As the clock ticked into early December, Japan released a video.

Mount Fuji, a Japanese-built interstellar vehicle, is smaller than the interstellar vehicles of the United States and the Celestial Empire, and is characterized as an exploration spacecraft.

It took off yesterday and was destined for Mars.

The spacecraft, with eight astronauts on board, will fly to Mars in about four months to launch a full-scale exploration of Mars for half a year.

Prepare for the next step of the alliance to help Japan establish a base on Mars.

After the news came out, many countries were shocked, and no one expected that Japan would have the ability to build an interstellar vehicle on its own.

Including the United States was also surprised.

The countries in the world that are currently capable of building such starships are the United States and the Celestial Empire, and now one more country, Japan, will be added.

The EU is under deep pressure, and even Japan has completed the construction of interstellar vehicles, and the EU feels very shameless.

If this time the fate of the interstellar vehicle is the same as that of the satellite navigation system many years ago, it will be a real global disgrace.

Talks at the level of heads of state of the EU member states will begin immediately.

This time, the results were very fast, and several large enterprises in the European Union were all involved in this interstellar vehicle project, and none of them were missing.

In particular, the Airbus Group has sent half of its own R&D team to join, and other companies have also sent a lot of people.

At the same time, the EU has allocated an additional 10 billion euros in reserve funds for this project.

This is a matter that concerns the interests of all member states, and it would be a matter of public anger to engage in such a matter at this time.

Italy has also temporarily released country J, of course, only on this project.

Xu Ping'an of Tianqi Group has a small heart, and he is not big enough to be more than the country.

On this day, Xu Ping'an received a phone call, hung up the phone after communicating for a while, and sat alone in the office frowning and thinking.

After thinking about it seriously, Xu Ping'an began to arrange.

Two days later, Xu Ping'an left the Celestial Empire on a special plane and flew directly to Iceland.

At the same time, William, who had retired from England, also accompanied the two big men to Iceland, secretly, without announcing it to the public.

Two days later, Xu Ping'an met with William and others at a manor house on the outskirts of Reykjavík.

Very polite, the two sides shook hands and began to drink tea and chat next to the fireplace, after two cups of tea in their stomachs, William looked at the big guy for a while, and began to get to the point.

"Xu, this time I'm here to talk to you about building an interstellar vehicle," William said directly.

"William, I can't build that kind of starship from the Apocalypse Group, and I've already made a public statement about this," Xu Ping'an said with a smile on his face.

William and the big guy laughed.

"Xu, we are safe here today, we don't have any listening equipment, I hope we can talk openly and honestly, it's good for all of us"

"Of course, if you don't believe it, you can arrange for your personnel to check it out and we'll talk," William said directly.

On the first day of the birth of the Trailblazer, it has already entered the eyes of various countries, and there is a lot of analysis of the Trailblazer.

In the United Kingdom, there are thousands of documents that have analyzed the Trailblazer in detail, although there is no real analysis of the Trailblazer.

It can also be analyzed from the shape of the Trailblazer, aerodynamic layout and so on.

The conclusion is frightening, that the Trailblazer has interstellar flight capabilities, and it is not just a short flight around Earth.

Especially after the United States, the Celestial Empire, and Japan have all completed the construction of their own starships, the pressure on Britain has begun to increase.

France has a meteorite capture spacecraft similar to the pioneer, the European Union is also building its own, and the British Empire can only watch other countries enter the universe from the sidelines.

This is something that is unacceptable to the whole of Britain.

Britain must also have its own interstellar vehicle, which is a goal that must be achieved.

But this matter is not so easy to solve, Britain does not have the ability of the United States, the Celestial Empire, and Japan to build on their own, which makes the bigwigs feel powerless.

What to do, it's too embarrassing to place an order for the Apocalypse Group like France, as the former overlord of the earth, you can't bow your head.

A group of bigwigs discussed it and really came up with a plan, which led to the contact between William and Xu Ping'an.

Xu Ping'an smiled, understanding what William meant, no one needed to check Xu Ping'an to know that there was no listening equipment here, even if there was, Xu Ping'an didn't care.

"Similar to the Trailblazer, it is already more than 40 billion euros, how much do you think a starship will cost," Xu Ping'an said with a smile.

"Xu, we all know how much the Trailblazer is, and the cost is only 10 billion euros."

"How much it will cost to replace it with a power plant that can support interstellar flight, let's talk about it," William said with the same smile.

The British did not have much ink on the negotiation ink with the Celestial Empire, and they had to go around and around for a while before they could get to the point, and this habit of procrastination had gone deep into the bone marrow.

"William, I think you should already have a plan, why don't you let me see" Xu Ping'an said directly.

William nodded, took his briefcase, took out a document from it and handed it to Xu Ping'an, very thick.

Xu Ping'an took it and began to look through it, and found that the reason for such a thick was that there were two languages in it, English and Celestial Empire.

It can be seen that William has indeed worked hard.

The British's plan was very simple, announcing that it would be commissioned by the Apocalypse Group for the British design, which was very much in line with the arrogant personality of the British Empire.

This is also good for the Apocalypse Group, the United Kingdom is perfectly responsible for the Apocalypse Group, and the Apocalypse Group can build interstellar vehicles in the open.

The technology comes from the UK, and if you have a problem, you go to the UK.

I believe that the British face-loving personality will not debunk this lie.

The price is also quite a lot, 45 billion pounds, which is in line with Xu Ping'an's expectations.

"This plan only needs to be increased a little bit, and it will be perfect," Xu Ping'an said with a smile.

"Xu, what can I say directly, we have plenty of time today, aren't we" The big guy spoke, Xu Ping'an smiled and nodded.

After drinking tea and chatting, after more than half an hour, the two sides reached an agreement.

The transaction price is 50 billion pounds, and 3 billion pounds will be returned to the bank account designated by the big guy, and how to divide it is William's business, not Xu Ping'an's business.

When it was announced, Britain provided nuclear power technology and a complete set of interstellar flight data, which Apocalypse Group was responsible for producing, and it had to be delivered within 20 months.

There is no way, Xu Ping'an's establishment of a starship factory in the Dunhuang base of the Celestial Empire was very clear to the British, and it was obvious that there were people in the Celestial Empire who were bought by the British.

During this period, when the big guy went to the bathroom, William chatted with Xu Ping'an in a low voice for a while, and Xu Ping'an smiled and gave William a reassuring expression.

A few words whispered in William's ear, and William nodded with a mysterious smile on his face.

Xu Ping'an took out the phone and started calling, and hung up the phone after a conversation, William was very satisfied and gave Xu Ping'an a thumbs up.

Because Xu Ping'an said on the phone, all personnel must go through a thorough inspection before they can be brought over.

Dinner together at noon, after the meal, when the three of them were chatting in the living room, two high-end business cars drove in, and eight actresses who had just debuted and were well-known in Europe got off.

The efficiency of the Venus Escort Group is amazing, and it is properly arranged in just a few hours.

William is also a customer of Venus Escort Group, although the level is not as high as Xu Ping'an, it can be said that he is a Samsung customer.

This time it was not just about Starship, but more importantly, William would run for next year's congressional election with the support of these two bigwigs.

Judging from Xu Ping'an's personal relationship with William, he must help him, and it is a matter of course to arrange it.

With the participation of the beauties, the atmosphere is more relaxed, drinking high-end red wine together, laughing from time to time, everyone can let go.

Obviously, the two bigwigs have played this kind of game a lot.

Two days later, Xu Ping'an sent William and the two bigwigs on a charter flight to leave.

Bruce has already arrived in London as a representative of the Apocalypse Group, and in a few days, formal negotiations with the British side will begin.

When he arrived at the hotel, Xu Ping'an rubbed his head, he didn't expect that he had already reached this status, and he still had to have this kind of entertainment.

But you can't say no.

What is the fate of being unsociable, Xu Ping'an already knew it when he was in college.

The day after the bigwigs returned to London, the relevant departments directly notified Bruce and began negotiations.

This is all a formality, and the specifics have already been negotiated, but the situation that should be taken must be taken.

A week later, Bruce, as the plenipotentiary representative of the Apocalypse Group, held a press conference with representatives of the relevant departments of the British side, as well as several bigwigs.

The two sides jointly announced.

Apocalypse Group was commissioned by the British government to build the Interstellar Extraordinary Queen, with a total investment of 50 billion pounds.

The spacecraft's ability to toast from Earth to Mars can be reused no less than a hundred times.

The UK will provide a full set of design drawings and nuclear power technology, and Apocalypse Group will produce it in strict accordance with the design requirements, which is expected to be completed within 20 months.

Britain, must become an interstellar nation, at all costs!

The scene also showed a complete picture of the Queen, which is very sci-fi.

A signing ceremony was held on the spot, and Bruce signed the agreement with representatives of the British government.

At the same time, the relevant authorities also announced up to 100 projects for British companies, which will receive special grants from the relevant departments to prepare for the construction of the British Empire's Mars base.

All qualified UK companies can contact the relevant authorities tomorrow and once the contract is signed, the government will immediately allocate funds to help the domestic company complete the project.

The press conference was held in the morning, and in the afternoon, the British stock market was rising across the board, and public opinion was full of praise and praise.

Xu Ping'an watched the press conference at home.

After reading it, Xu Ping'an smiled and shook his head, the British are really good at playing, so you have to take it.

Outside.

Many countries were shocked, did Britain go crazy and handed over the full set of Starship technical information to the Apocalypse Group, including nuclear power technology.

Also unanimously passed by Congress, what do the British want to play.

The big countries don't have this kind of doubt, because the big powers know very well in their hearts that Britain no longer has the ability to build this kind of starship on its own.

Choosing to hand it over to the Apocalypse Group to build is also a helpless thing.

Hundreds of years ago, the Celestial Empire gave up on the decline of the sea, and it has only eased up in recent decades.

Britain gave up space more than a hundred years ago, and now it is gone.

The United States does not want to give up its interests in dominating the universe in the future, and if it does not play with its allies, the EU and the United Kingdom must find a way to save themselves.

With the cooperation between the United Kingdom and the Apocalypse Group, even if the Apocalypse Group produces spaceships that fly out of the solar system in the future, you will not be able to say what the problem is.

Nuclear power is even less of a problem.

The nuclear technology of the Apocalypse Group comes from the three countries of the P5 and is officially authorized, and no one has the right to accuse the Apocalypse Group of violating the rules in this regard.

The set played by the Apocalypse Group is all legal and compliant, so you have no idea where to start, and you can only watch the Apocalypse Group grow and develop day by day.

From this joint statement, it can be seen that the future of mankind lies in outer space, and with more and more interstellar vehicles in service, mankind will enter a new era.

Xu Ping'an started not going to work after working for a while, and he was about to celebrate the New Year and started to be at home.

All aspects of the company are on the right track, and there is no need for Xu Ping'an to worry about it, everything is going on in an orderly manner.

Employees receive year-end bonuses, receive Spring Festival benefits, start the holiday, and go home to welcome the arrival of the new year.

After the year, Xu Ping'an went to Miao Yiyi's house, Song Xinyun's house, and went to work in Hangzhou after a few parties with his brothers, and the new year began.