Elon Musk's flight landed at Yanjing Capital Airport at two o'clock in the morning, Yanjing time.
This time, Elon Musk came to China with only a Chinese female translator. In addition, Elon Musk did not bring any Paypal staff with him.
A driver from Makino Technology's fleet, as well as a businessman and a public relations officer from the company, picked him up at the airport and took Elon Musk and his translator to the hotel he had booked in advance.
When he settled down in the hotel room, it was a quarter past three in the morning. Since he slept on the plane, Elon Musk was very energetic now, so he used his laptop to connect to the hotel. network, and video chatted with his partner Peter Thiel in Silicon Valley through YY.
It was a quarter past twelve noon in San Francisco time. Peter Thiel didn't even bother to eat, so he made a video call with Elon Musk to communicate the specific details of this "friendship encounter".
Peter Thiel said: "After you got on the plane, I have already started to release the news to the outside world. Many Internet media released news this morning. Now the entire Silicon Valley knows that you went to China, and they know 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 to it, but they won't take the initiative to speak until there is definite news."
Elon Musk looked at the time and said: "The meeting time I made with Li Mu is from 10 am to 5 pm. We have an open lunch and a private dinner. I just listened to Makino Technology's business The staff said that Chinese media should be present at tomorrow’s lunch for interviews.”
Peter Thiel immediately asked excitedly: "Really?! Li Mu invited the Chinese media?"
Elon Musk nodded: "This is what the business staff of Makino Technology said, and it shouldn't be wrong."
"Great!" Peter Thiel laughed and said, "If Li Mu takes the initiative to release the incident about his meeting with you, it will be more beneficial to us! At that time, I will let the domestic media report it, plus the Chinese media The report will definitely push the momentum for the two of you to meet even higher. By then, I believe eBay will feel unprecedented pressure! This is really great news!"
Elon Musk smiled and said: "Yeah, I didn't expect that Li Mu would invite the media to the scene. In this case, the rest of the matter will be left to you and eBay. It's best to give our valuation." Improved by 15-20%!”
Peter Thiel nodded and said with a warning look on his face: "By the way, when you meet Li Mu, you must be as humble as possible, although this time you are trying to use Li Mu to stimulate eBay to offer higher prices. But don’t let Li Mu see it, otherwise we may have one more enemy in the future.”
Elon Musk immediately said: "Don't worry about this, I will definitely take care of it."
"That's good." Peter Thiel smiled and said, "There are less than seven hours until you meet. I think you should seize the time to rest and recharge your batteries before meeting Li Mu. Although it is impossible for him to meet Acquiring Paypal but maintaining a good personal relationship with him will be of great benefit to us in the future."
Elon Musk smiled and said: "Of course, you go and eat quickly, I'll take a shower and lie down for a while."
"OK!"
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At 9:30 a.m. the next day, Li Mu arrived at Makino Technology on time. When he arrived at Makino Technology, the Makino Technology convoy had just set off to pick up Elon Musk from his hotel to meet with Li Mu at the company.
Before Elon Musk arrived, Li Mu called Lin Qingya and YY.com editor-in-chief Wang Nan to his office to reconfirm their work arrangements with them in advance.
The first is Lin Qingya. Li Mu requires her to communicate well with all the invited media. Interviews are interviews, and filming is filming. However, how to write and distribute the press release depends on Makino Technology to set the tone. If any media publishes it without authorization, Cooperation will be permanently terminated in the future.
Secondly, on Wang Nan's side, YY.net will start tracking Elon Musk's visit to China this morning. No matter how the report is written, the tone must be: Elon Musk goes to China and reports to Makino Technology in advance. Bye to the pier.
In addition, Li Mu also asked Lin Qingya to contact eBay headquarters in advance. Once the negotiation with Elon Musk collapsed and Elon Musk was unwilling to let Makino Technology and eBay jointly invest in Paypal, Lin Qingya would directly Contact eBay and tell them clearly that you have no intention of acquiring Paypal, so that they don't misjudge it.
In short, if Li Mu can't get into Paypal's car this time, he will never let Elon Musk take any benefits from him directly or indirectly. The ultimate goal is to make him agree to work with him to promote eBay and Makino Technology plans to jointly invest in Paypal.
The Makino Technology fleet carried Elon Musk and his accompanying translator to Makino Technology strictly in accordance with the scheduled time.
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 person, he is currently much inferior to him in terms of strength, so there is absolutely no reason for him to greet 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 moment, The nervousness disappeared, because Li Mu could see that Elon Musk was really nervous.
Elon Musk walked in and saw Li Mu. He was nervous and a little excited. After Lin Qingya made an introduction, he walked towards Li Mu who was sitting on the office chair. Not only was he smiling, but he also stepped forward At that moment, Li Mu could see that he had his right hand in front of him and did not participate in the arm swing. He seemed to be ready to shake hands with him.
Li Mu stood up unhurriedly at this time. He was not in a hurry to get out of the desk, but waited for Elon Musk to arrive.
Across the large desk between the two of them, Elon Musk couldn't conceal his excitement and reached out to Li Mu, saying in less than proficient Chinese: "Hello, Mr. Li!"
Li Mu was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the Chinese girl following Elon Musk, he probably realized that this might be a greeting that Elon Musk had learned specifically to meet him.
So Li Mu smiled slightly and said to him also in Chinese: "Hello, Mr. Musk."
After saying this, Li Mu came out of his desk, pointed to the sofa in the reception area, and said to him: "This way, please."
Li Mu is very good at English. He has accumulated more than ten years of experience in his previous life. There is definitely no problem in talking directly to Elon Musk in English. However, Li Mu feels that this is not the time to show off his English speaking skills in front of Elon Musk. As the host and the object of Elon Musk's "friendship," I am a head above him in terms of status and aura. If I speak English to him at this time, wouldn't it be too shameful to him
Therefore, Li Mu had already made up his mind not to speak a word of English when meeting Elon Musk today.
Elon Musk's female translator whispered something behind him, so Elon Musk hurriedly nodded to Li Mu, thanked him, and then followed Li Mu to the sofa in the reception area, facing each other. And sit.
Li Mu did not arrange an interpreter, but asked Lin Qingya to stay here to listen. Together with Elon Musk and his interpreter, there were two people on both sides, one male and one female, which seemed 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 a great honor for me to meet you here today."
After the accompanying translator immediately translated it into Chinese, Li Mucai said with a smile: "Mr. Musk, there is no need to 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 friends with Silicon Valley elites."
Li Mu didn’t say that he had admired Elon Musk’s name for a long time. He didn’t even say that he had heard of him or that he was honored to meet him. He just said that he was interested in making friends with his kind of “Silicon Valley management”. To some extent, It is also to draw a clear line of hierarchy with Elon Musk.
For Elon Musk, Li Mu has achieved so much at the age of 20, but he is not on the same level as him, so he doesn’t feel anything wrong with Li Mu’s way of speaking. He continues to use the words he has prepared long ago. In words, he complimented: "Your company's YY has achieved extremely amazing achievements in the United States in a short period of time. This 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 will be limitless!”
Li Mu nodded slightly and said with a smile: "YY's success is inseparable from Paypal's strong support. As the largest online payment channel in Western society, Paypal's future must be very bright."
Elon Musk smiled modestly and said: "Compared with YY, there is still a big gap between Paypal and YY in terms of product functions, design concepts, 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 tires and engines. There is no need to compare the two, as long as they can be better than each other. If we cooperate with each other, we can complement each other and develop together.”
Elon Musk agreed very much with Li Mu's metaphor and praised: "Mr. Li's metaphor is so appropriate. Paypal and YY are like tires and engines. They should cooperate with each other so that we can all get greater room for development. "
Li Mu nodded and asked him: "I wonder what the main purpose of Mr. Musk's trip to China and to Muye Technology is?"
Elon Musk hesitated for a moment and then stated the purpose of his trip: "Mr. Li, I am here this time to hope that Paypal can have deeper cooperation with YY and Makino Technology."
Li Mu asked him with interest: "What kind of deeper cooperation is it?"
Elon Musk said: “At the capital level, because we have recently considered selling Paypal, I think YY’s future global strategy will definitely be inseparable from the full support of Paypal, a global payment channel, so I hope Mr. Li can consider 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 say no directly. Li Mu had already arranged to be interviewed by Chinese media at noon. If he directly rejected his intention to sell, I am afraid that his attitude would be different at noon. It will be conveyed through the Chinese media. In that case, once it reaches eBay's ears, there will not be much room for development of its "Friendship and Porcelain" plan.
While Elon Musk was nervously waiting for Li Mu's reply, Li Mu smiled slightly and said casually: "Acquiring Paypal? To be honest, I have this idea!"
It seems that I can’t handle the third update tonight, so I will definitely update it tomorrow!
(End of chapter)