It's normal to develop some black technology in the future, right?

Chapter 423: The chips that can impress Musk
Musk naturally knew that his questions would not get a response from Chen Yuanguang. If Chen Yuanguang really wanted to stay in America, he would not have chosen to return to China that year.

Furthermore, he said that Chen Yuanguang had obtained unlimited firepower from Yanjing, so why did he have to go to America to regain such power and replicate his success in China? How much would it cost to win the trust of Washington?
Anyone with normal IQ would not make such a decision. People would regard America as the paradise of their dreams, but true elites would never have such illusions, especially in the past decade, when America's behavior has been frantically disenchanting its past glory.

America's narrative logic cannot fool even the ordinary Chinese, let alone the real elites.

So Musk asked this to introduce the next topic: "Wright, I hope you can give me some advice."

Most of the time, a stupid question is more likely to make the other person let down their guard and tell you some truth.

This is a trick that Musk has discovered since he was a child and has never failed to work.

Not to mention that Musk himself often makes inappropriate jokes on Twitter.

"it is good."

"Now America has asked me to go back and lead the 21st century Manhattan Project, which is America's own nuclear bomb reorientation plan. The White House hopes that I can complete it within five years.

As you know, the nuclear missile trajectory change project involves a lot of coordination and cooperation, which requires communication between academia, industry and bureaucrats in Washington, and full communication with the departments that control nuclear missile launches.

This obviously requires land-based and sea-based launches, which means that it will involve multiple military branches within the military alone.

The nuclear bombs must be able to accurately hit asteroids that are constantly changing their orbits. This involves modifying existing nuclear bombs and enabling the missiles to have more precise terminal trajectory change capabilities, which requires cooperation with the Nuclear Safety Administration.

You should know that other scientists only know about the work in academia at best, but SpaceX has been working closely with the American Military for the past decade, and I worked in Washington for two years and am very familiar with Washington's operating logic.

Washington thought there was no one in America more suitable than me.

But once I take on this project, it means I have to give up a lot of interests, a lot of commercial interests.

What’s even scarier is that I’m leaving my wonderful life in California and going to live in New Mexico.”

Among the 50 states in the United States (51 states refers to the 50 states plus the District of Columbia), New Mexico ranks third from the bottom in per capita income. In addition, most of the area has a desert climate, so it is no exaggeration to describe it as desolate. The newly built town of Los Alamos in the previous Manhattan Project is located on the Pajarito Plateau in northern New Mexico.

Musk looked directly into Chen Yuanguang's eyes, trying to get Chen Yuanguang to speak his true thoughts rather than high-sounding clichés.

Chen Yuanguang asked back: "What are the benefits?

I don't believe Washington didn't offer you a price that was attractive enough for you."

Five years is the most optimistic estimate. Given America's current poor mobilization capabilities, it would not be surprising if it took ten years.

For someone like Musk, it is not necessary for him to abandon companies like SpaceX, Twitter, Tesla, and Neuralink. In this era, he will not be forced to remain anonymous, and he probably will not be banned from posting on Twitter.

But in any case, it is equivalent to working for America wholeheartedly, allowing Musk to spend five years, or possibly ten years. Considering that he is almost sixty years old, Chen Yuanguang knows very well that Washington must have offered a generous enough price.

Otherwise, Musk would just refuse without even thinking about it.

"Wright, you guessed it right, they will push Congress to pass legislation to allow me to run for president." Musk grinned.

For Musk, this project means that during the entire duration of the project, he does not have to worry about being attacked by the Democratic Party or his personal safety.

Furthermore, he would be able to obtain the presidential election he most desired.

Ever since he participated in the 2024 presidential election, he has been deeply fascinated by this feeling. Just standing next to a candidate and cheering for him can stir up a storm of public opinion and easily attract the attention of hundreds of millions of people in countries around the world.

The emotional value brought by this feeling is incomparable to that of entrepreneurship.

Even the most glorious moments of entrepreneurship cannot be compared with a simple campaign rally.

Therefore, the conditions offered by Washington hit Musk immediately, and this was an offer he could not refuse.

Previously, the Chinese internet joked that Musk could marry the eldest princess, who would run for the election, and he, as the first lady, would cheer her on, which would be considered an indirect election.

This was a joke, but now that the opportunity has really come, Musk obviously doesn't want to give up.

After listening to this, Chen Yuanguang couldn't help but sigh that the foxes in Washington still know how to control Musk:
“I wonder how the lawmakers in Washington can keep their promises?

As far as I know, giving you the power to participate in the presidential election involves congressional legislation that is not an ordinary law. It requires both the Donkey Party and the Elephant Party to fulfill their promises.

This is not an easy task.”

“Of course you give me this power first.

As soon as I take over this task, they will start to push Congress to legislate, and within a year at most, Congress will complete the legislation, and the original requirement that presidential candidates must be American citizens at birth will be changed to all Americans. "Musk said.

“Of course I have to complete this task. If I don’t complete it, the change in this bill will be useless to me because I cannot get the candidate qualification of the Elephant Party. There is no point in running as an independent candidate.

So I also need to complete this task.

In short, this is a two-way clamp. I need to complete the task to be eligible to run for election, and they need to cash in their chips before I can continue to work. "

Chen Yuanguang listened thoughtfully, "You have discussed the deal so clearly, I believe you already have the answer in your mind.

It seems that in ten years I will have a presidential friend." Chen Yuanguang joked.

Musk nodded. His schedule needed to be completely disrupted and all subsequent plans for his trip to Asia had to be abandoned. After communicating with Chen Yuanguang in China, he had to return to Washington urgently and start getting into the role. As the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes.

On the plane to Shenhai, Musk thought that China's nuclear missile launch and trajectory change was a major threat to America and a warning to Washington, but he did not expect that it would turn into an opportunity for him.

Not only did he avoid the upcoming presidential election next year, which he is almost certain to lose, and the possible pursuit by the Democratic Party after the election, he also won a valuable opportunity for himself to participate in the general election.

What is the time and fate? This is the time and fate.

"I hope your blessing will come true." Musk did not hide his ambition for the presidency in front of Chen Yuanguang. "So our previous cooperation on electric vehicles needs to be terminated. Whether I participate in the new round of Manhattan Project or because I will participate in the American presidential election in the future, the situation does not allow me to continue to cooperate with Light Armor Aerospace in my personal capacity.

Wright, I'm sorry, I have to withdraw all my shares.

Not only that, I will also withdraw from Tesla's management in the future. I will only remain a Tesla shareholder and will not participate in Tesla's actual operations."

What is the loss? A high-end automobile brand project like Space, with a success rate of more than 80%, has to withdraw completely. This is the most direct economic loss.

Before GuangMe Aerospace achieved the asteroid trajectory change, the success rate of Space was probably 50%. Now this probability has soared to more than 80%.

In most parts of the world, this brand, which has not yet been officially launched, has many potential customers eagerly waiting for it. There are a lot of concept cars on YouTube with various radical and sharp design styles that can attract a lot of views.

The higher the market value of Porsche, the higher Space's expectations will be.

"What? Musk is going to quit? This is a good thing." Lin Jia's first reaction after hearing the whole story from Chen Yuanguang.

The reason why we chose to cooperate with Musk before was because we were worried that it would not succeed, and we hoped to find someone to support us and open up the overseas market.

After all, overseas, Musk and Tesla's appeal is still stronger than domestic brands.

Now the times have changed. Chen Yuanguang's appeal is enough to radiate to the entire Asia-Pacific region. It would be good enough if the production capacity in the first five years can meet the needs of the Asia-Pacific region.

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It will gradually spread globally in the future.

Therefore, Musk's withdrawal is equivalent to leaving the entire cake to Guangjia Aerospace itself.

Lin Jia subconsciously felt that this was good news. From the perspective of capital operation, Space was wholly owned by the company, so there was no need to worry too much about the allocation of various resources.

The only difficulty is that the funds required for the entire Space development process need to be borne by Guangjia Aerospace alone.

This is not a difficult task for today's light armor aerospace.

"Yes, Musk is still very eager to show his ambitions in Washington, and he will definitely not give up such an opportunity.

For him, let alone the goal of Space to develop into Porsche, even if the market value of Space can become the next Tesla, he can give it up without hesitation for his dream of becoming president. "Chen Yuanguang sighed.

From the perspective of market value alone, Porsche's market value is less than one-tenth of Tesla's.

Simply working on luxury cars won't make as much money as working on mass-produced models like Tesla.

"Of course, even though he doesn't say it, everyone knows that he is interested in the White House.

There are too many similar cases in China's history, where people participated in palace coups and gambled their lives and property.

What's more, someone like Musk, who has only helped others to elect for 24 years, can say that if the Democratic Party wins, his life and property will be in danger. This time he has the opportunity to run on his own, and the chips he pays are not too much. It would be strange if he didn't take a gamble."

Lin Jia sighed. When she thought about what Chen Yuanguang had done in Singapore and what he was about to do in Malaysia, she realized that Chen Yuanguang and Musk were similar in this matter. They both sought political benefits to a certain extent and hoped to change the world according to their own ideas.

It's nothing more than Chen Yuanguang testing whether his ideas are in line with reality abroad, while Musk is personally involved in doing this in America.

“I actually can’t understand one thing. This is just to qualify. Is he so confident that he can win as long as he runs for the election?

This is a bit too confident." Chen Yuanguang asked, "According to my understanding, people like Musk, who have too obvious tendencies and a lot of public statements in America, should be scrutinized more strictly.

There should be as many people who hate him as there are people who like him. For the lower-class people, do they really believe that a billionaire with a billionaire's fortune is on the same side as them?

This is a bit too absurd.”

Lin Jia said: "All he needs is the qualification to run for election. If he is qualified, then the probability is not zero, but if he is not qualified, then there is no chance at all.

Furthermore, for Musk, he controls Twitter, has the support of Silicon Valley tycoons, and even has good relations with China, which will become his unique advantages.

You see, the next presidential election is in 2028. He can't possibly run this time, and the chances of running in 2032 are not high either. So he'll have to wait until 2036.

As a person born in the 1970s, he was less than 70 years old at that time, which was just the right age to run for election.

At the same time, there is a high probability that the Democratic Party will return to the White House in the next eight years, and will engage in fierce confrontation with China in a series of areas. This confrontation will have a direct impact on the lives of ordinary Americans.

Because the Donkey Party cannot possibly do that. They have to compete with China in so many high-tech fields and invest so much. Then China will take over the traditional advantageous industries one after another. Income will decrease and expenditure will increase. At this time, there are only two ways: one is to target the rich, and the other is to target the middle class and the poor.

Which one do you think it will be? Most likely it will be both.

Then eight years will be a burden for the Donor Party, and the economic downturn and declining living standards of the people will be the biggest obstacles for them to win in 2036.

By 2036, perhaps a new trend of thought will arise in the minds of the American people, that is, China is not a competitor, we can coexist peacefully with China, and we can cooperate with each other.

If this is the case, wouldn’t the relationship between Musk and China be a major positive?

Is he almost certain to win as the candidate of the Elephant Party?

Of course, this is just my guess. I think Musk’s idea is similar to mine, and we are both aiming for 2036.”

After listening to this, Chen Yuanguang said, "What you said makes some sense."

"Because if he wants to catch the 2032 trip, it means he has to start running for a candidate in the Elephant Party at the beginning of 2032. Now it is the middle of 2027, and there are only four and a half years until the beginning of 2032. It will take at least half a year for him to form a candidate team and set up the entire framework.

You told me that it would take at least five years, and there is a high probability that he would not be able to accomplish this task in four years.

Unless China is completely leaky, a large amount of relevant technology will be captured by America."

(End of this chapter)