"Yangyang, it's been the rainy season recently, remember not to forget to bring an umbrella when you go out, be careful of the rain."

On the other end of the phone came the old mother's earnest teachings, although these words seemed to be said once every time they called, but the old man still took the trouble to repeat them every time.

Zhang Xingyang also listened patiently until the old mother said:

"The phone bill is still quite expensive, so let's hang up first."

Then without waiting for Zhang Xingyang to say anything, she hung up the phone.

The old mother's house, who lives in the countryside of Shonan, does not have a telephone.

At this time, it is quite expensive for individuals to install a phone, at least a few thousand dollars.

There is only one telephone at the commissary at the entrance of the village.

And the phone bill at this time is indeed quite expensive.

Some older people may still have the impression that calling at this time, especially long-distance calls.

Not only are you charged for phone calls, but you also need roaming charges.

All kinds of expenses add up, and the cost of a phone call is almost two dollars a minute per minute!

At this time, many people only earn less than 20 yuan a day, so many people who work outside the home may not be able to call home once a month.

After all, a phone call takes two or three minutes to talk about, and there are no five or six yuan when you come and go.

This figure may seem inconspicuous today, but in the 90s, it was a lot of people's food expenses for a week.

"Brother Xingyang, the old lady hung up the phone?"

Geng Bo turned the ballpoint pen in his hand while jokingly talking to Zhang Xingyang.

"Well, let me be careful not to get caught in the rain, I haven't said anything yet, she hung up first."

With a hint of helplessness, Zhang Xingyang put his mobile phone in his pocket.

"The old lady is also distressed about the phone bill, and now the fee is really expensive to be honest!"

Following this topic, Geng Bo couldn't help but complain.

"The last time I called my parents, they said it was too expensive and I couldn't afford to talk for a few more minutes!"

In fact, Geng Bo's position in the Rocket Research Institute is not low, and the salary and benefits are also very good.

Together, the various wage subsidies in one month can almost be more than 1,000.

That's a pretty good number for this day and age.

But even so, he was not able to achieve the freedom of telephone and could talk to his home without restrictions.

Because the telephone bill at this time is not consistent with the situation in later generations.

At this time, answering the phone also requires a phone bill.

And the cost is basically the same as making a phone call.

In other words, when Geng Bo called home, he was two yuan a minute, and his parents were about the same price!

Added up, the cost of a call instantly rose from two dollars a minute to four dollars a minute!

It also means that Geng Bo's salary of more than 1,000 yuan a month is spent in less than five hours of talk time!

"It's really expensive now, after all, we still basically use the phone line now."

After Zhang Xingyang sat down, he yawned and replied indifferently.

"After our satellite communication network is established, the cost of calls will definitely drop to a certain extent!"

The Rocket Research Institute held a meeting of the heads of major departments this time, mainly for the purpose of the satellite communication network.

Because after the actual design and manufacture of the satellite is completed, the situation of overweight is even more serious than imagined.

A single Hongyan rocket can only do it, launching 30 satellites into the sky.

So in order to meet the design and planning of the second phase of the construction project, 4,000 satellites covering the whole country, at least more than 130 rocket launch missions are needed!

Even if the Hongyan rocket can be recycled and reused, in order to ensure the success rate of rocket launch, generally speaking, the five-hand rocket will not be used more than four times.

The probability of problems with the five-hand rocket is too great, and no one dares to take such a risk.

Then according to the calculation of using four times per rocket, 130 launch missions will require at least 33 Hongyan rockets.

Prior to this, no rocket had ever been used at such a frequency by the Rocket Research Institute.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the rocket does not have any problems in such a high-frequency launch mission.

Quality must be strictly controlled.

"Lao Chen, why haven't you come yet?"

Seeing that the scheduled meeting time was getting closer and closer, Zhang Xingyang glanced at the people present and asked with some confusion.

As the director of the 112 factory that manufactures rocket engines, Chen Chunming was an important participant in today's meeting.

As the person in charge of the rocket engine, Geng Bo stood up and said:

"Just now he called and said that there was a certain problem in the production of solid rocket engines, and he was solving it, and he would come over when the solution was completed!"

"Something went wrong, was there an accident?"

"Are there any injuries?"

Since the "226" accident the year before last, Zhang Xingyang has been particularly sensitive to these production problems and production accidents.

So after Geng Bo finished speaking, he hurriedly asked.

"There was no big problem, at least there was no explosion, and his tone at the time should have been that he accidentally injured a worker during engine washing and processing."

"But there was no death, just a big cut in the arm."

Zhang Xingyang was only a little relieved at this time, but the skin injury was fine, and it was not a big deal to bleed in the manufacturing industry.

At this time, Chen Chunming also rushed over and apologized to everyone present very embarrassed:

"I'm sorry, something happened in the factory, I'm late!"

"Sit down." Since Zhang Xingyang knew the reason, he did not hold him accountable too much.

Time is also very urgent, Zhang Xingyang said directly:

"Next, the low-orbit satellite communication network project will complete the first phase of construction and enter the second phase of construction."

"You should also know very well that the goal of the second phase of construction is to deploy 4,000 low-orbit satellites within the scope of the Dragon Kingdom."

"That's putting a lot of pressure on us."

"We must ensure the success of every launch mission, and we must strictly implement the double zeroing system that we have established before!"

Zhang Xingyang said very seriously on the stage that when entering the construction of the second phase of the project, everyone must also abide by the system.

"Lao Chen, what is the situation of today's accident, has the investigation been clear?"

Since Chen Chunming's 112 factory has just had an accident today, then don't blame Zhang Xingyang for killing chickens and monkeys.

"When the workers were washing and cutting the engine cylinder, they didn't pay attention to it, and their hair accidentally fell into the machine tool, and they only found out when they started the machine tool."

Then she used her hand to dig it again, and although she stopped the car in time, she still made a cut in her arm.

Although it was regarded as a typical blow, Chen Chunming still honestly stated the cause of the accident.

"Factory 112 stopped production for three days to rectify safe production, and all management personnel conducted introspection and inspection!"

Zhang Xingyang directly said the punishment for Factory 112, and this punishment can be said to be very heavy!

(End of chapter)