Chapter 898 Elon Musk Arrives in Beijing

Elon Musk's flight landed at Yanjing Capital Airport at two o'clock in the morning, Yanjing time.

This time, there was only one Chinese female translator who came to Huaxia with Elon Musk. In addition, Elon Musk did not bring any paypal staff.

A driver of the Makino Technology Company's fleet, as well as a businessman and a publicist from the company picked up the plane at the airport and sent Elon Musk and his interpreter to the hotel he booked in advance.

It was 3:15 a.m. when settling in the hotel room, and Elon Musk was in good spirits now that he had slept on the plane, so he used the laptop he carried with him to connect to the hotel , and a yy video chat with my partner Peter Thiel as far away in Silicon Valley.

At this time, it was 12:15 at noon in San Francisco time. Peter Thiel didn't even bother to eat, so he first made a video call with Elon Musk to communicate the specific details of this "friendship touch".

Peter Thiel said: "After you got on the plane, I started to release news to the outside world. Many Internet media released news this morning. Now the whole Silicon Valley knows that you went to Huaxia and that you went to see Li Mu. ."

Elon Musk asked him: "Has ebay contacted you?"

Peter Thiel said: "Not yet, I think they must be paying close attention, but they should not take the initiative to speak until there is clear news."

Elon Musk looked at the time and said, "My meeting time with Li Mu is from 10 am to 5 pm. We have an open lunch and a private dinner. I just listened to the business of Muye Technology. The staff said that there should be a Chinese media interview at lunch tomorrow."

Peter Thiel immediately asked excitedly, "Really?! Li Mu invited China Media?"

Elon Musk nodded: "This is what the business people of Makino Technology said, and it should not be wrong."

"Great!" Peter Thiel laughed and said, "If Li Mu takes the initiative to release the meeting with you, it will be even more beneficial to us! At that time, I will let the domestic media report, plus the Chinese media. The report will definitely push the momentum of the meeting between the two of you even higher, and I believe that eBay will definitely feel the unprecedented pressure! This is really great news!"

Elon Musk said with a smile: "Yeah, I didn't expect that Li Mu would invite the media to the scene. In this case, the rest will be left to you and eBay. It's better to get our valuation. 15-20% increase!"

Peter Thiel nodded and said with a face of warning: "By the way, when you meet Li Mu, you must be as humble as possible, although this time you are running to use Li Mu to stimulate eBay to charge a higher price, But don't let Li Mu see it, or we'll have another enemy in the future."

Elon Musk said immediately: "Don't worry about this, I will definitely handle it."

"That's good." Peter Thiel said with a smile: "There are less than seven hours before you meet, I think you should hurry up and rest, recharge your batteries first, and then meet with Li Mu, although it is impossible for him to Acquiring PayPal, but maintaining a good personal relationship with him will be of great benefit to us in the future."

Elon Musk said with a smile: "Of course, you go to dinner, I'll take a bath and lie down for a while."

"Ok!"

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At 9:30 a.m. the next day, Li Mu came to Muye Technology on time. When he arrived at Muye Technology, the team of Muye Technology had just set off, and went to the hotel where Elon Musk stayed to pick him up to meet Li Mu at the company.

Before Elon Musk came, Li Mu called Lin Qingya and yy.com editor-in-chief Wang Nan to his office and reconfirmed their work arrangements with them in advance.

The first is Lin Qingya. Li Mu asked her to communicate with all the invited media. Interviews are interviews, and filming is filming.

However, how to write and distribute the press release is still up to Muye Technology to set the tone. If any media publishes the press release without authorization, the cooperation will be permanently terminated in the future.

Next is Wang Nan. yy.com will start tracking reports on Elon Musk's visit to China this morning. No matter how the report is written, the keynote must be: Elon Musk will go to China and report to Muye Technology in advance. Bye pier.

In addition, Li Mu also asked Lin Qingya to get in touch with eBay headquarters in advance. Once the talks with Elon Musk broke down, Elon Musk did not want to let Muye Technology and eBay jointly invest in paypal, then Lin Qingya directly Contact eBay and tell them clearly that they don't have any idea of ​​acquiring paypal, so that they don't make a misjudgment.

In short, if Li Mu can't get on the paypal car this time, he will never let Elon Musk ask for any benefits directly or indirectly from himself. The ultimate goal is to make him promise to work with him to promote eBay and Muye. The plan of technology to jointly invest in paypal.

The team of Makino Technology strictly followed the scheduled time, and took Elon Musk and his accompanying translator to Makino Technology in a leisurely manner.

Li Mu did not go out to greet him, but sat upright in his office, waiting for Elon Musk to visit.

For Li Mu, although Elon Musk is an extremely powerful man, he is far worse than himself in terms of strength, and he has absolutely no reason to welcome him.

Lin Qingya personally brought Elon Musk and the accompanying translator to Li Mu's office. When Elon Musk appeared from behind Lin Qingya and walked into Li Mu's office, Li Mu was nervous for a moment, but after a while, The tension disappeared, because Li Mu could see that Elon Musk was really nervous.

Elon Musk entered the door and saw Li Mu. He was nervous and excited. After Lin Qingya made a recommendation, he walked towards Li Mu who was sitting on the office chair. At that moment, Li Mu could see that his right hand was in front of him and he did not participate in the arm swing, and it seemed that he was ready to shake hands with him.

Li Mu stood up unhurriedly at this time, not in a hurry to get out of the desk, but waited for Elon Musk to arrive.

The two were separated by a large desk. Elon Musk couldn't hide his excitement and reached out to Li Mu, and said in unskilled Chinese: "Mr. Li, hello!"

Li Mu was slightly stunned, but when he saw the Chinese girl behind Elon Musk, he probably realized that this might be such a greeting that Elon Musk learned to meet him.

So Li Mu smiled slightly and said to him in Chinese, "Hello, Mr. Musk."

After saying this, Li Mucai came out of the desk, pointed to the sofa in the reception area, and said to him, "This way, please."

Li Mu's English is very good. He has accumulated in his last life for more than ten years. There is definitely no problem in talking to Elon Musk directly in English, but Li Mu feels that this is not the time when he showed his English speaking ability in front of Elon Musk. As the host, as the object of Elon Musk's "friendship touch", he is one level higher than him in terms of identity and momentum. If he speaks English at this time, wouldn't it be too embarrassing for him?

Therefore, Li Mu had already made up his mind that he would not speak a word of English when he saw Elon Musk today.

Elon Musk's female translator whispered a sentence behind him, so Elon Musk hurriedly nodded to Li Mu, thanked him, and followed Li Mu to the sofa in the reception area, opposite the two. while sitting.

Li Mu didn't arrange for an interpreter, just let Lin Qingya stay here to listen, plus Elon Musk and his interpreter, both of them were two people, one man and one woman, which seemed to be more harmonious.

As soon as Elon Musk sat down, he said to Li Mu in English, "Mr. Li, I have heard of your name for a long time. It is my great honor to meet you here today."

After the accompanying translator was instantly translated into Chinese, Li Mucai said with a smile: "Mr. Musk, don't be so polite. Although I have not been to the United States myself, as an Internet practitioner, I also very much hope to make more Silicon Valley elites."

Li Mu didn't say that he admired Elon Musk's name for a long time, and he didn't even say that he had heard of him or that he was also honored to meet him. He just said that he was very interested in making "Silicon Valley business" like him, to some extent. It's also drawing a class line with Elon Musk.

For Elon Musk, Li Mu was so accomplished at the age of 20, and he was not at the same level as himself, so he didn't feel anything wrong with Li Mu's way of speaking. He continued to use what he had prepared for a long time. Words, compliment: "yy of your company has achieved extremely amazing achievements in a short period of time in the United States, which is really impressive. Now yy has become a must-have office software for the entire United States and even the entire western elite. I I believe that yy's future prospects are boundless!"

Li Mu nodded slightly and said with a smile, "The fact that yy has achieved such a good situation is inseparable from the strong support of PayPal. As the largest online payment channel in the Western society, PayPal's future must be very broad."

Elon Musk smiled humbly and said: "Compared with yy, there is still a big gap in terms of product function, design concept, technical difficulty and future development space."

Li Mu smiled noncommittally and said, "There is a huge gap in the nature and positioning of the two products, just like the tire and the engine, the two cannot and do not need to be higher or lower, as long as they can be better with each other. If we cooperate with each other, we can complement each other and develop together.”

Elon Musk agrees with Li Mu's metaphor and praises: "Mr. Li's metaphor is too appropriate, paypal and yy are like tires and engines, and they should cooperate with each other so that we can all get more room for development. "

Li Mu nodded and asked him, "I don't know what is the main purpose of Mr. Musk's journey to Huaxia and Muye Technology this time?"

Elon Musk hesitated for a while, and then stated the purpose of his trip: "Mr. Li, I am here this time to hope that PayPal can have a deeper cooperation with yy and Muye Technology."

Li Mu asked him with great interest, "Which aspect is the deeper cooperation?"

Elon Musk said: "At the capital level, because we are considering selling PayPal recently, I think yy's global strategy in the future must be inseparable from the full support of PayPal, a global payment channel, so I hope Mr. Li can think about it. , are you interested in acquiring paypal."

After saying this, Elon Musk looked at Li Mu nervously. What he was most afraid of was that Li Mu would simply say no. Li Mu had already arranged for an interview with Huaxia Media at noon. It will be passed on through Huaxia Media. In that way, once it reaches the ears of eBay, there is not much room for development of your own "Friendship Touching Porcelain" plan.

While Elon Musk was nervously waiting for Li Mu's reply, Li Mu smiled slightly and said casually, "Acquisition of paypal? To tell you the truth, I have this idea!"