Chapter 1123: Taking One Step Back Is Hell

At noon the next day, Jiang Chen met with Elon Musk, who had flown from the Western Hemisphere for a meeting, in the conference room of the Future Man Building. This Silicon Valley legend, who is nearly 50 years old, still looks energetic at first glance, and there is no trace of what he should look like at the age of 50.

"Sit." Looking at Elon Musk walking into the conference room, Jiang Chen pointed to the chair next to the conference table and said with a smile.

"Thank you." Elon nodded politely, sat on his seat, and looked at Jiang Chen.

Just when Jiang Chen was sizing him up, he was also sizing up Jiang Chen.

I have always heard that this self-made young man in his twenties has built such a global technology empire in less than five years. When I saw him today, he was truly extraordinary.

The industries involved range from the Internet to new energy, and from new materials to aerospace, and their tentacles cover almost all aspects of human production and life. Whatever future people can imagine, Future People Group has turned it into reality.

Elon Musk still can't figure out a question: how does Jiang Chen's head grow? It is really unbelievable that such a monster was born in a country that was least likely to give birth to a great man.

"Mr. Musk has traveled thousands of miles to come here to find me. He must not be here just to drink tea and chat with me." Jiang Chen smiled slightly, leaned back on the chair, and crossed his fingers in front of his knees. "You and I are both. There are hundreds of thousands of busy people here every minute, so we might as well get right to the point.”

Elon Musk stared at Jiang Chen for half a minute, and finally sighed.

"Before I walked in, I was thinking about how to convince you."

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows.

"Oh? Don't you want to think about it now?"

Elon Musk shook his head and continued, "I'd like to think about it again, but after seeing you, I know that it is basically impossible to convince you."

"Can I hear the reason?" Jiang Chen said with a smile.

"Because we are the same kind of people," Elon Musk looked at Jiang Chen and said seriously, "Once something is determined, it will never be changed easily."

Elon Musk's words made Jiang Chen fall into deep thought.

However, this contemplation only lasted less than ten seconds. Jiang Chen spread his hands and said in a relaxed tone, "You are right. If you are here for the Earth Fleet project today,

I can tell you clearly that you can go back. "

Hearing Jiang Chen almost sentenced SpaceX to death for the future, Elon Musk couldn't help but feel a bit bitter.

"Can't we give Silicon Valley companies a fair chance to compete? We have a technological advantage in aerospace technology that far exceeds that of other countries' aerospace companies. Whether it is cost or quality, we will never lose to the aerospace companies of Russia and China. Earth The fleet is related to the future of mankind. Is it just because of a little diplomatic friction that the future of the earth is in vain?"

"Just because?" Jiang Chen interrupted Elon Musk with a smile, "The U.S. fleet is in Guam, right at the doorstep of the new country. Do you call this 'just because'?"

Facing Elon Musk who was speechless, Jiang Chen lightly tapped the table with his finger and said lightly.

"In my opinion, as long as the funds are in place, no advantage is permanent. You can obtain the technological advantages you have today only because of the space race in the Cold War era, which gave you a large budget from Congress."

"We have fifty years or even a century to prepare for this war. In the face of such a time scale, the advantage at the starting point can be completely ignored."

"What's more, in my opinion, your technical advantages are nothing."

A piece of cake……

Jiang Chen's understatement negated half a century of NASA's achievements and SpaceX's second-largest position in the world.

Although his heart was full of reluctance, Elon Musk couldn't say a word when he looked at Jiang Chen, with only a bitter smile on his face.

The blame can only be on the fact that the space elevator was built in the Western Pacific, or the star ring trade has strangled the throats of aerospace companies around the world. In the face of such a gap, let alone being the second in the world, even if the world's second to the 100th were put together in front of Star Ring Trade, I'm afraid it would be nothing.

Thinking of this, Elon Musk shook his head and stood up.

Since there is nothing left to talk about, there is no need for him to waste time here.

Although SpaceX and a number of Silicon Valley and Seattle companies have been excluded from the Earth Fleet pie, the Star Ring trade does not completely leave them no way to survive. At least the asteroid mining project is still profitable, and the outsourcing projects of major aerospace companies are still divided into two sips of soup... However, this trillion-dollar market may not be available to them.

With the stimulus of trillions of Singapore dollars, even a pig can run forward. As Jiang Chen said, in the next few decades, U.S. aerospace technology will only be gradually left behind by the members of the Earth Defense Alliance, unless the U.S. Congress shows the courage of the Cold War era and spends trillions of dollars on aerospace technology. on the project.

But is this possible?

The gap between the United States and New Zealand is a 36,000-kilometer space elevator.

Perhaps, there was no way to resolve this matter through negotiation from the beginning...

Just when Elon Musk stood up to leave, Jiang Chen suddenly smiled and spoke.

"Of course, there is no room for maneuver."

Jiang Chen's understatement was like a bomb thrown into Elon Musk's heart that had sunk to the bottom. He turned around suddenly and looked at Jiang Chen who was sitting at the conference table.

However, after meeting the half-smiling gaze, his beating heart quickly returned to calm.

He knew very well that the so-called room for maneuver must be in quotation marks.

The expression on his face changed several times, and he looked at Jiang Chen, "What do you mean?"

"There are many Americans starting businesses in new countries." Jiang Chen said with a smile, "There is an old saying in China that when people go to high places, water flows to low places. Since SpaceX can't find a way out in Silicon Valley, why not consider Penglai City and Where is Star Ring City?”

Elon Musk was stunned, and his expression suddenly became strange.

He originally thought that Jiang Chen would make some excessive demands, but he didn't expect that he would wield the hoe so innocently to dig into the wall?

"Mr. Jiang is joking," Elon Musk said with a smile, "Do you think a company like ours can just walk away? In addition, you should still worry about the imminent problems. "

"Imminent problem?" Jiang Chen laughed and spread his hands, "I don't know what the problem is? Why can't I see it? Mr. Musk, can you give me some advice?"

"The aircraft carrier has arrived at our doorstep, isn't it a problem?" Elon Musk stared at Jiang Chen's eyes. He couldn't tell whether he was arrogant or confident, trying to find the fearless capital in his pupils. , "Actually, if you take a step back, we can all survive."

After being silent for a long time, Jiang Chen suddenly smiled and said.

“Since when did Silicon Valley become a lobbyist for Washington?”

"I didn't say anything."

Knowing that the final persuasion failed, Elon Musk shook his head, wasted no more time, and pushed open the door of the conference room and went out.

Without looking at the missing Elon Musk, Jiang Chen clicked on the holographic screen of his watch, glanced at the calendar casually, and seemed to be talking to himself.

"It's almost time to start."

Take a step back?

It would be hell to take a step back. (To be continued.)