Interstellar Energy Tycoon

December.

The last month of 2027.

Xingyuan Group has started to make efforts, and it has to do so.

The demand for energy in all aspects is too great, and the supply is far less than the demand.

For example, moon mining, although the number of miners currently active on the moon is only a mere 10,000, and construction machinery such as mining vehicles and transport vehicles is only about 1,000 units, but millions of tons of lunar mines can be mined every day, which is equivalent to It is inconceivable in Azure Star that a single mining vehicle can excavate thousands of tons. Even if it is an open-pit mine, it must be mined by means of explosive blasting, or use high-power digging, crushing, cutting and other equipment. Mining is not so difficult. easy.

But on the moon, as long as the mining vehicle digs hard, in the microgravity environment, only a small power can be used to crush, process and transport large pieces of ore. Under the same energy consumption, the total ore mining The efficiency has increased by more than three times, the wear and tear of machinery and equipment is also smaller, and there is no need for explosives at all. The comprehensive mining cost is less than half of that of mining in Azure Star, and there is still room for further decline.

Advantage!

This is the great advantage of going to the moon mining and space mining activities.

It is not an exaggeration that tens of thousands of miners mine millions of tons of ore every day. If sufficient energy supply is ensured and there are more mining vehicles and other construction machinery, their efficiency can be improved and the mining cost per ton can be reduced. , a higher profit margin.

However, in order to transport more than one million tons of ore per day back to Azure Star, the energy supply power of Xingyuan Group's light beams must be increased to more than 16 million KW.

Considering that next year, COMAC's "Solar Energy Passenger Aircraft" project will also make a breakthrough, producing a large number of light energy passenger airplanes, which will also bring an energy supply demand of more than 3 million KW.

There are also demands for the construction of space cities and space factories.

Etc., etc.

With so many projects launched at the same time, if the number of photovoltaic arrays of Xingyuan Group cannot be increased to more than 30 in a short period of time, and the total power generation cannot reach more than 3000KW, it will bring very serious delays.

This is absolutely not allowed.

Therefore, starting from December, Xingyuan Group has entered into a state of high mobilization, shouting the slogan of "working hard for 100 days, building 30 photovoltaic arrays", especially the super photovoltaic factory and assembly plant, and the 24-hour assembly line. When it was turned on, employees worked in two or three shifts to quickly produce or assemble a large number of super photovoltaic panels.

The number of superconducting material factories has increased to six, and the daily production capacity has been increased to 1,200 tons, which is basically sufficient at present.

In addition, the output of equipment such as parallel light lenses, energy relay satellites, and thermoelectric power generation pumps has also been greatly increased, which can meet the needs.

But a new problem came up again, that is, Xingyuan Group spent more and more money. Now the daily expenditure has increased to 3 billion yuan, but in terms of income, it is only 1.5 billion, and it has to overdraft and borrow every day. The money is as much as 1.5 billion.

The loan owed to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has exceeded 200 billion and is approaching 300 billion. The gap is getting bigger and bigger.

Although there is no way to do this, after all, Xingyuan Group is in a period of rapid expansion and has not yet entered a period of stable returns. There is no way to expand the funding gap.

However, someone raised a question: Is it too uneconomical to build a photovoltaic array near the blue star? Even if every 1.1 square meters of super photovoltaic panels can generate 1 kilowatt of power and generate 24 degrees a day, excluding various losses, it will bring about 20 yuan in income.

However, the manufacturing cost of super photovoltaic panels, plus the cost of transportation to space, and other apportioned costs, the total cost per 1.1 square meters is now about 3,000 yuan.

Divide by the income of 20 yuan per day.

It takes about 150 days to pay back the cost, and about half a year to make a profit.

The return on investment period is not long, and it is even worth investing in. However, the solar energy density in the space near the blue star is only 1.365KW/㎡. If you build a photovoltaic power generation array near the sun, such as It is said that if a photovoltaic array is installed on an orbit 50 million kilometers away from the sun, then the solar light energy density will increase by as much as nine times, and the power generation capacity of the photovoltaic array will also increase by nine times!

Then through the main energy road, the light energy is sent over, even if there is some loss, the power generation efficiency will increase by more than five times.

It means that the investment in the photovoltaic array can be paid back in about one month, and it will start to make profits in the second month. The return on investment is extremely impressive and very attractive!

"Why don't you go to the sun to install photovoltaic power generation equipment, but build so many photovoltaic arrays around the blue star, which is obviously not an efficient investment behavior?"

Faced with such questions and doubts.

Li Xingyang also gave three reasons.

First, the geomagnetic field of Azure Star can shield most of the damage from high-energy particles, especially the frequent outbreaks of solar storms. Without the protection of the magnetic field, the life of the photovoltaic array will be greatly reduced, and it is estimated that it will not be used in three to five years , It is necessary to develop a dedicated light energy harvesting converter.

Second, there is a huge energy supply demand for the light beams near the blue star, and the photovoltaic array can directly participate in the energy supply, reducing intermediate links and improving the utilization rate of light energy. Photovoltaic array energy supply will be the most important source of energy supply for a long period of time in the future.

Third, the total number of photovoltaic arrays near Azure Star will not exceed 100. When these photovoltaic arrays are completed, the construction of the second main energy road will begin, and a batch of single-seat power generation will reach 1 million KW's light energy harvesting converter is sent into an orbit about 28 million kilometers from the sun.

The solar energy density here is 150 times that of the vicinity of the Azure Star. Therefore, a single-seat light energy harvesting converter only needs to deploy a super photovoltaic panel with an area of ​​about 10,000 square meters, and its power generation capacity is comparable to that of a photovoltaic panel. The basic array, but save 99% of the super photovoltaic panels, the cost will be greatly reduced.

Anyway!

It is necessary to work step by step and develop step by step.

But no matter what!

No matter how much the money owed to the bank will increase, let alone 300 billion, 500 billion, 800 billion or trillions, we must take advantage of this great opportunity when the demand for space energy is soaring and the energy supply of light beams is in short supply. , Desperately expand, must not let competitors see the opportunity, take advantage of it, and suddenly develop during this window of opportunity.

So it starts in December.

Xingyuan Group became extremely crazy. First, it built 25 truss structures in the shortest possible time, occupying the orbital resources first, and then laying photovoltaic panels at the same time. The production capacity of photovoltaic substrates is fully occupied by Xingyuan Group.

Even the production capacity of Xingyuan Group's own super photovoltaic factory has directly breached the contract and no longer supplies it to companies such as Bimengdi and Huayao. The shortage of photovoltaic panels has led to a sharp rise in prices, and a large number of delays in the delivery of electric vehicles have increased the waiting time for millions of car buyers, and even forced them to buy cars without photovoltaic power generation functions first, waiting for the supply of super photovoltaic panels to resume , and then put on the car.

This naturally caused dissatisfaction among countless consumers.

Wang Guofu, Yu Dazui and others also called Li Xingyang a lot, requesting to resume the supply as soon as possible, but Li Xingyang always refused, because the expansion of his space energy business is the most important right now, and the rest can only be left behind. Lean on.

have no choice.

Wang Guofu and others were very helpless, but they could only continue to wait.

At the end of December, the total power generation capacity of Xingyuan Group's space photovoltaic array surged to 20 million KW.

On January 15, 2028, with the joint efforts and efforts of more than 80,000 employees of Xingyuan Group, all 30 photovoltaic arrays in space were built, and the total photovoltaic power generation increased to 30 million KW, which not only meets In addition to the needs of moon mining and other aspects, there are also several million kilowatts of power generation, which can be supplemented to the quadrilateral energy main road in the form of high-energy short-wave, so that it can be re-lit, which is significantly faster than expected. many.

By this time.

Li Xingyang heaved a sigh of relief.

I also saw that the Lunar New Year is only a dozen days away, so the year-end bonus was distributed in advance, and as much as 30 billion was issued at one time. On average, each employee can get 360,000 to 70,000, even if you just joined The new recruits who are not long ago can also be allocated 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, so that they can live a year with a lot of money.

Then starting from the 16th, the employees will be given a holiday in batches. The holiday is 15 days long and it is a paid vacation. During this holiday, the employees can take a good rest and relax, adjust their status, and deal with personal affairs. When the vacation is over and they come back to work, there are still very difficult tasks waiting for them, so if they want to play, they should seize the opportunity to play well, and to accompany their families well, and then resurrect with full blood to create greater brilliance .

"Long live the boss!"

"Boss, I love you!"

"Actually, I don't feel tired, I can continue to work."

The more than 80,000 employees of Xingyuan Group are naturally full of morale, cheering one by one, and even the exhaustion caused by working overtime for many consecutive days is swept away. I don't feel how hard it is, and I love the boss Li Xingyang even more And worship, after all, one is that the money is sufficient, and the other is that it is very humane. After taking such a long vacation, there is no place for grievances. Naturally, I am extremely satisfied and even shouted long live.

...

January 18th, the twelfth lunar month of the lunar calendar, is seven days away from the New Year's Eve.

Li Xingyang also put down most of the work at hand and entered a state of rest and adjustment.

Most of the time, I stay in the villa in the south of the river, no longer go to bed early and get up early, but sleep at least ten hours, relax myself as much as possible, go fishing, drink tea, run, find a A good state of vitality returning.

Perhaps in the past year, I have experienced too many things and completed too much workload. Not to mention Li Xingyang himself, even his assistant Xu Rong has lost seven or eight catties and feels very tired. Since yesterday, She also took several days off and returned to her home with her parents, so she didn't follow Li Xingyang's side these days. Neither can her male god.

Actually.

Xu Rong didn't ask for leave because she was too tired from work, it was just a secondary reason.

The main reason is that her own social circle has not been maintained for a long time, and it has been almost half a year since she sat down with her girlfriends, let alone showing off and pretending in front of them, holding back for such a long time , Xu Rong couldn't stand it a long time ago. She just got her five million after-tax salary, and her bonus is also in the millions. And you can generously treat them to a meal, and then pretend to be more like chicken soup, such a social need is too important to her, if she is with the male god every day, there is no way to confide these things, to her , It's almost like suffocating internal injuries.

Therefore, on the afternoon of the 18th.

In the urban area, in a high-end restaurant with an average consumption of more than 5,000 per person.

In the luxury box.

The three girlfriends arrived one after another.

However, Xu Rong was surprised to see the state of the three girlfriends again after not seeing her for a few months.

Ning Yaqing's face was haggard and pale, and there were a few shallow scratches on her pretty face. She didn't know what happened to become like this.

Han Mingyue hasn't changed much, but her face is full of sorrow, her brows are tightly furrowed, and from her circle of friends, she complains about the blind date every day. It seems that she is annoyed by the elders in her family urging her to get married, and she is in a very bad mood.

Xiao Yulin, the best friend who came last, was smiling and radiant. She was wearing flat shoes and maternity clothes, with a slightly protruding belly. She was walking cautiously, for fear of bumping into something. Seeing this, Han Mingyue hurriedly supported her , looked at her enviously and said:

"Yulin, I always thought that you would find your own happiness only after encountering a lot of ups and downs in your love life. I didn't expect you to be the luckiest one. Not only did you find true love, but you also have children. Than, I think I'm a bit of a joke."

"Mingyue, the person I should thank most is Rongrong. Without her advice, I would not be so happy now. Rongrong, I want to thank you very much. When my child is born, I will definitely let you be his godmother." .”

Xiao Yulin looked at Xu Rong with a smile, and said gratefully.