Chapter 3177: White glove

"Not old enough?"

Lang Hongjun didn't have much contact with Ye Chen and lacked understanding of Ye Chen's style of doing things and glorious deeds, so he was a bit confused for a while and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Ye, does doing business with Musk have anything to do with his age?"

"Yes, it has too much to do with it." Ye Chen smiled slightly and said: "I like doing business with old people now, and basically one order is done."

Lang Hongjun was confused and couldn't help asking: "Is there any advantage to doing business with old people?"

"Of course." Ye Chen smiled: "Old people spend money generously. As long as their core needs can be met, they are willing to pay any amount of money. Young people are different. They have too many core needs."

Musk himself is a top tycoon on the surface, once ranked first in the world in wealth. This kind of person is not short of money at all. If you want to buy something from his hands, just smashing it with money is definitely not going to work.

Of course, giving a super high premium would definitely make the other party cut love, but that is definitely not Ye Chen's style.

Overall, Ye Chen's style is to like bartering, or exchanging things for cash. If things can be solved with one or two pills, he will definitely not use cash.

However, for an entrepreneur in his prime like Musk, a single pill should not be enough to move him. After all, wealthy people of this age are in their prime. As long as they don't have any serious illnesses, they are more vigorous than people in their thirties. Social animals in their thirties may already be powerless in husband and wife life, while wealthy middle-aged people like Musk are not only having beautiful wives at home, but also have various lace news when they go out. What's more, the children born to him by various women can fill a school bus.

To say that going to Musk to do business now, Ye Chen definitely can't take any advantage.

However, Lang Hongjun's idea of a photographic reconnaissance satellite did make Ye Chen feel very practical significance, so he asked: "Old brother, how does that kind of photographic reconnaissance satellite you mentioned work normally?"

Lang Hongjun said: "Photographic reconnaissance satellites work in low earth orbit, and it takes about eighty minutes to orbit the earth. In this process, it can continuously take pictures of the areas it passes through. Just like I said just now, the higher the accuracy requirement, the heavier the shooting task. If you really want to achieve the accuracy of Google and other high-precision satellite maps, image collection alone will take a long time, and processing will take more time. This is why the update cycle of most satellite pictures is relatively long. It is already fast to see last year's satellite pictures on the Internet this year. It is estimated that only Google can achieve this timeliness, and most of them use materials from a few years ago."

Ye Chen asked him: "Since the satellite has been orbiting the earth, theoretically, is it possible to let it take pictures wherever you want?"

"Yes." Lang Hongjun nodded: "Theoretically, it is like this, but because the earth is round, the best angle for satellite shooting is vertical overhead, so the range that each satellite can cover is limited. If you want to achieve global shooting, you must have enough satellites, wrapping the earth like a ball of wool, so that you can ensure that no matter where you want to take pictures, a satellite will pass over it within tens of minutes. If the number of satellites is small, this cycle will be lengthened."

Ye Chen asked him: "To achieve that you can take pictures anywhere within a day, how many satellites are needed?"

"If the technology is mature, four or five." Lang Hongjun said: "Now in the mature private enterprises in the United States, most of them have such capabilities. Some of the more leading ones can even achieve eight revisits of the target per day, that is, if necessary, they can control the satellite to pass through the target point eight times a day, and take pictures once every three hours."

Ye Chen asked him: "How much is such a company worth? Can it be bought?"

Lang Hongjun thought about it: "If I remember correctly, it is about 3 or 4 billion US dollars."

As he spoke, Lang Hongjun added: "However, it is relatively troublesome to buy such a company. Most of the companies in the United States are made by founders from angel investment little by little. When they reach a market value of billions of dollars, there are at least dozens of large and small shareholders behind them, so it is not easy to buy them. Moreover, it also involves the problem of delisting and privatization. Although these companies are private enterprises, because they also master some core technologies, the US government will not allow them to be bought and sold at will. If they really want to sell, both the buyer and the seller must undergo strict review to be possible."

Ye Chen asked him: "That is to say, if I give Musk enough money to buy his SpaceX, he can't sell it to me?"

Lang Hongjun nodded: "It is impossible to sell it to you completely, because he doesn't count. SpaceX has not been listed yet, but the estimated market value is more than 100 billion US dollars. Although Musk is a major shareholder, there are still many complex capital connections behind him, so the shareholders may be countless. So he can only sell you a certain proportion of shares at most, and even if you buy the shares, you can only be a shareholder. You have no decision-making power over the company's business and secrets. And for the US government, aerospace technology is definitely more valued. You think of a way to buy an inconspicuous remote sensing satellite company, it is possible. The difficulty of buying SpaceX should be hellish."

Ye Chen said: "Compared to this, buying SpaceX is not very significant to me. Buying a remote sensing satellite company you mentioned is the most cost-effective. After buying it, invest a sum of money into it to increase the number of satellites. It would be best if it can achieve one revisit per hour."

Lang Hongjun said: "If you can find a suitable white glove from the United States, this matter can still be achieved. This white glove must be 100% reliable first, and secondly, it must be an American, and it must be a white person, not a minority, let alone an immigrant. Thirdly, he must have a certain social status in the United States, and let the Department of Homeland Security be 100% at ease with him. In this way, there will be no background investigation when acquiring the company. As long as the government does not intervene, the shareholders behind it can be solved with money. If the normal valuation of this company is 4 billion US dollars, give 6 billion, or even 8 billion, the shareholders should be compromised. After the company is bought under the name of the white glove, the data is directly synchronized to you. You have any directional needs, just let the white glove make demands to the team, and the team only needs to do it."

"White glove..." Ye Chen thought about it. The people he knows who have a certain social status in the United States, one is the An family, one is the Fei family, and there is the Rothschild family.

The An family and the Fei family are both Chinese families. Especially the An family, which has begun to invest heavily in China, is definitely not suitable to come forward to do this kind of thing. The Fei family will also be suspected because of their Chinese identity. But the Rothschild family will definitely not. Their social status in the United States and their influence on the US government are beyond the reach of anyone or any family.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt enlightened in his heart and smiled: "If you want to talk about a suitable white glove, I really have a good candidate. It should be very easy to let the number two person of the Rothschild family handle this matter!"