The term space race is actually not unfamiliar to many people, but it feels a little far away.

From 1957 to 1975, for more than a decade, the polar bears and the United States competed for the highest position in space power.

At that time, both countries had captured a large amount of rocket technology and personnel from Germany, and naturally they had to make full use of these technologies in the nuclear arms race, which was dominated by missiles.

Objectively speaking, this competition has achieved a lot of results.

For example, the launch of artificial satellites to the moon, Venus, Mars and other planets, and even the direct sending of people into space, are all achievements of this period.

The development of space technology is, to a certain extent, a representative of a country's scientific and economic strength.

And these technologies can be used for civilian or military purposes, which is naturally very valued in many countries.

Now, after many years, the term space race has become a buzzword again, and the impact is actually very large.

"Mr. Cao, if you don't make a move, you will make a big deal if you make a move."

Qian Junfeng saw all kinds of space race and Starlink-related topics on the Internet that were so hot, and couldn't help but call Cao Yang.

Of course, during this time, he did not answer all kinds of phone calls, asking whether aerospace science and technology was involved in this space race.

To be honest, every time he answered this question, Qian Junfeng's mood was rather depressed.

This time the space race is limited to the Starlink satellite system, not the space race in the broad sense.

However, this part of the business has not had much to do with aerospace science and technology so far.

On the contrary, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have invested in the Starlink project under Daystar Technology.

"This shows that the development path we have chosen for Starlink is correct and very attractive."

"At the same time, it also shows that our idea of combining Starlink with 5G is completely feasible."

"Otherwise, the United States and the polar bears would not have hurriedly announced their Starlink plans."

Cao Yang was not polite to Qian Junfeng at this time.

The rise of Daystar Technology will definitely have a certain impact on aerospace science and technology.

However, this is in line with the policy of the relevant departments to encourage private enterprises to enter the aerospace industry.

In a short period of time, Daystar does not need the support of aerospace science and technology, and the other party cannot come up with any funds to invest in shares.

As for the so-called technology shares, it will definitely not work on Cao Yang's side.

So don't be so modest at this time.

Otherwise, Qian Junfeng climbed up the pole, it would be a little embarrassing.

"This innovative Starlink of yours has really subverted many people's cognition."

"Maybe it will have an impact on everyone's life in the future."

"But if you want to launch tens of thousands of satellites in the end, the pressure should still be very high, right?"

"If there is anything that needs help from the aerospace science and technology side, you can just bring it up."

Although Qian Junfeng himself didn't want Daystar to develop too fast, he could only express his position like this at this time.

What else would you do?

"Thank you for your support, at present, our funds are still relatively sufficient, and the relevant personnel are basically fully equipped."

"If there is anything that needs special help from aerospace science and technology in the future, it is estimated that it is some things related to the launch site and remote control monitoring."

As the main responsible enterprise of Huaxia's aerospace business, aerospace science and technology must have a lot more resources in its hands than Daystar Technology.

For example, several major launch sites in China belong to them.

In addition, they have fixed or mobile monitoring stations in many places, which can also be used by Daystar.

"No problem, when the time comes, I will arrange a special person to connect with your daily business, and I will fully assist the Starlink plan to land as soon as possible."

For Huaxia, the success of the Starlink plan is obviously not a matter for Daystar Technology alone.

To a certain extent, this represents Huaxia's participation in this special space race.

Therefore, Daystar Technology must not fail.

Now that we have a lead, there's no reason to fail.

……

"Mr. Cao, Huawei has officially communicated with us, and I hope to join the Starlink project."

If it was an ordinary enterprise that wanted to invest in the STARL plan, Zhao Siyu would definitely refuse directly.

But when it comes to Warwick, he feels that he still needs to communicate with Cao Yang.

After all, Warwick's situation is different from other companies.

The two sides have cooperated for a long time, and there is even a joint venture chip factory.

Now Huawei's chips are basically produced by joint venture factories or Nanshan Semiconductor.

In addition, Huawei has indeed mastered the core technology in domestic enterprises, and it is more competitive.

These Zhao Siyu are very recognized.

"Warwick should have started developing 5G-related technologies a long time ago, and I don't think it's surprising that they will be interested in the Starlink project."

Cao Yang does not plan to monopolize the country's 5G-related equipment in the future, so although he can make a lot of money in the short term, it is easy for opponents to make the "Anti-Monopoly Law" and toss.

In addition, some of the content about communication on Starlink can indeed be used with some of Warwick's technologies.

It is not impossible to give up a part of the shares.

Of course, the further back you go, the more expensive these shares become.

Warwick has to be able to accept this.

Even sometimes it's not just a matter of valuation, and you need a premium to get a ticket.

"Yes, Huawei has a lot of accumulation in 4G and 5G, and many of the 4G base stations that are being built in China are related equipment provided by Huawei."

"In the future, our Starlink satellite system will be combined with 5G communication, and it will not hurt to bring Warwick in."

"I think this should be understandable on the side of Geely, Mobile, Telecom and Unicom."

With more shareholders comes more things to consider.

Although everyone said that they would not interfere in the operation when they invested, they fully supported Cao Yang's decision.

But in the new board of directors, several of their shareholders are directors.

In this case, it is certainly not appropriate for you to not take their ideas into account at all.

"Well, then talk to Warwick and set aside 5% of the shares for them."

Now Daystar Technology only has 75% of the shares of Starlink Satellite System, and if it is given away too much, there will not be much room for maneuver in the future.

At that time, whether it is listed or continues to attract some investors, Cao Yang does not plan to simply give up his shares.

If you want to dilute it, then everyone will dilute it together.

"If it's 5%, invest 3 billion?"

Zhao Siyu quickly calculated and gave a reasonable figure.

The current Starlink must no longer be treated with a valuation of 50 billion.

After all, the cash on the account is more than 10 billion yuan.

"Let's talk about it according to this 3 billion, Warwick should be acceptable."

Cao Yang gave an accurate reply directly.

As a subordinate, sometimes I am afraid that the reply given by the leader is very ambiguous, and I need to guess by myself.

Words like "I know", "In principle, no", "Almost", etc., are very annoying to hear.

……

Starlink and Space Race, these two hot words related topics, you can find some related news on the Weibo hot search list every day.

Such a high popularity has greatly increased the popularity of related companies.

However, for China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, their popularity does not make much sense.

People are doing a relatively monopolistic business, and their popularity is not low.

Now that all three are shareholders of the Starlink project, the significance of raising their popularity is even less significant.

But for Geely Automobile, another original shareholder, the situation is completely different.

"Mr. Li, in the past week or two, our car sales have increased by more than 30% year-on-year, which is significantly higher than the industry level."

"According to this trend, we are expected to surpass Chery Automobile this year and become the car company with the highest sales volume among China's own brands."

Penryn was in a wonderful mood right now.

Obviously, I didn't make much effort, but the sales volume was rising rapidly.

While the 30% increase is unlikely to continue, it won't drop to 0 anytime soon.

In the future, the launch frequency of Daystar 9 will be very high, and the people of China will be able to see relevant news almost every three or five days.

At that time, Geely, the original shareholder of the Starlink satellite system, will definitely appear in many articles and reports.

This is very beneficial for increasing the sales of Geely automobiles.

After all, for many consumers, buying Chery Automobile or Geely Automobile, or Great Wall Motors and Changan Automobile, has nothing to do with it.

Sometimes they often choose the same type of model, and then go to their respective 4S stores to learn about it.

If the reception of a certain store is not good, you may just give up the brand.

The other store may not have had enough of a discount and was abandoned.

And now it is likely that because of the high appearance rate of Geely Automobile, everyone will subconsciously feel that Geely Automobile will be a little better than other independent brand cars.

In this way, it will naturally have an impact on sales.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a big gain from the original unintentional move."

"Follow Mr. Cao's footsteps, I really never missed it."

Li Su is also quite emotional now.

The 500 million yuan invested by Geely Automobile has now risen several times.

As long as he is willing to transfer this part of the shares, he will be able to have a large amount of cash in his account immediately.

And now this investment has also increased the sales of Geely automobiles, and this potential impact may not be measured simply by a few hundred million.

Sure enough, sometimes choice is more important than hard work.

"That's true, when Daystar Technology first proposed the Starlink satellite system, many people on the Internet were not optimistic."

"Even if some people are optimistic on the surface, they are actually hoping that Daystar Technology is unlucky."

"Now it has developed so quickly, three batches of rockets have been sent into space, and more batches of satellites will be launched soon."

"It is estimated that other car companies will be envious, jealous and hateful."

Peng Lin could imagine how other auto companies would react.

A 30% increase in sales, how much advertising is needed to achieve the effect?

"This situation of sales variables is estimated to have been felt by many car companies."

"As long as you analyze it a little, you will know that this change in sales is related to Geely Automobile's stake in the Starlink satellite system of Daystar Technology."

"At that time, it is likely that more models will want to become shareholders of Starlink."

Li Su's concern is obviously not unreasonable.

The benefits can't be eaten up by your Geely family.

The relationship between other car companies and Nanshan Group is also very good, and even Changan and other companies will have a better relationship with Nanshan Group than Geely.

In this case, Li Su does not think that Cao Yang will completely reject the investment willingness of other car companies.

Of course, it is certainly not possible for all car companies to have the same 5% stake as Geely Automobile.

If that's the case, Cao Yang's own shares are too small, and other shareholders will have to worry.

"Don't be afraid, even if other models start working hard now, they can't surpass us."

"This wave of heat is already so high, but it certainly can't last forever."

Peng Lin is not particularly worried that after other car companies become shareholders of Starlink, it will have too much impact on Geely Automobile.

Of course, in the long run, there will definitely be an impact.

But there's no way around it, you have to figure it out.

Otherwise, you won't be able to get along with yourself.

"You pay more attention to the situation on the side of Daystar Technology, and our marketing policies will be adjusted in a timely manner according to various situations."

"As a whole in this year's auto market, it is estimated that the increment will not be particularly high, and the competition should still be very fierce."

Li Su didn't dwell on this topic anymore, just let Peng Lin keep staring.

In several other car companies, they are now thinking of a way to become a shareholder of Starlink, just as Geely speculated.

"Mr. Cao, the cooperation between our Chuncheng Automobile Group and Nanshan Automobile Group in recent years is very pleasant, right?"

After Zhu Zhengfeng discussed it internally, he called Cao Yang directly.

This kind of thing, it is definitely faster to go down the upper route.

"Pleasant, very pleasant."

Cao Yang could probably guess what Zhu Zhengfeng wanted to do, but he would definitely not take the initiative to bring up this topic.

"I've heard that our Starlink satellite system will be integrated with the in-vehicle systems of various vehicles, so that each car can be connected to the network, so as to achieve the same experience as computers and mobile phones, such as maps, listening to songs, and watching movies."

"If this idea is finally realized, it will definitely play a very huge role in improving the competitiveness of the domestic automobile industry."

"Our Nanshan Hongqi sales are now rising rapidly, and this year's growth rate is also higher than that of the industry."

"Other independent brands of Chuncheng Automobile Group are also developing steadily."

"Mr. Cao, although I know that the STARL project is not short of money now, we also want to contribute to the development of STARL, I wonder if there is still a chance?"

Zhu Zhengfeng did not beat around the bush, and quickly cut to the topic.

After all, everyone is so familiar, and it's even worse to go around.

"Spring City Automobile Group is also interested?"

Cao Yang thought of BYD and Chang'an, who had already called him, and then Great Wall Motors, which was also about to move, and deliberately revealed a little news to Zhu Zhengfeng.

"Are there any other car companies that want to invest in Starlink as well?"

Zhu Zhengfeng is not stupid, so he can naturally immediately hear the meaning of Cao Yang's words.

Although it was expected that other car companies had taken similar actions before the call, after really knowing the news, Zhu Zhengfeng was still a little nervous.

In case Cao Yang promised other car companies and there was no share, it would be troublesome.

"Yes, many car companies are interested."

"However, to be honest with you, Starlink is no longer ready for large-scale external financing."

"That's what other shareholders like China Mobile and Telecom mean, and we think it makes sense."

If you want to reject others and lower their expectations, you naturally have to find a scapegoat.

Otherwise, everyone will not look good at that time.

Sure enough, after listening to Cao Yang's words, Zhu Zhengfeng completely believed it.

But he will definitely not give up, and he also heard that he is not without a chance, but it is impossible to have only 5% of the shares like Geely Automobile.

For Chuncheng Automobile, the emphasis is on participation, and the number of shares is not particularly mindful.

Of course, if it's so low that it doesn't have any influence, it's definitely not going to work.

"Starlink needs to launch so many satellites to be successful, and now the United States and Polar Bear have set off a space race and are competing to launch their own Starlink satellite system."

"In this case, Daystar Technology's Starlink must accelerate its development, and it will not hurt to prepare more funds."

"As for the specific shares, we can fully listen to your opinions."

Zhu Zhengfeng directly said his thoughts.

Cao Yang didn't hang on when he heard this, and said directly: "At present, there are many automobile companies that want to invest in Starlink, so we can only give each car company 1% of the shares at most, and it is not acceptable to any car company." ”

"Basically, it can be determined that the shares that will continue to be taken out this year will not exceed 10%."

"Each car company can only hold a maximum of 1% of the shares, and when the time comes, it will be submitted to the board of directors for discussion and signing of relevant documents."

When Cao Yang said this, Zhu Zhengfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

There is a 1% stake, which is acceptable.

Other car companies are in the same situation, treating them equally, at least they have not lost face.

This result is acceptable to him.

"Mr. Cao, then we will have 1% of the shares of Chuncheng Automobile Group, and the other conditions will follow the big army."

For Chuncheng Automobile Group, this investment is more about a sense of participation and a sense of presence in front of relevant departments.

So 1% or 2% is not that important.

The important thing is to be involved in it.

It would be great if there were some tangible benefits to be gained from this in the future.

For example, the current 1% stake costs 6 billion, and the value of these 600 million will become billions in the future.

That's a huge achievement.

After chatting with Zhu Zhengfeng, Cao Yang quickly arranged for Zhao Siyu to connect with various car companies that contacted him to discuss the investment landing.

"Mr. Yin, Geely Automobile has taken a big advantage this time."

As the head of Chery's automobile sales department, Wang Ze has had a relatively nourishing life in the past few years.

After all, Chery Automobile is now the leading enterprise of China's own brand car companies, and his influence as the head of the sales department in the 4S store is still quite large.

However, during this time, Geely Automobile's limelight surpassed Chery Automobile, which made Wang Ze a little unhappy.

In particular, Chery Automobile wanted to invest in the Starlink satellite system, but in the end it could only get 1% of the shares.

At the beginning, Geely Automobile only spent 500 million yuan to obtain a 5% stake, even if it added some investment in order to keep this proportion from declining, the cost was much lower than that of Chery Automobile.

The most important thing is that other car companies have only 1% of the shares, and Geely Automobile has 5%.

It seems as if Geely Automobile is the boss of a domestic independent brand car company.

In this situation, the people of Chery Automobile should be the most mindful.

"No way, who made the family bold enough and good enough to have a good vision?"

"When Daystar Technology first proposed the Starlink satellite system, few people were optimistic about it, and even felt that it involved hundreds of billions of investments, and it was destined to die in the end."

"But now people are moving forward step by step, so that people can see the future clearly."

"What's even more surprising is that they actually combined Starlink with 5G communication, and immediately won the favor of the three major operators."

"In this case, the influence of Daystar Technology is naturally not comparable to that of Geely Automobile's investment."

Although Yin Chuan also felt a little regretful and pity, he was able to figure it out.

After all, even if he does it all over again, he will most likely not spend 500 million yuan to invest in the Starlink satellite system at such an early stage, like Geely Automobile.

"That being said, it's a little uncomfortable after all."

"Geely Automobile's sales this month are likely to surpass ours."

Wang Ze felt the need to give Yin Chuan a preventive shot, lest he become a scapegoat after Chery Automobile's sales were surpassed.

In the workplace, there are reasons and purposes behind many things.

It's like Wang Ze is discussing this topic with Yin Chuan now, it's definitely not as simple as complaining.

"During this time, Geely Automobile has gained very high exposure because of the Starlink incident, and it is normal for sales to increase."

"But in the end, it still depends on the product competitiveness of everyone's model."

"I don't think Geely's product power is stronger than ours."

Geely is going to surpass himself, and Yin Chuan must be unconvinced.

But he couldn't say much else at this time.

After all, everyone is a peer.

"Well, I think so too."

"After the news of our stake in Starlink is officially released after a while, Geely's popularity should not be so high."

Wang Ze now would rather not increase the sales of Chery Automobile than see the sales of Geely Automobile increase.

This kind of mood has a little bit of the meaning that it is more uncomfortable to see you making money than losing money.

(End of chapter)