Providing supplies to the International Space Station is not only an international obligation for several major space powers, but also a good opportunity for countries to develop their own space technology. Only by gaining profits from these tens of billions of rubles projects can domestic aerospace companies have the money to develop new aero engines and improve existing launch technologies.
Contracting to Starlink Trading can certainly reduce the financial budget in this area, but it is undoubtedly bad news for the country's aerospace companies. After all, there are only so many launch plans every year. Except for the United States, which can make money from commercial launches, most aerospace companies rely on national projects to support themselves.
What Natasha said is also what the Russian leader meant.
If Star Halo Trade intends to sell rockets, Russia will certainly be happy to purchase them, but if Star Halo Trade only intends to contract for launch projects, there is no need to talk about it at all.
"Aren't you going to listen to my price?" Jiang Chen said helplessly.
Natasha shook her head.
"The Kremlin won't give the nod, even if your offer is attractive."
Somewhat difficult to handle.
But what Natasha said is not unreasonable. If we consider this issue solely from the perspective of cost savings, why doesn't Lao Maozi outsource the project to the United States? The Falcon rocket with first-stage rocket recovery technology can reduce launch costs to a terrifying number.
Although it seemed like there was nothing to talk about, Jiang Chen was never the kind of person who would give up easily.
After thinking for a moment, he spoke.
"You really don't want to talk about the price? I'm referring to the rm-320 rocket engine."
"I said it didn't matter... Wait, what did you say?!" Natasha suddenly froze and looked at Jiang Chen in shock.
"Am I not clear enough? The price of the rm-320 rocket engine." Jiang Chen smiled.
Putting away the shock in her eyebrows, Natasha looked at Jiang Chen calmly and spoke quickly.
"what do you want?"
According to the materials submitted by Xinghuan Trading and the observations of Russian experts, the performance of the rm-320 rocket engine. It is more than one level higher than the rd-180 that Russia is proud of. Even the -Merlin 1d engine cannot match it.
A combustion chamber that can withstand 500 atmospheres of pressure and a thrust-to-value ratio of 1:300. The production cost is only half of the Russian rd-180!
Roscosmos has proposed to the Kremlin more than once, hoping to rely on the friendly relations between Russia and the new country. Order a batch of rm-320 rocket engines and come back. Although it may not be possible to copy it, you can at least learn from some of the designs below.
Natasha never thought that Jiang Chen would actually agree to sell the engine, so she didn't mention it at all.
Happiness comes so suddenly!
Jiang Chen glanced at Natasha and said in a playful tone, "What do you think?"
Facing that undisguised gaze, Natasha's cheeks rose with two red clouds, but she soon noticed the teasing in the gaze. He glared at Jiang Chen fiercely.
"I can't guess."
Jiang Chen stretched out five fingers.
"Five years. Within five years, Russia's International Space Station supply project will be contracted by Starlink Trading. Five years later, we will sell the samples and design drawings of the rm-320 rocket engine to Russian Aerospace at market prices."
Exchanging an outdated technology for a five-year contract is a great deal.
As for why it is said to be "obsolete", it is naturally because when Jiang Chen builds the space elevator, all rocket launch technology will become obsolete.
Because of the emergence of the space elevator. Launch costs of tens of millions of dollars will be reduced directly to a few hundred dollars. This is also the reason why launch vehicle technology was completely stopped at the end of the 21st century.
"...I can't give you an answer. I have to ask my superiors for instructions first." Natasha said with difficulty.
Jiang Chen made a gesture of invitation.
Natasha nodded. He walked aside, took out his cell phone, and dialed the KGB headquarters in Moscow.
This call took a long time, and she suddenly looked stern, holding the phone and walking to Jiang Chen's side.
"Our superiors would like to discuss this with you personally."
After saying that, she handed the phone to Jiang Chen's hand and took two steps back.
Putting the mobile phone to his ear, Jiang Chen heard English with a heavy Russian accent before he could speak.
"Three years at most."
The voice sounded familiar, but Jiang Chen couldn't remember where he had heard it.
"Three years is too short."
"We have to consider technological upgrading here."
"You can rest assured about this. Let alone five years, even eight years later. The rm-320 engine can still maintain its lead." Jiang Chen replied in a positive tone.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for two seconds.
"Three years, three years later you will sell us the rm-320 engine technology. The supply mission of the International Space Station. We will outsource it to you for eight years at a price of 400 rubles."
"Deal!" Jiang Chen said without hesitation.
Although the expression on his face did not change, Jiang Chen was so happy that he almost laughed out loud. 40 billion rubles is roughly equivalent to more than 600 million US dollars. He can build the space elevator in at most two years. By then, the cost of transporting supplies to the space station can even be reduced to less than one million!
This is not talking about dollars, but rubles...
"It seems that we have reached an agreement." After receiving Jiang Chen's affirmative reply, the voice on the other side became obviously more relaxed, without realizing that he had been tricked.
"I always feel that your voice sounds familiar. Before hanging up the phone, can I ask who you are?" Jiang Chen said happily without blushing.
"Didn't our detective lady tell you?"
"She only told me that you are their superior." After saying this, Jiang Chen was suddenly stunned.
Wait, Natasha said "we", not "my" superior.
The person on the other side was silent for a moment, then spoke in a relaxed tone.
"You can call me Putin. If you have the chance, you are welcome to come to Moscow as a guest... "
Holding the phone in his hand, Jiang Chen was stunned.
Wait, the person I was discussing business with just now was the Russian President? !
And I tricked him? !
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The 12th quantum satellite was successfully launched, and Starlink Trading announced that it will provide paid full coverage ii services to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Morocco, Malay and other countries. According to the cooperation project with local telecom operators, as long as users apply for this service, they can get 12 hours of ii experience time. After the trial time is exhausted, users can apply for service packages with different network speeds depending on the region.
Currently, Xinghuan Trading is discussing cooperation matters with telecom operators in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and other countries, and is considering promoting Global II to North America and Western Europe.
On the other hand, the war between the Future Man Group and the Boston Consortium continues. However, neither side made any new moves, but remained in a stalemate in areas where they had already made moves. The U.S. Department of Justice is still collecting evidence for antitrust investigations, and the Boston consortium is still busy rescuing banks.
What is more troublesome is that the company responsible for providing security services to Boston Bank has comprehensively upgraded its server firewall and made targeted upgrades to defend against hacker attacks.
According to Xie Lei, the upgraded security system of Boston Bank is like an iron barrel, and the original loopholes have basically been filled. Unless an internal computer can be obtained as a backdoor, remote hacking will no longer be easy even if a quantum computer is used as a bot.
After all, they have so many technicians, and they are not just freeloaders.
On the other hand, Jane collected news about the two companies on the Internet, compiled it and presented it in front of Jiang Chen.
"The Federal Reserve injected US$100 billion into the First National Bank of Boston. The Pentagon convened a number of cybersecurity companies to hold an Internet security summit. Information security in the financial field was the focus of the summit discussion."
"The Federal Reserve actually took action. It seems that the Bank of Boston is temporarily stable." Jiang Chen frowned slightly.
Just when he was thinking about what to do next, Xia Shiyu suddenly called.
"Hello? What's going on?"
"Someone is looking for you and wants to talk to you in person."
"who?"
"Carson Lodge, stockholder of the First National Bank of Boston."(.)