Lin Shicheng's voice came from the receiver, with a kind of restraint unique to lawyers, but the speaking speed was a little faster than usual.
"There is something that needs to be reported to you immediately. About an hour ago, Elon Musk sent a message on Twitter--
He is considering taking Tesla private at a price of 420 US Dollar per share and claims that the funds have been secured."
Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment.
He subconsciously took the phone away from his ear and glanced at the time on the screen - a quarter past two in the morning.
That's right.
The call from Lin Shicheng at around two o'clock in the afternoon at New York time was not about SpaceX's acquisition of Existing Shares East, or an agreement that needed to be signed, but Twitter from Elon Musk.
"A few minutes ago, the exchange released major news during the trading session due to Elon Musk, which caused violent fluctuations in stock prices. For this reason, the NASDAQ exchange initiated a temporary trading suspension and waited for the market to digest the information."
The voice of Lin Shicheng continues to come from the receiver,
"Tesla is currently suspended. I think this news should be reported to you immediately, so I made this call."
Zhao Chen held the phone and was silent for about three seconds.
"Thank you, Lawyer Lin. This news is very important to me."
His voice was much clearer than before, but his speaking speed was not fast.
"You continue to track the news about Tesla, I'll hang up first."
"Okay, Mr. Zhao. Contact us anytime."
Zhao Chen hung up the phone, the phone slipped from his ear to the quilt, and the light on the screen gradually went out in the darkness.
He sat on the edge of the bed, holding the edge of the bed with both hands, his head lowered, motionless.
His mind is spinning.
It's not the normal kind of spinning, it's the kind of chaotic spinning where you lose your sense of direction and desperately try to catch something.
Elon Musk wants to privatize Tesla.
420 US Dollar per share.
Funding has been secured.
These three sentences were like three nails, hammered into his memory.
He Previous Life has read countless articles about Tesla, read Elon Musk's biography, and read all the posts about Tesla on Snowball.
He remembered that the stock price of Tesla fell from 300 to 250 and then rose to 500 and then to 1000.
I remember that Elon Musk was fined by the SEC and was forced to resign from Chairman's position. I remember the production capacity hell of Model 3 and Fremont Factory's tent production line. I remember the foundation of Shanghai Gigafactory and its annual sales of millions.
He even remembered Elon Musk getting choked up when he was interviewed by "The New York Times" in 2018--
"This past year has been the hardest year of my career."
But he doesn't remember this Twitter.
He closed his eyes and thought hard.
2018, Tesla.
He tried to search for keywords such as "privatization", "420 US Dollar" and "funding secured" in Previous Life's memory.
No.
A blank.
Did you ignore it?
Maybe Elon Musk did send this Twitter, but he didn't pay attention, or he forgot after reading it.
After all, he did not have a heavy position of Tesla at that time, did not have 16.6 million shares to worry about, and did not have billions of US Dollar funds hanging on a K line.
At that time, the rise and fall of Tesla had nothing to do with him. Of course, he would not remember every piece of news.
But another thought came out of his mind like a snake and wrapped coldly around his spine -
What if Previous Life Elon Musk really never posted this Twitter?
What if Butterfly Effect has already started?
If he had done those things in the twenty months since he was reborn -
Short Selling Henglong, invest in Yunnan Agriculture, cut off Bubble Mary, build a position Tesla, see Elon Musk, invest in SpaceX--
Are you already quietly changing the trajectory of history?
Zhao Chen's fingers felt slightly cold.
What he was afraid of was never the rise or fall of Tesla's stock price.
What he fears is - what should he do if the future is no longer the future he remembers?
All of his advantages, all of his judgments, and all of his "terrifyingly accurate" investment decisions in the eyes of others are all based on one premise:
He knows what will happen in the future.
Pig Cycle of Yunnan Agriculture will reverse, Blind Boxes of Bubble Mary will explode, Erguotou of Shunxin Agriculture will be sold all over the country,
The dental hospitals of Tongce Medical will be filled with Zhejiang, and the volume and price of Pianzaihuang will continue to increase.
Dening Times will become a trillionaire giant, and Bidiya will increase tenfold in the wave of New Energy.
He didn't calculate these, he saw them.
What if the future changes?
If Pig Cycle no longer reverses, if Blind Boxes is just a gust of wind, if Erguotou cannot be sold, if there is a problem with the replication logic of the dental hospital,
What if Chinese medicine is no longer accepted by young people, what if Bidiya is crushed by Tesla, what if Dening Times is surpassed by Panasonic?
What if--Elon Musk really privatized Tesla?
Zhao Chen pressed his hand against the cold glass, resting his forehead against the back of his hand.
His breathing was a little heavy, but he made no sound.
He remembered something.
Previous Life, he had read a report saying that Elon Musk had considered privatizing Tesla in 2018, but ultimately gave up due to shareholder opposition and regulatory pressure.
He had read the report but didn't read it in detail.
Because he did not buy Tesla shares at that time, the privatization had nothing to do with him.
Now, that vague memory emerged from the depths of my mind, like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood.
Maybe he remembered correctly.
Maybe Elon Musk did send this Twitter, but the privatization failed later.
Maybe history hasn't changed, but his memory has blind spots.
Zhao Chen turned around, leaned on the window sill, and put his hands in his hair.
He needs to calm down. He needs to think this through and not be overwhelmed by panic.
His investment logic has never been to bet on a single piece of news, but to bet on the general trend.
Regardless of whether the privatization of Tesla is successful or not, it will not change the long-term trend of New Energy cars.
No matter when Yunnan Agriculture's Pig Cycle reverses, it will not change the direction of increasing industry concentration.
No matter how Bubble Mary's performance fluctuates in the short term, it will not change the consumption habits of young people who are willing to pay for their emotions.
The future will not be completely changed just because of a Twitter.
The formation of a trend requires the long-term accumulation of countless forces.
After the privatization, Tesla was delisted, he left the market with a purchase price of 420 US Dollar, earned several billions of US Dollar, and continued to invest in another target.
If the privatization failed, Tesla continued to be listed, and he continued to hold it until the stock price rose to 1,000 or 2,000. Regardless of the outcome, he would not lose money.
Zhao Chen's breathing slowly calmed down.
He walked back to the bed, picked up his phone, and looked at the time. It was two-twenty-five in the morning.
The time for New York is 2:25 pm, and Tesla is still suspended.
He did not call Lin Shicheng back, nor did he open the news software to read the overwhelming analysis.
He knows that the most important thing now is not to analyze Elon Musk's Twitter, but to give himself confidence.
Perhaps, if used well, this is also a good investment opportunity.