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After roughly handling the accumulated affairs of Daenerys Entertainment during this period, Simon departed for San Francisco on Wednesday, May 8 to handle an employee interview for the team and other work on the Bay Area side.

After several months of continuous screening, the framework of the three companies with SpaceX was basically completed.

Two of them are located in Silicon Valley, and SpaceX is located in Los Angeles.

The fastest progress SpaceX has begun to design the first rocket.

It is the most difficult. The team will settle in the Igret Park in Mountain View in a short period of time. It is mainly engaged in theoretical research in the early stage, and the actual nuclear fusion reactor will not be built until the headquarters is completed.

As for the three companies, this company focused on solar power seems to have the lowest technical connotation, and Simon's attention is not low.Because this company is the most promising of the three companies to achieve sustainable business operations in a shorter period.

Speaking of it, the time line was actually a photovoltaic product distribution company established by Musk’s cousin. Because the one-time installation of photovoltaic power generation systems is too expensive, the company has developed a new business model. The user installs a solar power generation system, and then charges fees in the form of electricity rent, and the user's power generation system can also sell excess power through the form of networking.

In fact, the electricity cost of this business model is not cheaper than that of the general power grid, but it has a gimmick of clean energy. It can indeed solve the electricity problem of residents in remote areas. Therefore, it has achieved success and attracted a large number of followers. field.

Simon intends to follow this business model, but his ambitions are much more than that.

Mountain View, Igret Park.

In a conference room of the company headquarters, the interview was completed in the morning. After lunch, Simon came here. At this time, he was discussing with the five-person core scientific research team about the specific plan of the newly formed company.

The core scientific research team deals with the chief scientist system of many enterprises or scientific research institutions.

Simon also initially considered that all three companies adopt the system of chief scientists, and he gave up after repeated consideration.

One person is short.

Moreover, although Simon is an elitist, he still believes in the power of teamwork. Therefore, all three companies have adopted the core research team's architectural strategy. At present, the core research teams of the three companies are all five, and not all Top-notch researchers, including part-management personnel such as Emmanuel Brandt.

Because the core of the positioning of the three companies is a commercial company, it is profit-oriented. This is the fundamental reason that Simon has thought for a long time and determined that such companies can develop quickly and in the long run.Since it is a commercial company, it is necessary to pay attention to cost control and enterprise management. Simon will not let any group of scientists squander their own property, everything must be controllable.

Therefore, over there, after Emmanuel Brandt offered to join, Simon quickly agreed, and also directly appointed the girl as the company's president and core research team member.Compared to Simon, even if he has tried to read a lot of information, he can only be regarded as a layman. Emmanuel with a doctorate in particle physics is much more professional than him.

What's more important to Simon is Emmanuel's business thinking.

Knowing professional skills and proficient in enterprise management, it is appropriate to be responsible for such a project.

On SpaceX's side, Simon's training of such talents is naturally Elon Musk.However, before this, Simon could not wait for Musk to grow, so according to the memory, he invited the original SpaceX president, Gwen Shortwell.

Still a woman.

Although it is a woman, Gwen Shortwell is the same as Emmanuel Brandt,

In the past history, Gwen Shortville joined SpaceX in 2002, and became Musk's left and right arm, mainly responsible for the daily operation of SpaceX.If Musk's thinking philosophy guided SpaceX's corporate culture, then it is Gwen Shortwell who truly transformed this thinking philosophy into reality.

Although six years ahead of schedule, the 33-year-old Shortville, in Simon's view, is more at the golden age of a person.

Therefore, the appointment of Gwen Shortwell is similar to Emmanuel Brandt, President of SpaceX and member of the core research team.

Since both of them are like this, they will simply seek perfection here.

The person in charge is also a woman named Daniela Greenwater. At the age of 31, she not only holds a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from MIT, but also took the time to read an MBA from Harvard University.Before being recruited by Simon, this smart spectacled girl with short brown hair and short hair was planning to leave the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States, planning to start a business in Silicon Valley and also planning to set up a photovoltaic product research and development company.

Facing the opportunity given by Simon, Daniela Greenwater gave up solo and chose to join, but she didn't expect to be appointed as president, so she boldly tested whether a guy had other attempts against her. , But Daniela's appearance of 70 points is more than enough.

Simon said yes.

Daniela immediately let go of her heart, and the man's words were to be listened to in reverse.

Ok.

"First, the first question, who knows when the earliest history of photovoltaics can be traced back?"

In the conference room, Daniela Greenwater did not expect Simon to mention this issue.

Many people are quite disgusted with the similar chapters in the history of the development of related technologies that many professional textbooks often start with.However, several people did not disappoint Simon. One of them said: "In 1839, the 19-year-old French scientist Ermond Becquerel first discovered the photovoltaic effect of silver chloride liquid and used it to produce the first A photovoltaic cell."

"Very good," Simon stood in front of a writing board in front of the meeting room and wrote a number of '1839' with a pen, and then wrote a number of '1996': "From the discovery of the photovoltaic effect in 1839 to the present, In 1996, 157 years have passed. How do you feel?"

Several people looked at each other, and after a while, Daniela Greenwater finally said: "157 years, all was wasted."

Simon tapped gently on the writing board with a water pen, nodded, and glanced at the others: "So Danny is the president, and you are not."

The other three men and a woman couldn't help but squint.

As a matter of fact, the employees of the three companies do not have much opinion about the three women as the responsible persons.

Because the three companies, with the exception of a few non-consultant scientists, all other formal employees, all younger than 35, are young people, so there is not a lot of seniority in the research and development departments of large companies or government laboratories.Moreover, Simon promised everyone that if the three did not do well, they would soon be taken down.Similarly, other people perform well and will be promoted personally by him.

Simon ignored the eyes of several people and continued: "In 157, alternating current, semiconductors, fossil energy, etc. were all used in our lives on a large scale. However, photovoltaic technology has been limited to a few areas. In my opinion, this is actually a kind of waste. The energy of human society is basically from the sun. We have always ignored this most direct and richest energy application, and instead constantly consume the fossils accumulated and transformed by the earth for hundreds of millions of years. Energy, this is a very serious mistake. I was founded, I hope that our application of energy can be on the right track again."

After listening to Simon's remarks, several people at the conference table nodded slightly.

If this idea is not recognized, they will not join the industry.

Simon paused a little and continued: "So, to get to the point. Having accumulated 157 years, the mainstream photovoltaic materials that have been discovered have actually been discovered, as are the related peripheral technologies. So, my request to everyone is definitely not Start all over again. Just like Isaac Newton's phrase "Stand on the shoulders of giants", I hope that you can stand on the basis of the technology accumulated by the predecessors for hundreds of years, firstly conduct a comprehensive combing and integration. Global sorting and integration of photovoltaic applications and peripheral technologies. I know what you are thinking, this is certainly not easy for others, but it is not a problem for me, because I have enough capital to support you to carry out This integration."

Everyone smiled, but they knew it was true.

The so-called integration is, bluntly, technical integration.

Since it is technology, it must involve a variety of patent issues, whether it is direct acquisition or acquisition of authorization, it needs a lot of financial support.At this stage, some people may have such financial strength, but considering the investment risks inherent in it, few people will do so.

This matter is not a problem for Simon.

Even if you really have to put out billions of dollars to float, a super rich person will not hurt.

In front of the writing board, Simon continued: "Of course, the integration I am talking about is not just the integration of pure photovoltaic products. I hope that you will build a complete industrial closed loop from the production of photovoltaic materials to the final waste disposal. Photovoltaic products, for many people In general, the biggest selling point is clean energy, which can reduce the pollution caused by fossil fuels. However, everyone actually understands that this statement is a scam, because photovoltaic materials will not only consume a lot of energy but also consume a lot of energy from the beginning of production. Started to cause a variety of pollution, and photovoltaic waste, as well as battery product waste used to store energy, caused more serious pollution. Since we want to promote photovoltaic products in the name of environmental protection, then, I hope we can really do the most It's a veritable name, not just a gimmick. At least, we need to achieve the final harmless treatment of photovoltaic waste and end-of-life batteries."

Simon said, writing various keywords on the writing board: "After completing the first step of technology sorting and integration, I ask you to build on the existing technology while conducting deeper research and development while integrating A set of photovoltaic product operation schemes that can carry out actual commercial operations. Remember, what I need is an optimization scheme between cost and efficiency, which is also your future efforts. If someone takes satellites, the price is more expensive than gold Photovoltaic materials, I will expel you directly. Of course, this solution also involves the complete industrial chain from material production to waste disposal. The rent-for-sale strategy I have discussed with you before is a very easy Imitated business model. However, as long as you can optimize the cost to the extreme and at the same time form a complete industrial chain, it will be difficult for other followers to pose a threat to the future."

From two o'clock in the afternoon, Simon stayed at the headquarters for two hours, discussed various aspects with several cores of this company, and did not leave until four o'clock in the afternoon.

Then rush to a small town called Morgan Hill in southwest San Jose.

The 50 hectares of land have been purchased here, and just a few days ago, an agreement has been reached with the surrounding residents to establish a headquarters here.

In fact, it was originally proposed to set up the headquarters in Livermore, in the east of the Bay Area, near Livermore National Laboratory under the US Department of Energy.

After all, if you want to study controllable nuclear fusion technology, even private companies need to obtain permission and supervision from the government. In this regard, the Westeros system has been authorized by the federal government, and some technical cooperation agreements have been reached.If the headquarters is located in Livermore, it will be more convenient to communicate with the Livermore National Laboratory team that is also conducting controlled fusion research.

Simon directly chose to refuse.

Because Simon hopes to build a company with the spirit of Silicon Valley, whether it is the peace on the Bay Area side or SpaceX on the Los Angeles side, Simon hopes that the teams of the three companies will be as aggressive and innovative as Silicon Valley companies.

In comparison, Livermore National Laboratories, which is almost a government department, Simon certainly does not deny the technical details of these national laboratories, but the rigid system and idle style within these laboratories also doom them to be difficult Made a great technological breakthrough.

There are always people in the memory who compare the systems of scientific research institutions in China and the West, and then mourn the loss of top domestic scientific researchers.

It's actually the same.

Otherwise, the new US lunar landing plan will not rely on private companies like SpaceX.

Only relatively speaking, there are various large private companies or commercial research institutions in the West that accept top scientific researchers from all over the world and give them enough room to play, just like SpaceX.Even 20 years later, China still has no such soil because of its shallow foundation.

All in all, Simon’s undesirable team was contaminated with the government department habits of Livermore National Laboratory.

Of course it should be far away.

The land that Simon purchased near Morgan Hill is only more than 20 kilometers away from the center of San Jose, which is basically within the scope of Silicon Valley. In fact, Simon also wants to be more core, but the field involved is sensitive after all, and It is not an easy task to purchase 50 hectares of land at one time in the core area of ​​Silicon Valley.

Morgan Hill, located in the southwestern valley of San Jose, happens to be a compromise.

I saw the site selection and communicated with the architectural design team. After the day's work, Simon stayed in the Bay Area overnight and set off again the next day to fly to New York.