Super Copy of Great Power Technology

"Why do you think of asking this? Have you received an order or inquiry for a large satellite launch?"

"Yes, a European media group contacted us and asked if we could launch a satellite weighing more than 10 tons. They plan to launch two large communication and broadcasting satellites for the relay of television signals. If we have the ability to take this order, we can at least earn hundreds of millions of dollars. Unfortunately, the weight of 10 tons is beyond the carrying capacity of our Suzaku rocket, so we can only give up this order with great reluctance." Cao Yifei said with regret.

Qiao Ruida pondered for a moment and said, "The Suzaku rocket has a low-Earth orbit carrying capacity of about six tons, which is the carrying capacity when the first and second stage rockets are fully recovered. If the recovery of the second stage rocket is abandoned, the carrying capacity can reach more than 8 tons. If the recovery of the first stage rocket is also abandoned, the low-Earth orbit carrying capacity can exceed 11 tons, which should be enough to transport the two communication and broadcasting satellites you mentioned. However, after giving up the recovery of the rocket, the cost of a single launch will soar, and the charge will be at least five times more than now. I don't know if the European media group can accept it."

"Oh, I'll call them and ask. To be honest, we are a newcomer to the satellite launch business, and we rely on our price advantage to attract business. If we don't have the price advantage, others may not choose our company to launch satellites."

The conversation ended here. In the next few days, the business phone number announced by Ruida Aerospace became a telephone number. All companies at home and abroad that had satellite launch needs would call for consultation. Some domestic companies even sent business personnel directly to Ruida Aerospace City deep in the grassland to discuss satellite launch matters face to face. In just one week, Cao Yifei won the launch order for 25 satellites of various sizes. Even if the multi-satellite technology is used for carpooling launch, it will take at least round trips for the Suzaku rocket to complete all orders.

In order to complete the launch mission as soon as possible, Cao Yifei transferred another two Suzaku carrier rockets from the rocket factory in Beijing. Rapid rocket launches were carried out by launching and maintaining two rockets a week alternately. It was thought that in this way, all satellite launch orders could be completed within two months. Who knew that with the continuous successful launch and recovery of Suzaku rockets, Ruida Aerospace became more and more famous in the industry, and its credit became better and better. More domestic and foreign companies came to seek cooperation. Not only did the satellite launch orders not decrease, but there was a trend of increasing. By the time Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing left Ruida Aerospace City, Ruida Aerospace had received more than 100 satellite launch orders, and the company's rocket launch missions for the next year were fully booked.

Because rocket recovery is dangerous, every time the Suzaku rocket is launched, the entire rocket recovery site within a radius of 2,000 meters must be cleared. Many of the construction sites for the first phase of the Ruida Space City project are within this range. Construction cannot be carried out on the two days of the rocket launch every week, which has seriously affected the progress of the project. The heads of the two construction companies in Ruida Space City successively approached Qiao Ruida to report this situation. Qiao Ruida called Cao Yifei, Wu Ziqiang, Candice and other company executives together to discuss and decided to move the two Suzaku rockets launched each week to the same morning for launch. In this way, the construction team will only be unable to work for half a day each week, and the impact on the construction progress of Ruida Space City can be minimized.

Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing left Ruida Space City in early October. When they came, they were a whole fleet of dozens of people and more than a dozen cars, which was very lively. When they left, they were really alone in a car with only two people. There was no other way. Ruida Aerospace's rocket launch missions were too intensive, and almost all employees had to work overtime. No one would leave Ruida Space City at this time, except Qiao Ruida, the big boss of the company.

In the golden October, the autumn breeze was refreshing, and a brand new Ruida SUV was running on the national highway. Du Qingqing opened the car window, letting the breeze blow her hair. Looking around, she saw the endless grassland, and her mood was particularly good.

"Hubby, when we return to the capital this time, should we go around Decheng City and go home to visit our parents? We didn't go back during the summer vacation, and I miss them a lot."

Ever since the last successful recovery of the Suzaku rocket, Du Qingqing excitedly called Qiao Ruida "husband". This name, which was originally difficult to say, has become a private nickname for the couple. As long as there are no outsiders around, Du Qingqing will call Qiao Ruida "husband". Correspondingly, Qiao Ruida will also affectionately call her "wife" in response. Speaking of which, the two have been in love for more than three years, and their relationship has always been good. They usually live together, so it is not surprising that they call each other "husband" and "wife". If it weren't for going to college, Qiao Ruida would not have reached the age of marriage, and now they might have obtained a marriage certificate.

"Okay, honey, I'll do whatever you say. Anyway, it's the National Day holiday now, the company and school are closed, and we have nothing to do even if we return to Beijing. We might as well go back to our hometown and spend time with our parents."

Qiao Ruida's attention was fully focused on driving the car. Even when he was talking, his eyes never left the road ahead. This Ruida SUV is a real mass-produced model and has not undergone any modification, so it does not have an automatic driving function. When driving, you must concentrate.

"By the way, your sister Xiaoxue's military training should be over. Is she on vacation and back home now?"

"Yes, it was the first time for that girl to leave her hometown and parents for such a long time, and she missed home very much. She had just finished her military training, and drove back to Decheng City that night. I heard from my mother that when she returned just now, Xiaoxue hugged her and cried for a long time."

"Xiaoxue is a girl. It's her first time away from home and her parents, so it's normal for her to miss them a little."

"This is not the first time that Xiaoxue has left her hometown. When she attended the Mathematical Olympiad winter camp last year, she stayed in Guangdong for more than half a month. Before the college entrance examination, she attended the IMO team training and stayed in Kunming for half a month. Perhaps it was because she was busy studying during the Mathematical Olympiad training and did not have much time to miss her hometown."

At this moment, the SUV passed a highway intersection and did not turn up. Seeing this, Du Qingqing couldn't help but remind him, "Isn't that the intersection where we got off the highway when we came here? Why didn't we turn up?"

Qiao Ruida controlled the steering wheel with his left hand and reached his right hand over the center console. He pointed at the bright red highway on the car screen and said, "It's the National Day Golden Week now, and all highways are free. There are too many people traveling to the Mongolian grasslands. You see, the highway is blocked and turned red. Let's not join in the fun."

Du Qingqing followed Qiao Ruida's finger and glanced at the red highway on the car screen. She picked up her phone and checked the signal. She couldn't help but ask, "Hey, this place is so remote and the mobile phone signal is only 2G. How do you keep your car connected to the Internet and get real-time road conditions?"

"The latest batch of cars produced by our Ruida Automobile Company are all equipped with satellite communication modules. Previously, our group did not have its own communication satellite, so the satellite communication module was not activated. Now, three navigation and communication satellites have just been launched. After an OTA upgrade of the vehicle system, we can use our own satellites for navigation and communication. Obtaining real-time traffic information is only the most basic operation. If it is a high-end Ruida car equipped with an automatic driving function, it can even use satellite communication to achieve LV4 level automatic driving function, truly achieving the level of unmanned driving."

Du Qingqing stretched out her finger, operated the car computer to exit the navigation interface, opened an online video player, and sure enough, a lot of new content was refreshed. She opened any video and it played normally.

"In this way, the Ruida series of cars will be able to browse the Internet anytime and anywhere without installing a SIM card. If we do this, will we steal the business of the telecommunications companies and be sued by them?" Du Qingqing said worriedly.

"As long as we don't charge extra for satellite communication functions, even if others want to sue, they won't be able to produce any evidence." Taking the national road is certainly not as fast as taking the expressway. Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing took turns driving until dusk before returning to their hometown of Decheng City. After entering Shengshi Garden Community, Qiao Ruida first drove the car to the outside of Du Qingqing's villa. After parking the car, Du Qingqing took out her suitcase from the trunk of the car, and Qiao Ruida took out a lot of Mongolian specialties, such as dried meat, mare's milk wine, black fungus, cheese, etc., and carried them with Du Qingqing into the villa. These Mongolian specialties were bought by the two when they were traveling on the grassland a few days ago, and now they are just right to please the future father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back!" Du Qingqing shouted loudly as soon as she entered the front yard of the villa.

Du Feng and Tang Xiaoman, who had received a phone call from their daughter in advance, had been keeping an eye on the outside noise. When they heard Du Qingqing's call, they hurried over.

"Qingqing and Ruida are back, please come in and sit down. Did everything go well for your trip to the grassland?" Du Feng grabbed Qiao Ruida's hand and led him towards the door of the room.

"Not bad. Both rocket launch tests were successful. Only during the first launch of the Suzaku rocket, a second stage rocket crashed. The loss was not serious."

"Mom, I miss you so much!" Du Qingqing hugged Tang Xiaoman tightly, her eyes slightly red and two lines of tears flowed down.

"Don't cry, don't cry, we're home now. Qingqing, I prepared your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs for you, and it's stewing in the pot. Are you hungry now? Do you want to eat some first to fill your stomach?" Tang Xiaoman raised her hand, wiped away the tears on her daughter's cheeks, and tried to divert her attention.

"No, we've had lunch on the way, so we're not hungry now. By the way, Mom, I bought you several Mongolian national costumes. Do you want to try them on?"

"Which ethnic group's national costume is this, the Tibetan or the Mongolian?"

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Du Qingqing, Du Feng, Tang Xiaoman, and Qiao Ruida, a family of four, walked into the villa, chatting and laughing, and sat down as host and guest. Qiao Ruida presented the gifts he brought, saying, "Uncle, aunt, these are some local specialties that Qingqing and I bought when we were traveling in the grassland. They are small gifts, not a token of respect."

"You said you would come, why bring any gifts? Do your parents have any? Do you want me to prepare something as a return gift?" Du Feng did not take the gift immediately, but asked with concern whether the two had prepared gifts for Qiao Ruida's parents.

"Uncle, just rest assured and keep it. We spent a whole day in the wholesale market in Erenhot and bought at least 100 kilograms of local specialties. In addition to the gifts for both sets of parents, there will be quite a lot left."

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Qiao Ruida stayed at Du Qingqing's house for more than half an hour until it was completely dark, then he got up and said goodbye. Du Qingqing and her parents sent Qiao Ruida to the gate of the villa, watched him drive the car to Qiao Ruida's villa across the street, and then returned to the villa to prepare for dinner.

Qiao Ruida drove the SUV to the gate of his villa. Before he even took out the remote control, the gate opened automatically to both sides. This was not the result of automatic control by the intelligent system, but was caused by human intervention. Qiao Ruida parked the car in the parking lot in the front yard of the villa. As soon as he opened the door and got out of the car, he heard his sister Qiao Ruixue complaining, "Brother, didn't you say on the phone that you would return to Decheng City immediately? How come an hour has passed and you just returned home? I had to sit in front of the French window holding the remote control of the villa gate and wait for a long time."

"In fact, I returned to our Shengshi Garden community more than half an hour ago. When I sent your sister Qingqing home, I met her parents and chatted with them for a while. It took about half an hour, so I came home a little late. Where are our parents, are they at home?"

While answering his sister's question, Qiao Ruida walked around to the back of the car, opened the trunk, took out all the items inside, and carried them into the villa.

"Today is the second day of the National Day holiday. Everyone is on holiday, so there are a lot of people buying mobile phones. My parents went to Reda House to help out in the morning, and they haven't come back yet."

Qiao Ruixue was also helping her brother carry things. After only one month of absence, she had become much darker and thinner, but she seemed to be in better shape and had more strength. She could carry heavier objects without any difficulty. It seemed that the military training this month was quite effective.

The two siblings ran back and forth four or five times before they finished moving all the things and sat down on the sofa in the living room to rest together.

"Brother, you are back from the grassland this time, right? What did you bring? Do you have any beef jerky?" (End of this chapter)