Chapter 279: Plan to Go to Mars
Chen Yuanguang was also moved when he saw this title. At the beginning, he just wanted to be a black technology porter.

I simply felt that since I had this ability, I had to do something. At that time, China's industrial upgrading was at a critical juncture when America was trying to interrupt it through administrative means.

He felt that he should do something and could do something.

With the development to this point today, Chen Yuanguang believes that he is no longer just a black technology porter, because his work is more about localizing future technology in modern time and space so that it can be reproduced today.

Taking room-temperature superconductivity as an example, conventional room-temperature superconductors have been realized in the future time and space, but due to the lack of breakthroughs in previous technologies, they cannot be produced in modern time and space even if the principles and parameters are known.

What he needs to consider is not the overall technological development of modern time and space, because America or countries like Japan and Goryeo will not participate.

For example, if room-temperature superconductivity requires cooperation from other countries, it is absolutely impossible for China to produce it alone. It will inevitably involve sharing of interests with America.

It is just like the sales and after-sales maintenance of lithography machines in the Netherlands must be subject to the opinions of the White House.

Therefore, what he did was not modernization, but localization.

From this perspective, the topic chosen by Lei Jun is indeed very appropriate.

“Brother, I think this topic is very well chosen. My original dream was simply to not want to work part-time and I thought I could start my own business.

There is actually no clear idea of ​​what scale and what form the project should take.

Maybe going public is just a dream, because at that time you think going public is very powerful. Going public means that you have achieved financial freedom, and you can cash out at will after the stock ban is lifted.

Just thinking about it makes me feel good." Chen Yuanguang said.

Lei Jun laughed and said, “I had a similar idea back then, but when I started my business, IPOs were not as frequent as they are now, and it was a very niche concept.

At that time, we all felt that a company had to reach a certain size before it could go public.

The threshold for listing today is much lower than it was back then.

My dream at that time was very broad, which was simply to build a great company. As for the standard of greatness, I actually had no idea. "

After Lei Jun finished talking about himself, he continued to ask: "Today, Guangjia Technology is the company with the highest market value on the Science and Technology Innovation Board. This should be considered as the realization of your dream at that time. What is your dream now?"

Chen Yuanguang smiled and said, "Space mining.

Because I realized that for the Chinese, space mining is our best path forward.

Everyone knows that China is not short of resources, but it is short of per capita resources.

Our companies have been buying mines, oil, lithium mines, etc. overseas. We have imported a large amount of resources from overseas over the years, and then processed them into industrial products and exported them to the world.

This will cause some problems. One is that the pricing power is not in your hands, and the other is that the autonomous control is not in your hands.

From a global perspective, resources are not so scarce, so Musk hopes to go to Mars and build a base on Mars.

But from China's perspective, we cannot use resources from overseas all the time. In extreme cases, we may face a shortage of resources.

At this time, space is an unowned land. If China can control space and achieve even a break-even in space mining, then China will be invincible in the future.

We can fully realize internal circulation, and even a universal basic security plan to provide everyone with free food, clothing, housing and transportation.

I believe that as long as we achieve space mining, increase the proportion of clean energy to more than 80%, and reach a certain level of artificial intelligence, we will no longer have external threats.

So my dream now is to contribute part of my own strength to help China realize its internal circulation."

Lei Jun's eyes lit up. Chen Yuanguang's explanation went a step further on the basis of past space mining and analyzed the logic behind it.

“I’ve also seen a lot of comments online about why we have to do everything ourselves.

You will have no friends if you do this. The so-called developed country crusher is not a good adjective. Other developed countries will not play with you.

This statement is very confusing, and you may think it makes some sense.

America doesn't do everything itself, so why should we pursue doing everything ourselves?

My view on this matter is that it is determined by history, because we have been beaten and blocked by technology too many times in history, and the semiconductor incidents in recent years have forced us to do everything ourselves. "

This made Lei Jun a little embarrassed, because both Xiaomi mobile phones and Xiaomi cars have a large number of parts coming from foreign companies.

Even because of the emergence of topological semimetals, Xiaomi is also developing its own chips, and it is expected to launch them on its flagship phones in the second half of this year.

But it still cannot change the reality that Xiaomi has used a large number of foreign components in the past.

Compared with Huawei, which supports the domestic supply chain, and BYD, which cultivates its own industrial chain, Xiaomi has indeed not done enough in this regard.

Of course, the former is due to forced reasons, while the latter is due to historical reasons.

Lei Jun calmly changed the subject: "Junior brother's dream is very grand, I believe that when it comes true, all of us will benefit from it.

Compared to my junior, my dream is much smaller. I just hope to make Xiaomi Auto a success and make it one of the top five automakers in China."

"This is also remarkable. I have always been optimistic about Xiaomi Auto," said Chen Yuanguang. "I am also a shareholder of Xiaomi Auto."

Guangjia Technology owns shares in Xiaomi Auto, and a considerable amount of them.

“That’s right, at first I was my junior’s investor, and now my junior is my investor.

Xiaomi Motors received a lot of help from its junior colleagues when it started. Even today, Xiaomi Ultra is still a very special car with a large number of fans in the market."

According to the current iteration speed of new energy vehicles, they generally need to be renewed every year, even if it is just a minor adjustment.

Xiaomi Ultra has not had any revisions since its launch, at most the built-in chip is replaced every year.

This year, we will replace the car's chips with Xiaomi's self-developed ones.

At most this part was changed, nothing else was changed.

In the past three years, Xiaomi Ultra has been used by various consumers and exported to Europe, Southeast Asia and other places, and has been hailed as the king of electric control.

It's a good car to drive.

Of course, this means it is a toy for rich people and its sales are only so-so.

However, it has severely squeezed the market share of the BMW M4, which is of the same price and also has good handling.

"I also hope that my junior brother can realize his dream as soon as possible." Lei Jun said quickly when he saw that the barrage was full of comments asking him not to do advertising.

Chen Yuanguang continued: "We will soon conduct our first composite rocket launch test.

If successful, the preliminary construction of the lunar base and the planning of the space station will officially begin.

These two will be carried out simultaneously, and the entire process will be broadcast live to you.

Regarding the lunar base, I personally don't have too much obsession with going to the moon. In my opinion, going to Mars is valuable. After all, with the advancement of technology, we may be able to transform Mars and make it suitable for human survival. But a place like the moon is defined as a pure resource planet.

According to the basic conditions of the planets, we can divide them into resource planets and habitable planets.

As for resource stars, it is costly to send people up there, and the cost-effectiveness is low, so there is not much need for it.

If you just need to go up there once or twice, it's fine. But if you want people to live and work there for a long time, it's better to use robots.

Whether it is mining or base construction, these can all be completed by robots through highly standardized designs.”

"Junior brother, I find that you are very different from others in that you have your own opinions on many things.

I won’t say that I have to do what others have done.

In fact, everyone really wants to see Chinese people landing on the moon.

In other words, almost all countries in the world that have invested in scientific research in the field of aerospace have a plan to land on the moon. Even countries like America that have already landed on the moon need to land on the moon again to prove their strength.

The time of their moon landing is determined based on a country's strength in aerospace. For countries with stronger strength, the time will be closer, and for countries with weaker strength, the time will be farther.

The furthest plan seems to be made for 2050.

On the contrary, you don’t have this obsession.”

“I’m a bit like Musk in that we both come from a pragmatic perspective.

The benefits of moon landing are limited and the cost-effectiveness is not that high.

And it really has to play a promotional role, to prove the strength of Light Armor Aerospace, and the effect of landing on Mars will be even better.

And in the long run, it is equivalent to us now looking for new habitats for humans a hundred years later.

From now on, we should explore building a base on Mars to allow humans to adapt to the environment there in advance, understand the degree of suitability for survival on Mars, and conduct some planetary transformation experiments.

For example, bringing some plants and bacteria to Mars.

In the short term, there is no benefit in this, but in the long term, you have to do it sooner or later, and of course the sooner the better.

As for the moon, even if we build a base suitable for human habitation on it now, it will still not be suitable for human habitation a hundred years later.

So what we do is either meaningful now or meaningful in the future.

And I think it's very likely that we have gone to Mars, but no other country has yet gone to the moon.

What is more likely is that after we go to Mars, everyone's enthusiasm for going to the moon will wane, because we have raised the standard too high and many countries will lose motivation.

So what if you went to the moon? China has already gone to Mars." Chen Yuanguang obviously has high hopes for the composite rocket.

“I’m looking forward to seeing that day come.

Junior brother, I am curious, is it possible for an ordinary person like me to go to Mars in my lifetime? " Lei Jun asked. If he could go there with money, he would be willing to go.

Chen Yuanguang said: "Of course, let alone in our lifetime, we should be able to send ordinary people to Mars within five years.

Brother, didn’t you shoot a drifting video two years ago?
You personally drove the Xiaomi car to drift, which left a deep impression on me at the time.

Isn’t Lin Jia developing a brand called Space?

Although the car has not been built yet, it is being developed.

When the time is right, we plan to take a modified Space to Mars, drift and race on Mars, and shoot a promotional advertisement.

But the only regret is that no one will let me go, and Lin Jia probably won’t dare to go either, so I may have to find a racing driver to work with me.”

(NASA's Mars concept car)
Lei Jun's eyes were shining. If he could take the modified Xiaomi car to Mars for racing, it would definitely be the best publicity advertisement.

"Junior brother, don't be afraid, I can go. I will endorse your Space. The only requirement is that you let me bring a Xiaomi car." Lei Jun said.

"The launch cost is a bit high," said Chen Yuanguang.

"It doesn't matter if it's expensive. We don't have anything else but money. Any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem." Lei Jun said immediately.

"We will certainly provide similar services by then. If Xiaomi Motors wants to come, it can do so as long as it is willing to pay. This is also one of the future businesses of Light Armor Aerospace.

But Space doesn’t need to bother you. I’ve talked to Musk, and he wants to go there himself and shoot the promotional video.” Chen Yuanguang said.

At such a pretentious moment, Chen Yuanguang really wanted to do it himself.

I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back, or that I’ll be shot down by American missiles in mid-air.

If the Americans are so cruel, we can only leave the opportunity to show off to Musk.

After listening to this, Lei Jun felt a little disappointed. If it could be done by a business, then it would be meaningless.

When everyone takes pictures, the effect of showing off is instantly reduced by half.

"Junior brother, when do you expect Light Armor Aerospace to be able to go to Mars?" Lei Jun asked.

Chen Yuanguang thought for a while and said: "Just within these three years, within three years.

This year, the composite-powered rocket was successfully developed. Next year, two simulations will be conducted to send a robot to Mars, and the year after that, a real person will be sent there.

Then we will start building a Mars base starting the year after next.

That’s how I planned it.”

“I thought it would take ten years, but it took less than five years. Technology is advancing so fast.

Before, I always felt that technological progress was slowing down. After 20 years, I feel that technological progress seems to have been accelerated again.

You are a very important factor. Whether it is room-temperature superconductivity or topological semimetals, before they are truly available, they seem very far away from us. "Lei Jun continued.

Chen Yuanguang explained: “In fact, the two things you mentioned have been studied by scientific researchers for decades and are very mature concepts.

Even topological semimetals have a history of more than 20 years, and many companies have made attempts from the time they were proposed to the present.

As I said in a previous interview, we are essentially standing on the shoulders of giants.”

Lei Jun said with emotion: “I understand, we are also doing research and development of chips based on topological semimetals, which is just like nuclear fusion, it has a long history, but it will take another 50 years to mention it.

There was always a gap between reality and expectations, but you, Junior Brother, have simply erased the gap.”

(End of this chapter)