The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Nelson coughed lightly and said, "Everyone, after thinking it over, I still think that the lack of funds can be completely absorbed by us internally. There is no need to invite new participants to join us!"

“Everyone here is a like-minded partner and we can trust each other.”

"But I don't think the newcomer you proposed is reliable!"

"After all, aerospace technology is related to future space security and human safety!"

"This kind of technology must not be spread out casually!"

“This is also the main reason why we rejected it again.”

“I hope everyone can understand.”

Andreev, the representative of the Russian Federation, raised his eyebrows and said, "However, the current construction of the International Space Station has encountered a funding problem!"

"We originally planned to invest 600 billion, but now it has exceeded 700 billion, but the construction is not even half completed!"

“I just want to know, who will pay for the overspending?”

Xiong is one of the largest shareholders of the International Space Station, and it accounts for the largest share of technology. Many important modules and technologies are handled by it.

So, it almost doesn't have to spend any money, and it can even make money from the construction of the International Space Station.

Nelson's eyes swept across the faces of everyone present.

Whoever he looked at lowered their head.

Building the International Space Station is indeed a good thing.

But who the hell would want to be a sucker and get more money?
In this so-called great project, everyone except the eagle and the bear contributed money.

Among them, Mr. Ou and the foot basin are the most popular.

However, such a project has become a bottomless pit. If things continue as they are now, it is estimated that it will cost at least $100 billion or even more to build the International Space Station in the future!

Even if the victims are rich and powerful, they are now unable to bear it.

The other small shrimps are just participating.

If you force them to pay more money, they will definitely not agree.

If you push people too far, they might choose to quit.

Because, in fact, aerospace research is something that only big countries can handle.

Small countries can't afford to play this game at all.

There is no point for them to play, right? They are just accompanying the prince to study.

Nelson's gaze finally fell on the face of Okamoto Hikawa, the head of Foot Basin Aerospace.

"Mr. Okamoto, you are against allowing pandas to join the International Space Station project, right?"

Okamoto Hikawa knew that Nelson was preparing to continue to extract funds from him.

Okamoto Hikawa is feeling miserable!

Because the landlords have no surplus food! They themselves are actually living a very hard life now!
He smiled and said, "We will follow Mr. Nelson's advice."

"Whatever you say, that's it."

Okamoto Hikawa thought, if we express our opposition, you will immediately say: We refused in order to accommodate your ideas, therefore, you have to pay an additional 20 billion dollars.

What if we are the ones being taken advantage of?

So, Okamoto Hikawa played a trick.

Nelson said, "Mr. Okamoto, then, this time, you have to invest another 30 billion dollars! Do you agree?"

All right! Just ask for the money.

Moreover, the first price he asked was 30 billion dollars.

This is really depressing!

Okamoto Hikawa smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Nelson, I'm sorry, we don't have that much budget. We are also short of funds right now!"

Nelson said without question: "In short, you must come up with 30 billion dollars! It's settled."

"We have given you all the cutting-edge technology of the International Space Station, and we are allowing you to take an extra 300 billion. How dare you say no?"

Okamoto Hikawa quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Hello! Mr. Nelson, I, we really appreciate it!"

Okamoto Hikawa thought to himself: I thank all eight generations of your ancestors!

He stammered, "But, but, we don't have that much money!"

"Besides, I have no say in this matter at all."

Nelson said, "Now, go call the person in charge!"

"Tell the person in charge that if he doesn't approve another $300 billion, then you will be kicked out of the international space station construction partnership!"

Okamoto Hikawa's face turned pale.

He smiled and said dryly, "Mr. Nelson, this is a bit too much. Even if I call, I can't approve it."

"Please forgive me!"

Okamoto Hikawa is quite stubborn.

But his posture was very correct.

Nelson said, "Well, just tell me, how much are you prepared to pay this time?"

Okamoto Hikawa sighed and said, "We don't have any extra funds, but in order to support your work, we are willing to pay another 100 billion yuan!"

This number seems like a lot.

However, nowadays, 1 dollar can be exchanged for 120 yuan.

Therefore, Okamoto Hikawa only promised to pay out more than 8 million dollars.

Nelson was very angry: "What? You only gave me so little?"

"Are you sending away beggars?"

"100 billion dollars, this is my bottom line!"

“It can’t be any less!”

"I'm asking you to pay some money because it's for your own good! What's the point of hesitating so much?"

"I am very unhappy with you!"

However, no matter how dissatisfied or how much Nelson scolded him, Okamoto Hikawa insisted that they did not have such a plan, and if they really needed support, they would only support 100 billion yuan at most.

This made Nelson feel helpless.

So helpless.

The lackey actually refused to obey orders.

Nelson looked at Goodnow, the head of European Space Agency.

Goodnow simply ignored Nelson's gaze.

Nelson shrugged his shoulders. He could scold Okamoto Rikawa like a lackey, but he would never dare to treat Goodnow like that.

Nelson sighed and looked at the other shrimps.

Everyone avoided his gaze.

Nelson was at a loss for a moment.

At this time, Okamoto Hikawa said flatteringly: "Mr. Nelson, I have an idea."

Nelson was a little impatient: "What's the idea? Tell me now!"

Somehow, Nelson was just so impatient with Okamoto Hikawa.

"We may be able to pretend to let pandas join our International Space Station program," said Okamoto Hikawa.

"Well! Let them pay a large sum of money, and after they pay, you can pretend to take them to participate in a few fringe activities. If they protest, you can find an excuse to kick them out..."

Well! Okamoto Hikawa actually started to plot.

Nelson rubbed his chin.

He felt that what Okamoto Hikawa said seemed to make sense.

Today, pandas are arguably the richest in the world.

After all, nowadays almost all large industrial fields are occupied by them.

That is, in the field of aerospace, they may still be a little behind now.

"Hmm! What you said makes sense. What do you think, everyone?"

Nelson looked at the other friends.

Andreev coughed and said, "You want them to pay 300 billion dollars? Is that realistic?"

"There aren't that many fools in this world."

"But maybe we can give it a try."

"What if it works?"

……

In China, Chen Kainan soon received the news.

The International Space Station has agreed in principle to China's joining.

However, there is a prerequisite for joining, that is: you must pay a cooperation fee of 300 billion US dollars.

When Chen Kainan saw the condition, he laughed out of anger.

Oh my god! This is really a big mouth!

Just asking for 300 billion dollars to participate?

Although the US dollar has depreciated too much now and is not as valuable as before.

However, one knife can be exchanged for more than 2 RMB.

The entire aerospace project, with so many departments, actually has only about 60 to 70 billion RMB in funding per year.

Are you taking advantage of us?

Chen Kainan called Zhang Zhipeng and told him about this matter.

Zhang Zhipeng laughed and said, "It's obvious that they are trying to trick us into being scapegoats."

“This is really interesting.”

Chen Kainan said: "I think so too."

"What do you think is the best way to deal with this matter?"

Zhang Zhipeng said: "In my opinion, just ignore them."

"They are simply not sincere and have no willingness to cooperate."

"We can do it ourselves."

"Let's realize manned space flight first."

"Next, we will continue to develop high-thrust rockets and build the space module for the space station."

“I think overall it’s not too difficult.”

"Let's try to build our own space station in five years!" Chen Kainan was a little confused in his heart: Build our own space station in five years?

It seems a bit unrealistic no matter how you look at it!
However, he couldn't help but trust Zhang Zhipeng.

After all, everything Zhang Zhipeng said many years ago has come true!
"Comrade Zhipeng, I feel a little unsure, haha!" said Chen Kainan.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Let's take it one step at a time! We might even be able to build our own space station before them! Haha!"

……

Time flies, and the first year of the new century has passed in the blink of an eye.

On New Year's Day, Zhang Zhipeng took a rare day off.

He and Zhao Min simply changed their appearance, and then strolled on the streets of Chang'an under the secret protection of several bodyguards.

Zhang Zhipeng originally wanted to take his son Zhang Huaxing out.

But even though this kid is only 6 years old, he is no longer willing to go shopping with his parents.

He said he had his own plans and wanted to quietly finish reading a mathematics book.

This made Zhang Zhipeng feel a little ashamed.

Isn't my son a little too ambitious?

"Honey, there are so many people on the street..." Zhao Min held Zhang Zhipeng's arm, feeling a little excited.

She hasn't gone shopping with Zhang Zhipeng for many years.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "It's a holiday today, so it's normal for there to be more people, right?"

"Minmin, where do you want to go?"

Zhao Min said: "I have no idea..."

"How about we go to the clock tower? There are more people there, haha!"

The Bell Tower is the most important commercial center of Chang'an City and one of the areas with the most tourists.

During holidays, this place is so crowded that you can't even walk.

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Then it's as you wish."

The two of them took a car and first arrived at the edge of the bell tower.

When they got off the car, they found that there was already a sea of ​​people here.

The past 10 years have seen great development for Changan.

Although it is located in the northwest, it has become one of the largest metropolises in China.

Hundreds of millions of people come here to travel every year.

Among them, there are tens of millions of foreigners.

Zhang Zhipeng and Zhao Min wandered together among the crowd.

Around them, there were six or seven bodyguards in plain clothes, secretly protecting them.

In the larger perimeter, there are dozens of security personnel checking for any suspicious persons.

"Honey, I haven't been here for several years." Zhao Min whispered excitedly.

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Me too."

Zhao Min said: "It feels like this place has changed so much that I can hardly recognize it."

Yes! The changes here are really huge.

There are brand-name stores everywhere.

There are large shopping malls everywhere.

Cultural relics are dotted throughout.

It’s as if thousands of years of history converge here.

It's a little bit inconsistent.

However, everything coexists harmoniously.

Zhang Zhipeng hasn't been shopping like this for at least six or seven years.

He saw that many people around him were holding full-touch smartphones.

Some foreigners are just like Granny Liu who entered the Grand View Garden, finding everything new and interesting.

What they found particularly novel was the smartphones held by the Chinese people next to them.

Zhang Zhipeng and Zhao Min have also changed their smartphones, and they are the top-end Huaxing smartphones.

Zhang Zhipeng saw that the most prosperous store here was the terminal experience store opened by Huaxing.

In addition to Huaxing’s image experience store, Warwick also has its own store here.

There were long queues in all the stores, and people were waiting anxiously outside, hoping to be able to go in as soon as possible to buy their favorite smart communication products.

Among them are foreigners of all skin colors.

Zhang Zhipeng saw a blonde girl not far away excitedly talking on the phone.

Apparently, she was calling her family.

She was talking about her experiences in China.

She said: China is really too developed, unimaginably developed! Everything here is beautiful, the ground here is spotlessly clean. Everyone here is very friendly. Moreover, the people here are really too rich...

The blonde spoke in such an exaggerated tone.

Zhang Zhipeng speaks good English, so he had no problem hearing the other party on the phone. After all, her voice was quite loud.

"These foreigners seem to have never seen the world." Zhang Zhipeng said to Zhao Min with a smile.

Zhao Min covered her mouth and chuckled, "We seem to have become the envy of foreigners without realizing it!"

"However, there are still some people who still stubbornly believe that the moon in foreign countries is rounder!"

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Isn't this normal?!"

“We’re growing too fast.”

"Many people have followed the lighthouse to the developed modern world physically. However, their minds remain in the past. They rely entirely on their imagination and think that the lighthouse is still the same lighthouse."

“I can only say that they ate too much, haha!”

The two of them walked around the clock tower for more than an hour.

I just walked around a bit and basically didn't go into any stores.

In order to avoid putting too much pressure on the security personnel, Zhang Zhipeng suggested leaving early.

On the way back, Zhang Zhipeng turned on his mobile phone to check the development status of 3G in China.

Although 3G has only been launched for a short time, all provincial capitals and large cities with a population of over one million in China are currently building 3G networks in full swing.

At present, there are four or five cities that have initially built 3G networks.

Among them, Shenzhen and Chang'an have done the best in 3G construction.

The 3G network in Chang'an has basically achieved 3G network coverage in the urban area without any blind spots.

Huaxing and Huawei's 3G smartphones were launched almost simultaneously at the end of 2000.

As soon as it was launched on the market, it triggered a buying frenzy.

Huaxing distributed one million units nationwide, and they were sold out within half a day!

Warwick has distributed 200 million units and is still selling well.

It seems that Warwick smartphones are more fully stocked.

However, the technical performance of Warwick mobile phones is slightly inferior to that of Huaxing.

Huaxing’s products are all high-end, starting at RMB 3000 per unit and going up to RMB 5000.

The starting price for Warwick is 800 yuan per unit, and the highest price is 2600 yuan.

According to Yu Chengdong's previous idea, Huaxing's smartphones were priced between 5000 and 9999, but Zhang Zhipeng felt that this was a bit too high. After all, the RMB is rising too fast now and it is no longer the same as before.

Pricing starting at 5000 is not appropriate, and even starting at 3000 is still a bit high.

But Yu Chengdong thinks that it is normal for full-touch smartphones to be more expensive since smartphones have just been launched. It would be a good idea to wait and see how the pricing and sales are before making further plans.

Zhang Zhipeng thinks it's worth a try. Everything depends on the market response. Maybe in one or two years, there should be smartphones priced around four or five hundred yuan on the market, right?

After all, the RMB has appreciated a lot now, and one dollar can only be exchanged for a little more than two yuan.

Zhang Zhipeng was thinking about it when his cell phone rang.

The call was from Yu Chengdong.

Zhang Zhipeng picked up the phone casually.

"Boss, Happy New Year!"

Yu Chengdong's voice sounded in the microphone.

Zhang Zhipeng responded with a smile: "Happy New Year!"

"I remember Chengdong, you haven't been home for a long time, right?"

"Take some time to go home more often."

Yu Chengdong was very moved when he heard this and said, "Thank you for your concern, boss."

"I'm calling you to apologize."

"We didn't have enough stock of the phone, so it was sold out right after it was released. This was a mistake I made on my part."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "How can I blame you for this?"

"I didn't expect that such an expensive phone would be so popular."

"There is a shortage of stock in the market, so we just need to hurry up and produce it."

"In short, we have become a huge hit in the smartphone space."

“Congratulations on a great start!”

After the call, Zhao Min said, "I didn't expect that our phones, which cost 4,000 or 5,000 yuan on average, would sell so well."

"I have to say that we Chinese are really rich now."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "The price is still a bit too high."

"Our RMB is appreciating very fast now, with the exchange rate against the US dollar at 2.6 to 1."

"Based on this ratio, we make a lot of money from mobile phones."

"We'll see how it goes later. I think even if you want to go high-end, 2000 RMB is a good starting point."

Zhao Min chuckled and said, "Everyone complains that the price is too low, but you think it's too high."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a serious face: "Enterprise profits must be reasonable, otherwise it will affect the price level. We are not an ordinary enterprise and must shoulder social responsibilities."

……

While China was celebrating the holiday, NASA's head Nelson was a little crazy, because he never expected that China would actually reject the invitation to join the International Space Station?
PS: Here is today's update! Thank you for your continued support. (End of this chapter)