My Age of Investment

the next day.

In Tesla's conference room, a fierce quarrel broke out.

"Why do you replace me, I am the real founder of Tesla."

Eberhard looked like a wild beast that wanted to devour people, his fierce eyes swept across the cheek of a shareholder who was sitting in danger.

"Because you failed the expectations of all shareholders and brought Tesla into danger time and time again. In other words, you are not a competent CEO."

Antonio looked at Eberhard with a calm face, feeling a faint pleasure in his heart.

He was the one who went crazy yesterday, and it was Eberhard's turn today, and he had avenged himself.

In fact, personal enmity is a trivial matter. The reason for a major change in the management is still dissatisfaction with the level of the managers.

If you can lead me to make money, then I will put up with your violent temper.

Now that I haven't made any money, I have a bigger temper than anyone else. If I don't change you, who will I change?

After cursing for a while, Eberhard began to pant heavily, his chest heaving and unsteady. Seeing that none of the shareholders present came out to speak for him, he knew that he had become a capital outcast.

He looked at the calm Xia Jingxing and said, "Dai Lun, even you think I did something wrong?"

Xia Jingxing said lightly, "You should step back and rest for a while, to adjust your body and mind."

Seeing that Xia Jingxing supported the replacement of Eberhard, Tarpenning couldn't sit still, and persuaded: "Dailun, please give Martin another chance.

You often say that electric vehicles are not an easy business to develop. Every time Tesla takes a step forward, it will face countless unknown situations.

In view of the fact that batteries are prone to fire and explosion, we purchased lithium-ion batteries from various manufacturers and conducted countless permutation and combination experiments before finding the most reasonable battery arrangement.

In order to solve the gearbox problem, we have researched from multi-stage gearboxes to single-speed gearboxes. Martin even stayed in the company for three months, speeding up the research and development progress day and night.

For motor problems..."

Tarpenning tried to persuade him that he really didn't want to see the old man leave the company he founded.

For a founder with a dream, this is brutal.

Xia Jingxing was not moved by Tarpenning's words,

The heart is as hard as iron.

If it weren't for his strong financial resources, he would be played by Eberhard like Musk.

In fact, he can keep Eberhard, and the financial loophole of tens of millions of dollars is not a problem at all for him.

But what Eberhard said yesterday revealed his true attitude towards investors.

In Eberhard's mind, he himself is the real king of Tesla, and all investors are just vassals, without any sense of gratitude.

Right now, Tesla's development is struggling, and Eberhard has something to ask of him, so he discusses everything with him and respects him very much.

But as Tesla's wings grow, whether Eberhard will be as obedient as before, and whether he will find external capital to deal with him is unknown.

He has always planned for a rainy day and will not leave his fate to others to control.

Letting Eberhard go and diluting Tesla's founder's imprint will help him strengthen his control over Tesla.

Of course, as Tesla's size continues to grow and the importance of energy strategy continues to rise, he cannot completely control Tesla in the United States.

But now, Tesla is just a money-losing product, a toy for the rich, and not many people pay attention to it.

There is still a long way to go before Tesla fully shines.

There is a time gap in it, enough for him to make troubles.

Of course, he would not choose to completely move Tesla back to China, because that would be equivalent to ceding the US or even the European and American markets to Nikola founded by Musk.

As for Tesla's arrangement, he already has a general plan in mind. He wants to make money, but he also needs to make some arrangements in addition to making money.

"Daren, although Tesla is not developing very well, we have at least built a car and sold more than 2,000 cars to the outside world.

Martin has worked hard if not credited, give him another chance. "

After begging Xia Jingxing bitterly, Tarpenning looked at the other shareholders, "Everyone, if you plan to raise the price of the Roadster, we will obey everyone's will."

Shareholders such as Antonio and Draper did not speak. Everyone has reached a consensus that this time they are determined to kill Eberhard.

Of course, the minority shareholders didn't have a big opinion on Eberhard. It was Xia Jingxing and Antonio who really wanted to kill Eberhard.

"Mark, you don't have to ask them, they are determined to drive me away today."

Eberhard's face gradually calmed down. He glanced coldly at all the shareholders, feeling very regretful in his heart. He was blind before introducing this group of vultures.

"You have to make it clear that letting you leave the position of CEO is not our ultimate goal, we are also for the good of Tesla."

Eberhard sneered at Antonio who was speaking, "Don't be a good person here, you are a short-sighted third-rate investor."

After finishing speaking, Eberhard glanced at Xia Jingxing, "Daren, you should be satisfied, now that Tesla has completely fallen into your hands, from now on Tesla will be decided by you alone."

Xia Jingxing heard Eberhard's sinister intentions, trying to divide him and other investors, the method was too clumsy.

He replied lightly: "It doesn't matter who controls Tesla, the key is to make the cake bigger. As a shareholder, I believe you also hope to see Tesla go public, and Tesla become a large company comparable to Toyota and Volkswagen. Car companies."

Eberhard sneered again and again, "Don't talk about those useless things, you treat a founder like this, I believe the whole Silicon Valley will see it.

Especially you, Darren, Vision Capital expelled the founder. After the news spread, I see who else would dare to accept your investment. "

"Stop threatening people here."

Before Xia Jingxing could speak, Antonio said first, "If you don't want to keep the last trace of decency, I will let the whole Silicon Valley know what stupid things you have done.

Not to mention deporting you, it's good that we didn't ask you for compensation.

It burned more than 100 million US dollars, causing Tesla to suffer a lot of losses, and even made every consumer who bought the Roadster pay an extra 20,000 US dollars.

I believe the outside world will give a fair evaluation. "

Eberhard heard the implication, and looked at Antonio viciously, "You want to put all these responsibilities on me alone? Discredit me?"

Antonio looked at Eberhard without showing any weakness, and said coldly: "No slander, because that's what you did.

If you have a sense of humor, we can save the last decency for you.

But if you want to make trouble, I will definitely make you smelly on the street. You have to believe that these things have no pressure or psychological burden on me! "

Seeing Antonio threatening Eberhard there, Xia Jingxing didn't interrupt, and didn't think there was anything wrong.

Grabbing shifts and seizing power is not a game, and no one wants to sit and wait for death.

If they don't explain their interests to Eberhard, it's inevitable that this guy will be unwilling to go outside and talk nonsense, causing some trouble.

Eberhard said very angrily: "Even if I stink the streets, I will drag you vultures to hell with me."

Ricky said lightly: "Martin, you still have shares in Tesla, although you lost the position of CEO, you still have wealth.

If you lost even this wealth, have you ever thought about what kind of life your family would live? "

Hearing this, Eberhard's face gradually sank, and it was rare that he didn't retort, because Tesla's shares were really important to him and his family.

When he founded Tesla, he invested all his savings in selling pots and irons.

In the past three years since the introduction of Xia Jingxing's investment, he has not received any dividends, and has not sold a share of Tesla stock, except for his normal salary.

If the value of Tesla is reset to zero, for this group of vultures, it is just a loss of money, but for him, it will ruin the happiness of the rest of his life.

Thinking of this, Eberhard became more rational and said, "I can leave, but you must buy half of my shares according to the market price. This is my biggest concession."

Eberhard holds nearly 14% of Tesla's shares, half of which is 7%. Based on the valuation of the market price of US$250 million, this part of the equity is worth US$17.5 million.

Xia Jingxing replied decisively: "No problem, the company repurchases the shares. The repurchased shares will be used as an option pool to motivate employees."

Antonio looked at Xia Jingxing, who gave him a look, signaling him to stay calm.

Antonio shut up unwillingly. Now that Tesla's account is tight, there is no money to buy back Eberhard's shares.

But Dai Lun Xia is rich, so ask him to pay more at that time. Thinking of this, Antonio was relieved.

Hearing that Xia Jingxing agreed to the conditions he offered so readily, the resentment in Eberhard's heart eased a little.

With more than 10 million US dollars in his hands, he will basically have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. Even if Tesla goes bankrupt, he and his family will not be affected.

Eberhard took a long breath, as if he had made some difficult choice, his whole energy was taken away.

"Okay, the company belongs to you, I hope you can find a better CEO than me."

After finishing speaking, Eberhard got up, pushed the door open and left without delay.

As his good friend, Tarpenning immediately chased after him.

There are only a few institutional shareholders left in the room.

"Daren, how can we have the money to buy back Eberhard's shares?" Antonio asked.

"Let's raise another round." Xia Jingxing said calmly.

Seeing Xia Jingxing's straightforward answer, Antonio began to think carefully. He had no choice but to magnify his words and promised to complete a new round of capital injection with Vision Capital.

Now that he heard Daelen's tone of not bad money, he obviously didn't care about these things.

So Antonio said: "The new round of capital injection, how about Daren and your family taking all of it?"

Xia Jingxing glanced at this dubious guy, and sighed, "Okay!"

The rest of the shareholders didn't feel anything, and they didn't feel that Xia Jingxing took advantage of anything, more like being taken advantage of.

Now that the founders have been driven away, the future of Tesla's development is even more confusing.

Draper thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "Defend Jie also subscribe for a share of 10 million US dollars!"

This made Antonio confused, not knowing what Draper, a well-known investor in the industry, was thinking.

Is Tesla really a sweet potato?

Don't look at his vowed statement yesterday that he wants to be All in Tesla, but it is actually a tactical retreat.

He just didn't want to see the big ship Tesla sinking, causing their investment to sink as well, so he had to sacrifice himself and tricked Xia Jingxing into raising the bet together.

After hesitating for a while, Antonio felt that he still didn't want to follow. On the one hand, his family background was not strong enough, and on the other hand, his shareholding was already not low.

Xia Jingxing felt that it didn't matter, even if he gave DFJ the investment share of 10 million US dollars, there was still a lot left. Right now they are taking more orders, and they will slowly clear some later.

He didn't want to eat alone, but these people just wanted to stuff it into his mouth.

If Tesla wants to develop and grow, neither he nor Vision Capital is suitable for holding a large number of shares. On the one hand, it is easy to be coveted by others, and on the other hand, it cannot attract capital to make the cake bigger.

However, Tesla is still losing money right now, and it has to wait for the packaging to look better before it can be sold at a good price and attract powerful capital.

Therefore, if you hold more shares right now, you will have more shares. It is really not that he is greedy, nor is he alone, because at this moment, if you give Tesla to someone else, others may not necessarily appreciate it.