Chapter 553: Space Exploration Technology Corporation
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Boston prawns, beef from Wellington, Norwegian caviar...
Such a hearty dinner!
This is Zhu Ke now, what if you changed him a few years ago?
Hehe, absolutely stingy.
There was a time when Zhuke was worth a few million or tens of millions to entertain his friends John Lasseter, James Sean, Condy and others.
Well, find out about street food.
However, the current Zhuke, although he dare not say that he is generous and generous, he is not stingy anymore.
"Zuke, let me introduce to you, this is my female companion Isabella, a British model of Victoria's Secret." Elon Musk introduced.
The beautiful model Isabella said hello to Zucker immediately: "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Wald."
Zucker responded: "I am also glad to meet you, Miss Isabella."
"Hey, Zhuke, your girlfriend Miss Lima, why is she not here?"
Suddenly Musk wondered.
Zhu Ke smiled and said: "You know, after she retired from the modeling industry, didn’t she set up a ThatGril women’s fashion store? Contact a designer to expand the history of ThatGril store."
Musk and Isabella nodded.
Zhuke looked at the two playfully.
"Obviously it's a playboy, but he claims to be a lover, it's just funny." Zhu Ke secretly said in his heart.
Musk, currently a small and well-known young entrepreneur, has not yet owned Space-X or Tesla Motors. He has not yet gained momentum. Compared with Zhu Ke, he can only be regarded as a person. younger brother.
However, he is really romantic!
After the meal, the topic enters the main topic.
"Zuke, in fact, I came here this time to seek investment from you." Musk said straightforwardly.
"Uh?"
Zhuke suddenly frowned and said: "Man, you and I are both PayPal shareholders. You have more shares than me. Even if affected by the current Internet downturn, those shares are worth at least 80 million U.S. dollars. You will be short of money. ?"
In this impression, he should not be short of money.
Of course, the family conditions of his birth are also very good, not much better than Jobs, who was born as a commoner.
In August 1981, IBM made the world's first personal computer, and our boy Musk, who was only 10 years old at the time, owned one in that year.
This shows what?
Zhu Ke added: "The online content publishing software Zip2 under your name also has a lot of cash flow. You are asking me for investment, and what kind of assets are you doing?"
Hearing this, Musk immediately shouted: "Zuke, the online content publishing software Zip2, I sold it to Compaq as early as 1999. My current cash flow is trapped by the stock market and I am short of money."
Zhu Ke was surprised.
Don't tell me, Zhu Ke really doesn't know this.
Of course, when it comes to online content publishing software Zip2, this company is indeed a brilliant investment by Elon Musk.
In 1995, Elon Musk, who was only 24 years old at the time, received US$28,000 from his father and founded Zip2 with his younger brother Kimbal Musk and others.
Zip2 company started with assets of only 40,000 US dollars.
But in 1999...
Elon Musk and his younger brother Kimbal Musk sold to the computer giant Compaq for more than US$300 million, receiving US$22 million and US$15 million in cash respectively.
In just 4 years, the Musk brothers have made a lot of money!
If Zhuke is not a traverser, I absolutely believe that Musk is also open.
"Which industry are you looking for when you seek investment from me?" Zhu Ke had some guesses.
In the following time, Elon Musk showed his excellent eloquence.
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"At the beginning of 2001, I planned a project called'Mars Oasis'. I planned to build a small experimental greenhouse on Mars to allow crops from the earth to try to grow in the Martian soil. However, I found that no matter it is The Russian Aerospace Corporation, or the American Space Agency, the cost of purchasing a launch vehicle from them is too high and too high, and it is almost a price that I cannot bear."
"I talked to them for a few months, and they refused to lower the price to me."
"Of course I am not happy!"
"Since they don't give me a low price, then I will simply develop it myself! I still don't believe it. Who says that private companies can't develop rocket technology?"
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In the words, Musk was impassioned and kept telling Zhuke his thoughts.
"Zuke, how about we create an aerospace airline together?"
"I have thought of the name, it's called Space-X!"
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The words are over.
Zhuke was secretly surprised.
The madman is indeed a madman!
He was later hailed as the reality version of "Iron Man", which is not a joke.
The Russian Space Agency and the American Space Agency did not provide them with low-cost launch vehicles, which gave rise to the urge to develop their own rockets.
Listen, can ordinary people do this?
This is not a dinner party, not a play house, but a rocket ah dear!
Zhuke said quietly: "Musk, before you ask me for investment, you should also ask other people for investment."
Musk smirked: "There is such a thing."
Isn't it?
Before meeting Zhu Ke, he met with many investors before and after, the number was more than 20, but the result he got was that everyone looked at him, like a madman, a madman.
"Private companies are exploring space and building rockets. Are you crazy?!"
"What's the joke, you start a private space exploration company that can compete with the American Space Agency?"
"You are a lunatic!"
"Don't be kidding, be down-to-earth, this project clearly shows that it is a bottomless pit of money, and fools will go crazy with you!"
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Yes, everyone rejected Musk.
In the original time and space, Musk founded the Space Exploration Technology Company (Space-X) in 2002, which was an independent investment and did not receive any foreign investment.
In 2006, he still failed to gain the trust of the market. Ever since, he invested 100 million US dollars alone.
In 2008, when the financial crisis broke out, Musk also ushered in a low point in his life. His rocket failed three times. The investment of tens of millions of dollars turned into a big fireball after the explosion.
Repeatedly defeated!
However, in 2009 ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ he ushered in an explosion!
The Tesla Motors it invested in went public;
The space exploration technology company’s rockets have also successfully developed a number of new technologies, obtained low-interest loans of more than 500 million U.S. dollars, and the company has made a profit.
In 2020, the market value of Musk's Tesla Motors (the first brother in the spontaneous combustion industry) will exceed 360 billion U.S. dollars;
Space Exploration Technology Company (Space-X), although it will not be listed in 2020, the outside world has valued it as high as 46 billion US dollars;
A proper counterattack!
"Zuke, you must believe me. Space is definitely the largest blue ocean for mankind so far. Once we send rockets produced by new rocket technology into space, the huge value will definitely make us get crazy benefits."
"Furthermore, when our technology matures, we can provide space travel to those billionaires who are wealthy. We charge them 20 million US dollars at a time, it's not too much, haha."
"Man, you don't need a lot of initial investment. You only need to invest me 10 million US dollars. After three years, the money will definitely increase tenfold and a hundredfold!"
Flicker, flicker hard!
In order to obtain Zhu Ke's investment, he was simply shameless.
In three years?
Zhu Ke smiled to himself: "By 2008, your rocket failed to launch, and it turned into fireball after fireball."
Refuse?
of course not!
Since 2009, the Space Exploration Technology Company (Space-X) has been fully prosperous, changing day by day, and it has a valuation of 46 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, which is no joke.
In the end, Zhuke agreed to Musk and invested $10 million in funds.
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