Reborn in the red age

Secretary Qian was very reliable. After getting off the plane and showing up at work, he immediately began to communicate Li Qingfeng's request to his superiors.

There was a lot of debate about the aerospace industry company developing satellites and rocket launchers for private enterprises. The meeting lasted for half a month but no conclusion was reached.
Taking a brand new business license from He Guangqin and looking at the business scope listed on it, Li Qingfeng couldn't stop smiling.

He Guangqin looked at Li Qingfeng who was sitting on the chair and laughing, and congratulated him with a smile: "Teacher Li, congratulations, the business scope on the business license includes all basic aerospace-related businesses in addition to missile weapons, and even satellite communications, radio and television network transmission services."

"Haha, this is the last one I want."

Li Qingfeng treasured the business license and put it in the drawer. He put away his smile and looked at He Guangqin: "We are a private enterprise and commercial company. The various types of space vehicles, space transportation, and near-space vehicles mentioned above are all fake. We can't sell them. It's more reliable to work on our Starlink project."

"Yes, yes, you are right." He Guangqin nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Li Qingfeng's words: "So what should we do next?"

"You're right. We really need to think about what to do next."

Li Qingfeng clasped his hands together, rested his chin on the back of his hands, thought for a moment, and then said, "Well, let's call my good student Yi Xuexi over first."

"Okay, I'll be right down."

At this time, Yi Xuexue was nominally serving as the deputy general manager of Ningde Satellite Company, but actually the general manager.

The office of Ningde Satellite Company is on the third floor of Huaxin Building. When He Guangqin went downstairs, Yi Xuexue was holding a meeting with the people from the satellite company.

When he heard that the teacher had summoned him, he immediately suspended the meeting and followed He Guangqin upstairs: "Teacher, you called me?"

"Yes, how is your crappy satellite company going? Have you found a leasing customer?" Li Qingfeng put down the pen in his hand and looked up.

"Uh," Yi Xuexue reminded carefully, "Teacher, that satellite company belongs to you and Mr. Mou."

"Don't worry about so many details, just talk about whether you have found the customer first."

“It’s hard to find satellite customers. I’ve been flying to Europe a lot recently, but the results are not ideal.”

Yi Xuexue thought that Li Qingfeng asked him to come over to urge him to find customers. After explaining the difficulties, he patted his chest and assured: Don't worry, it is January 95 now. By December 95, I will definitely rent out our satellite.

"Don't worry about it. It's just a small navigation satellite. It's nothing."

As he spoke, Qingfeng Li casually took out a freshly-made business license from the drawer, carefully placed it on the table, and said with a smile: "Look, what is this?"

Seeing Li Qingfeng's cautious movements, Yi Xuexi did not dare to take it directly. Instead, he took a step forward, bent down and looked down at the paper lying flat on the table.

After taking a look at this, Yi Xuexi almost jumped up.

After reading the entire content, Yi Xuexue could not speak clearly and stammered, "This...this is not something you forged, right?"

"Nonsense, how could it be a counterfeit? Guangqin personally went to the Industry and Commerce Bureau to pick it up this morning," Li Qingfeng slammed the table and said unhappily.

Yi Xuexi was awakened by the sound of Li Qingfeng slamming the table and realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Who is my teacher? He is the most capable person in the whole of China, so it doesn't seem strange that he got a business license in the aerospace industry.

After confirming that this was true, Yi Xuexue excitedly stretched out his trembling hand and gently touched the business license: "This is incredible, how can a private enterprise get a business license for a state-owned enterprise?"

"There are so many incredible things. If you live long enough, you will see all kinds of strange things."

After putting the business license away again, Qingfeng Li looked at Yi Xuexi and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Yi Xuexi had no idea what Qingfeng Li meant, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

After thinking it over, I decided to try my luck by flattering someone first.

Yi Xuexue immediately imitated the flattery of his subordinates in the satellite company, widened his eyes, and tried to act excited: "Teacher, with you here, there is nothing we can't do. The aerospace business license you have obtained will make our satellite company even more powerful."

"."

Li Qingfeng and He Guangqin beside him looked at each other, not understanding what this guy was crazy about.

After Yi Xuexue finished his nonsense, Li Qingfeng asked with a strange expression: "Where did you learn this from?"

“Of course, it comes from my heart.”

"Stop it, kid, I don't even farm, I can't even make a fart, how can you have this ability?"

Yi Xuexue smiled awkwardly and said, "I learned it from the satellite company."

"It should be someone from Mou Qizhong's side, right?" Li Qingfeng said speechlessly.

"Yes"

"Only people from Mou Qizhong's side would use this kind of words."

"You mean that people here don't flatter?"

“No, the people here can take high-end photos.”

"."

Seeing the silly Yi Xuexi, Qingfeng Li didn't continue to play guessing games with him.

I told him the reason for calling him up directly: "Here's the thing. From today on, I'm going to add more responsibilities to your shoulders. You will be the general manager of the newly registered company. Find a few people first, and then go with me to the Aerospace Industry Company to coordinate in a few days."

"Me? What about Lemonde Satellite Company?"

"Just continue to work part-time and get two salaries, right? Anyway, the new company has nothing right now. It only has a business license, two official seals and you are the only one left."

"."

After sending Yi Xuexi away, Li Qingfeng was thinking about what kind of satellite should be launched first after the establishment of the new company.

It is too early to directly develop Starlink, as we have just entered the Internet era.

The first mobile phone that can connect to wifi has not yet appeared, and the Starlink satellite is technically difficult. It is not appropriate to do it now. There is no commercial value and the R&D cost is too high. It is better to wait until the national aviation industry strength improves before taking advantage of it.

In short, the first satellite must have both practical value and not require too high technology, and it must be the kind that has mature technology available in China.

Li Qingfeng's fingers kept tapping the tabletop, making a rhythmic sound. He Guangqin watched quietly from the side, not daring to disturb his thoughts.

After a long time, Li Qingfeng finally came back to his senses from his thoughts, looked at He Guangqin and said, "Guangqin, what do you think of launching an international communications satellite as the first satellite?"

"International communication satellites are OK. China has mature technology in communication satellites, and there is a huge commercial market for international communication satellites. Our company spends nearly two million US dollars on satellite communication fees for international communications every year."

In the 1980s and 1990s, communication between multinational companies has always been a big problem, in order to ensure smooth communication and high-speed data transmission.

Multinational corporations spend a lot of money every year to lease international communication satellites to ensure timely communication between their overseas branches.

Although Lemon Company has branches all over the world, there is not much data that needs to be transmitted urgently, so the international communication costs are less than two million US dollars each year.

International banks, securities firms and other financial institutions that require real-time transmission of large amounts of data and high-frequency transactions are the major customers of communication satellites.

Any large institution has a minimum annual fee of three to four million US dollars, and the giant ones have a minimum of tens of millions of US dollars each year.

The more Li Qingfeng thought about it, the more he felt it was appropriate. Communication satellites were much more reliable than the navigation satellite that Lao Mou had contacted.

Moreover, even if the communication satellite cannot be sold, you can still use it yourself, so there is no need to worry about losing money.

Qingfeng Li immediately slapped the table and said, "Okay, let's order the communication satellite."

After the decision on the satellite to be launched was made, Li Qingfeng immediately began to speed up the process. There was still a month left before the Chinese New Year, so he tried to finalize the cooperation before the New Year.

On the same day, Yi Xuexue was urged to transfer personnel from the Ningde Satellite Company. On the third day, a team was formed and went straight to the Aerospace Industry Company.

No matter how much the higher-ups disagreed, the Aerospace Industry Corporation still welcomed Li Qingfeng's arrival.

After all, he is the God of Wealth.

With the focus on economic development in recent years, the country has been spending less and less money on the aerospace industry, which can barely maintain basic operations.

If the government hadn't tried hard to raise funds, we would hardly be able to pay salaries.
Now there is such a victim. No, the God of Wealth is coming. If it were not for the fear of bad influence, the Aerospace Industry Company would have welcomed the God of Wealth with drums and gongs.

As soon as the convoy stopped in front of the aerospace company, Liu Dewen, the vice president in charge of connecting with Li Qingfeng, came up to them with a big smile on his face and shook Li Qingfeng's hand tightly.

"Oh, Teacher Li, you are finally here. After we heard the news from our superiors, we have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time."

Li Qingfeng smiled slightly: "Mr. Liu, you are too polite. We are also working towards the same goal. This time we are here mainly to discuss the launch of an international communications satellite."

"I see. We have also been looking forward to this project. Mr. Li, would you like to visit our aerospace company first? Let's have a quick lunch together at noon, and then discuss the project."

Looking at the fat and big-eared Liu Dewen, Li Qingfeng curled his lips. The state-owned enterprise's approach of eating and drinking first and then discussing business was actually used on his buddies.

If she is a beautiful woman, we can have dinner and chat together, but as a grown man like you, you'd better forget it.

"Mr. Liu, I appreciate your kindness, but time is tight, so let's get down to business."

Liu Dewen saw that Li Qingfeng was not being polite, so he stopped insisting and honestly led Li Qingfeng and others to the meeting room that had been prepared in advance.

In 1984, my country made a major breakthrough in the field of aerospace communication technology. The first generation of geostationary orbit communications satellite Dongfanghong- was successfully launched, and China became the fifth country in the world capable of independently developing and launching geostationary orbit satellites.

Dongfanghong-2 has accumulated a wealth of communication satellite experience for domestic technicians. Over the years, the country has not stood still. Based on Dongfanghong-2, technicians have continued to develop new technologies.

At present, China already has the ability to develop international communication satellites, but due to funding issues, related projects have not been truly promoted on a large scale.

In the conference room, Li Qingfeng expressed his desire to launch an international communications satellite and stated his requirements for the satellite's communications capacity.

Without waiting for the general manager Liu Dewen to speak, the technical leaders at the meeting slammed the table first and agreed to develop the international communications satellite without hesitation.

Li Qingfeng looked at the excited old man and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Isn't it so straightforward? He agreed without even holding a meeting to discuss it?

“Xiao Li, if I dare to agree directly, it means I have the confidence to build it. I can guarantee with my reputation that as long as there is sufficient funding, I can build a large communication satellite that meets your requirements,” the old man said excitedly while looking at Li Qingfeng.

"."

Although Li Qingfeng didn't know who this old man was, after seeing that the other technicians and Liu Dewen had no intention of refutation, he roughly understood that this old man had a high status here.

Since he was not an unknown person, Qingfeng Li did not worry that his reputation was worthless.

Experts these days are not like the experts of later generations. They still have dignity.
Looking at the other party, Li Qingfeng asked directly: "How much do you think it will cost to complete my order?"

"I can't tell you right now. I need to calculate it before I can give you a rough number."

"Okay, let's go for a walk first and try the aerospace company's cafeteria. We'll talk after we've eaten."

"Okay, then you guys go out first, we'll settle it in the conference room."

As he spoke, the old man stood up and opened the door, signaling Li Qingfeng and other irrelevant people to go out.

Li Qingfeng and others who were kicked out stood at the door of the conference room and looked at each other in silence.

Liu Dewen smiled awkwardly, said a few dry words, and then led Li Qingfeng and others to visit the Aerospace Industry Company.

They appeared again in the same conference room in the morning, and the two sides sat down opposite each other.

The old man who guaranteed his reputation didn't waste any words, not even the polite words before the opening, and directly reported the required expenses to Li Qingfeng:
"Xiao Li, my comrades and I have calculated that launching the large communications satellite you need, including the satellite development costs, launch costs, and the construction costs of related ground measurement and control and other supporting facilities, will cost a total of 500 million yuan."

Li Qingfeng, who didn't know much about the satellite industry, subconsciously thought that the unit behind the 500 million was US dollars, and his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Five hundred million dollars! Even someone as wealthy as Li Qingfeng would think it's a bit much.
The meeting room was silent for a long time. After Li Qingfeng calmed down, he slowly started to bargain with the old man: "Five hundred million is too much. The patent is shared by both parties. Do you think the fee can be reduced?" (End of this chapter)