Chapter 65: Against the Times

(This chapter was cut several times, and more than 8,000 words were written, and only half of it remained.) The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is still afraid of touching the red line, so he doesn't dare to write. )

In fact, Zhou You was in a hurry, because he had to be ready to get back to Singapore before that day, and the helicopter had to be in good condition. The shipping will definitely not work, because it is too slow, and it will take at least ten days and half a month when I go back.

Renting a transport plane is the most suitable, but it is necessary to find someone from Russia to disassemble and assemble the propellers, and the other party, although it is willing, will have to wait a few days to send someone over, and the time will not be able to catch up.

Now I drive back by myself, although it is a little more troublesome and expensive, but it is worth it to train the driver.

The first section, from the base to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, is less than 1,300 kilometers, which is relatively easy. The second leg was the longest of the journey, from Dar es Salaam to the Seychelles, a distance of 1,900 km, which is almost the limit of the meter 26. But now the plane is empty and has stopped in the Seychelles without any danger.

The third leg of the voyage was from the Seychelles to the British Indian Ocean Territory, now a U.S. military base, on Garcia, where relations with the U.S. have eased as a result of recent trips, and the other side has allowed the two planes to dock and refuel.

Then, from Garcia Island, we arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He then flew to Langkawi Island, Malaysia, which is now almost a tourist territory, and since 2004 he has invested more than $1.5 billion in tourism development.

Thanks to the vigorous promotion in the country, it has become a tourist destination no less than Phuket, and the Malaysian government has also reaped a large amount of taxes.

The last stretch was the easiest, with just over 700 kilometres to reach in less than three hours, so the crew, who had sailed for almost a day and a night, enjoyed a leisurely day in Langkawi before flying back to the company's headquarters on Blarney Island.

When the plane stopped at Blarney Island, the tour in Singapore was truly relieved. This 10,000-kilometer non-stop journey is a great test for both the aircraft and the crew.

These crew members were recruited from Russia for a short period of time, and they are all members of the Russian Air Force, and they will only leave after the crew has been trained.

So, what was originally eight crews of two planes has now become twenty-four. Eight of them are employees of Touring Security, who were originally retired members of Singapore's Air Force and are now employees of Tour.

There are also eight active duty soldiers of the Singapore Marine Police, although they have never piloted the Mi-26, but they are also helicopter pilots, and after getting familiar with the electrical equipment, there is actually no obstacle to driving.

Through a five-day arms transport in Africa, plus a return to Singapore for exercise, they also became familiar with the aircraft's performance. When they arrived in Singapore, Zhou You held a relatively high-level hospitality for them, and personally invited them to have a big meal in the small restaurant of the headquarters.

Zhou You was accompanied by the No. 1 chief of the Marine Police, who was the closest neighbor to Zhou You, so the relationship between the two sides was relatively harmonious, otherwise, Zhou You would not have bought these two planes on the grounds of donating to them.

The personal hospitality of the two big bosses made the crew feel a little flattered. But the purpose of traveling around is very simple, that is, to win people's hearts, so that when the disaster of the day after tomorrow comes, they can willingly go to the mainland to provide disaster relief.

The donation ceremony was originally scheduled by the people of the Administration Department on this day, because it happened to be a Monday, but it was vetoed by Zhou You. He postponed the donation ceremony to Friday, citing the need to train drivers himself.

However, it is uncertain whether this donation will be held after the day after tomorrow, at the very least, and will not be handed over to the Singapore Marine Police until the disaster relief activities are over.

In Xichuan, Tmall has just entered a large number of various food products in the storage center in Rongcheng, and at the same time, the cotton city and Decheng near Rongcheng, as well as the Yuncheng storage center have been put into operation at the same time in the first two days.

In addition, these three places, including Rongcheng, recently recruited more than 3,000 delivery men more than a month ago, and they have been in a military camp in Xichuan for nearly a month, and they are about to be assigned posts.

Zhou You thinks that he is almost ready, he is not a virgin, and he will not put himself in a dangerous situation for the sake of others, so he will not be a prediction emperor.

What he can do is to integrate all kinds of favorable conditions and contribute his strength in a reasonable way.

The catastrophe came as scheduled, and Zhou You, who had been paying attention to this matter, called Liu Qidong as soon as possible to express his concern about the disaster, and asked Tmall's warehouses to prepare for the supply of food and pure water to the disaster area.

Later, he called the capital again, saying that his company had 3,000 trained delivery workers in the area who could serve as disaster relief personnel. And his company now has just two large helicopters that can help transport heavy machinery to disaster relief.

Later that day, the two planes and 24 crew members were all ready and flew directly to the disaster area, which was more than 3,000 kilometers away. The refueling point is arranged in Nong Khai province in northern Thailand, and you only need to refuel once to fly directly to Rongcheng.

The relationship between the Thai government and the mainland has always been good, and the influence of Zhouyou's company in Thailand is not bad, whether it is Baidu, Tencent, Tmall, or Google and other overseas companies, the influence in Thailand is very high, the Thai government not only did not set up any obstacles, but also arranged 20,000 liters of aviation kerosene and a refueling plane for Zhouyou for free.

Zhou You wanted to go to the disaster area in person and contribute his own strength, but this plan was opposed by everyone. It's not just because of security issues, but more importantly, he can't steal the limelight.

Because of the lack of masters, Yan Fangqing's opposition, and because of the unpopularity of the mainland, Zhou You still dismissed this plan. Because the facts are here, even if he goes to the disaster area, at most it is just a show, if he says that he wants to pick up the ruins, I am afraid that there will be no one to support him.

In the previous life, due to landslides, large machinery could not enter, and there were only two Mi-26 in the mainland that could lift construction machinery, which was simply not enough. In the end, the government had to urgently lease two Mi-26s from Russia, but that was just a few days after the disaster.

Now, with these two Mi-26s, more construction machinery should be called, and the disaster relief operation can be faster, saving one more life, which is also the merit of traveling.

It was not until the fifth day of the disaster, when the shocking phase of the disaster had passed, that Zhou You set off to the mainland.

In Rongcheng, in the face of countless reporters asking him how much money he was going to donate this time, in front of everyone, Zhou You said: "Although this disaster has caused huge losses to the local people, I will not donate a penny." ”

This answer was immediately criticized and even scolded by the whole people, but Zhou You didn't care.

Or was it a list made by the mainland government that kept everyone's mouth shut. Because although Zhou You said that he would not donate a penny, since the disaster, Zhou You has spent more than 300 million yuan in disaster relief operations, and will continue to spend it.

Through Tmall's channel, he has personally funded and has bought more than 200 million yuan of food and pure water, as well as various tents and tools, and appointed a direct rescue team of 3,000 people and a logistics service team of more than 2,000 people. All the expenses of these personnel are also borne by Zhou You.

When Liu Qidong faced the media, he sadly pointed out that Zhou You, as the person who spent the most money on this disaster, could no longer be expected to do more. He also proposed the new term moral kidnapping for the first time, and it spread very quickly in the country for a while.

At this time, many people really calmed down and began to reflect on why Zhou You deliberately said the opening words.

Not only did he not help when he traveled around the mainland, but he also kept picking on thorns and putting forward opinions, and within a few days, he became feared by some people, or rather, he was tired of everyone.

Because he called in the media to arrange a third-party organization to monitor and review all people's donations, which caused public outrage, many charities regarded him as a broom star.

Second, he called on all citizens to monitor corruption and misappropriation in the disaster relief process, which offended many officials.

However, his appeal does not seem to have much effect, because no one wants to listen to him at this time.

Thinking of the disclosure in the previous life, the disaster relief materials were rotten in the warehouse and did not reach the hands of the people, and countless funds were misappropriated, especially those charities, exposing more problems.

After a few days, he himself was out of energy. No matter how great his ability and power are, when he goes against the times, he also feels a little powerless.

It just so happened that several satellites he commissioned to be manufactured in the mainland had been completed, and now it was time for acceptance, and after a while, they would be launched, so he left Rongcheng.

The satellite program does not launch only one satellite, but has three dedicated communications satellites alone. These geosynchronous satellites are high-orbit satellites that are fixed over the equator and must have three of them to cover the entire Earth.

In addition to communication satellites, there are at least ten satellites in the plan to launch missions, most of these satellites are variable orbit satellites, mainly used for earth resources, that is, mineral surveying, as well as navigation satellites, data relay, this is mainly for Tmall's logistics and delivery business services. In addition, Zhou You plans to launch one or two military reconnaissance satellites, which will serve the operations of the security company.

The manufacture and launch of civilian satellites has also gradually formed an industry in the mainland, and although the scale of these industries is still small compared to that of foreign companies, this has already opened up.

Therefore, there are almost no obstacles to cooperation in this area, and the two sides are hello, hello, hello, everyone, and cooperate happily.

The cooperation on navigation satellite data relay satellites is also going very smoothly, and the space company also wants to finalize several more satellites again and again, and then launch them with a rocket, which can save a lot of costs.

However, the two sides have reached an impasse in the cooperation of reconnaissance satellites. Space companies do not want to give up this opportunity to cooperate, because the profit of variable orbit satellites is much higher than that of geostationary satellites. But this sensitive project has not been approved at the government level.

The ground control center for the tour has not yet been built, so there is no hurry. Besides, in addition to mainland enterprises, there are many companies in the world that can manufacture such satellites, and the technology is more advanced. Even if it is a satellite launch, there is not only one in the mainland, and if you really want to get through it in the mainland, it is a big deal to entrust this business to a foreign company.

As soon as Musk's rocket launch technology passes next year, it will enter a cheating take-off stage, and at that time, it will be a breeze to travel around no matter what satellite you want to launch.

When leaving the capital, Zhou You said straight to the point with the person in charge of the relevant department: "Although the reconnaissance satellite involves some technical secrets, the satellite was made and launched by you, and we don't even have the opportunity to touch the satellite." You can even open a back door in my satellite and find out what I'm doing, so I don't know what to worry about. The military service companies in the United States and the military service companies in France all have their own reconnaissance satellites, and if I want to compete with them, I must also have my own hardware configuration. I'm not aiming to start a war, and you know that better than I do, so I don't know what you're worried about. Do you really want me to buy satellites from abroad and launch them abroad, and you will be completely excluded, so that it is more psychologically safe for you? My control center will be in trial operation in the second half of the year, and it will be officially operational by January next year at the latest, so I am running out of time. I can only give you another half a month at most, and if it doesn't get approval yet, I will order my satellites directly from the United States. ”

As soon as these words were said, in less than half a month, the aerospace company replied, promising to build three reconnaissance satellites and help Zhou You launch them. However, this cooperation agreement has not been announced to the public, and the announced contract only covers civil communications and navigation satellites.

Even so, this plan has received strong attention from many interested people. Zhou You's contract with the space company has a total of seven satellites, and the contract value exceeds $300 million plus the launch cost. This is also the first time that a space company has launched an individual satellite for an individual customer, and before that, at most it had launched public satellites for commercial satellite companies, such as those rented channels of satellite television stations.

In fact, satellites are not so far away from ordinary people, although there are expensive satellites, one costs hundreds of millions of dollars, but there are also many that cost only tens of millions of yuan.

The smallest satellite in the world, costing less than $100, has the basic functions of a satellite. It's just that there is no need to launch such a satellite, because the launch cost is tens of millions of dollars, and if you launch that gadget, it will be invalid in a few months, is it necessary?

Just when the dust settled, the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo became more and more intense, and Kabila once again asked Zhou You for assistance, and this time, Zhou You did not refuse again, but directly agreed.