Chapter 534: Tesla, Dilemma, Opportunity(1/2)
"Hello...Mr. Sefrosa! I am Elon Musk. You should be familiar with me. Do you have time now? Listen to me to say something..."
When Abel was about to return to the Four Seasons Hotel, he received a call from the famous "Iron Man in Reality" Elon Musk in the car.
He doesn't care why Elon Musk knew his private phone number? It takes a lot of favors, and people like Elon Musk can always be found. Not to mention anything else, Peter Lynch and Buffett have Abel's private phone number.
Elon Musk seems to have a good relationship with Peter Lynch, and it is very normal for him to get his own phone call from Peter Lynch.
Hear Elon Musk's voice.
Abel remembered some of the things he and the "Iron Man in Reality" in reality.
Actually, nothing happened.
When Abel made his fortune in the early days, Elonmask was very optimistic about the stocks of Blue Star Future in his hands and wanted to buy Blue Star Future from his hands. Then Abel of course refused decisively, but Elon Musk was very unhappy and took some tricks against Abel.
But before the attack was started, Abel's development was terrible, which made Elon Musk rationally understand that it was meaningless to do that.
It will be stopped immediately.
And he also changed his attitude towards Abel, no longer the kind of underestimation he used to be. Instead, he pleased Abel and tried to obtain certain stocks for Blue Star in the future.
Abel did not agree.
The story of the two people came to an end here.
Unexpectedly, today, this technology tycoon, who is recently loved by senior executives of the world's second largest economic power, took the initiative to find him.
The voice sounds a little humble.
The ancestors of China have long said that there will be something for others to ask for. Elon Musk, a big shot who has been famous in the business world for a long time, cannot use such a tone to himself for no reason. There must be a reason for him to do this now.
Abel understood very well.
He responded with a smile.
"Good evening! Sir. I'm in the car now. As for the time, there should be more than ten minutes!"
Elon Musk across from him smiled bitterly.
Although the other party's words were tactful, it said that there were more than ten minutes. In fact, it was just telling Elon Musk that he would have to let go if he had farts, and he only had 10 minutes. In this case, Elon Musk used to say this to entrepreneurial entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial scientists who were seeking investment from him.
And his tone was awesome, several times tougher than Abel now.
It’s really a turn of feng shui!
Elon Musk had no choice but to cheer up and tell Abel.
After 10 minutes.
Abel smiled and said, "Investing in Tesla! This is really an attractive suggestion and a very charming business opportunity. I will think about it carefully, Mr. Musk."
"Okay... I hope you can think about it seriously! As long as you want, I can even make you the largest shareholder of Tesla..."
"Haha, I'll consider it. Goodbye, Mr. Musk."
"Goodbye, Mr. Sefrosa."
The call was interrupted.
Elon Musk lay helplessly on his boss' chair, feeling a little desolate. He didn't expect that after more than ten years of glory, he would still have the same experience he has now.
The taste is really hard to describe.
"I hope that guy will be moved! The situation in Tesla now is probably only possible to solve this problem with this guy!" He smiled bitterly and thought to himself.
And on the other hand.
The car had almost arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel, but Abel was on the phone with Alvertley.
"Al. Immediately send all the information about Tesla's recent experience and information to the email address!"
"Remember! It's all!"
"Okay! BOSS!"
A few minutes later, Abel opened the internal management software of his company and looked at various information about Tesla sent by Alvertley.
Why did he suddenly look for Tesla's information? Because Elon Musk just asked him to want Abel to become Tesla's white knight!
to be honest.
Abel was a little moved by a famous company like Tesla. But Abel didn't understand that Tesla would actually fall to the point of finding a white knight.
Now there is no time to find his subordinates, and his staff to refer to him. He might as well take a look at it for himself. Tesla did this and Elon Musk did this. Is it because Tesla really encountered a dilemma, or is it the trap Elon Musk set for himself this time?
In terms of traps, it was just Abel's suspicion. Because if it were really a trap, the smoke of fate would have probably jumped out to remind him, but now it is not.
In the carriage, he looked at all the information and information about Tesla collected by Alfetley.
I watched it for a long time.
Even the car had a very convoy to the underground parking lot of Four Seasons Hotel, but he didn't get off.
Andres was very rational and did not disturb his boss's city and work. He just said to the headset: "Wait in place.c array! The third group has a fifth group, pay attention to the entrance. The second group and the fourth group pay attention to the exit!"
Then the black convoy lies quietly in the underground parking lot of the Four Seasons Hotel, which is as bright as daylight.
It may take about half an hour.
Abel rubbed his slightly sour eyes, let out a heavy breath, and complained to himself:
"I really don't have any business talent... After watching it for so long, there are only some superficial reasons. However, these superficial reasons may explain why Elon Musk came to him and even gave Tesla a seemingly charming sweet fruit."
He read a lot of extremely confidential business information about Tesla, which requires money to find, and ordinary people cannot find it on the Internet.
Among them, a business information priced at US$50,000 from [American Value Investors Club VIC] gave Abel some inspiration.
This information analyzes the current dilemma of Tesla and Elon Musk from various aspects in the form of an article.
It starts from multiple perspectives such as weakening product demand, poor safety performance, huge funding gap, and Elon Musk may be dismissed, saying that it is an excellent time to short Tesla stocks with all its might. The reason is that the chain reaction in the future will cause Tesla's stock price to plummet, and Musk himself has the risk of liquidation.
VIC also stated that there are at least 37 large shorts now and have begun to collect various conditions for short selling against Tesla.
Abel also figured out some of the current situation of Tesla from this business information, other data and information.
There are at least 6 messages showing that Elon Musk and Tesla are having a hard time now.
Article 1: In the next 8 weeks, Tesla shareholders are expected to start selling their shares, triggering Musk to add margin, and the stock price may even be below $50 per share.
Article 2: Tesla has two more ships heading to Europe and four ships heading to China. These ships may not be able to arrive in time and will not be able to deliver the electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2019 in the future.
Article 3: One of the main reasons for the recent decline in Tesla demand is the sharp decline in consumer perception of Tesla brands. Public perceptions of Tesla brands have deteriorated.
Article 4: Since the release of Model Y, Musk has remained almost completely silent about this product. Model Y has become a failure, and the online search for Model Y has been significantly reduced.
Article 5: Many investors have begun to believe that Tesla is actually an upgraded version of the Ponzi scheme! Since 2008, 78% of Tesla's operating cash flow has come from customer deposits (deposits)! This is a very abnormal phenomenon for a company.
Article 6: Musk's personal financial liquidity is very tight. He has sold $50 million in jet aircraft and mortgaged a $61 million house.
The six messages planned by Abel himself can be seen even with his business talent, Tesla and Elon Musk are in big trouble.
Abel frowned and thought.
To be honest, to be honest.
Unless it is really a landmark and disruptive enterprise like Amazon.
Most "Internet celebrity" companies like Tesla are the real meaning of investors and shareholders after passing the boom period.
Any emerging, any flash in the pan eruption industry in a short period of time.
There must be some scheming investors who will make quick money, such as the angel round video live broadcast industry, which will be sold later or make money by various operations.
However, if the industry enters a reshuffle or stable period, how to actually continue to make profits is an inevitable topic.
In the early days, the industries in China, such as LeTV, group buying websites, video websites, and subsequent live broadcast websites, including shared bicycles, etc., were all like this.
Which one is not going to fall into pieces immediately after real efforts?
When I burned the investor's money, it was very prosperous, but when I was burning, I found that I could not get the subsequent firewood.
It was a failure.
Do you really think investors' money is easy to burn?
To be honest, Abel did not pay attention to the financial report.
However, he thinks that many startups are actually very similar.
A simple example is to make a product worth 800,000 yuan at a cost of 500,000 yuan.
It is naturally the mighty and domineering emperor who is thundering and tsunami, and will unify the country.
These companies often miscalculate that they can reduce costs and achieve profitability through scale. However, after actual scale, they still cannot solve the problem of mismatch between costs, prices and customer psychological expectations.
Then it fell into a vicious cycle?
For example, a newly opened hot pot restaurant with a customer experience of 80 yuan and a cost of 100 yuan. To be honest, it can only cost 80 yuan to make 100 yuan. Do you really think that corporate management can be done by anyone?
When opening, it is full of confidence, with strong funds and needs to make a name for itself, and you can enjoy 50 yuan. Then the people who come to eat can break the threshold, a conscientious businessman
But at this level of management, do you try to increase the price? Try it after a long time?
The only ending is to leave at a loss.
To be continued...