Age of Dreams

Entering June, the weather gradually warmed up, and the temperature in Rongcheng was around 28 degrees on weekdays.

The girls changed their spring clothes early and changed to cool and seductive dresses, allowing the men to eat ice cream on the streets.

But there is no doubt that summer is a torment for obese people.

The hotter they are, the more they want to enter the air-conditioned room, but the air-conditioning seals the pores and prevents them from sweating. The cold and moisture accumulate in the body, which will cause more and more minor physical problems.

Hoffman, who weighs as much as 250 kg, has such troubles.

Silicon Valley is located in California, and the summer weather is already relatively hot. Unexpectedly, after coming to Chengdu, the weather will be the same, which makes him just want to stay in the air-conditioned room and not go out.

When Xiao Qi came to the hotel to see him, this guy was pouring ice water into his mouth. The temperature of the room had already been set to 18 degrees.

"No, Reid, are you such an exaggeration?" Xiao Qi said with a dumb smile.

"The heat alone is nothing. The point is that your place is very humid, hot and humid. The environment is really uncomfortable." Hoffman complained.

It happened that Xiao Qi had lived in California for more than 7 years in his previous life, and he knew that the weather in California was very good. Except for a few places, the sea breeze was refreshing and not humid. It has always been one of the most willing places for Chinese to emigrate. Naturally, it's better to live more comfortably.

He smiled, the boy didn’t argue with him, and turned to look at a middle-aged man next to him who had been listening to them, “Reid, I’ve been here for so long, so you still don’t tell me who this guy is. Isn’t that too negligent?"

Hoffman rolled his eyes and said, "I don't believe you don't know him... Elon Musk, my old buddy, now the president and boss of Tesla Electric Vehicle Company and Space Transportation Company."

"Hello, Mr. Masco." Xiao Qi smiled and shook hands with Masco. "For your ambitions, I very much agree. I am very happy that in the technology industry, in addition to profit-seeking businessmen like me, there are idealists like you."

Masco was smiling and wanted to say a few polite remarks to Xiao Qi. Hearing Xiao Qi's words, I was stunned.

Even Hoffman was a little lost.

None of them expected that Xiao Qi's evaluation of Masco was so high.

With such a big man with the title of "business wizard", "father of intelligent electronics", and "world's richest man", he can say such admired words, even if it's just polite. It is enough to make anyone pleased.

What's more, both of them can see that Xiao Qi is not polite, but sincere.

In fact it is the same.

Xiao Qi has always admired the ideals in the entrepreneurial world.

You want to say Masco, when he was 31 years old, he got billions of dollars from the sale of Paypal, which can be described as a good spring breeze.

If it's other ordinary people, just like the co-founder, who got a large amount of wealth from the listing, he went straight to Singapore and avoided a large amount of property tax. Enjoy a luxurious life.

But Masco is different. The first time he took the money, he invested 100 million U.S. dollars into his own space transportation company to expand the scale of research and development. Then he invested in Tesla and turned it into himself. Holding industry.

Tesla is a bit better, even if it is scaryly expensive, but the research and development costs can always be estimated.

Space transportation companies are different. Everyone knows how much it costs to launch a rocket. Even a country feels big, let alone a private company.

But Masco has such a stubborn energy. He wants to develop clean energy vehicles, and he wants to develop outer space research and immigration programs. Find a way out for the future of mankind.

For this, he invested all his wealth in his previous life, and even borrowed money from his relatives and friends. In the most difficult time, even when he woke up every morning, he was worried about receiving the court's compulsory bankruptcy order. .

Such a day. Even when Tesla's electric vehicles were supported by the US and achieved large-scale success; when the space transportation company successfully launched rockets and docked with the US space station, nothing changed. Tesla basically did not have wealth. Days.

But a pure entrepreneur with lofty ideals will always be favored by many people of insight.

For example, Page once said that after his death, most of his tens of billions of dollars will be donated to Tesla and Space Transportation to help them complete various research and development that are beneficial to mankind.

In addition, some other wealthy people have also donated their money to help Masco continue to move forward, so the two companies have slowly supported it, and slowly there are signs of development and growth.

According to Xiao Qi's previous life, it seems that now is the most difficult time for Masco.

With the advent of the U.S. financial crisis, money is tightening everywhere, and Masco's capital chain is already on the verge of breaking.

Tesla's electric bicycles are not well-received. They haven't sold many vehicles in total, and even the research and development costs are far from enough, let alone making money to support a family.

The space transportation company is even more a disaster. Three consecutive rocket launches have failed miserably. The investment of tens of millions of dollars has turned into a big fireball in the air, making people want to cry without tears.

If it weren’t for the end of this year, he had invited Obama and Secretary of Energy Zhu Diwen to visit Tesla. The US Department of Energy would not have given him a nearly interest-free billion-dollar loan. As a respite, Tesla officially went public at the beginning of next year and gave him continuous support. I am afraid that he will go bankrupt without waiting for the funding of the rich.

At this time, Musko should have been running around to borrow money, but Hoffman brought him here with a clear purpose.

Hoffman is a clever man. Seeing that Xiao Qi admires Musco so much, he immediately said: "It just so happens that since you admire Elon, then you should know his plight now? How about you take a shot and borrow Some money, or investment, so that he can tide over the difficulties?"

Xiao Qi looked at the expectant Masco, and slowly nodded, "Mr. Masco, please sit down, how do you want to cooperate?"

Masco looked quite refreshed now. Sitting on the sofa, he said sternly: "You said, Mr. Xiao, both my car and Tesla are facing a huge dilemma. A lot of money is needed to invest. It can be maintained. If you are willing to lend me money, I can only guarantee you a 3% annual interest. If you are willing to invest, I welcome you to get as many shares as possible."

"What is your valuation of the two companies?" Xiao Qi asked.

"Tesla's $1 billion is $2 billion." Masco said without hesitation.

Xiao Qi nodded.

Masco’s price is very reasonable. Basically, when Tesla goes public next year, the valuation is 2.5 billion US dollars. Now it is 1 billion US dollars, which is certainly not expensive.

It was not listed until Xiao Qi was reborn and reborn, but in 2012, he directly invested 1 billion US dollars in it, with a valuation of 6 billion. Now the 2 billion dollars is also cheap.

But things are not that simple.

Tesla and both are companies that burn money. In the next two or three years, not only will there be no return, but they will continue to get into financial difficulties.

If the major shareholders do not make additional investments, it means that all previous investments may be ruined.

But if you continue to fill in this way, the money you continue to give is far more than the tens or hundreds of millions invested now, and it is still possible that you will lose your money.

So regardless of the fact that the shares of the two companies are selling cheaply, after actually buying it, there will be more time to worry.

"I'll give you 1 billion U.S. dollars." After thinking about it, Xiao Qi said directly: "400 million U.S. dollars invested in Tesla, occupying 40% of the shares. 600 million U.S. dollars invested in Tesla, occupying 30% of the shares, what do you think?"

"it is good!"

Masco became excited, and agreed without thinking about it.

He is now so poor that he is almost selling pants, let alone 1 billion, even 10 million US dollars is very important!

Originally, as long as Xiao Qi agreed to his valuation, how much he invested in it was an encouragement to him.

Not to mention that Xiao Qi also directly invested a full 1 billion dollars in, giving Tesla and him nothing!

In the future, Xiao Qi's additional investment is one thing. With Xiao Qi's name, he can directly increase the valuation and conduct the second and third rounds of financing, and he is not afraid of finding investors!

"There is one more condition." Xiao Qi said, "Every time you expand and raise stocks ~ www.readwn.com~ I have the right to first purchase shares at the same price."

"no problem."

Masco smiled, "After I go back, I will immediately start the stock expansion financing plan, and I will send you a specific plan at that time."

Xiao Qi was taken aback, "So fast?"

"He was going to do that." Hoffman answered his mouth next to him, "I persuaded him to come to China to visit you and see if you can invest in it. Now you have been tricked into coming in, then his share expansion The financing plan will definitely be very popular, and there will be no problem with refinancing to 800 million yuan."

Xiao Qi burst into laughter without realizing it.

In order to save his ideals and career, Masco really does everything he can!

(Regarding football, I think what everyone hates is the dark past. It’s pretty good now. I won’t say anything about the national team. If the club succeeds like Evergrande, it’s actually pretty good. I saw it recently. Ronaldo is back, Nesta is back, and the talents think that it would be nice to let a superstar like them come to China to play.) (To be continued.)