Somewhere in the exhibition hall, there was a giant silver egg sitting next to a booth.
Space-X's life support system was called the X-2. Apparently, it was modified from the original life support system.
Ever since the failure of the Ares program, Space-X's cooperation with Blue Origin ended. Blue Origin was the sole shareholder of Amazon. Musk quickly found an aerospace technology company located in Tanegashima, Japan, as a new partner. This was how the X-2 was born.
There was no doubt that this was a wise decision.
After the failure of the Ares program, it was impossible to start a new Mars colonization operation in the short term.
Even though Congress might sign the budget, the "New Virginia" accident investigation committee would repeatedly make things difficult for them on safety issues.
Therefore, China was the only customer that was willing to pay for their technology. This was because China seemed to be the only country that had a need to send people to the moon.
The Pan-Asian High-Tech Innovation and Investment Summit didn't exclude companies from North America. After Musk received permission to participate in the summit, he asked the people from Space-X to move this silver "egg" to the summit. He even gave it a Chinese name, "Tangyuan", hoping to win the favor of the Chinese.
After deleting the key technologies, the X-2 life support system only had a limited number of functions, and the area it occupied was reduced by 50%. However, even though it was small, it was still functional. The open hatch could even be crawled in and experienced what it felt like to sleep in an astronaut's bed.
Unfortunately, although this silver-white spherical shape attracted a lot of attention, it seemed like no one went forward to study it. It also seemed like no one had the urge to enter the open cabin door to take a look.
After all, the Ares program had just failed last year, and it was only with the help of a Chinese spacecraft that they barely managed to save the people on Mars. The Ares program also caused a huge problem with the bacteria on Mars. There was no doubt that it was high-tech …
However, people felt like it lacked safety.
This was people's impression of the product.
Once a product was labeled as a failure, people would subconsciously look down on it, regardless of whether the failure was caused by it or not.
Elon leaned against his booth and casually dismissed a few reporters who were attracted by him. He crossed his arms and looked at the uninterested crowd in front of his company's booth. He spoke to the white man standing next to him in a bored voice.
"You know what? Bevis, the thing I regret the most in my life is that I didn't try harder to keep Professor Lu in Los Angeles at the materials science conference a few years ago … "
The man named Bevis was the second-in-command of the Tesla Group.
Even though he had nothing to do with Space-X, he was recently appointed as the general manager of the China region by Musk. Whether it was the Tesla factory in Shanghai or other projects, Musk trusted him to manage them. Bevis lived up to the CEO's expectations and arranged everything in an orderly manner.
When Bevis heard his boss talking to him, he looked at his boss with a puzzled expression.
"Back then, Professor Lu … was already researching aerospace?"
Musk shook his head and said, "No, the thing he researched was the lithium cathode material nanoparticles. That technology was exactly what Tesla needed … Precisely speaking, it was what all energy companies in the world needed. Therefore, I contacted him and offered him an olive branch."
Bevis casually asked, "How much did you give him?"
Musk smiled and shook his head. "His value can't be measured by an annual salary. Even I could tell at the time. I invited him to be my collaborator, to build the new era of pure electric vehicle industry together … But unfortunately, he rejected this great plan. "
Musk didn't even need to say this; Bevis knew what he meant.
After all, Professor Lu had become a figure that everyone in the electric vehicle industry loved and hated. Of course, they loved the lithium-sulfur battery cathode materials. As for the hate …
Of course, it was because he had the patent.
Bevis looked at the desolate expression on the boss's face and comforted him. "This kind of thing can't be helped. He knows his value very well. He is different from those nerds who are easily fooled."
"But I think anything can be negotiated." Musk shrugged and said, "He was just a Princeton professor at the time. Maybe he saw the importance of those patents, but I don't believe he saw it five years later. Maybe if I was willing to take out more shares of Tesla or even Space-X, maybe we would be the ones standing on the moon waiting for people to suck up to us. "
"I don't disagree with what you said, but to be honest, I don't like the word 'please' you used … We're not trying to please the Chinese, we're just doing a normal business cooperation." Bevis opened his mouth and gestured with his right index finger as he said, "This is all based on mutual benefit."
Musk waved his hand and interrupted Bevis. "I know, but sometimes I can't help but think, if I could be reborn ten years ago —"
However, before he could finish his sentence, an unfamiliar voice drifted over from the side, interrupting his words.
"This is a very interesting idea, but I think you should stop dreaming. Even if you give me the entire Space-X company, I will still go home."
Musk turned his head and looked at the two people next to the booth. His eyes narrowed.
"Lu Zhou?"
As for the person next to Lu Zhou, it should be President Gong of the AIIB. Although Musk wasn't familiar with him, he had met him a few times.
"Yes, Mr. Musk, it's nice to meet you again … This is probably the second time." Lu Zhou looked at Musk and smiled as he reached out his right hand.
Musk smiled and shook Lu Zhou's right hand.
"Yeah, long time no see. I've always wanted to visit you and tell you that you are a respectable opponent. "
"You're also a respectable opponent." Lu Zhou looked at the silver dome behind Musk and said, "To be honest, your radical actions on the Mars project really shocked me. Even if our astronauts are ready to sacrifice themselves at any time, we have never considered sending them to Mars tens of millions of kilometers away without ensuring their safety. "
Musk was quite happy when he heard the first half of Lu Zhou's sentence, but when he heard the second half, his expression suddenly became a little awkward.
"Are you here to ridicule me?"
Lu Zhou: "No, I'm just passing by."
Musk: "…"
Lu Zhou didn't look like he was joking.
Just like Lu Zhou said, he was just passing by.
However, it was precisely because of this that Musk felt like he wasn't even considered a competitor by his rival. This made Musk furious.
F * ck!
If this wasn't the conference center!
If this wasn't China!
He really wanted to punch Lu Zhou in the face.
But obviously …
This was impossible.
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