Technology: Breaking the Global Monopoly

Chapter 2385 "Saving Money"

“…I believe everyone is already familiar with the funding cooperation for the lunar city construction and expansion project. We at Jiuzhou Technology have used similar funding cooperation plans in the smart city upgrade and Kunlun City construction projects.

Of course, the lunar city is somewhat different from our blue planet land city. One of the most core differences is property rights. We have 100% control over the lunar city we develop, so the funding cooperation plan is also somewhat different. "

Facing these elites with official backgrounds in Daxia and a group of corporate executives, Gu Qing did not cover up the issue, but went straight to the point and said very bluntly: "In the development area of ​​our Jiuzhou Yuecheng, we will provide a small area that belongs only to partners who invest more than 1000 billion, ensuring that the area can obtain stable food, water, and energy channels. Although they need to be purchased, the price will not be very high.

Apart from that, as long as no harmful experiments are being conducted in the area, we generally won’t go snooping…”

Although the threshold for the investment amount is a bit high, this veritable "alien enclave" has really whetted the appetite of many people.

There is no need to strictly abide by the rules of areas such as experimental areas and commercial areas. You can do whatever you want in the area.

After arousing the interest of these people, Gu Qing continued: "Of course, investment and cooperation users can also choose to use our lunar spacecraft's lunar landing quota and payload, and choose a place on the moon to make one to three lunar landing trips. We can provide them with transportation, food and normal security.

The initial investment is also 1000 billion Xiayuan. The number of lunar landings and the amount of payload will affect the exact amount of investment.”

As Yu Chengdong listened to the young man's "quote", he couldn't help but recall the Artemis program, the second American moon landing. In addition to the necessary annual budget, it would require up to 300 billion US dollars in funds. Even if the money was used up and there was no successful moon landing before 1025, money would continue to be burned every year thereafter.

In recent years, the amount of money NASA has spent on the second moon landing plan should exceed one trillion yuan if converted into Xia yuan.

This amount of money is enough for Jiuzhou Xinghai Company to help with several moon landings, and even to help build a large-scale lunar base...

Of course, when thinking of this, Yu Chengdong's mind unconsciously emerged with the group of people wearing white cloth on their heads.

"If those people knew about this project, wouldn't they also invest money? After all, they have invested a lot of money in the official moon landing project. It is said that their astronauts will follow in the next moon landing."

Gu Qing is not wearing the SR series customized glasses now, but the contact lenses that fit his eyeballs have helped him see some superficial psychological fluctuation data of the people at the scene.

Although there is no way to directly translate languages ​​like neural transmission equipment, it is possible to roughly see the psychological state of this group of people.

Someone is anxious.

However, Gu Qing did not continue chatting with this group of people. While waiting for everyone to digest the information, he glanced at Zhang Tianhao, Li Jian, and Zhou Yi, the person in charge who had been "exiled" to Jiuzhou Lingjing Company.

Then he said: "Next, if you have any ideas or doubts about the specific situation of these three cooperation projects, you can communicate with Zhang Tianhao, Li Jian, and Zhou Yi. We are all acquaintances..."

After throwing a bunch of tasks to the senior executives, Gu Qing left the meeting room.

Perhaps it was because Zhang Tianhao, Zhou Yi and others had more contact with the senior executives of these companies, and Li Jian, the big boss in the aerospace field, had close cooperation with universities in the past, so the atmosphere in the conference room began to heat up significantly after Gu Qing left.

However, due to the occasion, everyone asked questions that could be asked publicly.

For example, the specific level division of the test area, the exact amount of money required, how Jiuzhou Xinghai Company and Jiuzhou Construction Company provide security guarantees, and how to solve any accidents that occur during the project implementation or problems that arise during the subsequent operation of the lunar city.

Zhang Tianhao and Li Jian mainly answered technical questions, while Zhou Yi answered business questions.

"As a closed ecosystem, the lunar city should support the recycling of water, air, and food, and reduce the frequency of supply and transportation costs of our blue planet. You have demonstrated a lot of energy supply technologies and resource recycling technologies, but we all know that in a low-gravity environment, people cannot survive for a long time, otherwise it will definitely affect the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular and other organ tissues. How do you ensure the health of the residents of the lunar city?"

"You have heavy-lift launch vehicles needed for large-scale material transportation, but the cost of a single transport should be several times that of low-Earth orbit. How can you ensure that this first city can be delivered on schedule? Of course, we will definitely need to send professionals to the site for testing and to assist in the acceptance work..."

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Faced with these questions, the senior management of Jiuzhou Technology gave answers one by one.

"As Mr. Gu mentioned before, we at Jiuzhou Technology have already established an underground research base on the moon. Based on our long-term physical examination data and physical therapy intervention data of astronauts on the moon, our technical solutions can already ensure that humans can survive safely and healthily on the moon for more than three years. As for what will happen after three years, we currently have no way to give more accurate data. After all, no human has lived on the moon for more than three years. Perhaps after this century, when humans have lived and worked on the moon for more than a hundred years, serious academic data will be able to have a statistical closed loop..."

“As potential investors, we will of course provide channels for supervision, testing, and acceptance, as well as quotas for lunar engineers. We will also provide temporary use rights for the intelligent robot team to assist engineers in acceptance work.

In addition, if you want to take closer shots and conduct inspections during the construction process, partners can choose excellent engineers you trust. We can provide paid training, paid moon landings, and paid small base construction services, so that these excellent engineers can watch the construction of the lunar city from a close distance on the moon... Of course, the fee will not be too high, and the amount will vary depending on the size of the engineers and the materials they need for their lives and work..."

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In a sense, Zhang Tianhao and his group of young executives are even more radical than Gu Qing.

During the entire communication process, we will not give biased answers because of the other party's social status or industry status, nor will we provide more answers just because some companies or organizations have a good cooperative relationship with Jiuzhou Technology. Basically, there is only one principle, that is, to get things done. We will not answer any questions other than the project.

For Cheng Dong, Gao Shan and others, they have long been accustomed to this style of doing things, and even the companies they manage have a similar style of doing things. However, for some older managers from other corporate organizations and universities, this kind of communication is still a little uncomfortable.

After everyone had learned almost all the information they wanted to know, Gu Qing returned to the meeting room and said with a smile: "Everyone should have learned about our Moon City project. In the next month, Jiuzhou Technology will open its doors. Everyone is welcome to make an appointment to discuss further project cooperation plans. After a month, we will expand the circle of cooperation and allow more funds to flow into the project..." After giving everyone a clear deadline, Gu Qing changed the subject and said: "We have been chatting for quite a while today. When I went to work just now, I asked our Jiuzhou Technology Kunlun Canteen to vacate a dining area. Let's take a break. In forty minutes, we can have a meal in the canteen..."

In the Kunlun City area, if anyone wants to consult about any city services, including navigation route planning within buildings, they can directly call the city manager. "

Although everyone knows that the food in Jiuzhou Technology’s cafeteria is delicious, even better than that in ordinary star restaurants, no one is in the mood to eat now.

However, faced with Gu Qing's arrangement, everyone still agreed with a smile.

Afterwards, in dozens of independent lounges inside Jiuzhou Technology’s Kunlun City headquarters building, senior executives from various companies, organizations, and universities began reporting on their work.

What’s interesting is that even senior executives at Xiawei Technology and Xiaxin Technology, partners of Jiuzhou Technology that have been cooperating with them for many years, received the news in a straightforward reporting meeting room, and did not discuss the news with other colleagues after the report.

Yu Chengdong even said to a group of senior executives in the lounge: "Since we have one month, we should not be in a hurry. The most important thing now is to do our current work well, experience Kunlun City, and make a serious summary.

If Jiuzhou Technology has not even built Kunlun City, then we certainly have reason to be more skeptical of the Moon City project. But if Jiuzhou Technology has built Kunlun City to the point where we are all amazed, then we should naturally pay more attention to the Moon City project..."

In recent years, Yu Chengdong has replaced Mr. Ren and become the real power controller of Xiawei Technology, and his majesty is growing day by day.

Several core executives naturally agreed with his words.

However, while they agreed in their hearts, they also subconsciously recalled some of Yu Chengdong’s “radical remarks” within the company over the years…

Now it seems that surpassing Jiuzhou Technology is extremely difficult...

After finishing the report in the lounge, everyone went to the cafeteria under the guidance of the staff to enjoy dinner.

What’s interesting is that the cafeteria built by Jiuzhou Technology in Kunlun City, in addition to the specialties of various cuisines, also features a variety of newly cultivated vegetables and animal ingredients on the menu.

Many senior executives also selectively eat some space-bred foods after eating some traditional dishes.

The pumpkin soup that opens in your mouth as soon as you take a sip, the stir-fried green beans that taste like big juicy candies, and the pork that has no fishy smell at all have refreshed many people's perception of food. Some people even took the initiative to consult [Xiezhi], the city manager and staff, wanting to buy some ingredients to cook at home.

However, such ideas were directly rejected.

"According to the official plan of Daxia, Kunlun City can conduct public civilian research on the transformation of some space project results, but these materials cannot be processed in unauthorized restaurants or residents' homes in other cities for the time being..."

After dinner, many people originally planned to continue working, but I don’t know if it was because of the excessive pressure at work during the day, or the hypnotic effect of the food eaten for dinner, a considerable number of people could not resist sleepiness after drinking coffee and strong tea, and finally failed miserably and fell into a deep sleep when they returned to the arranged accommodation area.

However, Yu Chengdong, Gao Shan and other experienced people, after feeling that caffeine was no longer effective, decisively drank a sip of Taoyao, forced themselves to hold on for several hours, and finally managed to finish their work.

This night.

The contestants at Kunlun City Mecha Training Center were sleeping, the external corporate and university executives were sleeping, and the paying users at the underground training base could not bear the pressure of training during the day and fell asleep early.

When they are asleep, everyone's body data is being collected and organized, and the smart devices around them will provide them with a better sleeping environment.

Even Gu Qing slowly entered a state of meditative light sleep while sitting in meditation.

The next day.

The morning mist has not yet dissipated, but the titanium crystal glass curtain walls of some buildings in Kunlun City have already begun to emit a faint blue fluorescence.

Drones and intelligent robots have completed the nighttime cleaning of the entire city, and the cultivated vegetation is slowly waking up.

Yu Chengdong opened his eyes and looked at the unfamiliar environment around him, then he realized that he was not in a dream, but was already in the accommodation room arranged by Jiuzhou Technology.

Thinking back to the dream he had just had, apart from some confusion, he felt more that his physical and energetic state was much better than before.

In recent years, due to occasional drinking of Taoyao and other health foods, as well as technologies such as stem cell therapy, his physical condition has been very good. However, the unprecedented feeling he felt when he woke up this morning was like a nearsighted person suddenly wearing glasses of the right degree.

"Comfortable……"

Unable to help but sigh like this, Yu Chengdong had some new impressions of Kunlun City.

At the same time, similar situations were happening in other rooms. Even some older corporate executives, after experiencing this perfect sleep, began to think about settling down in Kunlun City.

Gao Shan from Xiaxin Technology shook his head and said to his colleagues: "When our Kunlun factory is completed..."