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She heard Bai Ye's excited laughter: "Did you see the photo of you and Bruce Banner here? Aren't you two really in love? Let him save you. Let him take you out of my clutches?"

Cosplay?

Betty, wearing a wedding dress, felt as if she had also been drawn into the play under Bai Ye's "earnest teachings". She cried out loudly: "Wow... Bruce, come and save me! Bai Ye, that bastard, is always trying to bully me! Help me beat him up!"

Well, after playing it with Aunt Mei last time, Bai Ye felt a little addicted, so he came to play it again with Betty. I have to say, it was really fun!

So exciting!

Bai Ye and Betty were having a great time when his cell phone rang again.

"Damn it, I forgot to turn off my phone again. Who is it? Always disturbing me at times like this?"

Bai Ye complained.

But he had the experience before when Ivan Vanko had developed the second-generation Ark Reactor and informed him of it, but he was busy riding someone else's bicycle, so it was difficult for him to turn off his phone directly.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Jordan said, "Master, this afternoon, our business delegation had contact with Tesla's CEO Elon Musk. Tesla is also very short of money now. Elon Musk welcomes our financial investment in Tesla, but he does not accept the transfer of Tesla's control."

In the original universe of White Night, 08 was also Musk's Mercury retrograde year. He encountered problems such as the failure of SpaceX's first three rocket launches, insufficient financing for Tesla, and his marriage hitting the rocks. If he was not careful, he might go bankrupt.

It is also 08 in the Marvel world, and Tesla is facing a similar problem. Due to the incorrect cost estimation of Tesla's new car and the urgent need for funds, Musk invested all of his last 4000 million US dollars in Tesla, but it was far from enough. If Daimler had not reached out and helped Musk, it would be hard to say whether Tesla could still exist.

Now is the time when Tesla has not found Daimler, the white knight.

Bai Ye said impatiently: "In other words, this person rejected our kindness?"

"Well..." Jordan said, "In a sense, yes."

"Then what else is there to say? Get him!" Bai Ye sneered and said, "When you left, didn't I let Tian Yangsheng stay with you? Now is the time for him to play a role. Find a horse, chop off its head, and send it to Musk's bed. I want him to feel the shock from America. Otherwise, he might really think that America is a paradise of freedom and democracy, a beacon of mankind."

You are a North African who wants to make money in America, but you dare not pay protection fees to the big moneybags? Then we have to give you a little American shock.

Chapter 148: Rat, I'm Duck, It's Time to Wash

"You still need me to teach you such a small thing... Then why should I raise you?"

Bai Ye scolded Jordan harshly and then hung up the phone.

Jordan, who was in Silicon Valley, felt ashamed.

As for the resentment caused by being scolded… that was not the case. Bai Ye could make him tens of millions of dollars a year, so what was wrong with scolding him? He was just afraid that he would anger the young master.

"A bunch of losers!"

Bai Ye threw the phone away, then held Betty, who was wearing a wedding dress, on his lap and said:

"Come on, baby, let's continue. You can close your eyes and imagine me as Bruce Banner, recall his voice and appearance, and those beautiful moments you once had..."

"The one who is caressing you right now is Bruce Banner, and the one who is kissing you on the lips is also Bruce Banner..."

Betty was getting more and more involved in this cosplay. She hugged Bai Ye's neck and began to kiss him back.

The two of them had a great time, and the lights in Betty's house were not turned off until dawn.

……

The next day.

Villa No. 10924 Chalon Road is surrounded by lush shrubs and has great privacy.

The mansion has an interior area of ​​20248 square feet and is designed in the style of a French country manor. It has a total of 7 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms, as well as a wine cellar and a two-story library.

Not only is the interior large, but it also has nearly 1.7 acres of outdoor space, including a private gym and five-car garage, as well as an outdoor pool and spa.

This is the home of Silicon Valley newcomer Elon Musk, a rented house.

7: am.

Elon Musk woke up on time.

Suddenly, he felt his hands were slippery.

Elon Musk lifted the quilt in confusion, took out his hands, and immediately found that their hands were covered in blood.

"what?"

Elon Musk was a little confused. Could it be that his anxiety these days caused him to have a hemorrhage?

He continued to pull the quilt down.

Then he found a severed horse head on his bed...

He stared blankly at the horse's head, with only one thought in his mind:

"An offer you can't refuse?"

This was the darkest year in Musk's life. Tesla suffered a huge financial deficit, SpaceX failed three launches, and a massive financial crisis followed. He was also tormented by divorces, employee resignations, and ridicule from the outside world.

Just like the "Car Truth" website opened a "Tesla Death Countdown" column, waiting for Tesla to die like a joke, and there were even 50 articles discussing how Tesla would die in one day. There were even Tesla internal employees who broke the news that Tesla deceived the public and all the cash from orders was squandered... That year, Musk felt that he had become the target of public criticism.

But Musk didn't expect that even though he was in such a miserable state, there were still people bullying him.

"How to do?"

Musk is also a mortal and is afraid of death. Faced with such drastic measures, he would also be afraid of being hit and killed by a dump truck on the street. It is normal for him to feel fear.

He tried hard to suppress his fear and began to think about who the other person was.

Musk recalled all the enemies in his life and finally identified the murderers, Osborne and Stark who came to negotiate with him yesterday afternoon. He originally wanted to use his excellent negotiation skills to get Osborne and Stark to invest in Tesla, but they wanted to swallow Tesla in one gulp, so he finally rejected the acquisition.

Osborn is the most powerful medical complex in America, and Stark is the most powerful military-industrial complex in America. Both are behemoths with a license to kill. It is normal and simple for them to want to deal with a small Elon Musk for this.

"Really? Didn't I just reject your request to acquire Tesla as a whole? You two giants think too highly of me, don't you?" Musk wanted to cry but had no tears: "Tesla is just a small company valued at a few hundred million dollars!"

To be honest, the market value of Tesla is probably just the daily turnover of Osborne Group and Stark Group. Musk remembered that the revenue of Osborne Group last year was more than 800 billion U.S. dollars, and the daily turnover was almost 3 million U.S. dollars. He couldn't figure out what on earth was so attractive to these two giants in Tesla that made them so determined to win?

Musk understands even more clearly that if he dares not accept the acquisition invitation, then both he and I will be in trouble!

Today they cut off a horse's head, tomorrow it could be his head.

He calmly called the maid, cleaned the room, took a shower, had a cup of coffee, ate some egg rolls, and drove to Palo Alto, Tesla's headquarters. On the way, he called Jordan:

"Mr. Belfort, after a night of careful consideration, I have decided to agree to your acquisition offer. In addition, I still need to discuss it with other shareholders."

"No problem." Jordan said with a hearty smile: "Mr. Musk, it's a pleasure to work with you. Don't worry, we will give you a satisfactory valuation."

After hanging up the phone, Musk couldn't help but slap the steering wheel and cursed "fuck!".

Originally, Tesla was a very important piece of his career puzzle. Even when he was almost at the end of his rope, he never thought of giving up control of Tesla. Now it is being forced to be sold. It would be strange if he was happy.

But what can be done?

The arms can't twist the thighs.

Not to mention him, how many people in the entire America can withstand the pressure exerted by Osborn and Stark at the same time?

The Tesla incident lasted for two days. In the end, Stark Group and Venus Energy acquired Tesla in a package with a valuation of US$6 million. However, seven of Tesla's early investors, including Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, and Jeff Skoll of eBay, did not dare to say a word. They took the returns several times the amount and left.

After signing the contract, Musk felt disappointed but relieved at the same time, because the acquisition allowed him to get nearly $2 million in cash. Even if he lost Tesla, his other company, Space X, would be saved.

In fact, he values ​​Space X more than Tesla.

"Belfort, please give my regards to Mr. Osborn Jr. and Mr. Stark. Tesla will be in your hands from now on."

Musk bowed to Jordan and prepared to leave. After all, this was Tesla's headquarters and no longer belonged to him.

Jordan stopped him and said with a smile: "Mr. Musk, don't worry, this deal is over, we have other deals to discuss."

"Other business?"

Musk wondered.

Are you talking about Space X?

shit!

If you want to steal Tesla and Space X, then I will... I will... I will have no choice but to give in to you.

God!

Isn't America a paradise of freedom and democracy? How could there be such shameless people like Osborn and Stark, forcing me to death!

Jordan said slowly: "We invite Mr. Musk to continue to serve as Tesla's CEO and give you 20% of the management shares."

"what?"

Musk looked at Jordan with a black question mark on his head.

You snatched Tesla from me, and then you turned around and invited me to be the CEO of Tesla. What's the difference between this and taking off your pants to fart?

Jordan saw Musk's confusion and explained with a smile: "Maybe Mr. Musk has been too anxious recently and forgot to read more news. Have you seen the video of Tony Stark fighting in a mecha? Stark and our Venus Energy have made breakthroughs in cold nuclear fusion technology and completed a new energy revolution. From now on, the human world can slowly abandon fossil energy and use the clean energy we create. But Mr. Musk, perhaps you also understand how much say the American energy giants have. Even Osborn and Stark can't force the promotion of new energy standards immediately unless we are willing to hand over the technology for sharing."

"Of course this is impossible! This new energy is too important. According to the wishes of Mr. Stark and Mr. Osborne Jr., they are unwilling to use this new energy in war. So in order to break through the blockade of the energy giants, we can only choose emerging industries to start business, and new energy vehicles are one of the industries they chose. In order to save time and accumulate strength as soon as possible to promote the standards of new energy, they chose Tesla, the leader of new energy vehicles, and Mr. Osborne Jr. particularly values ​​your management skills, Mr. Musk. He persuaded Mr. Stark and is willing to hire you, Musk, as Tesla's CEO."

He looked at Musk, whose body was gradually shaking. "Yes, Mr. Musk, you guessed it right. Tesla will use cold nuclear fusion energy next. The biggest obstacle to the development of new energy vehicles, the driving range, will no longer exist! To be honest, if Venus Energy and Stark Group were not willing to acquire Tesla, then when we officially announced our entry into the new energy vehicle industry, Tesla would immediately become a piece of trash abandoned by the times."

Musk knew that Jordan was right. Without Stark and Osborn's black technology, even after another 20 years, the biggest obstacle to the development of new energy vehicles would still be the range. But now it is different. The energy that can be used to support mecha combat can be used to support the range of new energy vehicles. This is a dimensionality reduction attack.

"So Mr. Musk, are you willing to take this position?" Jordan smiled.

"I...will!"

Musk thought about it for a long time and chose to nod.

Only a fool would be unwilling to do that. Before this, his shares in Tesla were just over 30%. Now he has received nearly $2 million in cash and will become a super Tesla CEO with two big backers behind him. He can also own 20% of the management shares. This is simply too cool, isn't it?

Of course, he also knew that this 20% stake was not easy to get, and there were definitely performance requirements and other restrictions, but it was much more than what he got from Tesla, which had a 30% stake. After all, Tesla, which uses cold nuclear fusion energy, is like a little cow riding an airplane. Isn't it awesome? The cake has become dozens of times bigger!

As for the two big financial backers behind him that he cannot disobey, Musk didn't care so much after he thought it over. Nowadays, how could those who do business in Silicon Valley, especially those who can make their business big, not have a few big financial backers behind them?

Even Google, with its “Don’t be evil” slogan, has portrayed itself as a friendly, hip, humane tech company that rose to fame through a combination of skill, luck, and true innovation. This is true, but it’s only part of the story. In reality, Google is a smokescreen lurking behind the American military-industrial complex.

The CIA's Highland Forum provided some of the funding for Sergey Brin when he and Larry Page collaborated to develop Google.

Based on the idea of ​​"using large-scale surveillance as the main way to obtain information on a global scale", Google subsequently received "large amounts" of seed funding and supervision from the Pentagon, the CIA, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under the name of the joint project "CIA-National Security Agency-Massive Digital Data System".

It is true that Google has a strong American military background.

And Google did not disappoint its financial backers. Through the Project Maven program, it helped American drones develop artificial intelligence image recognition software, and by improving the US military's ability to analyze drone footage, it aims to "win the war against computer algorithms and artificial intelligence."

Despite the collective opposition from employees, Project Maven has not been cancelled, and Google will continue to provide services to the Department of Defense until the contract expires in 2019.

So, if a reborn person thinks that he can acquire Google in its initial stage, he is just dreaming. At most, he can make some financial investment and get some money. And when it is time to escape, he should escape quickly. Otherwise, he will die and no one will know where the Google shares will go. Without strength, just having money is just a pig waiting to be slaughtered.

Musk now feels that even the "light of mankind" Google has done a lot of dirty things behind the scenes for its big sponsors. No matter how bad the two big sponsors behind him are, can they be worse than the big sponsor behind Google?

"OK."

Jordan smiled and nodded, saying:

"Since you have accepted this position, Mr. Musk, please rest assured that engineers from Stark Group and Venus Energy will soon be stationed in Tesla to help you complete the transformation of Tesla."

Musk accepted his fate as a younger brother, changed his mind, and soon became excited. With the support of cold nuclear fusion technology, he had too many plans in his mind to make money for Tesla.

Blessing to the soul.

Musk turned to Jordan and asked, "Can I go to New York to visit Mr. Osborn Jr. and Mr. Stark?"

Jordan looked at Musk in surprise. This man's attitude changed too smoothly. Oh no, his position as the number one younger brother under his master would not be snatched away by him.

"I need to make a phone call and ask a question."

Jordan hesitated slightly, picked up the phone and called Bai Ye. After a moment, he nodded to Musk:

"Master said yes."

So, when Jordan and his team returned, they bought an extra ticket for Musk.

After leaving Kennedy Airport, Jordan went all the way to Venus Energy.

After entering the company, Jordan and Musk were searched and checked, and then came to the Ark reactor laboratory.

"Master, I'm back, as expected."

Jordan stepped forward with a smile.

"Very good, your bonus will be doubled this month."

Bai Ye also pulled himself away from watching Ivan Vanko's Ark Reactor manufacturing process, and smiled when he saw Jordan and Musk.

"Hello Master Osborne, I am Elon Musk."

Musk quickly stepped forward to greet him, bowed slightly, and kept himself very humble.