Simon did not have the leisure of a group of girls. On the full schedule that morning, there was a very important video conference. The paeX team, Fu Private OnTime team and Westeros system participated with some federal official cooperative consulting teams to discuss the lunar exploration plan.

The brand new SpaeX company has had many successful launch experiences in all types of rockets. Logically speaking, the next step should be manned flight.

This plan is also being advanced.

The lunar exploration plan is a brand new mission branch.

Simon did not immediately replicate the Apollo manned moon landing plan. It is far from the time to go. This lunar exploration plan, simply put, is to develop a complete space plan to arrive at the moon at the lowest cost and return. Set the goal, and to retrieve the lunar soil.

If...it is possible to go further, extract helium 3 directly from the moon through a remotely controlled robotic device and bring it back.

Compared with lunar soil, the extremely lightweight Helium 3 will obviously only bring back from the moon.

On the other hand, a further extension of this lunar exploration plan is to connect with Fu Private OnTime's controlled nuclear fusion research and development team.

Anyone who has a little understanding of these two major fields knows that through humans' many explorations of the moon, the moon has a very large reserve of helium 3 resources, which is completely beyond the countless orders of magnitude on the earth. This is because the earth's atmosphere blocks the helium 3 from the sun's radiation, but the moon does not have this barrier. As a result, hundreds of millions of years of continuous erosion have accumulated a lot.

Yes, the helium 3 on the moon still comes from the sun.

Just some of the radiated edges are theoretically enough for humans to use for tens of thousands of years.

That's true. Ten thousand years later, as long as humans are not destroyed, and the existing technology can at least travel the entire solar system.

Then there is helium 3 itself.

The current mainstream triton fusion has many disadvantages, relatively speaking, low energy release will produce neutron radiation, low controllability, etc.

As a counterexample, the fusion reaction of Helium 3 has higher energy release, no radiation, and the conditions required for fusion are milder. In short, they are all advantages.

Or the biggest disadvantage is that the helium 3 reserves on the earth are too small.

The human lunar exploration plan has actually been launched for nearly half a century and has accumulated enough data. Simon's initial idea of ​​digesting and then exploring. This time, the results brought by the Apollo Project are still first. The team of the Westeros system has reached an agreement with NASA and other aspects. The exchange is the research results here that are open to the official.

As for this time, the ultimate goal of official cooperation teams such as SpaASA is to try to establish a Helium 3 unmanned mining base on the moon.

This is mainly due to cost considerations.

The cost of manned moon landing is too high and there is no need in the short term. Simon's personal requirement is that, no matter what, there must be some output for various plans, rather than planning for the sake of planning. Just like that back then, the two hegemons of the United States and the Soviet Union are fighting for technology.

Practicality should be put first.

Therefore, the overall solution requires the lowest cost and as low as possible.

For example, the various processes of landing the moon do not need to be completed in one go. You can separate the round trip and other processes, or go two or three times or come back once, and there is no need to pursue speed during the round trip. If you can use the gravity of the earth and the moon to fly automatically, then fly slowly. After returning, or you don’t have to land directly on the earth, you can first place the collection results in the space station, accumulate the small amount and then send it back. In short, how to save money, how to do it.

Of course Simon is not short of money, but the fundamental purpose of doing this is to pursue efficiency.

Human social resources are still limited after all.

If you can do more with limited resources, there is no reason to spend it generously.

Even if the space exploration industry becomes a real business behavior in the future, it is obvious that just like the current enterprises, who is more efficient and whose costs are lower, who can generate more profits, and whose companies can defeat competitors and survive.

At the same time, in the project planning, this lunar exploration plan will also bring various ‘by-products’.

For example, new materials.

For example, robots will be further developed.

For example, the photovoltaic technology, which is also being studied in the Westeros system, will also be used in space this time.

For example, space communication.

Wait and wait.

As long as it is operated properly, many of the "by-product" technologies in the future can be used in a wide range of private fields.

The meeting lasted until 12 o'clock, and the person in charge of all aspects of the video reported it. After some discussion, Simon personally made a decision and approved the plan.

The first phase is 3 years, with a budget of 2 billion US dollars.

Not to mention time, 2 billion US dollars is actually a high or low number.

If you only talk about the equipment required for simple processes such as launch, arrival, and return, US$2 billion is relatively high, but if you involve the research and development of many of these technologies, US$2 billion is far from enough.

Simon's attitude was that every expense of more than $100,000 must be sent to him to sign before he can pass it.

You are not afraid of the team spending too much money, but you will never allow the team to spend money indiscriminately.

Of course, Simon doesn't understand all kinds of professional details, but he has a professional evaluation team around him.

Ultimately, it is efficiency, doing the most things at the lowest cost.

The end of this video conference was exactly twelve o'clock noon.

When I arrived at a small restaurant dedicated to Building 1, Amy Pascal was already waiting.

The topic at lunch is about dividends after this annual report.

Most of the super rich people at present, okay, take away Simon, and other super rich people in the traditional sense are generally only in the tens of billions of dollars. Daenerys Entertainment made a net profit of more than 10 billion US dollars in a year, which is definitely a very huge amount of funds.

Naturally, many people are also watching the dividends.

Even after various share reductions over the years, Simon still holds up to 76.2% of Daenerys Entertainment's shares. Once the dividends are started, it is obvious that he is the one with the biggest profit.

The problem is that the Westeros family is really not short of money now.

Even if you don’t have cash in hand, just contact the bank, and the 10 billion US dollars of funds can be easily raised. In addition, the final stage of the election is sensitive to the timing. After a brief discussion, it was decided to only pay dividends at 30% of the quarterly income, and the rest will be used as reserve funds for Daenerys Entertainment Group.

Even if Simon occupies the majority of Daenerys Entertainment's equity, it is still a huge one. After all, there are many small shareholders. Dividends based on 30% quarterly earnings will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some shareholders. However, if the dividend ratio is too high, the dissatisfaction may be the many media that took advantage of the issue, which aroused public sentiment.

It is easy to distinguish which side is more important.

In any case, find some reasons to perfunctory other shareholders.

After the discussion, lunch continued. Amy followed the question about the financial report and asked another thing: "It is easy to find a reason, Simon, but we do need to try to open up new growth points. Otherwise, no matter how strong the game business is, it may be difficult to persist for too long, not to mention that the Internet bubble has reached its peak. I have been worried recently that after this bubble burst, Daenerys will become the kind of old-fashioned enterprise giant, with very rich profits but lacking growth potential, so it is difficult for the stock price to go too high."

What Amy said is obviously the Federal company that makes a low profit every year, but is not favored by the capital market because of its low growth potential.

When Simon heard Amy say this, he didn't have any anxiety and said with a smile: "This is an inevitable trend. Any company will develop to the extreme and in the end, it will be like this. There is nothing to worry about."

Of course, Amy understood this truth, but was still a little unwilling to accept it: "Simon, do you think Daenerys' market value can exceed one trillion this time?"

If your prediction comes true, then this big bubble may be the peak of Daenerys. There are probably not many possibilities to reach such a high stock price in the future.

With more than a month left before December, Simon considered the recent trend. Although it was quite gratifying, whether the market value can eventually break through a certain threshold depends on luck.

Shaking his head, Simon said, "We can do our own thing."

Amy shrugged: "It seems that's all."

Actually, after all, I am still working for the young man in front of me. My boss is not that eager, so what can she do?

However, it was originally founded by her boss. In a relatively clichéd statement, Daenerys Entertainment is similar to her children. This time, it is obviously very close. If it cannot exceed 1 trillion US dollars, it would be a big regret.

After all, 1 trillion is really achieved. For a company, it means that it is equivalent to a soldier and has won the top medal. Even if the market value falls back in the future, this medal will be permanently accompanied by the company and even recorded in the business history of mankind.

Seeing Amy looking very unwilling to be disappointed, Simon smiled and said, "Amy, if you have any arrangements, you can implement them, but there is a premise, such as financial reports, don't fake them... Well, I'll give you an inside story and never tell them. Perhaps in the future, a bomb that is faked by a company will explode. At that time, I don't want to be involved in us because of a false reputation."

Suddenly getting permission from her boss, Amy was still a little excited, but the topic changed, and she was a little surprised and even understood a series of things in an instant.

There is a bomb that is faked by a company and is about to explode. So, what is the result?

Of course, the federal stock market is going to explode.

This means that Daenerys is going to hit the trillion-dollar market value, so there is not much time left.

Thinking of this, even though I understood that this was the inside story that my boss believed very much, Amy still subconsciously wanted to know more: "Simon, what's going on?"

"I won't tell you more, and again, remind you not to reveal it, it's important to us," Simon said, thinking for a while, and adding: "You just need to remember that there are about two months left."

When Amy heard his boss say this, he nodded solemnly.

As for using this news to make a profit, Amy just skipped it. With the Daenerys Entertainment shares and other investments accumulated over the years, Amy's current net worth is more than 20 billion US dollars. There is really no need to use the inside information that her boss told her out of trust to make profits.

In her heart, Amy didn't even plan to tell her husband. After all, her man was a journalist and had too close contact with the media circle. If she let it go, the result would be very bad.

In any case, since I learned this news, it is definitely impossible to use it. In fact, Amy didn't plan to use it. After all, she has missed the best opportunity like this year's financial report. If you find some other fake data, it will not be a problem.

However, there are certainly many ways to push up a company's stock price without relying on lying.

Amy also considered it in advance, probably a new year corporate planning idea that further promotes Daenerys Entertainment to shift to informatization to cater to the arrival of the information age.

Embracing the Internet, Daenerys Entertainment has actually been doing things like doing it in recent years, such as online membership plans for the full business system, online leasing business of its Blockbuster chain, online game business, online ticket purchase attempts in its own cinema system, etc.

This time, such a plan is just to summarize what Daenerys has been doing again. By the way, of course, we need to mention some new network business development plans that may be fulfilled or may not be fulfilled.

Anyway, now is an era of hyping up the concept of the Internet.

Just like the old industrial giant General Electric, Jack Welch has personally taken the lead in promoting e-commerce in the past two years. GE can break through the market value of US$400 billion as a traditional enterprise. In addition to its own physical size, it is also closely related to Welch's accurate 'pulse of the times'.

Just hype.

At most, it can only be considered a fraud, not a fraud.

When Simon heard Amy's brief description, he didn't hesitate, so he agreed with a smile.

I also reminded that this time, the reason for reducing dividends was immediately there. In order to promote the new plan for the new year, money is needed.

Of course, this is just an excuse.

When the bubble bursts next, Daenerys Entertainment's huge profits will still stay in its own account. At that time, other shareholders will probably be glad that Daenerys Entertainment did not use the money to squander.

After lunch, Simon returns to the office.
Chapter completed!