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Is it a doctrine? When he was at his most military, he planned to imitate the United States and establish a federal system. At that time, he wanted to establish a federal system in Hunan.

——But the facts have proved that that is not possible. Therefore, "Without the Communist Party, there would be no New China." This can be said to be a true portrayal of the situation at that time.

There is generally some hope that China will not be able to embark on such a path.[]

The same situation is facing Catherine's Ark Group now.

AT&T and Motorola want to use thunder to kill Seren's limelight, and then use their own Iridium plan to seize Seren's market.

"But the facts prove that an idiot will always be an idiot. No matter when this idiot is, he is just an idiot - a complete idiot."

On April 13, a piece of breaking news appeared.

——Iridium is about to go public.

This company was actually registered last year, and all the information has been prepared and completed!

"Their listing strategy is not wrong, right? This is risk diversification." Elsa said this.

"Elsa, look at how much money we can invest. It would be best if we invest 200 million US dollars."

"...Eh? Kate, didn't you say they would fail?" Elsa was a little confused about what Catherine's words meant.

"But others don't know. We could just sell all the stocks before their product comes out - well, it would be better to cause some panic in the stock market and make it difficult for people to lose confidence in their Iridium plan."

Catherine's tactics were insidious.

Historically, Iridium was founded in 1991. Its main shareholder was Motorola, which held 18% of the shares. The second largest shareholder was Japan's Iridium. Motorola began planning the "Iridium System" plan in 1987, which lasted

In 11 years and at a cost of more than 5 billion US dollars, it aims to surround the earth through 66 low-Earth orbit satellites distributed in space to form a global communication network.

Based on Motorola's current actions, the other party should have had a plan in 1967.

At this time, Catherine had to sigh that at that time, Li Fang hadn't even launched their semiconductor prototype yet!

"This plan of the other party is definitely not a temporary idea. Motoroka should have started planning it a long time ago.

But they were just a plan at that time... I think they really started to take serious action on this product when our mobile phone was launched."

Catherine was not sure whether Motorola had developed analog communication technology as it had historically, but the other party's Iridium satellite project was obviously prompted by its own reasons.

"As for AT&T, they probably started to feel a sense of crisis after seeing our IP phone business."

"In other words, Kate, are you trying to show off to your enemies?"

Catherine scratched her head: "You can't say that...but you can say that. But if our company wants to develop gossip, sooner or later we will break up with each other.

Our company's plans are very big, and it is impossible for us to succumb to them - and similarly, it is impossible for them to succumb to us. As long as there are no common interests between us, it will not be strange for us to fight."

"This communication system can transcend the limitations of time and space, allowing customers to communicate smoothly in places such as mountains, oceans, and the Antarctic and Antarctic. The satellite phone integrates antennas, receivers, transmitters, and decoders. It has extremely high technological content.

It can well adapt to the special needs of maritime exploration, polar expeditions, mountaineering and communication in remote areas..." On the TV, the news host was introducing this Iridium phone.

At this time, Catherine was thinking about the satellite phone.

In a previous life, when Yixing began to develop, there were only eight companies operating satellite phones in the world. In addition to Iridium, there were also "Allmax Communications Company" and LCO Communications Company established in 1991.

The market at that time lacked competition, so it can be said that the situation was excellent.

However, the satellite phone market at that time was generally sluggish.

For example, LCO was founded in 1995. Its stock was listed on Nasdaq in July 1998, but it filed for bankruptcy protection on August 21, 1999. On December 16 of the same year, the company's stock was delisted from Nasdaq.

In just over a year, this company went from glory to decline...but lco's fate was quite good. Because venture capitalist McVeigh bought the company, the company's life continued.

At that time, ISTAR also hoped that McVeigh could save them, but unfortunately, McVeigh was not interested in acquiring Iridium.

——Now, Catherine is also not optimistic about Iridium.

At that time, McVeigh wanted to focus on the data transmission business and was unable to swallow up Iridium's voice transmission business. Once McVeigh took over, it meant that he had to take a huge risk of investing billions of dollars. At the same time, Iridium left behind

The huge debt also deterred McVeigh.

In today's era, the life cycle of the Iridium satellites visited by AT&T and Motorola is also only 5 years, so this is why Catherine is not optimistic about the other party. Iridium's 77 satellites will need to be replaced within a few years.

, maintenance alone costs approximately US$200 million per year.

This was 1971, a year when satellite technology was underdeveloped. The maintenance costs at this time were beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In fact, if the other party said that the satellite could serve for more than ten years, Catherine probably would not take it so lightly. With the current technology, it would never be possible to create such a convenient situation.

"Kate, are we really going to buy their stocks?" Elsa asked with some uncertainty.

"Of course, we can make money, why don't we buy it?"

Catherine raised her eyebrows.

"One by one, when will we sell it?"

Elsa continued to ask.

"About half a year or so...when they still have the last few satellites."

By that time, because the company is almost ready to start operations, that is also the time when people are most interested in the company. At that time, the other party's stock price will definitely continue to rise, and at that time, it will be a good opportunity to sell.

"We can just buy it for about US$200 million. The price doesn't need to be too much, otherwise it will be bad if it affects the market."

In fact, $200 million for Catherine is already a bit too much.

"Let multiple accounts hold shares one by one, and the stocks should be diversified."

Catherine added.

If the other party discovers that he also holds 100 million U.S. dollars, then the other party will probably trick him...

"Kaichi, let's not talk about this for now. What are you going to wear to attend the Oscars in a few days?"

Elsa reminded Catherine of another thing at this time.

April 15th will be the 43rd Oscar Awards Ceremony.

Catherine's "Soul Reaction 2" was also nominated without any doubt.

——But Catherine knew that it would be difficult for this film to win awards. "The Godfather", which was released at the end of last year, was the most popular film.

"...Forget it, just wear what I wore when Time Magazine interviewed me last time."

Catherine didn't go out of her way to prepare a dress. In fact, if it weren't for Elsa's reminder, Catherine would have almost forgotten about the Oscar.

One by one, it was difficult for Catherine to have any interest in the award ceremony of a competition project where she could not win the most satisfactory award.

The fact that "The Godfather" won Best Picture is definitely a sure thing.

And I don’t know if it is because of changes in history, so the original Best Picture "Patton" did not appear at all last year... Historical changes have quietly expanded, and their influence has gradually increased...

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The second update is here!

(To be continued)