The entire outer space summit lasted two days, but Jiang Chen stayed in Canberra for a full week. Half of the day was spent in meetings, four days were spent discussing business, and the remaining two days were spent walking around Canberra with Ayesha to appreciate the local customs of Australia.
However, there hasn’t been much to visit recently, and many shops in Canberra have been temporarily closed due to this high-level summit.
The harvest from this summit was quite astonishing, and it could even be said that it was beyond Jiang Chen’s expectations in a sense. Originally, he thought that if he proposed such a harsh cooperation framework with no profit point in sight, not many people would cooperate with him. However, this was not the case.
The first one to express its willingness to cooperate was the Moro Kingdom. After all, he was the number one brother of the New Kingdom. But Jiang Chen was very doubtful whether Santos knew what a space elevator was. In addition, Malaysia, Thailand, New Zealand, Madagascar, Taiwan, and some small African countries have all accepted the cooperation framework proposed by Xinghuan Trading.
After a period of research, China and Russia also expressed their willingness to accept the cooperation framework proposed by Star Ring Trade.
Representatives from China proposed that they hope to build a microgravity laboratory for the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the gravity-free section of the Star Ring City to carry out two-phase flow, microgravity combustion, gas phase epitaxy, metal alloy nucleation and supercooling, etc. A total of 51 national-level scientific research project experiments, with a quoted price of S$15.7 billion.
The conditions for building a microgravity laboratory on the ground are quite difficult, and the United States has been trying its best to obstruct China's participation in the International Space Station project, so China's microgravity experiments can only find a way out on the surface. After all, the cost of maintaining a large space station alone is too high. Too expensive.
In order to simulate the gravity-free environment in the experiment, Hua Guo's solution was to design a very tall tower to simulate a microgravity environment through free fall. In the National Microgravity Laboratory, which was officially approved in 1995, the design of the 100-meter drop tower, the microgravity time of the drop system has reached 35 seconds, and the microgravity time of the drop tube system is 326 seconds, which is already among the best in the world. s level.
This achievement is enough to be proud of, but also very helpless, because everything was forced.
After the summit, the first thing the Chinese representatives did when they came to Jiang Chen was to propose building a microgravity laboratory on the Star Ring City, and made an offer of S$10.7 billion. Converted into RMB, this is a huge sum of more than 7 billion yuan. But compared to the tens of billions of dollars spent to build a space station alone, as well as the unimaginable maintenance fees, this money is nothing.
Since China is the first country to reach cooperation with Star Circle Trading on space elevators, the microgravity laboratory cooperation document signed with China has also become a blueprint for subsequent negotiations with other parties.
Subsequently, Russia also reached an agreement with Halo Trading, investing S$9.5 billion to build a relatively small microgravity laboratory in the gravity-free section of Halo City, replacing the original plan to expand the Russian area of the International Space Station.
However, these are not the main sources of income. What really makes Jiang Chen a lot of money is the private companies that come to his door.
It turns out that space is still an elusive thing for ordinary people. If you are not a rich man, you may only have the chance to realize your space dream by signing the "sale contract" of SpaceX's Mars plan and boarding a one-way spacecraft to Mars.
But now, things seem to be turning around.
Starring Trading announced the price of the space elevator on its official website. The base price before tax for adults is only S$1,500! Converted into soft girl coins, it’s just over 10,000 yuan, which is even cheaper than a flight ticket from Beijing International Airport to New York in the peak season!
It’s so crazy!
As if overnight, space tourism with an investment of more than tens of millions, which only the rich can afford, has become a general overseas trip that even ordinary people can afford.
After SpaceX, the second company that found Jiang Chen was not a space company, and its business had nothing to do with aerospace, but a hotel chain.
The company that approached Jiang Chen was the famous Hilton Group. As early as the beginning of the development of the New Zealand tourism project, the two parties established a good cooperative relationship and aimed at the tourism prospects brought by the space elevator.
Almost as soon as the United Nations summit ended, Hilton Group President Christopher Nassetta approached Jiang Chen and extended an invitation to cooperate.
"Mr. Jiang Chen, we are quite optimistic about the tourism prospects of the space elevator. We have studied the information related to the space elevator published by you, and we hope to lease the total area in the no-gravity section, low-gravity section, and surface gravity section of the Star Ring City. In a space-themed hotel with an area of 24,000-30,000 square meters.”
The reason why the space station is expensive to build is largely due to the high shipping costs. After the completion of the space elevator, the price of synchronous orbit construction is no longer the same. Take the US$50 billion International Space Station as an example. If Starlink Trading wanted to build an identical one, the cost would probably be less than one percent. If you want to expand the same living area in Halo City, the cost can even be reduced to less than 100 million US dollars.
Star Ring City is located in synchronous orbit, and its developable area is only much larger than Penglai City. If a year ago, Hilton Hotels wanted to build a space-themed hotel with a living area of more than 10,000 square meters in synchronous orbit, they would not be able to afford the price if they sold the entire hotel.
But now, they can win this project for only S$1.3 billion.
However, before signing a contract, there is still a question that needs to be clarified.
That's the opinion of the U.S. government.
Hilton Group is an American company, but the United States has not yet made any statement on whether it will accept the cooperation framework of Star Circle Trade. Jiang Chen didn't have any objections to the Hilton Hotel's intention to settle in Star Circle City, but if the US Department of Commerce made things difficult, he would have some support from the Hilton Group.
After listening to Jiang Chen's concerns, Mr. Nassetta laughed and said nonchalantly: "Mr. Jiang is too worried. We are also a multinational company. Even the White House cannot stop us from making money. We have a registered company in Coro Island. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Hilton Group, U.S. law can only apply as far as Hawaii and will not have any impact on our cooperation."
After hearing this, Jiang Chen also smiled and stretched out his right hand.
"Wish us happy cooperation."
Holding Jiang Chen's right hand, Mr. Nassetta shook it vigorously.
“Happy to work with!”
The contract signing date was set on the day before Jiang Chen returned to the new country.
Early in the morning, Nassetta came to the door with her secretary and personally delivered the contract to Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen had received the electronic version of the contract and sent it back to Starring Trading Headquarters, where it was reviewed by a professional team of lawyers for three rounds. After getting the paper contract, Jiang Chen just scanned it with his watch. After comparing it with the electronic contract, he picked up a pen and signed his name.
After the contract was signed, Christopher Nassetta warmly invited Jiang Chen to have a meal with him, and Jiang Chen readily accepted his invitation.
Having just signed a billion-dollar investment project, Nassetta is naturally particularly enthusiastic. Favors can be enjoyed anywhere, especially for the president of a large group like him. What can determine whether he continues to sit in this position is not just his ability, but more importantly, the network resources he has. .
"Super high-quality customers" like Xiang Jiangchen are naturally the ones he strives to make friends with.
After the dinner, Christopher Nassetta gave Jiang Chen a black diamond card.
According to Nassetta, this black diamond card is more noble than a diamond card and is not publicly issued at all. Only important customers of Hilton Hotels can obtain one. Customers who hold this black diamond card can enjoy the privilege of directly checking into the presidential suite by swiping their card at the counter at any Hilton hotel around the world. Even if there is no room available, they can find a way to arrange it for you. As for free meals, afternoon tea and so on, there is no need to mention it.
After accepting the Black Diamond Card happily, Jiang Chen said goodbye to Nassetta and returned to the hotel where he stayed.
After taking a shower, he lay on the bed, clicked on the holographic screen of his watch, and browsed the web.
Tomorrow I will board a flight back to my new country.
Just when he yawned and was about to go to bed early, a video with a sky-high number of views per week attracted his attention. The video was uploaded a week ago, just in time for the opening ceremony of the space elevator passenger track... (.)
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