That night, Tang Chao entered a secret network room with a few big men.

These big men are none other than the bosses of the six private space companies we met at the end of today's meeting.

It just so happened that six companies were working in pairs and twos, building rockets, building new space shuttles, and building space living equipment.

They are two of the most powerful companies in their respective fields.

Looking at the six well-known cattle in the international private aerospace field, Tang Chao remembered a sentence.

"The network is a thread, cherish this relationship."

The reason why he thought of this was because he was going to fool these people.

Tang Chao is looking at them, they are also looking at Tang Chao, compared to them, Tang Chao can be said to be extremely young.

At the age of less than twenty-four, he is already standing at the same height as them, and it is estimated that he will be even more remarkable in the future.

In the end, Ma Yilong, who was still a space fork, broke the calm first and said: "Let's start quickly, this secret meeting can't last too long, the longer it is, the greater the possibility of being discovered." ”

After listening to him, everyone focused on Tang Chao, because this meeting was mainly caused by Tang Chao.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Tang Chao didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Okay, I'll just say it directly, everyone here is a leader in the private aerospace field, and I don't need the self-humility that Tianxia people are used to, in the Tianxia private aerospace field, the interstellar navigator is the strongest." ”

"It's just that you have noticed that we, as the leader in the industry, actually don't make much money?"

As Tang Chao's words were finished, everyone fell silent, because what he said was the truth.

Don't look at all kinds of analyses saying that the scale of commercial space will be hundreds of billions or trillions in the future, but they all understand that it will be in the future, and like the eternal "50 years later" of nuclear fusion, the scale of the commercial space market in trillions does not know what year it will take.

Anyway, for now, the annual commercial space market is not even half a billion dollars.

And for this amount of money, several of their large companies not only have to rob each other, but also have to endure the situation that small companies come to eat on the plate.

Their scale is too big, and their products are big, but as satellites get smaller and smaller, if the customer only launches a micro satellite, then there is no need for a big rocket, and the smaller the rocket, the better, because it is cheaper.

And the small rocket is also flexible, place an order today, and it can be launched tomorrow, the larger the rocket, the more you need to wait, and even have to "carpool", and wait longer.

That's unreasonable, Uncle Ben has given money, why should he suffer this crime?

In the past, when there were only one or two private spaceflights, they had no choice and could only line up obediently, but now there are more and more private spaceflights, and the first ones are small rockets, and the customers decisively change the launcher.

Whoever serves well and who is cheap will be found.

So don't look at the higher and higher technological level of these companies, but the orders are getting fewer and fewer, and all you can count on is the super large order of the official space mission.

And not to mention that there are not many official orders, even if there is, their equipment is not good, their technical level is high, but it is not so high, this is aerospace science and technology after all, and it is an industry that requires huge accumulation.

Now that they have met Tang Chao, the technology they are conquering Tang Chao has, even if it is not directly usable, there are similar alternatives, as long as they get these technologies, they can immediately compete for the official big order.

But they also thought that there were only so many official funds and only a few projects, and even if they were to be covered, they would not be able to eat enough for a few years.

Talking about this, a few people's mouths couldn't be closed, and they said a lot of industry secrets, the private aerospace industry looks beautiful, but only they know the hardships inside.

Tang Chao was fascinated by it.

But this deal has to be done, otherwise how can they get them to work for themselves?

So he said: "You should all have found out, after the Long March 9 program was announced that summer, Merrican immediately invested more than a billion dollars in the SLS rocket project, what does this mean, I don't need to say, right?" ”

"You can think about it, during the space race a few decades ago, how much was Merriken's annual space spending, and now, how much?"

This question directly lit up everyone's brains.

That's right, now Merriken's aerospace spending is more than 20 billion a year, which is the largest in the world, but compared to that crazy era, it can't even be compared to a fraction.

At that time, sometimes the space expenditure was more than the military spending, but the space funding at that time may really be used as military spending, after all, the purpose of both sides was not pure.

Launching a Saturn V would be the equivalent of throwing away a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, because there was no recycling capability at that time.

Now the annual military expenditure is hundreds of billions of dollars, and if the space expenditure reaches this level, then the "hundreds of billions of dollars in the commercial space market" analyzed before is not a vision, but a big cake in front of them!

Hundreds of billions, and the equal sharing of several of their companies is enough for one company to 100 billion.

Thinking of this, several bosses breathed heavily.

Among them, Ma Yilong is the most excited, with 100 billion US dollars, his Mars plan can be accelerated and accelerated, not to mention dying on Mars in the future, it will be done to go to Mars in a few years to work!

"Mr. Tang, you mean...... If we want to make a fortune, we need to find a way to start the space race again? ”

"Yes, Mr. Ma, your idea is good, but I want to correct you for a mistake." Tang Chao said with a smile.

Among several people, he, the initiator, is the most calm.

Ma Yilong was stunned, "What mistake?" ”

"It's not a big profit, if the space race is really provoked, it won't end in a year."

"Shet! You're right! ”

Someone directly burst into foul language.

Yes, it's been almost 20 years since the last space race.

20 years ......

Hundreds of billions a year......

"Shhhh

Two data flashed in their minds, and the big bosses all gasped.

A fire lit up in everyone's eyes.

No one in the whole world wants to go back to that crazy era of the space race more than the aerospace industry.

At that time, mankind's yearning for space could break through the atmosphere without rockets.

But the cake was figured out, and it was big enough, but how to make it out was a problem.

And Tang Chao said that this is not a problem.

"Just like at the beginning, in fact, there are already many signs of it, and we just need a gentle push."

"Tianxia's national strength is barely qualified, the key is that Merriken feels very qualified, and now when it comes to military spending, Tianxia is definitely mentioned the most, as well as various blockades, sanctions, and dumping, all of which show that Merriken has recognized Tianxia's challenger identity and wants to fight to the death."

"It is unlikely that there will be a hot war between the two countries, so we will lead this battlefield to space, which has actually begun, that is, the manned lunar landing programs of the two countries."

"It just so happens that my company has enough influence in Tianxia, and even our company has undertaken part of the manufacturing tasks of the Long March 9, and I can clearly tell you that the first flight of the Long March 9 in three months can definitely be a success, and it really won't take long to land people on the moon."

"When the time comes, you will ...... ...... like this"

Tang Chao's words were like the whispers of the ancient gods, one after another drilled into their ears and into their brains, making them enthusiastic one by one.

His plan is terrible...... No, that's genius!

When the time comes, these aerospace companies will definitely stand on top of the world, instead of being the crown of science and technology as they are now, but they can't earn a billion dollars a year.

What kind of crown of science and technology is this, it's obviously bitter haha, and they earn more than they do garbage recycling for a year.

In the end, Tang Chao still said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will never fight with you for the moon landing contract, and Merrican will not let me get the contract anyway." ”

"It just so happens that we can use this opportunity to turn this into a sign of our takeoff, as the initial event of the space race between the two countries, and we will need your help when the time comes."

"Hahaha, it's easy to say, it's easy to say~"

Looking at the laughing crowd, Tang Chao was also laughing, but his smile was different from these people.

Are these people stupid?

Not stupid.

Just trillions of dollars, too many.

Space race, under what circumstances is it a "competition", no matter what, the strength must be about the same, not half a catty or eight taels.

And he ......

"I'm sorry, I'm hanging."

Compared with the entertainment industry, Kanxing's gang of critics must not be as good as Merrican.

But compared to the aerospace industry, Kanxing's gang has a high IQ...... Criticism, definitely a little stronger.

And it's always been a global collaboration, and he's also continuing to merge with other companies.

On top of that, the speed of time on the planet is ten times that of Earth! (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)