giants of the era

Chapter 421 New Iridium Project

Before Li Zetian could discuss how much compensation to be paid to those victims, the news that Morgan Staley was acquired by Li Zetian suddenly spread, which caused a sensation for a while.

A Wall Street investor sighed: "Morgan Starley lost the most in the September 911 incident. Alas, the final tragic fate turned out to be the prey of Chronos Li!"

"Yes, this is Morgan Starley, the pride of Wall Street!!"

A gray-haired old man said with grief and indignation: "Chronos Li's barbaric behavior has trampled on the dignity of Wall Street!!!"

Trample your sister!

Isn't it the acquisition of Morgan Starley, what's so great about it? !

Li Zetian didn't know that those people in Wall Street were very dissatisfied with him. If he knew, he would definitely dismiss him.

He is more than trampling, he simply wants to dominate Wall Street! ! !
Man said it was Morgan Starley, if given the chance, he would even dare to annex JK****!
At this time, in addition to owning Wells Fargo and Morgan Starley in the United States, Li Zetian was also one of the major shareholders of Citigroup.

In the early years, um, around 1986, Jamie Dimon and Sandy Weir left the American Express Group, and Li Zetian, with his eyes and eyes, hired them to join his company. In 1993, he acquired The Travelers Corporation, and then It changed its name to Travelers Group (Travellers Group). In 1997, Travelers Group acquired Salomon Brothers, the fifth largest investment bank in the United States. In 1998, Travelers Group and Citigroup merged, and the merged new company was called "Citigroup", and its trademark was the red umbrella of Travelers Group and the blue wordmark of Citigroup, which meant that Li Zetian deepened his love The penetration of American consortium power and its influence on Wall Street.

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Back at the hotel, Li Zetian began to think about compensation.

"Compensation for victims, compensation for injured rescuers..."

"In addition to personal compensation, there is also the loss of New York businesses... If all these are added up, how much will you have to pay?" Li Zetian picked up a compensation sheet and glanced at it, the corners of his mouth twitched, "What, more than 400 billion US dollars? !!"

"Wait... I shouldn't have to bear all the money. It's the crime of terrorists, including the US government and insurance companies!!"

Thinking of the huge amount of compensation, Li Zetian immediately decided that if I stopped pretending, why should I pay for the U.S. government?At most, I donate some money, and it's OK to do charity...

"Selena, ask Umbrella Company to donate [-] million U.S. dollars as a token of appreciation!" Li Zetian said.

"Yes!"

"Well, well, you go back to your room and rest."

Li Zetian called Selena away, walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows, looked at the dimly lit night scene of New York, snorted coldly, and said, "Some people may say, you Chronos Li is a trillion-dollar billionaire, how can you just donate Two hundred million U.S. dollars?! Fuck, two hundred million U.S. dollars is still too little, so I asked, how many people in the world can donate, who said it was too little, then you can do it, I want to see if you can How much money to donate!!!”

"The 911/[-] incident was brought on by the U.S. government. You said that if you didn't cause trouble for others, would they fight with you? Therefore, the U.S. government should bear the responsibility. I, Li Zetian, don't want to wipe your ass for the U.S. government!"

As the night gradually deepened, Li Zetian went back to the bathroom and took a shower, then fell asleep on the bed.

The next day, Li Zetian set off for Los Angeles.

After the September 911 incident, the United States began to purchase weapons on a large scale in order to retaliate against terrorists.

After Li Zetian rested at home for a day, he went to Chronos Industrial Company to take a look to learn about the development of weapons.

Because the Kronos industry has not been established for a long time, it is still slightly inferior to the US arms giant in terms of weapons development.

Fighters, tanks, missiles, tanks, radars, electronic systems, etc. are all still in the catch-up phase.

After the introduction of Dr. Black, the CEO of Cronos Industries, Li Zetian couldn't help but regret: "Oh, it's a pity. After the 911/[-] incident, the global arms surge. For the time being, there may not be too many weapons orders belonging to Chronos Industries..."

"Mr. Li, according to my analysis, the September 911 incident had a great impact. For a long time to come, all countries in the world will increase their military strength, and advanced weapons will definitely become popular! Although Chronos Industry started relatively late, But we have a lot of R&D personnel and funds. Space-X and Robot-X are industry leaders. Aerospace and robotics technology is leading the world. We just haven’t transformed technology into arms and weapons right now. But I am firm, the future There must be a place for Chronos Industry in the arms market!" Dr. Black said confidently.

"Well, that's right!"

Li Zetian was overjoyed when he heard the words, yes, Chronos Industrial's technology is so powerful, why not become an arms giant?

"Mr. Li, this afternoon, a new Space-X factory in Nevada has just been completed in the past few days. Would you like to visit it? This new factory mainly produces satellites and rockets." Dr. Black invited at this time .

Uh, another new factory has been completed, and the previous Space-X aircraft factory has not yet been visited.

Li Zetian nodded and said, "Okay, then we will set off together at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning! By the way, I also want to visit the Space-X aircraft factory."

"Okay, no problem, Mr. Li, it happens that the two factories are not very far away..."

On the second day, Li Zetian, Dr. Black and others arrived in Nevada.Nevada is a state in the western United States, bordered by Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and California to the southwest.

First, Dr. Black took Li Zetian to the Space-X aircraft factory.This factory is very large, the factory covers an area of ​​50 hectares (one hectare of land is 10000 square meters), and the total area of ​​the whole factory reaches 750 hectares.In fact, this factory integrates production, research and development, and is developing larger and faster large passenger aircraft.

Li Zetian walked into a factory and couldn't help but be amazed.

This place is too big and too open. A huge Space-X2000 super-jumbo airliner is placed in the middle, with a variety of robotic arms, and the staff next to it are busy.

"Oh, it's spectacular!! Space-X2000 is assembled like this!" Li Zetian exclaimed.

Dr. Black smiled slightly: "At least 2000 people are responsible for assembling each Space-X50. It took nearly a month to build such a giant. The Space-X aircraft factory has twelve such production workshops, each It can guarantee the production of 12 Space-X2000s per month."

"Well, very good!" Li Zetian calculated that this aircraft factory can produce 144 Space-2000s in one year, which is a strong production capacity!

"It's just that," Dr. Black sighed at this moment, and said, "After the 911/[-] incident, many airlines in the United States canceled their orders one after another, and orders from foreign countries also dropped significantly."

Li Zetian frowned and pondered, American Airlines fell into a trough, and this might not be an opportunity, an opportunity for Chronos Aviation and Space-X2000 large passenger aircraft to rise!
"Dr. Black, don't worry about this. The more sluggish the aviation market is, the more opportunity we have to grow bigger and stronger! Who said that going against the trend can't work?" Li Zetian's eyes flashed crazy, "The U.S. aviation industry is in depression. It’s only temporary, and it will definitely recover in the future. I will let Chronos Airlines take advantage of the situation to acquire these airlines, and then replace them with Space-X2000 jumbo jets for low-cost operations!!!”

"Oh, by the way, Saudi Arabia is very rich. This user is worthy of our development. A high-end and atmospheric aircraft like Space-X2000 must be very popular among them!"

Li Zetian paused, and continued: "I will also consider acquiring some airlines in Europe, Asia, and South America, so the production of Space-X2000 does not have to stop."

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The Space-X aircraft factory is very large, and Li Zetian visited it for more than half an hour.Then he went to the Space-X factory, which produces rockets and satellites. This factory is also very large, and a satellite launch center has been established.

After visiting the new factory, Li Zetian suddenly had an idea in his mind.He said to Dr. Black: "Dr. Black, do you know about the Iridium Project?"

Dr. Black nodded and said: "Of course I know. It was an engineer from Motorola, Barry Bertig. An Iridium solution was proposed – a constellation of 77 near-Earth satellites, allowing users to make calls from anywhere in the world! The total number of satellites was later reduced to 66.”

Speaking of this, Dr. Black vaguely knew what Li Zetian wanted to do.

However, the Iridium system began test launches in 1996 and is planned to be put into operation in 1998, with a total investment of 34 billion US dollars.Motorola went through a lot of hard work and finally put the Iridium system into use on November 1998, 11. However, on March 1, 1999, Iridium officially declared bankruptcy.

It took less than half a year from the official announcement of being put into use to the termination of use, and finally had to "de-orbit" the 66 satellites it operated, causing them to burn up when they entered the earth's atmosphere.Complete combustion takes one to two years, and the cost of burning satellites will cost another US$3000 million to US$5000 million.

"Mr. Li, it turns out that the Iridium Project is not suitable for the market!" Dr. Black said, tactfully persuading.

Li Zetian smiled when he heard this, "Dr. Black, I still know a lot about the Iridium project. Compared with the ground mobile phone system, the Iridium system itself has many shortcomings. The mobile phone is bulky, unstable, and expensive. So it failed in the end. However, the times are developing, and we have to try bravely. Yes, I intend to continue the Iridium project, but instead of launching 66 satellites, I will launch hundreds of satellites!"

When Dr. Black heard this, he couldn't help being startled, and was about to speak to dissuade Li Zetian, but was interrupted.

"Oh, Dr. Black, take your time. I don't mean to launch a satellite right now. First, I ask you to develop a cheap satellite that weighs less than the average satellite. It is best to reduce the manufacturing cost of the satellite." Cut it down to a few million dollars. The second is to develop a rocket that can be recycled and used for two or more launches, so as to minimize the cost of rocket launches. After completing these, I will build the largest satellite in the world Communication network, providing cheap Internet access services for ground personnel!"

Regarding this "New Iridium Project", Li Zetian still considered it in his heart, and did not talk about it.

Now Apple is developing the iPhone, and it is estimated that there will be results within a few years, and then smart phones will inevitably become popular all over the world, and the business of mobile Internet access will increase greatly!The satellite communication network can not only provide network access services for computers, but also provide network traffic for mobile phones.Maybe you will lose money at the beginning, but after a long time, you can earn it back.Besides, even if it is a loss, in terms of Li Zetian's worth, a loss of billions of dollars is not a big deal.

The key is that things are done, and it will definitely promote the development of the global mobile Internet.

The mulberry elm is lost, and the eastern corner is harvested.

The money Li Zetian lost in launching satellites can be recovered from other sources, and he may make a lot of money!
PS: I'm dizzy today, I'll give you more bursts tomorrow, 5 more? 6 more? 7 more? 8 more?I worked hard, last time it seemed that I updated 8 chapters in one day.The protagonist started to release satellites, huh huh
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