Chapter: 6533

Lei Chen thought for a moment before speaking: "If this step can actually be achieved, the strategic significance would indeed be very great, not just for Wanlong Hall but also for myself. Old brother, is it difficult?"

"It's difficult," Lang Hongjun nodded. "Anything related to satellites is difficult, whether it's technology, production, or launch. We're currently preparing a communication satellite, which is one of the lowest-technology satellites among all, but if we want to launch a reconnaissance satellite, the difficulty level would increase exponentially."

Lang Hongjun then added: "However, with this AI model supporting us, it should be relatively easier! If we could acquire another private enterprise in the satellite industry with a certain scale, that would be even better!"

Lei Chen asked him, "Which private enterprise is the strongest in the satellite industry?"

"It's certainly SpaceX, led by Elon Musk. It's currently the world's largest commercial satellite launch company."

Lei Chen nodded slightly: "I've heard of Musk's achievements, and indeed there are some things. The main thing is that this guy is still not old enough yet. If he were to be 50 or 60 years old, I'd have a way to make him sell the company to me tomorrow."

"Too young?"

Lang Hongjun didn't know much about Lei Chen's business style and achievements, so when he heard it, he was somewhat perplexed and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Lei, is doing business with Musk related to his age at all?"

"It does relate." Lei Chen smiled slightly and said: "I currently enjoy doing business with older people the most, and basically each deal is a single transaction."

Lang Hongjun's expression was unclear, and he couldn't help but ask: "What advantages are there in doing business with older people?"

"Of course." Lei Chen laughed: "Older people spend freely. As long as you can meet their core needs, they're willing to pay any price. Young people are different; they have too many core needs."

Musk himself is a renowned top-tier rich person, having once ranked first in the world's wealthiest list. People like this naturally don't lack money, and trying to buy something from him simply by throwing money at it would be futile.

Of course, giving a ridiculously high markup would definitely make others regret it, but that's not Musk's style.

Overall, Musk's style is to like exchanging goods or cash for things, and if something can be solved with just one or two elixirs, he wouldn't use cash.

However, when dealing with someone like Musk, who is a well-established entrepreneur at his age, using elixirs alone might not be enough to impress him, since people of this age group have plenty of money, are physically fit, and have various perks outside the home, including news about their families, which can fill up an entire school bus.

It would be difficult for me to get a good deal from Musk right now.

However, Lang Hongjun's idea of using surveillance satellites really resonated with me, so I asked him: "How does that kind of surveillance satellite work in normal times?"

Lang Hongjun said: "Surveillance satellites operate on near-Earth orbits, taking about 80 minutes to circle the Earth. During this process, they can continuously take photos of specific regions like I just mentioned. The higher the precision requirements are, the heavier the workload becomes, and it's only natural that you want to achieve the same level of precision as Google and other high-precision satellite mapping companies, which is why most satellite images are updated less frequently. In fact, even this year, you can still see last year's satellite images online."

I asked him: "If the satellites are always orbiting around the Earth, wouldn't it be possible to take pictures of anywhere?"

"It is," Lang Hongjun nodded. "Theoretically, it would be possible, but because the Earth is round, the best angle for taking pictures is vertically overhead, so each satellite can only cover a limited area. To achieve global coverage, you need to have enough satellites, like wrapping up the entire Earth with a ball of yarn, which ensures that within a few minutes, there will always be at least one satellite passing over any location if the number of satellites is sufficient."

I asked him: "To make it possible to take pictures anywhere in the world and complete it within 24 hours, how many satellites would you need?"

"Technically, four to five," Lang Hongjun said. "Currently, most mature private companies in the US have this ability, with a few leaders even capable of achieving an eight-time daily revisit target, which means that if needed, they can control the satellite to achieve a daily revisit target of 8 times within three hours."

"He asked him, 'How much is a company like this worth? Can I buy it?'"

Lang Hongjun thought for a moment. "Approximately thirty to forty billion US dollars, if I'm not mistaken."

He continued, "However, buying a company like this is quite troublesome. Most mature private companies in the US start with angel investors and gradually raise funds step by step. When they reach a valuation of tens of billions of dollars, there are at least dozens of shareholders behind them, making it difficult to buy out, and there are also issues related to privatization and delisting. Although these companies are privately owned, they still grasp some core technologies, which the US government won't allow them to sell freely. If they want to sell, both parties need to go through strict scrutiny before it's possible." JrNovels.com