The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Country Club.

Hawke received a phone call and asked Edward to come out through the side door and stand on the steps by the roadside.

A silver car with angular design sped along the road.

Edward looked over there and couldn't help but say, "The design is very sci-fi."

Hawke saw it too and exclaimed, "This prototype is really flashy."

Elon Musk spotted Hawke, immediately slowed down, and pulled over to the side of the road.

He rolled down the driver's side window and waved to the two of them: "Get in, I'll take you for a ride."

Hawke descended the steps in a few steps: "This car has a very unique design."

Edward followed, surprised, and asked, "No doorknob?"

Hawke carefully examined the exterior. The car was equipped with unusually large windshield wipers, hidden door handles, and no conventional rearview mirrors on either side of the A-pillars.

He pressed the hidden door handle on the rear door, and the door popped open automatically.

“It looks different,” Edward muttered, following Hawke into the electric car.

The interior design is relatively simple, with a large LCD screen installed on the center console, and white soft leather on both sides, plus light walnut wood trim.

Musk said, "There's a refrigerator in the back. Help yourself to whatever you want to drink."

Hawke tried out the seat, which was slightly too soft for him personally.

This car can be described as a refrigerator, a color TV, and a large sofa.

Musk started the car and drove at a slow speed. Edward observed carefully and noticed that there was a small display screen on each side of the center console, near the doors, showing the situation behind the vehicle.

For those who haven't experienced the electric vehicle revolution, this Tesla prototype exudes a sense of novelty and technological sophistication.

Even the roof of the car is decorated with dreamy starlight lights.

Musk wasn't driving very fast, and as he drove, he explained the car's performance to Hawke, a major Tesla shareholder.

Edward stared curiously at the large color TV in front of him.

Seeing his curiosity, Musk specifically said, "You can call the car's Twitter intelligent system and have it directly provide certain services, such as playing songs, adjusting the air conditioning, and sensing the lights."

Edward tried it several times and thought it was pretty good.

There were a few pauses during the process due to pronunciation issues.

This is the result of the AI ​​Manhattan Project. Two years have passed, and it's not all that impressive anymore.

Hawke asked a crucial question: "What is the car's range?"

“In the best-case scenario, it can travel 370 kilometers.” Musk turned around and walked back: “But electric cars are much more affected by the environment than gasoline cars. When the temperature is too low, the battery will degrade, and when the temperature is too high, the air conditioning needs to be turned on, which will also reduce the car’s range.”

He smiled and said, "These problems will definitely be resolved over time. Tesla's key now is to solve the problem of whether or not it has a presence in the market. Everything else is secondary."

Hawke cautioned, "There's also the issue of safety. I've heard that lithium batteries are flammable and explosive, and once they catch fire, they're impossible to extinguish."

Musk conducted a related experiment: "Indeed, it's like a bomb after it catches fire."

He parked the car and said, "I was originally thinking of giving you a tram, but now I think I'll pass."

Hawke might be okay for a short experience, but he certainly wouldn't ride for an extended period; it's too easy for something to go wrong, since too many people want him to fail.

The three people got out of the car, and a Tesla employee drove it away.

Hawke walked ahead, entered the country club, and went straight to the lounge.

Edward went to get a drink, and Musk said, "By this time next year, our electric cars will be in mass production and on the market."

Hawke suggested, "We could find some celebrities or public figures who champion environmental protection to be Tesla's spokespeople."

"I think I am the best spokesperson." This statement is very much in line with Musk's personality. He is full of confidence: "I have more than 10 million followers on Twitter and countless supporters."

As a typical example of self-deification, Musk has become one of the most popular entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley in the past two years by using Twitter as a platform and through his special rhetoric and high-profile behavior.

He's only slightly less successful than Steve Jobs, the master of self-marketing.

On the internet, a large number of Musk's die-hard fans have even emerged.

Some of them clamor that the world is full of conspiracies and lies, and that Musk is the last bastion of conscience.

Hawke thought for a moment and said, "Actually, we can first promote Tesla cars within Silicon Valley and make Tesla the iconic vehicle of the tech world."

Musk laughed and said, "Hawk, we're thinking of the same track."

Hawke asked, "Are there any long-term plans for the future?"

Musk's smile faded, and his expression became extremely serious: "Your AI Manhattan Project, which you developed and successfully implemented, has given me a lot of inspiration. I used it as a blueprint to carefully consider the future of electric vehicles. The development of this industry is not only about technology and materials, but also about government policies."

He took the drink Edward offered, thanked him, and continued, "The future isn't far off. Could we push the White House and Congress to pass a bill? The content could include, for example, mandating limits on carbon emissions and increasing the share of electric vehicles, say, one-third or even half."

Hawke said, "In that case, you need to support one or more political spokespeople."

Musk already had his choice: "I think Brian is good."

Hawke suggested, "We could try getting involved in next year's election."

“I have no experience in this area.” Musk looked at Hawke: “Shall I invest alongside you?”

Hawke smiled and said, "No problem."

Musk has made political investments in the past, but he admits that they are inferior to Hawke's.

Now both sides share many common interests and stand on the same side.

Musk shifted the topic to the space business, asking, "Have you officially made contact with Surrey Satellite?"

“It’s in talks,” Hawke said briefly. “My investment fund is in talks with the board of Surrey Satellite Corporation and the controlling shareholder, the University of Surrey, about the acquisition. Things are a bit complicated, as it involves the University of Surrey.”

He then asked, "How did your talks with NASA go?"

Musk asked these questions with a specific purpose in mind: "NASA agreed to transfer the launch vehicle technology, but at a high price. SpaceX also needs to build a new launch site, which requires a large amount of money."

He looked at Hawke and extended an invitation: "Would you be interested in investing in space together, investing in the future?"

Hawke, who already knew a lot about SpaceX, asked, "I heard you're trying to get investment from Google?"

“Yes, we’ve been lobbying for a while now.” Musk admitted first, then shook his head: “Sergey Brin and his team aren’t very interested in space technology and haven’t responded yet.”

He felt that perhaps his affair with Sergei Brin's wife had been discovered.

Hawke's Starlink project requires launch vehicles, and the world's largest private rocket company is Musk's SpaceX.

Even though SpaceX has never successfully launched a launch vehicle.

According to the West Coast Investment Fund's investigation, the company is relatively simple. Musk holds most of the shares, and only DXYZ and a closed-end fund from Scotland participated in the first round of financing.

The failure of the Falcon rocket's first launch has had a significant impact on space exploration.

Moreover, to this day, the Falcon rocket has not been launched a second time.

Hawke bluntly stated his conditions: "I've been looking into SpaceX lately, and the situation is worse than I imagined."

Musk wanted to explain.

Hawke raised his hand to interrupt him, saying, "I do have idle funds to invest in space exploration and development. I request to join the board of directors and participate directly in decision-making."

Musk said, "We can make a gentleman's agreement..."

“Elon, my Starlink project will launch thousands of communication satellites in the future.” Hawke knew very well that it would be too late to make these requests once Musk had weathered the most difficult phase of Tesla and space exploration.

These things are business matters; so-called gentleman's agreements are all nonsense.

Putting aside others, Hawke is no gentleman: "Space exploration will receive all the orders from the Starlink project, and that alone will be enough to sustain the daily operations and research needs of space exploration."

He said casually, "NASA has to wait in line. On the other side of the Pacific, there is a major country that launches carrier rockets. They have very few foreign orders, their rocket technology is quite mature, and they have become the third country capable of launching manned spacecraft."

Musk certainly knew who Hawke was referring to. As the world's first privately-owned launch vehicle company, he had a good understanding of his competitors. The speed at which their aerospace technology was developing was astonishing.

Hawke's Starlink project needs thousands of satellites; where can he find such an order?

When others say this, Musk feels that they, like him, enjoy boasting and self-promotion.

But Hawke is clearly not that kind of person; even now that Twitter has evolved, he rarely appears in the public eye.

Musk quickly made a decision: "I agree in principle, but we need to clarify the specific investment amount and voting rights during the negotiations."

Hawke nodded: "Okay."

After agreeing on the principles, the two then discussed some detailed matters.

After securing investment, the space exploration team needs to quickly assimilate NASA's technology and begin its second launch test of a carrier rocket.

Musk's shares in Surrey Satellite were transferred to Hawke's West Coast Investment Fund, among other things.

These specific matters require both sides to form professional investment negotiation teams to discuss them in detail.

The two left the Los Angeles Country Club.

Before parting, Musk, still somewhat idealistic, shook hands with Hawke and said very seriously, "I hope that in our lifetime, we can ride together in our own spaceship, land on Mars, and explore space."

Hawke laughed and said, "Hopefully we can claim land on Mars someday."

Musk said confidently, "It definitely will."

Hawke nodded and got into the bulletproof Maybach that Raul had driven.

He said, "Go to Fox Building."

Yesterday, Megan Taylor arranged to meet with Hawke to discuss something important.

As the convoy entered Beverly Hills and approached the Century City shopping mall, chaos suddenly broke out ahead.

The area was crowded and noisy, filled with entertainment reporters and paparazzi.

Edward immediately radioed, "Be on high alert."

Two small drones took off from a specially modified commercial vehicle in the back.

One of the planes flew over the crowd and captured the scene at the very center.

A person in the van replied: "Britney Spears is having a fight with a man. They're arguing fiercely, and it seems like they even got into a physical fight. Their clothes are torn. There are a lot of onlookers and entertainment reporters here."

In the Maybach, Edward turned to Hawke and said, "Boss, it's Britney."

Hawke told Raul to drive on, then said to Edward, "Leave two people behind to find out the details."

Ever since discovering that Britney had attended Puff Daddy's party, Hawke had considered using Britney as a breakthrough point and had someone keep an eye on her.

At the time, Hawke received information from Paris Hilton that one of Boast's male lovers, a minor celebrity named Lou Taylor Pucci, had asked Boast to drug Britney Spears and then have sex with her.

As a result, after Britney regained consciousness, she not only did not call the police, but also officially started dating Lou Taylor Pucci, and they became boyfriend and girlfriend.

Aside from singing, Britney Spears is utterly incompetent in every other aspect of her life, and her love life is downright brainless.

When their relationship is at its peak, they can quickly get married without caring whether the man will take a share of her assets.

When the passion fades, they can quickly slip away, but most of the time they will become enemies.

Previously, Britney Spears and Lou Taylor Pucci were having an affair, and Hawke wouldn't be taking any action against Blowing for the time being, only keeping an eye on things.

The car arrived in front of the Fox Building, and news came over from there.

Edward said, "Those two are Britney and Lou Taylor Pucci. I don't know what they had a fight about. First, they argued in front of the Century City shopping mall, and then they started fighting... The way they fought was very unusual. They were tearing each other's clothes, as if they wanted to strip each other naked."

Hawke wouldn't be surprised by anything that happened to Britney, and asked, "They had a falling out?"

"They had a falling out, but Britney went crazy and suddenly begged Lou Pucci to make up." Edward considered himself quite worldly-wise, but he had never seen anyone of Britney's stature with such a serious problem before.

He clicked his tongue in amazement: "These two people are both crazy. They kissed and made up in the street, then got into the same car and left hand in hand."

Hawke said, "Keep the watch on them, but don't alert them."

Edward made another phone call.

Hawke got out of the car and went into the Fox Building, still thinking about Britney.

A few years ago, Paris Hilton begged him to pull Britney Spears out of Jamie Spears' mess.

As a result, Britney turned around and jumped into an even worse quagmire.

Hawke thought for a moment, then took out his phone, dialed Paris's number, and asked, "Are you at Fox Television Center?"

"Walking with Paris" has been airing on Fox for several years, and Paris has been working with Fox for a long time.

Paris said, "I just finished recording the show and I'm taking off my makeup."

Hawke said, "I'll be waiting for you in the director's office on Channel 11."

"Okay, I'll be there in ten minutes at most." Paris hung up the phone.

Hawke took the elevator upstairs and entered Megan Taylor's director's office.

Megan pulled him towards the lounge, saying fiercely, "You're not leaving this office unscathed today."

Hawke said, "Don't rush, we have one night."

"You're coming to Brentwood with me after get off work?" Megan was delighted. "I'll let Caroline know..."

Hawke reminded him, "It's just the two of us; Caroline is away on a business trip."

He glanced at his watch: "Paris Hilton will be here in a bit."

Megan clearly misunderstood: "Her? What would she be here for?"

Hawke couldn't help but laugh: "I need to talk to you about something. What are you thinking about?"

The assistant then informed her that Paris had arrived, and Megan told her to come in directly.

Paris shook hands with Megan as she entered before sitting down opposite Hawke: "Just let me know if you need anything."

Hawke asked directly, "I heard you and Britney have been having some trouble lately?"

“We’re ex-friends now.” Paris made no attempt to hide this: “Britney has something wrong with her head, she’s beyond saving, a super brainless, love-obsessed person.”

Megan remained silent, sitting quietly next to Hawke and watching the drama unfold.

Hawke, echoing Paris's words, asked, "What happened?"

Paris nodded and said, "Lou Pucci, the bastard who drugged Britney and whom she was officially dating, actually encouraged Britney to drug me in a nightclub, trying to ruin me..."

She looked at Hawke: "Speaking of which, I should thank you. You reminded me not to touch food or drink that was out of my sight. When I came back from the restroom, I hadn't touched that drink at all, but Lindsay Lohan drank it. That night, my fashion brand had some urgent business, so I left the nightclub early. I only found out about it the next day when Lindsay Lohan mentioned it."

Megan finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Are you just going to let Lindsay Lohan off the hook like that?"

“That woman is even more insane.” Paris rubbed her face after removing her makeup and said, “Lindsay told me it was incredibly pleasurable and even tried to persuade me to join in, saying that Lou Pucci could find a bunch of men to serve the three of us.”

Megan discovered that Hawke and she were both too conservative.

Paris continued, "Even though I'm a promiscuous woman, I don't sleep with just anyone. I rejected both of them outright. I confronted Britney, but that brainless woman thought it was no big deal because I didn't drink. Lindsay, who did, had a blast."

She was exhausted: "I really couldn't stand these two people, so I decided to distance myself from them. Apart from the occasional phone call, we haven't seen each other for a while."

Megan comforted her, saying, "This shows that you've grown and matured."

Paris thought about it seriously for a while: "Yes, I've matured and I don't want to keep messing around like this."

Life is constantly changing, and our thoughts differ at each stage.

She sighed, "Actually, before this happened, I had already drifted apart from Britney and Lindsay. We used to meet up at nightclubs two or three times a week, but this year, the most frequent gatherings were only about once every ten days." (End of Chapter)