Have You Been Getting Pretty Full of Yourself Lately?
Since the Wukong successfully began operating in orbit, Yi Xuan has completely transferred all other work at No. 2 Base to No. 1 Base and the Xia Kingdom.
He plans to transform No. 2 Base into a future space base.
So from that day on, No. 2 Base was fully committed to Yi Xuan's Starlink Project.
The so-called Starlink Project is a satellite communication plan proposed by the Beautiful Country Boss Ma in his previous life, and it had already begun to be implemented when Yi Xuan transmigrated.
In fact, this plan involves deploying 42,000 satellites in space, which can almost cover the entire Earth. It is a network communication technology formed by multiple small satellites. In other words, it places communication points in space to provide network communication services to the world.
Of course, all of this is merely the most superficial purpose of the Starlink Project.
A satellite constellation of 42,000 satellites enveloping the Earth, only to provide internet access? This explanation is hardly convincing.
Especially now that Yi Xuan preparing to deploy Cultivation Realm version of Starlink Project, he understands even more how terrifying Starlink Project is.
It can be said that if the Starlink Project is completed, the entire world will be like a naked beauty, completely exposed to the Starlink Project.
Of course, setting aside political stances and other factors, Yi Xuan still greatly admires Boss Ma, after all, what he does is truly changing the world.
As far as the Cultivation Realm is concerned, although its size far exceeds that of Earth in the previous life, the performance of Yi Xuan's Wukong is what it is. Therefore, Yi Xuan's Starlink Project did not increase the number of satellites as originally planned, but instead reduced them quite a bit.
According to No. 01's calculations, as long as Yi Xuan deploys more than 10,000 satellites on the periphery of the Cultivation Realm, it will be sufficient to support the implementation of the Starlink Project.
Although the number of satellites has decreased, the workload is by no means light. Given the current technological level of No. 2 Base, even working day and night, it would take at least three years to launch 10,000 Wukong.
And this doesn't even include other related preparations such as rockets and fuel.
And most importantly, Yi Xuan's current resources and assets are simply insufficient to support such a massive plan.
Even if he possessed High-Grade Spirit Stone and Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, which were considered treasures in the Cultivation Realm, they would be insufficient under the Starlink Project.
Upon seeing that work had already begun at No. 2 Base, Yi Xuan immediately took the subway back to No. 1 Base.
As for why the Firmament wasn't used?
Because it's expensive! The Firmament is a major consumer of Spirit Stone, and without raising enough Spirit Stone, Yi Xuan felt he should save as much as possible!
Sitting on the subway, Yi Xuan kept thinking. So far, he only had two most profitable businesses. One of them was the oil business with Fatty Lin. Don't think that oil makes money from ordinary people's money. Money is still money. Fatty Lin's monthly net profit, converted into Spirit Stone, is no less than Li Jingming's hand grenades. And this is before his business has expanded beyond the Xia Kingdom.
The other industry is the hand grenade business I just mentioned, which is a collaboration with Li Jingming. The income from that business has been stable, of course, because Yi Xuan has been limiting production.
It is precisely because of the limited production capacity that Li Jingming's grenade market has not even fully expanded to the Southern Frontier.
Li Jingming had certainly considered increasing production, but by then Yi Xuan had already been promoted to Sect Protector, and he wouldn't dare make any demands on Yi Xuan even if he had two lives. Therefore, the grenade business remained unchanged.
"It seems we can't afford to operate on such a small scale. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if we didn't fall behind in technology but ended up being held back by financial constraints!"
As the subway arrived at No. 1 Base, Yi Xuan made up her mind.
He didn't stay at No. 1 Base, but went directly to Fatty Lin's place.
When they went in, Fatty Lin was playing with his son Little Fatty Lin. His son was obviously his biological son, and he was getting fatter and fatter. The ten-year-old boy looked like a ball of flesh. Yi Xuan even suspected that the little fat boy was heavier than himself.
When Fatty Lin, who was with his son, saw Yi Xuan, his face instantly lit up with a big smile, and he beckoned Yi Xuan not to leave and to stay for lunch.
Yi Xuan's mind is completely focused on making money; he has no appetite whatsoever.
Before the fat man could continue speaking, Yi Xuan shared his idea of expanding the oil industry and market.
As usual, Yi Xuan was in charge of technology and equipment, while Fatty Lin's men were responsible for expanding the market. Yi Xuan's order to Fatty Lin was to spread the oil industry throughout the entire Southern Frontier within a year.
Fatty Lin had no problem with it, and even slapped his thigh in agreement with Yi Xuan's plan.
He felt that his brother Yi had finally figured it out: when it comes to making money, there's no time to hesitate or overthink things. The market is constantly changing.
The most important thing for a shrewd businessman is to seize business opportunities; those who are always hesitant and indecisive will never make a fortune!
Yi Xuan understands this, of course, so he rarely gets directly involved in these industries now. As a researcher, looking ahead and behind has become instinctive for him, and it is indeed a rare quality for a researcher.
However, when it comes to doing business, especially big business, such hesitation can lead to missed opportunities!
Finally, Fatty Lin patted his chest and guaranteed that if anyone in Southern Frontier didn't know about the Donkey-Killer" and "Diesel" in a year or six months, he, Fatty Lin, would no longer be surnamed Lin.
With Fatty Lin's assurance, Yi Xuan felt much more at ease.
Next, Yi Xuan went to the temporary palace of Supreme Elder Li.
When he saw Yi Xuan arrive, Supreme Elder Li was also quite surprised.
But Yi Xuan's words made him uneasy.
"Your Supreme Elder Li, I'd like to expand our grenade business with your grandson! Let's expand it a hundredfold!"
Supreme Elder Li must have known about Li Jingming and Yi Xuan's previous grenade deal.
However, in his view, while the two's profits were indeed good, they were only good.
Just like Boss Wang in his previous life, a hundred million was a small goal for him, a drop in the ocean, or even something he could do without.
But if you multiply that 100 million by 100, Boss Wang will definitely be very interested!
At this moment, Supreme Elder Li was in this state. He directly summoned the current head of the Li Household, Li Qianren, who was also Li Jingming's father, and brought Li Jingming along as well.
Later, at the request of Supreme Elder Li, Li Qianren took over the grenade business from his son, and Yi Xuan also guaranteed that grenade production would increase a hundredfold within a month.
As for the profit, it will naturally be based on the agreement previously reached between Yi Xuan and Li Jingming.
Supreme Elder Li also realized that his good grandson had been fooled by Yi Xuan, who must have manipulated the profits.
However, this time, Supreme Elder Li did not delve into the matter further, since even the current profits were a huge sum for the Li Household.
Having settled his two businesses, Yi Xuan instantly felt relaxed and swayed as he walked down the mountain, rubbing two round balls, one black and one white, back and forth in his hands, just like an old man taking a stroll after breakfast.
Unexpectedly, a voice came from behind Yi Xuan, almost startling him so much that he dropped the ball.
"You've been getting pretty cocky lately, haven't you? You don't do anything that people would normally do?"