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If the people at United Rocketry and Aerospace had mixed feelings after seeing the successful launch of the improved Falcon 9, then the shareholders of Space Exploration Technology Company such as Qualcomm were filled with joy.

Qualcomm President Paul directly called Intel's Otellini.

"Otellini, the improved version of Falcon 9 has been successfully developed, and SpaceX's Starlink satellite system is one step closer to success."

"If Intel can't get on board now, if it continues to wait, the price will become higher and higher."

As an American chip giant, Intel previously rejected Qualcomm’s invitation and did not invest in Musk’s Starlink.

This has always bothered Paul.

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

But in Paul’s view, when 5G communications are combined with Starlink in the future, both Qualcomm and Intel need to accept this situation.

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

This is a situation Paul does not want to see.

"Paul, I'm very happy that SpaceX has been able to develop reusable rockets."

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

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

"This is something we at Intel believe very strongly in."

Otellini gave his opinion firmly.

To a certain extent, his view is indeed correct.

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

Even in more than ten years, the penetration rate of mobile phones and PADs will be very high, but it does not mean that computers will not be needed.

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.

Global annual computer sales will not see a significant decline.

In some places, growth can occur.

As long as it firmly occupies this part of the market, Intel can continue to live a good life.

Of course, Otellini is definitely not the kind of person who doesn't want to make progress.

Intel will definitely make some other chip attempts as well.

But at least in the short term, they do not want to get involved in the dispute between Daystar Technology and Space Exploration Technology Company.

Companies within the United States are definitely not monolithic.

Everywhere there are disputes and contradictions.

"The advantages of Starlink are undoubted. If every computer can be connected to Starlink in the future, it will not require WIFI or network cables to access the Internet directly."

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

"And our 4G construction is already being promoted on a large scale, and China should soon officially enter the 4G era."

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

"Does Intel still want operators to spend a lot of money building base stations?"

Paul now has a deeper and deeper understanding of the saying, "You cannot wake someone who is pretending to be asleep."

If it weren't for the "overall situation", he really wouldn't want to talk nonsense with Otellini.

"Operators earn so much money every year, so there is no problem in spending some money to build base stations."

"In the end, consumers will foot the bill anyway, and maybe this will promote economic development."

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

Intel doesn’t need to pay for love, so you don’t care, right?

I don’t need to pay for this!

But if the United States does not promote the development of Starlink, China’s Starlink will monopolize the global market.

Even if the United States adopts policies to restrict access to Venus’ Starlink, there is ultimately no way to completely eliminate the use of satellite phones.

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

This is something Paul absolutely cannot accept.

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

Qualcomm does not need to pay for the construction costs of 5G base stations!

"If Intel keeps this attitude, you will definitely regret it in the future."

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

"Maybe Nanshan Semiconductor's current development focus is not on computer CPUs, but who knows whether they will enter this market in the future?"

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

Paul was still trying to persuade him, but Otellini wouldn't listen at all.

In the end, everyone broke up unhappy.

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Strike while the iron is hot!

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

Just three days after the successful launch of the improved Falcon 9 of Space Exploration Technology Company, they used the old Falcon 9 to launch the first satellite of the Starlink satellite system, which was officially opened. Chain construction work.

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

Therefore, even if a recyclable version has been successfully developed, it will not affect their continued use of the non-recyclable Falcon 9 to launch the first Starlink satellite.

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

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

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

"I think the Starlink plan may need to be reconsidered, otherwise it will be difficult to get support from various shareholders."

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

When the Space Exploration Technology Company officially announced that it had successfully launched its first Starlink satellite, he immediately found Director Werner to discuss future development strategies.

The European Space Agency's organizational structure is quite special, and its shareholders are even more special.

In other words, it is not appropriate to use words like shareholders to describe the corporate form. After all, they are an institution under the EU.

Member states contribute funds to support their development, hoping that through these efforts they can compete with the United States and polar bears.

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

In addition, some outstanding talents have been attracted by the United States. If they want to come up with something new, you can imagine the difficulty.

Although everyone knows that things like Starlink are very important and critical, if you can't handle it, it's useless to say anything.

"If we reconsider the Starlink plan now, it means giving up the Starlink plan."

"After all, the further we get to the back, the wider the gap becomes."

After hearing what Joseph said, Werner did not get angry, but communicated with him quite seriously.

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

"Or can we consider asking Daystar Technology to help us launch satellites?"

"If we don't worry about rocket technology and simply develop Starlink satellites, the difficulty will actually be reduced a lot."

Joseph made a bold proposal.

Over the past many years, the European Space Agency has cooperated with NASA and also with polar bears.

It seems that it is not impossible to start cooperating with China now.

"Our Starlink is destined to compete with Daystar Technology's Starlink. Are they willing to help us launch satellites?"

Werner mentioned an issue that many people struggle with.

This is equivalent to Mercedes-Benz going to BMW to help it produce engines or other important parts.

Under normal circumstances, everyone feels that this solution is not suitable.

"Daystar Technology is a private technology enterprise in China. China's relevant policies for private enterprises to enter the aerospace field are to promote the market-oriented development of the aerospace industry."

"For Venus Technology, they definitely hope to obtain as many commercial orders from other companies as possible, rather than relying entirely on the company's own internal development plans to launch satellites."

"Of course, the cost of launching rockets internally will definitely be different from that of external commercial cooperation."

"But as long as their quotations are not particularly outrageous, it may still be much cheaper than developing rockets ourselves."

"After all, even if our recyclable rocket is developed, both the research and development cost and the production cost will definitely be much higher than that of Venus."

"In this case, it is better to find a relatively low-cost solution. Even if the Starlink plan needs to be adjusted in the future, there will not be too high a silent cost."

When Joseph said this, Werner opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing more.

Because he found that he seemed to have no way to refute this point of view.

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

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"Mr. Cao, the European Space Agency is coming to discuss with us the day after tomorrow a large project to launch satellites. This project is likely to be related to their Starlink project."

"Are we going to cooperate with them then?"

When it comes to such general matters, Zhao Siyu definitely doesn't dare to make decisions on his own and needs to report to Cao Yang first.

"They came over so suddenly to discuss the satellite launch business with us. It seems that the Starlink project of the Space Exploration Technology Company has been officially launched, which still brings a lot of pressure to them."

After thinking about it for a moment, Cao Yang could figure out the situation at the European Space Agency.

As for why the other party found Daystar Technology but not America, it was obviously a cost issue.

No matter who you are looking for to launch a satellite, if it can meet the launch requirements, it will definitely be cheaper.

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

Because if Daystar Technology has no way to cooperate, they can also find space exploration technology companies to cooperate.

Naturally, Cao Yang and Zhao Siyu were aware of this situation.

"Yes, the purpose of the establishment of the European Space Agency is to compete with polar bears and the United States to ensure that Europe does not lag behind the world in the space industry."

"Everyone knows the importance of Starlink, and the European Space Agency currently has no way to handle Starlink by itself."

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

Zhao Siyu's understanding basically means he has seen through the actual situation of the European Space Agency.

"At that time, we can take them to visit the production lines of Venus 9 and MAX on site, and show them our technical advantages in a generous manner."

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

"The price of a launch cannot be less than 30 million euros."

"Of course, if there are more launches, the price can be reduced appropriately later."

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

After all, engines have begun large-scale production, and costs have begun to fall rapidly.

But that's the cost of production for Daystar.

According to the situation in space exploration technology, the production cost of an improved Falcon 9 is still about US$60 million.

This price is several times that of Daystar 9.

Although after reuse, the single cost can be reduced to one-third to one-fourth of the rocket production cost, but Space Exploration Technology Company is not a charity.

Cao Yang thinks that the single launch price they quoted will not be less than US$50 million.

After all, they also have to make money.

Besides, even at a price of US$50 million per time, it is much lower than the launch cost of other NASA rockets.

This cost advantage is enough to compete in the market.

There is no benefit in simply reporting your lowest cost.

Since it is a high-tech industry, it naturally needs high profits.

"Is the price of 30 million euros a bit too high?"

Zhao Siyu knows the production cost of Venus 9. According to the current exchange rate, three rockets can be produced for the price of one launch.

And after it can be recycled, the single cost is even lower.

If it is finally launched at this price, Venus Technology's profit can reach 900% or even higher.

This is definitely a huge profit!

"When we quote, the other party must bargain."

"If we only cooperate a few times, the price is 30 million euros. But if we can cooperate a dozen times, or even dozens or hundreds of times, the price will be different."

"We can give a tiered price. The first to fifth times are 30 million euros, and the price will drop by 1 million euros for every five more times."

“Eventually it can be lowered to 20 million euros, and even when the number of launches is large enough, the bottom line can be lowered to 15 million euros.”

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

Launching a few more times can actually amortize Venus Technology’s own Starlink costs.

This benefit is actually twofold.

Therefore, Cao Yang definitely supports the European Space Agency's offer to cooperate.

He even took the initiative to offer tiered prices to induce the other party to launch more times.

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

"If this is the plan, then it should still be possible for them to accept it."

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

“That way we can leave some room for price reduction.”

After hearing what Cao Yang said, Zhao Siyu had a clear idea.

Once this cooperation comes to fruition, it will be considered an epoch-making cooperation.

Even if the two parties just sign a letter of intent to cooperate and map out the future pie, when people outside know about it, it will cause an uproar.

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

The person who undertook this contract was actually a private enterprise in China.

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

"They even agreed to let us visit the production sites of Venus 9 and MAX, and will take us to see the launch of Venus 9 on site."

"It's equivalent to us being able to watch the entire process of the operation of Venus Technology from the source of production to the launch of the rocket."

"The other party even said that if we are willing, even Starlink satellites can be produced by them."

"According to them, the price of OEM Starlink satellites will definitely be more than 30% lower than those produced by ourselves."

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

Before getting in the car, someone had already checked whether there was any monitoring equipment or anything like that, 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. It will depend on the price at that time."

"As for the satellites, we still have to produce them ourselves at the beginning. If there are more launches later, we can consider letting them produce part of them."

"Otherwise, if everything is left to Venus, the construction of this Starlink satellite system may make some member states dissatisfied."

The high-tech industry's role in promoting employment is actually quite obvious.

It’s okay if the rockets are not produced in Europe. After all, they can’t produce qualified products now.

But satellites are different.

Europe has the production capacity. If the order is given to Venus, France and other member states may jump out to object.

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

There are definitely many member states that will support this approach of the European Space Agency.

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

That concerns their real interests.

"That's true. This time we will talk to them about the rocket launch business intention first."

"Taking advantage of the fact that all parties are paying great attention to Starlink, we first confirm our cooperation intentions to avoid other things happening among the member states."

Joseph very much hopes to regard the Starlink project as the most important work of the European Space Agency Technology Center in the next few days.

It would be a pity if this was disrupted by some member states.

According to his experience, this possibility is still very high.

“This depends on the sincerity of Daystar Technology’s quotation.”

"After all, in terms of technology, they have been successfully launched more than a dozen times, so there is nothing to worry about."

Werner still agreed with Joseph's statement, but he had no idea whether this exchange would ultimately lead to results.

After all, based on past experience, it is normal for such a large cooperation project to take several months, or even years.

Of course, it wouldn't be a big problem if we just set the intention to cooperate first.

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

The European Space Agency itself does not have the strength to handle the recyclable rocket project.

If other rockets are used to launch, the cost is very high and obviously uncompetitive.

"For Space Exploration Technology Corporation's cooperation project with NASA, each launch price seems to be US$65 million."

"If we had more launches, we would probably be able to get it cheaper than this price, but given the virtues of the American people, it probably wouldn't be much cheaper."

"The price will be reduced to US$50 million if we can survive, but this price is obviously still a bit high."

"If Daystar Technology's offer is less than US$50 million, I think we can have a good discussion."

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

At Daystar Technology, Cao Yang and Zhao Siyu and others personally waited for Werner at the door.

The world's richest man personally stood at the door of the company to greet the director of the European Space Agency. This honor was enough.

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

For the arrival of the "wealth-giving boy" and "Party A's father", the enthusiasm is naturally indispensable.

After all, they are really delivering performance to Daystar Technology.

"Venus Technology has led 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 has a technical background, he can be considered a technocrat after being the director of the European Space Agency for so many years.

For this kind of business planning, I am naturally very proficient.

The two of them chatted at the company gate for several minutes, and then slowly walked into the conference room.

Along the way, there are dedicated photographers taking photos and videos.

These latter materials will be good promotional materials for Venus Technology.

After all, the European Space Agency is considered the top organization in the aerospace field worldwide.

Polar Bear's United Rocket and Space Company came over for exchanges and cooperation, and the European Space Agency came over to deliver orders.

As for aerospace technology, it goes without saying.

This situation is definitely a prosperous and good situation for Daystar Technology.