Chapter 1760: Worrisome

Li Yifu shrugged, with a hint of discomfort on his face, and said: "Mr. Musk, do you think I flew all the way to Silicon Valley to entertain you?"
Elon Musk waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, Mr. Li, you have misunderstood... It is true that the deal you proposed was a little too unexpected for me!"
Li Yifu smiled and said: "I believe that with SpaceX's technical strength, there should already be mature extravehicular spacesuit products. As for other supporting equipment and modules, let alone other supporting equipment and modules, why is Mr. Musk so surprised? "
"SpaceX's technology is of course no problem!" Elon Musk said, shaking his head, "but Mr. Li should know the sensitivity of space technology. Especially... I'm sorry, I don't mean any racial discrimination, but the reality is like this. Mr. Li, your Chinese descent may make this matter more sensitive."
"I can guarantee that all spacesuits, supporting equipment, and modules will not be shipped out of the United States, any technical details will not be leaked, and will not be used in the military field or terrorist attacks." Li Yifu Said.
Elon Musk smiled and said: "Mr. Li, you should know that such a guarantee will not help the transaction... and I am very curious about why you suddenly want to buy such a large number of extravehicular spacecraft. Service? Does your group also intend to enter the aerospace field?"
Li Yifu pondered for a moment and said, "I have no comment on the use of spacesuits. However, our company has no intention of entering the aerospace field, nor will it become a competitor of SpaceX. This is just a purchase by me in my own name."
Li Yifu's remarks obviously cannot eliminate Elon Musk's doubts.
Li Yifu looked at Elon Musk and said: "Mr. Musk, this matter is actually not that complicated. You can think of it as an ordinary transaction, but the transaction amount is a bit large, perhaps more than one billion. U.S. dollars. I think... SpaceX's continued investment in the aerospace field, especially now that it has entered a critical stage of manned spaceflight, the demand for funds should be quite high! I am very willing to help you at this time! We have reached an agreement on the transaction and I am willing to pay in full!"
The reason why Elon Musk hesitated is precisely because Li Yifu proposed to purchase a set of extravehicular spacesuits for 20 to 30 million US dollars, so the transaction amount must not be too low, and SpaceX does need more cash flow. To maintain the high expenditure at this stage.
Otherwise, when Li Yifu proposed to buy a spacesuit, Elon Musk would definitely refuse without hesitation.
It has to be said that the cash flow of one billion US dollars is very attractive to Elon Musk. Although the cost of producing these extravehicular spacesuits and other equipment is also very high, the profit margin is actually very large, and taking into account factors such as billing period, in fact, this billion US dollars can be regarded as net income in a short time.
However, after a fierce ideological struggle, Elon Musk slowly shook his head and said: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Li. I want to help you, and I am very eager to get more funds, but this transaction The risk is too great, I am afraid there is nothing I can do..."
"Mr. Musk, the risk is actually controllable." Li Yifu said, "We can sign a series of..."
"Sorry!" Elon Musk's attitude became a lot more determined. "Mr. Li, I know that lawyers have a hundred ways to allow us to complete the transaction without taking any legal risks. But... the FBI guys are not. Will tell me about the law! You know..."
Speaking of this, Elon Musk shrugged, and did not continue.
And Li Yifu also understands Elon Musk’s concerns. He knows more about the United States than his home country, China. He doesn’t need Elon Musk to go down. He is very clear about institutions like the CIA and FBI. They will tell you about the law. As long as the hat of "endangering national security" is put off, they can carry out all actions outside the legal authority, just like holding a sword of Shangfang.
The people do not fight with the officials, even in the United States, this is also an unbreakable truth.
Li Yifu sighed secretly, he knew that today's negotiations would not be fruitful.
Although the meeting time was half an hour, Li Yifu did not continue to try to persuade Elon Musk. Instead, he stood up and said: "Okay! What a shame. If Mr. Musk changes his mind, please immediately Contact me, I should be in Silicon Valley these days!"
Elon Musk stood up and shook hands with Li Yifu, smiled and said, "Definitely!"
Elon Musk personally delivered Li Yifu to the door, and then both parties waved goodbye.
Although Elon Musk is very polite, Li Yifu can see that it may be very difficult for him to change his mind.
On the way back to the hotel by car, Li Yifu's eyes showed a gleam.
If normal commercial methods are not effective, then some unconventional methods can only be adopted.
After Li Yifu returned to the hotel, he first got in touch with Xia Ruofei using a satellite phone. The reason for using a satellite phone was naturally to reduce the possibility of leaks. In the United States, monitoring can be said to be ubiquitous.
"Uncle Shi, the disciple is incompetent..." Li Yifu said directly, "The negotiation failed. The other party has a lot of concerns. The temptation of money alone is not enough..."
Xia Ruofei thought for a while and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"If you can't be soft, you can only come to the hard one!" Li Yifu said, "I'm just telling you that the disciples may take some cultivators' methods in the future. Please rest assured, the disciple will do this as soon as possible! "
Xia Ruofei said: "Don't do it in a hurry, just wait! I have to go to the United States anyway, you wait until I arrive in the United States to make plans!"
Li Yifu said with some trepidation: "Uncle Shi, I blame the disciples for not doing things well, and it is exhausting you to travel long distances..."
"Your side is not going well, I will come here." Xia Ruofei said, "There is nothing wrong with these few days, just come here early! Righteous husband, before I get to the United States, you should not act rashly, know ?"
"Yes! Uncle Master, that disciple is waiting for you in Silicon Valley!" Li Yifu said respectfully.
Xia Ruofei told Chen Nanfeng and others about his plan to go to the United States.
Chen Nanfeng and others were not interested in going to the United States at all, but they did not dare to trust Xia Ruofei completely, so they let him go to the United States to deal with the spacesuit issue alone, so after some discussion, they decided to let Chen Xuan and Xia Ruofei together, and Feihuagu On the one hand, Liu Mansha asked Yu Xin'er to follow along, saying that she wanted her to learn more.
As for the Canglang Gate, Mu Sheng still trusts Xia Ruofei, and he also knows that it is extremely unlikely that Xia Ruofei and others will leave the Canglang Gate directly at the critical stage of cooperation.
Therefore, Mu Sheng did not send anyone at all.
And Xia Ruofei still took Song Wei and Ling Qingxue with him.
Before he had enough self-protection ability, he did not dare to put Song Weiling’s safety in Qingxue’s character. Even if the foundation of cooperation was solid, Xia Ruofei had to prevent the possibility of that in case, so during this time, he was always Bring Song Wei and Ling Qingxue with him as much as possible.
Others who did not travel to the United States continued to stay in Xia Ruofei's courtyard.
Xia Ruofei also ordered Wu Qiang to entertain these guests.
On the second day, Xia Ruofei and his party boarded the obsidian flying boat suspended in the middle courtyard of the courtyard, and flew quickly toward the United States.
It takes at least ten hours to fly to San Francisco by civil aviation, even with direct flights.
The time required to drive a flying boat is greatly shortened, because the flying boat does not need to fly around in various ways according to the established route, and basically it flies directly. In addition, the speed of the flying boat is much faster than the cruise speed of a civil aircraft, and it is short-distance sailing. Maybe the difference in speed is not very obvious, but the difference in speed is immediately reflected in the voyage thousands of miles away.
Xia Ruofei controlled the Obsidian Flying Boat to fly at full speed. In just two or three hours, the Obsidian Flying Boat had arrived in Silicon Valley in the San Francisco area.
According to the address provided by Li Yifu, Xia Ruofei landed the flying boat near the Hilton Hotel where he lived, and then walked directly to the hotel with Chen Xuan and others.
Xia Ruofei and others have changed their appearance to a certain extent.
Xia Ruofei still looks like summer. In fact, he used the image of summer when he was walking in the cultivation world, but this time his secular identity has been exposed, and everyone is used to his original appearance. .
As for the others, although there is no secret method that Xia Ruofei has to change their appearance at will, it is still very easy to change their appearance by means of disguise.
After all, no one has gone through any immigration formalities, especially those who are still living in the secular world like Song Wei and Ling Qingxue. If they don’t change their appearance, they will be found in the United States, but there is no record in customs, whether they are big or small. A troublesome thing.
Li Yifu was already waiting in the hotel lobby.
Li Yifu is already very familiar with the image of summer. What's more, Xia Ruofei's breath made him very familiar, so Xia Ruofei and his party appeared at the door of the hotel, and Li Yifu quickly got up and greeted him.
"Uncle Master!" Li Yifu bowed slightly and shouted.
Chen Xuan and Yu Xin'er were really surprised that the white-bearded old man was actually called the uncle Xia Ruofei.
Chen Xuan met Li Yifu at the auction last time and still had a little impression of Li Yifu.
At that time, everyone still had many speculations about Xia Ruofei’s identity, but now they are more inclined to the master behind Xia Ruofei as the ancestor Chiyun Taoist of the Yuanshen Stage of the Star Cultivation Sect. In Chiyun’s generation, Xia Ruofei has one It is normal for an old disciple like Li Yifu.
Xia Ruofei nodded and asked, "Is the room ready?"
"Yes! According to your instructions, the disciple ordered three luxurious suites." Li Yifu said.
"Okay, let's go back to the room!" Xia Ruofei said.
Naturally, it is not possible to use the passports of Xia Ruofei and others to book a room at Hilton. Li Yifu has already booked the room with someone else's identity in advance. This naturally won't have any difficulty for him as a local snake.
Xia Ruofei and others took the elevator to the 19th floor with Li Yifu. Li Yifu took out three room cards and handed them to Xia Ruofei, Chen Xuan and Yu Xin'er.
Then he said: "Uncle Shi, two seniors, these three suites are all on the same floor, one on the east side and two on the west side. The procedures have been completed, and everyone can check in according to the room card."
There is a long corridor between the east and the west, and the single room is naturally cleaner. This is the room Li Yifu left for Xia Ruofei.
The young Yu Xin'er was called a senior, but made a big blush.
The key is that her cultivation base is not much higher than Li Yifu.
Therefore, Yu Xiner quickly waved her hand and said: "I am not a senior, you should call me Xiner!"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "I think the seniority in the cultivation world is also very messy, and it is better for us to talk about each other!"
Otherwise, Li Yifu's seniority is too low.
Xia Ruofei continued, "Everyone, come to my room and sit down! Let's discuss the next thing."
Everyone came to the luxurious suite at the east end of the corridor and sat down in the small living room together.
Li Yifu was busy making tea for everyone, but Xia Ruofei stopped him, he said: "Yifu, stop busy, everyone is not thirsty! You should talk about the situation first!"
Li Yifu just sat down on the sofa opposite Xia Ruofei, his face was ashamed, and said: "Uncle Shi, the disciple is really incompetent! These little things can't be done well, and I have to trouble Uncle Shi himself!"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "This is not a trivial matter. It is normal for Elon Musk to have concerns. Let's talk about the situation first!"
"Yes! Uncle Master!"
Then Li Yifu elaborated on the situation of the meeting yesterday with Xia Ruofei, and finally said: "Uncle Shi, Elon Musk still has great concerns. I am afraid that it is impossible to facilitate this transaction through normal commercial negotiations."
After Yu Xin'er heard this, she said in a puzzled manner: "Brother Xia, in that case, why don't we go directly to the factory to get the spacesuit and leave?"
The cultivation world does not intervene in secular matters, and that is also relative.
If an ordinary person holds the treasure of the cultivation world, the monks will naturally not stop snatching it because he is an ordinary person.
Similarly, exploring the moon can be said to be a top priority nowadays. Now the extravehicular spacesuit has become a key equipment. In this case, it is natural to use the means of a practitioner to obtain the spacesuit directly. It will not be criticized at all.
Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "Miss Xin'er, you don’t know. The cost of extravehicular spacesuits is extremely high, and they are all customized according to the actual body of the astronauts, so it’s basically impossible to have stock. Our most convenient channel, Still customized through SpaceX."
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