A group of people sat in the waiting hall of the Arc Space Base and waited for the space airliner, at this time they had all completed the physical examination, and those who were going to space were in good health, even those who were older were fine.

The Grand Chief sat next to Dong Chen, talking to Dong Chen while looking at the scene outside.

The terrain here in the space base is very open, there are no buildings around, or the construction has not yet begun, anyway, from here you can always see the "city center" of Arc Island, that is, the central building area of Arc Group.

Looking at the towering steel tower, as well as those busy construction robots, the big chief asked Dong Chen, "Xiao Dong, how much does it cost you to build such an island city now?" And now you have started construction of too many large-scale projects at the same time, all of which need to be piled up with money, won't there be any problems with your budget? ”

Dong Chen leaned back in his seat, touched his bare head and said, "Great chief, this question is still ...... It's really impossible to calculate. ”

"Take the most basic island-building as an example, we have built many islands in China, I think you should not know the specific construction cost, but you should also understand some in general, it is not measurable with money, and the unit of "100 million" is small. ”

"The arc island we are going to build now is much more advanced than the islands we want to build in China, it is not a level of things, and the technology we use here is not the same as the future planning needs, plus the space station and moon base that are now under construction, if you really want to calculate it according to the market price, it may not be enough to fill in the GDP of China in a year."

"This is not counting the Mars base planned in the future, various types of spacecraft for space exploration, etc., if those things are added, it is really impossible to calculate it with the current monetary system."

Looking at Dong Chen's helpless appearance while talking, the big chief thought for a while and asked, "So, what measures have you taken?" ”

Hearing this, Dong Chen smiled, and did not continue to hide, "You should know that we have a submarine mine, and some of our raw materials do not need to be purchased from outside, and the intelligent technology we have mastered is not bad, enough to cope with a large part of the manufacturing requirements, so the cost can be reduced to a very low level." ”

"To tell you the truth, we actually own a lot more submarine mines than we have announced, and we are completely self-sufficient."

"Especially now that we're ...... Come out, you don't have to pay taxes to the state anymore, cough...... Our supporting industry is also very well-established, and now when it comes to cost, it is basically a small amount of money in terms of employee wages and equipment maintenance, but at the same time, we create more profits, so ...... We are never short of money. ”

As the chief of China, he never thought that someone would say to him, "I am never short of money."

As the world's second-largest economy, and on the verge of becoming the world's first, he had never heard anyone say anything like that.

Because last year, that is, in 2019, China's GDP was already very close to the United States, and according to this momentum, this year will definitely first surpass the United States economically and become the world's largest economy.

Although he was a little confused, the chief was quite interested in the large number of submarine mines that Dong Chen said, "When it comes to seabed minerals, what is your mining cost?" ”

Hearing the Great Chief's question, Dong Chen looked at the Great Chief and smiled, "What? The Grand Chief is interested in our minerals? ”

"Very interested, the development of the country is inseparable from minerals, especially now that we are developing rapidly, many facilities are under construction, so the amount of basic materials needed is very large, if your price is very cheap, I think we will have another point of cooperation." The Grand Chief said.

"No problem, our prices are very cheap," Dong Chen said with a smile, "Originally, we didn't sell minerals to the outside world, and the profits were too thin, but if Huaguo needed it, it could still be traded." ”

"That's good, worthy of someone who came out of our country." The Grand Chief patted Dong Chen's shoulder and said.

Originally, they were chatting very speculatively, and when they wanted to talk more deeply about the Arc Group, the aerospace plane was ready.

When they came to the special airport of the aerospace plane in an electric car, even if they had seen the pictures and glanced at the chief and others in the air a few times, they still felt shocked.

The runway of ordinary airplanes is different from the runway used by aerospace aircraft, and the place where they are located is also different, so the scene they see when they come is completely different from the runway scene they see now.

The huge aerospace plane that stretches as far as the eye can see is made of thick steel sheets and coated with friction and high temperature resistant coatings.

Originally, they could board directly from the sealed counter, but in order to give them a closer look at the space plane, it was changed to open-air boarding on the runway.

When everyone got on the plane and waited for take-off with seat belts on their bodies, the Grand Chief felt a little uneasy.

Although he is the head of Huaguo, he has seen a lot of big scenes, but as far as space is concerned, he has really never been there, and the closest time he is to space is when he talks to the Chinese astronauts in space.

Now he has the opportunity to go to space, and he is still going to inspect Huaguo's space industry, as a sixty-seven-year-old man, this is really a little unimaginable.

However, he didn't think for long, and the sound of the flight attendant on the plane woke him up, smiled at some of the leaders next to him, and then looked at Dong Chen who was sitting next to him and said, "Xiao Dong, thank you." ”

Dong Chen just smiled at this, "Big Chief, look at what you said, it should be." ”

Hearing Dong Chen say this, the big chief didn't say anything, but smiled and quietly leaned on his seat and waited for the plane to take off.

Considering the actual age of these leaders, and many people work hard all year round, although the body is well maintained, the acceleration of the aircraft is not very fast, and only the basic requirements for being able to fly are maintained.

After a while, the plane passed through the atmosphere, and when the color outside the porthole of the plane changed from blue to black, the slight tremor disappeared, and the body became lighter, all the leaders of the country put their faces on the porthole in amazement, observing the new world outside.

It is the bright and magnificent cosmic starry sky.