This star is going to the moon

Chapter 263 Boss Ren: So cheap? Then our company will charter the space shuttle twice!

The second-generation space internet plan aims to enable ordinary smartphones to connect directly to satellites without any upgrades or modifications, and to achieve internet speeds sufficient for watching and making high-definition videos.

The LuYun Project is expected to be realized in about five years.

Although the time allotted for the next generation of satellites for Huayao mobile phones is four or five years, that's enough, since the previous generation of Huayao had already emerged within that timeframe.

They even released tri-fold phones and wide-fold phones.

It can be said that Huayao has always maintained its innovativeness in the development of new mobile phone forms.

Although the prices of new products remain high, they also demonstrate mass-production-level innovation, rather than simply launching a new product at the laboratory level and then disappearing without a trace.

As for the price, that's up to our competitors.

With more manufacturers in the same market, and as the technology becomes more mature, prices tend to come down.

It has to be said that as soon as Mr. Ren praised Lu Yun, Lu Yun immediately opened up a new way for Huayao's mobile phone business to maintain its competitiveness, and both parties were very happy.

Looking at Lu Yun, Boss Ren exclaimed, "Is it because you aerospace engineers have such a broad perspective and way of thinking, looking at Earth from space, that you could come up with such a way to break the deadlock?"

"..."

Lu Yun felt a little embarrassed by this question, because the praise was indeed a bit excessive.

After all, this is not a high-end idea. In the previous life, there was no domestic Starlink project that could be developed so quickly, only the Beidou satellite project. So Huayao took two years to develop it on its own.

However, due to the limitations of the BeiDou satellite system, it could initially only send coordinates and a pre-set sentence.

With the domestic Starlink project now in this life, assuming Lu Yun didn't mention it, Huayao will probably be able to develop something similar next year.

After all, there are some people in this world who don't have any special abilities, but they can still do things that are comparable to having special abilities!
Therefore, Lu Yun humbly said, "This is not a solution, but just a strange idea. The real solution is for HiSilicon, a subsidiary of Huayao, to design and produce our own high-end chips."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Ren nodded: "This is not a problem. We are already working on it, and the higher authorities have also intervened. We are cooperating in the research and development of a new lithography machine with independent intellectual property rights."

"But you're too modest. I've read many interviews or memoirs of astronauts who have actually been to space. They all say that when they enter space, they feel that life is different, especially when they see the blue Earth hanging alone in the dark universe."

"I've watched a lot of related videos, including the live broadcast of the spacewalk from Tiangong Space Station, but these things didn't really resonate with me."

"So I'm really curious about what space is like, and whether looking back at Earth from space can really lead to an epiphany?"

Lu Yun really didn't know that.

Because he has never actually been to space.

I never went there in my previous life either.

That's why he yearned for the stars and the sea in this life, why he leveled up his [Aerospace Engineering] skill to a higher level than other skills, and why he founded Blue Star Aerospace Company.

However, although Lu Yun didn't know, he could still provide an answer.

"Mr. Ren, I really don't know that, but you should also know that I am developing the 'Wooden Kite' space shuttle, and its progress is going smoothly. It should be able to make its maiden flight around May or June."

"The reason I'm studying it is because ordinary people like me also want to go to space to see it..."

An ordinary person like me...

Boss Ren and Yu Dazui glanced sideways.

Even An Fangfei glanced sideways at her boyfriend.

Lu Yun naturally noticed their gazes.

"Hey, what do you mean? Compared to those professional astronauts, I'm just an ordinary person."

"If I can't become a professional astronaut, then I can only research new spacecraft and go to space myself."

"If the unmanned test flight goes smoothly, I will conduct a few nominally manned test flights, but in reality, I will just invite some friends or give some fans a treat and let them go to space for a while."

"At that time, I'll be with Sister Fei..."

As Lu Yun spoke, he looked at An Fangfei, grasped her hand, and continued, "Let's also go to space with our families."

"President Ren, President Yu, if you have the time, would you like to conduct a manned test for human space tourism?"

Hearing Lu Yun say this, Yu Dazui was still puzzled, but Boss Ren waved his hand and said, "Come on, do you think I'm old enough to take advantage of you? Testing?"

"But from what you're saying, I'm 75 years old, how can I go to space?" "I know the oldest astronaut in history is the 77-year-old American, but he was originally an astronaut. My 75-year-old brother has never been an astronaut before."

"President Ren, don't worry about that. As I said, the purpose of researching the 'Wooden Kite' space shuttle is to make it easier for ordinary people to go to space."

Lu Yun said with a smile, "As long as you can still fly on a commercial airliner, you can fly to space in a space shuttle."

"And once you get to space, in a weightless environment, you'll definitely feel more relaxed and free."

"Because Earth's gravity is indeed too heavy for the elderly."

Upon hearing Lu Yun's affirmative reply, Boss Ren looked at his somewhat dry hands, which were covered with age spots, and suddenly smiled.

He knew that prolonged stays in space could lead to calcium loss from bones, muscle atrophy, bloodshot eyes, and fluid redistribution within the body, but only for a few hours…

Those were perhaps the few hours when humans felt most free, freed from the constraints of gravity.

"In that case, I can't let you suffer a loss. I'm going to buy two plane tickets."

Mr. Ren laughed and said, "You said before that it would be cheaper than the ticket price for Elon Musk's 'Crew Dragon' spacecraft, but the first private space tour ticket he sold cost $5500 million. Are you talking about the kind of cheap tickets that the Russians sold for $2000 million a ticket more than ten years ago when there was no inflation?"

“$2000 million is acceptable, but $2000 million isn’t for a single ticket, it’s for…”

As Lu Yun spoke, he held up his hand and made a "2".

Boss Ren: "Two tickets?"

Lu Yun laughed and said, "No, it's the price for chartering two 'Wooden Kite' aircraft, a total of 12 tickets!"

Boss Ren: "..."

An Fangfei: "Huh?"

Yu Dazui: "Holy crap!"

To be fair, all three people present had heard Lu Yun give some speeches about "Wooden Kite" from various sources, and knew that he had said the ticket price would be cheap, but they didn't know the specific figures.

Not to mention Boss Ren and Yu Dazui, even An Fangfei didn't know.

Of course, mainly because she didn't ask.

Because she knew she wouldn't have to pay to ride the "Wooden Kite".

They previously mentioned that all six members of both families would take the "Wooden Kite" to see space, which would definitely be free.

As for other friends or other people, they should just honestly pay up.

Boss Ren and Yu Dazui's guesses were based solely on previously available data, such as $5500 million and $2000 million.

I never imagined that the "cheap" Lu Yun was talking about would be this cheap!
Looking at Lu Yun, Boss Ren sighed, "The new generation surpasses the old, and the old generation dies on the beach. You're going to squeeze out Ma Yilong's space tourism business before it even starts."

Lu Yun shrugged indifferently: "The battle for first place has always been like this."

"And this is the start of a new space race, which they started first."

"Most importantly... it's because his country sanctioned me!"

Boss Ren and Yu Dazui both gave a thumbs up.

I mentally exclaimed, "Awesome!"

An Fangfei hugged Lu Yun's arm tightly, her eyes sparkling with admiration.

Looking at the affectionate young couple, Boss Ren shook his head and said, "Since it's so cheap, let's not just have Xiao Yu and me. Let's charter the space shuttle twice and let all 10 senior executives of the company go to space to broaden their horizons!"

"Then each year, six outstanding managers and employees will be selected to go to space and broaden their horizons."

"A new era has arrived. It is not enough to simply receive information on Earth and have a so-called 'global perspective'; we must have a new perspective."

"I think 'space vision' and 'cosmic vision' are quite good."

"Xiao Yu, write this down. I'm going to talk about 'New Vision' at the year-end shareholders' meeting."

"Yes, Mr. Ren..."

(End of this chapter)