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Chapter 548 Elon Musk

Elon Musk has been a little irritable recently. His "Starlink Project" was once again rejected by the board of directors on the grounds that the plan to launch 2020 satellites by 1.2 is too absurd. With the current launch capability of the Falcon 9 rocket, there is no It is impossible to complete this launch mission.Moreover, the launch and recovery technology of Falcon 9 has not been overcome. If the launch in June fails again, it is estimated that SpaceX will face bankruptcy.

Although Elon Musk is the CEO of SpaceX, his personal shareholding is only about 9%, which is not even as good as Wild Fox.Now the board of directors has decided to vigorously develop Tesla's automotive business, because Tesla achieved profitability for the first time in 2014, and for capital, interests come first.Now his approval rate on the board is only 41%, with Wild Fox abstaining from voting and 47% against.Therefore, Shen Fang's 12% voting rights are very important.

When he knew through information that Shen Fang and Qin Mohan's honeymoon stop was San Francisco, he went to Tesla on the Silicon Valley side for a business trip, and after the news was confirmed, he prepared to invite Shen Fang to meet.He believed that with his many years of experience in Silicon Valley, he would be able to convince Shen Fang, and he got the authorization from him, but he didn't expect to meet Shen Fang in the Wal-Mart supermarket.

Now that he has met, Elon Musk is still very excited.The two had only known each other once before, and they hadn't had a close friendship yet. Although he has certain face blindness towards Asians, he still recognized Shen Fang at a glance.While holding the items he wanted to purchase, he was thinking about how to communicate with Shen Fang.

"Yaran, why is this big man repeatedly pinching this piece of beef?" Qin Ruoxi whispered to Jin Yaran, "Could it be a pervert."

"Don't talk nonsense." Qin Mohan stopped Qin Ruoxi's words.

Although he couldn't understand what the two girls in front of him said, Musk saw the plastic wrap on the cold fresh box in his hand that was about to be crushed by himself, and knew that the other party was talking about him.

"Mr. Musk, hello." Shen Fang also noticed Elon Musk just now, but saw that he had been thinking about the problem, so he didn't disturb him.In Silicon Valley, there are often some great gods who have a sudden inspiration, and then write a string of codes on napkins, toilet paper or even walls, and this string of codes may change an industry or establish a super company.There is a saying in Silicon Valley: "Silicon Valley is a state of mind, and creativity is its foundation."

"Mr. Shen, hello." Elon Musk said happily to Shen: "Nice to meet you."

Shen Fang said embarrassingly: "I'm glad to meet you. I didn't know that you were thinking about technical problems and didn't bother you. Just now, my sister-in-law was reckless."

"It's okay." Elon Musk said to Shen Fang: "I saw you just now, and I have been thinking about how to strike up a conversation with you. I don't know if I have time to have a cup of coffee together today?"

The straightforwardness of the other party made Shen feel good. Although he wanted to have a good talk with Musk, Shen Fang still did not agree to his invitation: "Mr. Musk, I am very sorry, we just arrived in Silicon Valley today, and we haven't settled down yet. Can you do it tomorrow? I will invite you tomorrow."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know that you just arrived in Silicon Valley, and it was a bit rash." Elon Musk said embarrassedly: "I don't know if you have time tomorrow morning."

Seeing that Elon Musk was still persistently inviting himself after being declined, Shen Fang knew that he must have something to help him. If his guess was right, it should be the voting rights of the "Star Chain Project". % voting power is crucial.Looking at Musk's anxious expression, it seems that his plan may come true.

Shen Fang nodded: "Tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning, we will meet at the Coupa Cafe on Ramona Street. I also want to have a good chat with Mr. Musk."

"Thank you, I will be there on time." Elon Musk expressed his gratitude to Shen Fang. He has great confidence in his "Star Chain Project". As long as Shen Fang is willing to talk to him, he will have the opportunity to win it. Shen Fang's support.

Seeing Elon Musk leaving excitedly, Qin Mohan asked, "Do you know this person?" Qin Mohan felt a little surprised at Shen Fang's respect for him.

Shen Fang said: "A crazy person. His reputation is not obvious in China, because he is currently focusing on rocket launches."

"Ah! Rocket launch?" Qin Mohan looked at Shen Fang in surprise: "Is that the rocket that was launched into space?"

"Yes." Shen Fang nodded.

"Shouldn't the launch of rockets be led by the country? Are they an official company of the United States?"

"Have you heard of Tesla Motors?" Seeing Qin Mohan nodding to indicate that he had heard of it, Shen Fang continued: "Tesla Motors is a branch of their SpaceX company. It started as a super battery research and development company in Silicon Valley. The company, in order to support SpaceX’s rockets, continued to expand and became the current Tesla Motors. The market value of this car company alone has exceeded tens of billions of dollars.”

"What about SpaceX? Since it can launch rockets, the company must be huge."

"On the contrary, this company almost went bankrupt." Shen Fang explained to Qin Mohan: "Although SpaceX holds more than half of Tesla's shares and has provided corresponding technical support for it, the current market value of SpaceX It is no longer as good as Tesla, and Tesla also refused to provide blood transfusion for SpaceX, so we have the opportunity to buy shares.”

"It's already on the verge of bankruptcy, and if you still invest in the shares, aren't you afraid of losing money?" Qin Mohan asked wonderingly.

"I'm afraid, but our company's venture capital has always been investors who don't invest in projects." Shen Fang didn't tell Qin Mohan the specific reason, but explained to her: "Although SpaceX's Falcon 9 failed twice in a row last year. , Let investors doubt, and let Tesla refuse blood transfusions. But we are still full of confidence in Elon Musk, as long as he succeeds in launching this year, we will definitely gain a lot of money.”

"Brother-in-law, have you finished chatting?" Just now when I saw Shen Fang chatting with Musk, Jin Yaran and Qin Ruoxi couldn't understand, so they went shopping with Zhou Qi to buy snacks. Unexpectedly, after returning, my sister chatted with him again up.

"Brother, can we eat Chinese food?" Jin Yaran suggested to Shen Fang.

Shen Fang nodded, and said to several people: "Okay, let's eat Chinese food today. I'll buy some meat, and then go buy the seasonings for Chinese food."

San Francisco is a city with a relatively large number of Chinese people. Every large supermarket sells Chinese food condiments, but the price is much higher.

"Brother-in-law, look at this. Why is it so expensive? The unit is marked wrong." Qin Ruoxi saw a Laoganma chili sauce placed in an obvious place, and a small bottle of 280 grams of chili sauce was actually sold for 5 dollars. If It would cost more than 30 yuan to exchange for RMB.

Shen Fang smiled and said: "There is no mistake. The best Chinese sauce sold in the United States is this old godmother. Many people in the United States like to eat it as a sandwich for toast."

"Laoganma with toast? These foreigners really know how to eat it." Qin Ruoxi couldn't help shivering when she thought about this way of eating.

Since several people want to eat Chinese food, they bought it according to Chinese food. Instead of choosing steak, they bought beef stew, which is the cut part with beef brisket, and bought some pork ribs, bacon and some vegetables. Later, I saw that the cod steak in the seafood area was good, and I took a few pieces. I also picked up a few relatively large ones of Maine lobster and prepared to serve with mushroom soup.

When he got home, Shen Fang didn't let a few people idle. Cooking is a pleasure for him, but he doesn't like to clean up.Qin Mohan took two girls to wash the vegetables, while Zhou Qi and Li Hui helped him with the ribs.

After all the raw materials were ready, Shen Fang started to work. He liked to watch all kinds of raw materials made into various delicacies according to his own wishes.Potato stewed beef, sweet and sour pork ribs, pan-fried cod, steamed lobster, Qin Mohan looked at the itchy hands, and insisted on making a vegetable salad.

Zhou Qi was embarrassed to ask the two bosses to cook, so she and Li Hui waited to eat.She looked at Shen Fang's well-equipped Chinese kitchen utensils, and offered to cook two hometown dishes: Hunan-style pork with bones and stir-fried pork.Qin Mohan was very moved by her proposal. Zhou Qi had prepared meals for her when she was filming before, but later Shen Fang often followed her, so she lost this opportunity.

Everyone worked together, a meal of Chinese and Western dishes made the two little girls move their index fingers, and finally lay there unwilling to get up.

I didn't have lunch on the plane today, so dinner was a little earlier, and it was only a little past six in San Francisco time after dinner.The two girls returned to their room to do their homework according to their customized study plan.

Qin Mohan planned the places to visit in San Francisco in the past two days. She planned to take them to the Golden Gate Bridge to experience the magnificent sunrise tomorrow morning; He was going to take the two of them to visit Stanford University, tell them about the history and brilliant achievements of this university, and see if they could inspire their fighting spirit to be admitted to this prestigious school.

Shen Fang didn't care about Qin Mohan's plan. From his point of view, these two girls are probably young people studying art.Of course, if he can study abroad at Stanford, he also supports it.

Shen Fang made a pot of coffee and sent an email to Peter in China. It is still early in the morning in China, and Peter should be able to send the information he needs when he wakes up in the morning.

(End of this chapter)