The astronauts on the starship.

Almost the vast majority are active!

If these astronauts are unfortunately killed in this accident.

That's for them.

It will be a huge blow!

If these astronauts survive.

That's going to save Amelica a lot of money!

And now there is a shortage of Amelica astronauts.

There are more than 30 experienced astronauts who serve as the mainstay of Amelica Aerospace.

Then Amelica Aerospace will not collapse all at once.

Arguably.

The astronauts in Starship One are equivalent to the spark of Amelica's spaceflight.

Once these sparks are gone.

It will take a long time and a lot of money for Amelica to retrain so many astronauts!

So.

Amelica has always had a hint of fantasy about Starship 1 crashing on the moon.

I fantasize that the astronauts will be safe and sound.

But in this, there is another problem that has to be considered!

That's Daxia!

So far, only Great Xia has established a base on the moon!

Whatever else is them.

Or Da Mao, or ESA.

None of them were able to rescue Starship 1, which was far away on the moon.

"What to do!"

"Do you want to ask for help from Great Xia......

The NAS administrator muttered unwillingly.

It can be seen from his expression that he struggled violently, even to the point of hideousness.

How much he didn't want to deal with Great Xia.

However, before he could finish speaking, Deputy Commander Amelica said categorically:

"That's all I have to do now!"

"Our Starship Two, the mission has failed!"

"Even the return voyage of Starship II is very risky!"

The NAS director made a final effort and said, "The starship has the function of refueling in orbit!" ”

"As long as we launch a starship three loaded with fuel!"

"Get into space and refuel Starship Two!"

"Starship Two can continue its unfinished mission!"

However, the Deputy Commander strode up to the NAS Director and stared at the VAS Director.

The NAS administrator was forced to take a step back.

"How sure you are that you can succeed! Well? ”

"You don't use estimates!"

"Just ask you! Can it be 100% successful!?? ”

"Now our Amelica Aerospace is already a joke in the international community!!"

"Don't let Starship 3 have a malfunction in space at that time!"

"Do you want to launch Starship 4 and 5 again to rescue the starship in front!??

"You can wait!"

"Can the astronauts in that crashed Starship One on the moon wait!???

"You tell me, bastard!!"

The deputy commander roared.

Scared the NAS director out of the way.

The Deputy Commander thinks the NAS Director is incorrigibly stupid!

Now at this juncture.

If you can't let go of that little bit of face, I'm afraid the final result will be to lose all your underwear!!

It's obvious!

They can't afford to lose now!!

And the main thing is.

In terms of time, they are already too late!!

Could it be that he wants to ask for help from Great Xia!?

I definitely don't want to!

As Amelica's deputy commander, he didn't want to turn to Daxia for help in this regard!!

Not only will this make Amelica less famous.

It is likely to subvert people's stereotypes as well.

In the eyes of the people before.

Amelica is the ceiling of the technological level on the Blue Star.

But now, after the incident with the fallen starship.

There may be things around the world, such as 'Amelica technology has seriously regressed...... 'Amelica has been caught up by Great Xia'......', "Amelica's has lost the qualification to become a competitor of Great Xia......".

But even so.

Although the deputy commander knew that once he turned to Great Xia for help.

It is very likely that you will fall into one of these situations.

And yet he didn't have the slightest

But the more this time, the more he can't mess around!

Take a temporary face.

Compared to the huge benefits that will last a lifetime.

Which is more important.

Little ones can make the right choice!

So even if the deputy commander is unwilling in his heart!

I also have to cooperate with Daxia!!

Who made Great Xia now the only one in the world who can land on the moon and establish a lunar base!

"Intelligence Agency!"

"Hurry up and crack the satellite live broadcast of Daxia Aerospace!"

"We must now understand their movements and movements!"

"You must always keep an eye on it, and you must not let up!"

The deputy commander explained a few words to the director of intelligence.

Besides.

He also said to the director of the Foreign Affairs Agency: "After the meeting, you quickly get in touch with Great Xia!" ”

"Be sure to convey our kindness!"

"For the rescue of our Starship One, start negotiations with Great Xia!"

"When necessary, it is not necessary to suffer some losses!"

“……”

…

The technical team of the Intelligence Agency is strong.

It didn't take long.

On the big screen of the huge conference hall, you can already see the live broadcast of Daxia Aerospace again!

Not sure why.

When I saw the live broadcast room of Daxia Aerospace again.

Many Amelica people are even more excited than the people of Daxia!!

Unconsciously.

They have already been greatly affected.

At the moment, in the screen of the live broadcast room.

The captain of the Daxia Aerospace lunar landing, the astronaut named Nie Gang, had already led the astronauts to prepare to break the hatch.

But at this time.

Amelica's negotiation team is already preparing for the first round of negotiations with Great Xia on the matter of the downed starship.

To speed up the time.

This time, the method of emergency negotiations was changed to video conference.

Unexpectedly.

The one sent by Daxia turned out to be the Director Cheng who made Amelica deflated at the joint meeting!!

"We have some problems with manned landing on the moon."

"Although we have the most powerful aerospace power on the Blue Star!"

"But even there are times when I fall asleep."

"Right now, because the astronauts are still on mission, we can't spare more manpower for the time being."

"Therefore, I would like to entrust you with the final confirmation of our spacecraft that has been lost and crashed on the moon."

"And carry out a series of rescue work......"

“……”

Isn't this negotiator mentally developed?

Ask.

You've got to beg for help!

Now it's as if someone else owes him!

Let Da Xia go to the rescue, but it seems to give Da Xia what a good opportunity!

on this.

The negotiator sent by Daxia did not get used to him, and said directly:

"We're ready to rescue the starship!"

"It's just a small condition!"

"What conditions!?"

Amelica's negotiator asked in surprise.

Da Xia agreed so readily?

Just a small condition? No deliberate embarrassment!?

If that's the case, Daxia is quite generous!

After all, in the beginning, they didn't intend to succeed in a single negotiation.

Director Cheng smiled and said, "It's nothing!" ”

"There's a saying that 'all the gifts have already been marked with a price code on the back!' ”

"We can rescue your starship!"

"But only if ......"

"For every Amelica astronaut, you have to pay 10 billion dollars in rescue costs!!"

Director Cheng has not finished speaking.

How much!?

$10 billion !!???

The negotiator immediately jerked himself up from his seat.

"Why don't you rob the money!!"

"We'll never say yes!!"

Director Cheng was not annoyed, and said with a light smile: "Since you don't agree, then we have nothing to talk about." ”

After speaking, let the staff on the side prepare to turn off the video equipment.

Seeing this, Amelica's representative suddenly became a little anxious.

The task given to him by the deputy commander is very clear!

He must facilitate this cooperation negotiation!

If the talks fall apart......

Amelica's representative shuddered.

He didn't dare to think about what would happen to him after the talks collapsed......

So he immediately stopped Director Cheng.

"Wait!!"

"I can't decide such a big thing myself!"

"Give me a few minutes, and I'll talk to the above."

Director Cheng smiled and nodded: "Please!" ”

From beginning to end, his expression was so breezy and calm, and he easily handled the negotiator opposite.

As for the lion's big mouth this time, it costs 10 billion knives to rescue a person.

It was completely because he saw that the representative on the other side had a bad attitude and decided to add money temporarily.

In the beginning.

When he learned that Su Che was preparing to save a person for a billion knives, he was shocked by Su Che's bold idea!

But at the same time, it feels so good!

This feeling of pinching each other is so fascinating!

If the representative uniform on Amelica's side is very good.

He directly reported a billion dollars.

However, what kind of attitude did the Negotiator of Amelica just now!

How could he quote the price of a billion dollars again!

Even if the final result of the negotiation does not reach 10 billion dollars, then it will disgust them!

Amelica's representative temporarily left the room where the video conference was held.

The deputy commander was already waiting outside, and when he saw the negotiator coming out, he immediately looked at him eagerly.

"How's the negotiation going!?"

"Daxia said that to rescue an astronaut, he would charge 10 billion dollars in rescue fees!"

The negotiator had a look worse than a dead horse.

"What !??"

"Ten Billion Dollars !!"

When the deputy commander heard this, his eyes were about to pop out.

Ten billion dollars for an astronaut!

On Starship One, there were more than thirty astronauts!

It's going to cost 300 billion dollars!!

Convert to Great Xia Coins...... That's two trillion !!

For a while, the blood pressure of the deputy commander soared directly!

Daxia, you can obviously grab money directly!!

I have more than 300 billion dollars, which is enough to re-establish a new aerospace system!!

Able to train several times more astronauts than today!

Great Xia is seeing that they can't successfully land on the moon now, and the lion is opening his mouth!?

Call......

After a while, the deputy commander gradually calmed down.

In all fairness.

The price that Daxia wants now is too high!!

It's ridiculously high!!

Normally, they wouldn't have agreed to this price!

But now there's a problem.

Their current negotiations are rescue negotiations!

It's not a business negotiation anymore!

If the talks with Daxia fall apart, then who will rescue the astronauts on the starship!?

Even the astronauts on the starship died unexpectedly!

Don't you have to take the body home!?

Otherwise, the consequences will be too serious!

Amelica's international prestige will plummet!

Original allies.

It may also be detached!

It may even turn to the rising Great Xia!

That's something he definitely doesn't want to see!

And once inside the starship, there are really astronauts alive.

But they don't save because of the price.

The consequences will be even worse!!

Just think about it.

If they don't spend this money to rescue, Da Xia will take those astronauts to Da Xia.

Not to mention that those astronauts have a lot of secrets about Amelica's spaceflight.

Let's just say that those astronauts hated Amelica because they didn't save them.

So as to have a sense of belonging to Great Xia.

Say some more bad things about Amelica to the media......

That's it!

Amelica's reputation will immediately stink on the blue star!

Their own citizens will also turn their backs on Amelica!

So.

They had to save! And it has to be saved!!

This is a non-negotiable, non-selective thing!!

Come to think of this.

The deputy commander breathed a sigh of relief and beckoned the negotiator over.

"Tell the Great Xia side, I agree to their conditions!"

"But tell them to do everything they can to rescue our astronauts and be kind to them!"

"Remember!"

"The attitude must be humble......

The negotiator's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the deputy commander.

Doesn't the deputy commander know what the concept of ten billion knives is in one person!?

More than 30 astronauts will cost more than 300 billion dollars!!

Amelika's current annual military expenditure is about 600 billion dollars!

That's half of their annual military spending!!

How could the deputy commander not know what he was thinking?

However, he thinks it's better to take a long-term view!

Now it looks like more than 300 billion dollars, a lot is outrageous!

But he thinks it's worth it!

In the last century.

Amelica also carried out the moon landing, and the total cost of the Apollo program reached 23 billion dollars!

Don't look at only 23 billion dollars!

You know, that's 23 billion dollars in the sixties and seventies of the last century!!

According to the actual purchasing power, it is converted to the present.

One knife at that time is equivalent to dozens of knives now!!

At that time, the cost of Apollo was equivalent to more than a trillion dollars now!!

And by this number.

Now it's equivalent to spending only a third of the time to get Amelica's astronauts.

Got a 'moon landing' experience!

That's still quite a bargain!

The deputy commander couldn't help but think a little Ah Q.

Anyway.

The moon has also left its mark on Amelica!

Words that someone questioned.

Then he will tell the other party.

Who says we don't have the ability to go to the moon now!?

Hey, there's still the wreckage of our starship ship on the moon!!

And there are also traces left by more than thirty of our astronauts on the moon!!

It would be even better if I took some more photos!

……

(End of chapter)