CEO們的狂想樂園 谷歌祕密公寓揭祕

Google CEO and cofounder Larry Page is quite friendly with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
谷歌創始人和CEO拉里·佩奇和特斯拉與SpaceX的CEO伊隆·馬斯克的關係非常友好。

And Musk is among the few who get to visit Google's secret apartment in downtown Palo Alto, according to Ashlee Vance's new book, "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future."
阿什利·萬斯的新書《伊隆·馬斯克：特斯拉、SpaceX、與美妙未來之旅》中指出，馬斯克是到訪過谷歌神祕公寓的爲數不多的幾人之一。這一寓所位於帕羅奧圖的市中心。

Page and fellow Google cofounder Sergey Brin sometimes meet with Musk to talk about technology, transportation, and more in this private location, Vance writes. Google even has its own chef on call to come prepare food for guests who are allowed into this apartment.
萬斯寫道，佩奇和谷歌的聯合創始人謝爾蓋·布林有時會和馬斯克見面，在這個隱祕場所討論科技、交通等問題。谷歌甚至爲它備了專門的待命廚師，爲允許進入這間寓所的客人準備食物。

George Zachary, a venture capitalist and friend of Musk, was present for one of these meetings and described it to Vance saying the following:
馬斯克的朋友，風險投資家喬治·扎卡里曾參加過其中一次會面。他這樣告訴萬斯：

“I was there once, and Elon was talking about building an electric jet plane that can take off and land vertically. Larry said the plane should be able to land on ski slopes, and Sergey said it needed to be able to dock at a port in Manhattan. Then they started talking about building a commuter plane that was always circling the Earth, and you'd hop up to it and get places incredibly fast. I thought everyone was kidding, but at the end I asked Elon, 'Are you really going to do that?' And he said, 'Yes.'”
“我去過那兒一次，伊隆談到了製造垂直起降的電動噴氣機。拉里覺得這種飛機要能降落在滑雪場上，謝爾蓋認爲它要能停靠在曼哈頓的碼頭。接下來他們開始討論製造始終環球飛行的通勤飛機，能夠讓人登機後用極短的時間到達目的地。我以爲他們都在開玩笑，但快結束時我問伊隆，‘你真的要做這個嗎？’他說：‘是的’”。

The apartment is in one of the taller buildings in downtown Palo Alto and offers views of the mountains surrounding Stanford University's campus, the authorized biography says. It's during such meetings at Google's secretive apartment that Musk, Page, and Brin begin to brainstorm ideas that turn into projects.
馬斯克的授權傳記作者指出，這座公寓是帕羅奧圖市中心較高的建築之一，可以看見環繞斯坦福大學校園的羣山。馬斯克、佩奇和布林就是在這間谷歌的祕密寓所裏會面，對那些之後立項的創意進行頭腦風暴。