Chapter 879 The Perfect Middleman

Baba went to Los Angeles for a walk, but when he returned to Silicon Valley, he still didn't receive a call from Martin, and Feng Yiping didn't feel depressed.

I have made so many preparations and arrangements for this matter, I think anyone with a normal mind will make the right choice.

If Martin happens to be an abnormal person, well, that's also possible.

In addition to most ordinary people, there are two kinds of people in the world. One is that after making a mistake, the general public will immediately let the general public take the blame for themselves. how far.

A kind of person makes a mistake, and most ordinary people will take the initiative to defend him, "because he is a genius,"

Martin Eberhard can barely be classified as the latter type of person. Of course, judging from the situation in the exchange the day before yesterday, he may think so, so it is really possible for him to choose such a person as himself. Excellent partner.

If I remember correctly, when Musk took over Tesla, Martin was on the verge of bankruptcy. Now the situation is different. He is full of enthusiasm and is just about to start working, and he has not yet reached the point of bankruptcy. Considering his own interests, he might really not want Feng Yiping to overwhelm the host.

After lamenting why he was not seen by others, Feng Yiping also started his second-hand preparations.

Regrettably, there is no Musk among the ACP's visitors, so Alan cannot contact Feng Yiping.

Although he has inquired clearly, Musk will now run his space exploration technology company Spacex in El Segundo in Los Angeles, and he is going crazy about how to build rockets, and he is boasting that he will dominate the world in the next century. The solar system, however, is naturally inappropriate to rush to the door like this.

It is best to be introduced by an intermediary. After getting familiar with it, slowly mentioning this matter is the best way to deal with it.

So, who should this middleman turn to? Feng Yiping will have no idea for a while, so let's go to Stanford's solar team to see if there is anyone who can use it, as Allen said.

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"Hi," Feng Yiping knocked twice on the dirty door in front of him.

After some inquiries, he finally found the location of the solar team. This is a secluded yard around the campus. The surrounding area is very empty, and there are several concrete buildings connected together in the middle.

Feng Yiping is very familiar with these semi-circular concrete buildings, but it seems that they should not appear here, because this thing looks like a military style, a bit like a small hangar, and a bit like what is often seen in movies Yes, those barracks of the US military during World War II.

No one responded to Feng Yiping's knock on the door, but there was clearly a voice inside. He pushed lightly, and the door opened in response.

The room Feng Yiping pushed away was simply partitioned with plywood. The overall effect made Feng Yiping feel very friendly, just like the decoration company had just completed the main construction site.

The inner room, or the inner part, looks like an office, and the outer part is a conference room, using local materials, and a layer of white paper is pasted on the plywood partition, which is used as a writing board.

The people sitting around that simple long table, all rough men, none of them are as pleasing to the eye as Mayer.

Their roughness can be seen at a glance, all kinds of t-shirts and jeans, not to mention, they either have long hair or beards, only one or two look clean and refreshing, but they are fat and thin skinny.

Of course, for this point, Feng Yiping was mentally prepared before he came.

This is a group of people who call themselves geeks, and geeks have inherited many of the advantages of hippies. Are hippies still trim?

In short, in this seemingly abandoned building, seeing such a scene and such a group of people has a sense of sight of a temporary office on a domestic construction site.

"Hey buddy, are you lost?" a male student with glasses and long hair asked.

He saw Feng Yiping's Yajun in the parking lot outside, "The car is not bad,"

"Is this a solar convoy?" Feng Yiping saw the sketches drawn on the wall, so he should have found the right place.

"Yes, this is the solar team, and I'm Ken," a buddy wearing a blue T-shirt with a stomach that resembles a 5-month pregnant woman stood up.

"Hi, I'm Feng Yiping, you can call me Feng,"

"Are you that Feng?"

"Is it the one who wrote the blue ocean strategy and proposed cloud computing, or the major shareholder of Google, the special advisor to Jobs, the one who already has two listed companies?"

As soon as he announced his name, this group of slovenly and proud engineering men suddenly got a little excited, and several of them stood up.

"Yes, I think I am the Feng you mentioned," Feng Yiping smiled, but it was a bit of a wry smile.

From the words of these guys, we can see their values ​​and pride in being Americans.

What they value most is Feng Yiping's academic achievements, followed by companies founded by alumni, then Silicon Valley bosses, and finally, companies founded by Feng Yiping in China and now listed on NASDAQ.

Can't you put my two companies first? Anyway, the market value is more than 2 billion US dollars.

"Sit down, please," a guy moved a chair from inside with great insight.

"Thank you, what are you talking about?"

"Discussing how to build a new solar-powered car," Ken said. "Is Jobs really difficult to deal with? Is Page really bad at communicating?"

It turns out that you also gossip, although the topics of your gossip are a bit different.

"I think everything is fine," Feng Yiping said in a general way.

"Feng, are you also interested in solar cars?" a bearded student asked.

"I am very interested in energy that can replace petroleum," Feng Yiping said with a smile, "May I know where it is now?"

"It's still in the stage of theoretical design. Compared with a few years ago, the materials that can be purchased now have made great progress. We hope to redesign,"

When Feng Yiping was 6 years old, the Stanford Solar Team was established. Up to now, their solar cars have been updated for several generations. Just doing theoretical research.

"We hope to build a car to compete in the World Solar Challenge," Ken said.

"These buildings," Feng Yiping asked, pointing to the exposed steel and concrete on the curved roof.

"Hehe, you're not the first to be curious about this. These are leftovers from World War II. They were originally a radar research station of the Air Force,"

"Can you show me around?"

"Okay," Ken led a group of people to show Feng Yiping around, "this one is our studio," he pushed open the door of the next room.

There is no partition in this room, and there are shelves welded with angle steel on both sides, and there are many tools on it.

"This one is our activity room, and it's also a place to rest and take a nap,"

In the last room, there are two game consoles, a foosball table, a shoddy bar, and several sets of sofas.

"Feng, do you want to join us too? But do you have time?"

"I'm preparing for a new project now," Feng Yiping said vaguely, "I also like the research you guys are doing, but you're right, I really don't have time right now,"

"So, Ken, and fellow students, I want to use other ways to contribute to the school's solar car. I would like to donate 50,000 US dollars in advance for your research and production funds,"

"Wow, what you said is true?" Many guys screamed strangely on the spot.

"It's true, at least, our solar fleet can't be worse than Harvard's,"

Speaking of it, Stanford is also a master who can cause trouble. It has a problem with Berkeley on the opposite side of the Bay Area, and it has been avoiding Harvard in the east.

"Although Harvard has invested a lot in solar energy research, they don't have a solar fleet. Our biggest competitor is MIT, but Feng, thank you very much!" Ken opened his arms to hug Feng Yiping, and the other members , also do the same thing.

Hugging these rough men, Feng Yiping rejected from the bottom of his heart, "You're welcome, I'll write a check now,"

This is a good excuse. No one, including Ken, will touch Feng Yiping at this time, for fear that he may make a mistake.

"50,000, here you are,"

"Oh," Ken kissed the check hard, "Fon, we love you,"

His words seemed to be a password, and the people present rushed up to hug him, and everyone patted him on the shoulder vigorously—this is not what I want, Feng Yiping feels quite bad all over. .

"By the way, you haven't mentioned your new energy project yet, what is it specifically?" Ken handed the check to the classmate in charge of finance, and only then did he remember to care about Feng Yiping.

"The work I want to do now is similar to yours, but at present, my direction should be easier to achieve," Feng Yiping said after some consideration.

"Oh, what exactly do you want to do?"

"I want to make a pure electric car, powered by lithium batteries, and it is also in the preparation stage now,"

After listening to his words, the reaction of these guys present was quite flat, "Now the energy density of lithium batteries can be increased by 8% every year, and thousands of lithium batteries can be integrated to replace fuel power. This is indeed a reality. direction,"

"Feng, we have met many people who have the same idea as you," Ken laughed.

"Yes, ** has been talking about this recently,"

"He also said that he wants to develop a lithium battery pack that can drive a car for thousands of kilometers,"

"His ultimate vision, though, is an electric airplane," he said.

Oh, this is indeed a guy with a higher level than himself. He only wants to let the lithium battery drive the car run on the ground, and he has already thought about making the battery drive the thing that can fly in the sky.

Is my brain hole too small, or is it impossible to realize this at all? Unless it is a nuclear power battery, the weight of the battery itself, the weight of the aircraft, and the weight of people and luggage, if you want to drive such a heavy thing in the sky, how high is the energy density of the battery?

"Who is this ****?" Feng Yiping asked.

"Our alumni, a master of energy engineering, Straubel," Ken said, "he is in Silicon Valley, you must have a common language,"

"Thank you. Do you have his contact information? Are there many other alumni who are also interested in new energy?" Feng Yiping explained the purpose of his visit today.

"Many, you know, those guys who are successful in their careers are all concerned about environmental protection issues. You can leave me a call, and I promise that from tomorrow onwards, many people will call you. However, I only guarantee that they are all interested in this I am interested in one of the projects, but there is no guarantee that what each of them said is reliable,"

"Thank you in advance,"

According to the theory of six degrees of separation, there will be no more than six people between you and any stranger. I hope that among the people provided by Ken, there will be people who have a good relationship with Musk.

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Feng Yiping hadn't stepped out of the campus when his cell phone rang. A strange call came in. Could it be that Ken was helping to promote it so soon?

"Hi, I'm Feng Yiping,"

"Hi Feng, I'm Straubel," the man seemed a little excited, "I heard from Ken that you want to build an electric car, do we have time to meet?"

This guy is so impatient? Also, those who are not in a hurry, can think of electric aircraft?

"Okay, I'm free now, okay, I know the cafe you mentioned, I'll be there in ten minutes,"

At the door of a coffee shop in Palo Alto, a buddy in a blue shirt stood at the door and saw Feng Yiping, an oriental man, getting out of the car, "Feng?"

"Hello, you must be Straubel,"

"You can call me **, Feng, can you tell me what you think," he asked before sitting down.

"In fact, I have been paying attention to this field for a long time. A few years ago, I invested in ACP company. Now, I feel that the conditions in all aspects are relatively mature, especially the current lithium battery, which is developing rapidly, so I want to set up a company in Silicon Valley. engaged in the research and manufacture of electric vehicles,"

"Are you a shareholder of ACP?" Straubel was a little surprised, "I also tested Tzero,"

Such a coincidence? Why didn't Allen call him?

"Sorry to interrupt you, please continue,"

"It's nice to meet you. I've always wanted to do something like this. Oh, by the way, there is a person I must introduce to you. He has always been interested in electric vehicles," said Feng Yiping. In a few minutes, after talking about arrangements and plans, Straubel said happily.

"Does Space Exploration Technology know, he is the founder of Spacex, Elon Musk, and we have been discussing this issue,"

"Feng, what's wrong with you?" He saw Feng Yiping standing there motionless.

"Oh, I'm fine, I just didn't expect, isn't he building rockets, so he is also interested in this?"

"Hehe, I think you and him will have a lot of common topics,"

"I am looking forward!"

What is a book without a coincidence? What is Heaven fulfilling people's wishes? What do you want to do, hey, this is right in front of you!

I searched around for a middleman, isn't this one the perfect middleman?

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