Do you think that American network electronics companies are very good, and just one of them can have a valuation of billions, tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions?
But if you know that hundreds of companies are registered and established in Silicon Valley every day, and thousands of companies close down every year, you will know that success is not that easy.∈♀,
The giants such as AE wave OK, Titter, Google, and LinkedIn in the United States are just a few examples.
It's just that the Americans have specially selected them for publicity to make you think that the American dream is very easy to achieve.
In fact, behind these successful people, I don’t know how many companies went bankrupt as a foreshadowing and comparison.
For example, Tesla, a technology company that has sounded very cool in recent years, was rated by the U.S. rating agency as one of the most dangerous and most likely to fail companies in early June.
There is no other reason. Tesla’s R&D expenses are too high. Last year, it spent 150 million U.S. dollars, and in the first quarter of this year, it exceeded 50 million U.S. dollars. It is really a big money burner.
But compared with the speed at which it burns money, Tesla's product, the Roadster electric car, seems miserable. It started selling in 2007, and the total sales did not exceed 30,000 units. It can be said to be extremely bleak.
And the price of the roadster is also problematic.
The original pre-sale price of the roadster was US$9,000, but after it was produced, it was suddenly discovered that the cost price had reached US$12,000. After some difficult decisions, Masco finally set the price at US$11,000.
In other words, Tesla will lose US$1,000 for every roadster sold, and if it sells 30,000 vehicles, it will lose US$30 million.
For a company to do this, it is not really full of love for Tesla. Ordinary investors simply cannot persist.
That is to say, under such circumstances, many shareholders of Tesla chose to withdraw their shares. In April and May, there were less than 5 total shareholders, and Musk himself had even more
More than 75% of the shares.
With such a background, the rating agencies on Wall Street did not immediately judge it to be bankrupt, but said "most likely", which is a very polite way of saying it.
Masco himself felt that he could not support himself, so Hoffman asked him to find Xiao Qi. Masco clearly felt that there was little hope, so he followed Hoffman and took a flight for more than ten hours to China.
You know, Xiao Qi is known as the "King of Investment" and "Business Wizard". Any project he likes will definitely make a lot of money. He has invested in and founded more than a dozen companies of various sizes.
, all illustrate this point.
Musk knows the situation of Tesla and Spae. Although these two companies will definitely have great development potential in the future, for now, neither company can see any hope of profitability within two or three years.
, especially the spae space transportation company. If it can recover its capital in ten or eight years, it will be considered good.
According to Xiao Qi's character, if he can't get any profit for a year and a half, he might be able to endure it, but if he can't see any profit from his investment for three to five years, and he has to invest continuously, then Xiao Qi will definitely not be willing to do it.
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At least that's what Masco thought before meeting Xiao Qi.
As a result, after meeting Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi's first words gave Masco a reassurance.
Because this sentence had the same meaning as what the two founders of Google said when they met him, and it was even more respectful.
Google's Page and Brin are already very good people. They also support Musk's sentiments. Therefore, they have almost been funding the development of Tesla and SPA in the past two years. Without them,
Support, Tesla and spae have been bankrupt for a long time.
For now, Page and Brin are two of the few remaining shareholders of Tesla and Spae. The money invested in the two companies has already exceeded 300 million US dollars. Together, they own 18% of Tesla.
22% stake in spae.
But the two people's wealth is only relative to their net worth. It is absolutely impossible for them to touch Google's stocks. Therefore, the cash on hand is limited and they cannot support Musk more.
This is why Page said that after he leaves, most of his inheritance will be donated to spae. When he was still alive, Google's shares were an important weapon to help him realize his dreams, and of course they could not be sold.
Xiao Qi's background is greater than that of Page and Brin. With what he said, Masco knew that he would gain something more or less this time.
In the end, he didn't expect that in less than five minutes, Xiao Qi would invest 1 billion US dollars in him, just like ordering a cup of coffee.
With the support of a total of 1 billion US dollars invested by him, Musk immediately knew that his opportunity to turn around had come.
This turnaround does not mean that Tesla will develop smoothly from now on and directly embark on the golden road to make money, but it means that it can make a lot of money and have sufficient funds to develop Tesla and spae.
The company Xiao Qi invested in was very attractive to Wall Street financial giants and angel investors. As an angel investor, Masco knew very well that it was a complete robbery!
So the first thing he did when he returned to the United States was to sign the investment agreement and send it to Xiao Qi as quickly as possible. While waiting for Xiao Qi to sign the agreement, Masco started
Let the wind blow.
"Hey, do you know Tesla and spae?"
"Of course I know. Aren't they just two companies with extremely bad return on investment? They have been downgraded to the lowest level by several major rating agencies! They will go bankrupt in a few months! Poor Musk.
You fool, you invested all your wealth in it, and now you lose everything!"
"When did you get the news? It's completely out of date! According to reliable information, Xiao Qi has invested heavily in Tesla and spae, totaling 1 billion U.S. dollars. Now Musk has made a fortune!"
"Isn't it right? Xiao Qi can invest in such a bad company? Are you sure you are Xiao Qi, the richest man in the world?"
"In addition to Xiao Qi, would you like to find a second person named Xiao Qi and give him $10 to try?"
"Although he has money, is he too hasty? Does he really think that he is the king of investment and can be successful in anything he does?"
"You're really right, he is the king of investment. Can you find an investment that Xiao Qi doesn't make money for?"
"Uh... Even if this is the case, I won't pay attention to it. Tesla and spae are really too expensive and there won't be much growth in the future!"
"I'm not asking you to invest and pay attention. There are some big players to pay attention to. There is news here, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity Fund, Green Pine Capital, Bayeux Venture Capital, Lightspeed Venture Capital... these
The famous giants have already gone to Musko!"
"Yes! This lucky guy! How could he be turned over? When I was at the end of my rope, why didn't someone like Xiao Qi come to save me?"
"This is because Musk's company really has investment value! I also heard that Tesla and spae are preparing to restart financing again. Tesla is estimated to be valued at 2 billion US dollars, and spae is estimated to be valued at 3 billion.
Dollars!”
"Crazy! Tesla's valuation before was only 1.8 billion, and spae's valuation was only 2 billion U.S. dollars. Why did it increase so much all of a sudden? Only a fool would raise money again, right?"
"Green Pine Capital is the fool in your eyes. I heard that their president is ready to confirm the investment, but the amount of investment has yet to be determined. There are many other companies and wealthy people, so there is no need to invest more. This is
Any shares will be divided up!"
"Depend on!"
"..."
After the rumors spread for a few days, Musk first held Tesla's shareholders meeting under the spotlight. For Fairy Company, Eo Lensing from Mingxiang Holdings North America Laboratory attended on his behalf, which also confirmed Xiao Qi's belief.
There are rumors that it has invested in Tesla.
Immediately after the one-hour shareholders' meeting, Musk officially announced Tesla's stock expansion financing plan at a press conference attended by more than 60 media.
"Tesla will launch a new round of financing plan in the next three months. The total calculated capital of this financing is 1.5 billion US dollars, and it is expected to use 300 million US dollars, which is 20% of the shares, for financing.
Among them, the largest shareholder, Mr. Xiao Qi, the world's richest man, owns 32% of the shares. As the second largest shareholder, my shares become 28%... Investors from all over the world are welcome to join our plan. In addition, the financing plan of spae space transportation company
It will also be launched in the near future, please support it!"
After watching him finish his words, the reporters were ready to ask questions, but Masco continued: "As for the 20% stake in our financing, Mr. Xiao Qi has already called me and he is willing to buy 10% of the shares.
So this time we can only take out 10% of the shares."
"boom……"
As soon as the news came out, there was a sensation.
In the past, those who were proficient in economics felt that Xiao Qi's investment in Tesla and spae was just a idle investment, but now in the new round of financing plan, Xiao Qi actually bought 10% of the shares again without even thinking about it.
This is more than just a simple investment, it proves that Xiao Qi is very optimistic about the development of Tesla.
Originally, 20% of Tesla's shares cost 300 million U.S. dollars. They thought it was too expensive and uneconomical. But now that Xiao Qi has taken action, only 10% of the financing shares are left, and it suddenly seems to be in short supply.