In addition, it is said that "The Eighth Continent" will soon be connected to holographic virtual technology. When this day comes, all players will be able to access the game through both computer and holographic methods.

And according to some updated instructions, the countries, regions or cities that are first added to the virtual tour will have their landmark buildings and streets synchronized into the game in the next map update. These scenes will also be entered in the game in the future.

It will take a certain amount of game currency to open a scene, which is also a major source of income.

It is the release of this series of technologies that makes everyone particularly curious about Lusha Island, which was the first to launch holographic virtual world technology.

Few people believe that Yuxin Technology’s development plan on Lusha Island is just to build an island tourist resort. A hotel on an island cannot explain anything. After all, the location of Lusha Island is indeed too far from the mainland. If it is just from tourism

From a development perspective, there are too many islands in China that are far more suitable for tourism development than Lusha Island, with less cost and higher cost performance.

Not to mention that Yuxin Technology has also mobilized the only six engineering mechas in the world to invest in the construction of Lusha Island. It is said that it is just to make Lusha Island a place that could not be found on the map at all.

It is really a joke to build a desert island with development value into a world-class tourist attraction.

Someone once did some calculations for Yuxin Technology. If you want this island to have a stable power supply to support these current projects, it will cost at least hundreds of millions of yuan. The outside world has exposed that the power supply of Lusha Island is from the continental shelf.

To lay submarine cables to the island, the submarine cable laying technology designed by Yuxin Technology is used.

This is not even hundreds of millions, it may cost more than one billion.

After all, laying hundreds of kilometers of general submarine cable projects is basically the limit, and the closest point of Lusha Island to the continental shelf has reached more than a thousand nautical miles, about two thousand kilometers.

Just renting a professional submarine cable laying vessel is a huge expense, not to mention that these cables require special material protection to ensure that these cables can really be laid that far.

Next is the fresh water treatment system.

There is no fresh water on a desert island. Tourism development requires abundant fresh water resources. Lusha Island is nearly 1,200 nautical miles away from the nearest port. The transportation of fresh water alone is astronomical. If a special fresh water treatment system is built on the island,

The price is also unimaginably high.

There are also the transportation of building materials that require large-scale cruise ships to travel non-stop, the indirect losses caused by engineering mechas being left on the island, the high cost of manpower required to live on the island, etc. In the past three years, Yuxin Technology has at least been on this island.

More than 20 billion were invested, and it was still US dollars...

If we were to recover the costs purely by developing tourism, God knows how long it would take!

Not to mention that Lusha Island is a desert island with no other island groups around it.

The Zengmu Shoal, which is still dozens of nautical miles away from Lusha Island, is the maritime boundary of China and is also a coral group under the sea. This means that Lusha Island can only accommodate a limited number of passengers. It can accommodate 300 to 500 people at a time.

, coupled with the staff on the island, it is almost at its limit.

Even if an average person spends a week on the island and spends an average of 100,000 per person, how much does it cost per year? How many years will it take to recover the cost? Not to mention that building maintenance on the island is already more expensive than on land.

Pay wages to the staff, and rent a cruise ship to ferry back and forth...

There is absolutely no money to be made from this!

If you have any brains, you won’t fight with this desert island!

Especially since the construction of Lusha Island began, there were suddenly more warships cruising in the waters near Lusha Island, and they were flying the flag of a company called Black Rabbit Security.

Um, Black Rabbit Security?

I have basically never heard of this security company abroad. I only know that it is a security company that cooperates with Yuxin Technology. It is so powerful that it is shocking that others have battleships...

Therefore, countless people in the outside world have been extremely confused by Yuxin Technology's sudden expenditure of huge sums of money to develop Lusha Island.

It is said that as long as the weather is good, countless satellites will fly over Lusha Island and take pictures. However, for the time being, they can only take pictures of the busy construction site. The design of the building also looks strange. Even though the ground construction of Lusha Island is now basically completed.

It has been capped, but judging from these photos, I really don’t know what is being built on this island...

And Yuxin Technology is not a listed company. It does not need to publish financial reports, and it does not need to explain anything to anyone, so everyone can only be confused.

In view of all the above reasons, Jamie Dimon asked Greene Trueman what exactly Yuxin Technology was doing in the massive construction project on Lusha Island. He was not just trying to establish a relationship, he was really curious.

Unfortunately, Green Trueman actually doesn’t know much about these actions of Yuxin Technology.

After all, he is not an insider of Yuxin Technology. Naturally, he will not tell him specifically about this kind of thing until the mystery is finally revealed to the world, but not knowing does not prevent him from showing off.

"How could it be the development of tourist attractions? Have you ever seen Yuxin Technology doing a loss-making business? Especially the development of tourism in a place like Lusha Island is simply ridiculous! But what exactly are the buildings on Lusha Island used for?

, this is an internal secret of Yuxin Technology and cannot be disclosed to the outside world now. But please be patient, Mr. Dimon, the answer to the mystery will soon be revealed." Old God Green Trueman replied calmly.

This statement basically revealed no valid information.

After all, Lusha Island is definitely more than a simple tourist attraction. This is probably the consensus of people all over the world who have a little investment acumen.

The mystery is about to be revealed...

Well, the buildings on the island have all been capped, so the mystery will soon be revealed.

As for how long it will take, that's a matter of opinion.

For such a huge project, one month or two months is enough, and one or two years can also be said to be quick.

After all, it was a large-scale project that took three years and used six engineering mechas. After two years, everyone suddenly realized that it was not too slow.

"Haha, Mr. Trueman is indeed very close to China. He already knows this kind of confidential information. Okay, my curiosity is satisfied, let's talk about business." Jamie Dimon introduced the topic to

Main topic.

"Okay!" Green Trueman replied with a smile and a nod.

…

At the same time, the China Luqi Satellite Launch Base.

Wang Yufei was at the command podium inside the base looking out the window at the large rocket launcher in the distance.

It was 4:38 in the morning China time. It was dark outside the window. Only the lights near the rocket launcher were bright. Many staff were busy on the launcher, doing final inspections. Two hours later, today’s protagonist, the Shenlong III rocket,

It will take off with a special mission.

The mission of the Shenlong III rocket this time is not to launch satellites, but to drop a large space anchorage designed by Yuxin Technology and produced by several Chinese aviation companies for three years to a designated location.

The Shenlong III large launch vehicle is China's latest heavy-duty launch vehicle. It is 136.21 meters tall, has a take-off weight of 2,987 tons, a maximum thrust of 3,678 tons, and a maximum carrying capacity of 167 tons in low-Earth orbit. It can be said to have the strongest carrying capacity in the world.

heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Of course, the Shenlong III rocket is also inseparable from Xiaozhi's help.

It can be said that most of the design drawings of the Shenlong III rocket were finalized by Xiaozhi.

The space anchorage carried this time has a dead weight of 127 tons, and is also equipped with a propeller with a total mass of approximately 26 tons including fuel, with a total mass of 153 tons.

Yes, the space anchorage for this launch is the most important part of the space elevator.

The Shenlong III rocket will transport this space anchorage to a designated orbit near the Earth and then break away. Next, the space anchorage will use its own thrusters to run in orbit for about sixteen hours before reaching the preset geosynchronous orbit coordinates.

Yuxin Technology has spent about 2.8 billion Chinese coins for this rocket launch. This is a preferential price after contributing technology patents. Of course, it also includes the production cost of the space anchorage.

From this point of view, Green Trueman really got it right.

When the space anchorage is successfully launched, the function of Lusha Island can no longer be concealed.

Because this space anchorage carries the function of directly connecting physically to Lusha Island from a predetermined orbit in space.

In order to ensure safety, the entire airspace above Lusha Island was calculated to have been classified as a no-fly zone 36 hours ago, and this area will also become a permanent no-fly zone in the future.

It can be said that this launch directly determines the progress of the space elevator project, and its importance is self-evident. This is why Wang Yufei, who almost never changes his work and rest habits, still has to stay in the launch control room during breaks.

After all, I hope to receive news of the successful launch of the rocket as soon as possible.

If the launch fails, billions of losses will not be mentioned. More importantly, the progress of the entire space elevator project will be delayed for another half a year.

There's no way around it.

The Shenlong III is still a one-time heavy-duty launch vehicle. Currently, China only has this one. If the launch fails, it may take one or two months just to analyze the reasons for the launch failure, not to mention that it will have to be rebuilt in the factory.

For a ship, half a year is the most optimistic estimate. Even if it drags for two years, it is probably not surprising.

Fortunately, Xiaozhi will be involved in the entire launch of the Shenlong III, including the final inspection. The staff are all wearing special equipment, and all the data is immediately summarized into the quantum third-generation smart brain far away in the capital.

After calculation, it is passed to the launch center to give a conclusion on whether to launch on time.

Of course, the data also includes the current temperature, humidity, wind speed and other conditions outside the window. If Xiaozhi finds that there are factors that are not suitable for launch, he will stop the launch at any time.

According to the contract signed by Yuxin Technology with the launch base and related units, Yuxin Technology has the right to stop the launch at the scheduled time when the system determines that the conditions are not met.

Fortunately, all the returned data so far are within the normal range. According to Xiaozhi's calculations, the launch success rate is extremely high, above 98%.

As for the remaining 2% possibility, it is probably really destiny. Unexpected situations may occur at any time. Even if all the quantum computing power in the world is integrated, it is impossible to measure all unexpected situations.

"Huh... I haven't felt this nervous in a long time." In the break room, Tim Cook let out a sigh of relief.

Yes, for this launch, all the big guys from Yuxin Technology were present, not only Tim Cook, but also Yu Xingwei.

At this time, the three of them were sitting in the lounge, waiting for the final launch moment.

"There is nothing to be nervous about. We have already done everything we should do, so it would be unreasonable if we still fail." Yu Xingwei said seemingly nonchalantly.

In fact, the third bottle of water he just drank showed that the vice president was definitely not as calm as he appeared.

This is indeed the case.

After all, Yu Xingwei also contributed a lot to this project.

From the survey of Lusha Island to the capping of the ground part of Lusha Island, Yu Xingwei has personally participated in every step of the Tianladder project. In the past three years, he has aged at least five years. If this failed...

That would be really too much pressure.

This means that he will continue to be busy for the first half of the year.

The two of them were nervous because they both knew that the current financial situation of Yuxin Technology had actually reached a very dangerous situation.

According to outside analysis, Yuxin Technology spent 20 billion US dollars on Lusha Island, but in fact the two knew very well that outside analysis far underestimated this figure.

Of course, this is understandable. After all, the outside world does not know the functions that this island will carry in the future, so it is natural to draw this conclusion.

In fact, Yuxin Technology has invested more than 70 billion US dollars on Lusha Island. This is only the construction of the base on the island. It does not include the research and development and manufacturing of the Shenlong III rocket and the space anchorage, as well as the space anchorage.

The cost of rare materials.

For example, the main carbon fiber tube.

Although Yuxin Technology has already completed the mass production of carbon fiber tubes through Xiaozhi, this time there are nearly 10,000 kilometers of carbon fiber tubes on the space anchorage, all of which were made with money.

If all these are added together with the huge amount of quantum computing power invested in this project, the investment has already exceeded US$500 billion, which is twenty-five times the external estimate.

The devices that will be brought into the air this time are basically scrapped except for the heavily protected carbon fiber tubes wrapped around the space anchorage that can be recycled.

Re-production will require billions of dollars of repeated investment. Not to mention that if this plan continues, it will need to continuously connect thickened carbon fiber tubes after positioning the space anchorage until it is connected to the elevator part on the ground.

Hundreds of billions of dollars more are expected to be invested.

If this launch is successful, the next step will be simple.

When the space anchorage stabilizes its position in orbit, it will extend a pendulum toward the outside of the earth to fix itself, and then extend a special thin tube 9,682 kilometers long and only 36 millimeters in radius toward the earth.
Chapter completed!