ask."
Jordan hesitated slightly, picked up the phone and called Bai Ye, and after a moment, nodded towards Musk:
"The young master said yes."
So, when Jordan and the others returned home, they bought an extra ticket for Musk.
Coming out of JFK Airport, Jordan went all the way to Venus Energy.
After entering the company, Jordan and Musk came to the laboratory of the Ark Reactor after a body search and investigation.
"Young master, live up to my expectations, I'm back."
Jordan stepped forward with a smile on his face.
"Very good, you will double your prize this month."
Bai Ye also took a break from watching Ivan Vanke's Ark Reactor manufacturing process, saw Jordan and Musk, and smiled.
"Hello Master Osborne, I'm Elon Musk."
Musk hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, bowed slightly, and put his posture very low.
"You're Musk, huh? Yes, you've done a great job. Bai Ye stretched out his hand and patted Musk's shoulder, and said with a smile: "It is really not easy to come to the United States from a North African who has nothing and do such a big business." β
Musk's nose was sour and he almost burst into tears.
When he came to the United States, when he was 17 years old, he lived in a youth hostel, did all kinds of odd jobs, and sawed wood on a relative's farm for several months.
I didn't expect the big money owner to care about these little things about him...... It's impressive.
Bai Ye: "But it will be different in the future, I am optimistic about you, the next richest man in the world, I think it will be you." β
"No, no, no, how can I rob this position for you, Young Master Osborne?" Musk hurriedly waved his hand.
"I'm too lazy to be the richest man in the world! I think Tony probably thinks the same way, this world, after all, is still yours! β
White Night shrugged.
Musk thinks about it, and it feels like that chaebols like Osborne and Stark have long disdained to compete for the title of the world's richest man, and what people want is actual power.
It's like the DuPont, Rockefeller, and Morgan families, there are almost no names of these people on the list of the world's richest people, but in the American elite, who can ignore the existence of these families?
The right to speak is in the hands of others!
People just want to be low-key, so they don't like publicity.
"This is the Ark reactor that can set off a new round of energy revolution, you see?"
White Night handed an Ark Reactor to Musk.
Musk took over the Ark Reactor that emitted a faint blue light a little hurriedly, and said cautiously:
"Isn't this thing radioactive?"
"The Ark Reactor is made of palladium as the core, and palladium is not radioactive, this thing is quite stable, even if you hit it with a hammer, it will not let it explode like a nuclear bomb."
Bai Ye snapped his fingers, called Ivan Vanke, who was teasing the bird over there, and said:
"Ivan, let's explain to Musk how the Ark reactor works."
"That's a lot!"
Ivan Vanke rolled his eyes, but he didn't refuse, with a cold face and a very bad tone, he did some science popularization with Musk.
After finishing speaking, he didn't care whether Musk could understand it or not, so he left on his own.
The employee ...... What a character! β
Musk sneered.
"If you can independently develop this ark reactor, maybe you have more character than him." Bai Ye smiled and said, "For those who have the ability, we tend to be more tolerant." β
Musk listened to Ivan Vanke's explanation, and also had a written report in his hand, and after reading it carefully, he found that this ark reactor is indeed a genuine cold nuclear fusion, a great creation that can set off a new round of energy revolution.
It's really hard to imagine, with the current underlying technology, how can such a great technology be broken through?
It simply does not conform to the rules of scientific and technological development.
And after he determined the data of the Ark Reactor, he had in mind countless more plans to make a fortune with the Ark Reactor.
"Great!"
Musk was full of praise for holding the Ark Reactor:
"With the blessing of Tesla's Ark reactor technology, I really can't imagine that there is anything in this world that can stop Tesla's growth."
"Don't underestimate the counterattack of energy giants and auto capital, maybe they can't stop the vigorous growth of new energy vehicles, but they can delay our time, but the thing we lack most at this time is time." Bai Ye said: "Xiaoma, I have a good idea for Tesla, for example, we will publish Tesla's patents so that all new energy vehicle companies can use them for free, what do you think?" β
"Huh?"
Musk was shocked:
"Master Osborne, if all of Tesla's patents are disclosed, what competitive advantage will Tesla have in the future?"
"Restricting the development of the industry by applying for patents is a game only played by the weak! Real tech companies don't bother to do this, they just need to set industry standards. Bai Ye said disdainfully: "Little horse, you enlarge the pattern, Tesla's real competitors are not from other electric vehicle manufacturers, but traditional fuel vehicles and energy giants, so we need to make the cake of new energy vehicles bigger, by opening Tesla's technology patents, we can encourage other car manufacturers to enter the pure electric vehicle market, and promote the development and popularization of electric vehicle technology." Kidnappe more interests and capital to help us fight against those with vested interests! β
Musk thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt that Bai Ye's idea was very wonderful, it was simply a stroke of genius.
Yes, now that Tesla is the leader of new energy vehicles, what it is beginning to consider is not just to stick to its advantages, but to create ecology and formulate industry standards.
"Of course, we open source Tesla's technology, and those companies that want to use Tesla's technology will also be used by Tesla for free, which is a good way for everyone to develop and progress together."
White Night added.
Musk looked at Bai Ye with admiration, although this young master is younger than him, his business sense and strategic vision are obviously stronger than him!
Chatted for a long time.
Bai Ye said again: "Pony, I heard that your Space X is also in some trouble?" Then I can also help you, you know, Stark Group also has a hegemonic position in the aerospace industry, and I have already discussed with Tony that we can jointly invest $1 billion in your Space X, and in addition, Stark Group will open some licenses for Space X on rocket and satellite technology, what do you think? β
What do you think?
Musk was so excited that he was about to cry, if it wasn't for the wrong occasion, he really wanted to give Bai Ye a knock, and Bai Ye solved all the problems that plagued him as soon as he made a move: What's wrong with being a dog for my brother?
(End of chapter)