Interstellar Energy Tycoon.

Chapter 119 I'm running out of money
Suhong City, Jiangnan villa on the waterfront.

Take a few days of rest and adjustments.

Back to a more relaxed state.

However, this comfortable state did not last for too long, and a series of problems came before him again.

In particular, the cash flow of the group is about to bottom out, and it has reached the state of demolishing the east wall to pay the west wall. It has to delay the payment period of some suppliers. No more top quality customers.

But didn't you say before that the Xingyuan Group can earn as much as 10 billion a day, how could it become so short of money, where did the money go?

Of course it was spent.

Salaries and benefits for nearly 6 employees.

The launch cost of the Star Force 1 rocket.

Mass production costs of ion engines, short-wave transmitters, short-wave receivers, parallel light lenses, thermoelectric power generation pumps, super photovoltaic panels, superconducting capacitors, electromagnetic deflectors and other equipment (components).

Investment in software and hardware operating systems.

Etc., etc.

There are far more places where money is spent than money is made.

However, the production capacity of various factories is still increasing rapidly, and the consumption of funds will also accelerate, resulting in more and more serious shortages.

If we don't think of a way to increase income and profit, even a giant like Xingyuan Group will fall into a crisis. In the end, we will either increase revenue, reduce expenditure, or borrow money. It won't last long if we rely on death .

But borrowing is not enough. I already owe more than 1000 billion to the bank, and it will be more difficult to borrow again.

In terms of open source, we can only sell more superconducting materials and super photovoltaic panels, reduce part of the inventory, and bring funds, which should last for a while.

The best way is to save money and reduce some expenditure items.

Especially the "Two-year Thousand Arrows Project", now this plan has been implemented to the later stage. So far, the laying progress of the photovoltaic power generation array in space has reached 70 square meters, which is close to two-thirds , and the laying volume is increasing by more than 8 square meters per month.

8 square meters per month?
This is a full 960 tons of weight, which requires 320 "Star Force 1" rockets to be launched, which means that more than ten Star Force 1 rockets are fired every day on average?
In just a few months, the nine private aerospace companies of the Space Launch Alliance suddenly became so exaggerated and crazy?
This is indeed the case.

In February of this year, the rocket production capacity of the Space Launch Alliance has been greatly improved, and the production has increased from fifty rockets per week to nearly one hundred.

In particular, the five companies Galaxy Power, Giant Whale Aerospace, Leading Aerospace, Dongfang Feitian, and Xingtu Exploration, in order to be listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, frantically expand production capacity, and use exaggerated rocket production capacity to give investors and shareholders Draw cakes to show their great strength.

At this time, the production cost of the 'Xingli No. 1' rocket has been reduced to 3600 million per piece, which is so cheap that it is impossible to drop it any further. market competitiveness.

Also because of the cooperative relationship with Xingyuan Group, there is no shortage of launch orders.

Combine these factors.

All five companies were successfully listed, with several daily limit in a row, and were enthusiastically welcomed by investors and stockholders.

Therefore, the bosses and founders of these five companies have seen their net worth soar, their fortunes are endless, and they have even paid off their debts and got rid of their old identities.

Of course, Song Changwu of Blue Arrow Aerospace, Hu Xiaobo of Interstellar Glory, Ye Zhenfei of Excalibur Technology, etc., their companies are already listed, because they produced a very good financial report at the end of last year, and their stock prices have risen several times. Having realized the set early on, they lived a more chic and beautiful life.

Only Fang Yujun of Tianlong Aerospace has been immersed in work, neither actively promoting the company's listing, nor vigorously increasing rocket production capacity, and is mysterious, not knowing what he is doing, even his wife Wu Jing Yi, have expressed their dissatisfaction countless times, quarreled a lot, and the family is not harmonious.

But all in all!
No matter what big moves the nine aerospace companies in the Space Launch Alliance have made in the past few months, no matter how much people like Song Changwu and Hu Xiaobo don’t discuss technology in the group every day, they say how much our company’s stock price has risen today , Tomorrow, it will be said that the individual's worth will exceed several hundred million, which makes the atmosphere in the group very impetuous and smoky, but it really does not delay their work.

In the sun-synchronous orbit 1800 kilometers above the ground, the half-finished photovoltaic matrix that will take shape in a short time is the result of their work.

However, more than ten "Xingli No. 1" rockets every day bring nearly 4 million expenditures, accounting for nearly one-third of Xingyuan Group's total expenditures.

If this cost can be cut down, the financial situation of Xingyuan Group will immediately become better, and the cash flow will quickly increase.

However, if you tell Song Changwu and the others directly that the "Two-year Thousand Arrows Project" has been completed ahead of schedule, and there is no need to launch rockets, they will definitely not be able to accept it, and will express anger and protest. There have been more than 2000 rockets, but two years have not yet come. In the remaining months, they can send more than [-] rockets into space, involving hundreds of billions of dollars in orders. If they are not given enough Compensation, they will not accept the consequences of stopping the launch.

I thought about it.

In the Space Launch Alliance communication group.

Li Xingyang said in the group:

"Lao Song, Brother Hu, Brother Liu, and all the bosses, the photovoltaic array has almost been laid, and your rockets have been fighting too hard recently, far exceeding my expectations. I originally thought that in two years, you It is very good to be able to launch about 1500 rockets. The launch cost of about 2000 billion should be enough, but I did not expect that the monthly production capacity of your rockets can reach more than 320, which is nearly 4000 a year. It's too exaggerated, and it doesn't take so much rocket capacity.

Therefore, I have to make some adjustments to the "Two-Year Thousand Arrows Project". The time will be shortened by about half a year, and it will only end at the end of June this year. You still have two months to go. As for the "Star Force 6" Rocket, in the remaining time, you can play as much as you can. The biggest upper limit is to complete the laying of photovoltaic panels on the photovoltaic array, because my "Space Energy Plan" is completed here, and it doesn't matter if the laying is not full. , I will use other methods to finish it... Anyway, in the next two months, you should take good care of it, the launch fee will not be less for you, but this is the limit, Xingyuan Group has a little money, but there is really no way I support your unlimited shooting of rockets, if you want to blame, blame me for underestimating your abilities. "

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The exchange group suddenly exploded.

Song Changwu: "Mr. Li, how can you do this? How can you change your mind about what you said at the beginning?"

Hu Xiaobo said: "Mr. Li, a gentleman's words are hard to follow, and we have signed a contract. The terms written there are in black and white. You are a serious breach of contract."

Liu Zhiyong: "We can't accept such an arrangement. Mr. Li, people must keep their promises. One spit and one hole. You said yourself that we can shoot as many rockets as we want! You can't go back on your word at this time and catch us by surprise. "

Zhang Chi said: "My company has been listed for less than two months, and the market value has just exceeded 80 billion. Mr. Li, if your words are spread, there will be several consecutive limit-downs in a row. This is a fatal blow to me. Mr. Li, You can't do unkind things."

Chu Junjie: "That's right, the spirit of the business contract must be abided by. We can understand Mr. Li's difficulties, but we can alleviate them by extending the payment period, issuing IOUs, etc., and ending the cooperation early is absolutely unacceptable."

Ye Zhenfei: "I can't accept it either. I just got rid of my status as an old Lai, and I still want to do a big job this year. Mr. Li, you can cut me in half, that's absolutely impossible."

There was a voice of opposition in the group.

Only Fang Yujun of Tianlong Aerospace said: "You guys only have money in your eyes now, only stocks and market value, do you still have a little bit of ideal of stars and seas? Mr. Li made it very clear that thousands of rockets have exceeded The amount needed is enough, we can’t launch useless bricks into the sky, right? In the “Space Energy Plan”, after the photovoltaic array is laid, there is nothing else to do. Before, we also defaulted to complete the construction of the photovoltaic array. It’s all good. We can’t believe it ourselves. We can increase the production capacity of rockets to this level. This is still my Tianlong Aerospace. If you don’t follow suit, there are too many rockets now. Come and help Mr. Li to find a way. Photovoltaics After the formation is completed, what to do with the extra rockets? Could it be eaten as sausages?"

Song Changwu said: "How to deal with it, can't it be enough to make the photovoltaic array bigger, get 300 million or 500 million square meters, anyway, Mr. Li's "Space Energy Plan" is not the more energy collected Is it better?"

Hu Xiaobo: "Old Song is right. There are always uses. You can also consider making another halo. You can make a square or hexagonal one. Anyway, there is already a triangular halo. It’s okay to have more. .”

Liu Zhiyong said: "Our rockets are all good things. We have successfully launched 1000 rockets in a row. How could they not be useful?"

Zhang Chi said: "Mr. Li, please understand and understand us. We have nothing but the 'Xingli 1' rocket. You also have superconducting materials and super photovoltaic panels. We are actually more difficult than you. Please don't cut it with a big knife." To us, this is our way of life."

Look at what they said one by one, and the reasons are all good, which is really hard to convince.

Li Xingyang had no choice but to say: "Then formulate a compensation plan. I will compensate you for how much you lost. I will discuss how to compensate you in July. Even if you go to court, there is no problem. Anyway, there are only the last two months left. After June 7, I won't ask for a single rocket, you can figure it out."

(End of this chapter)