Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 384 Upgrading and Expanding the Pier
Malak certainly agreed with Ghaith.

Not only does China have a large satellite launch market, but the market size in Southeast Asia will also continue to grow.

These are all reasonable inferences and are bound to happen.

Southeast Asian countries have a strong desire for development, and they will not lose to the Chinese in this respect. It’s just that the technological capabilities of Southeast Asian countries are not as good as China, and their development may not be as fast as China.

It’s just that ordinary people may not be able to grasp the timing of the expansion of the Southeast Asian market. However, Malak and Gasco are both outstanding entrepreneurs and leaders in the field of science and technology, and they generally have very outstanding and sensitive senses.

Both bosses believe that these predictions will be realized or even exceeded in the next few years.

"Mr. Malak, China has been vigorously developing commercial aerospace in recent years. It is obvious that they want to do something big and have great ambitions. Do you think China's aerospace capabilities can catch up with our Lighthouse Country?"

Malak thought for a moment and said, "It's impossible. Although they work hard and diligently, and have excellent scientists, their innovation ability is insufficient. It is difficult for them to make breakthroughs in high-end technology. It is impossible for them to catch up with our country."

Gus laughed. "Your professional judgment is very important to me. I feel relieved. This way, we will have sufficient reasons to convince those who are worried that China will do something bad to us."

“…You’re right, this is very important.”

Malak nodded, his expression turning serious.

Obviously, Malak realized that many things are not that simple.

The people that Gass wanted to persuade were actually not just one person, but a group of people.

These people have extremely high status, even at the top of the Beacon Country.

Their status is much higher than that of the new upper class and new rich like Malak, and even people like Bill Gates have to obey their arrangements.

This is the legendary Lighthouse Country, or even the deep-level managers of the Blue Star.

In this regard, Malak is much more immature than Geis. He has not even been exposed to many things and has only heard rumors.

But Gus is different. At least he is related to this group and has the hope of becoming one of these people.

Ghaith had already talked to them once, but the results were mediocre and communication was difficult.

Those guys are very stubborn. They are all worried about China's technological potential and the potential for a major explosion of their rivals.

It doesn't matter if China's aerospace industry grows stronger. It's a small matter and won't affect the overall situation. What is worrying is that China's aerospace technology is advancing by leaps and bounds.

If China catches up with the beacon country in technology, it will be terrible and there will be many serious consequences.

As the saying goes, if you don't advance, you will regress. The technological level of the Lighthouse Country has not made any significant progress in decades. Only Malak has developed rocket recovery technology.

Strictly speaking, the rocket recovery technology was not developed by SpaceX itself, but was developed based on the technical reserves of the Space Agency of the Lighthouse Country.

Anyway, the Lighthouse Country cannot afford for China’s aerospace technology to catch up.

So there will definitely be a second conversation between Gus and those people.

What if they can't be convinced? Then even a man like Gais won't be able to implement his great plan in China.

Malak can't do it either. If he forces it, there will definitely be obstacles and even life-threatening situations.

No one would do such a thing at the cost of their own life. After all, Malak has a more ambitious goal, which is to colonize Mars.

Malak was very knowledgeable about technology, and his arguments were valuable, so Geis had the confidence to convince those people.

In this respect, the cooperation between Geis and Malak can be said to be complementary, beneficial to both parties, and may achieve a happy ending for everyone.

The two talked about China's moon landing plan, which is no longer a secret.

Anyone who cares about aerospace on the entire Blue Planet knows China’s ambition: they want to land on the moon.

But not many people believe that China can succeed.

China can build space stations and launch many probes with a high success rate, but their ability to land on the moon is insufficient, at least for now.

Although China has launched a lunar rover, successfully landed it on the moon and taken many photos, manned lunar landing is a completely different concept and the technological requirements are increasing exponentially.

Even if the current beacon country wants to land on the moon, it is not something that can be done easily.

To use Malak's words, China should first solve the technical application of reusable rockets before moving on to other things. China has not yet touched upon truly high-end aerospace technology.

Malak made the right decision by inviting Gus over this time, and the two of them had a very pleasant chat.

Although there is a dozen years’ age difference between Malak and Gates, they feel like they met too late.

The two had many opportunities to meet in the past, but they were basically in public places, such as technology conferences and charity dinners.

We were all just nodding acquaintances, and at most we would clink glasses and drink, but there was no opportunity for any in-depth communication.

This communication made both of them feel that they belonged to the same kind of people, had a lot in common, and were at least partners who could cooperate.

Gates gave a general introduction to the land situation in Hong Kong Island.

After listening to this, Malak said, "So, the land was provided by the Hong Kong Island Li family. They can't let others use it for free. What conditions did they put forward?"

Gais smiled slightly: "There are no special conditions, it's just a matter of investing."

"Wow, that doesn't matter, they can't control our company anyway, right?"

"That's right, it's harmless. If we make money, we can share some with them. If we don't make money, they have nothing to do with it."

Malak raised his glass again and clinked it with Gus's.

The two of them drank it all in one gulp. They were obviously in a good mood and drank very happily.

A moment later, Geis left the island of Mars in his own private helicopter.

Malak returned to the swimming pool and had another fulfilling and varied time with Claire.

Malak felt even happier because everything should go smoothly from now on.

As long as he uses China's construction capabilities to build a space launch site on Hong Kong Island as soon as possible, Malak will be able to use his technological advantage to destroy the space launch site on Tenglong Island.

With the big golden signboard of SpaceX, competitors like Hu Jiangshan are nothing to be afraid of.

The next day, Hong Kong Island, Victoria Harbour Apartments.

Hu Jiangshan got up from the bed, stretched his neck and frowned.

Hu Jiangshan felt a little stiff in his neck, so he quickly pounded his shoulders a few times and after a while, the pain felt a little better.

Hu Jiangshan rested in the apartment for a day yesterday, and today he can finally do some serious work.

After washing up, Hu Jiangshan went downstairs and went to the tea restaurant he often went to.

At this time, there were not many people in the tea restaurant, and only half of them were seated. As usual, Hu Jiangshan found a seat by the window and sat down.

Hu Jiangshan likes to sit here and eat while enjoying the morning breeze, which is particularly comfortable.

The waitress Juanzi came over.

Hu Jiangshan said casually: "Let's just order those things. Hurry up, I'm in a hurry."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Hu." Juanzi said, but she did not leave. Her eyes were always on Hu Jiangshan's face, looking him up and down.

Hu Jiangshan was very surprised and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

"Ah, no, no, Mr. Hu, please wait a moment."

Juanzi left quickly.

Only then did Hu Jiangshan realize that he had become the target of public criticism in the tea restaurant.

Be it the customers or the waiters at work, they would glance at him from time to time, as if they were looking at an alien. They did not dare to look Hu Jiangshan in the eye, and looked quite guilty.

Hu Jiangshan pretended not to notice these, lowered his head to look at his phone, and the voices of those people reached his ears.

"Look, isn't that man Hu Jiangshan?"

"Really? He looks exactly like the photo. I didn't expect him to be the bad guy."

"To be honest, he doesn't look like that. He's so handsome, he should be popular with girls."

"Hey, what's the point of just looking at appearance? We still have to look at the character. If he is really that good, how could his reputation be so bad? When the name Hu Jiangshan is mentioned, he is a world-class villain."

"Isn't he hooking up with Chen Yifei now? That's also a skill."

"They will definitely break up in a few days. Chen Yifei must have been cheated. How could she know he was so bad? Can she still tolerate it after knowing it? Impossible. I can't tolerate it at all."

That's true. No matter how good-looking this guy is, it won't work if he has bad character."

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity, such a perfect female star like Chen Yifei was ruined by this guy."

"Yeah, I can't think about that scene, it's too tragic."

"Okay, even if you weren't abused by others, it's not your turn."

"Oh, that's not necessarily true. That's because Chen Yifei doesn't know me. If she knew me, she would definitely choose me and definitely not this traitor."

When Hu Jiangshan heard this, he smiled bitterly. These guys are really overconfident.

But it’s not their fault, this is all the result of the evil deeds Hu Jiangshan did in the past.

The waiters were of course familiar with Hu Jiangshan. They often saw him coming to the tea restaurant to eat. They must have been very surprised to find out that he was the prodigal son Hu Jiangshan.

Because Hu Jiangshan had never shown any arrogance or domineering behavior in the past, and his behavior was not as outrageous as the legend said.

Forget it, let them be, let them say whatever they want. Hu Jiangshan should do what he should do and not be influenced by passers-by.

It is true that Hu Jiangshan attracts more attention when he goes out now, but it is only temporary.

Hu Jiangshan is a quiet person and not a celebrity, so he does not have that much constant exposure. Over the past period of time, the heat of the scandals related to Chen Yifei has died down, so it is normal for Hu Jiangshan to go out, and not many people would be surprised.

Hu Jiangshan quickly finished his breakfast, left the tea restaurant, drove to the Baisha Bay Yacht Club Pier, boarded the long-missed Seahorse, and went out to sea.

The weather is clear today, the sea is relatively calm and windy, and it is a good day for going out to sea.

About twenty minutes later, Hu Jiangshan arrived at Tenglong Island.

Tenglong Bay is still so beautiful that anyone can't help but take a few more glances.

After not being here for a few days, Tenglong Island actually felt a bit strange.

As soon as Hu Jiangshan got off the boat, he saw several employees leaving on normal electric bikes, probably going to their work stations.

In the past, Tenglong Island gave people a feeling of being sparsely populated and deserted, but now it is gradually gaining popularity. After all, more and more people are coming to the island.

In addition to the dozens of people on the semiconductor production line, there are also employees from the space launch site, about twenty to thirty people in total.

Yu Sheng and Awang have also added a lot of manpower, that is, the work team on the island, which now has about ten people.

According to this rough calculation, there are already about 180 people on Tenglong Island, and there will be more people in the future.

At this time, Awang came out from the dock control center and reported his work to Hu Jiangshan. He was a little unstable before, but now he is more capable and starts to have the feeling of a leader.

Hu Jiangshan asked: "Nothing happened in the past few days, right?"

"No, everything is normal. The patrol boats of the Coast Guard come frequently."

Hu Jiangshan looked back at Tenglong Bay and saw a coast guard patrol boat on duty, which was indeed very responsible.

Hu Jiangshan will find a suitable time to thank the Coast Guard. After all, long-term cooperation depends on reciprocity.

"Okay, Awang, go and get busy first."

Awang responded and went into the dock control center again.

Hu Jiangshan walked back and forth around the dock twice. He was actually thinking about how to renovate and upgrade the dock.

The prototype of Starry Sky Glory's rocket is about to arrive, and Hu Jiangshan must renovate the dock before then.

At present, only one of the three plank roads has a relatively high specification. Maybe you can barely receive large objects ashore, such as several parts of a rocket prototype, but there is no guarantee that it will work. It must be widened and reinforced in advance.

Hu Jiangshan already had a rough plan in mind, and he wanted to make as few changes as possible. Although the effect would not be the best, he would finish this order first and then upgrade slowly.

Hu Jiangshan went to the parking area, got on an electric commuter car, and went to the infrastructure center.

We passed by the Tiger Cliff Restaurant and saw some people eating inside.

Hu Jiangshan felt very satisfied, which showed that the employees had gotten used to the work and life on the island and were basically getting on track.

Hu Jiangshan entered the Infrastructure Planning and Construction Center, came to the control room, and turned on the central computer.

Hu Jiangshan called up the current design drawings of the dock, input his own requirements, and let the computer upgrade the design first.

The central computer is quite powerful. Let it design it first and see the results.

Ten minutes later, the central computer design was completed.

Hu Jiangshan quickly clicked it and started reading.

The design drawings were very detailed, and even Hu Jiangshan, a relatively layman, could understand them.

Not only was the pier expanded, but the dock was also correspondingly larger, at least 20 percent larger.

【Project】: Pier upgrade
[Upgrade goal]: Overall expansion of the wharf
【Construction period】: 20 days

【Capital Investment】: One million Hong Kong dollars
Twenty days of construction period is still a bit too long.

Fang Xiaoya has said that the rocket prototype will arrive in about two weeks.

The 20-day construction period cannot be met.

Hu Jiangshan shook his head and entered another requirement - shorten the construction period.

About ten minutes later, the first version of the plan finally came out.

(End of this chapter)