Chapter 918 Stealing Others' Path and Leaving Others with Nowhere to Go

The atmosphere in the meeting room became a bit awkward during the quarrel. The biggest obstacle to the negotiations is that the seven founders of Tesla want to retain some of their shares.

Especially Larry Page, Sergey, and eBay Jeff Skoll, who is not short of money, but Martin Eberhard, the real founder of Tesla, who has been kicked out of the company, and Musk, whose expression has always been complicated. Did not dwell on it.

Elon Musk was forced by the board of directors to decide to accept Andy Smith's acquisition negotiations. He has been unable to let go of the loss of the company's dominance that he has finally eroded step by step.

He has long since decided not to get involved in Tesla's affairs, and to continue to play with his own rockets with the money. He doesn't believe that the other party has been playing with his mobile phone. The average young man who has nothing to do with him will allow him to dominate the affairs of the company.

You must know that this seemingly young genius is not a very easy person to deal with. He is very good at acquisitions and mergers, and has a ruthless and cunning external consensus. Mass layoffs, kicking out the founder, and sending corrupt subordinates go to jail. . .

Don't look at the group of professional managers under him, all of them are like ducks in water, that's because this young man can completely control these people. Everyone knows that Andy Smith's think tank is a group of military police, and what they do is to help him deal with daily problems. The briefing of each company, monitoring the operation of each company, and the financial director and legal adviser of each company all came out of his think tank.

To be honest, only those who really understand Andy's method of controlling the company will understand how rigorous and firm it is. Under such circumstances, he can certainly show a lot of power to the CEOs. Similarly, he can also share A letter can fire any CEO without causing company turmoil.

Musk is also a genius, and he also has the title of tyrant. He was able to be united by the company's employees to make FAN when he was married and on his honeymoon. It is conceivable how unpopular his character is.

He has analyzed it a long time ago, partnering with Andy Smith, there is no sense of security, and he has to be obedient and work hard. Once he violates him, Musk is very convinced that Andy Smith will not even blink his eyes Kick yourself away.

"Everyone, let me just say it..." Andy paused the "Plants vs. Zombies" on the phone, raised his head, and said with a smile on his face, making the conference room quiet, and everyone's eyes focused on him After that, he continued.

"For 200 million US dollars, I want 100% of Tesla's shares. I don't like trouble and constraints. After taking over, I will definitely make some reforms to the company. Of course, you will still receive the founder's limited edition of the Tesla supercar." As a commemoration, after the completion of the first batch of orders, Tesla will conduct a round of financing, and the co-founders here will get priority, which can be written in the memorandum.

After all, the first batch of orders,

Tesla will definitely suffer a lot of losses when it is delivered. I don’t want you to regret and complain at that time. If you can’t hold 100% of the shares, then I can only say sorry to you! "

Andy's words made the atmosphere in the meeting room condense, especially the executives of Tesla. They looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes. Such a young rich man who is not short of money is the boss, so he doesn't have to worry about having no money to burn, and he doesn't have to be unable to pay Nima's salary like now.

But at the same time, they are the most worried group of people, because the big boss who is about to take over the company is a ruthless master, and the big guillotine for layoffs is wielding six people. To carry out rectification, this rectification will definitely start with layoffs.

But they have nothing to do, they can only watch, after all, these part-time workers are just fish on the chopping board, and they are at the mercy of these big bosses.

Andy's words are almost finalized. He is not short of the money of these people. After he completes the acquisition, he will raise the price of the first batch of orders under pressure to minimize the loss, and then start to make big moves. After hyping up new concepts and boosting the company’s valuation, he will conduct the first round of financing. In this way, after the fourth round of financing is completed, he can easily push for an IPO.

In fact, Larry Page and the others also saw that Andy was willing to invest in the project they were optimistic about, and they were a little bit reluctant to retreat. No one knows whether Tesla will survive in the hands of Andy. Soaring to the sky, if it soars to the sky, then you don’t regret dying, anyway, you don’t have much money, so it’s good to keep a little share to appreciate.

No one is a fool, the meaning of Andy's words can't be more clear, I don't want to take you to play now, it's because the company's shares are now at the price of cabbage, just wait, wait for the young master to raise the company's valuation , you still want me to play with you, you have the priority for the first round of financing.

Larry Page and the others also know that this matter is out of their hands, unless they don’t want to reach this acquisition, either continue to spend money to let Musk burn, or watch Tesla file for bankruptcy, you know, there are still a group of employees outside waiting to be fed. .

Without further entanglement, the following negotiations began to enter a simple mode, various asset checks, financial handover, and document after document passed and signed in front of Musk, a group of shareholders and Andy. Although it seemed very busy, but The whole process was very smooth.

"Papa--"

In the conference room, after Andy and Musk handed over the contract, when the two shook hands, there was applause. Although it was warm, the smiles on the faces of the people except Andy were somewhat dull and tasteless.

The tall and graceful Tori Blake handed seven white envelopes to Andy. Shareholders including Musk watched the first envelope handed out by Andy and handed over to Musk.

"Pleasant cooperation."

"Pleasant cooperation."

. . . . . .

After the check is handed over, no matter whether you are happy or not, the transaction has been concluded. From this moment on, Tesla belongs to Andy Smith. We need this group of people to attend the press conference tomorrow to tell the outside world and Tesla Andy Smith, who is not short of money, took over Tesla and continued to develop clean and environmentally friendly electric vehicles.

After sending off the group of former shareholders, Andy looked around the Tesla management and development team left behind in the conference room with a smile on his face, and clapped his hands.

"Snapped!"

"Okay, everyone, now there are only our own people left, come on, everyone, sit down, let's have a meeting!"

Andy stood at the main seat of the conference table, with a smile on his face from beginning to end, holding a signature pen and pressing it vertically on the conference table, waiting for everyone to sit down, and said with a smile: "From signing From the moment I finished writing, we are all one family. I know that you are inevitably a little complicated and anxious. Maybe you have heard some rumors about me.

Well, I admit, I did think about laying off Tesla, but I was convinced by one person's words. To be honest, I am a difficult person to convince, but I have to believe this person's words , Are you curious about who this person is? Haha, well, I won't be a joke. Come in, Martin. . . "

Everyone in the meeting room couldn't help being slightly taken aback when they heard Martin calling Andy, they all turned their heads to look at the opened door, and the very familiar face who had just left the meeting room, Tesla The management team applauded excitedly.

They probably already guessed that the real founder of the company, Martin Eberhard, was recruited back by the new boss.

"Hehe, okay, come and sit down, Martin, please sit down too, let's continue the meeting..." Andy chuckled twice, let Martin sit in the first seat on his left, and then looked around for a week, with an expression on his face. He said calmly: "Although there will be no layoffs, the salary will drop by 25%. I hope everyone understands the current dilemma Tesla is in."

Everyone in Tesla's management team breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there are no layoffs, salary cuts are still acceptable, especially since the world is currently affected by the economic crisis. Giant companies like General Motors have begun large-scale global layoffs. , Salary cuts are completely acceptable.

"Personnel appointments will be adjusted. The biggest problem we are facing now is the cost of the mass-produced Tesla electric sports car. The first batch of orders will definitely cost money to sell the car. We can only grit our teeth and increase the price. After all, the pre-sale There are clauses in the contract, but in order to reduce the damage to the company's credit, we also accept unsubscribe."

As soon as Andy's words fell, there was an uproar in the meeting room, and some chaotic discussions started. Andy coughed twice, and after everyone stopped talking, he said calmly: "Raise the price to 110,000 US dollars, and start the formation negotiation at the same time. Team, find Panasonic and Mercedes-Benz to renegotiate the price!

In the current Tesla, the battery is from Panasonic, and the car is from Mercedes-Benz. Unique to Tesla is motor technology and battery management technology. However, this is not such an unattainable technology. The difficulty of being replaced and surpassed is not difficult for those century-old car manufacturers, or manufacturers with accumulated technology.

So, Martin, I will arrange for you a financial accounting team to join your technology development team, and continue to develop our Tesla's unique new technology, motor, battery and battery management technology under reasonable control of costs, and establish a relatively complete The product technology system and charging technology system. In the future, we will also start to build super charging stations on a large scale according to our own charging technology standards.

According to the trend that the energy density of lithium-ion batteries increases by 8% every year, and the cost decreases accordingly, the cost and price of our electric vehicles will become lower and lower, and there will be our Tesla vehicles all over the world. The coolest thing is Too much to make hot products, trendy products that will save the world. . . "

There was warm applause in the meeting room. No one would underestimate the young boss standing on the main seat. Every word he said focused on the focus of Tesla, and at the same time pointed out the future of Tesla. He has embarked on a road of research and development, and it would be false not to be excited. Sure enough, the reputation of a genius is not blown out, he really understands.

Andy smiled and lowered his hands slightly, but the applause continued, so he could only raise his voice and say: "Of course we will also make money, a lot of money! When the time comes, I will take out shares to establish equity incentives, and we Tesla will It is the future of the auto industry, and all the rumors that Tesla is doomed to bankruptcy will be self-defeating..."

There was thunderous applause in the meeting room, and the cheers seemed to directly tear up the cloud that had been lingering over Tesla's head!