If the people of United Rocket and Space Corporation have mixed feelings after seeing the successful launch of the Falcon 9 improvement, then the mood of Qualcomm, the shareholders of Space Exploration Technologies, is completely full of joy.

Qualcomm President Paul called Intel's Aldernine directly.

"Otellin, the Falcon 9 modification has been successfully developed, and SpaceX's Starlink satellite system is one step closer to success."

"If Intel is too late to get on the car now, if it continues to wait, the cost will be bigger and bigger."

As an American chip giant, Intel previously rejected Qualcomm's invitation and did not invest in Musco's Starlink together.

This has always been a haunting part of Paul's mind.

Although in the mobile phone chip industry, Intel's influence is very weak, and there is no way to compare with Qualcomm.

But in Paul's view, the combination of 5G communication and Starlink in the future, whether it is Qualcomm or Intel, needs to accept this situation.

Otherwise, some chip companies will continue to support the traditional base station model to develop 5G, which will lead to a certain degree of chaos in the 5G communication situation in the United States.

This is a situation that Paul did not want.

"Paul, I'm very happy that SpaceX was able to get a recyclable rocket."

"But this matter has nothing to do with Intel, and our development focus has always been on computer CPUs."

"No matter how mobile phones and PADs develop in the future, the demand for computers will always exist."

"That's something we at Intel believe in very much."

Otening gave his opinion in a firm tone.

To some extent, there is indeed no problem with his view.

As long as you are working in an office, it is basically impossible not to use a computer.

Even if the penetration rate of mobile phones and PAD is very high in a decade or so, it does not mean that there is no need for computers.

At that time, every household also needed its own computer.

The overall computer market will not become smaller, but will continue to expand due to the expansion of markets in Africa, Southeast Asia and other places.

There will be no significant decline in global computer sales every year.

In some places, on the contrary, there can be continuous growth.

As long as it firmly occupies this part of the market, Intel's good life can go on forever.

Of course, Otellan is certainly not the kind of person who does not want to make progress.

Intel will definitely do some other chip experiments as well.

But at least in the short term, they don't want to get involved in the dispute between Daystar and SpaceX.

The companies in the United States are definitely not monolithic.

There are disputes and contradictions everywhere.

"The advantages of Starlink are undoubted, if every computer can be connected to Starlink in the future, there is no need for WIFI, and you can directly access the Internet without network cables."

"This is also a very meaningful thing for the further development of computers."

"And our 4G construction has been promoted on a large scale, and Huaxia should soon officially enter the 4G era."

"Then the construction of 5G must start to be put on the agenda."

"Do you Intel still want operators to spend a lot of money to build base stations?"

Paul now has a growing understanding of the phrase "You can't wake up a man who is pretending to be asleep."

If it weren't for the sake of the "big picture", he really didn't want to talk nonsense with Ou Dening.

"Operators make so much money every year, and there's no problem in spending some money to build base stations."

"Anyway, in the end, consumers will pay for it, and maybe it will also promote economic development."

When Odenin said this, Paul felt a little sweet in his throat, and a mouthful of blood seemed to be pouring up.

Feelings don't need to be paid by Intel, so you don't care, right?

I don't have to pay for all this money!

But if the United States does not promote the development of Starlink, Starlink on the Huaxia side will monopolize the global market.

Even if the United States restricts the Starlink access of Daystar through policies, there is no way to completely eliminate the use of satellite phones in the end.

This development will directly affect Qualcomm's position in the mobile phone chip industry.

This is something that Paul absolutely could not accept.

Otherwise, why would he be so active in promoting various chip companies to join Musco's Starlink plan?

The construction cost of 5G base stations does not need to be paid by Qualcomm!

"If Intel has always had this attitude, then you will definitely regret it in the future."

"The technology industry is developing very fast right now, and Intel's advantage will soon slowly disappear."

"Maybe the focus of Nanshan Semiconductor's development now is not on computer CPUs, but who knows if people will enter this market in the future?"

"At that time, even if Intel wants to regret it, it will be useless."

Paul tried to persuade him, but Odenin didn't listen to him at all.

In the end, everyone broke up unhappily.

……

Catch time by the forelock!

This sentence is not only understood by Chinese people, but also by American people.

Just three days after the successful launch of the improved Falcon 9 of SpaceX, they used the old Falcon 9 to launch the first satellite of the Starlink satellite system, which was the official start of the construction of Starlink.

These rockets have been produced before, and if they are not launched, it will be a waste.

So even if a recyclable version has been successfully developed, it will not affect them to continue to use the non-recyclable Falcon 9 to launch the first Starlink satellite.

After this launch, at the global level, Starlink has officially entered a new competitive track.

Other competitors are still far from the United States and China.

"Werner, according to our current progress, when the recyclable rocket is successfully developed, it is estimated that the United States and Huaxia have completed the formation of Starlink."

"I think we may need to reconsider the STARL plan, otherwise it will be difficult to get the support of shareholders from all walks of life."

As the director of the European Space Agency's Technology Center, Joseph is naturally very concerned about the development of the industry.

SpaceX officially announced that he had successfully launched the first Starlink satellite, and he immediately approached Director Werner to discuss future development policies.

The organizational structure of the European Space Agency is quite special, and the shareholders are even more special.

In other words, it is not appropriate to describe it in terms of shareholders as a form of enterprise, after all, they are an institution under the umbrella of the European Union.

Member states have funded their development in the hope of competing with the United States and polar bears.

Under this mechanism, in fact, the work efficiency of the European Space Agency is destined to be relatively low.

In addition, some outstanding talents have been attracted by the United States, and they want to come up with something new on their own, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Starlink, although everyone knows that it is very important and critical, but if you can't handle it, it's useless to say anything.

"If we reconsider the STARL scheme now, it means abandoning the STARL scheme."

"After all, the further back we go, the bigger the gap between us."

When Welner heard Joseph's words, he did not get angry, but communicated with him quite seriously.

After all, he is also relatively clear about what the situation is now.

"Or could we consider asking Daystar to help us launch the satellite?"

"If you don't bother with rocket technology and simply develop Starlink satellites, the difficulty will be reduced a lot."

Joseph made a bold proposal.

Over the years, the European Space Agency has worked with NASA and with polar bears.

It doesn't seem impossible to start cooperating with Huaxia now.

"Our Starlink is destined to compete with Daystar Technology's Starlink, can they be willing to help us launch satellites?"

Werner brings up a question that many people struggle with.

It's the equivalent of Mercedes-Benz going to BMW to help it produce engines or other important parts.

In general, everyone thinks that this plan is not very suitable.

"Daystar Technology is a private technology enterprise in Huaxia, and the relevant policies of China's private enterprises have entered the aerospace field in order to promote the market-oriented development of the aerospace industry."

"For Daystar Technology, they definitely want to get as many commercial orders as possible from other companies, rather than relying on their own internal development plans to launch satellites."

"Of course, the cost of launching rockets in-house will definitely be different from that of foreign commercial cooperation."

"But as long as their offer is not particularly outrageous, it may still be much cheaper than if we were to develop the rocket ourselves."

"After all, even if our recyclable rocket is developed, whether it is the R&D cost or the production cost, it will definitely be much higher than that of Daystar."

"In this case, it is better to simply find a plan with a relatively low cost, even if the Starlink plan is to be adjusted in the future, there will not be too high silent costs in it."

When Joseph said this, Werner opened his mouth, and finally said nothing.

Because he found himself a little helpless to refute this view.

Since he felt that this plan was reasonable and feasible, he naturally quickly put it on the agenda, and flew to Huaxia in person to discuss cooperation with Daystar Technology in this regard.

……

"Mr. Cao, the European Space Agency will come over the day after tomorrow to discuss with us the big project of launching satellites, and this project is likely to be related to their Starlink project."

"Are we going to work with them then?"

When it comes to this kind of general direction, Zhao Siyu definitely doesn't dare to make decisions alone, and has to report to Cao Yang first.

"They came to discuss the satellite launch business with us so suddenly, and it seems that the Starlink project of Space X's side was officially launched, which still brought them a lot of hunger pressure."

After a little thought, Cao Yang could guess the situation on the side of the European Space Agency.

As for why the other party found Daystar Technology but not the United States, it is obviously a matter of cost.

No matter who you are looking to launch a satellite, if you can meet the launch requirements, you will definitely find a bargain.

To a certain extent, they are not afraid of Daystar Technology's random quotations.

Because if there is no way for Daystar Technology to cooperate, they can also find a Space Exploration Technology Company to cooperate.

Cao Yang and Zhao Siyu are naturally aware of this situation.

"Yes, the European Space Agency was created to compete with the polar bears and the United States to ensure that Europe does not lag behind the world in space."

"Everyone knows the importance of Starlink, and the European Space Agency has no way to handle Starlink on its own."

"In this case, it would be a good idea to ask us to cooperate."

Zhao Siyu's understanding can basically be regarded as seeing through the actual situation of the European Space Agency.

"When the time comes, we can take them to the site to visit the production lines of Daystar No. 9 and MAX, and show them our technical advantages generously."

"Of course, although the quotation can't be too exaggerated, but don't be polite."

"The price of one launch cannot be lower than 30 million euros."

"Of course, if the number of launches is relatively large, the price can be appropriately reduced later."

The production cost of a Daystar 9 can now be less than 100 million.

After all, the engine has begun to be produced on a large scale, and the cost has begun to decline rapidly.

But this is the production cost of Daystar.

According to the situation on the side of space exploration technology, the production cost of an improved Falcon 9 will still go to about 60 million US dollars.

This price is several times higher than that of Daystar 9.

While the cost of a single shot can be reduced to one-third to one-quarter of the cost of rocket production after reuse, SpaceX is not philanthropic.

The price of a single launch they quoted to the outside world, Cao Yang thinks it will not be less than 50 million US dollars.

After all, they also have to make money.

Besides, even the price of $50 million a time is much lower than the launch cost of NASA's other rockets.

This cost advantage is enough to fight in the market.

There is no benefit in blindly quoting your own minimum cost.

Since it is a high-tech industry, it is natural to have high profits.

"If the price of 30 million euros is too high?"

Zhao Siyu knows the production cost of Qixing 9, and according to the current exchange rate, three rockets can be produced at the price of one launch.

And after recycling, the cost per time is lower.

In the end, if it is launched at this price, then the profit of Daystar Technology can go to 900%, or even higher.

This is definitely a huge profit!

"If we make an offer, the other party must be haggling."

"If you only cooperate a few times, it will be 30 million euros, but if you can cooperate more than a dozen times, or even dozens or hundreds of times, the price will be different."

"We can give a tiered price, the first ~ 5th time is 30 million euros, and every 5 more times after that it will drop by 1 million euros."

"Eventually, it can be reduced all the way down to 20 million euros, and even when there are enough launches, the bottom line can be reduced to 15 million euros."

Money has to be earned, and business has to be done.

A few more launches, in fact, can also amortize the cost of Daystar Technology's own starlink.

The benefits are twofold.

So the European Space Agency sent it to the door to cooperate, and Cao Yang definitely supported it.

He even offered to ask for a ladder price to tempt the other party to launch a few more times.

In this way, a win-win situation can be achieved.

"If that's the case, then they should still be able to accept it."

"Of course, the initial offer may not be 30 million euros, we have to raise it higher."

"That would leave some room for price reduction."

After Zhao Siyu listened to Cao Yang's words, he also knew it in his heart.

Once this cooperation is implemented, it can be regarded as an epoch-making cooperation.

Even if the two sides just sign a letter of intent to cooperate first and draw out the future pie, it will cause an uproar after people outside know about it.

After all, this may be the largest rocket launch contract in the history of human spaceflight.

And the one who undertook this contract was actually a private enterprise in Huaxia.

……

"Werner, I have already contacted the people on the other side, and the willingness to cooperate on Daystar's side should also be relatively high."

"They even agreed that we would visit the production sites of Venus-9 and MAX, and would take us to the site to see the launch of Venus-9."

"It is equivalent to us being able to watch the whole process from the source of production to the launch of the rocket, and the operation of Daystar Technology."

"Even the other party said that if we want, even Starlink satellites can be handed over to them for production."

"According to them, the price of the OEM Starlink satellites will definitely be more than 30% lower than that of our own production."

On the way to Daystar Technology, Joseph and Werner ride in a Dreamer MPV of Star Motors.

Someone had already checked the car for listening devices and anything like that before getting into the car, so Joseph dared to exchange some important information with Werner in the car.

"They are willing to cooperate, which is similar to what we expected, and it will depend on the price when the time comes."

"As for the satellites, we still have to produce them ourselves at the beginning, and if there are many launches later, we can consider letting them produce some of them."

"Otherwise, all of them will be left to Daystar, and the construction of this Starlink satellite system may make some member states dissatisfied."

In fact, the role of the high-tech industry in stimulating employment is also relatively obvious.

It doesn't matter if the rocket is not produced in Europe, after all, they can't produce qualified products now.

But satellites are different.

Europe has the production capacity, and if the order is also handed over to Daystar, then France and other member states may jump out and oppose it.

But if the project has been officially launched, and a part of the order is handed over to Daystar in order to reduce costs, the situation is completely different.

There would certainly be a number of Member States that would support the European Space Agency's approach.

After all, for some countries that do not have much of a satellite industry in China, the importance of reducing costs is very high.

That's in their real interest.

"That's right, this time we'll talk to them about the business intention of rocket launching."

"Taking advantage of the fact that all parties are very concerned about Starlink, we will first determine the intention of cooperation, so as to avoid some other things from happening in each member state."

Joseph is keen to see the Starlink project as the main task of the European Space Agency's technology center in the next few days.

It would be a pity if some Member States were to make a fuss.

In his experience, the likelihood is very high.

"This depends on the sincerity of Daystar Technology's offer."

"After all, technically, they have been successfully launched more than a dozen times, and there is nothing to worry about."

Werner still agrees with Joseph's statement, but he doesn't know whether this exchange will have a result in the end.

After all, such a large cooperation project, according to past experience, it is normal to have to drag the skin for months, or even years.

Of course, if you just give the intention of cooperation first, it is not a big problem.

After all, they want to build a Starlink satellite system, and this general direction is certain.

And the European Space Agency does not have the strength to deal with the recyclable rocket project on its own.

If you use other rockets to launch, the cost is very high, and it is obviously not competitive.

"SpaceX's cooperation with NASA seems to cost $65 million per launch."

"If we have a large number of launches, it is estimated that it will be cheaper than this price, but with the virtue of Americans, it is estimated that it will not be much cheaper."

"To survive is to reduce the price to $50 million, but this price is obviously still a bit high."

"If the price of Daystar Technology is less than $50 million, I think it can be talked about."

Along the way, Joseph and Werner basically determined the general direction of the exchange.

On the side of Daystar Technology, Cao Yang also took Zhao Siyu and others to wait for Verna at the door in person.

The richest man in the world personally stood at the door of the company to greet the head of the European Space Agency, which was enough.

"Director Werner, welcome to Daystar Technology, I believe this will be an epoch-making exchange!"

For the arrival of "Fortune Boy" and "Party A's Father", the enthusiasm that should be there is naturally indispensable.

After all, people are really giving Daystar Technology performance.

"Daystar Technology is leading the world trend of recyclable launch rockets, and we at the European Space Agency are also looking forward to this cooperation and exchange."

Although Werner is a technologist, he has been the director of the European Space Agency for so many years, and he can be regarded as a technocrat.

For this kind of business planning, it is natural that it is also proficient, and it can no longer be skilled.

The two chatted at the gate of the company for several minutes before slowly walking into the conference room.

Along the way, there are special photographers who are constantly taking pictures and videos.

The latter materials will be good promotional materials for Daystar Technology.

After all, the European Space Agency is also considered the top institution in the field of aerospace in the world.

The United Rocket and Space Corporation of the Polar Bear on the front foot came to exchange and cooperate, and the European Space Agency on the back foot came to deliver orders.

As for aerospace technology, it is even more needless to say.

This situation is definitely a thriving situation for Daystar Technology.

(End of chapter)