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Chapter 545 Musk's ambitions

"Then Mr. Musk can come to our crew to make a guest appearance."

Ke'er smiled and sent him an invitation.

"I will, I'm very interested in it. However, compared to movies, I prefer mysterious space."

Musk picked up a book "The Basics of Rocket Propulsion" from his desk and said:

"Look, I planned a project called "Mars Oasis" this year, and planned to land this small experimental greenhouse on Mars, with crops growing in Martian soil."

"sharp!!"

Ye Feng cut into the chat at this time and praised: "However, the biggest problem in this laboratory should be how to go back and forth from Mars."

Decades ago, Americans realized that I landed on the moon.

Musk was deeply moved, so he had a strong dream of space.

In fact, almost everyone has this kind of dream.

Ye Feng’s ideal when he was a child was to be an astronaut.

When I grew up, I realized that astronauts were one of the millions.

It's simply impossible.

There are not many people in the world who can turn their dreams into reality.

Musk is undoubtedly the leader.

"Yes, I found that the launch cost is much higher than the R&D and engineering costs of this project, so I postponed the project. Now my ideal is to turn myself into a rocket expert." Musk smiled.

“It’s so awesome Plath~”

Not only Ke'er and others, but even Ye Feng was moved.

This is how geniuses are. You can be any expert you want to be.

The same goes for the transformation Rockets.

Ye Feng knew that Musk had this kind of confidence.

After he dropped out of Stanford Master's degree, he started a software company called zip2 with his younger brother with a small amount of angel funds. Four years later, zip2 was acquired by Compaq for $307 million in cash and 3400 million in equity. Musk received $21 million in the deal when he was 27 years old.

After leaving zip2, the company, which is the predecessor of paypal, attracted countless investments.

Now, even Ye Feng is attracted by his company.

According to Ye Feng's bottom line, if he acquired it for $300 million, Musk would receive more than $50 million from the deal. This year, he was only 30 years old.

Ye Feng took a step forward gently and took a vague position C.

He said to Musk in a slightly louder voice: "The so-called economic foundation determines the superstructure. Mr. Musk, when you have enough wealth, you can decide to march into space and do [great things]."

"Yes, that's what I think." Musk said, he became more and more interested in Ye Feng and his group.

First, Ke'er's movie scratched his itch, and now Ye Feng's words also came to his heart.

At first, Musk's goal was to send mice to Mars and cultivate plants that could survive on Mars. Later, he discovered that without a rocket, everything was fantasy.

Rockets are not something that ordinary people can play. The whole world plays them in a country-based unit.

Musk wants to play Rockets by himself, but not to mention anything else, the money must be hundreds of millions.

“What I want to do is not make money, but start a company that can change the world.”

Musk spread his hands and smiled, "Just like when I was 12 years old, I designed a game to defeat aliens. Although I like computer games very much, even if I make a very good game, what impact can it have on the world?"

"Can humans still get out of this tiny planet? When humans fall into a huge self-obsession and stop exploring outward, can anyone save the earth?"

"If human civilization does not disappear, it must expand outward. If you have to travel through hell, then continue to move forward." Musk told Ye Feng passionately.

He is very eager to save humanity from self-destruction and unexpected disasters.

Ye Feng shook his head in his heart, "Genius and madman are indeed only a thread away. If Musk fails to succeed, he would be a fool to say this. But with his current age and achievements, he can be so crazy."

"That's great, Mr. Musk. Although I know space and rockets, I believe in your words."

Ye Feng followed his words and said: "If you accept Xinyaoki's financial funds, you should get a lot of money to advance your space rocket plan."

"Then I'll ask, how much does Mr. Ye plan to invest?" Musk quickly returned to his calm.

Ye Feng smiled and said, "Based on my understanding of paypal, if I acquire it for the wholesale, I am willing to pay $300 million. If Mr. Musk is willing to stay in the company and not leave, I am willing to pay $350 million to acquire shares of other people in full. Mr. You will still hold your shares."

“This ~~”

Hearing Ye Feng's words, not only Ke'er and others were shocked.

Even Musk was surprised. The price of the wholly-owned acquisition is still low?

It's really unacceptable.

Ye Feng understood that having Musk in a company is different from not having Musk. Leaving him in the company is even more powerful than the CEO he invited for tens of millions of dollars.

Musk quickly figured out Ye Feng's tricks and felt that Ye Feng was very sincere.

He smiled and said, "300 million US dollars is a lot, and Mr. Ye is very sincere. This is the same as ebay's offer. However, I prefer your team. If Mr. Ye can acquire it for all-in-one of US$350 million, I can help you lobby for other shareholders."

Musk shrugged and said, "As for keeping me in the company, that's impossible. With this money, I'm going to set up another spacex company, invest $100 million to reduce the launch cost to one-tenth of the commercial space launch market, and develop the world's largest rocket for interstellar immigration."

"Smack ~~"

After listening to it, everyone clapped and looked at Musk with admiration.

There are so few scientists with ideals, ability and wealth.

There is no need for everyone to deliberately cater to Musk. In the following chat, the male and female protagonists of Iron Man, Keer and Mason all expressed their praise for Musk.

The atmosphere of the entire meeting was getting better and better.

Only Ye Feng was secretly grateful, but fortunately he came early and prepared well.

Otherwise, ebay would almost intercept it.

Ye Feng still remembers how much ebay offered to acquire Paypal.

The offer was $350 million, but I didn't expect it to be 50 million more than ebay.

Moreover, Ye Feng unexpectedly brought Keer and others to come, and got closer to everyone through the movie "Iron Man", which aroused Musk's favor.

Looking at the energetic Musk, Ye Feng said intimately:

"Iron Man of Silicon Valley, the better you are. When you go to start a business with hard work, I will just come and invest in it."

Maybe it's really urgent to use money.

Perhaps it is the poor environment of the US stock market that has affected everyone's mood.

Perhaps Ye Feng’s offer is high enough.

Musk and Paypal's shareholders acted decisively.

Paypal's shares were sold to Ye Feng for a total price of US$350 million.

Musk's 25% stake was exchanged for more than 80 million US dollars without cash.

With his own savings, his personal wealth has exceeded 100 million US dollars.

It's enough to realize his dream of space.
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