"Chief Master Zhang, the venue has been arranged, and all the people on the other side have arrived."

The secretary in charge of the negotiation of the cooperation between Xinggang and Hong Kong reported to Zhang Xingyang.

"Negotiations can begin at any time."

Zhang Xingyang browsed the work log of Xinggang a few days ago and walked quickly to the conference room.

He has a limited amount of time.

The entire negotiation process must be compressed into two hours.

"Did Eagle Sauce say what they were saying?"

Zhang Xingyang didn't look up, and said to the working secretary beside him.

"Not yet, we asked before."

The secretary hurriedly replied, "They said they would have an interview after meeting you." ”

"Humph!"

Zhang Xingyang sneered: "They just want to ask for more things." ”

The other party knows very well that the actual approval power of Xinggang is in the hands of Zhang Xingyang.

If Zhang Xingyang can be convinced, then they will be able to occupy a large part of the share after serving in Xinggang.

"But what they wanted was doomed to come to naught!"

Zhang Xingyang stood at the door of the conference room and said softly.

Then he tidied up his collar and made sure that there were no image problems.

That's when he gave the secretary a look.

The secretary was quick and hurriedly pushed open the heavy door of the conference room.

After entering the conference room lobby.

The two sides of the conference room were already filled.

After Zhang Xingyang sat down.

"Your Excellency, we"

Before the scientist, who spoke Mandarin fluently, could finish.

Zhang Xingyang directly stretched out his right hand and stopped him from speaking next.

"It's not your turn to speak yet!"

Then he stood up and scanned the audience with sharp eyes and said:

"I know what you're up to."

"We're not talking nonsense anymore!"

"A billion dollars a place, how much can you steal to learn, count your skills!"

"I'm done talking."

Zhang Xingyang's words were like a nuclear bomb.

Instantly exploded in the crowd.

Different people have different reactions.

Your own personnel are generally surprised that this amount is not low.

You know, all aspects of Starport's spending.

Now it is more than 40 billion.

This does not include a large number of domestic space systems, various equipment, services, and so on provided at almost cost prices.

The first phase of the project is fully completed, requiring at least 100 billion investment.

The members that can be accommodated in the first phase of the project are far less than the 1,000 people that the final plan is in.

If you can have one-tenth of it, it can be considered overloaded.

In fact, according to the plan, the first batch of astronauts and specialists to be stationed on the space station will be no more than 20 people.

If it is really a quota for selling the star port after completion.

The price of one billion dollars may be barely recouped.

And for the negotiators of Eagle Sauce, the price is ridiculously high.

Eagle Sauce's current largest investment in space is the International Space Station project.

But the total investment in the International Space Station is only 100 billion US dollars.

Moreover, this 100 billion US dollars was invested by more than a dozen countries.

Although Eagle Sauce occupies the dominant position on the International Space Station, he actually only invests a little more than half.

That's less than $60 billion.

However, there have been more than 100 Eagle Sauce astronauts who have boarded the International Space Station.

On average, less than $600 million per person is invested.

In this way, they might as well continue to stumble on the ISS project.

"Mr. Zhang, isn't this price too expensive?"

Joseph, who was in charge of the negotiations, said with a dry mouth.

The figures reported by Zhang Xingyang are true, which is a bit scary.

NASA's total annual funding is estimated to be not enough for a few people to board the starport.

"Can you lower the price a little bit?"

When he said this, Joseph felt very embarrassed.

Before this, when had they been so low-spirited.

Now he has to bow his head under the technological hegemony of the Dragon Kingdom.

It seems that since the success of the first manned spaceflight of the Dragon Kingdom, they have been making great progress in aerospace.

Joseph thought in his head.

And the idiots at NASA are still immersed in the glory of the past.

I didn't notice the gap between them and the Dragon Kingdom at all, it was getting bigger and bigger.

And they are the ones who are left behind.

The people of the Dragon Kingdom have already begun to build a giant space station of 10,000 tons.

They are also fighting with other countries on the International Space Station project.

The more Joseph thought about it, the more sad he felt.

"I'm sorry, but this is a price that we have set up after internal discussions, and we can't agree to anything lower than that."

Zhang Xingyang shook his head and said:

"Actually, the royal family in the desert would be happier if they heard the price."

Zhang Xingyang's statement gave Joseph a slap in the face.

For Hawk-chan, to maintain his position, it is necessary to maintain military strength around the world.

And in recent years, the rise of the Dragon Kingdom has suppressed Eagle Sauce in many ways.

This forced Eagle Sauce to compete with the Dragon Kingdom in many high-tech fields.

For this reason, a large amount of money has been invested in many military projects.

In order to be able to invest more money in military projects, including many high-tech programs within NASA's Space City.

All were abandoned.

NASA's funding is actually very limited today.

Not to mention the dragon country that has invested a lot of money in the aerospace field today.

Even desert countries that have just begun to enter the space industry and are preparing to develop the space industry cannot be compared.

These countries, which are backed by oil economies, have also sought industrial transformation in recent years.

They are far more willing to spend money on these industries than Eagle Sauce.

Joseph's face became very ugly.

But he couldn't turn his face.

Because now Zhang Xingyang controls all the technology trees of Xinggang.

If you want to take a ride on the future interstellar development, you have to beg Zhang Xingyang.

Unless they want to be in the space age, directly and comprehensively behind other countries.

"If we are willing to pay such a price, will our people's activities within Starport be restricted?"

Compared with Joseph, who was entangled in the high price, the scientists on the other side were more concerned about whether they would be restricted.

If you are able to move around the Star Harbor without restrictions.

Then the price of a billion dollars is not too expensive.

It is equivalent to paying a certain price to steal the teacher.

Zhang Xingyang could naturally hear what the other party had in mind.

He smiled and said, "Except for some places where entry is generally prohibited. ”

"Key areas such as: energy room, power room, material compartment and so on."

"We will not make special restrictions on the entry of other areas."

Limitations of these critical areas.

Everyone present can understand.

After all, if there are ill-intentioned people, enter these critical areas.

Then there will be unimaginable disasters.

So, as the leader of the Starport project.

The Dragon Kingdom must have all the key areas in its own hands.

"Actually, it's good for us."

The scientific advisor whispered in Joseph's ear.

"Maybe we only need a few billion dollars to be able to know all the secrets of their starport construction."

Obviously, Eagle Sauce has the idea of crossing the river by touching the Dragon Country.

I hope to be able to copy the overall plan of Xinggang construction at a very small cost.

Joseph's originally somewhat decadent eyes instantly shone a little more.

"You're saying we only need a few experts to know the details of their technology?"

Finding that his career prospects seemed to be saved, Joseph hurriedly asked.

"I've studied the technical information that is currently flowing out of the starport."

The scientific advisor spoke quickly in Joseph's ear:

"Although the current diameter of the star port is 900 meters, its width is only 10 meters."

"Even if you spread it out in its entirety, it's actually only half a small block."

"Without thinking about the technical details, we only needed no more than ten people to figure out the design of it."

It is impossible to fully understand the technical details of Starport.

The formula of various materials alone can exhaust people to death.

But just know the design standards of Starport.

Then they just need to come up with materials with similar technical indicators.

Eagle sauce has lagged behind a lot in space metallurgy.

But in terms of traditional materials science, hundreds of years of accumulation.

still gives him a lot of advantages.

If it weren't for metalworking in space, they would actually be able to make good parts.

"You're sure of ten places, that's enough to figure out all the details of their design?"

Joseph asked rhetorically.

Exploring the details of the design of Longguo Xinggang, the more people the better.

But they also had to face the fact that there was a fact.

The price of a billion dollars a person is too expensive.

That's more than ten times more expensive than the same weight of gold!

But if there are fewer people sending it.

We have to face another problem.

That's the problem of missing details.

If it is traditional ground equipment, such as: tanks, warships.

There are plenty of opportunities to remedy the mistake after it has been discovered.

Even if it has been launched, it will not cause significant losses of personnel and equipment.

But space is different from these environments.

Space is very cruel, in the event of any accidents.

The chances of survival of humans inside space artifacts are infinitely close to zero.

Even if it wasn't from the first moment of death.

And successfully put on an extravehicular spacesuit and floated in space.

They can also die from lack of oxygen, high-energy rays, and so on.

"We may still need to calculate this number, and we can't draw conclusions right away."

The scientific advisor hesitated for a few seconds before saying.

After Joseph nodded, he said to Zhang Xingyang:

"We need a little bit of time to talk about the number of places."

Zhang Xingyang waved his hand indifferently and asked them to go to the side room to discuss.

Wait until all the people of Eagle Sauce leave.

Many of our personnel came to Zhang Xingyang's side.

I found that there were more and more people around me.

Zhang Xingyang finally raised his head and looked at them.

"If there's anything you want to ask, just ask."

"Chief Master Zhang, is one billion too little?"

"yes, yes, we can't even get it back!"

"It's not too much to collect 10 billion from them!"

Zhang Xingyang laughed when he heard this, and said to everyone:

"Did you just listen to me?"

"What the hell did I just say?"

The others who were standing looked at each other for a moment.

"Didn't you say a billion dollars a quota?"

"I don't think I heard it wrong, do I?"

"That's right, that's what I heard."

In the crowd, someone had already reacted, showing a surprised expression.

"Master Zhang, you don't mean that, do you?"

Zhang Xingyang said with a smile: "That's what it means!" ”

The people next to them watched the two of them play dumb riddles, and they didn't know what to say.

Hurriedly let him explain what he meant.

The man who had already understood it swallowed his saliva and said:

"This billion dollars is just to buy a place, which means that it just gives them a ticket to join!"

The people next to him realized how dark Zhang Xingyang was talking about.

Since it's just an admission ticket, any subsequent activities will cost money.

Adaptation training for astronauts on the ground in the early stage.

What?

You say you've been on the ISS several times, have experience and don't want to pay?

The International Space Station, which is 380 kilometers high, and the starport, which is 36,000 kilometers high, have to face completely different situations.

If there is any accident because you are not personally trained.

We are not responsible.

So, shell out!

Such a high-end, unique training program for human beings.

It's not too much to barely force you to collect 100 million per person, right?

The cost of going from the ground to the starport, the launch fee required.

It's not too much to charge 50 million dollars per person, right?!

What?

You said that a trip to the International Space Station is only 55 million US dollars?

But the height of our starport is almost a hundred times that of it.

Doesn't the extra fuel cost money?

Only 50 million people are charged, which is already very cheap!

Of course, you can also pay only $25 million.

We offer a one-way service into the starport.

On the return trip, we will send you a parachute.

Then strapping a rocket engine directly to you.

Parachutes and engines, as if we sent them.

And to the interior of the starport.

That's where everything costs money.

Every sip of water you drink, every breath of oxygen you breathe.

All of them were transported from tens of thousands of kilometers of the earth at an astronomical cost.

On Earth, the price of a few kilometers at the top of a mountain can be ten times higher than at the foot of a mountain.

Selling for a hundred times the price, isn't it too much?

After such an explanation.

Everyone felt that it was so down.

Eagle Sauce wants to send someone to Starport for a long-term job.

Excluding the billion-dollar admission, at least $4.5 billion will be needed.

Some people have even begun to frown and say:

"What if they react to such conditions and quit halfway?"

"No, they won't!"

Before Zhang Xingyang could speak, the person who had just said yes had already replied first:

"They have already paid a billion dollars in the early stage, and the sunk cost will force them to continue to go all the way to the dark!"

In fact, the reason why Zhang Xingyang firmly believes that they will not quit is simpler.

That is, the dragon kingdom currently holds the hegemony of space technology.

As long as Hawk-chan doesn't want to be tied to the ground, then he will inevitably accept such conditions.

Even if they know that it is a glass of wine with chronic poison, they will drink it!

(End of chapter)