Shanghai.
High-tech zone, Deep Space office building.
Xu Gui, who had just finished a board meeting, returned to his office. He threw the crumpled meeting minutes on his desk and sat down on his chair. He rubbed his eyebrows and had a gloomy look on his face.
Ever since the year 2020, China had included aerospace as one of its national strategies. A large number of private aerospace companies were like pigs in the wind, blown away by the tide of conversion from military to civilian.
As one of the lucky ones of this era, Deep Space happened to be one of them.
Logically speaking, a company standing at the end of the industrial chain didn't need enough capital and policy support. It also needed enough time to accumulate technology.
However, this company was special.
With billions of dollars in capital, it only took a year to complete its packaging. From a supplier of raw materials for aerospace to a "high-tech enterprise" that mainly engaged in "launch business", it changed from a supplier of raw materials for aerospace to a "high-tech enterprise" that mainly engaged in "launch business".
Coincidentally, China's moon landing project was a great success. Private capital and state capital entered the market. Xu Gui cooperated with Haifeng Capital and used his identity as a participant in the moon landing project to successfully get Deep Space listed on the A-share market. He was doing very well in the capital market.
However, the good times didn't last long. The delay of the Tiangong project and the emergence of the Moon Palace project led to a sharp decline in the demand for low-Earth orbit launches. This had a huge impact on Deep Space's profitability.
After all, only Star Sky Technology had the ability to do Earth-Moon transfer orbit transportation. This meant that tens of billions of dollars worth of launch missions would no longer be available to them.
Professor Lu was the reason why, but Professor Lu was the reason why …
Xu Gui stared at the meeting minutes on the table and took out a cigarette from his pocket. He was about to light it when the office door was pushed open. A man in a suit walked in.
After staring at the man for a while, Xu Gui put on the majesty of a chairman and spoke in a low voice.
"I told you to knock before you enter my office."
"Is this the time to care about this? Besides, I'm not your subordinate. "The man pouted and threw the document in his hand on the table." The board of directors is quite dissatisfied. I believe I don't need to say more, right? "
As a partner of Deep Space, Haifeng Capital played an important role in the rise of Deep Space from Series A to listing.
It could even be said that Deep Space's current market value was single-handedly planned by this investment manager named He Yan.
It was precisely because of this that Xu Gui couldn't do anything to this man with a powerful background.
However, it wasn't to the extent of saying that he was afraid of him.
After all …
Xu Gui's lips twitched with a fake smile as he unhurriedly said, "Cut the nonsense. We're in the same boat now. I know if the Board of Directors is satisfied, but you know the current situation better than me."
He Yan chuckled and did not refute.
"You're right, I'm not mocking you. I just want you to know that because the Tiangong project became the Moon Palace project, our stock price fell by 15 points in a week. If this trend continues, even if I have confidence in you, I'm afraid other investors won't be able to hold back."
In fact, this sentence was quite restrained. If the stock price continued to fall, once the small shareholders began to lose their patience, it would not be as simple as having an opinion, but a bloody stampede.
However, with the current capital situation of Deep Space, any withdrawal or reduction of investment could cause a devastating blow to Deep Space.
Even though He Yan was still smiling, his heart was actually bleeding.
The investment in Deep Space could be said to be a very beautiful victory in his career. At the beginning, it was he who led his team to carry out a series of rounds of packaging and even a series of listing, successfully rolling Sea Breeze Capital's investment of 20 million yuan to the current one billion yuan.
However, he didn't expect Professor Lu to directly push the plan to lunar orbit. He had calculated China's future in the aerospace industry, but he didn't expect Professor Lu to push the plan to lunar orbit.
He didn't expect the Communist Party of China to support Professor Lu and even set up the Lunar Orbit Committee!
Even though Haifeng Capital had some connections in Beijing, compared to the chairman of the Lunar Orbit Committee … There was no need to compare them, they were not even on the same level.
Xu Gui stared at He Yan and waited for him to continue.
After struggling in the business world for so many years, his intuition told him that this sharp-eyed investor was definitely not here to laugh at him. It could even be said that he already had a solution.
He Yan smirked.
"Insider information."
"Insider information again?" Xu Gui sneered and leaned back in his office chair. "Tell me, is the Lunar Orbit Committee disbanded?"
Right now, the most useless thing was information.
Ever since the establishment of the Lunar Orbit Committee, there was only bad news for companies that were "nominally" engaged in launch projects like these.
He Yan shook his head and said, "It's not that fast, but it's close for us."
Xu Gui raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh yeah?"
He Yan slowly said, "According to insiders, the Moon Palace core module developed by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation has a major technical failure."
Hearing this, Xu Gui's heart shook and he jumped up from his chair in excitement.
"Are you sure?! Is the problem serious? "
"It's very serious. The problem is in the heat dissipation system, I think it's a loop heat pipe … I don't know the specifics, but apparently, the higher-ups are discussing postponing the launch schedule."
Xu Gui couldn't help but slap his thigh.
"Nice job!"
Even though he shouldn't be gloating …
But for him, who had bet everything on the future of the company, there was no better news than the failure of the Lunar Space Station project. Only when the higher-ups realized the difficulty of the Lunar Space Station project and realized the impracticality of Professor Lu's plan would they be able to adjust their aerospace strategy in a more favorable direction …
They might even be able to remove Professor Lu from his position as chief designer, or dissolve the Lunar Orbit Committee and form a new committee …
He Yan looked at Xu Gui and smirked. "Don't be too happy yet. At most, the higher-ups from the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation will have to write a few reviews. They won't even be able to touch Lu Zhou's level."
Xu Gui calmed down from his ecstasy and looked at He Yan.
"What do you mean?"
"Let the news out and blow this matter up."
Xu Gui looked at He Yan in shock.
"Are you crazy?! Isn't this too easy to find out? "
"Don't worry, I'm not as stupid as you." He Yan smiled and said, "Of course the news won't come from China. We can use the Americans to let the American media discover the problem first. When the news spreads, we can take advantage of the situation and sell it domestically."
Xu Gui's eyes lit up, but he was still struggling.
"But … Will this work?"
It would be great if no one knew.
But if someone found out …
What would happen to his company wouldn't be as simple as a drop in stock price.
He Yan looked at Xu Gui and said, "Don't worry, do you remember the article 'We are losing the competition'?"
"Yeah …" Xu Gui's expression suddenly changed. He looked at He Yan in disbelief as he said, "Did you get someone to write that article?"
"Public opinion is also one of our strategies. Professor Lu's existence is in the national interest, but that doesn't mean it's in everyone's interest. "He Yan smiled and said slowly," Even though public opinion isn't important here, with other means and the right occasion, it can be very effective! "
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