Chapter 593 You can have ideas, but who cares?

   Generally speaking, since Tesla’s second round of financing has been carried out so far, Zhao Song is not eligible to cancel.

   But that's just a general situation, at least in America, no one was surprised by Zhao Song's sudden decision.

  Silicon Valley, America, late at night, half an hour after Qin Han made a call.

  Compared to Tesla’s scattered offices in China, its branch in Silicon Valley is more like the headquarters of a world-class high-tech company.

   In the spacious conference room, there was a lot of voices.

  Executives, shareholders, investors, everyone is arguing with red ears, and the emergency call in the middle of the night obviously did not affect their biological clocks, and everyone's faces are full of excitement.

   "The flight meal was a success! But apparently our wooing had the exact opposite effect."

  David knocked on the table and covered the other people's quarrel with a loud voice:

   "The more successful the flight meal, the more dissatisfied Nicholas was with Tesla's valuation in the second round of financing.

  Cancellation may be an angry word, but there is no doubt that it is a warning to all of us. "

David had a headache. He once thought that as a bridge between investment banks and Tesla, he was much more comfortable than Google's Schuster, because he was also the founder of the company, and Zhao Song was obviously better than Google's two. .

   However, being good at serving does not mean being bullying.

  David stared at the new investment representative: "Obviously, as long as Mr. Nicholas doesn't sign, you won't get Tesla shares even if you keep him in the country forever!"

  “…”

  The conference room fell silent.

  The representative of American Bank asked Ding Tao, who had been sitting there quietly:

   "Mr. Ding, what do you think?"

   "I have no opinion." Ding Tao replied calmly, "My task is to report the situation to the boss at any time. Now it is the consensus that you have reached that cannot be approved by him."

   After finishing speaking, Ding Tao glanced at Zhao Rong and several others vaguely, obviously not satisfied with his colleague's previous negotiation work.

   "But if you refer to Apple's market value..."

"Apple's share price has fallen to $1." Ding Tao interrupted the investment bank representative and said unceremoniously, "Stephen just sold 55 million shares. If you are optimistic about Apple, please leave here immediately, we are Tesla, not Apple. , we are facing 98% of PC users in the world!"

   (PS: In real history, some people say that Joe Madman's sell-off cost him $73 billion.)

   "But we need a reference!"

   An old white man gritted his teeth.

   "That's your business." Ding Tao shrugged very westernized.

As soon as the    voice fell, the conference room fell into a commotion.

   "I think 20 billion is a very reasonable number."

   "God, JOY, are you crazy, how long do you plan to let us get our investment back."

   "Brian, how are you going to get Nicholas to sign off on your valuation without raising the valuation?"

   "We had an agreement before. If the second round does not go well, Nicholas will face huge compensation."

   "With Tesla's capital reserves, do you think Mr. Nicholas would care about this compensation?"

   "Bank of America has signed the stock underwriting intent, if Tesla suspends its listing, we also face huge losses..."

   "We can accept 20 billion or more, as long as part of the B-share equity is opened..."

   During the quarrel, Zhao Rong quietly walked out of the conference room.

   She played with her phone for a long time before calling.

"Hey?"

   "Prosperity, Zhao Song just decided to cancel the second round of financing."

   "...is this good news or bad news?"

Zhao Rong rubbed his brows and said with a headache: "I don't know, although the valuation of the results of this negotiation is low, the new investors also bear many other responsibilities, which are priceless, so I don't know that canceling the negotiation is good news. Still bad news."

  Xingsheng asked: "I am also a minority shareholder of Tesla, can you tell me the specific valuation?"

   Zhao Rong replied after a little hesitation: "I can't say specifically, I can only say... less than 20 billion."

  "..." On the phone, Xingsheng asked unexpectedly, "If this is the case, then even if you add the shares of Shenzhou Technology, Zhao Song can't become the richest man in the world?"

   "That's for sure, Bill Gates' fortune of more than 40 billion is an astronomical figure."

Zhao Rong obviously does not agree with the optimistic estimates of the outside world. According to her prediction, if Tesla goes public at its current valuation, even if the rally is good, plus Zhao Song’s domestic assets, he will be able to reach the figure of 300 if he survives. .

   "Why did he cancel? Was it that?"

  “…”

   Zhao Rong was silent.

"Hey?"

"……Yes."

   "You proposed?"

   "I proposed changing the meal, and everyone passed it."

   "...Since the listing is suspended, are you coming back?"

"No!" Zhao Rong replied resolutely, "Going the international route is the only way Zhao Song has set out for Tesla. If there are less obstacles on this road, the only way is to go public overseas. This is the establishment of Tesla. Biggest lesson learned here!

   So the negotiation will continue, it's just a way to express dissatisfaction, whether it's to our management or to the investment bank..."

   Zhao Rong didn't say the following words, but Xingsheng knew it.

   They didn't go through that era, and Apple's revenue from a single mobile phone category with a market value of 100 billion accounted for a quarter of the company's revenue.

  The current Tesla is even better. It makes a lot of money, but its music player revenue accounts for nearly 40% of the company's total revenue.

   This is not normal for many people.

   Worrying about declining sales; worrying that new products will encounter Waterloo; worrying that Zhao Song's product development talent will disappear, etc. The closer the market is approaching, the more these excuses are repeatedly mentioned by those investment banks, and they achieve their goals once and for all.

   "What about you?" A joking voice came from the phone, "Do you like it or not?"

  “click~”

   Zhao Rong hung up the phone and walked to the conference room with a blank expression.

   Not optimistic?

Ah.

   As long as you have seen Tesla's new product line-notebook product concept map, no one will be optimistic about Tesla's future, and no one will doubt Zhao Song's product development talent.

  Now, the selfless Gui Luyang is running around the world to gather talents for Tesla; the ruthless Liao Yingzhu has disappeared without a trace; only the loyal Ding Tao is here as a personal representative and chief negotiator.

   As for the others, there is no clear instruction at all to involve them...

   After several years of ups and downs in the business world, there is a terrifying social circle behind everyone here.

  But why did Zhao Songben not speak for him after he was in China?

   Not optimistic?

Do not!

   Officially, it became the current situation because it was too optimistic.

   Because they want more voice!

  20 billion US dollars, hundreds of billions of RMB.

   It is the first time that such a huge private enterprise has appeared in Huajiajia.

   There is credit to each of us here.

  We are not Ding Tao, not Gui Luyang, not Liao Yingzhu, they only represent ourselves, there are many people behind us...

   We can ask for less equity, but can we give more power to speak?

   That's right, we want B shares.

  You can't take it all alone!

  ………………

  Beijing, Pyeongchang, Tesla Industrial Park.

   The bell rang for the shift change at noon, and the crowds in Wuyangyang walked into the cafeterias in an orderly manner.

  With the completion of the 5th phase of the industrial park, this is the largest electronic product production base in the capital and even in the entire North of Zhonghua.

   is also Tesla's only own production plant.

   (As agreed above, the Guancheng Industrial Park has been transferred to Shenzhou.)

This industrial park with a total investment of 980 million, covering an area of ​​1.4 million square meters and a total of more than 110,000 employees has driven relevant upstream and downstream manufacturers and supporting factories, countless night stalls and shops, affecting the livelihood of nearly one million people. .

   It is an important result of the active undertaking of industrial transfer by Pingchang District, the capital, and it is a great impetus for the development of electronic information industry and export-oriented economy in Pingchang City and even the whole capital. It has comprehensively improved the quality and level of Pyeongchang District's opening to the outside world.

  If this administrative region and this million people are allowed to launch a representative, then it is certain that there is only one name in this option——

  Gui Luyang!

   20 km east from here.

   is still Pyeongchang District.

   In the old river bay of Wenyu River, where no one cares, all the demolition work of 3 townships and 7 villages has been completed.

   On the rumbling construction site, hundreds of construction vehicles are running.

  The work of leveling the land has begun, and the municipal engineering has entered the final stage of tackling key problems.

  Beijing city government is working hard to fulfill their promise to complete all three links and one leveling work before the Tesla headquarters building starts.

   At the same time, the municipal engineering demonstration team has been established for a long time, and it is even connected to a higher-level administrative unit.

   is just waiting for Zhao Song to submit the final project plan with a budget of 1 billion US dollars.

  …………

  Tesla's listing and the construction of its headquarters building have risen to the level of the local government's ZZ mission, not to mention that the local government is still a capital...

   In the face of these, no one's personal interests are worth considering, unless you take yourself too high, but who cares?

  PS: The work is special. In the past two days, a security guard let visitors in without taking a temperature measurement, and let the senior leaders see it...and flooded two leadership offices in the flood season, which is quite fun.

   (end of this chapter)