Interstellar Energy Tycoon

October 2.

It seems that the Xingyuan Group, which has been silent for a long time, has made another big move.

The manpower and mining spacecraft were organized again, and the second space fishing operation was carried out.

This time, the scale of the operation is larger, and it has attracted more attention from the public opinion. There are more organizations involved in this fishing operation.

Among them, Xingyuan Group plans to send three mining spacecraft, namely "Zhantian 1", "Zhantian 2" and "Zhantian 3". They are all professional mining spacecraft with a full load of 5,000 tons, but the division of labor is different. different.

"Zhantian 1" is responsible for cutting, crushing and primary screening of meteorites.

"Zhantian 2" can refine and primary process ores, and can obtain many kinds of industrial raw materials.

"Zhantian 3" can obtain the desired metal elements and non-metallic substances through chemical reaction furnaces or ionization decomposition furnaces, and can also be purified by high-speed centrifugation to obtain higher-value industrial materials.

So these three mining spaceships are dispatched together, just like a complete ore processing system, so there is no need to drag the entire meteorite back, as long as the most valuable resources are brought back to the blue star, a lot of dead weight is reduced, and the flexibility is also improved. Significantly improved, even multiple meteorites can be continuously captured and processed to maximize revenue.

In addition, the Aerospace Industry Group also sent five 3,000-ton "Kunlong" mining spacecraft to follow the action, all of which have the ability to cast nets for fishing, primary processing and finishing. Industrial groups represent the comprehensive technical strength of the country, and they can be superior in many aspects, at least they will not be widened by private enterprises.

Finally, Fang Yujun’s Tianlong Space Transportation Company also sent two 2,000-ton space tugboats. The technical content is not high. , but also indispensable.

As for the distribution of benefits, plans have already been made.

Xingyuan Group provides three advanced mining spacecraft, plus 20 million KW of free energy supply, so it has to take 47% of the income dividend.

The Aerospace Industry Group provides five mining spacecraft, which are the main force of space fishing, so they have to share 43% of the profits.

The Tianlong Space Transportation Company, which only sent two space tugboats, did not have much credit, but it has worked hard and can share 10% of the profit.

As for the target object of fishing.

Experts analyzed and discussed for several months, and finally locked five targets in the asteroid belt.

"Target 1 is a nickel-iron meteorite, weighing about 200,000 tons, containing 35% nickel, 27% iron, and a small amount of other metals, with a total value of about 50 billion."

"Target 2 is a huge ordinary meteorite with a weight of about 10 billion tons, but the core part contains 500 tons of gold and 3000 tons of silver. As long as its core is hollowed out and taken away, you can get a value of about 150 billion precious metals."

"Target three is a small meteorite weighing about 30,000 tons, but it contains a large amount of natural diamonds, weighing more than 5,000 tons, which is equivalent to five years of diamond mining in Azure Star, although the price of raw diamonds has dropped to 20 yuan/ Carat, but it is also equal to 100 yuan per gram, and 5,000 tons is worth 500 billion yuan. Of course, such a large amount of diamonds will definitely cause the price to plummet, but the industrial use of diamonds is very large, and there are many expanded uses, such as diamond-plated protection for mobile phones There are many high-end application scenarios such as films, diamond watches, and diamond knives, and the price will not be too cabbage, so it is no problem to earn two to three hundred billion."

"Target 4 is a large and medium-sized meteorite weighing about 1 billion tons. It looks ordinary on the surface, but the main component is spodumene, with a lithium content of about 2.5% and a total of 25 million tons. Now The global price of lithium metal is 300,000 yuan per ton, which has remained high all year round. As a result, my country's new energy industry has never been able to take off quickly, and has always been slaughtered. The lithium resources on the moon are not rich enough, and the mining value is low, but this A super lithium meteorite will completely solve our lithium deficiency problem and bring trillions of economic value."

"Target five is a large boron-potassium meteorite weighing about 30 billion tons, containing 11% boron and 9% potassium, both of which are essential fertilizer elements for plant growth. Mining and utilization, human beings will not be short of potassium and boron fertilizers in the next 20 years, the total value is also in the trillions, and it can be mined for a long time, allowing mining spacecraft to visit many times."

"However, the mining spaceships we currently use are all light spaceships below 5,000 tons, and no large mining spaceships over 100,000 tons have been built yet, so even if ten spaceships form a formation for this trip, when they come back , at most 1 million tons of refined high-value materials will be brought back, and the total income is expected to be around 2 trillion yuan, which will be returned in about three or four months. If a regular fishing mechanism is formed in the future, two trips a year will bring a total of A net income of 5 trillion yuan should be no problem."

Experts make analysis.

"Less than 2 trillion yuan in half a year, 5 trillion yuan a year, which is quite good. After receiving dividends, the country can reduce the net debt of more than 2 trillion yuan a year, or greatly increase welfare expenditures. The majority of ordinary people , can also get better protection." Zhao Changhong, the leader of Aerospace Industry Group, said excitedly.

"My Tianlong company can also get hundreds of billions, but I personally don't take a lot of this money, but part of it is used to increase employee benefits, and part is donated to charity to give back to the society." Fang Yujun had to do Expressed his opinion.

Li Xingyang thought for a while and said: "The space energy facilities of Xingyuan Group will continue to expand next year, and the total power supply capacity will increase to more than 2 billion KW, so the money earned from this space fishing will be used for expansion, but next year's Xingyuan There is a high probability that the energy price of the group will be reduced to 30 cents per degree, which is equivalent to giving profits to countless space entrepreneurs, and it is a more advanced charity action. I wonder if you agree with it, Old Zhao?"

"Yes, very good, no problems, I look forward to energy prices coming down sooner."

Zhao Changhong nodded again and again. There are too many benefits brought by cheap energy. No matter what aspects of the cost will be reduced, the cost of living of the people will also be reduced, so there is no reason not to express support.

...

Afternoon of October 2nd.

in space.

It is also near the Lagrangian point.

The joint space fishing fleet is about to set off.

The command and control room of Zhantian 1.

Zhang Jianxiong, the commander in chief of this fleet, looked at the countless stars displayed on the screen in front of him, and fell into short thought.

Many fragments flashed through his mind.

There is a son who is reluctant to part but has an adoring face, hoping that he will bring back more space souvenirs, because he wants to give one to every teacher and classmate.

There are voices of cheers and expectations, envy and jealousy from the majority of netizens.

Having a pestering ex-wife made him very irritable, so he had to find a young and beautiful girl of twenty-five years old in order to completely give up his ex-wife.

In the end, the ex-wife was sent away successfully, but the young girl refused to leave anyway, even if she was given five million, she also said that she had fallen in love with the uncle and wanted to marry him, and that she would have two more children, and even got With the support of my parents, both elders are allowed to do their own ideological work.

big head.

Zhang Jianxiong felt very helpless and entangled.

shook his head.

Don't think about those messy things anymore, the work in front of you is more important, and in front of the glorious career of space fishing, any personal trivial matters are irrelevant.

I checked the time, it was time to start.

Make up your mind.

Zhang Jianxiong asked for instructions: "Report to the command center, the space fishing fleet is ready, can we go?"

"Set off!"

Following this command.

The giant energy relay satellite "Dawu 1" in space emits 20 beams of mega-kilowatt-level energy supply beams at the same time, and allocates two beams to each spacecraft, with a total power of 20 million KW.

The ion engine glows blue.

The fishing fleet starts to speed up!

In less than three hours, it sailed tens of thousands of kilometers away. At this time, the "Dawu 1" stopped its energy supply service. On the side of the main energy road, there are four L-shaped star ring reflectors. Four energy beams of nearly 5 million KW.

This means that only four spacecraft will be illuminated.

However, these spaceships will also immediately convert the excess energy supply power into high-energy short-wave power to power the other six spaceships. Although there will be a small amount of energy loss, it is generally sufficient, and it can be used freely in a small area. There is no need to take a fixed route for activities, so it is called a free spaceship, which is actually quite cool. (end of this chapter)