Capital.

Lin Ju, Academician She, Wu Yi, and several other directors gathered together and glared at each other with the two members of CNNC and Luo Luo.

To be honest, the current situation is unexpected, and it is very different from what was imagined.

On the 14th, United Mining began to go through the process, and Lin Ju personally wrote a report to the effect that it is too difficult to mine on the moon, and we need about a dozen to twenty super-large yield hydrogen bombs, and hereby apply for relevant qualifications and procedures.

After the report was filed in the company system of United Mining, it was directly printed out and taken away by the superiors, and the Standing Committee discussed it that night.

The Standing Committee approved it, and the enlarged meeting approved it the next day, and the report was adopted.

The reason for passing so quickly is not that everyone agrees so hastily, but that it is unlikely that this thing will be done, and that a single batch of qualifications is nothing, anyway, China will not agree to give the hydrogen bomb for a long time that can be foreseeed, and at most it will provoke some public opinion reactions.

The higher-ups already have a general understanding of the development process of the Yushu base, and there is a lot of preparation work before the bombing of the hydrogen bomb, and it will take less than a year to let out the rumors first, and then slowly grind to find opportunities.

The initial idea was to dump the order to Lucia, and now that Maozi's economy is poor, he will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity to return to blood, and they are not afraid of sanctions.

Therefore, after the press conference, although the skin of the China Nuclear Corporation came forward to bid, in fact, if no other party continued to join, the final result would be nothing, and it would only be symbolically exposed.

The beginning of the development of things was as everyone imagined at the beginning, causing a lot of shock, but no one responded for a long time, and even Lucia's reaction was relatively cold, except for calling a hotline and asking a few vague questions before it ended in a hurry.

After two days in a row, on the 18th, the official mailbox of United Mining suddenly received an email from Luo Luo Luo, which said that they had the ability to provide hydrogen bombs that met the requirements, but there was no physical object for the time being, and that the embassy ambassador, military attaché and the special person in charge who had already taken off from London were authorized to form a negotiation team to negotiate.

Before that, there were no official negotiations and notes, and it was really like a normal company bidding for an email, which might have been ignored if it weren't for the AI listing it as important information.

Since the press conference, countless emails have poured into the mailbox of United Mining, 99.999% of which are hoaxes, and boring netizens from all over the world have claimed that their "company" has a hydrogen bomb, which has caused the backstage to be paralyzed in just half a day.

In the end, Lin Ju came up with the idea to let the mailbox of United Mining be temporarily managed by the AI of the base, and all non-enterprise mailboxes were filtered, and then some rules were set to clean up the background, but it also led to the scene of the background being crowded to empty.

At that time, it took the employee in charge of guarding the mailbox for a long time to confirm that the information on it was really not a prank by someone, and then hurriedly reported it to the authorities.

This surprised the directors who had calmed down and began to be disappointed, and no one expected that Daibu would be the first to come forward, which was completely unexpected.

What's even more bizarre is that on the 20th, that is, after the people sent by Luo Luo Company flew over from the mainland to rest for a night, they came directly to the door, so United Mining and China Nuclear Corporation could only hold their first meeting in a hurry.

CNNC's negotiating team...... Huon Connor, the ambassador next to him, took a closer look, and was shocked when he saw an old man.

"Connor, what do you see?"

Rowe Rowe's plenipotentiary negotiator, Stevenson, was a little puzzled, and then he heard Connor whisper:

"That's the top experts from their Academy of Nuclear Sciences, and they were there at the press conference that day."

Stevenson: "Academy of Nuclear Sciences? That shows that they attach great importance to it and really want to approve the hydrogen bomb. ”

Connor nodded solemnly, but he didn't know that the other side was just unprepared, so he could only invite the Academy of Nuclear Sciences over, in fact, they didn't have any plans at all, just came to make up the numbers.

Wu Yi saw that the atmosphere was getting more and more embarrassing, so he had to start with a hard head:

"Stevenson, Mr. Yu Min, first of all, I must state that the specific bidding plan needs to be determined according to the geological environment of the mine we collect, so you must sign a confidentiality agreement regardless of whether you win the bid or not, and you will bear high liquidated damages and other restrictions for breach of contract, do you agree?"

Luo Luo Translation (Academician Yu): "We have no opinion. ”

Academician Yu sat there and stroked the pen gently, since last night he has been an executive of the Huanuclear Corporation, the negotiator with full powers, and now he is slowly writing the environmental simulation plan on the paper, ready to go back and try it on the supercomputer.

In fact, it was originally arranged for someone else, but Academician Yu, who was already very old, felt that this plan was very interesting and stood up by himself, which was one thing that he felt he could still see implemented before he died, and decided to complete it as the last thing.

Representatives of the two parties then signed confidentiality agreements, and then obtained the preliminary blasting plan and relevant geological data of United Mining.

Stevenson's astronaut at the Royal Academy of Sciences was intrigued by the precious deep lunar surface data, and he himself began to browse through the blasting plan of United Mining, and after a few minutes he put it down and shook his head gently.

"How?"

Connor asked, he didn't understand the information at all.

Stevenson: "There are some problems, although I don't know the real situation of the hydrogen bomb exploding on the moon, but the explosion model they cite has a problem, and they certainly haven't been exposed to the expert guidance of the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb. ”

On the other side, the results of Academician Yu's analysis are similar, the plan of United Mining mainly comes from the base, and the base still lacks practical operation after all, and the ideal model is not small from the reality.

About half an hour later, Stevenson was the first to make a point:

"Mr. Wu, I would like to know if your company's simulation plan is based on your actual blasting data on the moon?"

Wu Yi: "Of course, you can compare the materials we gave. ”

Stevenson: "Then I would say that the real effect of the hydrogen bomb is completely different from that of conventional explosives, and your information is of little reference;

The estimates of 15 to 20 10 million tons of hydrogen bombs are not so accurate, and I think my counterparts across from me should have come to the same conclusion. ”

His eyes turned to Yu Min, and he nodded lightly:

"Yes, there are some discrepancies, but I personally don't think there is too much deviation, with the information you provided, we can use supercomputing to re-simulate, and the results will be much more accurate."

Stevenson: "My opinion is the same, it doesn't take too long, a day or two is enough. ”

Several people on the United Mining side looked at each other and agreed with each other after some exchanges.

Wu Yi: "Then we authorize you to use this data for model validation, which also needs to follow a confidentiality agreement, and United Mining hopes to get a reply within 72 hours, is this okay?" ”

"Of course."

This time it was Connor who answered, but he then asked:

"Then let's talk about the price, Luo Luo's offer is 10 US dollars per ton equivalent, I hope we don't have too much difference."

The conversation suddenly turned to the offer, and the atmosphere of the negotiation was finally created, and the other two parties were still a little sluggish.

Academician Yu wondered if he should also quote a price, but after thinking about it, he remained silent.

United Mining is discussing the feasibility of this price.

According to Luo Luo's offer, a 15 million ton equivalent hydrogen bomb is 150 million US dollars, about 1.1 billion yuan;

Objectively speaking, this price is not expensive, and if the hydrogen bomb can be traded, it is priceless, and other countries have to ask for it.

But his family knows the actual situation, not to mention that it is only 10 million or 20 million yuan to make one in China, and Luo Luo's model of charging according to the equivalent is very roguelike.

The yield of the hydrogen bomb has little to do with the cost within a certain range, just put a little more lithium deuteride 6, and the domestic nuclear test in 76 intends to blow up a hydrogen bomb with a yield of 5 million tons, and the real power exceeds 10 million tons, indicating that its power mainly depends on the layout and the degree of understanding of the hydrogen bomb.

Moreover, 1.1 billion is too expensive, and if it is at this price, it will cost 20 billion, whether it is Lin Ju or others, they are shaking their heads wildly.

In the end, Wu Yi had no choice but to reply:

"We have some objections to your company's quotation method, which is far beyond the cost range we hope to control, and United Mining hopes that the price of a single 15 million tons of equivalent hydrogen bomb will be within 100 million yuan."

Now it was Luo Luo's turn to shake his head, and the offer was directly cut in half to 1/7, how could there be such a business.

Connor immediately looked at the others with an expression of "the conversation has collapsed", and then several members of the negotiating team exchanged ideas with each other for a while, and finally he said:

"15 million tons of equivalent, $80 million a piece, at least five to buy, this is the lowest price."

Wu Yi didn't have to communicate with others, and after a hasty calculation of the number, he said that he couldn't accept it.

The gap between the two sides is so great that United Mining hopes to limit all final expenditures to within 2 billion yuan, and give up to 1.5 billion yuan for the purchase of nuclear bombs, and the offer between the two sides seems to be non-negotiable.

After a stalemate, they all looked at Academician Yu, and the latter could only reply stubbornly:

"Nuclear Science...... CNNC believes that the nuclear devices used on the moon may be different from those in the atmosphere, and it needs to be judged in combination with the actual environment before giving a specific quotation, so we will not give a quotation for the time being. ”

Academician Yu's original intention was to be afraid of adding chaos to United Mining, so he casually thought of a reason to prevaricate.

Wu Yi naturally understands the meaning, and the outside must also know the relationship between United Mining in China, and the amount of quotation is actually meaningless.

However, who knew that after Academician Yu finished speaking, Hopkins, an aerospace expert on Ronaldo's side, suddenly chimed in:

"Yes, that's right, we are quoting based on the structure of the nuclear device in the atmosphere, the cost of use on the moon is definitely not the same, and the price we just estimated may be wrong."

Hopkins' sudden speech caught everyone off guard, but what was even more strange was that the two people next to him were actually nodding their heads.

Stevenson: "It seems that this is indeed the case, Academician Yu is really worthy of being a great scientist in China, and he thinks more than we do. ”

Connor: "We've just made a mistake, which is really sad, and I'm sorry for the unpleasantness. ”

The performance of the Luo Luo delegation at both ends of the judgment caught the United Mining side unexpectedly, and even the big guy who has always been at ease couldn't help muttering, and couldn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

Several people didn't know what the reason was for the time being, and finally chose to wait and see what happened.

Sure enough, after Wu Yi also said a few words along the water, Connor said casually:

"Distinguished gentlemen, you see that we lack understanding of the effects of nuclear bombs on the moon, let alone give a specific and reasonable offer, how can such a tender proceed?"

Hopkins: "Sincerity is the first rule of business transactions, and we can't do business with uncertainty, but we don't know anything about the moon, and our estimates are inaccurate." ”

Academician Yu, who was sitting opposite and bowing his head to perform calculations on paper, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, looked up at the people of United Mining who were still a little confused, and Luo Luo, who was obviously blessed, thought for a while and said loudly:

"If only we could explode a hydrogen bomb on the moon, it would be much easier and more accurate to plan and calculate costs."

This sentence seemed to be the flip of a switch, and everyone present thought of something in a certain direction, and Wu Yi quickly comprehended the cause and effect, and looked at Luo Luo's negotiation team as if it was verifying whether it was correct.

Sure enough, after listening to the translation's narration, Ambassador Connor's eyebrows suddenly relaxed, and his eyes widened as if he had just discovered:

"It's a brilliant idea, and it's absolutely necessary and right to have a test explosion, and for the sake of human space exploration, we can provide a hydrogen bomb for free to test, regardless of whether the bid is won or not."

Things have developed to this point, Lin Ju and the others have been completely determined, no wonder the inquiry and negotiation collapsed, these goofballs didn't leave, it turned out that they were waiting here.

He hurriedly pulled Wu Yi over and said something, the latter kept nodding, and then said tentatively:

"United Mining agrees with this proposal, and the hydrogen bomb test explosion can be completed with two lunar missions, but I am afraid that you need to send relevant geological and nuclear experts to complete the test explosion and post-analysis tasks in person with the lunar expedition team of United Mining."

Connor kept nodding in his heart as Wu Yi spoke, it had taken so long to finally lead to this step.

The authorities in London are not interested in money from the sale of nuclear bombs, at least not so much; But I am very interested in throwing a hydrogen bomb on the moon, and even letting the people of the country be "invited" and "begged" to land on the moon with an active attitude.

It was this advantage that allowed London to agree to the bid decision as quickly as possible, because the Artemis program, which had the potential to land its own astronauts on the moon, suffered a major blow and would also cancel the SLS rocket, and the follow-up plan will not be known until the next year.

Looking at Hua Guo and Ami's ambitious moon plan, everyone is in a hurry!

But this can't be said explicitly, and the outside world can't think that "London has degenerated to the point of replacing the moon with a hydrogen bomb", so we can only find a way to lead the topic little by little.

What Connor heard from Wu Yi's words was two places, in fact, the final bottom line in London is that one person is enough, which is much better than he imagined.

After scolding the Chinese people in his heart, Cona Qiang made a dissatisfied expression and said in embarrassment:

"The placement of a nuclear bomb is a complex project, and it requires at least two nuclear experts, two geologists and an astronaut expert, and some information must be understood by our experts before it can be safe."

(End of chapter)