Rebirth: From Internet to the Sea of ​​Stars

Chapter 261

Su Cheng smiled and listened to Musk’s thoughts. There is no way, the old man also has his own feelings.

And because of PayPal, the relationship between Musk and Noah is very good, so that’s why he asks Noah for help.

Some time ago Noah has been busy with the C round of financing and the merger of the company. This matter has been delayed for a few months, and now he finally remembered it, and then recommended him another guy, Su Cheng .

As the largest shareholder of Galaxy, which is currently the hottest company, is almost one-third of the shares. It is a joke to say that Su Cheng is short of money, so Musk packed up his things and got on the plane that night.

“I’m also very interested in what you said, but I don’t have time to do it now. You also know that I have a lot of industries, and I don’t have the energy to diversify to this one now.”

Su Cheng’s words made Musk’s heart cold, but Su Cheng’s next words made him feel like he was back to life.

“However, I can invest in you. I am optimistic about the future you said, and I also have shares in a company in China, and they are also making electric cars, so I definitely want to invest in Tesla.”

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“As for the space exploration technology company, even if I want to invest, has the review committee met?”

Musk scratched his head, “If you give up all your rights and only enjoy the shares, and there are not many shares, it’s still okay?”

Su Cheng smiled, “What’s the point of that? Look at Noah, let him vote, I can vote for Tesla.”

Musk sighed, “Damn ideology! Okay, so how many shares do you want and how much are you going to invest?”

There is really no way. One thing to know is that Musk’s space exploration technology company has already started.

Elon Musk invested US$100 million on his own in June last year, and then obtained a contract for commercial orbital transportation services from the Aerospace Agency in August, proving that this can be an option for transporting cargo to the International Space Station.

But in any case, the valuation of current space exploration technology companies is not high. It is estimated to be 300 to 500 million dollars. Then Noah Investment will do it, and Su Cheng is not prepared to intervene by himself.

But Tesla is a quality project!

On July 1, 2003, it was co-founded by Martin Eberhard and Mark Tarpening. The founders named the company “Tesla Motors” in memory of physicist Nikola Tesla.

In 2004, Elon Musk entered the company and led the A round of financing. Then, after rounds of financing, he became the largest shareholder. This…amount, there is no way.

In 2007, the crisis broke out, and the gearbox problem became the fuse.

As a super sports car comparable to Porsche and Ferrari, TeslaRter has very high requirements for high-performance acceleration. At this time, ordinary electric vehicles without a multi-stage gearbox obviously cannot meet the needs of Rter, because the asynchronous motor is running at low speed. In this case, the power output efficiency is low, so it is logical to introduce a two-stage gearbox.

But the problem is that there is no precedent in the industry as to how to do systematic research and development between high-voltage and high-power electronic control systems and gearbox coordination.

What is even more uncomfortable is that the company is very short of money, very short of money, because there is no product available for a long time, so it has been burning money for product research and development.

At this stage, this year is the most difficult year for Tesla, and everything will get better after this year.

Later, I got a low-interest loan of nearly 300 million dollars.

And Tesla’s scenery was not all smooth sailing. After the first batch of cars came out, there were problems with cost control later.

As a result, the car that was previously scheduled to be sold was to produce a car and lose one, and then Tesla’s operation was to increase the price. This naturally caused the dissatisfaction of the previous customers, so many customers asked for refunds.

Su Cheng still knows Tesla very well. After all, as a global leader in electric vehicles, no, it should be the car company with the largest market value.

Su Cheng’s first impression of it came from the two doors that opened upward, like two wings. Later, he gradually learned that this company is still very great.

Of course, Tesla is also leading in another aspect, that is the photovoltaic industry.

But the most eye-catching is the field of electric vehicles.

In addition, it cannot be ignored that behind Tesla, there are many super investors.

These include Google founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin and others, as well as traditional auto giants such as Toyota, Daimler-Benz subsidiaries and Panasonic.

Panasonic is Tesla’s supplier of lithium battery cells, and part of the design of Tesla cars also benefited from Mercedes-Benz’s inspiration.

And now these things have not happened yet, everything is still early, it is only January 2007, and Tesla, who has stood in front of Su Cheng, how could Su Cheng miss it?

“What’s the valuation?”

Musk frowned. “I think Tesla is worth 200 million dollars now, and his future prospects are bright…”

“Okay, I agree, I can invest 30% of the share, which is 70 million dollars, OK or not?”

Musk nodded solemnly, “Too many, we will have a lot of investors coming in, you know…”

Su Cheng shook his head, “I have battery technology that can increase Tesla’s mileage by 50%. Do you still feel at a loss now?”

Musk’s eyes lit up, “You mean?”

Su Cheng smiled and said, “I said a long time ago that I invested in an electric car company, and now it is also doing preliminary preparations. It should be able to launch the first electric car in 08150, so I will invest in Tesla. , It is precisely because I have the skills!”

Musk nodded, “That’s okay.”

Su Cheng smiled and said, “That’s okay. Now that you agree, so be it. I will let the person in charge from the U.S. contact you and invest directly at that time.”

“Then I would like to thank you. It can be regarded as a solution to one of my concerns. You don’t know how sad I am. Electric cars are too difficult, and the suppression of traditional car manufacturers is too uncomfortable.”

Su Cheng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, “Any great career is like this in the early stage of preparation. Only after you have made a great career, they will officially form you. This is the reality. !”

“Okay, thank you, then I will go back, when you come to the United States, I will treat you!”

Su Cheng laughed, can I still make it?

But Su Cheng still sent him away.

“Noah, 30% on my side, it’s the top, it’s impossible to continue to invest anymore, you go get 20 points, when the time comes, my side will continue to be reduced by shares, and you will continue to increase holdings. .”

Noah was very happy, “Okay, no problem. I also won 20% of the space exploration technology company. If I slowly increase my holdings in the future, he and I are still very close.”

“You just need to arrange it!”.