Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 949 is all in Chinese subtitles. Learn Chinese first.

"I also think so."

"Venus Technology can find the Emirates to cooperate on the space station project. In fact, we can also consider cooperating with the Arabs or other interested countries."

"Korea and Japan are also very interested in entering space. As long as they are willing to contribute more funds, we can consider including them in the cooperation list."

"But this time it won't be the same as the International Space Station. All space stations are built by us, but their astronauts will be allowed to enter our space station for a fee in the end."

Granfin felt that in order to convince relevant domestic departments to allocate funds to NASA to build a new space station, there must be sufficient persuasive materials.

Among them, return on investment is something that everyone is very concerned about.

The International Space Station cost $1000 billion, but the output is difficult to quantify, which is bound to cause dissatisfaction among many people.

If NASA can come up with a specific plan, indicating that the relevant departments will allocate $300 billion and build a new space station in the next two years, and it is expected to recover more than $200 billion in costs from customers, then this project will definitely be approved.

After all, a brand new space station belonging to NASA can be built at a cost of $100 billion, and there are still many people who support it.

If the investment can be fully recovered, there will be fewer people opposing it.

NASA's funding has been cut in recent years, and the main reason is the problem of input-output ratio.

"We have many allies around the world. Since those countries are our allies, they will naturally contribute some effort when building the space station."

"It would be best if we could sign a partial cooperation agreement before we officially build the space station, so that we can have more funds."

Musk is not a soft-hearted person.

In his opinion, since Griffin has set his sights on America's traditional partners such as Japan, Korea and the Arab Empire, there is no need to be polite and he should just be more ruthless.

Otherwise, if others don't give you face in the end, you will be in a passive position.

"You are right. We should take action in advance and offer them a few astronaut positions. We can even arrange for their astronauts to start training in advance."

"At that time, it doesn't matter whether they are willing or not, they will have to sign the cooperation agreement first."

Gryffin never considered Japan and Korea as normal countries.

As long as America wants to push forward something forcefully, it must find a way to get it done.

If they really don't cooperate, he will use some other means to force Japan and Korea to cooperate.

After discussions between Musk and Granfin, the space station project led by NASA and undertaken by SpaceX was quickly approved and entered the design and production stage.

This is definitely breaking news for the international aerospace market.

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"Mr. Cao, America is getting anxious."

"Without even figuring out the future of the International Space Station, they officially announced they would build a brand new space station by 2017."

“It’s definitely been stimulated by our collaboration with the Emirates.”

Zhao Siyu came to Cao Yang's office early in the morning and talked about NASA's official announcement of building a new space station.

The Chang'e space station did not emerge from the ground today.

After struggling for so long without making a decision, the government has now officially announced that it will build a new space station and has also proactively expressed its willingness to discuss cooperation projects with interested countries.

Isn't it obvious that they don't want Venustech to be the only one to have the lion's share?

Since the construction of the Chang'e Space Station was completed, the differences between it and the International Space Station have been reported by many media.

Of course, the main reason is that Venustech has consciously and gradually revealed some technical information about the Chang'e space station to the outside world, otherwise others would not be able to make a comparison even if they wanted to.

Although the construction time was more than ten years, the Chang'e space station is fully ahead in many technological fields.

Any country that is committed to space development will definitely want to join the Chang'e space station project.

The most important thing is that Venustech has repeatedly revealed that this space station is a forerunner to the future march to the moon.

It is equivalent to linking the topic of the moon landing to it.

In this way, the attraction will naturally be more different.

The Emirates chose to cooperate with Venusstar Technology. In addition to the main reason of wanting to maintain good relations with China, another very important factor is that they are optimistic about the future of Venusstar Technology.

"It is impossible for the Americans to watch us continue to grow and develop in space, so they will also take various actions."

"However, in recent years, they have focused more on exploring Mars and are not very interested in the moon."

"Because of the existence of the International Space Station, they are not very enthusiastic about building a new space station."

"If we stimulate it now, the space race will definitely become more intense in the future."

Cao Yang is not afraid of competition from America at all.

NASA has been somewhat of a self-destructive force in recent years. Although it has supported the development of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, its overall strength is actually declining.

In addition, there are many different voices within the United States now, and not everyone supports the space race.

The most important thing is that the things produced by America itself are very expensive.

Even with the help of reusable rockets like Falcon 9, the final cost of building the space station will be several times that of Venus Technologies.

There is a high possibility that during the repair, it will be found that there is insufficient funds and additional funds will be needed.

Of course, even with so many problems, America will definitely grit its teeth and continue to follow up on its investment in space projects.

Therefore, the competition in space must be more intense.

At the same time, emerging powers such as India will also be more motivated to move into space.

There are definitely many people behind Venusstar Technology who want to surpass it.

"Indeed, things will definitely get more and more interesting in the future."

"Once our plans for the moon landing are announced, it will probably be even more lively."

"The days when America reigned supreme will soon be gone forever."

Zhao Siyu is now full of confidence in the future.

As the general manager of Venusstar Technology, he is very clear about the company's future plans and ongoing projects.

When all these plans are implemented, the strength of China as a whole will take a huge step forward.

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NASA wants to build a new space station, but Venusstar Technology's response was very general and they didn't take it too seriously.

But at the European Space Agency, the situation is a little different.

Griffin didn't want to turn the new project into a cooperative project like the International Space Station, but he had his eyes on the wallets of his allies.

In this case, it is definitely necessary to put pressure on the relevant institutions of Europe, Japan, Korea and other parties.

Otherwise where will the customers come from?
We can't ask the Emirates to come up with another $200 billion to cooperate with NASA, right?
That would force the Emirate to get closer to China.

This is not in line with America's strategic approach.

“Werner, are we really going to cooperate with NASA?”

"Whether their space station can be successfully built before 2017 is a question mark."

"It is also questionable whether the technology of the space station that is eventually built will be more advanced than that of the Chang'e space station."

"We have already signed the first phase of the cooperation agreement with Venusstar Technology, and continuing to cooperate with them is the most appropriate solution."

As the director of the European Space Agency's Technology Center, Werner has a relatively good understanding of the international aerospace industry.

In his opinion, it is enough to cooperate with Venusstar Technology at this stage.

There is no need to get involved with NASA anymore.

Over the past decade, the European Space Agency has also cooperated with NASA on the International Space Station project, but the results have not been satisfactory.

Obviously the amount of money spent is not small, but it is almost like throwing it away in the water.

Now that the International Space Station is still in operation, we need to continue discussing cooperation on the new space station.

Werner does not quite support this point.

"There is no other way. Our European Space Agency is essentially the result of the support of various countries."

"Now that the member states are under pressure from the United States, it is very difficult for them to refuse."

"In the eyes of some politicians, the funding is limited anyway, so whether it's cooperating with Venustech or NASA, they're all the same."

As the director of the European Space Agency, Werner was actually a little unhappy with this decision.

But even though he is the director, there are some things that he does not have the final say on.

This kind of frustration must be very uncomfortable.

It is precisely at this time that he still needs to comfort the people below him, otherwise everyone will have opinions and it will be difficult to do his work.

"We will not gain anything by cooperating with America."

"By then, we will have to follow NASA's orders on everything. Even the experiments our astronauts conduct on the space station are arranged by them."

“This is definitely not what the member states want to see, right?”

Joseph still wanted to try hard to convince Werner with reason.

But in the end it was definitely in vain.

Another group of people who are very dissatisfied with NASA's construction of a new space station are polar bears.

"Grotin, after what the United States has done, will our International Space Station continue to operate?"

"We were discussing extending the use of the International Space Station to 2024, but before this was concluded, NASA announced that it would build a new space station."

"Isn't this too disrespectful to us?"

Although Demetrius knew that the United States had always been thinking about building a new space station.

However, this matter has remained on paper and no formal decision has been made.

Now that the shoe has landed, he should be relieved. But once NASA builds its own new space station, the International Space Station will probably be abolished.

At that time, unless the Polar Bear is determined to build its own space station, it will have no choice but to cooperate with Venusstar Technology.

"The operating costs of the International Space Station are too high. Previously, the United States was struggling with the issue of abandoning the International Space Station and building a new one."

"Now that Venusstar Technologies has signed a $200 billion space station cooperation project with the Emirates, the space station project has suddenly become a profitable project."

"It was probably because of this that the United States finally decided to start the project of building a new space station."

“This result was not unexpected to us.”

Grogin was quite calm.

After all, they were discussing similar topics some time ago.

Now it is nothing more than some uncertain things slowly becoming certain.

To some extent, this information is helpful for the United Rocket and Space Corporation to apply for funding from relevant departments.

After all, both America and China are investing heavily in the aerospace industry. If the polar bear lags too far behind, it would certainly be unacceptable.

"Venus Technologies' influence is growing. I think a lot of things in the aerospace industry will be closely related to them in the future."

"It will be very difficult for us to change this situation."

Demetrius is also self-aware.

He knew very well what was going on at the United Rocket and Space Corporation.

There is nothing wrong with making some minor modifications to the existing technology.

It is more difficult to study something completely new.

In the 1990s, their company lost a large number of talents.

In recent years, another group of young engineers have been poached by Huaxia.

If it weren't for its thick blood, many of the United Rocket and Space Corporation's projects would probably be unable to proceed.

"So it is very necessary for us to strengthen cooperation, and the overall environment is also suitable for us to strengthen communication."

"Last time you mentioned about going to China for exchanges, you need to act as soon as possible."

Following this communication between Grogin and Dmitri, their trip to China was officially launched soon.

However, at this time, Venusstar Technology officially released a promotional video.

It contains a lot of relevant information about the various equipment inside the Chang'e space station, as well as some pictures of astronauts conducting experiments on it.

Sharp-eyed netizens soon discovered that the text on the screens of various devices was all in Chinese.

The text on each button is all Chinese characters, without a single English letter.

This discovery quickly caused heated discussion on the Internet.

"The Chang'e space station is amazing. All system interfaces are in Chinese. How confident!"

"I heard that many organizations have been cooperating with Venusstar Technology's Chang'e space station recently. Do they need to learn Chinese first before cooperating?"

"I hate that all interfaces are in English. We developed this system ourselves, so why are there so many English words? This one is great now."

"I feel sorry for the foreign astronauts for three seconds. In addition to learning their native language and English, they also need to focus on learning Chinese. Otherwise, they will not be able to operate these devices at all."

“It would be great if all future papers were in Chinese.”

"Venus Technology always brings surprises to everyone, and this time is no exception."

"That's how it should be. Why do we have to use a lot of English on our own space station and plane?"

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Various comments have kept the heat of this matter high.

Overseas websites naturally also paid attention to this matter and forwarded the relevant news content.

However, this time the reactions of overseas netizens were very different.

It can be said that there are many kinds of things.

"Venus Technology is too arrogant. English is the universal language. They use Chinese systems to operate all the equipment on the space station. How can astronauts from other countries use it?"

"Why are Chinese still doing this kind of thing that is clearly not in line with the laws of international development?"

"Totally unacceptable! The buttons should be in English, no other language is acceptable."

"There are many partners on the Chang'e space station. I think it would be more reasonable to develop operating systems in multiple languages."

"Venus Technology is really stubborn. They actually dared to do this. In the future, will all the buttons of Nanshan Automobile Group also be changed to Chinese versions?"

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No matter what people say, this matter is bound to become a hot topic.

As for the institutions that have signed agreements to cooperate with Venusstar Technology or are preparing to cooperate, they have already begun arranging for astronauts to learn Chinese.

Everyone has sharp eyes. It is obvious that China will have the final say in the space market in the next few years.

If we don't get closer to China, we will probably do nothing in the field of space exploration in the next few years.

"Ayang, your Venusstar Technology has attracted a lot of global attention recently. Now, there are many more foreign students applying to come to our Chinese universities for exchange than in previous years."

“Even without scholarships, many people are willing to come.”

“Especially our School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, although it was just established this year, it has attracted the attention of many international universities.”

Xiang Changle and Cao Yang have a relatively close relationship.

Although we don't meet very often, we still call each other every now and then.

Lingnan University of Technology has many cooperative projects with Nanshan Group companies, and some things do require two top leaders to determine the general direction.

In China, doing things from the bottom up is often very difficult, but on the contrary, the efficiency can be very high.

This kind of thing is no exception even in Nanshan-affiliated companies.

"China's international influence is increasing, so it's normal for students from overseas universities to come here for exchanges."

"However, we also need to be careful about those with ulterior motives, so as not to let them know things they shouldn't know."

"For example, students from countries like India, the North Pole, Japan, Korea, and the United States who come to the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics for exchanges, I think we need to be more cautious."

There is a lot of cooperation between Venusstar Technology and the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics of Lingnan University of Technology. When Xiang Changle talked about international exchanges, Cao Yang's first reaction was to avoid being taken advantage of.

Although it is difficult for individuals to find out too much information, there are some projects that they do not want outsiders to know in advance.

"Don't worry, we will review them too."

"If you go to other colleges, the threshold is not that high."

"For the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the School of Semiconductors, we will consider more factors."

"If you are worried, you can ask Venustech to review the list of exchange students from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and ask Nanshan Semiconductor to confirm the list from the School of Semiconductors."

Xiang Changle didn't think it was inappropriate to let a company interfere in the internal affairs of Lingnan University of Technology.

The achievements of these two colleges today are entirely due to the support of Venusstar Technology and Nanshan Semiconductor.

Otherwise, let alone establishing a new college and becoming a leading discipline in the country, it would be difficult to even attract the attention of outsiders.

"You can give it a try at the beginning, and then once the review standards are clear, it won't be so troublesome."

Cao Yang was not polite.

He also wanted to know if anyone wanted to find out the secrets of Nanshan Group of Companies through this channel.

So since Xiang Changle has taken the initiative to bring up the topic of review, I will take over.

"There has been a lot of buzz online about the fact that all the subtitles on the Chang'e space station are in Chinese. Do you have any plans to make any changes?"

Continuing the discussion on the previous topic would be somewhat awkward, so Xiang Changle naturally switched to the most recent hot topic at Venustech.

For a long time, many domestic products were clearly designed for Chinese people, but many of the buttons were in English.

Not to mention that it is not very friendly to people who don't understand English, the mere fact that this way of doing things, which everyone thinks is fine, is worth discussing its rationality.

Of course, some people’s proposals are more extreme, directly changing the English names of various traffic signs, subway stations, etc. into pinyin, which is a bit of an overreaction.

"What are you going to change? I'm sure you won't change it."

"If you want to go to our space station, you have to learn Chinese well first. At least you have to know the basic keys."

"In the future, all the signs on our lunar orbital space station and lunar base will be in Chinese, and there won't be a single English letter."

Cao Yang gave his reply very definitely.

The influence of culture is subtle.

The stronger a country's comprehensive strength is, the stronger its cultural influence will be.

After decades of rapid development, China's strength in all aspects has changed dramatically.

Especially in recent years, a large number of advanced military equipment have been put into use, which has greatly improved the unfavorable situation in the past.

In the next few years, the number of various advanced military equipment will be equipped at a rate far exceeding that of other countries.

By then, everyone’s cultural confidence will naturally become stronger.

Cao Yang was happy to give a push from behind.

"It's good that it's not changed. Maybe more and more foreigners will learn Chinese in the future, and our Chinese Proficiency Test can become a world-renowned language test program."

As a university president, Xiang Changle must have listened to various English tests such as TOEFL, IELTS, GRE, etc. countless times.

He also hopes that one day overseas college students will work hard every day to pass the Chinese proficiency test and think about how to get better grades and higher levels.

That scene is definitely something to look forward to.

(End of this chapter)