I met Chen Chuliang and Musk, two capital tycoons, and came to the door of Spaex Space Exploration Company.

I have already received a call from Kelon assistant Ellawini. Schottville, the head of the Spaex company, had already led a team to greet him at the door of the company.

Spaex was only established in June this year.

It's only been a month.

The whole team, plus the management staff, is only about 30 people.

Moreover, because of the tight time frame for its establishment, coupled with the incredible speed at which Spaex is burning money.

Until now.

Inside Spaex Space Exploration Company. Even a chief engineer and chief designer who was really familiar with the principles of rocket launch were not recruited.

Of course, high-tech talent is not a problem.

As long as there is capital to support them all the time.

It was a matter of time before people were recruited and rockets launched.

Musk introduced Shotville, the current head of the Spaex company who was present to greet them, to Chen Chuliang. The other party is the manager of the spaex company in this regard. At the same time, Musk also announced to the team of Spaex that Chen Chuliang will be added to the capital party of Spaex in the future.

It's kind of a morale-boosting thing for the team.

After all, many people ridiculed Musk for engaging in space exploration, so there are almost no investors who can follow him, and now one has taken the initiative, which means that Spaex Space Exploration Company is beginning to attract the favor of capital.

After a brief contact and acquaintance, Musk excitedly introduced the spaex situation to Chen Chuliang: "How is it, Chen, do you feel shocked when you see the rocket on the launch stand outside the company To be honest, the first time I saw it, I was also excited." Thinking that this thing finally took off into the air, bringing not only space exploration, but an interstellar migration program, I feel excited and proud to think about it..."

Musk just jumped up with a scream, and Chen Chuliang nodded: "It's quite shocking." It's only been three months since Spaex was founded, and you've even made rockets?

Musk's old face turned red, they made it out, but they bought it to serve as a façade, mainly to let the outside world see his spaex company's cattle more intuitively. Moreover, the Spaex headquarters in Nevada is actually a research institute and a place to simulate the launch of rockets, and the real launch site must not be chosen here.

At this moment, it was inevitable that he was a little embarrassed and said: "Chen, what you see is just a rocket shell, and it is a shell that we bought from NASA, and there is nothing in it... This is just our research base, and there is also a simulated launch base... The real launch base is still in the process of being selected, and the preliminary location is located on an island in the Pacific Ocean... This is because the rockets we launch are all heavy-duty carrier rockets, and the conditions at the inland launch sites are too restrictive. After all, we have only been established for three months, and according to our plan, the first rocket launch will take place in about three years..."

Rocket launch is a long process, from research and development, to assembly, in some places, it took ten years, which is still relatively little, and Musk can do it within three years, which is also due to the fact that he grew up in the United States of America, a country with a leading overall level of science and technology in the world.

After hearing this, Chen Chuliang felt that Musk really liked it, so he was more professional. He looked at the venue again and asked a very serious question: "Elon, let me ask you one thing, in the United States, commercial companies are allowed to develop and launch launch vehicles on their own? Shouldn't this thing be strictly controlled? It should be regarded as a national defense secret..."

Musk actually laughed when he heard this. He can understand Chen Chuliang's puzzlement, maybe in China, the launch of rockets is undertaken by the state, but in the United States, there is no major project led by the state at all, most of them are a number of private companies to complete a single part, and finally unified into a powerful product, so he explained for him: "Chen, you don't know, in the United States, whether it is aerospace, or computer Internet, or even financial energy, etc., these things that dominate the world, the strongest are private commercial companies... The so-called U.S. government is not yet at the service of us businessmen ... In the end, the government people simply stopped doing it, reported what they needed to the Congress, and after passing it, they directly signed a contract with a commercial company and waited for the delivery. The advantage of this is that if the company's things are done well, the company will have more contracts, and it will also eliminate those companies that are indiscriminate. It can be said that it meets the requirements of the theory of evolution, the survival of the fittest. ”

Musk's theories are set by one, and he is combining the current situation of private companies in the United States to answer Chen Chuliang's questions.

In the United States, almost all of the world's top 500 companies are private commercial companies

After Musk said this, Chen Chuliang was relieved. smiled: "I'm just afraid that as a Chinese, I came to the United States to invest in aviation technology, and finally was arrested by your FBI as a spy. ”

Musk shook his head. Let Chen Chuliang not worry at all, if something happened, he took it and assured him: "Don't worry, Chen... In the United States, no one can move you to do business properly, as long as we have money, I can even do it if I want to carry out the moon landing program, no one can stop it, this is a highly free business ideal. ”

Musk tried his best to ensure that there were no problems, and after hearing this, Chen Chuliang finally had no worries, he still thought that these high-tech products were prohibited from investing in other countries in the United States, but this is not the case, this is a place of commercial freedom.

When they arrived at Spaex, under the guidance of Shotwell, the head of the company, the two walked towards the office building of Spaex Space Exploration Company. We are now building Spaex Space Exploration Company, as long as we get the launch license from the China National Space Administration, and get the contract that can be used as a commercial launch mission, you see, there will be a steady stream of buyers from all over the world to come to the door, take the money for us to complete the launch mission for them, after all, there are not so many countries in the world that can launch rockets independently. And we have sufficient funding sources to continue to develop our larger launch vehicles. ”

The blueprints drawn by Musk are all well-founded, and Chen Chuliang's well-known history, as if this guy did just that, finally allowed him to build the world's most heavyweight large launch vehicle. Therefore, Chen Chuliang is not worried at all, Musk will not be able to turn around, as a capital party, the most important thing now is to throw the money over, let Musk quickly recruit troops, don't launch three times like in the previous life, and strive to get it done once: "I only like investment, I don't like management, the operation of Spaex Space Exploration Company, I still leave it to Elon to you to manage, I just want to know when I can make money." Also, technically, my requirements are a little bit... The pursuit of perfection, do not allow any mistakes I don't want smart people to think that I am a layman easy to deceive, so, as a capital party, I must add a clause, any rocket research and development engineer who signs a contract with the company, must sign a military order, if the research and development of the rocket fails to launch, the team must be held accountable..."

Musk felt that Chen Chuliang was too perfectionist, but he completely supported the signing of this overlord clause as Chen Chuliang thought in his conscience: "Okay, Chen, I will ask the person in charge of this side, Shotwell, to add this clause when recruiting engineers... I believe that if it goes well, in two years, we will be able to get the launch permit from the space agency and receive the company's first launch contracts, which means that we have the funds to support our rocket development program. Three years later, our first rocket will be able to launch into the Pacific Ocean to create our own miracle. ”

Chen Chuliang listened to it in his heart, thinking that Musk is really a madman, and he has set his goal so urgently. "Elon, there's one more thing I'd like to suggest. ”

Musk said: "Chen, just say it directly..."

Chen Chuliang said: "I always feel that Spaex Space Exploration does not sound domineering enough... Thinking of changing to a more resounding name. ”

Musk thought for a while, Chen Chuliang is also a capitalist, and he has the right to ask the company to change its name. I asked him, "Chen, what name do you want to change?" ”

Chen Chuliang thought of a domineering fame with an oriental cultural atmosphere, so he asked Musk's opinion and said, "What do you think of the Excalibur Space Company's banquet? Our rockets pierce the sky like Excalibur." ”

Musk confirmed it twice, and it was the name that was correct: "Sord?"

Chen Chuliang's renamed Excalibur Company translates to SORD. Musk suddenly felt that it sounded more domineering than spaex, and he readily agreed: "Okay, Chen, I will immediately ask people to change the company's registered name sord? ”