At the end of January, with the conclusion of the United Nations Outer Space Development Summit, Star Ring Trading's space elevator has successively sent 400 staff to Star Ring City.
Most of them are beneficiaries of the aerospace volunteer immigration policy launched by New Zealand some time ago. After several months or even a year of training, they have now been signed by Starring Trading as formal employees, receiving enviable salaries. , entering various positions on the space station.
Currently, the entire Star Ring City is still in a semi-closed state, and there are still many civilian uses that need further improvement before it can be opened to the public. On the other hand, the construction of the microgravity laboratories signed by Starring Trading with China and Russia has begun, and both countries generously paid the project fees in full.
Of course, settlement is done in domestic currency according to the current exchange rate.
During this half-month period, companies from China, Russia, and even the United States across the Pacific Ocean successively sent their own salesmen to Coro Island to discuss cooperation with Star Ring Trading.
From the hot ticket sales expectations, they have seen the prospects of space tourism and the business opportunities hidden behind it.
Some of them are international hotel chains like the Hilton Group, and aerospace companies like SpaceX that are interested in port leasing. Even KFC and KFC came to join in the fun and discussed opening chain stores in Star Circle City with Star Trading. feasibility.
In view of the fact that there were too many companies coming to discuss cooperation, Jiang Chen simply announced the convening of a new foreign space resources opening forum, sent invitations to companies and people from all walks of life who applied for cooperation, and held it at the Future Man Building on Coro Island in early February. This grand meeting was held at the highest level.
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In the large circular venue, dozens of round tables were scattered in a very elegant manner, with expensive wine and champagne placed on them. The slightly dim light gave the venue a hint of mystery and silence.
Not all the attendees were handsome men and beautiful women, but all of them were successful people in the business world. If you pick anyone at random, they may be the chairman or president of a listed company with a market value of tens of billions. Throw in a fine Versace suit and it may not be as expensive as the suit worn by the waiter walking between the round tables to pour wine.
At this moment, these industry leaders gathered together in small groups, exchanging opinions in a low voice, waiting for the start of this business forum. Most of the people who appear here have the same purpose, which is to establish relationships with the people who held this business cooperation forum...
In the darkness, soft lights came on. Right in front of the venue, Jiang Chen, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, walked slowly to the front of the stage, reached out and picked up the microphone on the podium.
"Welcome to all of you to attend the Outer Space Resources Opening Forum held by Star Ring Trading. On behalf of Star Ring Trading, I would like to thank you all for coming."
As he said that, Jiang Chen bowed slightly.
Humility always makes people feel good, and the audience burst into applause.
When the applause stopped for a moment, Jiang Chen paused and went straight to the topic.
"I believe that everyone has already understood this before coming here. At the last United Nations Outer Space Summit, we have proposed a framework for friendly cooperation. Starring Trading will serve as a permanent neutral party, providing companies from any country with the opportunity to develop outer space. A platform for layer space resources…”
In a nearly half-hour speech, Jiang Chen first clarified the scale of the space resource development market. For the tourism industry alone, the market size estimated by the Future People Group think tank is over S$100 billion. The prospects of space mining are even more immeasurable.
“… Some time ago, our company’s spacecraft captured the Bennu asteroid into the Earth-Moon system. And in the middle of last month, Future Mining launched its long-awaited asteroid mining plan. According to our estimates, the asteroid is The iron and titanium mineral resource reserves are in the tens of millions and are worth more than S$20 billion."
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Chen could clearly feel that everyone present held their breath.
Just an asteroid with a diameter of 500 meters is worth more than 20 billion. Not only in the solar system, but also in the vicinity of the earth-moon system, there are countless asteroids shuttled around. At this moment, in the eyes of these capitalists, those asteroids are no longer asteroids, but flying treasures!
Many people have secretly taken out their mobile phones, edited a text message and sent it to their assistants. What Jiang Chen didn't know was that just because of his few words, the stock prices of aerospace companies with space mining prospects such as SpaceX on Wall Street, tens of thousands of kilometers away, rose by more than several points.
There is only one reason for this, and that is that someone is increasing their holdings of stocks in such companies.
Of course Jiang Chen would not pay attention to the fluctuations of stocks tens of thousands of kilometers away. All his attention was on this business forum where countless capitalists gathered.
Seeing that the effect of the bait he threw had exceeded expectations, he smiled slightly, changed to an inflammatory tone, and then spoke.
"Everyone, we are facing a new continent! A new continent that has not yet been cultivated and is several times wider than the Americas. The unknown never means desolation, but infinite possibilities. What is before us now is a trillion-dollar world. , or even a cake worth hundreds of billions. Although we can only cut a very small piece now, I believe that with your joint participation, we will have far more than we imagined!"
When the enthusiasm of all investors was ignited, Jiang Chen naturally introduced the specific content of the cooperation.
In addition to cooperation projects such as port leasing, warehouse leasing, space station development, and space elevator transportation, Jiang Chen also threw a big piece of cake in front of everyone, that is, the leasing of 6x4 space station interfaces!
Except for some special space stations, the external space stations in Star Ring City all use interfaces with a section length of 6 meters and a width of 4 meters.
According to the size and specification restrictions of Starlink Trading on external space stations, any company can design a space station that meets its own business needs. As long as it is reported to the Star Ring City Management Committee, which is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Star Ring City, and the drawings and prototypes are sent to pass safety monitoring and qualification certification, they can be connected to Star Ring City for use after leasing the interface.
The ore processing unit designed by Future Mining is exactly the product based on this rule.
Star Ring City has a total of tens of thousands of interfaces, divided into gravity sections, no gravity sections, and low gravity sections, which can be used to connect to external space stations. In addition, space stations can also connect to each other through specific interfaces. In other words, this ring-shaped city has almost unlimited room for expansion.
Compared with a lonely space station floating in a synchronous orbit, this access-type space station has considerable advantages. Not only is it convenient for transportation, but you can also enjoy the water, electricity and oxygen supply of Star Ring City at a lower price. The Halo City itself has living space, and a space station that requires permanent staff will eliminate the need to waste precious space in setting up separate living areas.
Going to work on the space station will be as convenient as walking to and from get off work!
All the capitalists present looked at Jiang Chen in front of the podium with intense eyes.
The plan proposed by Star Ring Trading means that all of them here are not just limited to the single market of space tourism, but will even have the opportunity to participate in the deeper development of space resources with Star Ring Trading!
Obtain cheap minerals and resources from asteroid mining, then produce large quantities of low-cost goods through factories in Halo City, and then transport them to the surface through space elevators...
Of course, the heartbeat is the heartbeat. Everyone here is a businessman in the shopping mall. Even if the heartbeat is heartbeat, it will not be written on their faces.
Projects involving tens of billions of investment are definitely not something that can be decided with a pat on the head. Few companies have a shareholding structure as stable as that of the Future Man Group, and even the chairman cannot ignore the opinions of other shareholders of the group. (.)