Chapter 599

Tonight, Elon's first impression made Abel feel strange and familiar at the same time.

The reason for the strangeness is that Musk is a little person, and Abel only met him once two years ago.

Later, Abel gave him an investment and asked him to start a business in space tourism and rocket launches, and basically ignored him.

Elon Musk, who is just the founder of PayPal, is really not a big shot now. Abel had only met him two years ago, so of course he would feel strange.

Even if Abel is actually Musk's boss, Smith Media and other Smith-related companies have been helping Elon.

Not to mention the small companies that Musk has re-started, Abel can't even remember the names of all the holding companies under his name, because there are too many and they cover too wide a range of fields.

So of course he can't remember such a small person who is currently insignificant very well.

But Musk's face is so unique, and before Abel was reborn, it was really "famous" around the world.

No matter what the actual situation is, this South African is really successful in marketing. He has even become the richest man in the world, and is also a world-famous super Internet troll.

In parallel time and space, even Twitter was acquired by it.

Abel, who was still an ordinary young man in China at that time, had of course seen Elon's photos more than once. And Abel's memory before his rebirth was very solid, so naturally he felt very familiar at once.

When something strange becomes familiar, it naturally means it becomes familiar and yet strange at the same time.

"Let him come here." Abel casually ordered the bodyguards.

There will be a general meeting at this dinner, and there will be so many celebrities and celebrities attending, so the security will of course be extremely strict.

There is no need to worry about anyone carrying a weapon, so safety is guaranteed, and it doesn't matter if Elon gets close.

Only then did Edward and others let him go, but Lincoln was also sticking close to Musk, and would immediately take him down as soon as he made any unruly moves.

Edward and the others were also close to Abel, ensuring that they could provide protective services at any time.

Elon Musk, who is not that fat yet, has a square face with a smile like a flower. The 1.82 meter tall man looks a bit short in front of Abel.

However, at least half of this feeling is caused by the different perceptions of temperament and momentum between the two parties.

Just like in the French Empire, the six-foot-two French general looked like a dwarf in front of the five-foot-five emperor.

"Mr. Smith, good evening! I'm so happy to see you!" He is indeed a marketing master, and his emotional intelligence is really speechless. When the same words are said to Elon, the combination of his demeanor and tone makes people very happy and makes people want to talk to him more.

This is probably because he is a software engineer, but in a parallel time and space, he can rely on marketing to create a "real-life Iron Man" character, and a white-glove identity brought by his strong connections.

Otherwise, do you really think that Tesla in parallel time and space is just a new energy car company?

If it is really just a new energy car company, can its market value easily exceed one trillion U.S. dollars and become a new trend vane in the U.S. stock market?

If you think too much, the inside story and darkness of this world are far more complicated than ordinary people imagine.

Without the connections behind the scenes, without the support of those giants who promoted Musk as a white glove.

Why did NASA, that is, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration give him so many orders, why did it provide him with so many technology patents for free, and why did it let so many engineers and scientists work part-time for the Space Exploration Technology Company?

On Elon Musk's own part? Hey, a South African-born American, no matter how powerful the cheats are, he can't do this!

In fact, this guy in parallel time and space just became someone's white glove later.

With the support of these people, he successfully made Tesla the world's number one new energy car company, and at the same time successfully allowed the Space Exploration Technology Company to launch various iron-shell rockets and push Starlink into space, and then Successfully took over Twitter.

If there is no support from these people behind him, do you think he would dare to be a donkey party that has become a demonized man on the Internet!

To put it bluntly, there are just people behind him, and these people need the U.S. stock market to set a new benchmark after Microsoft, Oracle, Google, and Apple to reflect the U.S.'s technological dominance and the prosperity of the U.S. stock market.

At the same time, he also wants to use SpaceX to launch Starlink into space, and then use him to acquire Twitter to compete with the Donkey Party for public opinion influence.

With support from many aspects, Musk can stand firm without worrying about being shot eight times and killing himself while walking on the road.

At the same time, this guy does have some abilities. And it successfully built a factory in the big eastern country, relying on the complete industrial chain and market there to build Tesla, which was on the verge of collapse at the time.

With this premise, plus those people who appeared later, we have the Musk who was the richest man in the world before Abel was reborn.

But this is just Musk in parallel time and space.

In this timeline, although Musk also successfully sold PayPal, he achieved financial freedom to a certain extent.

But Abel knew this guy's potential and emotional intelligence, so when he acquired PayPal, he bound several founders of PayPal to a non-competition agreement.

Within 10 years, they will not be allowed to work in industries such as software and semiconductors.

Then Abel used a generous salary to bring this guy to his side and gave him a venture capital to start his own business.

The direction of entrepreneurship is the direction of space exploration technology companies in parallel time and space - space transportation and space tourism.

Over the past two years, IEXT, the Interstellar Navigation Technology Company, has flourished in an orderly manner under Musk's management and marketing.

Although it has not actually started launching rockets, it is currently considered a leading company in this field - well, the dozens of commercial companies in this field are actually just about the same as SpaceX at the beginning.

It is indeed not very difficult to be a leading company here.

Abel's investment in it has successively invested hundreds of millions of dollars, accounting for as much as 90% of the shares.

The remaining 10% is Elon's dry stock.

"I'm very happy to see you too." Abel said with a smile: "I really hope that one day, I can sit on a rocket ship and travel freely among the stars and the universe."

That being said, when IETX's rocket actually goes into space, it will be absolutely impossible for Abel to ride or experience it in person.

Abel, who always hates risks, would never do such a risky act of committing suicide.

For example, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to go into the deep sea to explore the ruins of sunken ships in a small submarine, Abel would never do it even if he put an RPG rocket launcher on his head.

In his mind, that was no different from hanging himself directly.

But now this is the White House Journalists Association dinner, and I don't know how many people around me are watching my every word and action.

Abel knew that any words or expression he said to Elon Musk would be interpreted differently by the people around him.

At this time, I appropriately showed my trust in Musk and my yearning for the future of IEXT.

Just the words and demeanor are enough for Elon Musk to be of great help in operating and marketing the IEXT brand.

Ordinary billionaires and celebrities, especially the nouveau riche and those who crave a sense of upper-class status, will definitely fall for Elon's tricks for their own reasons.

No, embrace Elon Musk's dream.

This is why listed companies, especially those that focus on marketing, like to attract celebrities or celebrities to become shareholders.

Celebrity and brand effects will always exist.

Musk is also an extremely smart person with a very high emotional intelligence.

When he saw Abel's reaction, he didn't know that the donor was helping him.

The founder and CEO of IEXT immediately had a strategizing expression on his face and said naturally and confidently: "Ah, please believe me. Mr. Smith, this future is definitely not far away. Our prototypes have already begun production. Traveling in space, It's not far away already!"

What a good guy. Abel reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and continued with a smile: "Then you have to work hard!"

Today, Abel doesn't know that his action of tapping someone on the shoulder has been interpreted a lot by outsiders.

Generally speaking, this is the body language he would do to his closest subordinates or friends.

Before, before it was interpreted, this was indeed Abel's subconscious body movement.

But when the Smith Intelligence Group told him that his body language was interpreted this way.

Nowadays, he often uses this action in front of outsiders, deliberately using it to show his affection for the person being tapped on the shoulder.

If this were placed in ancient China, it would be a manifestation of the king's art of controlling his subordinates.

He now wants to give Elon Musk some support, and it is necessary to do this in public.

As for the people around him interpreting this as his great trust and closeness to Elon Musk, and then these people want to fund Elon's "dream" by getting close to Musk, and then take the opportunity to get close to Abel, that is what others interpret. Problem.

Exploring space and traveling through the universe is a project that will cost a lot of money in the next few decades, and it is difficult to see real results.

Abel wholeheartedly supports it. After all, this can be considered a contribution to the future of mankind and technology.

But he will not burn money to support for no reason, so when appropriate, it is necessary to use his reputation and influence to attract others to invest and burn money together, so that everyone can contribute to the future of mankind.

From Elon's perspective, he's excited right now. To be honest, South Africans did not expect to see their sponsor here tonight.

He originally just wanted to use the Journalists Association dinner, which was almost like an Oscar dinner, to see if he could get some investment or connections here, which would be very helpful to his IEXT company or personally.

The admission ticket cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the company reimbursed him for it.

What he didn't expect was that Abel would also attend the dinner this year.

This smart man took the opportunity to quickly approach Abel after Abel and George separated.

Thanks to his future fame in parallel time and space, Abel was deeply impressed by him, and he was indeed interested in space technology.

Then the scene just happened.

Even if this smart man didn't know that Abel did this on purpose, he also knew how much help Abel's every move would bring to him.

Musk is extremely excited now, but he has not forgotten to continue to deepen this relationship.

"I'm fighting for this! By the way, Mr. Smith. I have a friend who admires you very much. He came with me tonight. I wonder if you can meet him?"

Seemingly knowing that his request was a bit out of line, Elon Musk quickly added: "He has a very good relationship with IEXT and is a potential consultant for our technology."

This was because he was afraid that Abel would reject him and wanted to impress Abel through IEX.

"who?"

"Michael Griffin, NASA Deputy Administrator and Secretary of Aerospace Technology."

In the following content, Elon lowered his voice slightly, but it was still clearly audible.

Abel raised his eyebrows. As an experienced person, he knew that the SpaASA in parallel time and space actually kept white gloves outside.

Almost all of SpaceX's rocket technology and even its scientists come from NASA.

Elon Musk's only real strength is marketing.

But Abel didn't expect that this guy would already have a relationship with NASA so early, and he was still a high-ranking figure in NASA.

No wonder his SpaceX later became NASA's white glove.

"I'm very honored." Abel smiled.

At this time, Abel is well aware that no one can compare with NASA in terms of technology related to space exploration.

Even for China, it will take more than ten years to catch up.

Nowadays, instead of spending tens of billions of dollars each year, a total of hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on researching corresponding technologies.

It would be better to find a way to cosplay directly from NASA, or continue research and development based on NASA's work to truly develop space exploration technology.

It is certainly not difficult to meet with a NASA executive for this purpose.

Elon Musk was even happier. He took a few steps back excitedly and brought over a guy who had been looking at this side with bright eyes a few meters away.

It is Michael Griffin, NASA's current deputy administrator and secretary of aerospace technology.

In a parallel time and space, Michael Douglas Griffin became the administrator of NASA two years later. He was also the first NASA administrator to be sworn in in front of the commander-in-chief, and was highly regarded.

He was even an important participant in the "Star Wars Project" of the last century. He is a well-known aerospace expert and physicist in the United States, and he is also one of the country's senior technocrats.

"Good evening, sir." He always respected the scientist Abel, so before Michael Griffin even walked up to him, he smiled and greeted him proactively.

Such a giant in the country has such a good attitude, Michael is somewhat frightened. After all, in the United States today, technocrats are really getting worse as they get worse...

Today's United States is all about finance and business. Technology, science, and engineering, which were the most valued things in the last century, are now somewhat of a thing of the past.

Otherwise, those guys wouldn't have forced Hawking, who had trouble taking care of himself, to go to Eppo Island!

"Good evening, Mr. Smith! You are one of the role models of our times. I am so excited to meet you in person!"

Even if you are a scientist, the one who can be a bureaucrat is the one who is smooth, has emotional intelligence, and is good at dealing with people.

Michael Griffin was obviously the one. The old scientist smiled and proactively came over to shake hands with Abel. From the moment he came up, he seemed almost flattering and even flattering.

In just a few seconds, Abel already had a plan to use Michael Griffin in his mind.

Since in parallel time and space, Musk's SpaASA's white gloves.

In this time and space, IEXT is not impossible to become NASA's white glove.

Maybe even if done properly, you won't even know whose white glove is whose.

Rather than spending the R&D funds equivalent to several top 20 assets on the Rich List to develop technology, it would be better to occupy the magpie's nest and swing a hoe directly at NASA.

What's more, compared to parallel time and space, if you really want to do this, you will indeed have an advantage.

Because his influence in Washington is not comparable to that of Elon Musk.

The immediate boss of NASA is Washington. Strictly speaking, NASA is a department directly under the White House.

I can completely hollow out NASA step by step through George...

If done well, the federal funds provided to NASA can even be used to help IEXT conduct related research and development.

Thinking of this, Abel became more polite and affectionate towards Michael Griffin.

With such a big boss within NASA, his plans will be easier and easier to control if he is around.

As for Elon Musk, he also has his role.

In parallel time and space, even NASA uses him for marketing. This proves his marketing ability, or that marketing itself is very important to NASA without opponents.

Otherwise, how can we defraud funds? Or how to increase funding investment?

Then continue to reuse him. Anyway, Abel doesn't care about the reputation of such a "realistic Iron Man".

Kindhearted people among the guests at the Journalists Association dinner.

So I saw that after Abel and T&T separated, he spent a lot of time with Elon Musk and Michael Griffin.

Several people chatted for a long time and had a great time.