It's just $800 million, and I want to buy SCC, is this a way to call Hanako?

In the eyes of others, perhaps 800 million is enough. But for the ambitious, this is not enough!

Both Hughes and Alex were not happy with the price, especially after the successful launch of the SCC rocket, and they had more leverage.

Today, only SCC can successfully launch rocket technology in the United States. It can be said that if other rocket agencies are given another year or two, it is estimated that it will be difficult to reach the level of the current SCC company.

Because Alex had already taken Von Bryan into his pocket, without the former Nazi rocket expert, American rocket skills would have to crawl in the mud for a while.

It's just that he underestimated Eisenhower's desire to control, and in such an unfavorable situation, he insisted on forming another NASA.

For this price and situation, Alex has been prepared for a long time.

He knew that with the advent of NASA, the U.S. government would no longer be as laissez-faire as it was in the development of other technologies, and whoever had the best ability would be able to grab more of the cake. After Hughes set the course with him, he was not as optimistic as Hughes.

In order to achieve the effect of a blockbuster, Alex pushed the time of the rocket launch again and again. He knew that SCC had achieved a world-famous reputation, but not to the point where the U.S. government could rely entirely on them against the Soviet Union.

It is necessary to give the other side more stimulation, to undermine NASA's confidence and prestige, and to show that only SCC can shoulder the burden of countering the Soviet rocket threat.

"Since they despise us so much. Then let them watch! Alex said lightly.

Hughes was silent on the other end of the line for a moment, then agreed: "What a shame! Then we'll launch more satellites. I don't believe they can sit still! ”

Eisenhower was a military man first and then the president of the United States. He was disgusted by everything he couldn't grasp, so he didn't accept the two options they proposed.

He thought that the SCC company would obediently let NASA take over and reorganize, or at least obey the command and obediently offer the rocket technology and satellite technology in their hands. Unexpectedly, Hughes and Alex simply ignored the pressure exerted by NASA, and they did not budge an inch on the issue of interests.

Grennan used his eloquent skills to keep looking for opportunities to talk to Hughes and Alex.

He wanted to make SCC succumb to it with reason and emotion. Of course, the cake that was thrown out slowly became bigger. From $800 million to $1 billion.

"No more, it's a billion dollars!" Glennan hissed and shouted, "For the sake of the country and glory, we must have a spirit of dedication!" The USSR is now aggressive, and only to concentrate all our forces together. to compete with it! ”

It's a pity that Hughes and Alex are not here. As the saying goes, don't speculate for more than half a sentence. They don't want to say anything more to each other at all.

Hughes hid in the desert base, and rarely appeared in front of people, and Glennan didn't even see a human figure. Let's call. The other party did not answer at all, at most the assistant told him on the phone that he knew what he said, and would personally tell Mr. Hughes.

As for Alex, he couldn't run away, and Glennan was worthy of being an experienced old fritter, exerting the spirit of a dogskin plaster, either by phone or in person. All in all, it annoyed him, and even if Grennan didn't come himself, he would send assistants to chase him and intercept him.

It was really unbearable, Alex had to meet with Glennan in person several times, and each time the other party said that he wanted SCC to support the country, jointly resist the threat of the Soviet Union, and share the research and development technology of rocket satellites.

"The state won't fail to compensate you! I will definitely fight for the best interests of SCC! Grennan looked bitter, as if he had been greatly wronged.

No matter how much money SCC can get, it will be a big loss for Hughes and Alex.

Alex simply didn't talk about it, he said, "I wonder how NASA is going to solve the problem of our SCC researchers staying?" ”

"Of course, it's NASA, don't worry, they'll all get a good arrangement!" Grennan replied as a matter of course.

Rely on your sister! Alex was almost about to flip the table, and it was like swallowing the belt bones and leaving nothing for SCC. They worked hard to get the personnel and facilities in place, so that the technology of rockets and satellites could be developed ahead of schedule.

"How's that going to work? Isn't this about the dissolution of our SCC company? No, this is very irresponsible to the shareholders of the company, after all, so much money was invested in it, but it was gone all of a sudden. Alex hurriedly shook his head and refused, joking if he could agree to such a condition.

Glennan smiled, and he said softly, "No! SCC still exists, but now that NASA has just been established, it needs technical personnel. How can it be justified that we spend so much money to buy techniques from you and not give them to some people? Why do you have to arrange some after-sales service technicians, are you? ”

"No, no! Our company can't take such a big order, we can't do it! At best, SCC can only help people launch rockets, build satellites, or whatever. If we want to provide technical support, well, it's really beyond our ability. What a pity! Alex looked pityful, as if he had rejected a piece of beauty.

Glennan's expression suddenly became very exciting like eating a fly, and he didn't expect Alex to look young, but he was so difficult to deal with. It took him a long time before he said, "Then you won't be able to take NASA's orders from now on?" ”

"It depends on what kind of order it is, as I just said, the transfer of technology is too troublesome, and it is to provide patents and talents. So the SCC company can't afford to launch rockets to make satellites. As long as the price is right, it can definitely be done. As you know, SCC is just a private company, and it doesn't have so much money and talent, so it all depends on itself. It's amazing to be able to get to where we are today! ”

Of course, Alex can't talk to death, he still has to continue to cooperate with NASA, and Glennan's proposal is definitely unacceptable.

As soon as NASA came up, it wanted to take over all the results, but it was just like sending Hanako to gnaw on a bone for them. There is no heavenly reason, and there is no humanity and freedom.

Fortunately, this is in the United States, and there is still some freedom. As long as they do not endanger national security. Governments can't take their stuff for themselves for any reason.

Of course, it is also because of the Hughes Group standing behind the SCC, otherwise the US government is likely to install a trumped-up charge and break up and reorganize their company. Then receive the past legally.

This kind of thing can work for small companies or companies with no background. For the Hughes Group. That can't be done. If such a thing is done, other consortia will also die and say that they will not be able to give up the immediate dispute to unite against the government in order to protect their own interests.

In this way, the gains outweigh the losses. In addition, the U.S. government is actually the spokesperson of the consortium. The Hughes Group has long cultivated many politicians and congressmen, and they will not get to this point with their spokesmen in the government.

The question now is how long SCC will be able to hold out. In the face of such pressure, if they choose not to cooperate, once NASA develops in the future, they will not hand over the order to SCC at all. Hughes and Alex's investments will go down the drain unless they can find another way out and make their own system.

In order to discuss the next steps for the SCC, Hughes decided to speak with Alex face-to-face. This is the second time they've seen each other in a long time.

Still in that uninhabited desert base, Alex met a pale-faced Hughes. Finally got a chance to meet, he wanted to find a chance to copy Hughes's soul message, but he never had a chance.

"We're just going to start anew, not to play with them!" Alex said to Hughes.

"Are you sure? You must know that NASA, the other party, is an integrated aerospace technology research and development institution in the United States, and the resources and talents it has are not something that our family can compete with. Even if the other side does not use the government to oppress, it is difficult for us to find a chance to survive in the cracks. ”

In the dim light, Hughes's face was a little blurred, and Alex also saw each other in this situation when they first met. At that time, Alex hadn't trained to be a successful husband, so he couldn't see it very clearly.

Now Alex's kung fu is getting more and more advanced, and since he practiced to the dark energy, he has been maintaining his spirit and spirit to give back to himself. In this environment, his eyes are like torches, and he looks at things in the darkness as if they were day.

At this time, he realized that Hughes was not as old as he imagined, but had an indescribable aura, feeling like a person who had been bedridden for a long time. Outwardly, Hughes looked to be between thirty and forty years old at most.

Born in 1905 with Howard Walt? Hughes, there should have been more than fifty this year. It's not surprising that he looks more than ten years younger than his age, after all, Hughes is a rich man.

Maybe it's very well maintained! Alex thought to himself, but what he said was: "As long as von Bryan is still in SCC, I dare to guarantee that they won't be able to make a rocket that can fly into the sky for another ten years!" ”

When Hughes heard this, he was a little moved for the first time: "Is von Bryan really that powerful?" Then you have to make sure that he is not poached. ”

"Yes, von Bryan is the person who understands rocket technology most thoroughly in this era, and apart from that, only Korolev on the Soviet side can compare with him!"

Hughes smiled undeniably and suddenly asked, "What about you?" ”

Alex's heart immediately became alert, although what he was doing in the rocket research institute was not very secret, but it should not be known to many people. It's just that for some reason, Lawrence and Hughes are very sure of his rocket research and development capabilities as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

This is really strange, he thought to himself. Could it be that von Bryan said something else? That's unlikely, as can be seen from the copied puppets, von Bryan never mentioned himself to anyone at all. Besides, even Zhilu Dao wouldn't want to make it seem like everyone knows it now.

Know the way. There is such a thing as intelligence, not that one person knows the Tao, but that others will also know the Tao. Lawrence and Hughes are mortal enemies at all, and there is no possibility of intelligence sharing between them, how can it be that Lawrence knows the Tao and Hughes also knows the Tao.

For this kind of incomprehensible thing, Alex would like to reach out and figure it out.

It's just a pity that Hughes has a weird mental illness and doesn't like to interact with people, let alone shake hands and the like. Unless he uses tough means. Otherwise, there really wouldn't be a way to touch Hughes's body.

As for Lawrence. This guy is even stranger, he wears gloves on his hands all the time, and he doesn't even take them off when he sleeps. When they first met, Alex thought that Lawrence was the mysterious person who hired someone to kidnap him. But after memory comparison. He found that the two were too different in size. It can't be the same person.

As for whether it is the same organization. Then you can't know. At least for now, there is little evidence for this.

This thought flashed through him, and Alex changed his face and said, "Me? I'm just a playful child. Go wherever it's fun. ”

When Hughes heard this, he laughed, the first time Alex had seen him smile. After Hughes finished laughing, he said, "If you were a child, then we would all be ashamed to be inferior to a child!" ”

At 17 years old, Alex has grown up, and his body has always grown a year or two faster than other children in his life. On the one hand, it is because of the nutritional sufficiency, at least from the age of four onwards, he can eat whatever he wants. On the other hand, he has always had the habit of exercising, and although seven-minute exercise is not as good as those ancient secret techniques for developing physical potential, it can be regarded as the culmination of modern scientific human body research.

As long as ordinary people insist on using the seven-minute exercise method since childhood, they can always develop their bodies to the so-called peak of Ming Jin, as for whether they have the combat power of Ming Jin masters, those are two different things.

Ever since Alex had practiced to the Dark Strength Realm, his body seemed to have started to grow backwards all of a sudden, not only did his beard grow slower, but even the muscles on his body had become much softer. The whole person looked as if he was a year or two younger, and he was no longer like an unsheathed sword like before, and his sharpness was exposed.

Alex was well aware of this change, and he knew that this was the beginning of the essence and spirit to nourish the body, and it would no longer leak out through the muscles and hair of the body as before.

Alex didn't say anything about Hughes's joke, just echoed with a smile on his face. After Hughes laughed, he said, "You can do it!" As long as I, the Hughes Group, is still in the day, I am not afraid that those people will come and rob me with open knives and guns. ”

He is right, it should be that as long as he lives for one day, others will have nothing to do with the Hughes Group. No one could have imagined that a person like Hughes, who was isolated from the world, could have such a great impact on the world, not only holding his wealth firmly in his hands, but also being able to continue to expand and expand.

With Hughes' approval, Alex immediately returned to SCC to prepare for the next job.

For Grennan and others, what they never expected was that Hughes and Alex not only did not give in. Instead, he fought back, and the way of counterattacking was quite special.

After the launch of the first satellite, SCC did not stop. This was just the beginning, and they soon launched two more synchronous satellites in a row.

A total of three satellites belong to ABC TV communication satellites, except for the launch fee of the first satellite does not have to pay, the latter two satellites are required to pay money. This is something Alex had already agreed with Hughes, but the money he gave was not much.

The boss of ABC TV is Alex, but the brothers still have to pay for the satellite launch of SCC. The successful launch of three satellites in a row proves that SCC has a strong rocket technology ability, although they have not made any money on the launch of these three satellites, and can even be said to be a loss-making business, but they have made a resounding reputation.

Soon, the U.S. government approached SCC and asked them to help send the satellite into space. Many government agencies have a great desire to have a satellite of their own, and they have applied to the government to try to get funding. Even if they can't apply for it for the time being, they try their best to draw a part of their departmental funds.

Among these government agencies, the most urgent need is the Pentagon, the U.S. military, the U.S. military, the land, and the air force, as well as intelligence services such as the CIA. Orders are snowing to SCC, who not only have to order rocket launches, but also satellites. All in all, what they need is a complete set of services, and they are willing to spend no matter how high the cost.

Grennan was so anxious about this situation that he tried to get Eisenhower to prevent the government from ordering rocket satellites. In his opinion, this money belongs to NASA, and only they can earn it, and SCC can't earn it.

This made it difficult for Eisenhower to do, after all, SCC was a private company, and even if government agencies did not give orders, other companies would place orders. As a result, the equipment used by the government military is even more outdated than that of private companies. What's more, NASA is not currently able to provide the technology and services involved.

"Do you think NASA will be able to successfully launch a rocket this year? How is satellite technology being developed now? Eisenhower asked.

Of course, Grennan couldn't say nonsense about this, he hesitated for a while: "I guess we have to wait until next year!" The study of satellite technology is still in the preparatory stage, and we must first solve the problem of rocket launch before we can consider the rest. ”

Such an answer certainly did not satisfy Eisenhower, and he could only ask Grennan to speed up the research process, and he could only turn a blind eye to the government army's orders to the SCC company. He won't do this kind of thing that violates the collective interests, after all, many people are eating with these orders, and if he intervenes, it will be to block people's money and kill their parents.

"You have to come up with a replacement as soon as possible, even if it's not as good as SCC, but you have to be able to do it!" In the end, Eisenhower still urged.

Glennan also knew that he had to have a finished product that he could get his hands on in order to compete with the SCC company, and now there are two places in the world that can launch rocket satellites, one is the Soviet Space Agency, and the other is the SCC company. As for NASA, that's still a no-brainer.

If you want to have a satellite, you have to find the SCC company, and the Soviet Space Agency could not have chosen it. It's not just the U.S. government and military that have a need for satellites, but even European countries have come to inquire about it, and they also want to have a satellite or related technology.

After all, SCC is a private enterprise, and of course they do not dare to take orders from abroad without permission, but the US government immediately responded, stating that rocket and satellite technology is a high-tech product, and if other countries want to get it, they must go through the approval of the relevant government departments.

In other words, SCC cannot sell rockets and satellites to foreign countries, and they cannot get orders from abroad.

In order to compensate for the losses of SCC, the government can only increase support for SCC, at least not suppress the other party, and take the initiative to increase the number of orders for rocket satellites. SCC was overwhelmed by these lists, and the company's repeated expansion could not meet all the needs.

After getting various orders, SCC's profit this year suddenly exceeded hundreds of millions of yuan. This is still in the case of continuous increase in investment, and in the face of such huge profits, Hughes and Alex are both overjoyed, and they feel that they are really on the right step. (To be continued......)