"The cost of trillions is also within our plan. You must know that this is a warp spacecraft that can be used for interstellar routes. The manufacturing cost of trillions is not surprising at all. It is very normal."
"I estimate that if such a spaceship was sold in the universe, I don't know how many civilizations would be willing to spend all their money to buy it."
Zhou Yu on the side listened and said with a smile.
With the development of technology, the things manufactured are really becoming more and more expensive.
Like previous fighter jets, Meiliguo's most advanced fighter jet was said to cost more than 2 billion green coins at that time. The green coins at that time were real money and silver. The value of a B2 stealth bomber was equivalent to 60 tons of gold.
But this is not even the most expensive one. The most expensive one is the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The big and beautiful USS Ford was said to have cost as much as 14 billion green coins at the time.
This is definitely something that only countries with truly extremely powerful comprehensive national strength can afford. Not only do they need the technology to build aircraft carriers, but more importantly, they also need the economic strength to build aircraft carriers.
Nowadays, the cost of Xinghai Technology’s spaceships is getting more and more expensive. Among the three types of spaceships used to mine asteroids, the cost of the most expensive C-type spacecraft is as high as tens of billions.
The spacecraft such as Star Catcher and Star used by Xinghai Technology are more advanced in terms of technological content and equipment, and their cost exceeds 100 billion.
Now, building a warp engine spacecraft with a cost of over one trillion is within everyone's budget and estimate.
Warp drive spaceships are very powerful spaceships.
Civilizations that have mastered warp technology can be regarded as river system-level civilizations, and are no longer star-level civilizations.
A spaceship that can fly at warp speed in the interstellar universe is very valuable in itself. Xinghai Technology can build it with a trillion dollars, which is also because it has mastered this technology.
At the same time, the resources in the asteroid belt can be exploited unscrupulously. Otherwise, the cost will still rise sharply.
In the interstellar universe, ordinary star-level civilizations have no access to warp spacecraft, because warp-speed spaceships can only be produced, manufactured, and mastered by higher-level river-level civilizations.
However, there are also a few star-level civilizations that can spend money to purchase warp engine spacecraft, but the cost is often extremely high.
If calculated in terms of earth's currency, it might take everyone on the earth to work without food or water for several years to save up all the money to buy such a spacecraft.
In fact, this is almost impossible, because for higher-level civilizations, the resources and wealth that star-level civilizations can contribute are simply not worth mentioning.
Just like gold on earth is very valuable now, but for Xinghai Technology, as long as it is willing, Xinghai Technology can go to the asteroid belt to mine a large amount of gold at any time.
The value of this gold seems extremely mediocre in comparison, and it may be just an ordinary metal resource.
In fact, Xinghai Technology needs to use a lot of gold in the process of manufacturing spacecraft. Gold is a metal with very good ductility and good conductivity. It is widely used in high-tech fields.
Different technological levels have serious imbalances in the resources and information they possess. If a low-level civilization wants to purchase the products of a high-level civilization, the price it needs to pay is very huge.
Just like in the Age of Discovery, Europeans could exchange glass beads for gold and ivory in the hands of African and American natives.
For the warp engine technology that only the river system level civilization can master, even if this warp spacecraft is willing to sell it to a low-level star level civilization, the price that this star level civilization will have to pay will be extremely huge.
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It may be that some precious resources need to be paid, or extremely huge resources need to be paid, or some unequal treaties need to be signed, etc.
In short, it will never be easy for you to get it. It can only be sold to you after paying a huge price. This is only possible, and maybe it is impossible to sell it to you in many cases.
There are many things that even money cannot buy.
Just like when we wanted to buy a photolithography machine in the past, we couldn't buy it even if we had money, and many things were not for sale.
Really speaking, we still have to strive for self-improvement and rely on our own abilities and talents to develop them. Once we master these technologies ourselves, equipment, instruments, technologies, etc. that originally seemed extremely expensive will immediately become cheap.
Just like the shield machine, before we mastered this technology, the price of purchasing a shield machine was extremely expensive, often costing hundreds of millions of euros, and it also came with many conditions.
We cannot be present during assembly and maintenance, only their engineers can, and we need to pay expensive fees, etc.
After we master the technology of the shield machine, the price of this thing suddenly becomes extremely cheap, and we can build one for you for tens of millions.
Xinghai Technology can build a warp spacecraft at a cost of more than one trillion, mainly because it has mastered this powerful technology.
Otherwise, if people on earth want to buy a warp spacecraft from now on, Liu Yuan's first consideration will not be how much the price is, but whether to sell it to you.
If it were to be sold, I would probably have to ask for tens of trillions, which would be regarded as a conscientious price. If you are more ruthless, calling for hundreds of billions would be considered a friendly price. In terms of normal market conditions, it is not a thousand times higher.
, it will not be sold at a price ten thousand times higher.
With this thing, interstellar colonization can be carried out in the interstellar universe.
You can incorporate each living planet into your own territory for interstellar immigration, resource development, interstellar adventure, etc.
The value of casually occupying a living planet is infinite, and it is also a very cost-effective thing.
What's more, in the interstellar universe, having a warp spaceship is a symbol of a river system-level civilization. Most civilizations need to look up when facing you.
The warp spacecraft is a symbol of status, a proof of strength, and the crystallization of technology.
Of course, this is only for low-level civilizations. For more advanced cosmic civilizations, warp spaceships are ordinary goods, and can even be said to be obsolete products.
"How much do you think it could be sold for if it were sold?"
When Sun Zilong heard this, he thought about it and said.
"Um... I guess no one can afford it. This is something that can only appear through trade between civilizations. The earth is still very divided and has not formed a whole. It is still in the stage of the mother star civilization.
No other country can afford it."
When Zhou Yu heard this, he thought about it and said.
"I mean, if it were put for sale in the interstellar universe, how much would it be worth?"
Sun Zilong quickly added.
"Then how do you go about seeing it? For low-level civilizations, it is naturally priceless, but for high-level civilizations, this thing may be no more than a toy. The things that children play with may be obsolete and backward.
No one uses the products anymore.”
Zhou Yu thought for a while and said.
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to worry about this."
"The relevant design of the Zhengtu warp spacecraft has been reviewed and approved by the boss. After the new year, we will almost officially start building this warp spacecraft."
Sun Tzu Long again brought up the matter of the Zhengtu. The Zhengtu is the first warp engine spacecraft built by Xinghai Technology, which means conquering the stars and the sea.
"There is no problem on my side. All the materials can be prepared before the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, we can start building the warp engine. It is expected to take half a year to complete."
When Zhou Yu heard this, he calculated it silently and said.
"That's no problem. By the end of next year, we will almost complete the construction of the Zhengtu. Now building a spacecraft, the most time-consuming parts are power and energy."
"I had a chat with Wang Wei yesterday, and he will complete the construction of the nuclear fusion reactor by the middle of next year."
When Sun Tzu Long heard this, he calculated that time was enough.
Now the boss is more anxious and often urges this matter, mainly because the current situation is quite unfavorable to Xinghai Technology. This time Xinghai Technology has received a large number of orders for building spaceships, which makes people jealous again.
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