This star is going to the moon

Chapter 369 Even Entertainment Stars Want to Go to Space in Lu Yun's Space Shuttle

Bluestar Aerospace Company.

After Lu Yun announced the sale of tickets for space tourism, the space tourism department became very busy, with a large amount of ticketing information being collected from the space tourism website and various ticketing platforms.

"That's too fast! That's too fast! All the tickets for next year's space tourism have already been sold out!"

"Wow, this growth rate is far exceeding expectations!"

“We had produced several versions of the forecast data before, but Mr. Lu said they were too conservative as soon as he saw them.”

"You have to admit it, no one really knows more about aerospace than President Lu."

"The tickets for the year after next are almost sold out!"

"Haha, look at these figures! Our company has been sanctioned by the US, but American customers still make up the largest share of our space tourism tickets, almost half of all our customers!"

"This matter... I don't know if it's good or bad. I'm just afraid that the Americans will be shameless enough to pass a new law that prohibits wealthy Americans from riding in our space shuttle."

"It shouldn't be that bad. Everyone says that the US is controlled by the rich. Would they dare to offend a billionaire who can afford a 5-hour space tour for $150 million in cash?"

"Yes, especially since this isn't just one or two, but hundreds of wealthy individuals."

"We'll just have to wait and see. It seems like Americans these days lack a bit of confidence, so it wouldn't be surprising if they actually did it."

"Yes, now that the ticket purchase rate has slowed down after the tickets for the first three years have been sold out, I've seen some people who are willing to buy tickets for five years in advance to avoid not being able to buy tickets. The probability of refunding tickets for such long time spans is also high, so we also need to pay attention to this issue."

"The speed of ticket purchases has basically slowed down now, but the revenue has already exceeded 10 billion. When we were calculating before, we thought it would be good if it reached 5 billion."

"That's why President Lu is so awesome. He directly said that our vision is too narrow..."

In fact, the department received the first wave of data when people who had expressed interest in purchasing tickets created identity cards on the space tourism ticketing platform.

The ID card requires a lot of information. I won't go into the basic information, but the most important things are your job, position, and health status.

Aside from those just there for the spectacle, many people who don't have enough money also have a strong desire for space tourism, but they simply don't have the funds.

Among them are people who didn't have enough money before, but now that they have enough, they want to go to space immediately.

The mysteriousness of outer space certainly holds great appeal for some people.

However, the threshold for entering space was too high before. Even if one did not need to go through strict selection and training to become a professional astronaut, the ticket price of tens of millions of dollars was not something that ordinary people, or even ordinary wealthy people, could afford.

Now, going to space only costs $150 million!

This means that not only those billionaires whose entire net worth was originally only worth a single ticket, but also those billionaires with a net worth of thirty or forty million US dollars are getting restless.

There are even those who truly love the stars and the sea. Some people are only worth a few million dollars, but when they encountered this opportunity, they liquidated some of their assets and raised 150 million dollars to buy a ticket to space!
Don't be fooled by the fact that fewer people are buying tickets after the initial surge; those are just the people who most want to go to space.

Those who are interested in space but not in a hurry to go are just observing.

There are also people who are hesitant to go and are observing the situation.

However, most people are still waiting for the "circle" to refresh. If someone in the circle goes there and gives it a very positive review, or if space tourism really becomes a "circle threshold detector", then a large number of people will pay to buy tickets.

This is what Lu Yun is least worried about, because he has confidence in space tourism.

After all... even other popular celebrities bought tickets.

After Lu Yun finished the press conference, he left the airshow. On his way back to the film crew, he kept taking phone calls. The people who couldn't get tickets to the front of the line were directly asking him to buy space tourism tickets.

They even said that tickets for non-commercially produced aircraft would be acceptable; they would also produce tickets for the "Wooden Kite" and pay for them as usual.

After all, Blue Star Aerospace doesn't have that many commercial astronauts to train, nor does it have many other missions. What do they do in their spare time?
It would be better to sell tickets and make some money.

They're all people I know, so they won't look down on me.

Even though he was sitting in the "prototype," "experimental machine," or "machine number zero," others were envious! This made Lu Yun a little scratch his head.

In reality, the performance of the "Wooden Kite" is inferior to that of the mass-produced model. For example, the mass-produced model can be reused 500 times, while the "Wooden Kite" can only be reused about 200 times.

If used intensively once a week, it will probably need to be retired in about four years.

Of course, it has never been used intensively, and its usage frequency will decrease after mass production aircraft begin to fly. It may be retired and sent to a museum after a few years, even if it is used less than 200 times.

After all, there will be at least ten space shuttles flying around the world in a few years.

And that was before Blue Star Aerospace Company had fully ramped up production.

But that's all for the future; it's a bit too early to talk about it now.

Several popular domestic celebrities managed to ride on the coattails of Lu Yun and Aerospace's popularity under special circumstances.

After Lu Yun finished the phone call, he said he would think about it and study it. Then, when he had some free time, he saw it on Weibo.

[Wang Yibo has also bought a ticket for space tourism! He's going to go on a space trip too!]

[Lu Han is the same; he also said he wants to create a song related to the stars and the sea!]

Yang Qianxi's ticket was at the very front; it seems to be for the third commercial space tourism trip.

Wow, that's pretty early! I saw on Twitter that Taylor Swift also got a ticket for space tourism, her third time participating in commercial space tourism.

Wow, did Jackson Yee and Taylor Swift end up on a space shuttle?

I'm so envious!

I've seen at least ten Chinese celebrities post pictures of their plane tickets for space tourism on Earth. These celebrities are really rich!

"Of course, the ticket price is only 1000 million. They can sell several tickets for just one movie."

[However, this immediately reveals the difference between these top celebrities and Lu Yun.]

Indeed, back in 2016, Rowon was just a nobody in the entertainment industry; they could never have imagined that one day they would be traveling to space aboard Rowon's spaceship.

Sigh, comparing them to Lu Yun is just too much of an insult; they're not even in the same league...

Those celebrities who bought tickets and posted them online are also keeping a close eye on Weibo topics. They breathe a sigh of relief when they see themselves trending, but feel dizzy when they see comments like these.

That's how it is with Yang Qianxi.

The agent next to him quickly said, "It's okay. Just think of Lu Yun as an entrepreneur who's dabbling in the entertainment industry. You're not in the same league, so there's no need to compare."

"Actually, he's showing more and more signs of this. After all, you can see that he hasn't had any works this year. That's not something a star would do."

“I think that now that you’re trending, you should let your fans go down and talk about the Golden Rooster Awards in ten days or so, so that more people will pay attention to your nomination for Best Actor for ‘Better Days’.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Qianxi took a deep breath and said in his unique bubble voice, "Okay, let's do it this way. But this time we need to find reliable fans, so they don't bring me any more trouble."

"Don't worry," the agent assured him, "these are the most emotionally stable fans this time."

Soon, the agent contacted the heads of various fan groups through his assistant and then distributed the task.

I think actors should be judged by their work. Don't compare our Jackson Yee to someone who doesn't have many works; can he even be considered an actor?

[That's right, our Qianxi brother was nominated for Best Actor, and the movie he starred in was also nominated for Best Picture. Where is his surname Lu in his given name?]

[Haha, Lu Yun is just pretending...]

(End of this chapter)