Vol 5 Chapter 11: Perfect middleman

Baba went to Los Angeles for a lap, but when he returned to Silicon Valley, he still didn't receive a call from Martin. Feng Yiping didn't feel depressed.

I have done so much preparation and arrangement for this matter, and I think that as long as people with normal minds, they will make the right choice.

If Martin happens to be an abnormal person, well, this is also possible.

In addition to most ordinary people, there are two kinds of people in the world. One is that after making a mistake, the general public will immediately let the general public take care of themselves, "I am also a mortal," and regardless of his usual life, separated from ordinary people. How far is it.

When a person makes a mistake, most people will take the initiative to defend him, "because he is a genius,"

Martin Eberhard can barely be classified into the latter kind of person. Of course, judging from the situation in the exchange the day before yesterday, he may think so, then he is really possible, but he did not choose himself. High-quality partners.

If you remember correctly, when Musk entered Tesla, Martin was about to go bankrupt. Now the situation is different. He is excited and hopeful just about to start working. He has not yet reached the bankruptcy field for himself. Considering his interests, he might really not want Feng Yiping to overpower him.

After feeling that he hadn't been seen by others, Feng Yiping also began to prepare for his second-hand preparations because of the ambition of Wang Domineering.

Unfortunately, there is no Musk among the visitors of ACP, and Allen cannot help Feng Yiping contact.

Although he has already inquired clearly, Musk will now run his space exploration technology company Spacex in El Segundo, Los Angeles, and how to build rockets, and boast of dominating the solar system in the next century, but just like that. Going home is naturally inappropriate.

It is best to be introduced by an intermediary. After you are familiar with it, you can slowly mention the matter. That is the best way to deal with it.

So, who should this intermediary call? Feng Yiping would have no idea for a while, so he should go to the Stanford solar team to see if there is anyone who can use it.

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"Hi," Feng Yiping knocked twice on the dirty door in front of him.

After some inquiries, he finally found the location of the solar energy team. This is an escaped courtyard around the campus. The surrounding area is very empty. There are several connected concrete buildings in the middle.

These semi-circular concrete buildings are familiar to Feng Yiping, but they don’t seem to be here, because they look like military styles at first glance, a bit like a small hangar, and some are often seen in movies. Yes, those American barracks during World War II.

Feng Yiping knocked on the door and no one responded, but there was clearly a sound inside. He pushed gently, and the door opened. The people inside stopped arguing and looked at Feng Yiping, who was obviously not the same.

The room that Feng Yiping pushed open was simply partitioned by them with three plywood panels. The overall effect made Feng Yiping feel more cordial, just like the decoration company just finished the main construction site.

The inside room, or the inside section, looks like an office, and the outside section is a conference room. The materials are collected on the spot, and a layer of white paper is pasted on the partition of the plywood to make it a writing board.

The people sitting around the simple long table, the rough men of Yishui, none of them are as pleasing as Mayer.

Their roughness can be seen at a glance. They are all kinds of t-shirts and jeans. Not to mention, they either have long hair or a beard. Only one or two look clean and refreshing, but they are fat and thin. Thin.

Of course, for this, Feng Yiping was mentally prepared before he came.

This is a group of self-proclaimed geeks, and geeks have inherited many of the advantages of hippies. Are there hippies and slick ones?

In short, in this seemingly abandoned building, seeing such a scene, such a group of people, has a sense of sight of a temporary office on a domestic construction site.

"Hi, man, are you lost?" asked a male student with glasses and long hair.

He saw Feng Yiping’s Yajun in the parking lot outside, "Good car,"

"This is the solar team?" Feng Yiping saw the sketches on the wall, and he should have found the wrong place.

"Yes, this is the solar team, I'm Ken," stood up a buddy in a blue t-shirt with a belly and a five-month pregnant woman.

"Hello, this is Feng Yiping, you can call me Feng,"

"Are you the Feng?"

"Is the one who wrote the blue ocean strategy and proposed cloud computing, or is it Google's major shareholder, Jobs's special adviser, and Feng who already has two listed companies?"

As soon as he heard his name, this group of shabby, originally arrogant science and engineering men were a little excited, and several people stood up.

"Yes, I think I am the Feng in your mouth," Feng Yiping smiled, but it was a bit of a wry smile.

From the words of these guys, you can see their values ​​and the pride of being an American.

What they value most is Feng Yiping’s academic achievements, followed by companies founded by alumni, then Silicon Valley bosses, and finally, Feng Yiping’s companies founded in China and now listed on NASDAQ.

Can't you put my two companies in front? At any rate, the market value is more than 2 billion US dollars.

"Sit down, please," a guy moved a chair from inside with a vision.

"Thank you, what are you discussing?"

"We are discussing how to make a new solar car," Ken said. "Is Jobs really bad at dealing with? Is Page really bad at communicating?"

It turns out that you also gossip, although the topic of your gossip is a bit different.

"I think everything is fine," Feng Yiping said in general.

"Feng, are you also interested in solar cars?" asked a bearded student.

"I'm very interested in energy that can replace oil," Feng Yiping smiled. "May I know where I am now?"

"It's still in the theoretical design stage. Compared with a few years ago, the materials that can be purchased now have improved a lot. We hope to redesign it,"

When Feng Yiping was 6 years old, the Stanford Solar Team was established. Up to now, their solar cars have been updated for several generations. Of course, many previous years, limited by objective conditions, did not make a finished product. Just conduct theoretical research.

"We hope to build a car to participate in the World Solar Challenge," Ken said.

"These buildings," Feng Yiping asked, referring to the exposed reinforced concrete on the curved roof.

"Hehe, you are not the first to be curious about this. These are left over from the Second World War. They are a radar research station of the original Air Force."

"Can you take me around?"

"Okay," Ken led a group of people to lead Feng Yiping around. "This one is our studio," he pushed open the door of the next room.

There are no partitions in this room. There are angle-welded shelves on both sides with many tools on them.

"This one is our activity room and a place to take a nap,"

In the last one, there are two game consoles, a table football, a shoddy bar and several sets of sofas.

"Feng, do you want to join us too? But do you have time?"

"I am now preparing a new project," Feng Yiping said vaguely, "I also like the research you are doing, but you are right. I really don't have time now."

"So, Ken, and fellow students, I want to use other methods to contribute to the school solar car. I would like to donate US$50,000 in advance to cover your research and production funds."

"Wow, what you said is true?" Many guys cried out strangely on the spot.

"It's true, at least, our solar team can't be worse than Harvard's, right?"

Speaking of it, Stanford is also a master who can cause trouble. It doesn't deal with Berkeley on the opposite side of the Bay Area, and Harvard in the east has been on the verge.

"Although Harvard invests heavily in solar research, they don't have a solar team. Our biggest competitor is MIT. However, Feng, thank you very much!" Ken opened his arms to embrace Feng Yiping and the other members. , It’s all the same.

Hug these rough men, Feng Yiping rejects from the bottom of his heart, "You are welcome, I will write a check now,"

This is a good excuse, including Ken, no one will touch Feng Yiping here, because he is afraid that he has written it wrong.

"50,000, here you are,"

"Oh," Ken kissed the check fiercely, "Feng, we love you,"

His words seemed to be a password. The people present rushed up to hug him, and everyone still slapped him **** his shoulder a few times-I didn’t want this, Feng Yiping felt quite bad. .

"By the way, you haven't mentioned your new energy project. What is it?" Ken handed the check to the student in charge of finance, only then did he remember to care about Feng Yiping.

"The job I want to do now is similar to yours, but at present, my direction should be easier to achieve," Feng Yiping said after considering it.

"Oh, what exactly do you want to do?"

"I want to make a pure electric car, powered by lithium batteries, and it's in the preparatory stage now,"

After listening to his words, the reactions of the guys present were quite flat, "Now the energy density of lithium batteries can be increased by 8% per year. The integration of thousands of lithium batteries can replace fuel power. This is indeed a reality. direction,"

"Feng, we have met many people who have the same ideas as you," Ken laughed.

"Yes, I have been talking about it recently,"

"He also said that he wants to develop a lithium battery pack that can drive cars for thousands of kilometers."

"However, his ultimate vision is an electric plane,"

Oh, this is indeed a guy with a higher rank than his own. He only wants to let the lithium battery drive the car to run on the ground. He already wants to let the battery drive the thing that can fly in the sky.

Is my brain too small, or is there no possibility of realization at all? Unless it is a nuclear power battery, otherwise, the weight of the battery itself, plus the weight of the aircraft, as well as the weight of people and luggage, want to drive such a heavy thing to fly in the sky, how high is the energy density of the battery?

"Who is this?" Feng Yiping asked.

"Our alumni, Master of Energy Engineering, Straubel," Ken said, "He is in Silicon Valley, and you must have a common language."

"Thank you, do you have his contact information, do you have many other alumni who are also interested in new energy?" Feng Yiping said his purpose of coming today.

"Yes, you know, those guys with successful careers are all concerned about environmental issues. You leave me a phone call. I promise that from tomorrow, many people will call you. However, I only promise that they are all right about this. One’s projects are interested, but there is no guarantee that each of them is very reliable."

"I thank you in advance,"

According to the theory of six degrees of separation, there will be no more than six people between you and any stranger. I hope that among these people provided by Ken, there are people who have a good relationship with Musk.

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Before Feng Yiping got out of the campus, his cell phone rang and a stranger called. Could it be that Ken was helping with the promotion so quickly?

"Hello, this is Feng Yiping,"

"Hello Feng, this is Straubel," the man seemed a little excited. "Listen to Ken, you want to build an electric car. Do we have time to meet?"

This buddy is so impatient? Also, people who are not impatient can think of electric planes?

"Okay, I have time now~www.wuxiaspot.com~Okay, I know the cafe you mentioned, I will be there in ten minutes,"

At the door of a cafe in Palo Alto, a buddy in a blue shirt stood at the door and saw Feng Yiping, an Oriental man, stepping out of the car, "Feng?"

"Hello, you must be Straubel,"

"You can call me Feng, can you tell me what you think," he asked before sitting down.

"I actually paid attention to this field for a long time. A few years ago, I invested in ACP. Now, I feel that the conditions are relatively mature in all aspects, especially the current lithium battery is developing rapidly. So I want to establish a company in Silicon Valley. Engaged in the research and manufacture of electric vehicles,"

"Are you a shareholder of ACP?" Straubel was a little surprised, "I also test drive Tzero,"

What a coincidence? Why didn't Alan call him?

"Sorry for interrupting you, please continue,"

"It's nice to meet you. I have always wanted to do something like this. Oh, yes, there is a person who I must introduce to you. He has always been interested in electric cars." In minutes, after talking about arrangements and plans, Straubel said happily.

"Does Space Exploration Technologies know that he is the founder of Spacex, Elon Musk, and we have been discussing this issue,"

"Feng, what's the matter with you?" He saw Feng Yiping staying motionless.

"Oh, I'm fine, I just didn't expect that he didn't build rockets, he was also interested in this?

"Hehe, I think you and him will have many topics in common,"

"I am looking forward!"

What is a book without coincidence? What is Tian Sui Ren Yuan? What do you mean? Hey, this is it!

I look around for the middleman. Isn't this one the perfect middleman?