Chapter 898

Simon just took a day off on Saturday and got back to work the next day.

When the NASDAQ index breaks through 3000 points, the waves will never stay on February 16. In the coming week, or in the coming month, or even in the next few years, the impact of this event will continue.

Since things can't change, Simon plans to use them.

The main reason is that cersei capital's hedging team starts to work hard again, and is strong in technology stocks until the end of the year.

because of the election year, in order to ensure re-election, Washington will spare no effort to ensure that the capital market will not be volatile, even if the Republicans are not willing to risk the risk of offending the whole Wall Street.

Therefore, from now on to the end of the year when the results of the general election are released, unless there are such force majeure factors as the outbreak of war or natural disasters, the technology stock market will only go all the way. As a latecomer, Simon is basically certain that the black swan incident will not happen.

Then, in 1997, we will begin to prepare for harvesting Asia.

In the past, the Asian financial crisis also led to a sharp drop in the North American stock market. However, at that time, the NASDAQ index was far from 3000 points, so it was not dangerous. On the contrary, the Asian financial crisis led to a large number of hedge funds flowing into North America, which largely created the miracle of NASDAQ reaching 5000 points.

This time, it may not be so good luck.

If there is no accident and the harvest of Asia is completed, the westero system will be able to return to the new science and technology field that has collapsed with the Asian economy, and further strengthen its control over the new science and technology industry.

Simon, it's just a pity.

if the plan for suppressing the NASDAQ index was completed in 1996, the new technology bubble is very promising to survive the financial turmoil next year. The industry will not only enter the cold winter ahead of time, but will take more than two to three years to further consolidate the industrial foundation.

Work on the New York side ended, and Simon returned to the west coast on February 19.

It's February 22, Simon's 28th birthday. Although he doesn't plan to make a big fuss about it, the two jennies and many people around him attach great importance to it and always have to prepare a few days in advance.

Simon's birthday is also widely noticed in the media.

After all, it's too close to Simon's breakthrough of $100 billion, and his 28th birthday has once again made many people realize how young a super rich man is.

28 years old.

Many people are not out of school at this age. Simon westero has reached the peak of his life that no one can reach.

This kind of news heat is not good for Simon at all, so he quickly used the media public relations power of the Westeros family to cool down the public opinion. After all, it is not a hot focus, and the effect soon appears.

However, on February 22, domay point manor, where the birthday party was held, was still very busy. Even if the scale of the manor was reduced as much as possible, the number of guests still exceeded 300. Moreover, this time, even many politicians in Washington, such as the Clintons, have sent birthday wishes, including a gift from the Bush family.

Compared with the estrangement of the old elite from Simon in the United States in recent years, the current attitude has changed significantly. Simon has a positive response to the closeness of these elites and specially spent a day to make various responses.

After his birthday, Simon redesigned his work schedule and planned to spend half of his time on several projects in the next few months.

These include the Trojan plan to infiltrate the political and military classes of the United States.

Solvi's plan to cultivate talented teenagers.

SpaceX, which promotes the continuous development of space industry.

SolarCity, which develops efficient photovoltaic technology.

In addition, Simon's most important research and development of controllable nuclear fusion technology has registered a company called fusion times.

If you want to accomplish this, the core is actually talents.

In order to recruit relevant talents, Simon has used the resources of the whole westero system to cast the net around the world. Recently, many heads of personnel departments of local or overseas enterprises have received notices to collect relevant talents.

It's too easy to find some people under the net.

Elon Musk, the former founder of SpaceX, is one.

It's just that things have changed a lot.

This 25-year-old South African immigrant holds a dual degree in economics and physics from the University of Pennsylvania. After finishing his studies at Penn University last year, he applied to Stanford University to study for a doctorate in materials science and applied physics. However, when he came to the west coast, he felt the vigorous development of the Internet industry. Musk gave up the idea of continuing to study and started a business.

It ended in failure.

This is a website that provides online information index for newspaper and magazine publishers and advertisers.

Musk and several small partners raised tens of thousands of dollars from themselves and their families, worked more than ten hours a day, rented server space through igritte's AWS service, and successfully got a $1 million venture capital before their own funds ran out. After the successful launch of the website, they also launched advertisements on igritte's Google search engine and other platforms.Unfortunately, the website has only a few visits.

The first venture lasted for five months, and the $1 million venture capital was exhausted. The website had no traffic and no customers, so it had to be shut down.

In Simon's memory, musk really won the first pot of gold at the beginning of his business by relying on a directory index website.

It's just that the current Internet environment is different.

In this era of original time and space, Yahoo has just appeared, and it is also a website similar to directory index, so it provides inspiration for many entrepreneurs.

Now, igritte Google search engine has been implemented. Both ordinary users and commercial customers can find the information they need from the search engine platform with more and more powerful functions and rich content. What's more, there is the comprehensive classified information website 58list platform of igritte company.

Therefore, although professional directory index website does not have no living space, the possibility of forming a sustainable business model is very low, and one of the ten related entrepreneurial projects may not be able to succeed.

When the venture failed, musk found that the funds raised by his start-up company were either used to buy igritte's AWS services or to launch advertisements on igritte's platforms. Most of the more than $1 million was earned by the Internet oligarch, so he simply put in his resume to igritte and successfully worked in the e-commerce Department of a housekeeper I got a job.

Instead of being discouraged, musk intends to accumulate experience through igritte's work experience for the future.

E-commerce is also Musk's carefully selected target. He believes that other businesses of igrit, such as AWS cloud service and Google search engine, have either formed a de facto monopoly and are difficult to subvert, or the comprehensive threshold is too high for entrepreneurs to enter. On the contrary, there are still many opportunities in the field of e-commerce.

It has to be said that with the development of the Internet industry at this stage, this judgment is not wrong.

Even Amazon, once at its peak in history, has only about 50% of the market share in the field of e-commerce, and the other half is divided up by large and small e-businesses. What's more, today's e-commerce field is still in the initial stage of development, with huge market potential, which means that there are great variables in the future, and the final winner is still unknown.

However, musk, who had planned to stay dormant for a few years, saw the recruitment inspiration of SpaceX, SolarCity and fusion times, which spread inside igritte, and soon moved his mind again. This is the field musk is really interested in. Otherwise, he would not have taken another physics degree in addition to economics during his stay at Penn. Last year, he once planned to further study in physics Stanford is a PhD in materials science and applied physics.

What's more, a little bit of inquiry will show that this is a project promoted by Simon westero himself.

Although space exploration, photovoltaic power generation and controllable nuclear fusion seem to be divorced from reality, even five or six years ago, the Internet seems to be divorced from reality. Simon westero has created the miracle of the Internet industry. So what's impossible about space exploration?

On the other hand, we have to admit that we have missed the blue ocean period when we enter the Internet at this stage. The competition is very fierce and the possibility of success is getting lower and lower.

By contrast, space exploration and other industries can still be regarded as new technology fields. If you join now, you will get no less tangible benefits once you succeed in the future. Simon westrow's reputation in this respect can be seen by looking at the large number of multi million billionaires in igritte. The recent listing of tincobail has directly created two 10 billion rich people, one of whom is a former maid of westero.

This is the real American dream.

After considering among the three companies, musk still chose SpaceX by intuition. His resume was submitted, and he received a quick response. He was promoted easily in two rounds of primary interviews, and then ushered in an interview personally presided over by Simon westero.

It's already March 3.

Sunday.

The location is in the south of Los Angeles, not far from the Los Angeles International Airport in the area of Praia vista.

This is already a suburb of Los Angeles.

However, those who know the history of the aerospace industry know that this is the former site of the aircraft factory owned by the legendary tycoon Howard Hughes.

A total of 50 people participated in the interview, all of whom were recently selected from various fields.

According to Simon's requirements, most of them are under 35 years old, most of them are single, and more than half of them have Ph.D. degrees. They all have the energy to work more than 10 hours a day for a long time.

Including the interview time, are specially arranged.

Sunday.

And it starts at eight in the morning.

It's supposed to be a break. If someone complains about it, it's a pity that you are not suitable for the job.

Although musk was specially selected by Simon, he didn't get any preferential treatment in this interview. Even if it's already decided, Simon doesn't intend to put the 25-year-old into a high position immediately. It's no good to encourage young people.Simon arrived early.

All the interviewers arrived on time and gathered in this large studio, which was just transformed some time ago, similar to the studio.

There are many workbenches in the studio, and there are all kinds of cutting-edge or commonly used industrial equipment. Daily hands-on interviewers can tell at a glance that many of them are professional equipment used to process parts needed in the aerospace field.

Simon clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, glanced slightly over the crowd and said, "do you see the equipment around you? This interview may be different from what you think. I'm very short of time. I don't have time to talk with you one by one. So I just want to say something you pay most attention to."

"You should all know the field that this company named SpaceX is involved in. My promise is that if you are an idealist and hope that human beings can fly into space and into the future, Congratulations, this is the most suitable platform for you. If you are a realist and want to get rich rewards and live the best life through your abilities, SpaceX is also the most suitable company for you. "

"Some people may doubt the latter, because in the usual cognition, the aerospace industry has never been a lucrative industry, but in fact, the demand for commercial space launch has been increasing all over the world, because everyone hopes to have their own satellites over our planet. Conquering space is the ultimate goal of spacx, but in my opinion, nothing can last long if there is only ideal and out of reality. Therefore, the first step of SpaceX is to become the world's largest private commercial space launch company. "

"According to the prediction of my consulting team, in the next ten years, the commercial space market will reach the level of 100 billion US dollars. As long as SpaceX can get one third of the share, if it seeks to go public, its market value will not be less than 100 billion US dollars. As the creator of this company, I will share most of my shares with you as awards. By that time, many of you will have millions or even billions of wealth like the founding teams of companies like igritte and tincobail. "

At this point, Simon pauses briefly, gives everyone some time to react, and then goes on: "but before that, you need to prove yourself in order to get the job. What's more, even if you join SpaceX, you won't get much reward immediately, and the work intensity will be very high. I need you to understand that SpaceX is not a big toy of a super rich man. I will provide you with all the necessary conditions, whether in life or work, to ensure that you do not have any worries. But this job also has very, very, very strict restrictions. If you can't bear it, I advise you to leave now and go to NASA, Boeing, Lockheed, and find a stable nine to five job to spend your life in peace. "

With these words, some interviewers at the scene looked at each other.

Simon waited for a moment, but no one left, so he clapped his hand again: "good, then, let's start today's formal interview. Do you see the surrounding equipment, and all kinds of materials over there? I want you to use these equipment and materials yourself, form a team of three to five people, and make different rocket parts according to the requirements. One day, you will come out Time, don't get me wrong. It's not just today's day, but a standard day, 24 hours. By 8 a.m. tomorrow, I'll come again. At the same time, there's an acceptance team from NASA. The parts you make tomorrow will be evaluated according to NASA's acceptance standards. So, remember, what I need is the standard parts that can be used in rockets, not the parts Popular science in kindergartens. "

Simon said and motioned to girl a beside him. Alison opened the suitcase she had been carrying and put a thick stack of paper bags on a nearby workbench with a small lathe. She added to the crowd's humanity for her boss: "everyone can divide into groups and choose at will. Each team can only choose one task and can't change it halfway."

Simon added: "if someone can finish the task ahead of time, you can also choose to help other teams. Yes, it will get bonus points, and the staff on site will help to record. Of course, these parts are very difficult, 24 hours, if your ability is mediocre, it may not be sufficient. "

Finally, the arrangement was made until all the interviewers formed a team to choose the task by themselves very efficiently. Simon left with a girl and some other attendants.

Outside the work room.

When he got into his car, Simon thought of one thing and asked the girl beside him, "I remember telling him that their meals were all arranged in advance?"

A girl said: "Malibu studio's chef team will be personally responsible, and the standard is $500 per person per meal."

If you don't consider drinks, 500 dollars is already the consumption standard of most of the top restaurants in Los Angeles.

Simon nodded with satisfaction, thought about it, and then said with a smile: "contact elite Los Angeles branch and find some models to serve as temporary part-time messengers. Remember, to be beautiful, women are actually the most powerful tool to stimulate men's potential."

The interview tasks just given are quite difficult. Simon's assumption is that by tomorrow morning, half of the interviewees will have completed the task, even if it's good. Although all the 50 interviewees have been carefully selected, Simon only plans to admit one fifth of them, and most of them will be eliminated.Without faith and confrontation, it's very difficult to work hard on one's own.

therefore, Simon is willing to let geeks who focus on technology all the year round feel the superior life of human beings through some details. Of course, if you want to be a real person, you must work hard and climb up.