After a small half bottle of red wine, Wu Qian got up and walked to the window to open the curtains, looking at the military factory that was still lit by lights, and planned things for a while in the future.

Buying an oil and gas company is only the first step, and then it is necessary to tighten the company's business, tilt all resources towards shale oil extraction, and appoint the company's top management to hold a high-profile press conference to show that it will not reduce production and promote a bright future for shale oil.

Thinking about it, it didn't take long for Minister Ross to call back, which showed that the other party did contact David Energy directly without any delay.

The whole thing went surprisingly smoothly, Minister Ross only told the director of David Energy about the conditions proposed by Wu Qian, and after a little verification and a positive answer, he immediately nodded, it was really too uncomfortable to stay up during this time.

This is expected by Secretary Ross, who is well aware of the situation of shale oil-related groups in the country today, with the median cost of extraction being $40 a barrel, and the median cost of transportation and storage being $478 a barrel.

(The average is a hooligan, you have to say the median!)

It is not for nothing that oil and gas companies can achieve a lower cost price than this, such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, Occidental Petroleum and other giants, in the current international crude oil price of only $40 a barrel, can still be profitable.

Even ExxonMobil once said that even if the price of crude oil falls to $30 a barrel, they can still survive strongly!

But after all, they are the leading companies, representing only the most cutting-edge three or five companies, and the situation of most small and medium-sized oil and gas companies is very bleak.

In the past three months, as many as 15 oil and gas companies have filed for bankruptcy protection, and with the maturity of corporate debts, according to the current trend of international oil prices, it is very likely that the number of oil and gas companies that have gone bankrupt and closed down will grow by a blowout.

Mi will save the market, but it will only save those medium and large enterprises, and even only those leading enterprises, because those leading enterprises manage the jobs of hundreds of thousands of people, if these people lose their jobs, the society will be in turmoil, as for the life and death of small and medium-sized enterprises, it can no longer be taken care of......

Wu Qian thanked Minister Ross very happily, and agreed to start the handover immediately after arriving in the United States, so that the other party could prepare in advance.

"Today is a good day, everything you want can come true, hey, you can become a bazaar!"

Humming a little song, Wu Qian took a shower, lay on the bed beautifully, and entered his dream.

In the afternoon of the next day, a helicopter flew over the city of Solan Brao, without any pause, heading northwest.

Wu Qian wants to see for himself the place where Solan found the oil seedlings, and he will not pay attention to this mineral because the price of crude oil has fallen, because from the beginning to the end, he has never thought of extracting Solan's crude oil and selling it directly, which is too primitive.

The helicopter was fast enough to reach the area where David had discovered the oil seedlings in a short time.

"Boss, look over there, those rocks are my markers, they were there when I called you that day!"

David said, pointing to a spot in the southwest.

Wu Qian looked in the direction of David's finger, the height of the helicopter had dropped to three hundred meters, and he could clearly see that there were black traces in the yellow sand.

"Is that black stuff the so-called oil seedlings?"

Wu Qian asked through the intercom device.

David nodded and said, "Yes, BOSS, that's a symbol of oil underground." ”

Only when the underground crude oil reserves are abundant to a certain extent, will there be such a phenomenon as oil seedlings, otherwise it will need to be discovered with the help of exploration equipment.

Bauer was about to control the helicopter to descend, but Wu Qian signaled that he could go back, he just came to see the environment, and had no other meaning.

After returning to the military factory, Wu Qian made a phone call to inform Xiong Yali that Solan's afforestation plan would be implemented immediately, and the afforestation project would be intensified on the basis of the original plan.

While flying hundreds of kilometers with the helicopter and seeing the oil seedlings, Wu Qian once again felt the seriousness of the desertification in Solan and the urgent need for improvement.

Regardless of whether greening will be taken into account during the UN field trip, it is worth it just to attract investment and improve the environment in Solan, which is to create a hidden wealth for his own future.

A day passed, and it was time to leave for the United States.

In the early morning, the morning sun sprinkled on the earth, and there were many figures busy in the Bela International Airport, including scientific researchers in white coats and Mao Zi in camouflage, which seemed to be unusually busy.

Two two-meter-long ejection guide rails are laid on the airport runway, and at the rear of one end of the runway, system controllers, power supply devices, energy storage devices, high-power generators and other large equipment are placed in an orderly manner.

The sophisticated instruments and the dilapidated airport don't go well, but they fit together.

All the people working at the airport have very solemn faces, as if they are facing a great challenge.

Isn't it just an ordinary experiment, where can it be called a huge challenge, but because of the change of the experimental aircraft, the researchers feel unprecedented pressure.

Originally, the aircraft used in this experiment was a MiG-29 provided by Kuretta, and the MiG-29 fighter weighed about 20 tons, but now it has been replaced by an A380 that is nearly nine times larger......

At this point, Bauer is carefully piloting the A380, snapping the two thickest landing gears into the propulsion grooves at the end of the rails.

From the moment the smiley A380 crash-landed in Bezera, it was destined that it would not be easy to take off from Bezera.

The answer that Bauer gave them was that the airport would take off half a year later when it was built......

The runway of Baibila Airport is only two kilometers full, and if there is no external intervention, the smiley face A380 will not reach the take-off speed at all, even if it is a headwind of ten levels, it is impossible to meet the requirements of take-off, not to mention that there is not such a strong wind......

At this time, it is necessary to rely on external forces.

This is also the reason why Wu Qian must Clough and them speed up the progress and build the scale model, because he wants to use it!

Your own territory is good, you can catapult a plane if you want to, the entire airport can be used unscrupulously, including the sky, and the fighter jet can fly if it wants, without any restrictions!

Clough and another researcher sat in front of the system controller and focused on debugging.

Prior to this, researchers had used computers to carry out detailed simulations, and only 50 percent of the energy efficiency of the EMP catapult was enough to propel the A380 to the expected initial speed.

It doesn't seem to be that difficult, but the trouble is that this is the first time, and God knows if it will succeed.

After re-identifying the control program, Clough stood up and walked towards the boss, who was "researching" the supercapacitor.

"Boss, I still stick to my opinion, first test it with the MiG-29 to make sure that there are no problems with each system, and then help your plane take off, the high-power generator can ensure that it can be charged within twenty minutes, and it will not delay you too much. ”

The rigor of scientific research made Clough reluctant to take risks.

If it is used on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the whole set of equipment will be more perfect, and it can almost achieve seamless connection between charging and discharging, but now it is a scale model after all, and ultra-high-strength steel is limited, so it can't do that to that extent.

Wu Qian turned to look at Clough and asked with a smile: "Clough, think about it, even if you fail, does it matter?"

Clough was stunned for a moment, and thought about it carefully, if it failed, the plane did not reach the expected speed on the ejection trajectory, and it would be good to slow down, as if there would be no danger......

"Bauer has already told me that if the distance of 200 meters cannot be accelerated to 140 kilometers per hour, he is absolutely sure that he can stop the plane within 500 meters, don't worry, Clough, I believe in your team!"

How could Wu Qian not take his life seriously, before this he had already understood the possibilities in detail, and it turned out that if you succeed, you will fly, and if you fail, you will stop, there is no other possibility.

If the speed of the aircraft can be increased to 140 kilometers per hour on a 200-meter ejection guide, then the next step is only to use a runway of about 1,000 meters to complete the acceleration, otherwise it will stop, and the remaining 1,700 meters of runway will be enough.

(A foreign brother sat in the A380 cockpit to follow the whole take-off, explained in great detail, and borrowed some data.) ）

Clough shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands to make a helpless expression, the truth is indeed as the boss said, he has nothing to say, so he had to say: "You are the boss, you have the final say, but if it succeeds, we will lose the opportunity to open champagne with you to celebrate." ”

Wu Qian laughed, but he didn't expect Clough to have a humorous and witty side.

"Don't worry, Clough, there are many opportunities to celebrate, if the experiment is successful, you continue to improve, how to create the greatest value, give you a good reward, that's my business, just leave it to me. ”

Time passed slowly, half an hour passed, the sun rose and broke through the mist, shining unscrupulously on the earth, the coolness of the early morning dissipated, and a touch of dry heat rose from the ground.

Clough has not been idle, shuttling back and forth between the energy storage equipment, the main console, and the guide rails.

When the time came, Wu Qian and his entourage boarded the plane very calmly, and when it was time to enter the cabin door, Wu Qian turned around and shouted to Clough: "Clough, I believe in you, it's over!"

With that, Wu Qian gave Clough a thumbs up, then turned and walked into the cabin.

The hatch closed, Clough returned to the main controller of the catapult, and finally checked the parameters of the energy storage device and energy conversion system on one side, and found that there were no problems, so he passed through the intercom device.

"The electromagnetic catapult type A is detected correctly, and the first actual test can be started, please instruct!"

On the other end of the intercom is the cockpit of the A380.

Bauer was much easier than Clough, and the ejection failure was no big deal for him, and he said easily: "Please turn on the EMP ejection after the countdown of ten seconds!OVER!"

After that, Bauer's fingers flicked the switches in the cockpit like butterflies wearing flowers, and Wu Qian, who was in the co-pilot seat, only fainted when he saw the control switches.

This time to take off, Wu Qian did not choose to sit in the comfortable "plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum" compartment, but chose a location with excellent scenery, which is a very important take-off!

When Bauer said "OVER", Wu Qian's heart began to count down.

"Ten, nine, eight...... II. I. ...... Walk...... I'm C!"

When the countdown ended, Wu Qian's eyes suddenly darkened, and after an instant, he regained his sight, a feeling of suffocation came to his heart, the blood on his face faded at a visible speed, and he couldn't speak before he finished speaking.

Wu Qian was pressed to the cabin by the huge acceleration G-value, he felt as if Bauer was saying something, but he had no time to take care of it, he just wanted to experience the pleasure brought to him by this acceleration, this is the pleasure of breaking through the clouds!

The whole process was very short, but after five or six seconds, the violent acceleration suddenly disappeared, Wu Qian's body shook forward violently, and the five o'clock seat belt protected him firmly without the slightest injury.

"Boss, it's done!"

Bauer's mentality was much more relaxed than Wu Qian, he looked at the speedometer and said excitedly: "The speed has reached one hundred and seventy kilometers per hour, continue to accelerate, and prepare to take off!"

The people who are happy and excited are not only Bauer, the researchers on the ground are also very excited when they look at the data in the monitoring equipment, because the experiment is successful!

The big guy of more than 200 tons was violently pushed out by the electromagnetic pulse device, and in a short distance of 200 meters, it accelerated from a standstill to 170 kilometers per hour, and the force can be imagined.

If it is really carried on an aircraft carrier, the ejection guide rail is only a little more than 100 meters at most, but the weight of the carrier-based aircraft is also much lighter than that of the A380, and the computer can easily calculate the results by importing various parameters.

According to the level of the A380 just catapulted, the MiG-29 carrier-based aircraft can be increased to 350 kilometers per hour within 100 meters, which fully meets the take-off speed requirements, which is perfect.

The most important thing is that this set of equipment is not the final complete form of electromagnetic catapult, except for the guide rails used more than when carrying aircraft carriers, the specifications of other systems are simple to meet the actual combat needs.

Whoosh......

The propulsion claw slowly returned to the starting point from the rail, and Clough looked at the smiling face of the A380 in the distance, which was already cocked and ready to take off, with an unconcealed smile on his face, from the bottom of his heart.

The first practical test of the catapult of the catapult of the carrier-based aircraft, using an A380 as a guinea pig, I am afraid that there will be no more scientific research teams in the world that can be so extravagant!

"Don't be busy cleaning up, immediately turn on the high-power generator to charge, and start the ejection experiment of the MiG-29 in thirty minutes!"

The experiment was successful, but Clough did not forget to test it again with the MiG-29, because there were many parameters that needed to be used as a target for this carrier-based aircraft.

The atmosphere of the airport in the smiling face A380 when the sky, it changed from solemn to relaxed, originally everyone had no smile on their faces, accompanied by a face, very serious, but when everyone saw the smiling face on the big plane in the air, they all unconsciously raised a smile.