Chapter 495：

"After this battle, even if someone shorts our Bluestar Technology Group in the future, it will not be so deadly." Zhang Bowen said.

A senior executive at the meeting laughed: "This time, hundreds of short bear predators may have retracted to a corner and licked the wound silently."

"Haha, deserve it."

The executives in the conference room laughed, this time it was really deflated.

Zhang Bowen put a smile away and said earnestly: "This is a difficult win. Although we won a great victory, we became the one who laughed to the end. But it doesn't mean that I can sit back and relax in the future of Bluestar Technology Group. The future may face a more serious crisis than this year. We have completely offended the Americans, and the old Americans now tickle their hate. "

The crowds also smiled one by one, and one of the executives at the meeting said: "Yes, don't be afraid of thieves stealing but afraid of thieves."

Zhang Bowen said: "We don't want to be evil with anyone, we just want to run a company well for normal business activities, but others may not think so. When I talked to President Luo that day, I have been impressed by a sentence he said: Avoiding conflict with others is not just avoiding it. The way to avoid conflict is to prepare for it. "

Luo Sheng is not in the company today. When everyone heard the name, they couldn't help admiring it, and admiring it.

Everyone knows that this series of major crises encountered by Blue Star Technology Group would not have been the situation today without the existence of this man.

Luo Sheng's authority on Bluestar Technology, and the Blue Coast, Shengfeng Capital, etc. have been strengthened like never before.

He has established an unparalleled prestige in the hearts of everyone, and has nothing to do with age. The thing of age has been ignored by everyone for a few years. People will only remember how to resolve the crisis again and again. And continue to create legends.

Participating Zhang Bowen looked around and said, "2013 is tomorrow. The strategic goals of the group company in the new year have already been set. It is the three major strategies of Luo, developing new business in emerging market countries and regions. We used to pick and choose Hardship areas are reluctant to explore the markets there, which leads to over-reliance on the markets of developed countries in Europe and the United States and is facing a half-death by the other side. Now they have to starve and eat, as long as they can't eat the dead.

The executives attending the meeting didn't say a word. Everyone kept their heads down to record the contents of the meeting, or stared at the work computer occasionally typing on the keyboard, but the sound was not loud.

Exploring business in emerging market countries and regions is a major long-term strategy developed by Luo Sheng for Bluestar Technology Group. To put it plainly, it is the "rural encirclement of the city" approach, and to prove by itself that such a policy is feasible, so it is required The company learns from the past, and walks up the road of the rise.

Earlier, Zhang had arranged the executives of Blue Star Technology to visit Pengcheng in person. The reason was that the level of hardship at that time was better than the current Blue Star Technology. Even so, it was also from Europe and the United States. Among the major communication giants, the survival of the counter-attack has been achieved by the survival of the cracks, which has achieved the status of today's generation of world communication giants.

Zhang Bowen looked away, saying: "Second is the in-depth expansion of the Greater China business market, which is the top priority. Mr. Luo has repeatedly emphasized that the Mainland market is the fundamental foundation for ensuring that our group of companies can be invincible. I do n’t think I need to go into too much on this point. The third big strategy is to invest 150 billion US dollars in scientific research in the next five years, with an average of 30 billion US dollars per year. Mastering the core technology will have international competitiveness. Blue Star ’s lost market share in developed countries this year will be recaptured in the future, and we will make a comeback. ”

The attendees were also zealous and confident was unprecedented. Customers from most developed countries such as North America, Britain, and Australia were lost, but Bluestar did not announce its withdrawal from these markets, but always took root there. Even if it is not profitable, it is necessary to support the blood transfusion through the profit of other markets.

Only a fool would clap his **** and walk away, which is exactly what his competitors are happy to see.

Luo Sheng will not make the low-level mistake of Google Aojiao exiting the Greater China market. Exiting the Greater China market will cause Google a heavy loss. At least it will earn tens of billions of dollars less revenue every year. With the continuous growth of the domestic Internet user market Soaring, Google looked at the bleeding in his heart.

And if Bluestar Technology does this, it will lose hundreds of billions of dollars, and it will allow competitors to keep growing and in turn grab other market shares.

...

With the passage of time, the first month of the new year of 2013 finally ushered in.

Technology complex building.

"The shorts have fully receded and Bluestar Technology's stock has continued to rise. Yesterday Soros admitted in an interview with Bloomberg that he lost more than 10 billion US dollars in the process of shorting. This time all shorters are at the highest At the time of the book's floating loss, it exceeded US $ 280 billion, and the actual loss exceeded US $ 248 billion. "

Qin Weimu, who came to report, said.

At this moment, she and Luo Sheng are in the living room. The latter laughed: "The company's circulating market value is only 18%. We can sell stocks appropriately to enhance liquidity. It is also to withdraw funds. Bluestar's current debt ratio is It was 30 to 40 percent higher than before, and debt settlement, a $ 150 billion R & D strategy, and opening up new markets all cost money. "

Lao Zhang will do the stock sale. In terms of the company's current cash reserves, the shares transferred to the State-owned Assets Management Office received US $ 88 billion in foreign exchange cash, bank loans of US $ 52.2 billion in foreign exchange cash, and US $ 23.9 billion in public offering financing. The company's own cash flow, and the cash reserves in Bluestar Technology have soared to more than 170 billion US dollars.

The funds from the State-owned Assets Management Office and the bank's low-interest loans were originally intended to be used for consumption, but the market value of the circulation was less and less, and the short-sellers did not even think that they would be in the stock market. Deciding on the winner, but to lay the final victory outside the stock market.

Because Bluestar has already carried a heavy debt burden for this, Wall Street's short institutions have carefully calculated that Bluestar's short-term support will ignite the debt crisis, and heavy debt will become the last straw that crushes the camel.

It ’s not as good as a day count, a public offering action instantly broke short-sellers' trust crisis and fell apart, and the situation ushered in a big reversal between hands.

Faced with a huge crisis of trust, the Wall Street shorts gave them 10,000 guts to dare not take the risk. Those short predators are adventurers, gamblers, but not fools.

Indeed, Bluestar Technology is now carrying a heavy debt burden. If the debt is subtracted, the current cash reserves of more than 170 billion US dollars are far from being sufficient to repay the principal, let alone to pay off the debt with interest.

First of all, the five major banks owed as much as 52.2 billion US dollars. Although it is a low-interest loan, it can't hold the base too large. The interest generated in it is still high and scary.

Secondly, it owed a total of US $ 126.8 billion in debt to fraternal companies such as the French Riviera, Shengfeng Capital, and Life Science Funds. Although they are all Luo Sheng's funds or companies, the debts that should be repaid have the interest that should be given, but only relatively little , But can't hold the cardinality too large.

The principal of these two debts alone is as high as US $ 179 billion, which has exceeded the total cash reserve of Bluestar Technology.

This is still in the case of no interest calculation. At the same time, Bluestar Technology was cut off in revenue at this time, the debt burden soared, and the money made was less. In addition, the company's operating expenses were astronomical.

This series of questions is all about the potential dangers of Bluestar Technology's debt.

In order to pay off debts, let alone a US $ 150 billion R & D budget strategy. In order not to ignite the debt crisis, shelving this strategy is inevitable. At the same time, it must further reduce R & D investment, even mass layoffs, and sell heavy assets such as data centers to free up money. To pay the debt.

So it entered a vicious circle.

It is a pity that this scene imagined by the short-skinned predators on Wall Street can only become an eternal illusion in the end, and the reality has not moved towards their perfect schedule.

Bluestar Technology Group finally survived.

Today, the situation is completely different. The stocks bought back by Bluestar Technology can be sold in succession. Under normal circumstances, reducing the liquidity of stock repurchases can enhance investor confidence.

However, the situation of Bluestar Technology is not the same now. With such a mess, the liquidity is too poor.

Selling a portion of the stock to realise it will ensure that the company's operations and established strategy are not affected, while also reducing the current debt burden.

It is worth mentioning that in this public offering, Bluestar Technology received $ 23.9 billion in financing on the surface, in fact only $ 720 million in financing, and the remaining money was funded by the Luo Sheng family fund.

Luo Sheng was quite surprised. Actually, there are people who are not afraid of death to follow the car here. Simply let these people get on the car. It is a return of their trust and a rich return.

In this round of financing, the Luo Sheng family fund increased its stock by 4.5%. In addition to the previous dips, the family fund currently holds 16.5% of the shares of Blue Star Technology Group, which is actually the third only after the State-owned Assets Management Office and Luo Sheng. Major shareholder.

Luo Sheng glanced at Qin Weimu and reminded: "This time there was such a big turmoil, you temporarily converge, and the family fund can be exposed as late as possible, it is best to hide behind the scenes forever."

I'm not afraid of exposure, even if it is really exposed, all the money made is reasonable and legal. At most, Luo Sheng will add some less popular titles such as "international speculators" and "big shorts" and put He was categorized into figures like Soros.

However, as long as it is not exposed, it can hide its true strength and can always be used as a trump card to play a role in turning the tide at a critical moment, such as the planning of this public offering.

If exposed, it would be impossible to successfully separate the airdrop agency on Wall Street.

Qin Weimu said with a smile: "Last year, Wall Street's short funds were basically fighting with you, so they missed a great opportunity for Greek bankruptcy. I think they know it too, but they can't help it. The funds are locked in You dare not move here, you can only watch the opportunity missed. In the end, there is no benefit to both ends. "

Luo Sheng could not help laughing, it is estimated that the other party is now angry enough to shut himself off.

"The layout here in Greece, how much profit do you take away?"

Family funds do not lack liquidity. While ensuring that Bluestar Technology and Wall Street are short-term matchups, they can also free up funds to distribute Greece.

Qin Weimu proudly said, "7.8 billion ... Euros!"

Luo Sheng looked down and thought deeply, but his face looked deep, but he looked up at her for a moment and said sincerely, "How can I praise you? I'll give you seven or eight billion yuan."

...

Time flies, and in February 2013, it's almost instant.

Bluestar Technology Group's stock price has changed from last year's decline since it entered the new year. The year-to-date growth has been as high as 26%, which is still under the premise of Bluestar Technology actively releasing circulating market capital and withdrawing funds.

The bearish faces of bearish BTC stocks are almost wiped out.

And Bluestar Technology's current cash flow reserve has reached 268 billion U.S. dollars, regardless of the previous capital war, no matter how hard it is to burn money, no matter how much it loses, as long as it becomes the final winner, all previous losses can be made with profit come back.

But soon, Blue Star's cash flow fell to the $ 208 billion stall.

First, under Luo Sheng's decision-making decision, the 52.2 billion US dollars of low-interest loans borrowed from the five major banks were repaid in advance and fully repaid.

In fact, this fund was not used at all after the call, because the opponent fell too suddenly, belonging to the rhythm of sudden death on the spot.

Many senior executives of the company's management did not recommend that Luo Sheng pay back the money so early, because this is a low-interest loan, the interest is too low, and Bluestar Technology can fully use this money to run the money well. Make money.

However, Luo Sheng did not adopt it. Isn't this stealing the business of the National Bank?

Although the bank wouldn't say anything, Luo Sheng's ruthless move to **** business from the country would definitely not make a difference.

The second is to slowly pay off the debts between the brother companies. You don't have to worry too much about this. You can pay it back slowly. Luo Sheng cannot force himself to debt.

...

Venture Capital Fund, General Manager's Office.

"Mr. Liu and Shengfeng Capital released the data of the 2012 annual report. The asset management scale reached 967.0 billion yuan, the working capital reached 340 billion yuan, and the net profit was 13.28 billion yuan last year."

Liu Wen's assistant closed the file after reporting.

The venture capital fund and Liu Wen, the manager of the investment fund, are regarded as Luo Sheng's old friends. In the early stage of Blue Star's A round of financing, the venture capital fund came to the fore.

When Shengfeng Capital was established, it also joined the crowd and made subsequent investments.

However, when Blue Star Technology and the Wall Street bears fought a world war last year, Luo Sheng pulled Shengfeng Capital into the water and made Liu Wen and other investors very dissatisfied. What's even more angry is that Shengfeng Capital has also frozen all the assets of investors forbidden to invest. To redeem funds.

After learning that Liu Wen was also angry at his mother.

But at this moment, he seemed to be a different person.

"Inconceivable, Shengfeng Capital, an investment fund that focuses on long-term investment in cutting-edge technology, invests billions of dollars in venture capital every year. Under such huge sunk costs, it is able to achieve tens of billions of profits in successive years. "

Liu Wen gave a sigh of relief, and after a while instructed his assistant to add: "You arrange it. The venture capital fund has 6 billion private placements. All are invested in Shengfeng Capital."

After that, he laughed and said, "You can always trust the Luo Sheng effect."

The move was too real, causing extreme discomfort to his assistant.

When there was no victory or defeat between Bluestar Technology and the Wall Street bears, he saw with his own eyes that his boss was roaring in the office, Luo Sheng effect? Shit!

And now?

I licked it so recklessly.

Liu Wen's assistant only spoke about his boss in his heart, but he soon went to execute it.

Once the money is invested in Shengfeng Capital Investment Fund, after the transaction is completed, the funds will be frozen for three years. The closed period of three years is not redeemable, but it can be packaged into bonds for transfer or other financial derivatives. Some people are willing to take over and can transfer creditor's rights, so Liu Wen is not afraid that if he needs to realize cash in the past three years, it will be enough to convert debts.

Although the fund was frozen by Shengfeng Capital before, it can still be done in this way. The question is, at that time, who would dare to take this hot plate.

Everyone thought that Wall Street would surely triumph, and Shengfeng Capital would be pulled into the water by Bluestar Technology and die without a burial place.

But the result was beyond everyone's expectation. Liu Wen was also constantly looking for convertible debt objects before, but unfortunately no one dared to take this offer. At that time, he was almost crazy.

Not only Liu Wen, the funds and securities companies that had invested in Shengfeng Capital were just like the ants on the hot pot at the time.

Now, Liu Wen is very fortunate that no one picked up the plate at the beginning, otherwise Nima really lost money.

In turn, those who refuse to accept the offer are now regrettable.

Right now, it's not just venture capital funds that are starting to lick, other fund companies have staged large-scale "true incense" scenes.

What's the use of face? Can it bring profits to the performance?

What I have to say is that Qin Weimu, who is the head of Shengfeng Capital, now has a thunderous presence in the capital circle.

Every major VC can be described as everyone knows, and it is also known in the army of technology entrepreneurs. It is regarded as a true "investment angel" because in addition to capital operations, Shengfeng Capital only invests in start-up technology companies.

Her status in the investment world is just like Luo Sheng's in the science and technology field. Many VCs engaged in technology investment have no idea which startup company has a prospect. Then they simply invest directly in Shengfeng Capital. .

It's just that relatively little is made, but it's practical.

This is why in the short period of three or four years, Shengfeng Capital's asset list has rapidly expanded to nearly 1 trillion yuan.

Qin Weimu is talented in the financial field. He is also a member of Luo Sheng. The relationship between them is in the upper circle. Everyone knows that this is a guarantee.

This time the disastrous defeat of Wall Street's short predators has undoubtedly further strengthened the mysterious aura of the "Luo Sheng effect". The industry has gradually formed a blind consensus that "Luo Sheng benefits" is equivalent to making a lot of money.

In February, Shengfeng Capital not only did not have an investor request to redeem the fund, it seems that this thing has never happened at all.

In contrast, in the first month of the new year to early February, Shengfeng Capital received a total of 120 billion yuan in asset custody over 35 days, which also pushed Shengfeng Capital's asset management scale to 1.08 trillion yuan. A new height of the renminbi.

Two years ago, it has become the largest private equity management investment fund in China. In February this year, it became the first private equity investment fund with a trillion-dollar asset management scale in China. It has been hailed as "China's Blackstone Fund Company". ".

However, compared with the scale of asset management of Blackstone Group, Shengfeng Capital is still a small witch.

The Blackstone Group's own total assets are equal to that of Shengfeng Capital, but it has a global asset management scale of 5.4 trillion US dollars.

...

Entering the new year in February is also about to usher in the Spring Festival holiday, and now the crisis has been passed without fear, whether it is Bluestar Technology or the Blue Coast, and its employees can have a good year in peace.

However, Luo Sheng did not return home for the Chinese New Year. After leading the company through this major crisis, he focused his energy on climbing technology, mainly Star Arrow International.

Also did not return home for the Chinese New Year, and there are scientific research teams such as Liu Jianwei.

...

Star Arrow International R & D Experimental Building.

Today is the Spring Festival, but Liu Jianwei's team is still working. In their eyes, every day is a working day except for a few rest days.

Scientific research and academics are almost all of their lives. Apart from their talents, the breakthroughs that can be achieved successfully have a great relationship on the front line.

Luo Sheng came here today, at the moment while Liu Jianwei is in the laboratory.

The two are standing next to an experimental bench with a transparent closed isolation tube placed on it. Inside is the latest achievement of Liu Jianwei's team, a new half-meter-long carbon fiber nanotube material.

"The half-meter-long pipe has broken the world record. Professor Liu, your progress is much faster than I thought. But we need a pipe that is at least 36,000 kilometers long. Is there any way to create this in the future? A tube of this length? "Luo Sheng said, staring at the carbon fiber nanotubes inside." Professor Liu, you don't have to be under pressure. I mean there is at least a theoretically feasible direction. "

Hearing that, Liu Jianwei frankly stated his views without thinking too much: "I haven't thought about this either. I think that only when nano-robot technology breaks through will we be able to take on this responsibility, and the rest will not work."

Luo Sheng: "Nano robots? Nanotechnology breakthroughs are no easier or even more difficult than new materials."

Liu Jianwei nodded: "Yes. Nano-robot, a virus-sized robot made from molecules, carbon fiber nanotubes are composed of hexagonal carbon atom structures, and nano-robots are very small, which can build this on a micro level. This kind of structure. As long as the carbon material is sufficient, the nano-robot can produce tens of thousands of kilometers of carbon fiber nanotubes, which is theoretically absolutely feasible and fast in efficiency. "

Luo Sheng could not help but nodded silently. If nanotechnology can make great breakthroughs and applications, it will not only bring revolutionary breakthroughs for the application of new materials, but also have infinite imagination for medical clinical applications.

Perhaps the greatest significance of creating a space ladder is not deep space exploration, but rather to use this as an opportunity to light up the various cutting-edge technologies of human beings. After all, the space ladder requires too much technology, and its derivative technology is unparalleled in other fields. .

Liu Jianwei looked at Luo Sheng: "Mr. Luo, a scientific team of Harbin Institute of Technology has made a robot of 600 nanometers the year before. I believe that in the future, more intelligent and miniaturized nano robots will come soon, but the current technology development At speed, we may have to wait many years, ten to fifteen years or more. "

Hearing this, Luo Sheng was keenly aware of some of the subtexts of the other party's sentence, and then curiously asked, "Oh? Professor Liu, do you know this scientific team of Harbin Institute of Technology?"

"The leader of this scientific team is an old friend I have known for decades. His professional level in the field of nanotechnology is a leading authority in the country and even the world ..." Liu Jianwei nodded and smiled, showing it in the line. Be highly respected.

Who is Luo Sheng?

With a little thought in my heart, I immediately understood the professor's thoughts. Liu Jianwei joined Star Arrow International for more than half a year. Although Luo Sheng didn't spend much time with him, he also fully understood it. Outside of work, a person who is embarrassed to speak directly.

Luo Sheng believes that if it is not related to work, he would not even mention this old friend. The expert in new materials science is not very good at human affairs. After all, everyone ’s mind is devoted to academic research.

"Professor Liu, could you do me a favor and write a letter to your old man, I want to invite him and his team from Harbin Institute of Technology to Xingjian International." Luo Sheng asked directly after finishing his consideration. Road.

Sure enough, when Liu Jianwei heard the words, he nodded without hesitation: "No problem, I will definitely go all out to assist you in digging him up."

It's so straightforward that the leader of Harbin Institute of Technology heard most of his nose crooked.

Luo Sheng also showed a candid smile, and he couldn't help but think of the famous saying in Asimov's "Empire of the Galaxy": The reason why most scientists are ninth-class administrators, maybe only Because they are accustomed to dealing with natural phenomena with less flexibility, and they do not know how to deal with fickle hearts.

The reason why Liu Jianwei always fails to apply for R & D funding may have a lot to do with his "upright" side. In a sense, Luo Sheng has become his Bole. People like him really need Luo Sheng People can support scientific research achievements more quickly.

...

In the afternoon, Luo Sheng invited Liu Jianwei to the science and technology complex building.

Although I don't know what the young Jinzhu intended, he temporarily put down the work at hand and was invited to come. Although he was "straight up", he was not exactly a puppet scientist with negative emotional intelligence.

"Professor Liu, I asked you today to show you something."

Luo Sheng was leading Liu Jianwei to the circular hall inside the building, which was also quite curious. When the two entered an empty closed circular hall, Liu Jianwei couldn't help but look at the scene immediately.

"this is……"

In the middle of the hall is a huge model, and the height of this hall has reached more than thirty meters.

"This is an equal-scale model of the space ladder that I took three months to calculate through rigorous calculations by supercomputing." Luo Sheng looked at the complete model hanging in front of him, and then turned his head to look at Professor Liu with a smile: Do it by hand, so Qin Huang can compare with me. "

At this moment, Liu Jianwei didn't even know what stalk of Qinhuang and Qin Huang was. He walked forward without a word, looked up and looked at the model in front of him carefully, his mouth was also slightly subconsciously opened.

After seeing this model, Liu Jianwei was more convinced that Luo Sheng really wanted to build a space ladder instead of just talking about it, even though it was a century-old project.

It's too high, reaching a height of more than thirty meters.

It can only be said that being rich is willful.

"Professor Liu, please here."

Luo Sheng immediately took him to a nearby elevator, which can reach different heights, and there are corridors at different heights, so that the extra large hand can be visually looked at at different heights.

"At least Professor Liu's team is responsible for the rope problem, and the progress is quite satisfactory, and there is also a theoretically feasible solution, but the technical difficulties of the space ladder are too much. The next thing to be solved is this ladder. Operation problem. "Luo Sheng looked at the space station at the top and opened the microphone.

Liu Jianwei examines this exquisite, sci-fi, oversized model, but he also ends the silence for a moment.

"In the book" Fountain of Heaven "by science fiction author Arthur Clark, there is a description of the space ladder. It is very slow, even days, to pull people or goods into space by the old-fashioned wheel hub elevator before the power is turned on. "

Luo Sheng laughed: "Professor Liu also watched Clark's work? Yes, but in reality we certainly can't go to space in this way. At present, I have two plans for driving the ladder."

Liu Jianwei retracted his eyes and fell on Luo Sheng, and said in amazement, "Are there any plans?"

Luo Sheng motioned him to look at the model weighing several tons in front of him: "The first solution is the current model, which is to energize the entire cable, add wheels to the ladder, let the wheels clamp the cable, and rely on the electricity on the cable to reach the space orbit. , So that the speed of climbing the ladder can be as fast as the electric-powered high-speed rail. "

Liu Jianhong immediately expressed his doubts: "But this space cable is tens of thousands of kilometers long. The electricity from the ground or the space station may be greatly lost due to resistance, or even directly cut off."

Luo Sheng nodded: "Yes, so to ensure that the space ladder has sufficient power, we need to add a layer of superconducting material to the cable, but the problem is that superconducting humans at room temperature have not yet been able to handle it."

It seems impossible to build a space ladder without lighting up the cutting-edge technology.

At this time, Liu Jianhong thought of a conservative approach, pointing to several places on the model and saying, "Can you hang a few generators on the ladder to maintain electricity? For example, in the atmosphere we can use helium balloons and fans to generate electricity. Outside the atmosphere, solar panels and the like can be used. "

After hearing such a suggestion, Luo Sheng had no choice but to give Liu Jianwei the title of "design ghost". It seems that the professor is still working on new materials.

Luo Sheng just came up with the idea just a moment, and Liu Jianwei shook his head to deny himself.

"No, no, this method is too stupid, obviously it will increase the load and construction difficulty of the space ladder, and it is not conducive to stability and mobility."

Luo Sheng originally wanted to say this, and since Liu Jianwei already said it, he skipped it.

"Another solution is to give the ladder a few solar cells. The power of the sky and the ground comes from the strong laser beams of space and ground. This approach seems too sci-fi and unreliable, but it has been implemented. In the 'Energy Challenge', a scientific team used a strong laser to send a lift with solar panels to a height of 900 meters. Unfortunately, the speed is only 3.9 meters per second. "

After hearing this, Liu Jianwei thought for a moment and sighed: "It's difficult, it's still difficult. In the construction of the space ladder, laser propulsion needs to consider the distance of tens of thousands of kilometers and the problem of laser scattering, and the speed cannot be too slow. Then this kind of laser How big is the panel. "

Luo Sheng laughed: "It's true, but technology will always improve. We don't mean to build this ladder in the next year. Only ten or even twenty years later, we might consider a specific implementation plan. What is being done is technology accumulation. "

Liu Jianwei: "That's the same."

Luo Sheng looked at the model again: "We have a feasible solution for the cable and propulsion problem in the future. We only need to continue to focus on technical pain points. But building a space ladder is far more than that. Next, we need to solve the space station of this ladder. And siting issues ... "

In the next few hours, Luo Sheng and Liu Jianwei walked and watched on the circular corridors of different heights, while constantly communicating.

The space ladder is a facility that is stationary on the ground in most cases, so the space station at its top is also relatively fixed. Therefore, the position of the space station of the ladder must be in the geostationary geostationary orbit, that is, over the equator 36,000 kilometers from the surface.

At this moment, the two have returned to the ground. Luo Sheng pointed to a globe in front of him and said to Liu Jianwei, "The equator is the region closest to the geosynchronous orbit, but the problem is that the only two launch sites near the equator are still Not an equatorial country. "

Liu Jianwei nodded silently. The reason is also very simple. Most of the equatorial area is ocean, and there are few equatorial countries.

Luo Sheng turned the globe a few times to continue, "To be honest, their economic level and technology are quite worrying. To put it simply, there is no one that can fight, and our current synchronization Orbiting satellites reach the area above the equator through complex orbits. This process is very energy-consuming. This ladder was originally Century Engineering. With the carrying capacity of current human space technology, it cannot be built by the power of the nation. "

The cost is too high.

Luo Sheng nodded the equatorial line of the globe to signal the other side and said, "And launching directly from the equator can save a lot of money. Based on this situation, if we want to establish a space ladder, we must cooperate with countries in the equatorial region. "

"First build a space launch port on the equator. This launch port will become the ground base station and transportation hub of the space ladder. It will also bring a steady stream of economic value to the host country. I believe no country will refuse to cooperate. Rush to bid. "

"But just the equatorial area is not enough. It must meet the two conditions of the equatorial area and the sea. That is to say, there must be developed water transportation to provide international transportation capacity, and at the same time a certain infrastructure and a stable local political situation. I The Earth has been searched, and only Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Indonesia can take on this task. "

"If the site selection is to build a ladder in Latin America, Laomei must ask to get on the car and play, and even if this ladder is 80% built, it will end with the Panama Canal area. Latin America is behind them. The garden is the corner of the earth for us. "

Speaking of which, Luo Sheng decisively crossed Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia, three countries in Latin America.

"So the location of the ladder can only be in Indonesia, and the water transportation is very good. It is not far from the Malacca Strait, one of the world's busiest sea routes. If it is here, the investment country may have ASEAN Asia And other countries, but the investment must be China, and Indonesia should not worry about the sovereignty of this ladder and the launch port. "

Luo Sheng withdrew his hand from the globe and stared at the map of Indonesia with his arms around. "In short, before building the ladder, we need to build a base station and a space launch port on the equatorial ground. With the space port as the foundation of the ladder, Only a geostationary space station can be constructed. "

Liu Jianwei now speaks less and listens more. He can see that Luo Sheng is very enthusiastic about this century's engineering, and there are clear steps planned between the lines.

"After solving the problems of ground station location and ladder, the next step is to provide solutions for the construction of the space station."

After a while, the two came to the 22-meter-high circular corridor. Luo Sheng looked at the model in front of him and said, "The cable of the ladder will be subject to two forces. One is the gravity from the earth below the synchronous orbit. One comes from the centrifugal force of space above synchronous orbits, so we are going to build two space stations. "

Liu Jianwei nodded. The model in front of him had two space stations.

Luo Sheng continued: "The two space stations, the space stations in geosynchronous orbits serving as spacecraft and satellite ports, and the other is the counterweight space station at the top of the ladder, which is responsible for enhancing the balance between centrifugal force and gravity.

According to the supercomputing theoretical data obtained by Xiaona, the mooring port should be located in a synchronous orbit of 36,000 kilometers, and spacecraft and satellites at this position can move around the ground for a long time.

Obviously, this area of ​​outer space is also a good place to build the Space City and Space Dock.

Space real estate is not a joke. Luo Sheng's eyes have already thought of the layout 30 or even 50 years later.

Of course, it is not mainly used for commercial housing development, but to build a space industrial cluster base.

Many high-tech and industrial products, the performance of products made in the space without gravity is unparalleled in ground manufacturing, and some components must be manufactured in this special environment to meet the requirements.

The space industry base is an inevitable product of the maturity of the fourth human revolution in science and technology.

At the same time, if humans want to cross the planets into deep space, they must have larger flying vehicles, which cannot be built on the ground and the cost is too great.

If there is a space industry base and a space dock, it can transport raw materials from the ground, process and complete modular manufacturing in the space industry base, and complete the complete assembly in the space dock.

Modularization and matching are the inevitable trend of high-end industrial manufacturing in the future, because efficiency will skyrocket, and costs will drop sharply. It is most suitable for super-large man-made facilities such as space stations and aircraft carriers.

However, these space cities and space docks must be at a certain distance from the port of call, otherwise the stability of the space ladder may be affected.

At this point, the two came to the top circular corridor. Luo Sheng pointed at the top of the model and said, "This area is a power station that provides counterweights and extra power. It is located at a higher altitude than the synchronous track. Considering the gravity The problem is that this space station needs to have a large mass, and that mass can be filled with solar panels and power generation systems. "

Luo Sheng looked back at Liu Jianwei and laughed: "With the construction of these two space stations, we can build a space ladder on this basis. Look at this. The space launch port built on the earth's equator can play a role. Ports can use recyclable rockets to quickly travel to and from Earth and synchronized orbits to transport building materials and personnel. Musk and I are both racing on recyclable rocket technology. "

"When the construction of the two space stations above the equator is completed, the erection of the ladder ropes can be carried out. This process requires a landing vehicle with a rocket engine to ensure the stability and maneuverability of the ropes when they land. The whole process also needs to maintain the state of vertical tension, and put the rope as much as the landing vehicle drops. "

Liu Jianwei nodded and said concisely: "It is not a good thing for tens of thousands of kilometers of rope to dance around in the wind."

Luo Sheng: "The construction of the space ladder came to an end only after the landing vehicle landed and was bound to the ground base station. Such ropes may need to be erected in many groups to ensure the safety and stability of the ladder. Finally, these orbital cables are provided. When the electricity is turned on, the space ladder can be put into operation. At that day, ordinary people may spend a few thousand yuan on the last space tour. "

Luo Sheng couldn't help but smile, Liu Jianwei couldn't help but look forward to this future picture.

If this ladder is successfully built, the space tourism industry in the future will be extremely explosive, but Luo Sheng's own Star Arrow International will monopolize the space transportation and tourism industry.

How big is the profit of tourism, just look at the traditional tourism industry at the moment and you can see the leopard.

If in the future it is really possible for a person to spend a few thousand dollars to enjoy a space tour, it will definitely be in short supply after three or five years of booking an appointment, and when commercial space tourism projects are opened earlier, let alone a few thousand Now, a ticket of tens of thousands is not worried about no customers.

Buy early and enjoy early, discount late.

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Ps:

A wave of commitments erupted at the end of the month. Today, a total of 15,000 words were updated, which is equivalent to the usual six chapters.

In addition, I would like to talk about the story point of the space elevator or space elevator. Presumably everyone who has read the science and technology article is already too familiar with it. It is really not easy to write a new idea for this technology point.

First of all, you can see that some people may think that this book has reached the late stage. It is not. Actually, until now, the progress has just been written by one-third. The space ladder appears in the plot, but it has come. The middle and late period, that is, it will be opened in 2030, and the timeline in the book is only 2013.

The space ladder has many derivative technologies, such as the nanotechnology, new materials, and superconducting materials mentioned in the article. One of the breakthroughs may not necessarily be used first in the space ladder, such as military, semiconductor, and medical. Ah, civil products, etc.

Science and technology have progressed systematically, and the application scenarios are also extensive and interactive.

Some people say that the space elevator is a "wonderful country of spectacle." It is better to directly engage in space planes and light up the controllable nuclear fusion technology. This Xiaoyu does not evaluate because the concept of science fiction that does not exist may now agree with the view It may also be right to disagree.

But it is not for this reason that I have the imagination of writing.

The book set by Xiaoyu, relatively speaking, the entire technology system is iterative and progressive, and the reason for writing the space ladder also has this level of metaphor.

At the same time, the ladder is also a good choice for human beings to be able to develop space in depth before mastering controlled nuclear fusion. At the same time, the related technology of the ladder can also shine in other fields. UU Reading at

It is an illusion that technology advances into a system in order to create a powerful space ladder for application facilities.

In reality, there is an aircraft carrier that everyone is familiar with. This man-made steel giant is a collection of human industrial manufacturing technology.

As for the controllable fusion technology, it is the chance that the space ladder will debut because these super technologies have not been ignited.

Controllable fusion technology This is the later technology of this book. Now the progress of this book is only one-third, because once the gadget is lit, it is not a change in a technology product, but it will change the entire human world. pattern.

At the same time, because controllable fusion technology will drive mankind to move from planetary civilization to stellar civilization, this is an inevitable direction that does not take personal will as a transfer, unless Xiaoyu ignores this logic and writes hard, such as clearly mastering controllable fusion technology , You just can't live or die from the earth, this is very illogical.

Because the plot of this book happened on the earth and around the earth's orbit, the controllable fusion technology was scheduled to appear later. Otherwise, this book would probably collapse before Xiaoyu showed all the outline content.