Chapter 1178 He went crazy and smashed his office!
A few days passed slowly, and SpaceX's board of directors convened as scheduled. This time, all the directors came.
Musk's notices all used the word "urgent", so something big must have happened, but it was really uneasy to come.
In the conference room, Musk began to rarely use PPT to give speeches to the directors. He had not used PPT for many years, and now that he suddenly started using it, he felt a lot unfamiliar.
Musk put a lot of effort into this meeting and spent more than an hour conducting a comprehensive analysis of the current Mars bases of various companies and institutions on Mars.
"Everyone, I still say the same old saying, we have only one competitor, and that is the Protoss Group!"
"I made this judgment many years ago. Unfortunately, many of you don't believe that the Protoss Group can catch up. Now the reality we have to face is"
"It's not the Protoss Group that's chasing us, it's us chasing the Protoss Group again!"
"Today's board meeting has one purpose: to start the construction of a Mars city in advance. We can't delay it any longer!"
After Musk finished speaking, he looked at the directors. Langley and Stephen had no objection. Just start it, with an indifferent expression on his face.
"Musk, if we start now, our fund use plan will be interrupted, which will affect the progress of many projects." A director named Orson said this with a frown.
"Oson, now we have no time, we must start this plan immediately"
"Xingling Group has completed the construction of ten employee dormitories on Mars. Five more buildings are currently under construction. Thousands of people are busy at the Mars construction site. There are new changes every day."
"Through the construction of the previous ten buildings, Xingling Group already has certain construction experience. Therefore, the construction speed of the five buildings at this moment is much faster than before."
"I just said that the construction of these five buildings will be completed this year!"
"Have you thought about the consequences this time?"
"The most direct consequence is that the Protoss Group will send thousands more people to Mars without worrying about having no place to live!"
"Can you imagine tens of thousands of people manipulating modern construction equipment to start construction?"
Musk is really a little anxious at this moment. Outsiders can't see through Gao Jin's layout. Musk really sees through it when the Xingling Group's Mars base has enough people.
Commercialization will inevitably begin. At that time, global capital will want to concentrate on the Mars base of the Protoss Group!
By this time, even if you want to stop it, it will be too late. The Protoss Group's Mars base will develop faster with sufficient funds, and there will be no possibility for any other Mars base to catch up.
After listening to Musk's words, Orson remained silent. The scene of tens of thousands of people manipulating modern construction equipment to start construction is terrifying. It will build a miracle on earth.
Stephen and Langley looked at each other, then at the others, and felt it was time to speak. They leaned back on their chairs and said calmly, "I agree to start the city construction plan in advance."
"I agree too," Lang Li said next.
Immediately afterwards, the six shareholders all expressed their agreement, while the others had hesitant expressions on their faces. At this time, Orson spoke again.
"Musk, if you can make the company's stock price fall by more than 20% within half a month, I will agree with your plan."
"I won't buy the stock when it falls. You can arrange for the company to buy back a large number of stocks and sell them when the stock price rises again."
"As long as you dare to guarantee this, I agree to start the city plan in advance!"
"I have no ill intentions towards the company. Although the company still has a lot of funds in its account, everyone knows that if you want to build a city cluster on Mars, the funds required are too huge."
"Arrange backup plans in advance so that when we need funds, we can quickly solve the funding problem."
"I think you don't want to see the company's funds being tight either!"
After Orson finished speaking, he looked at Musk. Musk frowned after hearing this. He didn't blame Orson in his heart. He understood Orson's meaning very well. This was for the good of the company.
"Okay, I'll arrange this!"
"I hope to be authorized to launch an internal investigation department and strictly prohibit any shareholders or others from profiting from it!"
After saying this, Musk looked at everyone and hoped that everyone would put the overall situation first and not harm the company's interests because of petty profits.
"I agree to give you full authority," Stephen said calmly.
Deep down, Stephen also felt nervous. If SpaceX continues to develop so unhurriedly, the probability of losing this competition will increase a lot.
"Agree", "Agree", "I have no objection".
The directors expressed their opinions one after another and unanimously approved the authorization to Musk. Once the internal investigation department intervenes in something, it will use all means to investigate it clearly.
Once it is discovered that a director has violated the agreement, other boards of directors will attack together. Therefore, SpaceX has not officially launched this department for so many years since its establishment.
Musk's goal was achieved, and after discussing other matters, the board of directors adjourned the meeting. Most of the directors left the company directly without having lunch at the company.
Four days passed slowly, and suddenly, news came out that day that SpaceX's first interstellar spacecraft was no longer usable.
This news was immediately reported by the media, and on the same day, SpaceX's stock price began to fluctuate.
In the afternoon, SpaceX issued an official announcement that the first interstellar spacecraft was no longer usable. The overall structure of the spacecraft had suffered irreparable damage and could only retaliate.
The second starship will be scrapped after being used for at most one time.
According to the opinions of the technical department, the adaptation period of the third interstellar spacecraft will not be until June next year at most, and it will also be scrapped.
In the second half of next year, SpaceX is likely to have only one Starship in use.
As soon as SpaceX's official announcement was issued, the stock price immediately began to fall, and investor confidence received a huge blow.
Within half an hour before the market closed, SpaceX's stock price fell by more than 400 US dollars. Fortunately, the market closed, otherwise, it would have continued to fall.
Orson watched the stock price fluctuate in the office and shook his head slightly. Musk's actions were too fast, but this also showed the urgency of the situation.
The first interstellar spacecraft is really going to be scrapped, which is no surprise. The second one can be used three times after evaluation by the technical department, and it is strictly prohibited to use it more than three times.
The conclusion given is that it is best to scrap it after two more uses. Many internal structures have already been damaged beyond repair. The technical department is worried that if it continues to be used, it is likely to fall apart during interstellar navigation.
The third interstellar ship has no problem, and has been used for more than a dozen times without any problems, because the hull material of this interstellar spacecraft uses new materials from the Protoss Group.
Immediately afterwards, Orson thought about the price increase of Xingguang Steel Group, a subsidiary of Xingling Group, and rubbed his head helplessly.
Weber is really a fucking idiot. On the surface, he was punishing the Protoss Group, but in the end he made companies like us foot the bill. He killed eight hundred enemies and lost a thousand to himself. Isn't it completely worth the gain?
The Elephant Group is a bit too far off, and people from the Donkey Group must be considered in the next election.
Although the people of the Donkey Group are also at odds with the Xingling Group, at least the people of the Donkey Group will not do such a thing, killing eight hundred enemies and losing one thousand to themselves.
Xingmei Pictures was canceled and disappeared, leaving only more than a thousand unemployed people. The main management did not suffer any losses.
These people followed Burnett to France, which is currently building the largest film and television base in Europe. It is said that the European Union is currently coordinating with other countries to relocate one or two film companies to this film and television base park.
Special tax exemption policies and subsidies were also given. Calculated from all aspects, the loss to Xingling Group was not significant at all.
Weber's actions did not affect the Xingling Group, but made the people on his side very sad.
It's not just Orson who has an opinion against Weber, many people have opinions against Weber. This is also the fundamental reason why Weber didn't speak out during this period. He knew that he had done a stupid thing, so it was better to show up less.
As the media continued to report on SpaceX, SpaceX's stock price fell even more sharply. In just one week, SpaceX's stock price fell by more than $800 per share.
Based on the number of shares issued by SpaceX, each share dropped by more than $800, which adds up to a significant sum.
On Monday, SpaceX CEO Musk issued a statement that the current stock price is wrong and cannot reflect the value of SpaceX at all.
He has already made a proposal to the board of directors to repurchase a portion of his shares to return the stock price to a normal price.
As usual, after a listed company issues a buyback news, the stock price will rise more or less, but this time, the stock price did not rise at all.
Musk was surprised and couldn't care less, and began to make arrangements to buy back shares.
Three days have passed slowly. SpaceX's stock price has dropped by more than $1,300 compared to the previous week. It is time to buy back shares.
On Friday, before SpaceX's financial department had time to take action, a multi-billion-dollar fund appeared on the market, sweeping away 20 million shares in one go.
After Musk received the notification, he immediately asked the internal investigation agency to start an investigation to see who violated the agreement and acted like this. This time, he must kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
When arranging this matter, Musk also ordered the financial sector to start buying back stocks, and more than 120 billion US dollars of funds were spent to begin sweeping the stock market.
SpaceX shares stabilized before the market closed.
The internal investigation agency was very efficient, and the results of the investigation were completed in just one day. After submitting the report to Musk, Musk went crazy after reading the report.
He went crazy and smashed up his office!
The report clearly shows that the person who swept away 20 million shares of SpaceX was none other than Gao Jin!