Chapter: 6542

Initially, he could have let Carl Lucas bring the core team to see him in New York, but in order to understand this company better and win people over, he decided to come in person, after all, buying this company is just a preliminary request from Ye Chen, allowing this company to operate stably and controllably for further development.

When Steve arrived at the company's headquarters in Houston, accompanied by bodyguards and other personnel, including CEO Carl Lucas, all high-ranking officials lined up on the rooftop parking lot waiting.

When the third helicopter landed, Steve and his several assistants got off together, CEO Carl Lucas wanted to come forward but was blocked by bodyguards at a distance of a few meters away. After the bodyguards searched him, he was finally allowed to approach Steve.

Seeing Steve, Carl Lucas became somewhat excited and said, "Mr. Rockefeller, it's an honor to meet you. I'm Carl Lucas, CEO of Celestial Line. You can call me Carl!"

Steve nodded slightly and shook hands with him, then said, "Hi Carl, I think my intentions are already clear. Let's find a conference room and have a good talk."

Carl immediately replied, "Okay, Mr. Rockefeller, please follow me. I'll take you to the conference room."

Steve smiled and walked out, surrounded by bodyguards, and arrived at the office building's top-floor conference room.

After they entered the conference room, other high-ranking officials could only be searched one by one before being allowed to enter.

Carl brought only two people to join the meeting: the company's chief technical officer and the company's chief financial officer.

Steve took his seat and said to Carl, "Carl, can you introduce me to your company's overall situation?"

Carl nodded and respectfully said, "As requested, Mr. Rockefeller, Celestial Line has a total of nearly 800 employees. The building where you are is our headquarters, with about 500 employees working here. Our servers are also located here. This building is our own industry, currently valued at around $70 million;"

"Celestial Line currently has 29 satellites in orbit. We have already reached a cooperation agreement with SpaceX. Next month, we will launch three more satellites and join their Starlink satellite network together. By next quarter, we will also have three more. According to our original targets, by the end of next year, we aim to increase the number of satellites to 45."

Steve asked him, "What's your current revisit capacity like?"

Carl said, "Under normal circumstances, we can conduct four to five revisits per day without any issues. In special situations, we can achieve up to 20 revisits per day for a specific target, but this also depends on the lighting time of the target. Our satellites are at an excellent level for civilian use, with precision reaching almost millimeter levels, but the imaging requires higher light intensity, and it's generally difficult to take valuable content in low-light or nighttime conditions."

Steve nodded slightly and asked again, "Are you taking pictures every day? Is your data also updated daily?"

"Yes," Carl said. "This allows our chief technology officer to give you a more detailed introduction later."

The chief technology officer pushed up his glasses and explained, "Our satellites take photos of the Earth's surface according to their predetermined orbits while in orbit around the Earth. Each region is marked with labels, and the photos are taken one by one based on these labels, then pieced together into a composite image on the back-end system. The satellite selects whether to take a photo based on the lighting, weather, and visibility of the target area; our CEO just introduced you to this earlier. Our technology and hardware don't match those of the US military's surveillance systems, so generally we only take photos in good lighting conditions without clouds or fog."

"After taking pictures, the images are automatically screened for clarity, and only those that meet the standards are approved for entry into the database."

"So, Steve asked, 'If I'm particularly interested in a certain area, can we keep the satellite focused on that spot? Is it possible to do that?'"

"The chief technology officer replied, 'It's possible to do so, but if such requirements are quite frequent, they would have an impact on the original photography tasks of the satellites.'"

Steve let out a sigh and purchased the company without preparing for financial gain. The main thing was that these satellites had to keep spinning in the sky, or he wouldn't mind having all the satellites continuously capturing 24 hours a day at the location focused by Leaf; as for the company's original business, it was negligible, and they could completely accept not earning any money.

Thinking about this, Steve looked at the chief financial officer and opened his mouth to say, "Let me introduce you to some financial-related situations now.'"

The chief financial officer respectfully said, "Mr. Rothschild, our current capital situation has already gone through four rounds of financing, with a total investment amount of $67 million. The most recent round was last year's initial financing, with an investment amount of $30 million. Our revenue last year was $23.7 million, and the net profit was minus $5 million. This year is not yet over, and our projected revenue is around $27-28 million, with a projected net loss of approximately $1 billion, mainly due to this year's hardware investment being much larger. Later, I will introduce you to the fixed assets in detail."

Steve waved his hand dismissively and looked at Carl, saying seriously, "My time is limited, so please don't get too detailed. Let me say my acquisition requirements, then we can discuss the price and move on to the core issues. How do you think?"

Carl immediately replied, "No problem, we'll follow your pace." JrNovels.com