951 You Are A Respectable Opponent (1/4)

Chapter 951 You are a respectable opponent (14)

Next to the booth somewhere in the exhibition hall, a silver-white giant egg is located there.

The X-2 life support unit of Space-x is said to be improved on the basis of the original life support unit.

Since the failure of the Ares project, the cooperation between Space-X and Blue Origin has ended. After throwing all the pot to Blue Origin, which is controlled by Amazon, Musk quickly found an aerospace company located in Tanegashima, Japan. Technology companies were the new partners, and the X-2, designed for the lunar environment, was born.

There is no doubt that this is a very wise decision.

After the bankruptcy of the Ares project, new colonization of Mars is impossible in the short term.

Even though Congress might sign off on the budget, the "New Virginia" Accident Commission will repeatedly pick them up on safety issues.

Therefore, Huaguo is currently the only customer who may pay for their technology, because only Huaguo currently seems to have the need to send people to the moon.

The Pan-Asian High-tech Innovation and Investment Summit does not exclude North American companies. After getting the permit to participate in the summit, Musk asked the people from Space-x to move the silver "round egg" over, and even gave it a The name of Chinese culture - glutinous rice balls, in order to win the favor of Chinese people.

After deleting the key technology, the X-2 life support unit, which is only a trial version, has only a few functions, and its footprint has also been reduced by 50%. However, although the sparrow is small and well-equipped, it is no problem just as a display item. The open hatch can even climb in and have a look, and sleep on the astronaut's bed to experience what it feels like.

Unfortunately, although the silvery-white round shape did attract the attention of many onlookers, no one seemed to step forward to study it, and it seemed that no one even got into the open hatch to take a look. impulse.

After all, the Ares project just failed last year, and the Huaguo spacecraft rescued the people barely, and even stabbed the big basket of Martian bacteria. There is no doubt that it is a high-tech...

But I always feel that it lacks a little convincing in terms of security.

This is the inherent impression of people.

Once a product is labeled as a failure, whether or not it was because of them, people subconsciously look down on them.

Leaning against the empty booth, casually dismissing a few reporters who were attracted by him and wandering over, Musk folded his arms and looked at the crowd who had no interest in stopping in front of his company's booth, and expressed boredom. The voice spoke to the white man standing next to him.

"Do you know? Beavis, the thing I regret the most in my life is that I didn't work harder at the Los Angeles Material Science Conference a few years ago and left Professor Lu in Los Angeles..."

That man named Beavis is the No. 2 figure in the Tesla Group.

Although he has nothing to do with Space-X, he is the general manager of the Huaguo region appointed by Musk himself recently, and he can be regarded as a confidant general. , Whether it is the Tesla factory in Shanghai or other projects, Musk trusts him to take care of him, and he has lived up to the CEO's expectations and arranged things in an orderly manner.

Hearing the boss talking to him, Beavis looked away from the exhibition center and looked at the boss suspiciously.

"At that time, Professor Lu...had he already studied aerospace?"

Musk shook his head: "No, what he researched at that time was the nano-sized balls of lithium cathode materials. That technology is exactly what Tesla needs...to be precise, it is what new energy companies all over the world need. , so I got in touch with him and offered him an olive branch."

Beavis asked casually, "How much annual salary did you pay him?"

Musk shook his head with a smile: "His value cannot be measured by annual salary, even I could see it at the time. I invited him to be my collaborator to create the overlord of the pure electric vehicle industry in the new era...but It is a pity that he rejected this great plan."

Beavis knows this sentence without Musk saying it.

After all, this Professor Lu has become a figure that all the pure electric vehicle industry loves and hates. Love is naturally fond of the positive and negative electrode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries he researched, as for hating...

Naturally, it was because the patent was in his hands.

Looking at the boss with a somewhat lonely expression, Beavis said comfortingly, "There is no way to do this kind of thing. He knows his own value very well, and he is different from those foolish nerds."

"But I think anything can be discussed," Musk shrugged. "At that time, he was just a professor in Princeton. It’s so far away now. Maybe I was willing to take out more shares in Tesla and even Space-X at that time, maybe we are the ones who are standing on the moon and waiting for others to come to please.”

"I don't object to your statement, but to be honest, I don't really like the word you use to flatter...We are not flattering the Chinese people, we are just a normal business cooperation," Beavis opened his mouth and gestured with his right index finger, "These are all based on mutual benefit."

Musk waved his hand and interrupted Beavis, "I know, but sometimes I still can't help but think this way, if I can be reborn ten years ago—"

However, before the sentence was finished, a voice that was not familiar but seemed to have been heard somewhere floated over from the side, interrupting the half of the sentence.

"It's an interesting idea, but I think you'd better not get too fancy, even if you give me the entire Space-X company, I'll go home eventually."

Turning his head suddenly, looking at the two people walking to the booth, Musk narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Lu Zhou?"

As for the person next to Lu Zhou, he should be President Gong of the AIIB. Although he is not familiar with him, he has met him a few times.

"Yes, Mr. Musk, I'm glad we met again... This is probably the second time." Seeing Musk with a surprised expression, Lu Zhou smiled and extended his right hand.

Musk, who came back to his senses, immediately showed a smile on his face, and generously held Lu Zhou's extended right hand and shook it.

"...Yeah, long time no see. Actually, I have always wanted to visit you and tell you personally that you are a respectable opponent."

"To each other, you are also a respectable opponent to me." Lu Zhou glanced at the silver-white dome behind Musk, and said with some nostalgia, "To be honest, you guys are aggressive in the Mars project. This action really shocked me. Even if our astronauts are ready to sacrifice at any time, we have never considered sending them tens of millions of kilometers away without guaranteeing their safety. to Mars."

Musk felt quite comfortable when he heard the first half of the sentence, but after hearing the latter words, his expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"Are you here to mock me?"

Lu Zhou: "No, I'm just passing by."

Musk: "..."

The honest look on his face really didn't look like he was joking.

As Lu Zhou said, he was just passing by.

However, it is precisely because of this that this feeling of not being placed in the position of a competitor by his own rival at all made Musk's heart burst into flames.

Falk!

If not in the convention center!

If this is not in Huaguo!

He really wanted to punch that nasty face.

But obviously...

it's out of the question.

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