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Chapter 2189 New Breakthrough in Satellite Materials

"Boss Ji, there are new results!"

After finishing a meeting with a few people, Li Heping sent a new message. Ji Donglai had great respect for this non-metallic materials tycoon and immediately answered the call with a smile.

"Tell me, there hasn't been any new news from you for a long time. What good stuff did you come up with this time?"

You Sanfu's health is getting worse and worse, while Li Heping has recovered well since his last operation. Ji Donglai has been treating him like a treasure, checking his body every month. If there is any abnormality, the doctors from Yiyuan Medical will come to visit.

Ji Donglai doesn’t dare to give the indicators of the Siwei Shengmen Company to anyone else now, so he keeps them for these big guys.

"Boss Ji, this is a new material called fish scale calcium. I brought a new material with me when we launched the carrier rocket this time. It's fish scale calcium! I call it super calcium oxide. I added a silicon chain in the middle. This material has excellent toughness."

"I studied the cost and performance of all our metal materials, and none of them are as good as this new material. This time I attached this material to one of our satellites, with a thickness of only one millimeter. The information sent back from the satellite now shows that the performance is very stable."

"Under the ultra-strong cosmic rays, the material does not mutate at all. In addition, when a small dust particle hits it, our fish scale calcium can bounce off the surface directly, leaving only a scratch on the surface without any impact dents or damage."

"Another thing is that we can make this material transparent, for example, to coat the surface of solar panels, and it is more than 20 times stronger than tempered glass."

"Through calculations, we know that if we use our fish scale calcium for the satellite shell, the overall weight can be reduced by two-fifths and the cost can be reduced by one-third. Moreover, this material can be directly turned into powder when it enters the atmosphere and burns, and it will definitely not pollute the environment. I think we can start a new project..."

While Li Heping was speaking, he was holding fish scale calcium of various colors in a demonstration, and poking it with the knife in his hand in various places, but only a small mark was seen under the camera.

This thing hardly burns when placed under a lighter. When put into a high-temperature furnace, it turns directly into powder at around 500 degrees.

At this time, Ji Donglai stared at the screen intently, and various information kept colliding in his mind.

"Mr. Li, do you think we can build a factory on the moon to manufacture this stuff? After all, the moon cannot lack calcium carbonate, right? Silicon dioxide is everywhere, and helium is the main component of the lunar soil."

"Please submit an application and have President Xin find someone to review it for you. We will see if we can apply for some lunar soil for further research, just in case this thing can be produced on the moon."

"We might as well make a moon landing plan, build factories there, and then launch satellites there. The moon's gravity is only one-sixth of the earth's, and the difficulty of launching is also one-sixth of the earth's."

"We can use the periodic changes in the distance between the Earth and the Moon to throw satellites to the Earth when the Earth and the Moon are closest to each other and turn them into Earth satellites! We can actually launch countless satellites from the Moon. Whenever we need them, we can throw them into Earth orbit, and then use plasma thrusters to push them into the corresponding orbits."

"We can even build a space station to house our ion engines, so that our satellites can be lighter and the extra space can be used to design more functions."

"The first stage engine pushes the satellite into Earth orbit, and the second stage engine pushes the satellite into low Earth orbit. This layer-by-layer propulsion can minimize the launch threshold..."

When Ji Dong said this, the assistant was recording the conversation, and everyone, including Li Heping, was stunned.

The other party did not expect that one of his new materials would cause such a big response from Ji Donglai, especially the construction of a lunar satellite launch base, which the other party had never thought about.

The assistant has already connected to Fan Zhongbao online, and the other party is listening quietly.

"At this stage, we have completed the first step, converting cosmic rays into electrical energy. The next step is to use inert energy water to promote it. We can transmit energy on Earth and on the moon as well."

"They compete for resources on Earth, and we go directly to the moon. Mr. Fan, your engine can add a new topic, a plasma engine, the kind that floats in space and is always on standby."

"We can be a space taxi and take on any business where a satellite wants to move. Our satellite launch base in Azerbaijan can now be preheated globally."

"The main point is the commercial moon landing project. A rocket will send the spacecraft into the predetermined orbit in space, and then our space taxi will be responsible for sending the spacecraft into the near-moon orbit."

"The third stage engine puts the lunar lander into lunar orbit, and the fourth stage engine is responsible for landing the lunar lander on the lunar surface. When the spacecraft needs to leave, we will return to the original route and send the spacecraft return capsule back to Earth."

"The sun and all the rays in space are free. Let's turn space into our gas station. Now, focus all your energy on developing large ion engines. The next step is commercial moon landing!"

"Now Mr. Li Heping has found an economical satellite material that allows us to manufacture satellites on the lunar surface. We can build satellites in unmanned factories on the lunar surface, use commercial lunar landing projects to obtain funds, and then build real factories on the moon to create our future."

"I've told you about my vision. Mr. Fan, Mr. Li, Mr. Qi, and Mr. Jiang, you guys can discuss how to improve it. Don't treat it as a joke. Many times, perfect things come from a joke. Only by daring to think can it be realized!"

Ji Donglai's eyes were sharp when he spoke, and on the other side of the screen, several CEOs were in a state of panic. Especially Fan Zhongbao, the rocket engines he was researching were all based on launching from the earth's surface, and now they were almost completed. Ji Donglai asked him to research high-powered plasma propulsion engines. It was not that this thing could not be researched, but it took time and money.

With just one rocket engine, Fan Zhongbao had burned several small targets, and the other party knew it very well.

If Ji Donglai continued to spend money like this, Fan Zhongbao was worried that he would burn up all of Ji Donglai's cash flow.

"Boss Ji, this stuff is very expensive, how about we do it step by step? The market is not doing well right now, ahem..."

Looking at the screen, Fan Zhongbao stared at Ji Donglai.

As a crazy person, Fan Zhongbao felt that he was crazy enough before he met Ji Donglai, so he was incompatible with the people in the entire unit and was eventually kicked out.

After meeting Ji Donglai, Fan Zhongbao knew that compared with Ji Donglai, he was just a conventional person.

"No, we need to make a plan based on how much money we need. There are a lot of people with funds waiting to find us. I just communicated with the Saudi prince. They have funds ready for investment, but they can't find any projects now."

"If we succeed in this plan, I will take this to ask them for money if they run out of money. At worst, we can cooperate with the country. Musk can throw so many satellites into the sky, so can we!"

"Funding is not something you should worry about. Just do what I say. At worst, we can give up some shares in G76 and it's easy to get the money. The key is how to get things done. Everyone, we don't want to be Musk, we just want to realize our own dreams."

"What we need to do is to do things that have not been done before, rather than repeating the path that has been taken by our predecessors. I have a dream, and it is your job to perfect it. Am I clear enough?"

Facing these partners of his, two who are about to enter retirement age, two who are full of vigor, and two middle-aged people, Ji Donglai spoke loudly.

Through the screen, everyone seemed to see Jobs' paranoia and Musk's fearlessness.

"Roger that!"

The person who most wanted to respond to Ji Donglai was still Jiang Haokun. Although the other party also knew that this was not easy to accomplish, Ji Donglai's dream was finally fulfilled by the group every time.

Now this dream is starting to look vague, but it is theoretically feasible.

China's aerospace sector has been booming, and it is not impossible to catch the national express train.

According to Ji Donglai's request, the other party immediately began to contact the country's aerospace department to obtain as much domestic information as possible.

"Do you have any idea how much our boss is going to spend this time?"

Ji Donglai hung up, and Hu Xinyu, Xin Li, Fan Zhongbao, and Qi Jia held a simple meeting. As the actual executive managers of the company, several people felt bitter in their hearts.

Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing is good in every way, except for the fact that Ji Donglai's ideas change too quickly, and sometimes several people simply cannot keep up. Apart from anything else, the Ladder Plan has not yet been completed, and new plans have emerged.

If they continue at this pace, all the funds of Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing will be used up and it will not be enough. Besides, companies all over the world are shrinking their defenses and everyone is saving money, but Ji Donglai is burning money.

"He is looking for a breakthrough. Overall, the money is not high. Musk burns the same amount of money in one day as the sum of the annual expenditures of more than a dozen listed companies behind him. He burned up SpaceX. When we all thought that Tesla cars were his ultimate goal, Musk was actually aiming at space."

"Now he has the same idea. If it can really take shape, it will be a good thing for our company, but the process is more difficult. I can't keep up with it. I will resign from President Ji and move to the second line later!"

When Hu Xinyu was distressed, she asked Xin Li, and the result surprised everyone: Xin Li resigned.

In front of everyone, the other party took out his resignation letter and sent the electronic version to Jiang Haokun.

"Not really? The group is in need of people right now, Mr. Xin..."

Hu Xinyu was the most surprised to see Xin Li resign. A big reason why the other party came here was Xin Li, and it was so unexpected that Xin Li left now.

(End of this chapter)