Chapter 1760

Li Yifu shrugged, with a hint of displeasure on his face, and said, "Mr. Musk, do you think I flew all the way to Silicon Valley just to amuse you?"

Elon Musk waved his hand and said: "No, no, Mr. Li, you misunderstood... It is really that the deal you proposed is a bit beyond my expectation!"

Li Yifu smiled and said: "I believe that with SpaceX's technical strength, there should already be mature extravehicular spacesuit products, as for some other supporting equipment and modules, it is not a problem. Why is Mr. Musk so surprised? "

"SpaceX's technology is of course fine!" Elon Musk said shaking his head, "But Mr. Li should know the sensitivity of technology in the aerospace field. Especially... I'm very sorry, I don't mean any racial discrimination, but the reality is like this, Mr. Li, your Chinese identity may make this matter more sensitive."

"I can guarantee that all spacesuits, supporting equipment, and modules will not be shipped out of the United States, and any technical details will not be leaked, nor will they be used in military fields or terrorist attacks." Li Yifu Said.

Elon Musk smiled and said: "Mr. Li, you should know that such a guarantee will not help the conclusion of the transaction...and I am very curious, Mr. Li, why do you suddenly want to buy such a large number of extravehicular space vehicles?" service? Does your group also intend to enter the aerospace field?"

Li Yifu pondered for a while, and said: "As for the purpose of the spacesuit, I have no comment. However, our company has no intention of entering the aerospace field, nor will it become a competitor of SpaceX. This is just a purchase in my personal name."

Li Yifu's remarks obviously cannot dispel Elon Musk's doubts.

Li Yifu looked at Elon Musk, and said: "Mr. Musk, in fact, this matter is not that complicated. You can regard it as an ordinary transaction, but the transaction amount is a bit large, maybe more than one billion U.S. dollars. I think...SpaceX’s continuous investment in the aerospace field, especially now that it has entered the critical stage of manned spaceflight, the demand for funds should be quite high! I am very willing to help you at this time! As long as We agree on a deal and I am willing to pay in full in one lump sum!"

The reason why Elon Musk hesitated is precisely because Li Yifu proposed to purchase an extravehicular spacesuit that costs 20 to 30 million US dollars, so the transaction amount must not be too low, and SpaceX does need more cash flow. To maintain the high expenditure at this stage.

Otherwise, when Li Yifu proposed to buy a space suit, Elon Musk must have refused without hesitation.

It has to be said that for Elon Musk, the cash flow of one billion US dollars is very tempting. Although the cost of producing these extravehicular space suits and other equipment is also high, the profit margin is actually very large, and considering factors such as the payment period, in fact, the billion dollars can be regarded as net income in a short period of time.

However, after a fierce ideological struggle, Elon Musk shook his head slowly and said: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Li. I really want to help you and I am very eager to get more funds, but this transaction The risk is too great, and I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about it..."

"Mr. Musk, the risk is actually controllable." Li Yifu said, "We can sign a series of..."

"I'm sorry!" Elon Musk's attitude became a lot more determined, "Mr. Li, I know that lawyers have a hundred ways to let us complete the transaction without taking any legal risks. But... the guys from the FBI don't Will talk to me about the law! You know..."

Speaking of this, Elon Musk shrugged and did not continue.

And Li Yifu also understands Elon Musk's concerns. He knows the United States even better than his own motherland, China, and he doesn't need Elon Musk to go on. He knows very well that organizations like the CIA and FBI have no I will tell you about the law, as long as the label of "endangering national security" is removed, they can take all actions not authorized by the law, just like holding a magic sword.

The people do not fight against the government, even in the United States, this is also an irrefutable truth.

Li Yifu secretly sighed, he knew that today's negotiation would not come to fruition.

Although the meeting lasted half an hour, Li Yifu did not continue to try to persuade Elon Musk, but stood up directly and said: "Okay! What a pity. If Mr. Musk changes his mind, please contact Elon Musk as soon as possible." Get in touch with me, I'm supposed to be in Silicon Valley these days!"

Elon Musk stood up and shook hands with Li Yifu, said with a smile: "Definitely!"

Elon Musk personally delivered Li Yifu to the door, and the two parties waved goodbye.

Although Elon Musk is very polite, Li Yifu can see that it may be very difficult for the other party to change his mind.

On the way back to the hotel by car, Li Yifu's eyes revealed a glint of brilliance.

If the normal business means can not work, it can only take some unconventional means.

After Li Yifu returned to the hotel, he first used the satellite phone to get in touch with Xia Ruofei - the reason why he used the satellite phone was naturally to reduce the possibility of leaking secrets, but in the United States, monitoring can be said to be ubiquitous.

"Uncle Master, this disciple is incompetent..." Li Yifu said directly, "The negotiation failed, the other party has a lot of worries, the temptation of money alone is not enough..."

Xia Ruofei thought for a while and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"If you are soft, you have to be tough!" Li Yifu said, "I just want to report to you that the disciple may adopt some methods of cultivators. Please rest assured, Master and Uncle, the disciple will definitely finish this matter as soon as possible! "

Xia Ruofei said: "Don't rush to do it, just wait! I have to go to the United States anyway, you can make plans after I arrive in the United States!"

Li Yifu said with some trepidation: "Master Uncle, it's all my fault for my incompetence in doing things, and I'm tired of traveling long distances..."

"Whether your side is going well or not, I have to come here." Xia Ruofei said, "I have nothing to do these days, so I might as well come here earlier! Yifu, before I arrive in the United States, don't act rashly, you know ?"

"Yes! Uncle Master, that disciple is waiting for you in Silicon Valley!" Li Yifu said respectfully.

Xia Ruofei told Chen Nanfeng and others about his plan to go to the United States.

Chen Nanfeng and the others had no interest in going to the United States, but they did not dare to fully trust Xia Ruofei, so they let him go to the United States alone to deal with the issue of the spacesuit. So after some discussion, they decided to let Chen Xuan and Xia Ruofei go together, and fly to Huagu On the one hand, Liu Mansha asked Yu Xiner to go along with her, saying that she wanted to learn more.

As for the Canglangmen, Mu Sheng still trusts Xia Ruofei, and he also knows that at the critical stage of everyone's cooperation, the possibility of Xia Ruofei and others directly leaving Canglangmen is extremely low.

Therefore, Mu Sheng didn't send anyone at all.

On Xia Ruofei's side, Song Wei and Ling Qingxue were still brought along.

Before he has enough self-protection ability, he dare not put Song Weiling Qingxue's safety on the character of the other party. He brought Song Wei and Ling Qingxue with him as much as possible.

Others who did not go to the United States continued to stay in Xia Ruofei's courtyard.

Xia Ruofei also ordered Wu Qiang to entertain these guests.

The next day, Xia Ruofei and his team boarded the Obsidian flying boat suspended above the courtyard in the middle of the courtyard, and quickly flew towards the United States.

It takes at least ten hours to go to San Francisco by civil aviation plane, even if it is a direct flight.

The time required to fly the airship is greatly shortened, because the airship does not need to fly around according to the established route, and basically flies directly. In addition, the speed of the airship is much faster than the cruising speed of a civil aviation aircraft. Perhaps the difference in speed is not very obvious, but the difference in speed is immediately reflected in the voyage of thousands of miles away.

Xia Ruofei controlled the Obsidian airship to fly at full speed. In just two or three hours, the Obsidian airship had arrived in Silicon Valley in the San Francisco area.

According to the address provided by Li Yifu, Xia Ruofei landed the flying boat near the Hilton Hotel where she lived, and then walked directly to the hotel with Chen Xuan and others.

Xia Ruofei and others have changed their appearance to a certain extent.

Xia Ruofei himself still turned into the appearance of Xia Tian. In fact, during the time when he was walking in the cultivation world, he used the image of Xia Tian. But this time his secular identity has been exposed, and everyone is used to his original appearance. .

As for the others, although there is no secret method like Xia Ruofei's to change their appearance at will, it is still very easy to change their appearance by means of makeup.

After all, no one has gone through any immigration procedures, especially people like Song Wei and Ling Qingxue who are still living in the secular world. If they don't change their appearance, they will be found in the United States, but there is no record at the customs. A nuisance.

Li Yifu was already waiting in the hotel lobby.

Li Yifu is already very familiar with the image of Xia Tian. What's more, Xia Ruofei's breath is very familiar to him, so Xia Ruofei and his party appeared at the door of the hotel, and Li Yifu quickly got up to greet him.

"Uncle Master!" Li Yifu called out with a slight bow.

Chen Xuan and Yu Xin'er were also a little surprised that this old man with white beard was actually called Master Xia Ruofei's uncle.

Chen Xuan met Li Yifu at the auction last time, and he still had a little impression of Li Yifu.

At that time, everyone still had a lot of guesses about Xia Ruofei's identity, but now they are more inclined to believe that the master behind Xia Ruofei is the Taoist Chi Yun, the ancestor of the Yuanshen period of the Zhaixingzong. With Chi Yun's seniority, Xia Ruofei has a It's normal for an old disciple like Li Yifu.

Xia Ruofei nodded and asked, "Are the rooms ready?"

"Yes! According to your instructions, I have booked three luxurious suites." Li Yifu said.

"Okay, let's talk when we go back to the room!" Xia Ruofei said.

Naturally, the passports of Xia Ruofei and others cannot be used to book a room at the Hilton. Li Yifu has already booked the room with someone else's identity in advance, which will naturally not be difficult for him, a local snake.

Xia Ruofei and others took the elevator with Li Yifu to the 19th floor. Li Yifu took out three room cards and handed them to Xia Ruofei, Chen Xuan and Yu Xiner respectively.

Then, he said, "Uncle Master, two seniors, these three suites are all on the same floor, one on the east side and two on the west side. The formalities have been completed, and everyone can check in according to the room card."

There is a long corridor between the east and the west, and a single room is naturally cleaner. This is the room Li Yifu left for Xia Ruofei.

The young Yu Xiner was called a senior, but she turned red in the face.

The key point is that her cultivation is not much higher than Li Yifu's.

Therefore, Yu Xiner quickly waved her hand and said, "I'm not a senior, you should call me Xiner!"

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "I think the seniority in the cultivation world is also very chaotic, it's better for us to talk about each other!"

Otherwise, Li Yifu's seniority is really too low.

Xia Ruofei went on to say: "Everyone come to my room first and sit down! Let's discuss the next thing."

Everyone came to the luxury suite at the east end of the corridor and sat down in the small living room together.

Li Yifu was busy making tea for everyone, but was stopped by Xia Ruofei, he said: "Yifu, don't be too busy, everyone is not thirsty! You should talk about the situation first!"

Li Yifu just sat down on the sofa opposite Xia Ruofei, with a look of shame on his face, and said: "Master Uncle, this disciple is really incompetent! I can't do such small things well, and I have to trouble Master Uncle to do it himself!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "This is not a trivial matter. It is normal for Elon Musk to have concerns. Let's talk about the situation first!"

"Yes! Uncle Master!"

Then Li Yifu told Xia Ruofei about the meeting yesterday in detail, and finally said: "Uncle Master, Elon Musk still has great concerns. I am afraid that it is impossible to facilitate this transaction through normal business negotiations."

After hearing this, Yu Xiner said in a puzzled way, "Brother Xia, if that's the case, why don't we go directly to the factory to pick up the space suits and leave?"

It is also relative that the cultivation world does not get involved in secular affairs.

If an ordinary person holds the treasure of the cultivation world, monks will naturally not stop snatching it just because he is an ordinary person.

Similarly, exploring the moon can be said to be the top priority now, and now the extravehicular spacesuit has become the key equipment. In this case, it is naturally normal to directly use the means of cultivators to obtain the spacesuit. It will not be criticized at all.

Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "Miss Xin'er, you don't know. The cost of extravehicular space suits is extremely high, and they are all customized according to the actual figure of the astronauts, so it is basically impossible to have them in stock. Our most convenient channel, Still customized through SpaceX."