Chapter 989 did not do the work of digging people's ancestral graves

The members of the joint Arab business delegation had made sufficient mental preparations in advance, and although the Arab world still does not have its own space industry, they still have a basic concept of how much money the space industry burns, and they will not dream of exchanging a few hundred million dollars for one percent of the shares of the space base.

In addition, they also know very well that in the space base project, they do not have many bargaining chips that can be used to negotiate with Liu Shiqing, from a technical point of view, they are basically impossible to provide any help for Galaxy Space, from a financial point of view, Liu Shiqing's pockets are more bulging than any of them, just because the stall of Galaxy Industry is too big, and the funds of Galaxy Industry are diluted.

What's more, Galaxy Industry has not had any bank loans, if Galaxy Industry is willing to use the company's assets or technology as collateral, all commercial banks in the world will rush to provide loans to Galaxy Industry, after all, the strength of Galaxy Industry is there, even from now on, Galaxy Industry has no new technology to come out, with the existing technology accumulation of Galaxy Industry, it is enough for Galaxy Industry to eat decades of old books.

In other words, the only bargaining chip in the hands of these Arabs is money, and even if they do, it is difficult for them to seek the initiative in the space base project. In fact, what technology is used in these weapons and equipment, those allies who have paid for it are all confused, and there is no way to touch the core technology of these new weapons and equipment, but the Americans are not too desperate, at least those allies who have paid for it can spend money to buy these new weapons and equipment afterwards, and like Huaxia, as the number one creditor of the Americans, with a lot of dollars in his pocket, Baba sent his money in front of the Americans, and the Americans refused to even look at it.

At this time, Galaxy Industry is like the United States, and these representatives of the Arab world are like allies, and it is already very good to be allowed to join the space base project, and these Arabs are not qualified to bargain with Liu Shiqing at all.

Mr. Al-Falih said: "Mr. Liu, we didn't know in advance that Galaxy was implementing the space base project, but since you said it, we know what we are here for. It is for the space base project, and we are determined to invest in this project, no matter how big the price is. We all have a certain psychological preparation, can you give us a thorough understanding of how much money we need to contribute to the space base project if we want to invest in it, in order to be able to get back a percentage point of shares in the space base? ”

Liu Shiqing stretched out five fingers, "500 billion Huaxia coins for one percent of the shares of the space base." ”

Liu Shiqing roughly estimated the cost of building a space base, and according to the current price level, it would cost about 1.2 trillion to 1.5 trillion Chinese dollars, which is about the same. Of course, this figure is not calculated according to the construction and operating costs of the International Space Station or the Sky 1 space station, and if it is calculated according to the way of the International Space Station, I am afraid that it will only be doubled several times, and it will not be possible to build a space base.

The reason why Liu Shiqing dared to keep the construction budget so low is mainly because he has mastered the mature manufacturing technology of space vehicles, just like the Galaxy spaceplane and the Airong spaceplane can be used repeatedly and repeatedly. This, invisibly, reduces the cost of building a space base. In addition, the Milky Way and Erong use nuclear-powered engines, which are less dependent on fuel, which is also an important point to reduce costs.

Of course, Liu Shiqing wants to make money in everything he does, especially when dealing with foreigners, profit is the primary goal, and the relationship between Galaxy Industry and the Arab world is good, but the money that should be made will not be less. As a result, in the blink of an eye, the shares that could have been purchased for more than 100 billion Huaxia coins have more than tripled in an instant.

In fact, if the current operating cost of Galaxy Space is still a bit high, if Galaxy Space can achieve large-scale production and assembly line operation, the cost of building a space base can still be greatly reduced, but unfortunately, at present, there is only one Galaxy Industry in the world that has the technology and courage to build a space base. Since you are working on this project alone, you will definitely need to spend more money.

In recent years, the ratio of Huaxia currency and the US dollar to huàn has been steadily rising, from one US dollar to huàn 6.5 Huaxia currency in 2012, and gradually rose to about 6.1 Huaxia yuan per US dollar today, and 500 billion Chinese yuan is almost 82 billion US dollars.

The price of a barrel of oil today is about $150, which means that more than 540 million barrels of oil are needed to get 1% of the equity of the space base. The amount of oil produced by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia per day is about 12 million to 13 million barrels per day, which means that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has to start production for about a month and a half, and only after all the money from the sale of oil can it be exchanged for 1 percent of the shares in the space base. (P: A barrel of oil weighs about 136 kilograms.) ）

This ratio to huàn is so disparity, but the reality is like this, a luxury car, priced at tens of millions of Chinese coins, is already very high-end, but a diamond the size of a screw on a luxury car may be much higher than a luxury car.

These Arabs deeply understood this truth, and after a short period of surprise, they immediately realized that Liu Shiqing's offer did not seem to be in line with the value of the space base, and according to their understanding of the existing permanent residence in space -- the International Space Station and the Sky No. 1 space station, the exchange of 500 billion Chinese coins for 1 percent of the shares of the International Space Station was about the same, but what Liu Shiqing took out in exchange was a space fortress that could accommodate 10,000 people. Does this cheap make money seem too big?

Mr. Al-Falih asked in disbelief, "Mr. Liu, are you sure you are talking about 500 billion Huaxia coins, not 5 trillion Huaxia coins?" ”

Liu Shiqing blinked, "Mr. Falih, do you mean that what I said is too cheap?" In that case, I will immediately increase the price, according to the 50,000 ...... you said."

Mr. Falih was taken aback and hurriedly said: "Mr. Liu, don't, don't, just do as you say, 500 billion Huaxia coins for 1 percent of the shares of the space base, I will subscribe for 10 percent of the shares on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and I will personally subscribe for 0.5 percent of the shares." ”

Mr. Al-Falih was afraid that Liu Shiqing would wake up and start raising prices tomorrow, so he hurriedly proposed to subscribe for the equity of the space base. His words startled Liu Shiqing, Liu Shiqing is indeed a little sober now, he knew that the Saudis were so rich, he should have opened the offer higher, lost, lost, sold cheaply.

Liu Shiqing was annoyed, but as soon as the words came out, it was difficult to change his words at this time, after all, he was the chairman of Galaxy Industry, and in front of the guests, what he just said didn't count, and he couldn't do this kind of thing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me first state that I am only going to sell 10% of the shares of the space base for the time being, and raise some funds first, and if the project is difficult to run, I will consider selling another share. How to divide these two percent of the shares, please negotiate for yourself. So I'll give you an hour, and after an hour, I'll come back to talk to you, and then you tell me the result. "What Liu Shiqing can do now is to sell less shares, and wait until the future to find opportunities to sell other shares, and when the time comes, it will not be at this price.

Liu Shiqing got up and left the VIP room, in the corridor, he closed the door of the VIP room, and then patted his head vigorously, and secretly scolded the pig brain, why was he soft when he "slaughtered people" today? An opportunity to raise more money was missed.

The Arabs in the house did not know how lucky they were today, and the money in their pockets narrowly escaped the catastrophe. They almost got into a fight in the VIP room at this moment, and one percent is ten percent, and such a small share is not enough for them at all, so Mr. Falih himself can subscribe for 0.5 percent of the shares in the space base, and from this one it is conceivable how rich these Arabs are.

However, these Arabs still did not fight after all, they were all compatriots living on both sides of the Jordan River, and there was no bitter hatred, and they were not so angry that they would be hurt for the shares of the space base.

By the time Liu Shiqing reappeared in the VIP room, the representatives of the United Arab Business Delegation had already reached an agreement and signed a contract with Liu Shiqing to purchase shares according to the distribution plan they had discussed.

After all, almost all Arab countries have business dealings with Galaxy Industry, and Galaxy Industry has a large amount of funds, equipment, and employees working in these Arab countries, these are collateral and hostages, and if Liu Shiqing dares to repay his debts, they will use these collateral and hostages to negotiate with Galaxy Industry. Moreover, Galaxy Space still has 49 percent of the national shares, and even if Liu Shiqing defaults on the debt, these Arab countries can negotiate with the Chinese government.

Of course, these are the worst-case scenarios, according to the history of their dealings with Galaxy Industrial, whether it is Liu Shiqing or Galaxy Industrial, there has not been a situation of non-performance of the contract, the two sides have a good interaction, and each other has established a trustworthy reputation. That's the fundamental reason.

After the contract was signed, Liu Shiqing said solemnly: "Everyone, the preparation of the space base is still in the secret stage, and it is not suitable to be made public at present. Now, the countries you represent are also shareholders of the space base, and you have a duty of confidentiality, and I hope that everyone will abide by this obligation, and at this time, do not mention it to anyone who is not related. ”

The members of the Joint Arab Business Delegation also understand that this matter needs to be kept secret, and once it is leaked, the United States, Europe, Japan, and Russia will certainly exert pressure to participate in this plan, and if they do not do it well, they will also sabotage it, and when the time comes, the huge amount of money they have invested will be in danger of going down the drain.

Liu Shiqing said again: "Confidential matters, just talking about it can't be done. I would like to ask Prince Said to be in charge of this matter, to supervise you, and to protect the common interests of all of us. ”

Prince Said sternly: "I swear in the name of Allah that I am willing to do this work and do my best to protect the common good of all." ”

None of the Arabs present had any opinion, so the appointment of Prince Said was approved by the order of Lì.

Sending these Arabs away, Liu Shiqing breathed a long sigh of relief, just now, he raised five trillion Huaxia coins, which is enough to build a space base, and it is more than enough, and there is no problem in building another one. However, Liu Shiqing decided to increase the budget on the original investment plan and perfect the construction of the first space base, only in this way can more people be attracted to invest in the follow-up space base plan, not to mention that the space base built in geostationary orbit is not only 1.2 trillion to 1.5 trillion Chinese dollars, but can be built, and the construction cost needs to be doubled several times. Liu Shiqing plans to borrow chickens and eggs to attract outside investment, just like this time, but he firmly holds the controlling stake and control of the space base in his own hands.

The United Arab Business Delegation departed for the Middle East the next day, and soon after, the countries ratified contracts for the purchase of space bases, and large sums of money were transferred to the Galaxy Space account. Almost overnight, Galaxy Space had a huge amount of money of five trillion Huaxia coins. Liu Shiqing personally ordered that this money should be earmarked, and no one was allowed to use a penny from this money without his approval.

With this fund, Galaxy Space has accelerated the pace of construction, and part of the funds has been withdrawn and invested in the expansion of Ulan Bu and the launch site, in addition to building a new runway, in addition to building a space vehicle production and assembly workshop in Ulan Bu and the launch site, so that Galaxy Space can build space vehicles at the same time in the Galaxy Industrial Park in Wuling City, as well as Ulan Bu and the launch site at the same time, so as to greatly improve the manufacturing speed of space vehicles.

After the first successful test flight of the Airong spaceplane, several test flights were carried out one after another, and all the astronauts of the Galaxy Astronaut Brigade conducted at least one test flight, and even Xia Kangtian and Wang Fujia each conducted a test flight. The flight plan of the two of them was only known to Liu Shiqing after the fact, and Liu Shiqing angrily gave Shao Ruolian a death order, and he was no longer allowed to arrange flight plans for Xia Kangtian and Wang Fujia in the future.

After rounds of test flights, Galaxy Industry has become the company with the most astronauts in the world, a total of more than 20, even the National Space Administration, which successfully conducted the first manned space test as early as 2003, does not dare to say that there are so many astronauts who have passed the actual combat test of Galaxy Industry.

For this matter, the China National Space Administration also specially sent people to the galaxy to learn from experience and conduct exchanges. This exchange does not matter, the National Space Administration quickly discovered the problem, first of all, the standards adopted by Galaxy Space for astronauts are different from those of the National Space Administration, in contrast, the astronaut standards of Galaxy Space are much lower than those of the National Space Administration, if the astronauts of the National Space Administration are compared to national athletes, then the astronauts of Galaxy Space are at most provincial athletes. Of course, this is not to say that none of the astronauts of the Galaxy Astronaut Brigade have reached the national team standard, but that their average is only the provincial team standard.

How big is the gap between the national team and the provincial team, maybe a primary school student can give a standard. There is a huge gap in this, which determines that Galaxy Industry can train more astronauts in a short period of time, while the China National Space Administration is still abiding by the old rules and training astronauts in an extremely harsh attitude. This attitude is not only being done by the China National Space Administration in China, but also by Americans, Europeans, Russians, Japanese, and so on.

In addition, when the China National Space Administration visited the Milky Way space and learned from it in a low profile, it also found another problem. This question surprised the heads and minds of the China National Space Administration. For this reason, after the China National Space Administration asked the General Armament Department for instructions, the General Armament Department sent Vice Minister Hong Dalei and the China National Space Administration sent Deputy Director Ye Qiuyan. The three of them sat in front of Liu Shiqing together, Liu Shiqing looked at the three carefully, and Bi Quanshui looked a little helpless and dazed - he was temporarily pulled, what was it for, Hong Dalei and Ye Qiuyan didn't tell him until now. Hong Dalei's expression was calm, and he couldn't see one, two, three, except Ye Qiuyan, with an unkind face, looked at Liu Shiqing, as if he was ready to pounce and bite Liu Shiqing at any time.

Liu Shiqing didn't know where he offended the lieutenant general and deputy director of the China National Space Administration, he clearly remembered that the relationship between the two sides seemed to have been very good, and he didn't do anything to dig people's ancestral graves.

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