Chapter 476: Mr. Elon, the CIA just wants you to do me a favor
Jacques Doldin was so angry that he was speechless as he stared at his upright-looking subordinate. At first glance, he felt like he was so angry that he fell into isolation.
Never would I have thought that filling the final "blank spot" of the Galileo positioning system would be defeated by something called "money" at the critical moment.
This project has already exceeded the budget by billions of euros. If we want to increase the budget expenditure, DuJacques Doldin is not confident whether it can be approved.
Europeans regard Galileo as a symbol of the success of European integration, but it seems to be the other way around to the Chinese.
In addition to the troubles caused by the European Space Agency, the German satellite manufacturer ohb Systems also suffered an inexplicable disaster, and the Germans also flipped the table in anger.
The satellites of the Galileo system are provided by the German company ohb. A contract for 14 satellites was signed earlier, including the newly signed contract for 8 satellites, which has cost at least 3.4 billion euros.
Now that things have come up, the ohb company's contract for these eight satellites will probably be postponed. Why build them now if they can't be launched? The European Space Agency must have put them on hold first.
The Galileo project is in trouble again, and it has also been criticized by many European people in Europe. The European Space Agency is under great pressure. Many people say that the funding should be cut, and they will have no way to survive.
What's the use of this thing?
The European media spoke highly of Ye Hua's visit to major universities and colleges in the European continent some time ago. To put it simply, it was unanimously praised.
It was necessary. After all, the Europeans at that time regarded Ye Hua as a wealthy man who came to give money, and he must be praised.
Then this incident broke out, and the boat of friendship capsized. Immediately, people started to criticize Coastline Group, and some media even published articles imposing large-scale sanctions on Coastline Group's business in Europe.
However, such voices were quickly ignored.
In the past, such remarks were still very popular in Europe, and they would have the confidence to sanction Coastline Group. But now that they want to sanction Coastline Group's business in Europe, a series of large multinational giants in Europe, especially the automobile giants, are the first to not do so.
promise.
If you want to impose sanctions on others, they will also impose counter-sanctions in retaliation. In the end, Europe will lose the majority.
Obviously, the European elites are not so ambitious yet. This debt will still be settled, and the European authorities are not stupid. When the time comes, they will definitely face large-scale corporate layoffs or closures. Europeans who are not worried about unemployment will backhand spread the fire.
authorities.
Facts have once again proved that Europe and the United States are seemingly inseparable from each other. In comparison, Europeans are even more unhappy with Americans. This time they were deceived by their "superficial relatives" on the other side of the Atlantic.
Relatives are also unreliable. Europeans have not forgotten about the wsio organization.
Americans say that debts are too much to bear anyway, so when it comes to tricking people, they start with the people around them, starting with relatives. There is no other way, it is relatively easy to trick people and the success rate is high.
Facts have proved that cheating your parents is fun for a while, and cheating your dad will always be fun. To a certain extent, Americans and Europeans do have such a relationship.
How happy are Americans?
Elon Musk said that as soon as SpaceX announced the news, the company's market value surged 22% that day, pushing SpaceX's total market value to US$35 billion in one fell swoop.
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Hawthorne, California, North America, is where the headquarters of SpaceX is located.
"...Everyone, this cooperation with Coastline Group is of great importance, and I don't want any mistakes to happen."
In a high-level meeting of SpaceX, Elon Musk came here specifically to discuss this matter today. If this cooperation is messed up, Tesla will also be severely affected. At this critical moment, he does not want any accidents to happen.
"I've said all that needs to be said, let's adjourn the meeting!"
As the major executives left, Elon Musk was about to get up to deal with Tesla's business issues. At this time, his assistant came to him and whispered: "Boss, there is a person who claims to work for CIA."
Visit, I arranged him in the reception room, do you want to see him?"
"People from CIA?"
Elon Musk hesitated slightly upon hearing this, thought for a moment, then stood up and left the conference room silently.
In the reception room, as soon as Musk came over, he saw a man sitting in a formal suit. He was dressed like an ordinary employee of the company, and there was nothing special about him.
When the other party saw Elon Musk arriving, he immediately stood up, extended his hand with a smile and said: "Let me introduce myself, Mr. Musk, I am Eli Golden, sent from CIA Langley headquarters..."
Elon Musk walked up to him, straightened his suit with both hands to express his refusal to shake hands, and passed him indifferently.
The CIA member who called himself Eli Golden paused with his outstretched hand in mid-air for a while, laughed silently for a while, then retracted his hand without caring and sat down, turned around and saw Elon Musk in a picture
Sitting with legs crossed on the single sofa.
When Golden was about to speak, Elon Musk said in advance: "I have probably guessed the intention of your CIA. With all due respect, you don't need to waste your time with me."
Before he finished speaking, his secretary just opened the door and walked in. Musk cast his eyes on the secretary, and when Golden was about to speak, he said in advance: "Kasha, make me a cup of coffee... a cup!"
One cup?
The secretary was stunned for a while and subconsciously stopped when he heard this voice. He also swallowed back what he was about to say. He looked at the boss and then at the cia person, then nodded silently and turned around to walk out of the conference room door.
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Eli Golden looked helpless. It could be seen that "Iron Man" was not interested in him, or maybe he was interested in CIA.
The secretary had just gone out and closed the door of the reception room. Elon Musk looked back, and then looked at the man in front of him, and said: "The Europeans have come to plead for mercy? Or the authorities are asking to ban SpaceX from providing emission for life rays."
business?"
Elon Musk also paid a little attention to the reaction in Europe. He could probably guess that the current European Space Agency might turn its back and yell at him, but so what? It still can't stop the market value of SpaceX from rising sharply.
It was 22%, no, it has now risen to 30%.
Moreover, if the Europeans want to continue the Galileo project, they will definitely have to find SpaceX. Elon Musk smiled in his heart, and he liked the feeling of seeing me very unhappy and finally doing business with me.
At this time, the secretary walked in with a cup of coffee.
"Thanks."
Musk immediately took a sip of coffee and tasted it for himself, as if Eli Golden was nothing. The latter shrugged inwardly, and he didn't care about the aggressive words and deeds of the "Iron Man of Silicon Valley".
Hearing the sound of the door of the reception room closing, Eli Golden immediately said with a smile: "Actually, neither of them is Mr. Musk. After learning that you have reached a satellite launch cooperation with Coastline, I decided as quickly as possible this time
I'm here as quickly as possible, and CIA just wants to ask you a favor!"
After saying that, Eli Golden looked at Musk with a smile on his face, took out a small USB flash drive from his pocket and placed it on the table. He put his two fingers together and gently pressed the USB flash drive towards him.
Elon Musk was drinking coffee with a self-conscious look on his face. He glanced at it casually, saw the USB flash drive on the desktop, and couldn't help but frowned at Eli Golden's actions.
