Chapter 56 Arbitration by the Commission on Trade
Nearly five months have passed since the Rocket Research Institute submitted its arbitration application to the International Trade Commission.
Because this lawsuit can actually be regarded as the first time that everyone has arbitrated on aerospace insurance, the preparation in all aspects is not particularly sufficient, so it has been delayed for a long time.
For the sake of this arbitration lawsuit, the rocket research institute just handed over all kinds of documents to the International Trade Commission, which are almost as tall as a person.
Among them, the majority is the detailed investigation report on the cause of the accident, as well as the simulation analysis report of the origin of the accident by the Rocket Research Institute after the fact.
After the accident, Zhang Xingyang had each system of the rocket carry out a careful zeroing analysis, striving to find out the real cause of the rocket accident.
It is precisely because of this that the Rocket Research Institute can confidently fight a lawsuit with the International Insurance Fund.
The Arbitral Tribunal of the International Trade Commission, established in the Northern Capital.
In November, although it has not snowed yet, the temperature has dropped to below zero.
This makes it a relatively unacceptable temperature for everyone at the Rocket Research Institute, who basically lives in the south all year round, and even in winter, the lowest is only about zero degrees.
Especially in November, when the trees die, and the ecological environment has not yet been protected in this year, sandstorms from the Mongolian Plateau are raging southward from time to time.
The air quality on the streets of the northern capital in the nineties is not the same as that of the northern capital, which has been ecologically protected all year round in the future.
A group of people from the Rocket Research Institute, wearing masks and thick coats, walked into the compound where the arbitration court was located.
"Ho ~ spit!"
Liang Yi, who accompanied him, took off his mask and spit out the sand in his mouth.
Today, it was another sandstorm in the northern capital, and although everyone wore masks, they still inevitably inhaled a lot of sand.
"This sandstorm is too big today!"
Even Qin Ming, who had always been gentle and elegant, couldn't help it, and complained while patting the dust on his hair.
"It's really not easy for the people of Beidu to live, and they can suck in two taels of soil every day when they commute to work."
Su Xiao slapped the dust on Zhang Xingyang's body while also sighing:
"I've only heard of it before, I thought that sandstorms would only exist in the desert, but I didn't expect that there would be sandstorms in the northern capital."
"It's the first time I've seen a big daylight, and the whole sky is yellow wind and sand!"
For Su Xiao, a southerner who has never seen a sandstorm, this is indeed a more magical scene.
When the sandstorm comes, you can see a gray patch in the distance, like a city wall rolling towards this side, like a tsunami in the sky.
"The sandstorms in the northern capital have been around for a long time, and the historical records first appeared in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and they have a history of 1,500 years today."
"This autumn, the north is relatively dry, which is also the reason why there are still sandstorms, generally speaking, there are more sandstorms in the spring."
Zhang Xingyang patted the dust on everyone's body and explained the history and causes of the sandstorm in the northern capital.
In fact, in recent years, due to economic development, environmental protection work in various places has not been very good.
The focus is on how to increase GDP, and the level of attention to environmental protection has not yet reached the level of later generations.
It will take a few years for everyone to suffer from environmental pollution before they will gradually raise their awareness of environmental protection.
After patting the dust on their bodies, everyone walked into the arbitration court, and it was a little girl who was in charge of receiving everyone.
"Hello, you're from the Rocket Research Institute, right?!"
Seeing Zhang Xingyang and his party walking in, Wen Jiayue hurriedly came up to greet him.
Fortunately, she did her homework before the people from the Rocket Research Institute came, and knew that the current person in charge of the Rocket Research Institute was a very young handsome guy.
Otherwise, you may not recognize it, after all, the group of the Rocket Research Institute is relatively young, except for Liang Yi, who is middle-aged, the others are basically young in their twenties.
"Hello, I'm the director of the Rocket Research Institute."
Facing the little girl who greeted him, Zhang Xingyang took the lead in introducing his identity.
"Hello Dean Zhang, the arbitration court is ready, can you go over now?"
Wen Jiayue did not say too much greetings, and directly talked about the preparation of the arbitration tribunal.
"However, the representative of the International Insurance Fund has not yet arrived, and there is no way to hold a court session for the time being, why don't you go to the lounge to rest first?"
Zhang Xingyang glanced at everyone and asked:
"Shall we go to the break room for a break?" You may have to wait a little time for the other side. ”
Since the other party hasn't come over yet, there is no need to go to court at this time, so everyone nodded.
"Alright then, let's go to the break room for a while."
"I'm sorry for you, little girl."
Facing the polite and handsome Zhang Xingyang, Wen Jiayue was in a good mood, smiled a little, and said:
"There's nothing trouble, it's all I should do."
"The lounge is here, please follow me."
Wen Jiayue stretched out her hand to guide the group to the lounge of the International Trade Commission's Arbitration Court.
As an institution responsible for international trade lawsuits, the lounge of the International Trade Commission Arbitration Court is relatively beautifully built because it often entertains large companies and multinational enterprises from various countries.
Even the floor was covered with a soft wool carpet.
Wen Jiayue introduced the furnishings in the lounge to everyone a little, and then left the room, leaving only one sentence:
"If you need anything, you can call the phone in the room."
"Someone from the International Insurance Foundation, if you arrive, someone will come and inform you."
Seeing Wen Jiayue exit the room, everyone began to discuss the arbitration on the insurance compensation for the rocket launch accident.
"This time, we are basically sure to win, because whether it is our accident investigation or the third-party investigation team sent by the International Trade Commission, it has been shown that the cause of the accident is actually a problem with the rocket attitude perception system, which caused the rocket to automatically adjust its attitude."
Liang Yi first talked about the aspects that were more beneficial to the Rocket Research Institute, and then talked about the bad side:
"The crux of the matter now is whether it can be determined that the other party has defaulted maliciously."
"If the other party refuses to admit it, it will be more difficult to deal with the interest accrued during the period of arrears."
Rocket launch insurance is very expensive, in this case the International Insurance Fund has to pay out more than $60 million in compensation.
And the interest generated for each day of delay of these 60 million dollars is actually a large amount, enough to cover the income of a moderate family in this era.
However, because of the nonsense of the international insurance fund, this amount of money dragged on for nearly half a year, and the interest generated was as high as millions.
Whether the other party can spit out this sum of money is the highlight of this arbitration.