Chapter 1786: Ten billion in ten years
Li Mu had already invested in spaex earlier, but that investment was only developed based on spaex to develop recyclable launch vehicles, and did not include any content related to Mars colonization at all.
If the entire Mars colonization is a huge commercial real estate project, then the most recyclable rockets is a storehouse in this commercial real estate project.
According to Elon Musk, if you want to colonize Mars, you have to first study the reloadable recyclable rockets, then study the heavy-duty spacecraft, and study the various hardware needed to survive on Mars.
But that's not enough.
If you want to really send people and things to Mars, you have to build a space station.
This is really a capital black hole, and it may not be possible to hear much money.
However, at this moment, Li Mu suddenly became moved.
He really wanted to try it out and see if I could do something more awesome, such as sending people to Mars.
As a world-class rich man, he also cares about how people will remember him in the future.
In the world's rich circle, there are many predecessors who are remembered by the world.
These people are remembered differently.
Some are remembered for changing the world;
Some are remembered for exploiting the world;
Some are remembered for donating nakedly;
Some are remembered for divorce from their wives;
It is also remembered for using real estate to drink all the blood of the younger generation.
Li Mu is willing to do more charity and do something truly meaningful, teaching people how to fish, rather than giving people how to fish.
In addition to charity, he also wants to change the world.
It has the world's largest communication software, the world's largest social network, and the world's largest smartphone ecosystem in the future, which will greatly change the world.
Now, he was inspired by Elon Musk and had another new idea.
He wants to be remembered by the world through space exploration.
So he said to Elon Musk: "Elon, if I invest 10 billion dollars in the next ten years, can you lead the world, send people to Mars safely, and bring them back safely?"
When Elon Musk heard this, he was immediately excited. He looked at Li Mu in disbelief and exclaimed: "Mr. Li, are you willing to invest in the Mars project?"
Li Mu said: "Don't worry about whether I want it or not. I will ask you, if I invest 10 billion US dollars within ten years, can you achieve the landing of Mars of human beings?"
Elon Musk thought for a while and said: "The Apollo plan in the United States in the 1960s cost a total of US$100 billion, and the purchasing power at that time is at least now..."
Li Mu interrupted him: "Elon, don't talk to me. Apollo's plan is to build tall buildings on the ground, and everything must start from scratch. Can the current aerospace industry be the same as that time? Don't forget that you are standing on the shoulders of giants now."
Elon Musk nodded: "Yes, it is indeed standing on the shoulders of giants, but don't we also hope to stand taller than giants? The only space celestial body that humans have visited is the moon. The moon is only a few hundred thousand kilometers away from the earth. However, when the earth is closest to Mars, it is 50 million to 60 million kilometers, which is more than ten times different and many times more complicated."
As she said that, Elon Musk said again: "If you want to go to the moon, a Saturn V is enough, but if you want to go to Mars, and at the maximum speed, you must have a space station. If you want to save fuel, the Mars journey takes at least eight months one way. Moreover, when landing on the moon, there is a delay of more than three seconds between Houston and the spacecraft, because it takes more than one second to travel hundreds of thousands of kilometers. The signal will be sent back, and it will be more than one second. If it is Mars, it may be a few minutes or even twenty minutes away. In this way, it is difficult to manipulate the aircraft. Once you arrive at Mars, the aircraft enters orbit and land, you must rely on the supercomputer to calculate the program in advance to automatically complete it..."
Li Mu said: "I don't understand what you said at all, but I have planned a development route for you to arm the landing of Mars with capital."
As he said, Li Mu continued, "I promise to invest 10 billion US dollars in Mars plan. Don't think it's too little. This is just my initial conservative estimate. If the capital monetization channel of my own industry is very smooth in the future, 100 billion US dollars is no problem. However, we are doing business, and we have to consider risks when doing business. What if one day Muye Technology is not good? What if one day Taobao Technology is not good? What if one day these two are not good? My company's market value will shrink seriously and my personal assets will also shrink seriously. The so-called value of hundreds of billion US dollars is not real money. The industry is changing rapidly. If my industry is cold, most of my value will disappear."
"You should have heard that the housing prices in Hong Kong collapsed back then. Before the collapse, I had five million cash. Then I bought a property worth 10 million yuan developed by Mr. Li Jiacheng, with a down payment of 5 million yuan, and a commercial loan of 10 million yuan, and a profit of 10 million yuan. As a result, the property was just bought and the real estate market collapsed. What should I do? The house originally worth 10 million and is still rising is only worth 3 million yuan now. I spent all my own five million and owed the bank 10 million yuan, but the house was only worth 3 million yuan. Do you think I want to jump off a building? In the Internet industry, the same is true for so many big companies to crash. I promise you $100 billion today. You spend it according to this plan. I can't keep up with the pace of the year after that. Wouldn't you jump off a building? "
Elon Musk nodded and said, "Mr. Li, what is the development route of your capital armed Mars landing?"
Li Mu said: "It's very simple. I promised a $10 billion investment first, which is equivalent to endorsing this project. Then we invest all the future profits of spaex. At the same time, spaex also launched the dream financing of the Mars program to the world. How did you just use humans, space and ideal things to fool me? Then you take this thing and go and scan the Forbes rich rankings for me, and look for me one by one, and I'll go and fool me if I can't move. "
"At the same time, your space traveler plan is also launched simultaneously. Let's fool you together. I will help you promote the space traveler plan. Then you will be responsible for fooling you. If anyone is interested, invite him to visit the spaex. I provide full exposure of the Internet media. As long as he is willing to participate, we will expose everywhere that he is an advanced, great, and challenging space travel pioneer. This title alone is enough for them to be proud of for a long time."
"Whoever is interested in that time, we will pay a part of the intention deposit first. We will sign an intention contract with him. The first one will pay, and the first one will go up, and the second one will go up, and so on. If anyone is afraid to go up, we will not refund the ticket."
"After paying the intention, find an opportunity to continue fooling these space travelers and sell them some higher-level things, such as asking them whether they want to name a launch vehicle, a spacecraft, or a unique space wedding."
"You can even ask them if they are interested in holding a space funeral after their death and buying themselves a space grave in advance. At that time, we put the ashes into titanium alloy jars and drove them into space, and fly towards the center of the Milky Way like the Voyager. Think about it, the earth will be extinct in billions of years, and his ashes will still wander in the universe. This will be the only memory of the long river of humanity for hundreds of thousands of years and the long river of billions of years of history on earth. Is it great? Is it awesome?"
Elon Musk smiled and said, "I want to prepare a copy for myself after you say so. Mr. Li, do you want to travel the interstellar together after your death?"
Li Mu smiled and said, "You must be one step ahead of me, and I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with you at that time."
As he said that, Li Mu said again: "Personally, I would rather freeze myself before I die and see if the technology in the future can revive me."
"This is very difficult," Elon Musk said.
Li Mu said: "Although it is very difficult, there are rich people who are buying frozen business in advance. They can freeze their bodies for hundreds of years by spending millions of dollars. I heard that this business is quite good. We are cheaper. We only need hundreds of thousands of dollars to send his ashes to space. At that time, we can fly in one flight, strive to carry the ashes of thousands of people on it, and then send them to space for a storm to achieve higher-level spirit and liberation."
Immediately afterwards, Li Mu asked again: "Your launch cost is constantly decreasing, isn't this transaction profitable?"
Elon Musk said: "If we can really sell it for this price, it will be a big income, but we don't know how feasible it is."
Li Mu said: "I am only responsible for planning the route for you. How feasibility is there, you need to operate it yourself."
Speaking of this, Li Mu said again: "Actually, what I mean is that since we want to do this, we must do everything we can to make money. You can carry out a batch of such businesses and do whatever you can fool money."
"If anyone is bolder and wants to give a space funeral to the body directly, add money according to the weight order. In short, you can sell it as long as it is a service that can be sold."
"In a word, use all the ways you can use to fool more investments."
Speaking of this, Li Mu said again: "Also, if you are a business that is impossible to make money, you must not use financing to find someone to invest money. You have to invest what you like. If you like to show your face, you will give him face; if you like to show your curiosity, you will make him feel curiosity; if you like to show your curiosity, you will make a big bustle and make him enjoy it. Do you know how you impressed me?"
Elon Musk shook his head and asked hurriedly: "Mr. Li, what am I moved by?"
Chapter completed!