Global monopoly of technology

March.

"Xiao Du, haven't the information been pulled down?" Academician Yang Jian'an repeatedly urged his assistant.

Du Yangping carried a large amount of material files and reports in his bag, and followed Yang Jian'an with the bag and promised: "They are all in it, but Mr. Yang, it's 2017 now, directly upload the information to Isn't it better to hand the cloud to Manager Luo?"

"The paper manuscript can be seen, I feel at ease." Yang Jian'an replied. The two walked out of the Star Arrow International headquarters, and a special car had been waiting for a long time.

Five minutes later, the two drove to the airport. Luo Sheng's A380 private plane had been waiting at the airport for a long time. He was already on the plane and was about to fly to Qiongzhou.

The "Star Arrow 1703" has arrived at the Qiongzhou launch site.

Yang Jianan's vehicle arrived at the airport and got out of the car with his assistant and boarded the plane.

In a living room in the cabin, Yang Jianan said apologetically when he saw Luo Sheng, "Mr. Luo, I am sorry that things have been delayed for a while."

Luo Sheng smiled and said: "There are still three to five minutes before the departure time, just right."

Yang Jianan immediately asked Du Yangping to give him the materials, and then directly handed it to Luo Sheng, and said: "Mr. Luo, if the'Star Arrow 1703' is successfully recycled this time, it will be officially finalized. According to the established medium and long-term plan, It is estimated that around 2027 we will have about 10 types of launch vehicles, forming a new generation of small, medium, large, heavy and super heavy-duty Recyclable Rocket series."

Luo Sheng took the material report and did not read it, but put it aside, looked at Yang Jian'an and smiled: "Old Yang, don't worry, take a break first."

Tang Xin, who temporarily replaced An Qingxue as Luo Sheng's personal assistant and secretary, took a guest appearance at the moment and gave everyone a few cups of tea.

Yang Jianan stopped and said hurriedly: "How dare you take a break? If 1703 can't get up to the sky, my heart won't fall."

As the chief instructor of the Star Arrow series rockets, Yang Jianan knows very well how much burden he is carrying. He has already spent more than 40 to 50 billion yuan in it. The more money he spends, the greater his pressure.

In addition to internal pressure, the greater external pressure is the competitive pressure of Blue Origin and SpaceX.

This time, Star Arrow and SpaceX will win the title of "second-hand rocket" for the first time in March. Even Luo Sheng went to the Qiongzhou launch site personally, which shows the importance attached to this launch experiment.

At present, private space exploration companies around the world have appeared one after another, but only three of the top ranks belong to the first echelon competing with each other, namely Star Arrow International, Blue Origin and SpaceX.

Blue Origin helped Jeff Bezos get the title of "the first person in rocket recovery", SpaceX gave Elon Musk the title of successful recovery of rockets on offshore platforms in 2015, and Luo Sheng's Star Arrow International So far there hasn't been any dazzling "first time" title.

This space race is undoubtedly lagging behind the competition, and the investment is still the largest of the three parties, which makes Yang Jian'an feel more pressure.

However, after all, Star Arrow International started at the latest. SpaceX was established in 2002, and the development of the "Falcon" series of rockets began in 2006, with technical support from NASA behind it.

Star Arrow International was only established in 2011, the latest one, and without the support of a strong organization like NASA, everything basically depends on itself.

Fortunately, Luo Sheng has a skill that Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos can't match-the money ability.

The powerful "money capability" shouldn't be too far behind. Over the past five years, they have been catching up wildly. Now they have the ability to compete head-on with SpaceX. From this, it can also show that China's aerospace talents are not weaker than those abroad.

The special plane has already taken off. In the living room of the cabin, Luo Sheng sitting by the window smiled and said, "Old Yang, don’t put too much pressure on you. The title fight for the first recovery of a second-hand rocket is definitely a fight, but The first priority is still stability. A momentary lead does not mean the ultimate lead. Even if 1703 succeeds, it does not mean that the Star Arrow series recycling technology is mature. The road is still long."

Yang Jian'an nodded and didn't say much. The big benefactor said so. What else can he say? All he needs to do is to move forward steadily and send the rocket to the sky.

...

Just when Luo Sheng and the others arrived in Qiongzhou, they got unexpected news when they got off the plane.

"What are you talking about? SapceX announced the launch plan a week in advance?" Luo Sheng couldn't help but stunned for a while when he heard Tang Xin's report. The latter affirmed: "Elon Musk posted on his social account MicroBlog an hour ago. , Confirmed that it will be a week in advance, and some media have reported it."

Hearing this, Luo Sheng couldn't help but vomit: "Elon Musk is still playing MicroBlog without sleeping in the middle of the night, who is it for..."

The accompanying Yang Jianan guessed and said: "SpaceX was originally scheduled to launch on March 22, a week in advance is to launch on March 14, and our Star Arrow will be launched on March 16."

His assistant Du Yangping said casually: "Elon Musk is obviously here for us, and it is premeditated."

Star Arrow’s second-hand rocket launch plan was announced a month earlier, and it will be launched live, and SpaceX’s Falcon rocket also announced the launch plan at the beginning of the new year.

At this moment, Yang Jianan couldn't help but lifted his heart. He couldn't help but glanced at Luo Sheng, but he was extremely worried that Luo Sheng was stimulated by the news and asked to let the rocket go to the sky before SapceX.

This can be troublesome.

If the original launch plan is changed so hastily, there will be endless troubles, and it is very likely that it will go to heaven with problems and face the risk of failure again.

Luo Sheng said calmly: "Don't be affected by outside news. They play theirs and we play our own. We can just take the opportunity to observe and learn and learn."

Hearing Luo Sheng's words, Yang Jianan's heart that had just been suspended finally let go. He was afraid that Luo Sheng was stimulated by the news, and he would be fooled by his opponent on the bar with Elon Musk.

In fact, Luo Sheng had already noticed Yang Jian'an's reaction just now, especially when he deliberately glanced at his little movement, obviously because he was afraid that he would be affected by the news.

After all, Luo Sheng is now the CEO of Star Arrow International. He also founded the company. He gave the research funding. He has the right to make arrangements for the company's plans and insist on implementing them. No one can stop him.

Fortunately, Yang Jian'an had more concerns. Luo Sheng himself was engaged in scientific research in his last life, which is very different from other leaders. Naturally, he knew that scientific research should not be anxious.

Today is March 9th, and there is still a week away from the launch date of "Star Arrow 1703". After Luo Sheng arrived in Qiongzhou, he temporarily separated from Yang Jian'an, and Mr. Yang took his assistant to the launch center to preside over the work.

Luo Sheng led his new secretary, Tang Xin, to Sanya for a few days on vacation to feel the tropical atmosphere.

...

Early on March 15th.

Luo Sheng had just had a dream, dreaming that the rocket was launched, and then he felt a little dull, and then he woke up from his sleep.

After waking up, I opened my eyes and saw Tang Xin looking at him with a smile.

"Good morning Mr. Luo~"

Luo Sheng said helplessly: "Can't you wake me up in another way?"

Tang Xin jokingly said, "For example?"

Luo Sheng immediately stood up and got up and stretched his waist. He opened the floor-to-ceiling curtains, and the outside eyes shone into the room. After looking out for a moment, he looked back at Tang Xin and said: "This is beyond your job The scope of the job does not give you a promotion, salary increase or other economic benefits, and you may even lose your current job."

Although this statement seemed a bit unrelenting, Luo Sheng knew that some openings could be opened, but some openings could never be opened, otherwise the detonator would be planted and cause unnecessary trouble.

Besides, it was Tang Xin who took advantage of this little secret to take the initiative to send it to the door these few days. Luo Sheng said that he was innocent and refused at the beginning, but he was also a normal person.

Tang Xin smiled and watched Luo Sheng's indifferent reply: "I would be happy to have such an encounter with the world's richest man and the first person in science and technology, even if I lose my job because of this."

Luo Sheng: "..."

There was no way to speak back. She was a bit ruthless about hitting her, but she said that. If she wanted to say anything, she seemed too mean and mean.

Not not too much.

The smart scheming girl is undoubtedly, the people around him are so smart even a little secret, and it is really possible that they can't control this group without any strength.

However, Luo Sheng was also relieved. That's right. The side proves that the company's management is not a group of pigs in charge. If it is the other way, it is really anxious.

Luo Sheng represents the core of this huge commercial technology empire composed of Bluestar Technology and the Azure Coast, and those who can reach the core must have something, otherwise they will not be able to reach this level.

Tang Xin had already prepared a breakfast. Luo Sheng simply finished washing and eating. He just sat down at the table and glanced at the clock on the wall before saying: "Oh, this point should be'Falcon 9' Launch it...Where is the computer?"

Hearing this, Tang Xin immediately fetched a laptop to Luo Sheng, and soon opened the live broadcast page. SpaceX's launch experiment is also open to the whole world.

Luo Sheng stared at the screen while enjoying breakfast, the countdown showed that there was still one minute left before the launch time.

At the same time, the North American Cape Canaveral Air Force Base on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean is brightly lit. The 70-meter-high Falcon 9 rocket is particularly eye-catching.

[10, 9, 8……3, 2, 1 ignition]

As the countdown ended, the launch site was suddenly bright as daylight, and Luo Sheng, who was watching the launch live broadcast, stared at the screen without saying a word, listening to the cheers of SpaceX employees from the live broadcast room.

Tomorrow is the day when Star Arrow is launched, and I hope to declare success amidst cheers.

Tang Xin, who was sitting next to him eating breakfast, glanced at the live broadcast and said: "I really hope it explodes directly in the air..."

Just as Tang Xin's words fell, the Falcon 9 in the live broadcast was less than 800 meters above the sky, suddenly...exploded!

The original cheering live background sound changed to "holysh*t", "OMG", "WTF", and then fell into a dead silence.

Luo Sheng, who was eating melons, was also stupid. After a while, Wang Zhe and Tang Xin looked back, "Have you opened your mouth completely?"

Tang Xin stared at the screen with excitement: "It's really exploded..."

Luo Sheng suddenly whispered: "How can you say that? This is not just SpaceX exploding a rocket firework worth more than 60 million US dollars, but also a major loss to the human space industry. Don't be so gloating."

Tang Xin couldn't help but spit out her small tongue, but when she saw Luo Sheng yelling with an undisguised happy expression at the moment, she couldn't help rolling her eyes.

The so-called happiest thing in the world is to see his opponents deflated. At this time, Luo Sheng's heart is already refreshed, so it's not too sour and refreshing.

I'm asking you to play tricks, let's explode now.

Luo Sheng once again focused his attention on the live broadcast. He wanted to see if the director would give a shot of Elon Musk, and wanted to see what his expression looked like at the moment.

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