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"Daimler has sent people to visit our company."

After a warm greeting and a regular visit to Apple's Biotechnology Research Institute, Wenming and Elon Musk entered the topic.

As chairman of Tesla, Elon Muscu decided to take the lead.

"It took us eight weeks to convert a Mercedes-Benz Smart into a pure electric vehicle. Of course, you have not yet become a shareholder of the company, so you don't know these things."

Elon Musk made a joke, and laughed, which was also part of the prestige. Wen Ming also laughed, but his smile was like the kind of feeling that I just watched you install X quietly.

Elon Muscu went on to say: "Daimler is very interested in these technologies we have mastered, so they have decided to inject $ 50 million into our company. My opinion is that you and I each take out a 5% stake , Then come to complete this financing. In this case, our company's valuation will reach about 700 million US dollars. "

Valuation is not the same as the ratio of financing amount to equity, because a strong company such as Daimler can increase the value of a company. From $ 500 million to $ 700 million, to be honest, it's a bit conservative.

Of course, Elon Muskow's conservative reason is because he knows that whether it is said that Tesla is worth 700 million U.S. dollars, or exaggerated that Tesla is worth 1 billion U.S. dollars, for Apple ’s founder, there is no Too big a difference.

Daimler is a Fortune 500 company, but Apple is not. This difference is just because the 2010 World 500 company list has not been updated, and the 2009 World 500 company list was before the rise of Apple. Has been announced.

From this, you can also see how fast Apple is developing, and the speed of the world's top 500 list updates can't keep up. Do you say fast?

Wen Ming waited until after the performance of Elon Muscu and said with a smile: "You know, I said at Apple's last press conference that once my goal of 30 years old was just to earn One billion dollars, however, what I didn't expect is that I have now made $ 10 billion. "

Elon Musk said that Tesla's valuation was very conservative, and Wen Ming said that he was very conservative when he was worthy. Elon Musk, who was 39 years old this year, was a bit unnatural.

At this point, Elon Mascu's narration was hysterical: Who doesn't know that your Apple company's valuation has reached $ 150 billion? Who doesn't know that Bill Gates has approved this idiot-like valuation? You say that you are the richest man in the world, Bill Gates.

You are so crazy, does your family know?

To Elon Muscu's disappointment, Wenming's arrogance is not over.

"As far as I know, Daimler's revenue last year was as high as $ 165.8 billion, which is an incredible number. However, their profit was only $ 9.3 billion."

The profit of the automobile industry is actually not as high as many people think. Users feel that the car is expensive and that the maintenance cost of the car is expensive, just because there are too many interest groups between manufacturers and customers.

"Although my Apple's current revenue is only over 10 billion US dollars, our profit has exceeded 3 billion US dollars. This is just a little more than a quarter. If calculated on an annual basis, my Apple company Revenue has already exceeded Daimler. So, I said that my Apple is more powerful than Daimler, shouldn't there be a problem? "

Revenue is more than Daimler. This is actually a strategy of Wenming, because as a Daimler engaged in the automotive industry, the fixed assets such as factories they own cannot be surpassed by Wenming at present.

But Wenming ’s statement is essentially free of problems, because Daimler ’s market value has not been high, and the current market value is only $ 75.4 billion. Even though Daimler's assets are as high as 230 billion US dollars, most of those assets are difficult to cash out, including virtual assets such as brand value.

In the final analysis, what the market value looks at is the ability of a company to make money, which is the annual net profit.

Just as Tong Toyota has always been the boss in the automotive industry, the reason is that their annual profit can reach 19.3 billion US dollars, so their market value can reach 170 billion US dollars. The second-ranked Volkswagen has a gap in market value compared to Daimler because its annual profit is only $ 7.1 billion.

Therefore, this is why the market value of high-tech companies is high, because in addition to R & D costs, high-tech companies have relatively low product costs, and their user groups are much wider than those of auto companies.

Naturally, the ability to make money is much higher.

Elon Muskou nodded helplessly when he heard Wenming ’s question, saying, “If your Apple company goes public, I do n’t think it ’s a problem that the market value exceeds all car companies. Of course, it ’s better than Daimler ’s There is nothing wrong with this strength. "

Wen Ming laughed. His B-suit was so successful that it completely defeated Elon Musko's idea of ​​getting a head start.

In fact, the arrogant Wenming feels that he is still not qualified for arrogance, and I am a bit sorry for Jobs, because after the release of the iPhone and iPad, Apple's annual revenue can normally reach about 230 billion US dollars, and the annual net profit can reach 53 billion Around USD.

Compared to what he has achieved now, it is a few levels higher.

Therefore, the market value of Apple in another world can exceed 800 billion U.S. dollars, and it is attacking the first company in history with a market value of more than 100 billion U.S. dollars.

Of course, the net profit of that Apple company is only 22.8%, while the net profit of Wenming's Apple company can exceed 30%. This gap is because Wenming does not need to invest a huge amount of research and development funds.

So his Apple company will definitely be better in the future.

"So why do we accept Daimler's capital injection?"

Wen Ming spread his hands and looked at Elon Musk with a sincere expression. "Moreover, I think that $ 50 million is too little for a company engaged in new energy research. It ’s better that we each take out Play for $ 120 million? "

play for fun……

The word was hammered in Elon Muskow's heart, giving him an urge to vomit blood, if not because most of his money was invested in SpaceX, which is the Space Exploration Technology Company, and SpaceX last year Three more major accidents occurred, and it wasn't too difficult for him to come up with $ 120 million.

However, he was only able to pay $ 100 million or $ 200 million.

play for fun……

Elon Muscu resisted the urge to vomit blood, saying, "In fact, the company does not need that much capital, and Daimler has a lot of resources. If we can let him invest in the company, In terms of development, it is very beneficial. "

This is the truth. Elon Muscu has been fighting for reasons from the earliest to the present, entirely because Wenming was able to freely play for $ 120 million.

I have to say that sometimes arrogance is good, but the premise of arrogance is based on strength.

Wen Ming was deeply impressed by this, so he decided to continue to be arrogant.

"Daimler does have a lot of resources, and I admit it ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ However, I think that the way to obtain Daimler resources can be changed."

Hearing this, Elon Musk already had a hunch, and his heart began to hurt again.

Sure enough, Wen Ming said, "As far as I know, Daimler has been trying to sell or integrate some of his businesses because of the low net interest rate. Like 2007, they paid 5.5 billion euros. Sold 80% of their Chrysler Group. "

"So, I have plans to invest in Daimler. In this way, some of their resources can be shared with Tesla."

Elon Musk didn't care about Wen Ming's last sentence at all, because his mind had been echoing a decision Wen Ming said--funding Daimler.

As for whether Daimler's resources can be shared with Tesla at that time, what else has to do with him?

According to Wenming, the reason why Daimler and Tesla share certain resources is that Wenming has invested in Daimler, but now he is seeking Daimler's capital injection ...

I really want to vomit blood!