Hollywood Hunter

Simon didn't have the leisure of a group of girls. In his busy schedule this morning, there was an important video conference.

The spacex team, the fusiontime team and the Westeros system participated together with some federal official cooperation advisory teams to discuss the lunar exploration plan.

The brand-new spacex company has successfully launched various types of rockets. It stands to reason that the next step should be manned flight.

This plan is also in progress.

The lunar exploration program is a brand new task branch.

Simon did not immediately copy the idea of ​​the Apollo manned moon landing program. It is far from the right time. This time the lunar exploration program, in simple terms, is to develop a set of space solutions to reach the moon and return at the lowest cost. Set The goal is to retrieve the lunar soil.

If... it is possible to go further, extract helium-3 from the moon directly through remote-controlled robotic equipment, and bring it back.

Compared with lunar soil, the cost of bringing back the extremely light helium 3 from the moon will obviously be lower.

On the other hand, the further extension of this lunar exploration program is to connect with fusiontime's controllable nuclear fusion research and development team.

Those who have a little understanding of these two fields probably know that, based on the estimation of human beings' repeated exploration of the moon, the moon has a very large reserve of helium-3 resources, which is completely beyond the earth's countless orders of magnitude. This is because the earth's atmosphere blocks The sun radiates helium 3, but the moon does not have this barrier. As a result, hundreds of millions of years of continuous erosion have accumulated little.

That's right, the helium 3 on the moon still comes from the sun.

Just some corners and corners radiated out are theoretically enough for human beings to use for tens of thousands of years.

That's true, ten thousand years from now, as long as human beings are not destroyed, at least they will be able to travel through the entire solar system on the basis of existing technology.

And then there's Helium-3 itself.

Relatively speaking, the current mainstream tritium fusion has many shortcomings, such as low energy release, neutron radiation, low controllability, and so on.

As a counter example, the fusion reaction of helium 3 has higher energy release, without any radiation, and the conditions required for fusion are milder. In short, they are all advantages.

Or the biggest shortcoming is that the reserves of helium 3 on the earth are too little and too little.

The human lunar exploration program has actually been launched for nearly half a century, and enough data has been accumulated. It was Simon's initial idea to digest and then develop. This time, it is still the results brought about by the Apollo program. West The team of the Luo system has reached an agreement with NASA and other parties, and the exchange is that the research results here are open to the authorities.

As for this time, the ultimate goal of spaasa and other official cooperation teams is to try to establish an unmanned helium 3 mining base on the moon.

This is mainly due to cost considerations.

The cost of manned landing on the moon is too high, and it is not necessary in the short term, and Simon's personal request is that all plans, no matter what, must always have some output, instead of planning for the sake of planning, just like back then, completely It is the two hegemonies of the United States and the Soviet Union who are fighting for science and technology.

Practicality should still come first.

Therefore, the requirement of the overall solution is to keep the cost as low as possible.

For example, the various processes of landing on the moon do not have to be completed in one go. You can separate the round-trip and other processes, or go two or three times and come back once. There is no need to pursue speed in the round-trip process. You can fly too. After returning, or without directly landing on the earth, you can put the collection results on the space station first, and then send them back after the accumulation. In short, how to save money.

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

The resources of human society are still limited for the time being.

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

Even if the space exploration industry becomes a real commercial activity in the future, it is obvious that, just like the current enterprises, whoever has higher efficiency, whose cost is lower, and who can generate more profits will be able to defeat competitors and survive.

At the same time, in the planning of the project, this lunar exploration program will also bring various "by-products".

For example, new materials.

For example, robots will be further developed.

For example, the photovoltaic technology that the Westeros system is also focusing on research will also be applied in space this time.

Another example is space communications.

Etc., etc.

As long as it works properly, many of these "by-product" technologies can be applied to a wide range of non-governmental fields in the future.

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

The first phase lasts for 3 years. Budget, $2 billion.

Regardless of time, 2 billion US dollars is actually a moderate figure.

If we only talk about the equipment needed for simple processes such as launch, arrival, and return, $2 billion is a bit high, but if it involves the research and development of many of these technologies, $2 billion is far from enough.

Simon's attitude is that every expenditure exceeding 100,000 US dollars must be sent to him for signature before it can be approved.

I am not afraid that the team will spend too much money, but I 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 by his side.

In the final analysis, it is still efficiency, doing the most things at the lowest cost.

The end of this video conference happened to be exactly twelve o'clock noon.

When I came to a small restaurant dedicated to Building No. 1, Amy Pascal was already waiting.

The topic at lunch was about dividends after the annual report.

At present, most of the super rich, well, remove Simon, other super rich in the traditional sense, the net worth is generally only tens of billions of dollars. Daenerys Entertainment made a net profit of more than 10 billion U.S. dollars in one year, which is definitely a huge sum of money.

Naturally, many people are also staring at the matter of dividends.

Even though the various shareholding reductions have been diluted over the years, Simon still personally holds 76.2% of Daenerys Entertainment's shares. Once the dividends are paid out, it is obvious that he is also the one who benefits the most.

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

Even if you don’t have cash in hand, just contact the bank and you can easily raise tens of billions of dollars of funds. In addition, the final stage of the current general election is time-sensitive. After a brief discussion, we decided to only distribute dividends based on 30% of quarterly earnings. , and the rest, all as reserve funds of Daenerys Entertainment Group.

Even if Simon occupies the majority of Daenerys Entertainment's shares, it is still a large one. After all, there are still many small shareholders. Dividends based on 30% of quarterly earnings will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some shareholders. However, if the dividend ratio is too high, then Those who are dissatisfied may be the many media that make use of the topic to stir up public sentiment.

It is easy to distinguish which of the two sides is more important.

In any case, just find some reason to perfunctory other shareholders.

After discussing the matter, the lunch continued. Amy brought up another matter along with the financial report: "It's easy to find a reason, Simon, but we really need to try to develop new growth points, otherwise, even if the game No matter how strong the business is, it may be difficult to last for too long. What's more, the Internet bubble has reached its peak. Recently, I have been worrying whether Daenerys will become that kind after the bubble bursts, with huge profits, but Lack of growth, so it is difficult for the stock price to go too high for the old corporate giants."

What Amy is talking about is obviously the old-fashioned companies like Boeing and Chevron that are not favored by the capital market because of their low growth and low annual profits.

Simon heard Amy say this, but he didn't have any anxiety. He smiled and said: "This is an inevitable trend. Any company that develops to the extreme will always be like this in the end. There is nothing to worry about."

Of course Amy understands this truth, but she is still a little unwilling: "Simon, do you think Daenerys' market value can exceed trillions this time?"

If my prediction comes true, then this big bubble may be the peak of Daenerys, and it may not be possible to climb such a high stock price in the future.

There is still more than a month before December, and Simon considered the recent trend. Although it is quite gratifying, whether the market value can finally break through a certain threshold still depends on luck.

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

Amy shrugged: "It seems that this is the only way."

In fact, think about it, after all, I am still working for the young man in front of me, and my boss is not so eager, so what can she do?

However, at the beginning, I founded this company with my own boss. To use a cliché, Daenerys Entertainment is similar to her children. This time, it is obviously very close. It is a great pity.

After all, 1 trillion yuan has really been reached. For a company, it is equivalent to a soldier who has won a top medal. Even if the market value falls again in the future, this medal will always accompany this company and even be recorded in the commercial history of mankind.

Seeing that Amy looked 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 make fakes... okay , I will give you an inside story, absolutely don’t let it out, probably in the future, there will be a fake corporate bomb, and it will go off. At that time, I don’t want to implicate us because of a false name.”

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

There's a corporate fake bomb about to go off, so what's the result?

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

That is to say, Daenerys is going to hit the market value of trillions, so there is not much time left.

Thinking about it this way, even though she understood that this was a bit of inside information that her boss believed in herself, Amy still subconsciously wanted to know more: "Simon, what's going on?"

"I won't tell you more, and I remind you again, don't reveal it, it's very important to us," Simon said, thought for a while, and added: "You just need to remember, probably There are two months."

Amy nodded solemnly after hearing what her boss said.

As for making profit from this news, my thoughts flashed, and Amy just skipped it. With the shares of Daenerys Entertainment and other investments accumulated over the years, Amy’s current net worth exceeds 20 billion U.S. dollars, which is really unnecessary Use this kind of inside information that her boss told her out of trust to make a profit.

Even, in her heart, Amy didn't even intend to tell her husband. After all, she is a man

He is from the background of the author and is too closely connected with the media circle. If he leaks his words, the result will definitely be bad.

In any case, now that we know the news, the fake data must not be used. In fact, Amy has no plans to use it. After all, I have missed the best opportunity of this year's financial report. If I make some other fake data, will it be Not to mention that it will work, in case... it will really be troublesome.

Still, there are of course many ways to drive up a company's stock price even without lying.

Amy also thought about it in advance, probably, a new year's corporate planning idea to further promote Daenerys Entertainment's shift to informatization to cater for the arrival of the information age.

Daenerys Entertainment has been doing things like embracing the Internet in recent years, such as the online membership plan of the whole business system, such as the online rental business of its blockbuster chain, such as the online game business, such as its own theater Systematic online ticketing attempts, and so on and so forth.

This time, such a plan is just a summary of what Daenerys has been doing all the time. By the way, of course, some new network business development plans that may or may not be realized should be mentioned.

Anyway, now is an era of speculation about the concept of the Internet.

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

Hype.

At most it can only be regarded as falsification, not fraud.

After listening to Amy's brief description, Simon agreed with a smile without any hesitation.

I also reminded that it happened that the reason for reducing the dividend this time 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 next bubble bursts, Daenerys Entertainment's huge profits will still be kept in their own accounts. At that time, other shareholders will probably be thankful that Daenerys Entertainment did not spend the money squandering.

After lunch, Simon returned to the office.

Girl A followed through the door, reported some minor adjustments and precautions in her boss's schedule in the afternoon, and then mentioned that there are still a group of girls in the studio, do you want to meet?