Start with hooves

Chapter 190 is not a multiple-choice question
If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

Su Rui has planned to start a business since she was a child, and she has been fighting wits with her parents since she was still wearing diapers.

Later, I went to Stanford University to study and had a lot of money in my hands. I often talked about financing with start-up teams. Of course, I knew the importance of doing research in advance.

As early as when he was on Lanai Island, he sent someone to collect information about Elon Musk, covering almost the entire entrepreneurial history of the other party, and even Musk’s roommates commented on him.

It can only be said that people will always change.

Maybe Elon Musk did have some wild dreams when he was young.

However, judging from his investment trajectory in recent years, there is not much difference between him and other venture capital companies.

Because he had contact with NASA and found that he had the opportunity to win NASA's transportation and launch orders, and became an official contractor, Musk immediately emptied his net worth and raised $[-] million in Space X.

On the other hand, Tesla has reached the critical moment of life and death, but let it fall.

Smart investors know that they cannot place their bets on a boat that is obviously likely to be silent. This belongs to the way of thinking of speculators who do not see rabbits and do not cast eagles.

If there is no financial crisis, Tesla may have the opportunity to continue financing in the near future.

The reality is that its recent valuation has dropped again and again, coupled with sales and revenue not meeting expectations, it has limited appeal to investors.

Against this background.

Su Ruicai came to Tesla's headquarters openly and generously. He didn't even hide the intention of going around in circles, and directly said in the production workshop that he wanted to raise money for the company.

Basically belong to Yangmou.

The company's poor performance and revenue are well known to everyone. He wants to use the opinions of these employees to influence the thoughts of shareholders such as Elon Musk.

If the company's employees, especially a group of executives, are particularly active in financing and take turns helping Su Rui as lobbyists, it will probably be much easier when it comes to negotiations.

Specific analysis of specific circumstances.

Last time, he begged Netflix to let Netflix's board of directors take the risk of divesting the entire network TV business, so Su Rui fought for a final decision, preferring to suffer a little loss in front of him, but also use money to knock out Netflix's board members.

As for Dongjing Mall, it was Liu Dong who wanted something from him, so Su Rui opened his mouth and asked for as many valuable shares as possible.

Judging from the current situation.

Similarly, Tesla is relatively short of funds, while Su Rui’s idea is that it can be successful, and it can’t be negotiated. There is no shortage of investment projects anyway.

You must know that Apple’s stock has plummeted recently, and its total market value is now only more than 360 billion US dollars. Although it has more than ten times the total market value of 2001 billion US dollars when Su Rui’s father started investing in 35, the appreciation potential is still quite amazing. .

And because of being too influential, the timeline has been changed by Suri's influence.

Investing in Apple's stock is far safer than financing Tesla. After all, even Su Rui doesn't know whether companies such as Dongjing Mall and Tesla can grow smoothly this time.

Success is often accidental. From a logical point of view, Su Rui's memory may not be reliable. At least Apple has a monopolistic closed operating system, a strong R&D team, and more abundant capital reserves.

But too safe means that the investment process will be very boring.

In his opinion, investing in Apple is like rolling dice with a transparent glass. There is almost no suspense. What Su Rui lacks is not money, but the surprises and excitement that the project can bring.

Therefore, between a group of projects represented by Apple stocks and Tesla, Su Rui tends to choose the latter.

Typical looking for trouble.

It is also simple to understand Su Rui's thoughts. It has been more than 22 years since he was born again in the womb. The life is too comfortable, so he finds something for himself.

What's more, he has enough bullets, and he even thought about buying Netflix's parent company as a whole.

Investing is not a single-choice question for him
Su Rui took the initiative to come to the door and said that he would provide funds.

Such a big event made Tesla's executives very happy, and they flocked to the production workshop after hearing the news.

In addition, there are young girls who come to join in the fun with the idea of ​​watching celebrities.

Facing the elegant and decent Su Rui in suits and leather shoes today, they were so excited that they screamed and collectively turned into screaming girls.

The so-called "screaming girls" refer to girls who scream "WOO!"

If you meet them in a bar in the United States, the man's own conditions are good, and it is often easier to enjoy happiness.

Of course.

This refers to others.

Su Rui is different. He is not only famous but also rich. He can drop his skirts and trousers everywhere he goes.

Some girls turned a blind eye to their boss and surrounded Su Rui, asking for his contact information.

Residents of Los Angeles often come into contact with celebrities and are relatively calm. The girls in front of them are obviously even crazier.

Before singing became a star, Su Rui didn't know how easy it was for American celebrities to flirt with girls and guys. It was only later that she realized that singing was the right thing to do.

As mentioned before, compared with the life he can get, this is already very clean.

Otherwise, let alone the achievement of "six-legged beast" unlocked at the age of 22, even if it is an eight-legged beast or a ten-legged beast, there is a chance to easily achieve it.

Cultural concepts are different, so is the social environment.

For example, Hollywood legend Howard Hughes, most of the first and second-tier actresses in Hollywood have had an affair with him, and he has talked with more than 160 girlfriends on the surface.

The old godfather Marlon Brando had more than twenty illegitimate children and daughters alone.

In addition, there is also the founder of "Playboy", who is said to have hooked up with thousands of young models. Now in his 80s, he still falls in love with models in their twenties.

They have become legends, and they dare not even write novels like this.

Compared with these guys, Suri is as primitive as the Amish people in the United States who refuse to use electrical appliances and contact modern society.

Smiling and waving to the girls, Suri chatted briefly with Tesla executives, borrowed a Roadster electric sports car for a test drive, and went for a drive accompanied by Tesla's current chief operating officer.

The price of the Roadster electric sports car is as high as $[-], and all kinds of materials are very solid, and the driving experience is not bad.

I am used to driving luxury cars.

Ever since he got his driver's license in this life, the first car he bought was a Ferrari Enzo, and he had convertible Phantom and Bugatti Veyron in Hawaii. It is difficult for Suri to give an objective evaluation.

If you are used to driving ordinary cars, you may feel that the Roadster speeds up very fast. However, he has no shortage of supercars, so he feels good after the experience, which is already very good.

The two real founders of the Tesla brand have been diluted many times, have lost their voice, and left the company completely.

When it comes to financing, only Elon Musk can really call the shots.

Therefore, Su Rui didn't chat with the operating officer around him, and asked the other party to bring the word to Elon Musk. During the period, he mentioned that he could provide a sum of money and gave Tesla a valuation of [-] million US dollars.

Or a direct premium of 2000 million US dollars for an overall acquisition.

Many evaluation agencies in the market have given Tesla a valuation of about this price.
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