At the end of 2024, 1 million kilometers from the moon, a joint fleet of two Henglun-class spacecraft is heading towards the moon.

"The combined fleet is back!" The employees who received the news anxiously tried to make contact and exchange updates with each other, and their faces were full of anticipation when they learned that the combined fleet had finally completed its long four-month voyage and was returning to the moon.

Wang Xian and Sophia stood at the front desk of the conference room, and they were the protagonists today.

Dr. Charles looked blankly at the dozen or so employees of the Exploration Department who were disabled, some of them had broken spines, some had broken ribs, and some had misaligned internal organs... A miserable look.

"Are you going to die?" Dr. Charles said sadly, "Do you know how many resources it takes to repair your body, and how much life you will have to shorten. ”

However, the employees present looked like dead pigs who were not afraid of boiling water, and they were not moved at all, and they were doing their own things with a calm demeanor.

At this time, Qiao Hehe, who was behind, said loudly: "Doctor Charles, let's treat it quickly, the board of directors has given each of us a one-month confinement punishment, so thinking about it, it will take at least half a year before we have the opportunity to return to the universe, we can't waste any more time..."

In the conference room, Wang Xian and Sophia respectively elaborated on the harvest and summary of the joint fleet trip from their own perspectives.

Wang Xian unfolded the huge map of the solar system, on which several satellites were deployed, and a detailed map could be queried.

"First of all, I don't need to repeat the specific itinerary of this voyage, I believe you already know about it."

"As for our harvest, the income from this interplanetary trade is 6 billion, but I believe that it will continue to grow in the future, and this figure is not a reference."

Wang Xian said, "I'll tell you something you don't know. He pointed to the map, and three circles lit up on it, and the circles were connected by lines, thus becoming a diagram of a trade route.

"Now, the hinterland of the solar system will be roughly divided into three major business circles, the first point, the earth and the moon, is the beginning of all, the source of capital, manpower and material resources."

"The second point is that on Mars, the future development of Mars is not yet known, and the future potential will not be small thanks to the participation of the two superpowers. In addition, Mars is geographically quite special, it is in the middle of the remaining two business districts, and the gravity is not large, so although it has nothing special, it actually has the opportunity to make profits in many aspects. ”

Wang Xian's remarks were unexpected, and they questioned, Mars development is so promising?

"Take grain as an example, it is also sold to the asteroid belt, the cost of food on the earth is 1, the transportation cost is 20, the cost of food on Mars is 10, the transportation cost is 5, and the price of food given by the asteroid belt is 100, and the grain on Mars is cheaper than on Earth!"

After Wang Xian's brief explanation, the employees suddenly realized that interplanetary trade does not seem to be as simple as they imagined, and they even thought that the position relationship between the earth, Mars and the asteroid belt will also affect the change of this price, so in the annual cycle, there will be times when it is more profitable to sell food on the earth, and sometimes it is more profitable to sell food on Mars.

"The third point is in the asteroid belt, so far, this place has been developed for less than half a year, and the number of forces entrenched here is also 5 or 6, maintaining a rapid increase trend."

"The asteroid belt has little room for development, the demand for materials is quite terrible, and at the same time it produces all kinds of cheap and precious resources, and the scale of trade will be quite terrifying, at least several times that of other business districts."

As a result, after Wang Xian introduced the characteristics of the three major business districts, vague ideas emerged in the minds of employees.

"Therefore, from my point of view, although we have made a lot of money from this exploration, the real value lies in allowing us to gain useful experience and lessons."

"Interplanetary trade, this is a blue ocean market full of gold, has terrible potential, fortunately, the East Galaxy Company has stood at the forefront of the times and dug the first pot of gold."

"But we can't be satisfied with that, other countries will see this too, and if we take it lightly, we will definitely be surpassed."

"For the follow-up interplanetary trade, I have a few simple ideas to discuss..."

"First, the core of interplanetary trade is to feed back to the Lunar City, the Lunar Base, so next time we will focus on introducing more Lunar City specialties, so as to promote the prosperity of the Lunar City and turn more places into dumping ports for our goods."

"Initially, we will focus on cutting-edge processing materials, unmanned units and trained immigrants, all of which are our strengths, and at the same time completely within the company..."

"Second, for the sake of interplanetary trade, we cannot monopolize this trade route, but we can invest in deepening the closeness with the various ports and safeguard our interests."

"We will recruit non-regular staff to open an office in the local area, focus on gathering real-time information, negotiate business, and further establish our own company in many companies in Alien Ports."

Wang Xian's words were not much, the amount of information was very large, and the employees were still immersed in the wonderful picture of the trade routes in the hinterland of the solar system just now, and suddenly his words turned to what to do, which made many people's minds dizzy.

Of course, there are also some people who are quick to fully understand the meaning of what the trade department is going to do next, and their faces show excitement, and they can already imagine what kind of development the lunar city will achieve after being stimulated by interplanetary trade.

It was Sophia's turn, and she was the only one who was unable to attend due to Deputy Minister Joe Canal being injured in private.

Since the spacecraft of the two major departments acted together at the beginning, the exploration department was purely soy sauce in the first half of the voyage, and then made some extra money, and occasionally talked about what they saw and heard on Mars, what they saw and heard in the asteroid belt, and there were no other important things.

It's not that Sophia is particularly good at telling stories, but from the perspective of the employees in the exploration department, which is originally very attractive, and the employees have the opportunity to learn about the customs of Mars, the development of the port, and other places that are not noticed by businessmen who are interested in making money.

These are of interest to a large number of employees, and even after listening to Sophia's story, I feel itchy and regret why I was too cautious and didn't sign up for the exploration department?

In the second half of Sophia's narration, the exploration of Jupiter was a pioneering feat that had not been completed by Queen Nana before, and the exploration department successively completed the adventures of Europa, Ganymede, and Jupiter's atmosphere, including the abandoned moon-by-moon spacecraft, and each part of the story made their blood boil.

"Jupiter, a planet with great development value, may solve the problem that we still can't get rid of our dependence on solid chemical fuels."

Sophia expressed her opinion, but without Professor Russell's statement, Cao Chuan's statement, it remains to be seen whether the statement will come true.

The employees whispered, "There are also many asteroids in the asteroid belt that are densely packed with organic chemical fuels, so why do you have to choose Jupiter?" ”

"The samples taken by Jupiter have not been analyzed, so can the atmosphere above really be used for industrial mass production?"

"Molecular energy is a backward thing after all, and we still have to move forward in the direction of further research on other atomic energy."

Hearing the questioning, Sophia felt a little lost, but fortunately Cao Chuan stood up.

"Let's start with a round of applause for the employees in the Discovery Department. Let's not forget that we couldn't even take the first step in planetary exploration without the Exploration Department employees being the first to step up. ”

"Don't be too entangled in short-term interests, the vast sea of stars, trillions of stars, there are too many that we can't explore, it's a big deal to find another one, our goal has never changed."

After listening to Mr. Advisor's words, the slightly bad atmosphere relaxed again, yes, they arrived at Jupiter, isn't this the best? As for the development of Jupiter, it is also necessary to pay attention to the facts, not just the preference.

The appearance of Mr. Consultant eased the atmosphere, and the following content made the employees feel a little shocked.

"I just want to announce one thing, about the employees of the exploration department, Qiao Moumou, Lu Moumou, Ma Moumou... In the process of exploring Jupiter, the above employees did not abide by safety discipline and ventured into the depths of Jupiter's atmosphere, resulting in serious injuries to many people and complete damage to the spacecraft, and each person was sentenced to a merit punishment of 100,000 yuan and a one-month confinement to set an example. ”

Qiao Canal, who was still in the hospital, listened to the report and heard the results of his punishment, he finally put his mind at ease, thinking that he had finally not lost his position, and he had recovered as if he had been in the first half of the year, and then he would be able to go deep into the universe again.

Nearly 10 of their injured employees maintained a good attitude, and after hearing the back, Sophia once again stood up to announce the follow-up plan of the exploration department.

"Huh? The minister plans to go to Venus and Mercury for a two-stage expedition after a month's rest? ”

Qiao Canal suddenly felt a sense of frustration, feeling that they had been abandoned by the whole world.