During the New Year's holidays, Yuri and the others came forward to receive Walesa's uninvited guests. Although Walesa is now famous all over the world, he can only rely on a few patrons to continue to fight against the communist regime in Poland. Walesa knew from the Soviet press that the workers were also making trouble in the Soviet Union, and he felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he hoped that someone would provide a large sum of money for him to hold another massive national strike. As long as the USSR did not intervene in it, then the Polish government was definitely no match for Solidarity.

Seryosha decided to support Walesa's actions after careful consideration, so that he would have an excuse to continue importing large quantities of grain from the United States and Canada, and he would also use the situation in Poland to divert Gorbachev's energies from the intensifying strikes at home and Poland, and to get rid of the support of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation for the Soviet Union. If this can be done, then no matter how much Ligachev tosses, he will never dare to touch a single hair of Seryosha.

After hearing Yuri's reply in their support, Walesa could not believe his ears, and he held Yuri and Ivankov's hands tightly and thanked them a thousand times. Yuri gave Walesa a bill of exchange with a face value of 10 million rubles from the USSTVB, with which Walesa could return to Poland to carry out the preliminary work of the strike.

Shortly after Walesa was sent away, Seryosha's vacation came to an end. However, Seryosha still does not plan to return to Moscow, he wants to walk around the satellite countries of the Soviet Union to see if there are any Eastern European companies that are worth investing in, such as Skoda cars. By the way, it is also to avoid domestic strife.

Tonya and Karim will stay with Seryosha on her expeditions to Eastern Europe, while Eva will have to return to the United States because there is one important thing that the whole of Wall Street is waiting for her to go back to: the launch of Iridium's first experimental satellite.

Last year, Iridium's first test satellite was supposed to be launched before the end of the year, but it was delayed due to problems with the development schedule. So the launch was scheduled for the first Saturday after the Orthodox Christmas.

Eva had been on her plane from Czechoslovakia to Austria for several days at the airport in Vienna. Just before Eva got on the plane, AT&T's Stephenson made a special call to tell Eva the great news.

"Eva, if this satellite launch is successful, everything goes well. You'll be talking to President Ronald Reagan at the White House on a satellite phone! Stephenson said excitedly on the phone.

"I don't know about this." Eva was a little surprised, but still happy. If you talk to the president of the United States by satellite phone, it will undoubtedly be of great help to the commercial promotion of Iridium.

"I did it for you, and you know the business value of it. It's very helpful both for Iridium and for AT&T. Stephenson said triumphantly.

"Okay, I'll talk about it when I get back! I hope that all goes well," Eva hung up and boarded her private jet.

Eva's plane flies to Paris, then fills up with jet fuel before crossing the Atlantic before landing in New York. Eva would meet with Stephenson and other members of Iridium's board of directors in New York and then head to Space City Houston together. Just after Eva landed in New York, he received a call from a subordinate. The subordinate told him on the phone that everything was ready in Houston, and that the director and deputy director of NASA would attend the launch event.

Eva was not surprised, he was well aware of the importance that NASA attached to this business, knowing that Eva was going to launch a total of 77 satellites, which was absolutely a unique event in the history of commercial spaceflight. If the launch goes well, the future contract will be a huge payoff for NASA, as Eva intends to send all the satellites into space within a year after the verification of the satellites is approved.

Eva spent a day and a night on the plane, during which time he flew from the artsy city of Vienna to the city of Houston in the Texas desert. When she left the plane, Eva felt tired, but more excited. As soon as he stepped out of the cabin, he was blocked by media reporters waiting outside, and flashing lights lit up the tarmac in the night.

"Ms. Eva, how sure is Iridium about this launch......"

"If it fails, will Iridium continue to launch test satellites......

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Eva didn't respond much, she left the airport in a car under the protection of her bodyguards and headed to the hotel to rest.

At nine o'clock the next morning, Eva and Iridium shareholders arrived at the Houston Space Center early in the morning. The launch time was set for nine o'clock in the morning, and the weather was nice today, and the wind was beautiful. Eva and Stephenson and the others chatted with each other, and the shareholders who usually stayed in Japan also came to Eva to communicate cordially at this moment. Everyone is waiting for the news of Iridium's success.

As the time passed slowly, everyone's mood gradually became tense. At this time, Stephenson suddenly said to Eva: "Eva, before the market closed yesterday afternoon, I bought most of my pension into AT&T shares, and if it goes well today, I think I can retire from AT&T safely." ”

"Mr. Stephenson, why are you ......" Eva felt that the news was too sudden, and she suddenly thought about what to do if Stephenson and the other successors were unreliable.

"Rest assured, AT&T will continue to cooperate with Iridium, because I recommended you to the board of directors to be the next CEO of AT&T, and the representatives of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have agreed, plus your own stocks, I don't think anyone can object to you!" Stephenson said expectantly.

Eva tried to say anything more, but Stephenson turned and left.

"The last thirty minutes are ready, everyone leaves the scene ......"

"Enter the last ten minutes to prepare ......"

"Countdown to ...... 10 seconds"

"Ten!"

"Nine!"

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"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

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"Ignition!"

Under the watchful eyes of the audience, the launch vehicle flew into space with the dream of Iridium.

An hour later, Houston reported that the satellite had been successfully put into orbit and that everything was working fine. Iridium's directors and shareholders excitedly opened the champagne to celebrate. Then, under the watchful eyes of the audience, Eva dialed the White House phone with a satellite phone produced by Sony Corporation in Japan.

"Ma'am, you have done a great thing, congratulations!" President Reagan said enthusiastically on the other end of the phone.