Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The Tender Conference is over.

After the Ark, a number of research institutes and space companies with close cooperation with defence units showed their technology on the PPT, and although many of them were more exaggerated than the PPT presentation that the Ark had taken out, there seemed to be little willingness to throw up.

Thus, in this bizarre atmosphere, the tender conference came to an end.

After the meeting, Ark went back to the hotel, took a bath, made a phone call according to the business card collected in the previous period, and finally called Sister, told him about his gambling appointment with Yuan Academician at the bidding convention.

Strictly speaking, this is not a bet with the Yuan Academician. After all, it doesn't make any sense to bet with a chief engineer. Even if he wins the space group, he can't decide.

Instead, it is an oral agreement of a gambling nature.

That is, for the tendering programme for the delivery of 50 tonnes of near-Earth orbit load, the tender documents will be competitive with "finished products” instead of "finished products”. Or, in other words, whoever first proves that he or she has the ability to deliver 50 tons of load into near-Earth orbit can win the project at a price that does not exceed that of the other party.

And that would be between 9 and 12 billion RMB.

Although it was merely an oral agreement, it was recognized by the head of the Bureau of Science and Technology and the Space Group, and was included in the minutes of the meeting, which, in a sense, had some executive effect.

After all, leaving aside the gambling promises made in front of so many of our peers, there is no reason for the CITMA not to pay for this technology if the Star-Tech power propulsion system is truly as advanced as the one shown on PPT.

And whoever wins this competition, the bidders will not lose.

Of course, for star science and technology, there is a lot of pressure to participate in this race in the face of space giants like Space Group. With the 500-ton liquid oxygen kerosene engine basically developed, if they were serious about it, they wouldn't necessarily be able to build the Long March 9 on the blueprint ahead of time.

Nevertheless, the Ark has many chances of winning.

Now that the technology for miniaturization of the Hall propulsion unit and controllable fusion device had been completed, and the design of the shuttle was in its final stages, he was confident that Ai's performance and the industrial equipment that he had so easily bought would not live up to his expectations as long as the funds were kept up.

…

After he finished talking to his sister at the end of the story, he was inevitably left to count.

“Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? ”

The Ark sighed and said, "I couldn't call you at the conference site at the time, I even handed over the communication equipment, I just wanted to let you know, I have to tell you something, right? ”

Sitting in the office chair, Chen Yushan said with a headache: “Your decision is too hasty... do you know what this means for us? ”

While the outlook for star technology is good, as a company focused on R&D, it's a little less colorful than a giant giant space group. Especially in the space field, the competition is not a heavyweight rival at all.

Leaving aside technical reserves and industrial capacity, space groups alone are enough to compare astral technology to launch experience.

Otherwise, why is it that when this so-called "gambling agreement” comes out, the other companies essentially abandon their bids on this project? Instead, focus on bidding for projects like moon deck boarding, astronaut life support equipment, etc.?

Because no company has the confidence to beat the 500-ton Liquid Oxygen Kerosene Engine, much less the Long 9, in NEO delivery capacity.

This is the bottom gas of the old space group!

The index finger tapped gently on the armrest of the chair, and after listening to Sister Xiao's complaint, the expression continued unchanged: “But this is the best way to beat them, if it is a normal bid, unless we keep the offer low. ”

It's hard to say, but there's no hope at all.

In the circumstances, the vast majority of experts and scholars in space did not believe he could do so.

And most importantly, the interest of the Bureau of Science and Technology in his electrical propulsion system is clearly less than a tenth of the interest in small controllable fusion devices...

Sighing, Chen Yushan couldn't help but say: “The best way is to abandon this bid, if you must build this space shuttle… we can also accumulate experience from some small launch missions before considering participating in such a project. ”

From the perspective of a CEO, this is the most appropriate approach.

A project whose benefits are disproportionate to the risks is totally unnecessary to continue.

And in fact, it's not a loss to be able to incubate a small, controllable fusion reactor.

By the time the Naval Equipment Institute has completed the improvement of the technology for controllable fusion devices on board, a large number of military and industrial enterprises will pay for the technology in their hands. Although income from defence patents is limited, there is no problem in earning back the research funds invested in earlier periods.

However, Chen Yushan's fears are on the other side.

After listening to the ark's confident explanation, she sighed and gave a headache: “Which bank would grant a loan of 78 billion dollars for this type of project! Unless you intend to lose your shares in East Asia Electric, you will not be able to make this much money. ”

“Well... the money thing is actually solved, you don't have to worry about that. ”

“I told you, no money - wait, what?” Suddenly came back to God, Chen Yushan stunned for about two or three seconds and asked in an incredible tone, "Solved? ”

“Well," the ark nodded, “the raccoon group is willing to make a part of… in the form of an investment. ”

While accepting this investment means that after the completion of the project, the Raccoon side will share a certain proportion of the funds settled by the CITMA side while recovering the cost of the investment, the Ark itself is not very concerned about how much profits can be made from the launch project, so it doesn't matter.

After all, compared to the wider world beyond Earth, this ticket to the moon doesn't even count as a small profit for a flyhead.

The other side of the phone was silent for about half a minute.

It took a while for a sentence to pop up.

“Are they crazy...”

“Maybe," the ark shrugged, jokingly saying, "but I think they still seem pretty confident in us winning this‘ bet ', so I think you can be a little more confident in me. ”

In fact, it is impossible to lose. Even if Sky Technology loses this bet, they will not lose much.

After all, investment in the space sector was regulated as early as early as the beginning of the year in three national space industry enabling policies. Funds invested in space projects are tax credits that are equivalent to turnover in other operations.

Seeing that Ark still had no intention of changing his mind, Chen Yushan stopped persuading him and sighed.

“Well, since you've said that, I won't persuade you. In short, I will help you save as much as possible… support your project going forward without compromising the quality and progress of the project. ”

The ark nodded with a smile.

“Well, please. ”