The more I read, the less useful it became. Most of the book talked about the number of satellites launched by different countries and the channels they used.

It even mentions that we launched more than a hundred satellites, specifying the channels used and how many were weather satellites, military satellites, and communication satellites.

It even mentioned the European Space Agency's more than ten complaint letters to my country.

Goodness, it's all outsider knowledge! It doesn't even explain what materials the satellite is made of or how it communicates with the ground.

Having determined that this book was useless, Xing Baohua started reading another one.

This book is somewhat useful; it talks about frequency bands and satellite dishes.

When discussing antennas, Xing Baohua discovered that in addition to the common dish antenna, there are also single push rod antennas and flat panel antennas.

Although the topic is receiving antennas, Xing Baohua realized upon careful consideration that the antennas used in handheld or shoulder-mounted devices are the single-push-rod antennas.

The most common type I see is the antenna on a handheld satellite phone, the kind that's very thick, black, and large.

Xing Baohua vaguely seems to have seen flat panel antennas before. So, are there any flat panel antennas with phased array antennas?

I specifically looked up information about flat panel antennas and learned that they do indeed have an array layout. The introduction explains that this type of antenna is suitable for the Ku band and features small size, light weight, low profile, and flexibility.

The disadvantages are that it is technically difficult to mass-produce, and its coverage area is small, with a very low effective aperture, low gain, narrow bandwidth, and high cost.

Furthermore, a motor is needed for fine-tuning.

With this explanation, Xing Baohua was certain that array antennas could be used on satellites.

As for the technical difficulty, it's extremely high.

"Every industry has its own secrets," as the saying goes. He had previously convincing Motorola to work on Starlink because he knew Motorola had tried it before, albeit unsuccessfully. However, Xing Baohua consistently believed that their operations had failed.

It now appears that it's not just about operations, but also involves a lot of technical aspects.

Why does my father-in-law want to know about motorcycle satellites?

Did they also want to study the fact that Xing Baohua had the motorcycles developed and assembled in their home country, and then transported to China for launch?

Xing Baohua then had the opportunity to do some underhanded things.

Unless you arrange for security guards to stand in front of you 24 hours a day without moving, so that you have no chance to make a move.

That's not impossible!

Forget it, I'll find an expert in this field after I get back to China and get a detailed understanding of the situation.

Didn't my father-in-law say he would give him some information to look at?

Let's take a look.

With solid theoretical knowledge, he might still be able to continue conning motorcycles.

They could even pretend to be an expert and infiltrate the R&D team to see for themselves.

During the New Year's Day holiday, Xing Baohua didn't go out. He stayed at home either reading or writing and drawing.

Zou Wenjuan was either rehearsing songs or playing mahjong with Sister Mei.

Xing Baohua was puzzled. Wasn't Sister Mei very busy?

She's also involved in a lot of acting, concerts, and TV variety shows.

How could I possibly have time to play cards?

Just after New Year's Day, Xing Baohua arrived at the company, and Yu Shenghai showed him several documents.

The materials consist of information about several headhunting firms and the acquisition prices they had inquired about.

Two of them are publicly listed companies, and they are quite large.

The companies mentioned in these materials are all from the United States.

The companies that provided the quotes were all medium-sized companies, with a decent size, and at least four or five branches on different continents.

Forget about publicly listed companies; they're too easy to expose. Unless they're delisted and all converted to private ownership...

That would cost a lot more money.

A medium-sized company is exactly what Xing Baohua wants.

The offer wasn't much, just a few million US dollars.

One of the companies that caught Xing Baohua's attention was called Herosna, founded in 1965.

After reviewing the company's financial statements, Xing Baohua handed the company's materials to Yu Shenghai and said, "Take it!"