Chapter Eleven Elon Musk
Elon Musk has been a little upset recently. His "Starlink Plan" proposed by the board of directors has once again rejected it, on the grounds that the plan to launch 12,000 satellites by 2020 is too ridiculous. With the current launch capability of the Falcon 9 rocket, it is impossible to complete this launch mission. Moreover, the Falcon 9 launch and recovery technology has not been conquered. If the launch in June fails again, spacex is probably going to face the status of bankruptcy.
Although Elon Musk is the CEO of SpaceX, his personal holdings are only about 9%, which is not even as good as Wild Fox Company. Now the board of directors has decided to vigorously develop Tesla's automobile business, because Tesla achieved profit for the first time in 2014, and for capital, interests are the first. Now his approval rating on the board is only 41%, Wild Fox Company voted abstentions, and the number of votes against them accounts for 47%. Therefore, the 12% voting right in Chen Fang's hands is crucial.
Through intelligence, he learned that Chen Fang and Qin Mohan’s honeymoon stop was San Francisco, so he went to Tesla in Silicon Valley for business trips. After the news was confirmed, he invited Chen Fang to meet him. He believed that with his years of experience in Silicon Valley, he would definitely be able to convince Chen Fang. He got the authorization from him, but he didn’t expect to meet Chen Fang by chance in Wal-Mart supermarket.
Since he had met, Elon Musk was still very excited. The two had only had one side of each other before, and had not had a close relationship with each other. Although he had a certain degree of face-blindness towards Asians, he still recognized Chen Fang at a glance. While holding the items he wanted to purchase, he was thinking about how to communicate with Chen Fang.
"Yaran, why did this big man repeatedly pinch this beef?" Qin Ruoxi whispered to Jin Yaran: "Can he 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 were saying, Musk saw the plastic wrap on the cold fresh box that was about to be crushed by him, and he knew that the other party was talking about him.
"Hello, Mr. Musk." Chen Fang just noticed Elon Musk, but he saw that he had been thinking about the problem, so he did not disturb the other party. In Silicon Valley, there are often some great masters who have suddenly got inspiration, and then write a string of code on napkins, toilet paper and even walls. This string of code may change an industry or set up a super company. There is a saying in Silicon Valley: "Silicon Valley is a state of thinking, and creativity is its foundation."
"Hello, Mr. Chen." Elon Musk said happily to Chen Fang: "I'm very happy to see you."
Chen Fang said embarrassedly: "I'm very happy to see you. I don't know that you are thinking about technical problems and have not disturbed you. I just got reckless."
"It's okay." Elon Musk said to Chen Fang: "I just saw you and have been thinking about how to chat with you. I wonder if I have time to have a cup of coffee together today?"
The other party's straightforwardness made Chen Wanda feel good. Although he wanted to have a good talk with Musk, Chen Fang still did not agree to his invitation: "Mr. Musk, I'm very sorry, we just arrived in Silicon Valley today and have not settled yet. Will it be fine tomorrow? I'll treat you tomorrow."
"Sorry, I don't know if you just arrived in Silicon Valley and were a little reckless." Elon Musk said embarrassedly: "I don't know if you have time tomorrow morning."
Seeing Elon Musk still persistently invite him after being rejected, Chen Fang knew that he must have something to do and needs help from him. If it is good according to his own guess, it should be the voting rights of the "Starlink Plan". The 12% voting rights in his hands are crucial. With a mind-set but unintentional look, looking at Musk's anxious expression, it seems that his plan may be realized.
Chen Fang nodded: "Tomorrow at 10 o'clock, we will make an appointment at coupa on Lamona Street. I also want to have a good chat with Mr. Musk."
"Thank you, I will arrive on time." Elon Musk expressed his gratitude to Chen Fang. He had great confidence in his "Starlink Plan". As long as Chen Fang is willing to talk to him, he will have the opportunity to win Chen Fang's support.
Seeing Elon Musk leaving excitedly, Qin Mohan asked, "Do you know this person?" Qin Mohan felt a little surprised when he looked at Chen Fang's respect for him.
Chen 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 Chen Fang in surprise: "Is it the rocket launched into space?"
"Yes." Chen Fang nodded.
"Shouldn't the launch of rockets be dominated by the state? They are an official American company?"
"Have you heard of Tesla Auto?" Looking at Qin Mohan, nodding to say that he had heard of it. Chen Fang continued: "Tesla Automobile Company is a branch of their Spacex Company. At first, it was mainly a super battery research and development company in Silicon Valley. Later, in order to provide supporting Spacex's Rockets, it continued to expand and became the current Tesla Automobile Company. This automobile company alone has a market value of more than 10 billion US dollars."
"What about Spacex? Since it can launch rockets, the company's size will definitely be very large."
"On the contrary, this company almost went bankrupt." Chen Fang explained to Qin Mohan: "Although spacex holds more than half of Tesla's shares and provides corresponding technical support, the market value of spacex is no longer as good as that of Tesla. Tesla also refuses to give blood transfusions to spacex, so we have the opportunity to invest."
"We are already on the verge of bankruptcy. You still invest in shares. Are you not afraid of losing money?" Qin Mohan asked in confusion.
"I'm afraid, but our company's venture capital has always been an investor rather than investing in projects." Chen Fang did not tell Qin Mohan the specific reason, but explained to her: "Although Spacex's Falcon 9 failed twice in a row last year, it made investors suspicious and Tesla refused to transfusion blood. But we are still full of confidence in Elon Musk. As long as he successfully launched this year, we will definitely gain a lot."
"Brother-in-law, have you finished talking?" Just now, seeing Chen Fang chatting with Musk, Jin Yaran and Qin Ruoxi didn't understand very well, so they went to buy snacks with Zhou Qi. Unexpectedly, after coming back, my sister chatted with him again.
"Brother, can we eat Chinese food?" Jin Yaran suggested to Chen Fang.
Chen Fang nodded and said to the few people: "Okay, let's have Chinese food today. I'll buy some meat and then buy seasonings for making Chinese food."
San Francisco is a city where Chinese people live in a large number of Chinese people. Various supermarkets have Chinese cuisine ingredients for sale, but the price is much higher.
"Brother-in-law, look at this, why is it so expensive? The unit is marked incorrectly." Qin Ruoxi saw a Laoganma chili sauce in a prominent position. A small bottle of 280 grams of chili sauce was sold for $5. If exchanged for RMB, it would cost more than 30 yuan.
Chen Fang smiled and said, "There is no wrong mark. The best Chinese sauce sold in the United States is this Lao Gan Ma. Many people in the United States like to eat it as a sandwich of toast."
"Lao Ganma with toast? These foreigners really know how to eat them." Qin Ruoxi couldn't help but tremble when she thought about this way of eating.
Since several people want to eat Chinese food, they buy it according to Chinese food. They did not choose steak, but bought beef stew, which was the cut part with beef brisket. They also bought some pork ribs, bacon and some vegetables. Later, they saw that the cod steak in the seafood area was good, so they also took a few pieces. Maine lobsters also took a few larger ones to prepare with mushrooms to make soup.
When he returned home, he didn't let many people be idle. Cooking was a pleasure for him, but he didn't like to clean up. Qin Mohan took two girls to clean vegetables, while Zhou Qi and Li Hui helped him handle the ribs.
When all the raw materials are ready, Chen Fang starts to do it. He likes to watch all kinds of raw materials make various delicacies according to his wishes. Beef stewed with potatoes, sweet and sour pork ribs, fried cod, steamed lobster, and Qin Mohan looks at the itchy hands and insists on making vegetable salad.
Zhou Qi was embarrassed to let the two bosses cook, and she and Li Hui and others ate it. She looked at Chen Fang's Chinese kitchen utensils, and took the initiative to make two hometown dishes: Xiang-style bone-demolition meat and fried meat. Qin Mohan was very moved by her proposal. Zhou Qi had prepared food for her when filming before, but later Chen Fang often followed her, so she no longer had this opportunity.
Everyone started to work together, and a dish that combines Chinese and Western makes the two little girls feast.
I didn't have lunch on the plane today, so I was a little ahead of dinner. After dinner, I was just over 6 o'clock in San Francisco. The two girls returned to the room to do their homework according to their customized study plan.
Qin Mohan planned the places where she was going to visit San Francisco these two days. She planned to take them to the Golden Gate Bridge tomorrow to experience the magnificent sunrise; then take them to visit Chinatown and see attractions such as Fisherman's Wharf; the day after tomorrow, she planned to take them to visit Stanford University, tell them about the origin and brilliant achievements of the university, and see if it can inspire them to get into this prestigious university.
Chen Fang didn't care about Qin Mohan's plan. In his opinion, these two girls were probably both scholars who studied art. Of course, if he could study abroad at Stanford, he would also support it.
Chapter completed!