Start with hooves

Chapter 189 Tesla

Board a private jet to San Jose International Airport near Silicon Valley.

Just arrived at the entrance of the hotel by car and asked Jiang Jiaya to help check in, Su Rui received a call from the Four Seasons Hotel on Lanai Island.

Thinking that his parents would contact him, or that Secretary Amanda had something to do, he put the phone to his ear and connected it, and said casually, "Hello?"

Just listening to the other end of the phone, there was a voice: ".Meow?"

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Good guy, I've learned how to make a phone call, Su Rui quickly walked to the side, avoiding the crowd, and said speechlessly, "Big Orange?"

It is indeed a big orange.

It was annoyed, and said an American curse word starting with "F".

Not quite sure what the fat cat meant, Su Rui said again: "I'll probably go back tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow."

"Meow!"

The phone was quickly hung up by it.

After pondering for a while, Su Rui contacted Amanda's secretary again, and asked her tentatively, "How are you doing these days, my pet cat, have you taken care of it seriously?"

Secretary Amanda faltered and replied:
"It's all good, except that when Daju was going for a walk, he was kicked by a ram. Fortunately, the horns of the ram are not sharp, and the cat is more flexible. I will ask someone to make some warning signs later. I didn't expect the ram to fly away. It’s also so fierce, if a child is hit by a sheep, the situation will be very dangerous.”

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Su Rui suddenly realized, no wonder Daju called to complain and scold his mother, it turned out that he was wronged and asked for comfort.

He went on to ask:
"Can you find out which sheep it is? It has been raised for two or three months, and I have never tasted the taste of mutton on the island. When I go back in two days, I will roast it and avenge Daju."

Secretary Amanda is not a soft-hearted and delicate woman, but a typical carnivorous woman.

Compared with cooking, handicrafts and the like.

She prefers Desert Eagle, Colt Python, etc. The bigger the gun, the happier she is.

Su Rui still remembered that when she came to look for a job, she found out that she had registered a total of seven guns under her name, which obviously exceeded the scope of daily needs, and she was a type of weapon collector.

If it wasn't for the lack of any criminal record and other excellent conditions, Su Rui would have almost kicked her away.

I heard that you can eat roast lamb.

Secretary Amanda regained her spirits in an instant, and replied: "Then I'll ask someone to buy a barbecue grill in advance. I probably remember where the sheep go out, and I must be looking for the biggest and fiercest ram."

Su Rui thought for a moment and told her:
"Forget about the barbecue grill. This time I want to be a little rougher. I just prepare some coconut shells and roast the lamb rack on the fire. When the time comes to show it to tourists, I can also launch an outdoor roast lamb set meal. Although the food itself important, but the grilling process is just as fun."

Secretary Amanda said with a smile:
"Good idea, I will greet the manager of Kona and open up a special field. Calculate the time, the sheep in our pasture are generally four or five months old. I heard the cowboys say it last time, and we need to think about it in advance. sales problem."

Chatted a few words and hung up the phone.

Su Rui went upstairs to check the room. Today is just a short trip, so he is not tired yet.

He went out in the car first and went directly to Tesla headquarters.

This electric car manufacturer does not have any financial backing for the time being, and the market valuation has plummeted. After research by the family office, Su Rui already has a psychological price, so just bring the quotation to discuss.

It happens to be the end of the year, other companies are already busy arranging holidays, and employees are not in the mood to work, which means that the market sensitivity will be reduced.

If there is a time difference and the negotiation progresses smoothly, maybe Su Rui has been able to successfully buy the shares before attracting the attention of others, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.

When he came to Tesla headquarters in the Palo Alto area of ​​Silicon Valley.

I found out that this company is only a studio-type enterprise, and there is no security guard at the door, so you can enter directly.

A group of people are in the warehouse, manually assembling the electric sports car called "Roadster".

Although electric cars are destined to be a minority, the performance of the cold door opening is really a bit bad.

It is estimated that even if this year's financial crisis does not happen, Tesla's valuation will drop to a dog. If it is just poor sales, its financial situation is particularly bad.

In the early years, Elon Musk only earned more than 1 million US dollars by selling PayPal payment software, and later invested in some other projects. Not to mention rich and powerful, he could not support the plate of electric vehicles at all.

If he wanted to keep it alive, he had to seek funds from outside, so Su Rui came directly without worrying about being treated as a fat sheep.

Now Tesla needs his money much more than Suri needs Tesla.

In fact, Tesla was not founded by him. He just spent millions of dollars in financing Tesla. Although he invested more money later, the company is undoubtedly unsustainable. Even this year's year-end bonus is almost It can't be released, and it needs to sell the Roadster electric sports car at a discount to realize it.

but.

Compared with other current electric car manufacturers, Tesla has gone ahead.

At the very least, it is well-known, has a research and development team, and has accumulated some technical patents. Even if it only mass-produces a few hundred vehicles, it is still mass-produced.

Su Rui swaggered around the production workshop, but no one paid attention to him.

I bent down to look at the interior of the Roadster, and then recalled the Model 3 that will be used in the future.

After investigating Tesla in detail in advance, Suri knows the parameters of the Roadster very well. It only takes 3.7 seconds to accelerate from 320 kilometers to [-] kilometers, and the maximum battery life is [-] kilometers. From refined decoration to rough housing.

It is no wonder that he feels that he is standing still and lacks substantial changes.

In 2008, the pure electric Tesla is cool, trendy and fashionable.

But in the future, although the market value is high and it is particularly profitable, it gradually loses its core competitiveness, and it is difficult to avoid gradually becoming mediocre.

If everything goes well, the dividend period of investing in it will last for more than ten years, which is enough for Su Rui.

now.

Finally someone found Su Rui, and said in a surprised tone:

"I know you. Why did you come to our factory to buy a car? We support private customization. Seats, car manufacturers, and wheels can be optional, but the price is a bit high for others."

Su Rui didn't bother to make friends, so he smiled and said:
"Just passing by, want to talk to Elon Musk about business, is he here?"

The other party shook his head and said:

"Went to NASA HQ (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the cost of launching the official rocket is too high, maybe outsource the business to Space X."

Suri knows this company well.

The original intention of Space X was said to be to explore space.

However, the things he did were all related to commercial interests. It was tantamount to becoming an outsourcing service provider of NASA, and he was working hard to recruit jobs from the very beginning.

In the past two years, in order to win the order from NASA, Elon Musk almost emptied his pockets and injected [-] million US dollars into Space X, just to win the NASA launch order and earn money for official engineering funds, not for space immigration. kind of nonsense.

Until more than ten years later, all the plans were still verbal, and there was not even a mature PPT.

So you can't look at what others say, but look at what others do.

Nod calmly.

Su Rui felt that if he talked to Elon Musk about his dreams, he would probably be classified as a "stupid person". It would be more reliable to talk about benefits directly. He then asked:

"So, who can say hello for me? Just say I want to provide Tesla with a financing fund. I will spend two days in Silicon Valley and ask him if he is interested."

(End of this chapter)