In a Scandinavian-style Western restaurant, Jia Ying and Nie Peng sat on one side of the table, opposite a gentle man with glasses.

"I didn't expect you to be so young." Su Xing said to Nie Peng with a smile on his face.

"I didn't expect you to be much more restrained than I thought." Looking at the Su Province that was separated, he was polite, and Nie Peng really couldn't connect him with the front-line engineers of the scientific research unit.

"Mr. Nie praised it falsely, I hope calling you like this won't make you feel uncomfortable." Years of living abroad have made his way of communication somewhat Westernized, but it does not affect normal expression:

"What would make you want to invest in a private space company?" Su Province said straight to the point that he did not think that his euphemistic expression would make a good impression on the other party.

"Well, I guess I can save that for the last answer, okay?" Nie Peng didn't think about how to explain to him his original intention of establishing the aerospace company, but with a red heart and a prepared attitude, if the other party's ability is suitable to join his own lunar program, then he doesn't mind disclosing the existence of the lunar base to him. And if he can't get there, there's no point in making up a reason.

"Of course" Su Province shrugged, the focus of his attention was Nie Peng's determination to establish a private aerospace company, and whether he was suitable for such a space company, after all, career choice is a two-way street, he has wasted 3 years in the Academy of Science and Industry, and he doesn't want to waste time for his dream.

"You've worked at SPACE-X before, haven't you?" Nie Peng saw that he was simply sharp, so he simply saved the mind of detouring and went straight to the point.

"Yes, I worked as an orbital surveyor in the peripheral department for two years, and I learned a little bit." Su Province replied quickly, with a calmness in his eyes.

"So, what are you back for here?"

"Ideal, ideal for launching rockets" Su Xing finished speaking, smiled, and laughed a little self-deprecating. "But ... Forget it, don't talk about this, the result of the system's decision, I worked in the Academy of Science and Industry for three years, but I still can't achieve it, and I can't even feel any progress. ”

"And then you left?"

"Well, that's it if you keep doing it, it's too far away from my idea, after all, it's not a commercial system, and you rely on plan funding to do projects, and the constraints are too big and the help is too small. I gave up. Su Province's eyes were fixed on the teacup in his hand.

Nie Peng obviously felt that there was something in his words, but his silent demeanor had a feeling of turning him away, almost answering his own questions politely, and by the way, there was some dissatisfaction with the status quo.

"Then Mr. Su, what are you going to do next? Are you still in this industry? Jiaying asked.

When Shandong people call others, they are used to calling them teachers, just like calling masters and comrades, but people who are not used to listening to them will still be a little strange when they hear it suddenly.

"I'm not a teacher, I'm just a researcher. As for the plan, I still want to do it in this industry. But I haven't saved any money over the years, and I really don't have a suitable one, so I have to give up, after all, in the imperial capital, the income of four or five thousand is really difficult. He did not shy away from talking about his income, and Nie Peng was puzzled for a while, and thought that he had heard it wrong.

"Four or five thousand??"

It's incredible! Nie Peng originally thought that his annual salary would be around 200,000, but it turned out to be less than one-third of what he expected.

"Yes, that's it, but there are some benefits, and the provident fund is not low, but it's useless." Su Province made no secret of it, "It's just that it's nothing if you have less, you just can't get what you want, and I feel like I've paid a lot, but I've done useless work." ”

"Why?" Nie Peng was puzzled.

"Hmm... How to say it," Su Province blinked, "This problem is common both at home and abroad, after all, a company has been developing for decades, the burden is too heavy, and the associated relationship is also very complicated, I habitually compare Space-X with him, so I always feel that he... Aging, not enough vitality. After speaking, he stared at Nie Peng again and pursed his lips.

What Su Province said is the truth, this is not to say that it is deliberately slandering anything, but to state a general law of industry development, no matter what enterprise, what project, after all, from start-up to growth, from maturity to decline, the law of the industry cycle is not so easy to break.

"However, at present, in China, if you want to engage in aerospace, then there is only this way to choose, although there are also nominal private space companies in China, but it is different from Space-X, they make orders, Space-X makes rockets, and does commercial launches. The theoretical height is not the same, and it can't be compared. ”

"Then what do you think we need to start with to develop private space companies in China? Or rather, copying the Space-X model? This time it was Jiaying who asked the question, after all, when it comes to the industry model, she knows a lot.

"It can't be imitated, Space-X is behind NASA, it is NASA, and now NASA has outsourced almost all of its ground orbit orders and turned to the field of deep space exploration, and the previous cake has fattened private companies such as Sace-X and Orbital Sciences. Now these companies can feed back the civil space system, and the price is still very low. ”

After all, the aerospace project is a powerful weapon related to the status of a great power, and the progress of domestic technological development is not as obvious as the stratification of old and new technologies like the old United States, which can spread the old technology to the people, and then rely on strong air and space control to restrain it.

If the domestic gourd paints the scoop and uses technology to invest in private aerospace companies, it is almost to copy the entire research system in the past, safety is one thing, and the rate of return is another, after all, no one dares to guarantee whether the aerospace companies under commercial development can digest a full set of packaged technologies and then derive commercial competitiveness.

"Therefore, if you want to be an aerospace company from the launch level, you must either open up policies step by step, or you can attract attention from above." Su Province stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky.

"The top is concerned..." Nie Peng frowned, if there is a way to attract the attention of the high-level, he is not without it, such as finding a few high-power laser lights and taking a picture of the earth, he doesn't believe that the ground can't find it, it's just a matter of time, but what he wants now is to dock with the country, announce the existence of the moon base to the country in a purposeful and planned way, leave enough time for himself, and also give the country a shot in the arm.