My Age of Investment

After Xia Jingxing pretended to be aggressive, he ran away, stepped off the stage quickly, and left the stage to Straubel.

As soon as he sat back in his seat, Bezos looked at him with a smile and praised him without hesitation: "Daren, you still have strong personal charm. I guess most of the users present will choose to trust you and agree to temporarily put 10,000 Dollars are "loaned" to Tesla.

Tesla must pay its debts! It may become a good story in the industry in the future. "

Baldy Bei's eyes were very poisonous, and he saw through Xia Jingxing's backhands at a glance. He feels that young people nowadays have a lot of fun, and they like to shape the personal image of the founder and have various interesting interactions with users, so as to create and form the unique charm of the company and the founder.

This seems to be a trendy marketing method, which is worth learning from.

He was much more honest when he was young, and he would only foolishly sell books online.

The times are changing, and the business marketing model is also changing quietly. Baldy Bei thinks that in the future, he needs to figure out more about Xia Jingxing's various marketing methods.

The title of co-founder of Tesla has been recognized by the other two founders since the moment Xia Jingxing invested in Tesla, and it often appears in media reports and on the official website.

Xia Jingxing smiled at Bezos, "It's just a small trick. As a technology-driven company, Tesla's product quality and reliability are the foundation of long-term trust from users."

"That's right. Amazon is building an e-reader called Kindle recently. In addition, I also founded a commercial space company called Blue Origin. When you are free, Darren, you can visit my place. Let’s talk about the experience of making hardware together.”

Bezos sent out the invitation with a smile. He admired the young man next to him very much. He was engaged in the Internet before, and now he is engaged in hardware such as mobile phones and cars. It is very similar to his business layout and suits his appetite very much.

"Really? That's awesome! I'm very interested in Blue Origin, private rockets, and private space exploration, which sounds very cool." Xia Jingxing shrugged with an exaggerated expression.

Blue Origin was founded two years earlier than SpaceX. It was established in 2000, but the operation is very low-key. This year, it began to buy land in Texas to build a rocket launch site.

Compared with SpaceX, which has already launched a rocket, Blue Origin is as slow as a snail.

But Bezos is rich, and every year he reduces his holdings of US$1 billion in Amazon stock to invest in Blue Origin. By the time Xia Jingxing was reborn, I heard that he had invested tens of billions of US dollars. I don’t know that Beitu’s dream of flying into the sky has come true. No.

Seeing that Xia Jingxing highly praised Blue Origin, Bezos was very satisfied.

He said with a smile: "With your financial resources, you can actually enter the private aerospace field. There are too few players in this field. Competition will promote technological progress."

Gates has been listening to the conversation between the two, and couldn't help interjecting: "To be honest, I am not optimistic about the profitability of commercial spaceflight at all.

My partner, Paul Allen, sponsored the launch of SpaceShipOne three years ago, the first successful human spaceflight conducted entirely by private companies. "

Xia Jingxing looked at Gates. This boss is a pragmatist. With his strong financial resources, he can go to space to join in the fun and set off fireworks.

But Gates did not choose to do this. He wanted to "donate" all the money to charity organizations, and from time to time he would go to Lolita Island with his friends for vacation.

On the contrary, his former partner, Paul Allen, was an entrepreneur with a real dream. He had never been married and had no children. After leaving Microsoft, he divided his huge wealth into three parts.

Some of them engage in sports and use it to buy basketball, football, and rugby teams;

Some of them invested in technology research and Internet companies, founded a Silicon Valley laboratory and new business incubator, and achieved a lot of achievements. They have sued FAANG, Yahoo, eBay, AOL and other major technology giants for patent infringement;

The last part is invested in private space, amounting to billions of dollars.

The Stratospheric Launch Company he founded developed a six-engine, twin-fuselage aircraft that weighed 500,000 pounds (about 226.8 tons) and had a wingspan of 385 feet (about 117 meters), about twice the size of a Boeing 747. , the ultimate goal is to launch a rocket and then send a satellite into space.

But the old man passed away in 2018, and the Stratospheric Launch Company has gradually become lonely.

It is worth mentioning that Gates, who has never loved money, began to think of ways to dilute the equity of his partners because of Paul Allen's illness. He first took away 60% of the equity, Paul acquiesced, and then took away four points of equity, Paul Again acquiescence.

In the end, Gates also wanted to buy the remaining shares in Paul Allen's hands at a low price, but this time Paul did not agree.

The two were good friends who met at the age of twelve or thirteen, and Paul also contributed to Microsoft before his illness, but Gates is so black.

If you say you don't love money, you're just fooling around.

Xia Jingxing smiled, but did not answer Gates' words.

Bezos couldn't help it anymore. I just said that commercial aerospace has a head, and you jumped out to sing the opposite.

Although Gates is the richest man in the world, Bezos is arrogant in his heart and does not feel that he is inferior to Gates, and he will surpass this old man sooner or later in the future.

Therefore, Bezos does not have so many scruples when he speaks.

"Mr. Gates, people don't live only for the pursuit of commercial interests. Aerospace is the crystallization of human science and technology. In my opinion, powerful entrepreneurs around the world should join in to promote the progress of scientific and technological civilization.

A few years from now, our bodies may be gone, but as the ancestors of space exploration, maybe we can still leave a statue on the moon or Mars. "

Xia Jingxing nodded. Bezos still has some realms of life. Although he is an LSP like Gates, he is obviously more ambitious than the previous richest man.

In terms of commercial returns alone, SpaceX, supported by more commercial orders from NASA, is a profitable project, because Musk didn’t invest much money at all, and the company’s valuation reached more than 70 billion U.S. dollars after many years.

However, Blue Origin has received fewer orders from NASA, and Bezos has invested tens of billions of dollars one after another, and the valuation may not be able to even out the investment.

If 10 billion U.S. dollars are deposited in the bank, the rate of return may be higher than investing in Blue Origin.

Of course, Bezos is so rich that he doesn't care about making quick money and wants to make long-term investment considerations, but it should be more about his love, so he will continue to spend money on a project that does not seem to be so profitable.

Domestic Internet giants like to engage in community group buying. In fact, companies such as Meituan and Didi have explored a successful path. First, they spend money to gain market share, and then monopolize traffic and pricing power. After a few years, they can slowly start to harvest.

With such a successful way of making quick money and having explored a clear profit model, who would foolishly make "stupid money".

The so-called stupid money is a business model with a high risk factor and an uncertain future, such as technology that is stuck, chips, industrial software, CNC machine tools, etc.

Among them, real estate capital such as Li and Pan are the ones with the most accurate calculations. They are all from the perspective of profit, and they are extremely afraid of danger. They can be called "counsel".

Gates smiled, and he didn't get angry when he was stunned by Bezos. After all, he was a man of the scene.

"Mr. Bezos, good luck to you, and hope to see you in space someday."

Bezos replied lightly: "There will be such a day! It won't be too long."

Xia Jingxing didn't interrupt, in his opinion, the wealth of both of them had reached a certain level, so they had different ideas.

He has also met many top rich people over the years. Everyone has a different understanding of life, wealth, and even career.

After reaching the peak of commercial achievements, some people start a sect and call themselves kings and ancestors;

Some people indulge in the flowers and enjoy life wantonly;

Some people are ambitious, and after conquering the earth, they start aiming at space again, and their life will never stop;

...

The actions and choices of these people brought Xia Jingxing a lot of thought, and at the same time strengthened his belief.

on stage.

Straubel said another big deal, telling all users about the delivery procedures and precautions.

"Okay, that's all about the delivery. Today, we have to announce something to all users."

Straubel looked at the audience and said word by word: "Tesla's second model, it's here today."

Hearing this sentence, the audience immediately cheered up.

The Roadster is already amazing, can the new model surpass the former?

And the audience is concerned about the positioning of the new model, the sports car? car? SUV? Or a pickup?

Musk also raised his head, staring intently at the big black screen on the stage.

The thing that worries him the most still happened. Tesla is picking up the pace and starting to build the second model.

At the same time, Musk is also curious about what model it is. According to the model, he can judge and predict Tesla's next development plan and market positioning.

Straubel deliberately held it for more than ten seconds, and when everyone was concentrating on the stage, he pressed the controller in his hand, and the big screen behind him instantly lit up.

"Wow~" the audience exclaimed.

A red car with a shape completely different from the Roadster, with smooth lines, appeared on the screen.

Everyone can see clearly that this is a car.

Tesla is going to build a car, which is really good news. This is the voice of many viewers. After all, the space of a sports car is too small, and it is not so convenient to drive for a long time.

Musk secretly cursed damn it, he had a hunch that the business plans of Tesla and Nikola overlapped, and Tesla also wanted to step by step from a sports car manufacturer to have different models, covering high, medium and low-end Large car companies.

Musk is also very clear that electric car companies cannot survive only by making sports cars, and must seize a larger market to have a chance.

It would be great if Tesla continued to make sports cars! Musk secretly regretted.

However, the hope of winning cannot be completely placed on the opponent's mistakes.

Musk quickly accepted the fact and continued to look down.

On the screen, a video began to play. The red car traveled through city streets, rural fields, mountain bridges, snowy areas, deserts...

"Fack!"

Suddenly, Musk cursed with a smile, regardless of the risk of exposure.

It turned out to be a false alarm. The video is only a simulation animation, not a real prototype car being tested on the road.

Other viewers reacted differently.

Some people thought it was good, some people thought it was fooling people, and for a long time, a cartoon was played.

The video ends soon.

"The real prototype is still being built, but most of the design is done, just some details are still being polished," Straubel said with a smile.

Don't be discouraged by this, everyone, Tesla will not play those tricks to fool people.

Regarding the new models, we have added a lot of new thinking.

As we all know, the Roadster uses the chassis and shell of Lotus. The chassis and shell of this new car are all independently designed by Tesla itself.

This is just one of the surprises!

The second surprise is that we have upgraded the core components such as the motor electronic control system and the battery management system, and the battery life of the car will be greatly improved.

The third surprise is that we will carry out a new upgrade for the interior of the car. The operation and interaction of the central control screen will redefine the car.

The fourth surprise is that the price of this four-door, five-seater coupe will be lower than that of the Roadster. We will strictly control the cost and strive to achieve the most extreme cost performance.

The fifth surprise, a few months later, the prototype car will officially hold a product launch conference, and then everyone will be able to see its true colors.

Not yet, the product is still being finalized, because the technology content of this car will be very high, and the research and development will be very difficult..."