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Chapter 542 Human
If Zhou Fei and Ma Huafu heard this sentence, they would definitely open their mouths in shock. Not long ago, the two were discussing whether the acquisition of Human would encounter competition. The competitor is still their old rival Nikolai.

This is really the narrow road of Yuanjia.

In fact, Nikola paid attention to the Human company much earlier than Zhou Fei. As early as August this year, when Human announced the patent of the self-developed DAS assisted driving system, Trump had already paid attention to this company. company.

As Trump gets to know the company more and more deeply, his evaluation of the company will become higher and higher, so he has the idea of ​​​​cooperating with them.

However, the previous two cooperation invitations were rejected by Human's management. The reason for their rejection was simple. The company's technology is still immature, and the team is still in the exploratory stage, and they don't want to have the intervention of external forces.

When the time came to the beginning of October, the new car released by Tesla reserved room for upgrades for autonomous driving, which greatly increased the pressure on Trump, who was eager to seek a breakthrough in intelligence. For the company Human It is even more important, so Trump directly proposed his willingness to invest in the company, and gradually absorbed the company as a subsidiary of Nikola.

But it was still rejected by the other party.

Just a few days before he went to China, Trump sent a second more attractive offer, proposing to use 2000 million US dollars to acquire 46.38% of Human’s equity. In return, Nikola will make a more reasonable plan for Human. development planning, and provide all conditions required for road testing.

At the same time, Trump also promised that after becoming the majority shareholder of Human, Nikola will not overly interfere with the company's management, let alone replace the existing company management, as long as Human's development is in the interests of Nikola , Trump is willing to be a "hands-off shopkeeper".

It's just that I have been busy with Huaxia's investment these days, and I forgot about it. Now that Huaxia's affairs are over, Trump will concentrate on this matter when he returns this time. dispose of.

"There is no clear reply yet." The secretary replied quickly.

"Haven't you replied to us yet?" Trump frowned slightly. It's been half a month already. Could it be that the conditions offered were not generous enough?

"Do you need to quote again?" the secretary asked.

"Not for the time being, we will talk about it when we go back." Trump replied.After completing the cooperation with Baixun, the matter of joining Human can be slowly advanced, and there is no need to be as urgent as before.

If they are too eager, it will definitely send a signal to Human that they are eager to buy shares, which is not conducive to subsequent negotiations.

"Also, have you booked the air ticket to Yangcheng tomorrow?" Trump continued to ask.

This time, after negotiating with Xu Yingteng, the joint venture factory between Baixun and Nikola decided to invest in Yangcheng. Just a few days ago, Trump also negotiated this matter with the local government. The problem of land use.

The Planning Bureau of Yangcheng has officially notified Nikola that the land for electric vehicle construction has been approved. Trump wants to take a look at the specific situation of this land before returning to China.

"It's all ready, the air ticket at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

After getting the answer, Trump did not speak any more, but closed his eyes, rested, and imagined the future of Nikola. After completing the cooperation, Trump is confident that he will overtake Tesla in the next competition!

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Silicon Valley.

As the world's most prestigious high-tech industrial park, Silicon Valley's position in the technology industry is equivalent to Wall Street's position in the financial field, representing the most cutting-edge technology research in the United States.

The headquarters of Facebook, Apple, Intel and many other technology giants are all located in Silicon Valley. Every year, many young people come to Silicon Valley with their dreams to start a business. Therefore, the venture capital here accounts for one-third of the total in the United States. Silicon Valley has People with work experience, even after leaving the job, will be snapped up by many headhunters.

Compared with these technology giants, Human, which was just established this year, is insignificant in Silicon Valley.When it was first established in March, the entire team consisted of only two people, Ramsey and Lin Hua. Now, eight months have passed, and the team size has not increased significantly. There are only ten people in total.

But relying on these ten people, Ramsey and the others have completed the development of the world's first DAS system that is ready for commercial use, and have made some achievements in the field of autonomous driving. Some of the companies that were founded with Human have gone bankrupt. Closed, and some are still struggling for the next round of financing.

Only Human, although it has not experienced any financing, has achieved its current achievements only by relying on the team members' own funds. Not only Wall Street investment institutions frequently come to the door, but many large companies in Silicon Valley have also been rumored to want to acquire this company. company, which is the envy of many.

However, Ramsey, one of the founders, did not give up the idea of ​​the company, and he and Lin Hua still have the final say on the entire company.

At this time, Ramsey was standing in the temporarily rented office and looking out the window. The office building where Human is located is basically some start-up companies, and on the opposite side of the street is the well-known Apple company, which is currently the world's largest market value giant.

Looking further ahead, it is the headquarters of companies like Facebook and Intel.Among the major Silicon Valley companies rumored to be interested in Human is Apple.

Ramsey's ideal is to develop Human into a big company like Apple. Of course, he also knows that the possibility of realizing this ideal is very small.

"Are you looking for me?" At this moment, a man with black hair and dark eyes walked in through the door. It was Lin Hua, an overseas Chinese.

Lin Hua's father is Chinese and his mother is American. He grew up in the United States since he was a child. Later, he met Ramsay at Princeton University, and the two co-founded the company Human.

"Here we come, Lin." Ramsey turned around and greeted Lin Hua with a smile to sit down. "Talk to you about the company's future development plan. Let's talk about the company's operations first."

"I won't talk about other things. The company is so big. You should be aware that the current problem in the company is capital. If you don't introduce foreign funds, it will be difficult to start the next stage of work." Lin Hua Answered succinctly.

When the company was first established, all the funds came from Ramsey and Lin Hua's own pockets. At that time, the company's operating costs were very small, and the research on the DAS system was also a subject of Ramsey's university. It doesn't cost much.

Later, the company expanded its enrollment and rented the current office building, and the operating costs were raised all of a sudden. At this time, the company's funds were stretched.

"I came to you this time mainly to talk about the introduction of foreign capital, and it's time to accept investment." Ramsey continued.

(End of this chapter)