Before Li Zetian could discuss how much compensation to pay to those victims, the news that Morgan Stanley was acquired by Li Zetian suddenly came out, causing a sensation.
A Wall Street investor sighed: "Morgan Staley lost the most in the 9/11 incident. Alas, the final tragic fate turned out to be the prey of Chronos Li!"
"Yeah, this is Morgan Stanley, the pride of Wall Street once!!"
A gray-haired old man said with grief and indignation: "Chronos Li's barbaric behavior has trampled on the dignity of Wall Street!!!"
Trample your sister!
Isn't it just the acquisition of Morgan Staley, what's so great? !
Li Zetian didn't know that the people on Wall Street were very dissatisfied with him. If he knew, he would definitely be dismissive.
He is more than trampling, he simply wants to dominate Wall Street! ! !
It is said that it is Morgan Staley. If there is a chance, he will even dare to annex J.K. JPMorgan Chase!
At this time, in addition to owning Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley in the United States, Li Zetian was also one of the major shareholders of Citigroup.
In the early years, um, around 1986, Jamie Dimon and Sandy Weir left the American Express Group. The name was changed to Travelers Group. In 1997, the Traveler Group acquired the fifth largest investment bank in the United States, Salomon Brothers. In 1998, the merger of Traveler Group and Citigroup, the new company formed by the merger was called "Citigroup", and its trademarks were the red umbrella of Traveler Group and the blue wordmark of Citigroup, which meant that Li Zetian deepened his love for the company. The penetration of US consortium power and its influence on Wall Street.
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Back at the hotel, Li Zetian began to think about the compensation.
"Compensation for victims, compensation for injured rescuers..."
"In addition to personal compensation, there is also the loss of New York businessmen... If all these are added up, how much will they have to pay?" Li Zetian took a compensation slip and glanced at it, his mouth twitched, "What, more than 40 billion US dollars? !!"
"Wait... I shouldn't have to bear all of this money. It's the fault of terrorists. There are US government and insurance companies!!"
Thinking of the huge amount of compensation, Li Zetian immediately decided that if I stopped pretending to be coercive, why should I pay for the US government! I can donate some money at most, and it's ok to do charity...
"Selena, let the Umbrella Company donate 200 million US dollars to show your affection!" Li Zetian said.
"Yes!"
"Well, alright, go back to your room and rest."
Li Zetian called Selena away, walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows, looked at the dimly lit New York night scene, snorted coldly, and said, "Maybe some people will say, you Chronos Li is a trillion-dollar millionaire, how can you just donate 200 million US dollars?! Damn, the huge sum of 200 million US dollars is still too little. I asked, how many people in the world donated. Whoever said that it is less, then you can do it. I want to see if you can do it. How much did you donate!!!"
"The 9/11 incident was caused by the U.S. government. You said that if you didn't make trouble for others, would they fight with you? So, the U.S. government is responsible for this. I, Li Zetian, don't want to wipe your ass for the U.S. government!"
As the night got darker, Li Zetian returned to the bathroom to take a shower, and then fell asleep on the bed.
The next day, Li Zetian set off back to Los Angeles.
After the 9/11 incident, the United States began to buy weapons aggressively in order to retaliate against terrorists.
After Li Zetian rested at home for a day, he went to Koronos Industries to have a look and learn about the research and development of weapons.
Due to the fact that the Chronos industry has not been established for a long time, weapons development is still slightly inferior to that of the US arms giants.
Fighters, tanks, missiles, tanks, radars, electronic systems, etc. are still in the catch-up phase.
After the introduction by Dr. Blake, CEO of Chronos Industries, Li Zetian couldn't help but regret: "Oh, what a pity. After the 9/11 incident, there has been a huge increase in arms around the world, and there may not be too many weapons orders for Chronos Industries for the time being..."
"Mr. Li, according to my analysis, the 9/11 incident has a great impact. For a long time to come, countries around the world will increase their military forces, and advanced weapons will inevitably become popular! Although the Chronos Industry started relatively late, But we have a lot of R&D personnel and funds. Both Space-X and Robot-X are industry leaders. Aerospace and robotics technology leads the world. We just haven't turned the technology into weapons right now. But I am firm that in the future In the arms market, there must be a place for the Chronos industry!" Dr. Black said confidently.
"Well, that's right!"
When Li Zetian heard the words, he was overjoyed, yes, the technology of Chronos Industries is so powerful, why can't he become an arms giant
"Mr. Li, this afternoon, a new Space-X factory in Nevada has just been completed these few days. Would you like to visit? This new factory mainly produces satellites and rockets." Dr. Black invited at this time. .
Well, another new factory has been completed, and the previous Space-X aircraft factory has not been visited yet.
Li Zetian nodded and said, "Okay, then we will leave together at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning! By the way, I also want to visit the Space-X aircraft factory."
"Okay, no problem, Mr. Li, it just so happens that the two factories are not very far apart..."
The next day, Li Zetian, Dr. Blake and others came to Nevada. Nevada is a state in the western United States, bordered by Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and California to the southwest.
First, Dr. Black took Li Zetian to the Space-X aircraft factory. The factory is very large, covering an area of 50 hectares (one hectare of land is 10,000 square meters), with a total area of 750 hectares. In fact, this factory integrates production, research and development, and is developing larger and faster large passenger aircraft.
Li Zetian walked into a factory and was amazed.
This place is too big, and the space is empty. A huge Space-X2000 super-large passenger plane is placed in the middle, with various robotic arms dazzling, and the staff next to it are busy.
"Oh, so spectacular!! Space-X2000 is assembled like this!" Li Zetian exclaimed.
Dr. Black smiled slightly: "Each Space-X2000 has at least 50 people responsible for the assembly, and it took nearly a month to build such a giant. The Space-X Aircraft Factory has twelve such production workshops, each The monthly production of 12 Space-X2000s is guaranteed.”
"Well, it's very good!" Li Zetian calculated that this aircraft factory can produce 144 Space-2000s in one year, and the production capacity is very strong!
"It's just," Dr. Black sighed and said, "After the 9/11 incident, many airlines in the United States cancelled their orders one after another, and orders from abroad also dropped significantly."
Li Zetian frowned and pondered, American Airlines fell into a slump, and this is not an opportunity, an opportunity for the rise of Colonos Airlines and the Space-X2000 large passenger aircraft!
"Dr. Blake, don't worry about this. The more depressed the aviation market is, the more opportunity we have to become bigger and stronger! Who said it's impossible to go against the trend?" Li Zetian's eyes flashed with crazy light, "The U.S. aviation industry is sluggish. It's only temporary, and it will recover in the future. I will let Colonos Airlines take advantage of the situation to merge these airlines, and then replace them with Space-X2000 large passenger planes for low-cost operations!!!"
"Oh, yes, Saudi Arabia is very rich, this user is worthy of our development, and a high-end and atmospheric aircraft like the Space-X2000 must be very popular with them!"
Li Zetian paused and continued: "I will also consider acquiring some airlines in Europe, Asia, and South America, so the production of Space-X2000 does not have to stop."
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The Space-X aircraft factory is very large, and Li Zetian visited it for more than half an hour. Then he went to the Space-X factory that produces rockets and satellites. This factory is also very large and has established a satellite launch center.
After Li Zetian visited the new factory, an idea suddenly popped into his mind. He said to Dr. Black, "Dr. Black, do you know about Project Iridium?"
Dr. Black nodded and said, "Of course, it was proposed by Barry Berttig, an engineer at Motorola, and the idea came from a complaint from his wife on vacation in the Caribbean that she couldn't reach her customers on her mobile phone, so An Iridium solution was proposed—a constellation of 77 near-Earth satellites, allowing users to make phone calls from anywhere in the world! The total number of satellites later dropped to 66.”
Speaking of which, Dr. Black vaguely knew what Li Zetian wanted to do.
However, the Iridium satellite system began test launches in 1996 and is planned to be put into operation in 1998 with a total investment of 3.4 billion US dollars. Motorola finally put the iridium system into use on November 1, 1998, after untold hardships. However, on March 17, 1999, Iridium officially declared bankruptcy.
It took less than half a year from the official announcement to the termination of use, and finally had to "de-orbit" the 66 satellites it operated, causing them to burn up when they entered the earth's atmosphere. Complete burn would take one to two years, and the cost of burning the satellite would cost between $30 million and $50 million.
"Mr. Li, it turns out that the Iridium project is not suitable for the market!" Dr. Black said, persuading politely.
Li Zetian smiled when he heard the words, "Dr. Black, I still know a lot about the Iridium project. Compared with the terrestrial mobile phone system, the Iridium system itself has many shortcomings. The mobile phone is bulky, unstable, and expensive. So it failed in the end. However, the times are developing, and we have to be brave to try. Yes, I intend to continue the Iridium project, but instead of launching 66 satellites, hundreds of satellites!"
When Dr. Black heard this, he couldn't help being startled. He was about to speak to dissuade Li Zetian, but was interrupted.
"Oh, Dr. Black, don't worry. I don't mean to launch satellites now. First of all, I ask you to develop an inexpensive satellite that weighs less than the average satellite, preferably at the cost of manufacturing the satellite. Cut it down to a few million dollars. The second is to develop rockets that can be recycled and launch a second, or more, to minimize the cost of rocket launches. After that, I will build the largest satellite in the world. Communication network, providing cheap Internet access services for ground personnel!"
Regarding this "New Iridium Project", Li Zetian still thought about it in his heart, and he didn't talk about it.
Now Apple is developing the iPhone, and it is estimated that there will be results in a few years, and then the smart phone will inevitably swept the world, and the business of mobile Internet access has greatly increased! The satellite communication network can not only provide network access services for computers, but also provide network traffic for mobile phones. Maybe you will lose money at first, but you will be able to earn it back over time. Besides, even if it is a loss, in terms of Li Zetian's worth, losing a few billion dollars is not a big deal.
The key is that things are done, and it will definitely promote the development of the global mobile Internet.
Lost mulberry elm, received in the east corner.
The money that Li Zetian lost in launching satellites can be made up in other ways, and it may be a big profit!
PS: I am so busy today, I will give you more outbreaks tomorrow, 5 more? 6 more? 7 more? 8 more? I worked hard, and last time it seemed that I updated 8 chapters in one day. The protagonist starts to put satellites, hoho