The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 514, collective defense broken!
In 1997, in the office on Wenjin Street in Beijing, Chen Guohua looked at the text and pictures on the display screen and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he finally spoke:

"Old Gu, Old Wang, Old Sun, Old Yao, I suggest that we carry out a rich man's version of interstellar travel plan in advance, how about that?"

Hearing Chen Guohua's words, Gu Baishun, Yao Zhengru, Sun Shubo and others were immediately shocked and immediately shook their heads to deny it.

There’s nothing I can do, it’s still too fast!

Originally, they thought that the Tianhe lunar base acceleration plan should not be approved, but Chen Guohua still insisted. Now, Chen Guohua wants to carry out an interstellar journey, which is even more unfeasible.

"No, I think this is a great opportunity. Besides, we have to make some money back. We can't expect that we will need to spend a lot of money on advertising or something to promote it, right?"

After a pause, Chen Guohua continued:

"For now, this is a great opportunity. It is a very good publicity for our interstellar travel plan and for boosting our self-confidence."

"Besides, Washington has already made a move, so we can't just not react, right? We have to show our strength and let them know our strength, right? Let alone the Longyuan, the Overlord space transport ship is pretty good."

When mentioning this, Yao Zhengru suddenly asked:
"Old Chen, do we have any other space transport ships besides the Longyuan?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Baishun and the others pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

Chen Guohua was not modest and directly revealed:
"Yes, I have!"

He immediately briefly talked about the Lingxiao and even future weapons such as aerospace warships.

Before he finished speaking, Gu Baishun, Yao Zhengru, Sun Shubo and others all stared with wide eyes. The Lingxiao aerospace transport spacecraft was already amazing, exaggerated and incredible enough, but what the hell was an aerospace warship? What the hell was an aerospace aircraft carrier?

Even science fiction movies probably don’t have such a creative idea, right?

In the following time, Yao Zhengru and the others sat still like primary school students in class, listening carefully to Chen Guohua talk about the future space plans.

By the time he finished speaking, Gu Baishun and the others were completely petrified. After a long while, Yao Zhengru muttered to himself:
"So, Lao Chen, can we really achieve these ambitious goals in the future?"

Chen Guohua heard this, smiled and nodded:
"In fact, these goals are not goals at all. We can achieve them. Let me ask you a question. Forty years ago, did you believe that we could develop the atomic bomb? Thirty years ago, did you believe that we could be the best in the field of aerospace? Twenty years ago, could you predict that our reform and opening-up policies would achieve such good results? Ten years ago, did you believe that we could achieve interstellar travel?"

Gu Baishun immediately rushed to say: "Old Chen, we haven't achieved interstellar travel yet."

"No, we have already achieved it, but you just don't want to admit it."

Shaking his head, Chen Guohua did not continue to say anything, but changed the subject and said:
"Whether it's the Longyuan, Lingxiao, or the Dreadnought in the distant future, we are all working towards this goal. Now we can completely start the Rich Experience version of the interstellar travel plan in advance, using the Overlord for experiments. I believe we can complete it and recover some of the costs in advance, isn't it?"

After a pause, he continued:

"Now, the Asian financial crisis has passed, and we did make a profit of 300 billion US dollars from it, but such opportunities do not come every year. However, the interstellar travel plan can be done every year."

"Let's not talk about anything else. An interstellar journey starts from Earth, first goes to the Nantianmen Space Station, then to the lunar orbital space station, and then enters the lunar base."

"If he is a wealthy man who is willing to take part in the entire trip, then we can set the ticket price for him at 500 million US dollars. Is that not too much?"

"And if we just go to the Nantianmen Space Station, or just to the lunar orbital space station, then the phased charges will range from 250 million US dollars to 300 million or 500 million US dollars. Is that normal?"

"With our Nantianmen Space Station's many years of experience in space operations, even if we can't launch such an interstellar travel plan this year, we will definitely be able to launch it in the millennium, right?"

"If we are more radical, we can even use the Ryūyon as the main means of transportation for interstellar travel."

After listening to Chen Guohua's words, Gu Baishun and the others finally understood what he was thinking.

Although the price is expensive, it does not seem incomprehensible.

Because looking around the world, there are only a few countries that currently have the capabilities for manned space flight, and Tokyo University is the most advanced among them.

Margaret, a world-renowned beauty and billionaire, is so cooperative and wants to go to the moon, so we can just send her there directly.

"Is that really possible?"

Yao Zhengru was almost convinced, and asked with a little excitement.

Upon hearing this, Chen Guohua immediately said:
"Of course it's possible. It's very feasible. We can reply to Margaret now and let her prepare in advance. But it won't be so troublesome."

Following Chen Guohua's words, Yao Zhengru and the others were speechless.

It seems that this plan may really be approved.

Half a month later, the interstellar travel department of the Aerospace Corporation, which had just been established for less than a year, received its first official mission.

That is to try to send the beautiful and wealthy Margaret to the moon in 1998.

This time the travel plan is only for Margaret.

After all, at this point in time, she is the only one who would be willing to sign up.

As the head of the interstellar travel department, Cao Xueming wanted to curse someone for such a ridiculous thing, but he didn't know who to curse.

In fact, when Cao Xueming first established this department, he had already anticipated that such a day would come.

After all, those who can afford interstellar travel must be wealthy, but no one expected this day to come so soon.

And she is a wealthy woman, which makes Cao Xueming very distressed.

Compared to Cao Xueming's distress, Margaret was dumbfounded when she received the notice.

North America, Astronaut Training Center.

Margaret, who was undergoing astronaut training, received a call from her assistant and learned that someone from the University of Tokyo had come. So she decisively suspended her training and returned to New York the next day to meet with the people from the University of Tokyo in person for a detailed discussion.

Not long after the meeting, Margaret heard the leader of the Eastern Embassy opposite mention interstellar travel to her and asked her if she would like to participate.
"Oh my God, is this true? You're not kidding me?"

Margaret couldn't believe her ears at all. After confirming it again and again, she was so happy that she couldn't keep calm and jumped up.

It was half an hour later when she calmed down.

Over the next few days, Margaret finally understood the comprehensive contract for this interstellar travel and the related precautions.

First of all, there are three phased projects participating in the entire interstellar journey, namely round-trip projects to three different destinations: Nantianmen Space Station, Lunar Orbit Space Station and the Moon, and each project has a different length of stay in space.

So the charges are definitely different. The Nantianmen Space Station is 250 million US dollars, the lunar orbital space station is 350 million US dollars, and the lunar base is 500 million US dollars.

Secondly, the interstellar travel to these three different destinations will provide completely different experiences.

Take the most expensive lunar base travel project as an example. Not only can you experience the contents of the first two stages of the project, but you can also experience many projects on the moon.

Because the lunar base has been planned and built, and the system for simulating the Earth's ecology has also been basically completed, there are naturally many experience projects on the lunar base.

There are many experiences such as the lunar high-speed car, lunar vegetable planting and other handicraft projects, the lunar exhibition hall, interstellar future, lunar zoo, etc., and the time is one month, so you can definitely have a lot of fun.

Five hundred million US dollars, absolutely worth it!
Next is the insurance company for this interstellar travel project. There are many insurance companies on Wall Street willing to take on the insurance, and they don't have to worry about any risks if an accident occurs.

At any rate, Margaret's worries can be eliminated to the greatest extent possible.

It turned out that Margaret didn't care at all about this.

why?
Because Margaret rose to prominence on Wall Street, having successfully earned her first pot of gold of $50,000 by trading in gold.

She was familiar with the rules of Wall Street, so she had nothing to worry about.

Besides, these insurance companies are all "old acquaintances". The most important thing is that she has an inexplicable confidence in the University of Tokyo, even more confident than the embassy leader who introduced the interstellar travel project to her.

The last point is about the precautions needed for interstellar travel, which is actually very simple, that is, to obey orders.

"Margaret, I need to make this very clear to you, because in many cases, the people serving you are not our people, but robots. If you don't obey our orders, accidents are likely to happen."

"Of course, in order to let you experience the essence of this interstellar journey and have a more relaxing and enjoyable interstellar journey, we will try our best to meet your requirements. But if your requirements are beyond the scope of our service, then I'm sorry, you will need to obey our arrangements at this time."

Margaret understood.

Although she did not have much contact with Todai, she knew Todai and was familiar with its style of doing things.

What's more, when it comes to interstellar travel, Tokyo University is the authority. She is a wealthy woman with only a few dollars, and she cannot joke about this, otherwise her life will be in danger.

After learning about the entire project in detail, Margaret asked before signing the contract:
"Hello, can I meet Professor Chen Guohua?"

Cao Xueming was shocked when he heard this, and then shook his head and said, "I can't be sure whether our Director Chen will meet you, but I will help you convey your request."

If they are willing to spend 500 million US dollars, then it seems reasonable to make such a request, right?

In Beijing, Chen Guohua was quite surprised when he learned that Margaret wanted to meet him, but he could not accept a face-to-face meeting and could only accept online chatting.

Even so, Margaret was very happy.

After they met, Margaret asked a lot of questions. When Chen Guohua heard them, he knew that she just wanted to get some confidence support from him.

"Margaret, the moon is actually very ordinary and desolate. You might feel bored after going there. However, the moon is indeed a huge treasure. In the future, we humans will definitely be able to develop the moon and even make it a habitable planet."

After meeting with Chen Guohua, Margaret signed her name directly on the contract. Well, there was more than one contract, there were many.

However, her legal team hopes that she will not sign it because the situation is really risky.

Although it may seem exciting to be the first person to try something new, you are more likely to be a guinea pig.

However, her legal team was only there to assist her in signing the contract, not to make decisions for her.

The ticket fee of 500 million US dollars seems very expensive, but for Margaret, it is not expensive at all, and is even worth it.

What's more, there is only one ticket to the moon, and no one in the world can fulfill her dream of interstellar travel at the age of 33, but she has the opportunity to do it.

She was able to earn 500 million US dollars, or even far more than 500 million US dollars, and she had spent a lot of money over the years, but none of them made her happier and more excited than the 500 million US dollars she spent this time.

Even the profits of more than 300 million, nearly 400 million US dollars, she made from the Asian financial crisis in the past few months could not make her so happy.

At the end of 1997, when the whole of Asia except Dongda was licking its wounds and the world was in dispute over products made in China, Margaret and the interstellar travel department of Dongda Aerospace Group jointly held a press conference, attracting global attention.

The fact that these two held a joint press conference was shocking enough, not to mention the news they announced.

The interstellar travel plan has actually been advanced!
And Margaret, a world-renowned beauty and billionaire, is willing to spend 500 million U.S. dollars to travel to the moon?

It really made everyone learn something new!

After seeing the news, North American netizens couldn’t believe their eyes and were collectively devastated.

It was as if his goddess was snatched away by the idiot with poor academic performance in the next class. He was very excited and kept opposing this matter.

They just didn't agree with Margaret participating in Dongda's interstellar travel program.

But it was no use for them to disagree, because Margaret had already signed the contract and had already started preparations.

(End of this chapter)