On the third day after the end of New Year's Day, the atmosphere of the festival has faded from Jinling Aerospace Industrial Park, and the workers who have returned from vacation and rest have begun to work.

The doors of each factory have been opened, large, medium and small logistics trucks are passing through the spacious highways of the park, a truck of raw materials into the park, and a car of parts that have gone away, just like blood full of nutrients, pumped into the limbs and torsos of China's aerospace industry by this energetic heart, making this rising giant stronger.

Located in the core area of the entire industrial park, in the high-walled Jinling Aerospace Assembly Center, there is a boxy and spacious factory.

In the factory, a metal hull divided into three sections is lying quietly on the scaffolding that is scattered like a skeleton.

It has become a pilgrimage site for the world's aerospace industry, and the hull lying on the horizon, like the coffin of a saint, attracts the attention of all astronauts around the world.

In particular, world-famous aerospace companies such as Boeing, Space-X, and Airbus, which have emerged in their respective fields, do not hesitate to give up orders of 1 billion or even tens of billions to reach cooperation with Star Technology, just to send engineers here to take a look.

At this moment, a group of foreign experts were standing next to the hull of the Queqiao, whispering in surprise, and from time to time pointing at the mechanical cantilever on both sides of the plant.

"God...... How are you going to get it into space? ”

The Chinese engineer standing next to him did not respond, but just stood there with his hands behind his back.

Without asking anything, the foreign expert was obviously not reconciled, so he deliberately used a provocative tone and said provocatively.

"The cuboid-shaped hull has a fatal flaw, and you haven't thought about what happens if it's hit by a meteorite? There is also the cold welding effect of metal in a vacuum and low temperature environment, and the increase in thrust will infinitely magnify the risk of hull decomposition. ”

The engineer in the hard hat still stood next to him, with a polite smile on his face that did not change the slightest bit, and he was even more indifferent to the complaints of these foreign experts.

After a long time of probing, they did not find useful information from the engineers here, and the faces of the foreign experts showed disappointed expressions.

In particular, the bearded white expert who had previously proposed the cold welding effect complained with a look of chagrin.

"Damn...... Aren't you going to argue about it? ”

This time, the engineer, who had been smiling silently, finally spoke.

"There's nothing to argue about, we speak with strength. Unless you can make an identical one, I'll be able to fart you. ”

“……”

Looking at the group of foreign experts who were in a commotion to express their dissatisfaction, Director Li, who was also inspecting this factory, glanced sideways at his secretary and asked.

"Who are those people? What are they doing? ”

Compared to Director Li, the secretary's English is still very good, hesitated for a moment, and explained.

"Those foreign experts...... As if to find fault. ”

"Finding fault?" Director Li raised his eyebrows, his expression was strange, and he almost didn't laugh out loud, "They are too embarrassed to find fault with us?" ”

In the past, if someone had told him this, he might not have believed it, after all, two years ago, China's space industry was indeed not strong enough to be proud, and it still had to listen to the opinions of foreign experts with an open mind.

But now, as the only country in the world that has mastered the mature and controllable nuclear fusion technology, and has used the controlled nuclear fusion and electric propulsion technology in spacecraft, there are still people who are qualified to come and teach them how to design a spacecraft?

That's no kidding.

"Finding fault is secondary, and their idea is mainly to probe from us. However, their methods do not seem to be very clever, and the method of agitation is useless to us. ”

Walking over from the side, Hou Guang, director of the Aerospace Research Institute of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, explained with a smile, and stretched out his right hand to Director Li, "Welcome Director Li to the Aerospace Assembly Center for guidance, you should tell me in advance, and I can prepare for the greeting in advance." ”

"What kind of visit guidance, what can I, a layman, guide you? I was just worried about disturbing your work, so I didn't tell you in advance. Director Li smiled and shook Hou Guang's hand, still a little uneasy to look at those foreign experts, "You all know that they are here to inquire about intelligence, why are you letting them in?" ”

"This is a request from a partner, the reason is to ensure the safety of the goods, and we can't keep them out because of this little thing," Hou Guang smiled indifferently and continued in a relaxed tone, "What's more, the technology that can be seen at a glance has no point in secrecy at all." Our real core technology is in the Institute for Advanced Study, where they can't get in, and even if we do experiments in front of them, they may not be able to see what we are doing. ”

In fact, this is what annoys the competitors the most.

They spent a lot of money to negotiate a cooperation, and sent engineers here in the name of "safety inspection" and so on, only to see a pile of unskilled scrap metal.

Yes, these things are just as valuable, and they contain a lot of knowledge, but for them they are no different from scrap metal.

After all, they didn't have the prerequisites for such a "flying brick" design route until they could figure out how to miniaturize controlled fusion and put it on a spacecraft.

Looking at the envious, jealous and hateful expressions on the faces of those foreign engineers, Director Li sighed softly and said.

"I didn't expect that we would have this day to let others rack their brains to steal our technology."

Hou Guang smiled and said, "Yes, sometimes I also think that all this is like a dream. ”

Looking at the group of foreign experts who were moving from the scaffolding to the next "scenic spot" as if they were coming to the tour group, Hou Guang paused for a moment and continued.

"We are currently bidding for NASA's 500-ton Earth-Moon transfer orbital mission, and if nothing else, our offer will be more than 20% cheaper than Space-X. This is the most suitable bidding plan after the research of our experts. If the bid is successful, it will be able to absorb at least $10 billion of excess space capacity. Just ......"

Director Li: "Just what? Tell me if there are any difficulties outside of technology, and I will find a way to help you solve them. ”

“…… No, you misunderstood, it's not that there's anything wrong with that, we're all right now. I just want to say, it's a pity that Academician Lu is now focusing on mathematics," Hou Guang sighed softly and said with some nostalgia, "To be honest, I really miss the feeling of standing on the front line of the scientific research front side by side with Academician Lu." Many times we exchange some data and exchange some ideas, and he can quickly give me a feasible idea, and I will demonstrate it from a professional point of view, no matter what I do, I will get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Hearing this, Director Li sighed and said.

"This kind of thing can't be forced, and Academician Lu also has his own things to do. We can't always force Him and always contribute His strength to us. ”

"That's what you said, we really can't always rely on him," Hou Guang nodded, regained his energy, smiled and said, "It seems that I still have to work hard here, and now I have finally established such a big advantage, but I can't live up to Academician Lu's hard work." ”

Director Li nodded with a smile and said.

"Go ahead, I'll have to go somewhere else later. If you run into Professor Lu, remember to say hello to him on my behalf. ”

"Okay." With a wave of his hand, Hou Guang buckled the helmet on his head and turned back to work.

Looking at Hou Guang, who put on a hard hat and turned away, looking at the Queqiao that was about to be completed one after another displayed not far away, and looking at this busy factory, Director Li's face showed a sense of relief and fascination.

China's aerospace industry is setting sail for the distant starry sky, and everything is developing in a good direction.

To be able to see this moment in my lifetime.

I always feel that there are no regrets to say in this life.