God-level Trader of Rebirth

Chapter 504 Conversation

A group of senior military officers worked hard to maintain a dignified posture.

However, their tightly stretched faces were shaking constantly.

Suddenly, more than a dozen generals grinned their tight lips and burst into the most cheerful laughter.

They slapped the shoulders of their colleagues around them hard, wanting to say something, but they didn't know what to say. They just slapped each other hard and burst into laughter.

Jingle bell bell~

The internal phone suddenly rang.

The colonel on duty, who was near the phone, laughed loudly until tears flowed from his eyes. He picked up the phone, still laughing: "Hahahaha! Yes! This is the situation summary center! Haha! Well, yes Yes, the commander-in-chief is here!”

"Yes, I understand!" His laughter suddenly stopped, then he stood upright and loudly said, "Yes! I will ask the commander-in-chief to come and answer the phone right away!"

The laughter in the hall stopped and everyone looked at him.

The commander-in-chief also looked at him.

The colonel strode over with standard military appearance, stood at attention and reported: "Report to the commander-in-chief, please answer the phone!"

The commander quickly tidied up his appearance and touched the torn buttonhole with his hand. He tried hard to fasten the button, but he couldn't find the button.

He didn't care about anything else, strode to the phone, picked up the phone, stood at attention and said: "Report! I am Li Lin, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Division!"

The chief's voice came from the phone:

"Is he the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Division? I also received the latest situation report."

"Yes, I already know that the aerospace plane successfully entered orbit. I want to come to your place and monitor the whole process."

"Don't rush to celebrate. We need to see the reaction from the outside, and then take action to suppress it and make the troops more vigilant. But don't do it with great fanfare. We need to tighten it internally and loosen it externally."

The chief put down the phone, pinched his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "This Chen Weidong, he always fails to make a sound, and he is a blockbuster."

"In the past few years, your Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the General Assembly all said that their aerospace plane plan was not feasible. What happened? In less than six years, they just finished the aerospace plane and made trouble all over the world. Got it all."

Next to him, Director Wu from the Quality Department of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and several people from the general assembly were also present, all looking at each other with wry smiles.

Of course they are happy that Infinity Company has built a space shuttle, and it is certain that they will have a few drinks when they go back.

But Infinite Company's aerospace plane has always been mysterious. When it appeared, it made such a big splash, which really surprised them. They didn't know what to say for a while.

At this moment, the internal confidential phone in the conference room rang. A secretary quickly picked up the phone and asked a few questions in a low voice. Then he walked behind the leader and said a few words in a low voice.

"Oh? It was a call from the South China Science and Technology Commission? Where is Xiao Chen? Haha, we were talking about him when he called." The chief said with a smile.

"At the South China Science and Technology Commission?" Director Wu from the Quality Department was about to walk over, but a figure beat him to it, walked to the phone and picked up the phone.

Everyone in the conference room looked at each other and smiled.

"It's Boss Chen. I want to congratulate you. This aerospace plane test is very successful and sensational!"

"Not only us, but also foreign countries all know about it!"

I heard a familiar voice coming from the other side of the phone.

Chen Weidong laughed and said: "Director Zhang, I sent you a batch of new equipment and wanted to ask your people to check it for acceptance. But when I called your number, your secretary said you were not here, so I said wait a minute. ”

"In the end, your secretary called and chased the chief. I wonder if it disturbed you?"

"What's so urgent?" Director Zhang asked curiously, "What kind of equipment is it that even Director Gu and the others can't handle?"

"They also said they couldn't make the decision. It's not a new thing, it's just a few aerospace aircraft simulation training devices."

Director Zhang shouted: "Aerospace aircraft simulation training device!"

"Yeah! We didn't expect that the aerospace plane test would be successful so quickly. At that time, we just wanted to make a batch of trainers in advance, hand them over to your people for acceptance, and train a group of pilots for the aerospace plane."

"As a result, as soon as I got off the car, I heard the news that the test was a complete success. It was a coincidence." Chen Weidong said enthusiastically.

On the other end of the phone, Director Zhang's voice was very low. He was probably covering the phone and reporting to the chief.

Chen Weidong waited patiently. On the other end of the phone, Director Zhang's voice rang again: "Xiao Chen, I would like to ask, what is the cost of this aerospace plane? How much does it cost?"

I was so impatient that I asked for the price as soon as I came up.

Chen Weidong suppressed his smile and replied cautiously but somewhat ambiguously: "It's very expensive!"

"How expensive is it?"

The other party asked after him.

Chen Weidong was silent for a while before replying: "It's twice as expensive as the American space shuttle, and"

The unit price of an American space shuttle is about US$3 billion.

In the past, when the economy was at its best, the United States built three aircraft, but then one was accidentally blown up. Now there are only two aircraft, which are used in rotation.

Every time it goes to space, its usage cost is very high, about 5 million to 10 billion U.S. dollars, which is much higher than simply using a large-capacity rocket. It can be said to be a gold-selling monster.

According to Chen Weidong's quotation, the price of six billion US dollars is very high.

But in terms of efficiency, the aerospace plane is much higher than the space shuttle.

After all, this is the world's first spacecraft that can be used repeatedly!

Although it also requires a special runway, the aerospace plane does not need to rely on a large rocket to fly into the sky every time, and it also has to carry a fuel tank that is larger than itself.

With one flight, the launch vehicle will cause a lot of pollution and produce countless discards.

The fuel tank will also be thrown into the near-Earth space, resulting in huge cost waste and space debris.

Moreover, every time the space shuttle takes off, it requires tens of thousands of staff to serve it.

The ground crew required for an aerospace plane does not need to be that many, just a few dozen.

Of course, in order to ensure that the mechanical parts are normal, it is okay to arrange more inspection personnel, but no matter what, it will be much less than the space shuttle.

In fact, the cost of high-precision aircraft such as aerospace planes and space shuttles is indeed high, but it is not so outrageously high.

The reason for such a high quotation lies in the amortized R&D costs.

Chen Weidong's aerospace plane is to serve future utopian plans and is for his own needs.

Therefore, he could not submit such a high quotation and only quote a cost price.

However, for the smooth implementation of the utopian plan in the future, he is not yet able to sell too many aerospace planes to the country in large quantities.

At least, it won't change until the utopian plan is officially launched.

Therefore, he quoted twice the selling price of the American space shuttle in one breath.

There is certainly no problem for the country to buy in small quantities, but it is unrealistic to buy in large quantities.

Director Zhang was obviously frightened by his quotation and remained silent. After seven or eight minutes, he asked him: "You seemed to have something to say just now. Are there any technical problems in the manufacturing of aerospace aircraft?"

"Yes, we imported the combined engine of the aerospace aircraft from South Africa."

He gave the answer he had prepared for a long time.

"What? The engine is imported?! Isn't this engine independently developed by you?" Director Zhang asked hurriedly, "If that's the case, why doesn't South Africa export this engine to other countries?"

No wonder he was so anxious.

The key point of an aerospace plane is the engine.

If the engine is not manufactured by Infinity Company, then even if the country purchases the aerospace aircraft from Infinity Company, it does not mean that it is an exclusive owner.

Who wouldn’t want to have this kind of strategic technology firmly in their own hands?