Interstellar Energy Tycoon

The giant energy relay satellite "Dawu 1" was successfully put into use.

Bringing nearly 90 million KW of effective power generation—there is a certain gap compared with the theoretical maximum of 105 million KW, but this is only just put into use.

In the later use process, as long as you continue to make improvements and adjustments, find ways to reduce the dissipation of light energy, improve conversion efficiency, and effectively use power, gradually increasing it to more than 100 million KW is no problem.

And all at once adds so much available power.

In addition, Xingyuan Group’s 120 million KW photovoltaic matrix power generation power—originally only 100 million KW, but in order to meet the needs of customers, Xingyuan Group had to invest a lot of cost to increase the area of ​​all photovoltaic array power generation panels by 20% , and increase the power generation capacity of 20 million KW, which are of emergency nature.

Adding the two pieces together, the total power is close to 210 million KW.

Instantly met the needs of customers, but also slightly exceeded.

But this time.

In order to encourage customers to use it with more confidence and to expand more boldly, Xingyuan Group has launched a heavy discount.

cut prices.

The price of space energy has been reduced in an all-round way, from the previous price of 1 yuan per degree to 50 cents per degree.

Save up to 50%!

In particular, the light energy output through the giant energy relay satellite "Dawu 1" can be discounted by 10% on the basis of the price reduction, that is, only 0.45 yuan per degree.

To encourage users to give priority to using these high-power light energy, this is called large quantity favorably.

And after this heavy news was released.

Buzz.

The whole market was stirred up.

Countless excited cheers sounded.

The response of public opinion was also very enthusiastic.

"Great! The price of space energy has finally dropped. Brother Xing finally has a conscience, and the price has been reduced by 50%. This sincerity is worthy of recognition, very good."

"The price of energy has become so cheap, the outlet for space development has become bigger, more entrepreneurs will pour in, and the probability of making money is also greater. Most of the incremental wealth in the future will come from This vent blows out."

"The price of 50 cents is cheaper than ground electricity. It has been less than three years since Xingyuan Group officially entered space, and the energy price has dropped to this level. I have to say that the field of space energy is indeed promising and has unlimited potential."

"Brother Xing is too honest. In fact, Xingyuan Group has always been in a state of making ends meet. The energy price of one yuan a time ago is already very conscientious. If it is changed to another company, it is normal to set a price of five yuan or ten yuan at the beginning. There will be customers, but Brother Xing has taken the popular route from the very beginning, leading mankind into the era of great interstellar voyages, and now that the price of energy has been reduced, the boundless space will definitely become more lively."

"The price of energy is 5 cents, and the large quantity is only 40 cents and 5 cents? It's over, Brother Xing is trying to completely cut off the thoughts of competitors, so that they dare not have the idea of ​​entering the field of space energy, and there is no possibility of catching up. There is no way to overtake on a curve. Even if the controllable nuclear fusion is done, it is estimated that its power generation may not be comparable to a giant energy relay satellite. However, in terms of cost and maintainability, giant energy relay satellites are still hanging Play controlled nuclear fusion."

"That's right, controllable nuclear fusion has indeed become very tasteless now. It is expensive and complicated with average power generation capacity. This road, which originally represented the hope of mankind, may have reached a dead end."

"Having said that, we still need to continue research on controllable nuclear fusion, and we can't give up halfway. This technology still has great application potential, and the power supply of the beam of light of Xingyuan Group cannot cover all usage scenarios."

...

April 5.

Moon, Archimedes Crater.

Lexuan Mining Company.

The owner of the company, Li Haifeng, who is 36 years old this year, has been working in this mine for more than half a year. He has been engaged in the mining industry for many years and has the qualifications to enter the field of space mining. With good luck, he has become the enviable lucky guy.

Shortly after entering the Archimedes crater, Li Haifeng led the staff to successfully find a high-grade iron ore vein in the rock formation less than three kilometers away from the lunar surface. The iron content exceeds 60%, and it also contains more than 0.5 % rare earth elements, which can be called rare earth iron ore. After industrial smelting, high-value rare earth steel can be obtained, which can be used in high-speed rail rails, high-end ships, automobile skeletons and other fields. The price is about 8,000 yuan per ton, which is the price of ordinary steel. two or three times.

Therefore, the price of rare earth iron ore in this vein is 50% higher than that of ordinary iron ore, that is, 1,500 yuan per ton.

The reserves exceed 3.5 billion tons. If all of them are mined and sold, the total gross income will be nearly 500 billion.

If excluding all costs, a 10% profit rate can be obtained, then Li Haifeng will become a rich man with a net worth of 50 billion.

but……

Half a year has passed.

Li Haifeng led the company's employees to mine crazily. They have mined and sold nearly 10 million tons of rare earth iron ore, with a gross income of 1.5 billion. However, Li Haifeng didn't make much money and could only maintain a balance of payments.

Because energy costs account for 1/3.

Employee wages and benefits account for 1/3.

The purchase and maintenance costs of mining equipment account for 1/3.

His boss doesn't even have a net profit of five million, and occasionally loses money.

Why did it become like this, isn’t moon mining very profitable, isn’t it a huge outlet, has brought thousands of billionaires?

But the real situation is that most of the moon mining companies don’t make much money, they are just touted by capital, their stock prices have been severely inflated, and they have created many billionaires on paper.

After all, it's all bubbles.

In the lunar mining industry, the current mining cost is still relatively high, and the mining companies on the Azure Star have been cutting prices crazily for the past two years. No matter what ore they are, they tend to turn into cabbage. The purpose is to survive and fall into a huge sense of crisis. Price war has become the only means of survival.

Although the mineral resources on the moon are extremely rich and the reserves are astonishing, under the gravity coefficient of only one-sixth, the ore can be mined out with only a small amount of energy. These advantages are indeed good.

However, the energy price of 1 yuan per kilowatt-hour supplied by Xingyuan Group is relatively high.

Most of the food, water, air, and daily necessities that the employees consume every day are shipped from Azure Star, and the prices are very high.

The salary for each worker should not be lower than 50,000 per month, otherwise it will be difficult to recruit people.

All factors are combined.

As a result, the cost remains high, and it is lucky to be able to make ends meet.

Li Haifeng also took various measures to reduce costs, such as purchasing a large number of ordinary cheap photovoltaic panels from Azure Star, increasing the self-sufficiency of electricity to more than 70%, and reducing the energy dependence on Xingyuan Group.

There are many companies on the moon that have adopted similar approaches to Li Haifeng, but most of them ended in failure.

On the one hand, in space transportation, the transportation cost of about 500 kilowatt-hours per ton of materials is unavoidable and impossible to save.

Secondly, photovoltaic panels are laid on the surface of the moon to generate electricity. Except for a small area of ​​the south pole of the moon, it can generate electricity 24 hours a day. The effective power generation time in other places is only half, which means that the working time is only half at most, and the mining efficiency is not high.

Now the energy price of Xingyuan Group has been reduced.

Li Haifeng calculated the accounts on the computer, and couldn't help showing a look of great joy.

"I can make money, and now I can finally make a considerable profit."

"The transportation cost can be reduced by about half, and I can make a net profit of about 250 yuan per ton of rare earth iron ore alone."

"Now the company's mining capacity is 50,000 tons per day, which means a net profit of 12.5 million yuan per day. If the daily mining capacity increases to 100,000 tons, it will be a profit of 25 million yuan. Haha, I will be a billionaire in just a few days .”

"Forget it, starting tomorrow, you don't need to buy any photovoltaic panels to generate electricity yourself, you can just buy high-power solar energy directly from Xingyuan Group. The price is only 40.5 degrees, and the mine can start working 24 hours a day, increasing the daily production capacity. This is the most efficient way to make money.”

Think here.

After seeing the hope of getting rich.

Li Haifeng was so excited that he couldn't sleep, he immediately used the communication equipment to make a video call to his family on the Azure Star to share the good news with them.

Especially the six-year-old daughter Li Lexuan, even though she hasn't seen her in the video for three days, she is already thinking about it. You must know that he is a super daughter slave, and his company name is his daughter's name. If it is not for making money To support his family, he wished he could be with his sweetheart every day. (end of this chapter)