advanced player in arc

Chapter 592 Flying to Space
A group of people are sitting in the waiting hall of the Arc Light Space Base waiting for the aerospace airliner. At this time, they have all completed their physical examinations. Those who are going to space are in good health, even those who are older .

Zhao Gang sat next to Dong Chen, talking with Dong Chen while looking at the scene outside.

The terrain of the aerospace base is very open, and there are no buildings around, or the construction has not started yet. Anyway, from here, you can always see the "city center" of Arc Island, which is the central building area of ​​Arc Group.

Looking at the towering steel tower and those busy construction robots, Zhao Gang asked Dong Chen in the tone of a friend, "Xiao Dong, how much does it cost you to build such an island city now? And Now that you have started construction of so many large-scale projects at the same time, all of which need to be piled up with money, will there be no problem with your budget?"

Dong Chen leaned on the seat, patted his bare head and said, "Mr. Zhao, this question is still...really impossible to calculate."

"Take the most basic island-building as an example. Huaguo has built many islands. I think that even if you don't know the specific construction cost, you should know something about it. It can't be measured by money. Use " "Billion" is a small unit."

"The arc islands we are going to build now are much more advanced than the islands we want to build in Huaguo. They are not on the same level, and the technology we use here is different from the planning requirements in the future. If the space station, moon base, etc. are to be calculated according to the market price, it may not be enough to fill in the gross domestic product of China for one year."

"This is not counting the Mars base planned in the future, various types of spaceships for space exploration, etc. If those things are added in, it really can't be calculated with the current currency system."

Seeing Dong Chen's helpless expression while talking, Zhao Gang asked with a smile, "So, what measures have you taken?"

Hearing this, Dong Chen did not continue to hide it, "You should know that we have a seabed mine, some of our raw materials do not need to be purchased from outsiders, and our smart technology is not bad enough to meet most of the manufacturing requirements. , so the cost can be reduced to a very low level.”

"To tell you the truth, we actually have more seabed mines than we announced to the public. We are already completely self-sufficient."

"Our supporting industries are also very complete, and we can fulfill all needs by ourselves. Now when it comes to costs, it is basically a small amount of money in terms of employee wages and equipment maintenance, but at the same time, we create more profits, so... …we are never short of money.”

Zhao Gang, as a relatively important leader in Huaguo, never thought that someone would say to him, "I'm never short of money", and this standard is still compared with the gross domestic product.

After all, last year, that is, in 2019, China's GDP was very close to that of the United States. Following this momentum, it will definitely surpass the United States economically this year and become the world's largest economy.

Although he was a little confused, he was quite interested in the large number of seabed mines that Dong Chen mentioned, "Speaking of seabed mines, what is your mining cost? Is there a big technical limitation?"

Hearing Zhao Gang's question, Dong Chen looked at him and said with a smile, "What? Mr. Zhao, aren't you from Hangtiankou? Why are you interested in the minerals and mining technology we mine on the seabed?"

Zhao Gang glanced at him and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense? Didn't I have few other agreements with you when I was your kid's matchmaker?"

"The development of the country cannot be separated from mineral resources, especially now that we are developing rapidly and many facilities are under construction, so the amount of basic materials needed is very large. I think there are many places where we can cooperate."

"That's no problem. Our technology is very superior in all aspects." Dong Chen said confidently with a smile, "Whether it's technology or minerals, if the country needs it, you can just send someone to talk to Mr. Sun." Yes, I think we will definitely have a very pleasant cooperation."

"That's good," Zhao Gang said and patted Dong Chen's shoulder in relief.

Originally they had a very speculative chat, and when they wanted to have a more in-depth chat about the Arc Light Group, the aerospace plane was ready.

When they came to the dedicated airport for aerospace planes in their electric cars, even after seeing the pictures, Zhao Gang and others who had glanced at them in the air were still shocked.

The runways of ordinary planes are different from the runways used by aerospace planes, and they are located in different places, so the scene they saw when they came was completely different from the runway scene they see now.

The huge aerospace plane that can't be seen at a glance is used in the airport, all of which are paved with thick frosted steel plates, and the surface is sprayed with a friction-resistant and high-temperature-resistant coating. The feeling of walking on it is extremely different.

Originally, they could board the plane directly from the sealed dock, but in order to let them have a closer look at the appearance of the aerospace plane, they changed it to open-air boarding on the runway.

When everyone boarded the aerospace plane with seat belts all over their bodies waiting to take off, Zhao Gang actually felt a little restless.

Although he has worked in the aerospace department of Huaguo for most of his life, he has held countless positions, large and small, and has seen many big scenes, but as far as space is concerned, he has never been there. , or when he was accepting the final assembly of the space capsule in the space facility assembly workshop.

Now he actually has the opportunity to go to space, and he still went to inspect the space industry of Huaguo. As an old man who came from the aerospace department, this is really unimaginable.

But he didn't think for a long time, the stewardess sound on the plane woke him up, he exchanged a smile with some leaders next to him, then looked at Dong Chen who was sitting next to him, and said, "Thank you, Xiao Dong."

Dong Chen just smiled at this, "Old Zhao, according to what you said, it should be."

Hearing what Dong Chen said, Zhao Gang didn't say anything, but smiled and quietly leaned on the seat and waited for the plane to take off.

The aerospace passenger plane is slowly accelerating. Considering the actual age of these leaders and the fact that many people have worked hard all year round, although the body is in good condition, the acceleration of the plane is not very fast, and it only maintains the basic requirements for flying.

After a while, the plane passed through the atmosphere. When the color outside the porthole of the plane changed from blue to black, the slight shaking disappeared, and the body became lighter, everyone looked out of the porthole in amazement, observing the outside world new world.

It is the bright and magnificent cosmic starry sky.

(End of this chapter)