Chapter 081
The reason why Meng Qian was hesitant before was afraid of trouble. Some of his domestic industries used their own name to participate in shares. If a change was made, it would affect many aspects. + But according to Shihu's popular introduction, the green card is just a residence permit, which is convenient for traveling between places and doing business.
I talked to my seniors and benefited a lot. After another cup of coffee came to the bottom, Meng Qian and he made a verbal agreement to come over in July, and they would cooperate to develop technology about artificial intelligence, and then carry out new batteries, stem cells investment, green card processing, etc.
There is also a problem of commercial cooperation later, but that is Liu Jianye's task. Meng Qian is not good at this. After lunch, he went to the casino with Liu Jianhao when he was free. He didn't try his luck when he came to the casino. I'm sorry for this trip, so I exchanged thousands of US dollars for chips and went to the casino to go shopping.
Liu Jianhao is not a newbie and is very skilled in his business.
The dealer is a foreign face, but he can speak Chinese. It seems that the Chinese people's appetite for gambling is already known to everyone in the world. After understanding the rules, they also bet with them. However, Meng Qian was not very interested in gambling, just for fun, and played every type of game. After a round, he was empty-handed.
However, Liu Jianhao was lucky, and he was going through wins and losses. Meng Qian asked the waiter for a cocktail, sat down and drank it while watching... He was so bored that he took out his mobile phone to surf the Internet. He had bought a temporary card at the airport before, and could use American traffic.
I picked a few photos to upload, titled Tour of America.
It's afternoon here, and it should be morning in China. I thought it was not very popular, but I didn't expect that in ten minutes, I pasted a joke about a foreign beauties and received several likes, and left a message "Come on more ocean horses again." Meng Qian was speechless. Beauties these days are far more attractive than celebrities.
Seeing that the person who left the message was a classmate, he simply ran to the group and played with photos.
News soon came: "Elon Musk? Isn't this true?"
Someone said again: "Brother Lucky, have you gone abroad?"
"The one behind is the heavyweight! The Chinese God of Gambling!" This sentence was posted by his best friend Sun Liangcai.
Meng Qian said: "Do you know him too?"
Sun Liangcai's message came: "My home is so close to Macau. Half of the largest casinos in the local area belong to him. Do you think I can't know?"
Meng Qian typed: "I drank coffee with him all morning today."
"Damn!" Sun Liangcai was jealous, "Have you ever asked for the secrets of gambling?"
"No." Meng Qian replied.
"You are really anxious!" Sun Liangcai was so angry that he was so angry. "He is very good at playing cards, no one can beat poker. He once won hundreds of millions of dollars."
"Blow it." Some people in the group didn't believe it.
Sun Liangcai was angry: "Blow it! Go and see the World Poker Competition (wsop), there are tens of millions of first place. What's the strange thing about those super gamblers who play hundreds of millions?"
Meng Qian smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I still have many opportunities to meet this gambling god later, ask for a few photos for you, and the tricks to play cards."
"My buddy! It's great!" Sun Liangcai sent a lot of love.
"There is a traitor!" Someone started to cheer.
"It's a genius!"
Meng Qian was chatting with these guys... Liu Jianhao stood in front of him silently: "Brother, do you have any bargaining chips?"
Meng Qian looked up and knew: "Have you lost all?"
"Give me some more money," said Liu Jianhao.
"It is a big taboo to lend money to others." Meng Qian did not lend it.
"Forget it." Liu Jianhao rubbed his face, "It turns out that the casino is not suitable for me, and I don't want to go out when I come in."
"So those who open casinos make money crazy." Meng Qian said, which indirectly proved that Shi Hu would be a partner who could use huge amounts of funds.
Two days later.
A week has passed, and according to the original plan, they should be the day they go back, but due to the cooperation of the battery factory, time has been delayed. However, Meng Qian and Liu Jianhao didn't feel anything wrong. The excitement of the casino cannot be experienced in just one or two days.
Liu Jianye discussed plans with Shi Hu, saying that they would divest Fuguo Energy's mobile phone and power battery business and establish two subsidiaries, because power batteries will not make money in the next few years, and all funds will be invested in the industry, and it will even lose money and accept external financing.
In addition, in five years, there may be technologically equivalent opponents. They must occupy more markets as soon as possible and monopolize to control the upstream and downstream of the industry. At present, they are still the "Quick Word Skill", quickly attracting powerful partners, absorbing more funds, and all of them are used to strengthen themselves.
These two subsidiaries will be controlled by FFG. FFG Energy will only be responsible for mobile phone batteries and digital equipment business in the future, and the accounts will be very beautiful; while FFG Energy will be responsible for super-expensive power batteries, which will pave the way for the future and new technologies and may also be listed.
The last item is related to the patent holder. Meng Qian will charge a 3% licensing fee, that is, the power battery generates 10 billion sales, and he can obtain a patent usage fee of 300 million. Regardless of whether the 10 billion sales are ultimately a loss or a profit, his "pocket money" is indispensable.
However, the authorization fee cannot be too high. If it is high, it will affect the outside world's valuation, financing considerations, etc. If it is to go public later, investors will see that the authorization fee is too high, which will lower the company's market value. Meng Qian only treats the authorization fee as a pocket money, and is only considered a side job.
After agreement, they headed to California.
Gulfstream g550 undertakes this flight mission. The plane is not big, with only a dozen seats, but it is positioned as a private luxury business jet. Every inch of space in the cabin is customized, including seats comparable to first-class cabin, purely handmade carpets, luxurious sofas and bar counters.
After 40 minutes of relaxation, land at Santa Clara Airport.
Shi Hu just finished drinking a glass of champagne. The slim stewardess went to open the cabin door and stood aside with a smile. Another stewardess put his coat on the boss. He wore a pair of sunglasses and got off the plane with a swagger. Two assistants followed with something, full of momentum.
"This is really stylish." Liu Jianhao followed behind.
"It's so rich." If Meng Qian had the chance, he would also want to play like this.
Let’s first throw away my envy of real life. This time they come here, they want to discuss business with Tesla.
Meng Qian and Shi Hu have reached an agreement before on the specific conditions for cooperation. The company's exclusive technology (North America) cooperation accounts for 10%, and at the same time invested another US$2.5 billion. As for Shi Hu's share, it is Tesla's largest investment amount, and the rest is all inclusive.
Originally, this should have been arguing for a few days, but after this negotiation, Shi Hu made a heavyweight tycoon, and Shi Hu stated that even if Tesla does not cooperate, he and his business friends will be able to provide all the operating funds of the battery factory. The implication is: Isn’t it just a few billion?
So there is not much choice for Tesla.
Musk did not want to give up, and participation in shares means being able to participate in management and gain priority for the brand.
There are too many benefits here. If he disagrees, he may be like Panasonic now. He had already agreed to cooperate with Panasonic, but unfortunately, God's will is hard to go against. The Chinese technology is rising, and the Japanese can only eat dust behind... Musk easily convinced the board of directors.
Their investment in joint venture Giga mainly includes: the exclusive North American cooperation of Fuguo Dynamics (uncreated), plus 2.5 billion US dollars accounted for 60%, Tesla invested 1.8 billion RMB and 30%, and the remaining 10%, Shi Hu recommended some companies, which are specifically part of the California consortium.
The big boss Shi Hu will participate in the construction of the country's power. His relationship and influence are far more important than capital. He is not a white man. He has a better relationship with Chinese people when he grew up in China, so Meng Qian needs this strong backer, and Liu Jianye also highly praised him.
Fuguo Power has not been created yet, and Shihu's investment has not been determined. The main purpose of this company is not to make money, but to pave the way for Fuguo Group, new technologies, and cheat people - selling future shares, if sold to Japanese lithium battery companies that are forced into a dead end by them, it will definitely be a profit.
Let’s go back to Giga, because at this stage, everyone doesn’t have that much cash, and Fuguo Energy only has 2 billion US dollars overseas, and the funds are very tight. So Shi Hu said that he could arrange for banks to provide them with a loan, and the financial strength behind the consortium will be revealed immediately.
This kind of strong alliance is also the reason why Tesla cannot refuse.
After all, Tesla has to be in the United States, and its headquarters is also in California, just under the eyes of the consortium.
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Chapter completed!