Chapter 965: I'm Poor

Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin roamed in space for more than five hours in the Galaxy spaceplane, and finally successfully returned to the ground. This incident has caused a very strong response within Galaxy Industry. Liu Shiqing signed an order to award the title of "Galaxy Industrial Aerospace Hero" to Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin, and used diamonds to get a trophy for each of them, and at the same time, gave each of them one million Huaxia coins as a special reward.

Inside the galaxy space, the galaxy industry astronaut brigade has been greatly encouraged, and they are gearing up one after another, all striving to become the astronauts of the second test flight of the galaxy spaceplane.

The second test flight did not last long, and on the eleventh day after the first test flight, the spaceplane Galaxy took to the sky again, this time circumnavigating the Earth five times, and finally returned to the ground smoothly. After that, a dozen days later, on February 3, 2018, a third test flight was carried out, which was still very successful.

Three test flights in a row, the interval between each test flight, only about ten days, such a thing, in the history of astronautics, is absolutely unprecedented,

Every time the American man-made space shuttle returns from space, it has to go through a long period of overhaul, and it is very normal for two launches, with an interval of half a year or a year in between, and even so, there are still two space shuttles that have had accidents and killed people. When the space shuttle withdrew from the stage of history and was replaced by a space plane, the US military also carried out many test flights, but each test flight had to go through very rigorous preparations, and the interval between each test flight was not short.

In contrast, the Galaxy spaceplane only takes about ten days at a time, which is too exaggerated, which can only show one point, that is, the various technologies used by the Galaxy spaceplane are extremely mature. Mature enough to be built in large quantities like a car, otherwise, the Galaxy spaceplane would not have been able to make such frequent test flights, and every test flight was successful.

When this news came out, the whole world was in an uproar again, and the United States, Europe, Japan and Russia reacted differently. Many countries have made requests to visit China, but they have been politely rejected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Ministry of Commerce of China, for only one reason, the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dog in China is approaching, and at this moment when Chinese people around the world are celebrating, it is inconvenient for the Chinese government to receive foreign guests.

At this time, Yinhe Industry and Huaxia Academy of Sciences held a joint press conference, saying that on February 13, that is, on the 28th day of the lunar month, the Yinhe spaceplane will carry out the first mission to transport the clairvoyant space telescope to the predetermined orbit and assist the clairvoyant space telescope to work in space. After that, the Galaxy spaceplane will return to Earth.

At the press conference, Yinhe Industry and Huaxia Academy of Sciences also invited domestic and foreign media to the launch site for interviews, of course, the premise is that the reporters must obey the management of the staff and cannot take photos and interviews in sensitive areas without authorization.

The invitation of Galaxy Industry made the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce very helpless, they looked at the hundreds of letters from foreign countries applying for entry, and felt that if they knew that Galaxy Industry would make this decision, why should they be evildoers, they knew that this would be the case, and communicated with Galaxy Industry in advance.

The main difference is that this time there is a very clear task, to send the clairvoyant space telescope with a high cost and a value of more than 10 billion Chinese coins to space, and place it in a predetermined orbit, if something is found wrong, the astronauts also need to debug the clairvoyant space telescope, and further, if the clairvoyant space telescope can not work smoothly, It is possible that the clairvoyant space telescope will also be reloaded into the Galaxy spaceplane and brought back from space.

The test flight is very simple, you only need to fly the Galaxy spaceplane, take off from the ground, circle the earth a few times, and then fly the Galaxy spaceplane and return to the ground. Strictly speaking, test flights are the least technical thing, and more than half of the astronauts in the Galaxy Space Astronaut Brigade have this ability.

On another level, the official mission of the Milky Way spaceplane can only succeed and not fail, and once it fails, then the wave of public opinion set off by the first three test flights of the Milky Way spaceplane will immediately form a huge counterattack force, and the Galaxy Industry, or at least the Milky Way space, will be overturned to the ground.

In view of the importance of this matter, Liu Shiqing specially rushed from Yanjing to the headquarters of Galaxy Space in the Galaxy Industrial Park in Wuling City, and personally selected the astronauts to carry out the mission of the Galaxy spaceplane.

At present, the total number of astronaut brigades of Galaxy Industry is a total of 15 people, headed by Jing Haitao, Liu Wenbin is the deputy, and the other 13 team members are all authentic employees of Galaxy Industry, among them, the older ones, in their early forties, and the younger ones are only 212 years old, Wang Fujia is the youngest, and she is also one of the few female astronauts (preparative).

Some time ago, Mao Sixian went to Yanjing to report to Liu Shiqing, and when she went, she specially brought them. Liu Shiqing talked to them two or three times, Wang Fujia and Xia Kangtian were hard-hearted, no matter how Liu Shiqing persuaded them, they just refused to quit the astronaut team. Liu Shiqing was unwilling to force them, and in the end he could only compromise. But compromise is compromise, and it is basically impossible to get Liu Shiqing to approve the two of them to become real astronauts.

Excluding Wang Fujia and Xia Kangtian, and excluding a few reserve astronauts who are obviously not good, there are few people left. Jing Haitao, Liu Wenbin, Zhang Cuibai, etc., a total of seven. Zhang Cuibai was soon ruled out, he is now divorced, Liu Shiqing said that it will be at least half a year before letting him fly on a mission. As a result, there are only six people who can be selected in a controllable manner, and three of these six people are foreign employees, one Israeli Jew, one American, and one Arab.

Liu Shiqing has never discriminated against foreign employees, they are in the company, as long as they are the same as Huaxia employees, they enjoy the same treatment as Huaxia employees, if they are particularly prominent, then they will be the same as the outstanding Chinese employees, the same awards and promotions, of course, correspondingly, they are not good enough, they will also be approved for education, and even transferred from their jobs for skills training, if they are not up to the mark, there is a risk of dismissal.

Foreign employees have no preferential treatment in Galaxy Industry, and there is no place to be discriminated against, except that they are different from Huaxia employees, they eat the same meal, walk the same road, and receive the same salary.

However, when choosing who would carry out the first mission of the Milky Way spaceplane, Liu Shiqing hesitated, and he was a little unsure now. You must know that the Milky Way spaceplane and the clairvoyant space telescope are priceless treasures, the cost of the clairvoyant space telescope exceeds 10 billion Huaxia coins, and the cost of the Yinhe spaceplane also has billions of Huaxia coins.

In contrast, there is no way to measure the manufacturing technology of the Galaxy spaceplane and the clairvoyant space telescope and the scientific and technological content behind it, and if you have to make a price standard for them, even if it is worth trillions of Chinese coins, it is not an exaggeration. In case the Milky Way spaceplane flew into the sky, the pilots of the Milky Way spaceplane had different intentions. Piloting the Galaxy spaceplane and landing on the territory of the United States, it is not impossible for the Americans to return the Galaxy spaceplane and the clairvoyant space telescope to Huaxia in the end, and it is estimated that the Americans will also dismantle the Galaxy spaceplane, and when the time comes, the Americans will continue to accumulate technology and copy the Galaxy spaceplane.

Of course, astronauts can also not land in the United States, Japan, Russia, Europe, etc., are all landing places they can choose, in case they choose a bad relationship with China, when the time comes, it is impossible to bring back the Galaxy spaceplane.

In order to prevent this from happening, the Galaxy spaceplane was equipped with an automatic control system, and ground personnel could directly control the Galaxy spaceplane through radio signals. However, if the astronauts are determined to defect, they can completely destroy the control module of the Milky Way spaceplane controlled by the ground personnel and let the astronauts fly it themselves.

The three expatriate employees had gone through a series of complex tests, whether it was a written test, an interview, or a virtual headset, and they were not found to have any problems. But these are not equal to absolute insurance, the human heart is unpredictable, even in the era of the Galactic Federation, it cannot be said that the psychological activities of the test person can be completely figured out. If something goes wrong, it's a catastrophe.

Liu Shiqing sat in an office chair, with a row of essays spread out on the desk, each representing a shortlisted astronaut. The flight evaluation experts of Galaxy Space have already given their opinions, that is, let Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin carry out the first mission of the Galaxy spaceplane.

Liu Shiqing also believes that Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin are loyal to Yinhe Industry, the country and the people, and will not defect abroad in the Yinhe spaceplane. However, it is precisely because of this that Liu Shiqing is reluctant to let them carry out this mission, Liu Shiqing hopes to take the opportunity of the Galaxy spaceplane to go to the sky many times, so that the astronaut team can have more reserve astronauts, can personally carry a mission, and truly mature, after all, every time the Galaxy spaceplane goes to the sky, it can only carry two astronauts, and it is very difficult to stuff one more.

And after the Galaxy spaceplane completed its mission this time, it is not known when the next mission will be. That is, after the launch of the clairvoyant space telescope this time, there may be a long period of silence, and then the astronauts of the astronaut brigade will have no opportunity to train. Liu Shiqing's meaning is relatively clear, it is best to let every astronaut in the astronaut brigade have the experience of performing a mission, with this experience, they will really grow up, then when they are needed, they can really become the operators of the spaceplane, instead of being busy in the corner, in that case, it is easy to travel on business.

Liu Shiqing pondered whether to let the third Chinese employee among the six people, plus one of Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin, form the astronaut team this time. This practice has also trained at least one of them.

At this time, someone knocked on the door of the office, Yang Nuoting went over to open the door, and there were several men wearing traditional Arab robes standing at the door. At the head of the list is Prince Said of the Dubai royal family in the United Arab Emirates.

Without waiting for Yang Nuoting to greet them, Prince Said pushed the door open and barged in in a big way, "Mr. Liu, you're too boring, aren't you?" We are here to complain about the quality of your Galaxy Industry, which makes us very dissatisfied. ”

As he spoke, Prince Said sat down on the sofa, and several other Arabs sat down as well. These are all members of the royal family of Arab countries, all of them are big donors, and each of them has at least one limited edition amphibious vehicle launched by Galaxy Heavy Industries, and there are even as many as seven or eight of them. In addition, they have one thing in common, each of them contributed 200 million Huaxia coins to participate in the business training of Galactic Space.

Since the establishment of Galaxy Industry, Arab countries have always been one of the main consumers of Galaxy Industry's products, and Liu Shiqing is unwilling to offend these big financiers who hold mountains of gold and silver. He hurriedly got up and smiled at Prince Said: "Oh, Prince Said, what did our Galaxy Industry do not do well, so that you are not satisfied." If this is true, I will definitely criticize the relevant responsible persons and ask them to apologize to you. ”

"The person who makes us dissatisfied is none other than you, Mr. Liu." Prince Said dissatisfied.

"Prince Said, what do you mean by that? We've been friends for years, I don't remember anything I've done to be sorry for you, right? Liu Shiqing looked aggrieved.

Prince Said glared, "Mr. Liu, since you said that we are old friends, then I will be straightforward." We pay to come to the galaxy and space, not to eat, drink and have fun, but to one day, to become astronauts, to win glory for our respective countries, and by the way, to cut the face of the Israelis, so that they can also see that there can be more astronauts among us Arabs. However, since we arrived in Galaxy Space, our training has never been staggered with the arrangement of the Galaxy Industrial Astronaut Brigade, and we have not had any communication with each other. That's it, after all, none of us can become professional astronauts, and we don't have much to say to them. We have an opinion on why we don't get what we deserve. ”

Liu Shiqing personally poured a cup of tea and sent it to Prince Said, "Come, Prince Said, drink saliva, moisten your throat, and then continue." ”

Prince Said didn't drink tea, but continued: "Let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that some time ago, the Galaxy spaceplane carried out three test flight missions, and it was just that we were not allowed to be astronauts, why didn't we even allow us to go to the test flight site to have a look?" Are there spies among us? ”

"There are no spies, and Prince Said can rest assured of this." Liu Shiqing said busily.

Prince Said snorted, "Allah is above, I finally heard President Liu say a fair word." Mr. Liu, do you think the treatment we receive is fair or unfair? ”

"This is my negligence at work, I forgot to tell the people below, I neglected you, I, Liu Shiqing, am here, I apologize to you. I'm sorry, guys. Liu Shiqing clasped his fists with both hands and shook towards the people present.

Prince Said said with a straight face: "Mr. Liu, it's not enough to just apologize verbally, you have to take some practical actions to make us feel your sincerity." So, the Galaxy spaceplane is about to make another test flight, shouldn't we be astronauts again? ”

"This doesn't work, absolutely not." Liu Shiqing hurriedly refused, Prince Said, not to mention that they are all foreigners, and none of them are employees of Galaxy Industry, so that's it, the most important thing is that they have not received relevant technical training, and when they are in the sky, can they send the clairvoyant space telescope into the predetermined orbit, that is a matter of two words, Liu Shiqing does not dare to bet on them.

Prince Said nodded, "Since this road is not good, then okay, Mr. Liu, let's propose another solution." The flight of the Milky Way spaceplane, two astronauts, one of whom has to be one of our people, that is, Faisal? Abdul, he is an employee of your Galaxy Industry and a member of the Galaxy Space Astronaut Brigade, and we have heard that he has done very well in training, and he is at the top of the list. The Milky Way spaceplane has already made three test flights, and six astronauts have taken to the sky, and now even if it is next to each other, it will be his turn. ”

When Liu Shiqing heard this, he immediately understood, it turned out that Prince Said and they had been waiting for themselves here for a long time, in order to bring Faisal? Abdul was pushed into the astronaut's position.

Prince Said continued: "Mr. Liu, we know that you must be worried about who to choose as the astronaut of the Galaxy spaceplane. We also know that you tend to choose Chinese employees for this mission. But we still hope that you will consider making Faisal? Abdul became one of two astronauts, and we can assure you, Faisal? Abdul is a devout Muslim, and the light of Allah shines on his heart, and he will never defect. ”

Liu Shiqing snorted, nothing superfluous.

Prince Said continued: "How many of us are willing to give Faisal? Abdul as a guarantor, let him be an astronaut, if he does anything sorry for Galaxy Industry and your President Liu, you can detain us in Huaxia, and you can do whatever you want with us. Alternatively, can we put Faisal? Abdul's family was temporarily transferred from the United Arab Emirates to Huaxia and let them live in China temporarily. This can also be regarded as a peace of mind insurance, right? ”

Liu Shiqing still didn't say anything, he had to think about it. Prince Said so much, it was not enough to touch Liu Shiqing's heart at all.

Prince Said saw that Liu Shiqing still didn't move, gritted his teeth, and said, "Mr. Liu, as long as you can make Faisal?" Abdul will be the astronaut this time, and at the same time not let the Jews of the astronaut brigade be another astronaut, then we are willing to make more substantive expressions, in addition to what I just said, we are willing to place another order of 10 billion Huaxia coins in Galaxy Industry, and at the same time fund 100 million Huaxia coins in Galaxy Space to do scientific research in space. How's it going, you see? ”

Liu Shiqing blinked, "Prince Said, you don't complain about me?" ”

Prince Said smiled, "As long as Mr. Liu agrees to our conditions, we are very satisfied with your work on Galaxy Industrial, how can we complain about you?" ”

Several other princes of the Arab royal family also laughed, they didn't really come to settle accounts with Liu Shiqing, but they were just looking for the reason for this matter, first standing on the top in momentum, and then taking the opportunity to make a request and push Faisal? Abdul is on the throne, as long as Faisal? If Abdul can become an astronaut and fly the Milky Way spaceplane into the sky, then there will be one more astronaut in the Arab world, which will certainly boost the popularity of the Arab world and deal a blow to Israel's momentum.

Liu Shiqing nodded, "For the sake of these conditions proposed by Prince Said, and for the sake of the friendship between the two of us for many years, I will approve it, let Faisal?" Abdul did one of the astronauts on this flight. But Prince Said, I'll put the ugly words up front, Faisal? If Abdul is really a devout believer, then he should abide by the virtues of kindness and honesty, be loyal to the company, and not do anything that is sorry for the company. I would like to believe that he can do this, but if he betrays Allah and betrays His teachings and does something wrong, I will not be merciful. Don't blame me then. ”

Prince Said nodded repeatedly, "Understood, Faisal?" We all know the details of Abdul, otherwise, we wouldn't have offered to stay in Huaxia as a hostage, Mr. Liu, believe us, yes, Faisal? Abdul will not let you down, he will definitely become a hero of our Arabs, not a scolding bear. ”

The reason why Liu Shiqing agreed, in addition to the conditions put forward by Prince Said, which made him dispel his worries, also has a lot to do with the orders and funding costs made by Prince Said. Galaxy Industry is short of money for the development of the space industry, and the 10.1 billion Huaxia coins added together are not less, since Faisal? Abdul can believe it, then he doesn't mind taking advantage of this and making more money.

I'm poor, Liu Shiqing sighed in his heart. V