November 30, Shanghai International Airport.

A Boeing airliner lands at the airport.

Johnson, chairman of the Outer Space Committee, who had arrived in Shanghai the day before, was looking forward to it at the airport.

"Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rhein's plane has arrived." The assistant said as he looked at the airport's scrolling holographic projection screen.

"Got it." Johnson looked expressionless.

A few minutes later, the airport exits.

Rhine? Feng? Groot and his party appeared not far from Johnson.

"Rhine!" Johnson stepped forward to shake Rhein's hand.

"I didn't expect Mr. Johnson to come and pick me up in person, thank you very much." Rhine said happily.

"We'll talk as we walk." Johnson patted Rhein on the shoulder and said.

The somewhat thin Rhine nodded, and as soon as they left the airport, they were chilled by a biting cold wind, and Rhine tightened his coat.

"It seems that the weather in Dongtang is as cold as Xizhou!"

"It's the same with New York."

"What does the Eastern Tang Space Agency say?" Rhein asked as he got into the car and rubbed his hands.

Johnson shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The attitude is very cold, so I sent two clerks to entertain us, and even the hotel was rented by ourselves." ”

Call! Rhine exhaled and leaned back in his seat: "It's very normal, now they hold the trump card of the mass projector." ”

"The country has changed so much, and when I came here in 14 years, it still hasn't changed so much." Johnson looked out the window and sighed.

"Yes! We're falling behind, and we're getting faster. Rhine said in a complicated tone.

The two talked all the way, and soon their car arrived at the hotel, but after Rhine and the others checked into the hotel, they did not rest.

Instead, take another flight to Chóng Qìng.

Their destination was Bazhong City, now the headquarters of the Space Development Commission, and due to the mass projector in Bazhong City, Bazhong City is a no-fly zone for all aircraft.

Except for some concession transport airships, which can fly five kilometers away from the Bazhong base, any other aircraft that enters this no-fly zone will directly shoot down and will not even issue a warning.

Rushed Rheinland, Johnson and others, accompanied by two clerks of the Dongtang Space Agency, finally arrived at the Bazhong Space City in the evening.

In order to get there quickly, they came by airship from Chóng Qìng.

The Bazhong Space City is home to the headquarters of the Space Development Commission.

The headquarters of the Space Development Committee is called the Blue Star Building, which is composed of two buildings, one large and one small, and the shape of the Blue Star Building is a miniature version of the Blue Star (88 floors, 490 meters high), and there is a Moon Building (33 floors, 180 meters high) next to it.

With lights and holographic projection equipment, Rhine and Johnson really feel like they're in outer space, looking down on the blue star and the moon.

Especially in the evening night sky, everything looks very dreamy, and many domestic tourists are taking photos next to the Blue Star Building and the Moon Building.

However, Rhein and Johnson were not in the mood for sightseeing, so they hurriedly followed the clerk up.

Inside the office on the 88th floor of the Blue Star Building.

Rhein and Johnson got their wish and met with Zhao Hongxing, one of the permanent members of the Space Development Commission, the director of the Dongtang Space Agency.

"Mr. Zhao, I'm Johnson, and it's a great honor to meet with you on behalf of the Committee on the Outer Space." Johnson hurriedly greeted.

"Hello Mr. Zhao, I am the representative of the Western Space Agency and the Hans Space Agency, Rhine? Feng? Groot, it's a pleasure to meet you. Rhine also hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake hands with Zhao Hongxing.

Several people greeted each other, and Zhao Hongxing kept talking about him left and right, but he didn't talk about aerospace matters.

Zhao Hongxing, as a technocrat , but anyone who gets the word official, especially those who can reach such a high position, must be an old fox who has been tempered for thousands of years.

He won't talk about aerospace first, now it's up to who can't bear it, anyway, Zhao Hongxing has nothing to fear.

In desperation, Johnson could only speak first: "Mr. Zhao, first of all, congratulations on the successful completion and use of your quality projector. ”

"Haha, it's just a trivial achievement." Zhao Hongxing seemed to treat a small thing.

The meaning translated by the translator, a small achievement that does not need to be spoken.

Johnson and Rhein were speechless for a moment, a small achievement? Is the mass projector a small achievement? Are you being sarcastic about our incompetence? Falk Squid!

"For the mass projector, we are also very interested in the West Space Bureau, and I don't know if there is an opportunity to cooperate." Rhein said tentatively.

"After all, outer space belongs to all mankind, and we have the responsibility and obligation to contribute to the great space cause of mankind." Johnson echoed Rhine's words with a smile.

Want to use all of humanity to suppress the Space Development Council? The wishful thinking of you shameless people is quite loud, and Zhao Hongxing replied:

"Of course, outer space belongs to all mankind, this is an indisputable fact, and we have no problem with you if you want to develop the universe."

His subtext is that outer space belongs to all mankind, of course, and if you have the ability, you can go up and draw territory, and if you don't have the ability, even if you say that the sun is yours, there is no use for birds, and someone has registered a patent for the sun.

“……”

Obviously, Rhine and Johnson heard the subtext of Zhao Hongxing, and of course they knew that international treaties were not very binding, especially for the big hooligans.

When an international treaty is needed, it is binding; When you don't need to use it, it's hard to wipe your buttocks.

The international community is an environment where the law of the jungle eats the jungle, and those international treaties are just a placebo for the weak.

The current situation is like this, even if the Eastern Tang-Galactic Alliance does not abide by the outer space treaty now, the Mi Lijia and the Western Continent Alliance are helpless.

"We don't want to contribute to the aerospace industry of all mankind, if we are willing to pay for the purchase of a mass projector, I don't know how much you need?" Johnson said very slyly tentatively.

Zhao Hongxing glanced at the other party and said lightly: "The quality projector is not for sale, and we have no plans to sell it." ”

"Mr. Zhao, anything is valuable, we can discuss it slowly." Rhine said with a snake on the stick.

"The ASML lithography machine of that year was also valuable, the International Space Station of that year was also valuable, and the F22 was also valuable." Zhao Hongxing replied with a smile and squinted his eyes.

"Uh......" Johnson and Rhine were dumbfounded, they have not done these dirty things over the years, it is really feng shui in turn, and the sky spares anyone.

Zhao Hongxing continued to mock and said: "However, this is thanks to your blockade, without your blockade, we won't become very strong." ”

Johnson and Rhine were so depressed by Zhao Hongxing's words that they almost vomited blood.

The conversation was very unpleasant and difficult, and the two of them were constantly testing the bottom line of the Space Development Committee, but Zhao Hongxing was unmoved, and in the end, the two sides could only temporarily suspend the conversation.

"Mr. Zhao, I heard that you have a launch mission the day after tomorrow, I wonder if you can visit the mass projector site?" Johnson asked.

"Oh?" Zhao Hongxing touched his chin, and after thinking for a while, he nodded: "Yes, I will arrange it." ”

"Thank you very much, and we're looking forward to it." After Johnson finished speaking, he left with Rhine.

Although this conversation was not fruitful, they at least knew some of the bottom lines of the Space Development Board.