With the concerted efforts of everyone, more than three thousand steel pillars were all erected in one day. Looking from a distance, a steel jungle has appeared on the moon. More than three thousand steel pillars are neither too much nor too little; but look at the environment here: this is the moon!
Each steel column is one meter in diameter, 12 meters in length, and weighs up to 2.8 tons. This is the most reasonable weight after calculation and is enough to withstand various conventional architectural designs and disaster impacts. However, the transportation cost of Gaoshou Company is as high as 20 yuan per gram. For such a steel pillar, the comprehensive transportation cost alone is as high as 56 million yuan! ! !
One can imagine how much the Master Company has paid to build such a lunar advance base. In fact, including other costs, such as space shuttle depreciation, labor, space suits, etc., to complete such a lunar forward base, Gaoshou Company approved a basic investment of up to 5 trillion yuan for only the first phase of the project. Expenses - additional fees will be added later if there are not enough!
This is thanks to the fact that over the years, Gaoshang Company has built photovoltaic cells for China, plundered cheap metal resources around the world, built space shuttles for China and sold a large number of engines, transported supplies to the New Continent space base, etc., and received generous returns.
But the cost is also high! Over the years, Gaoshou Company has invested trillions in just establishing production lines, new factory expansion, mergers and acquisitions, etc., not to mention the construction of sun visors and space mirrors in space. The wealth gained from building the Space Mirror for Germany and Switzerland was not enough for the master company to build the Space Visor; it built the Space Mirror for China. They are basically paid for with mineral resources - the cost is so high that currency has lost its due role!
In addition, the Ministry of Space Environment Science and Technology has also begun to open its business to the outside world. Reporting and forecasting space weather, calculating orbits, astronomical observations, etc. are also lucrative industries. In addition, Gaoshou Company’s passenger aerospace business is also very profitable: a normal sky tour costs 1.5 billion yuan for 24 hours! No bargaining involved. Every day, more than a dozen people travel into space. Provides huge profits for expert companies.
Calculate it as a whole. Expert companies have a lot of income, but - more expenses!
For just one advanced base on the moon, 5 trillion yuan was approved in the first batch of budget! And this is obviously not enough! because. Complete the construction of the advance base on the moon. And the space factory. A space factory built based on the lunar advance base! And this space factory is the ultimate goal of the master company's space construction this time. Maybe, the overall construction comes down. Converted into Chinese currency, 50 trillion is unstoppable - of course, in this space, where currency has collapsed, the real calculation method we have is: how much electricity is consumed, how much is consumed, and the new calculation method we just waited for.
If humans want to truly enter space, they must rely on the power of machinery anyway; and those who produce machinery, especially in the space age, must be large-scale comprehensive factories! The space factory is undoubtedly a temporary stage and one of the final products.
"Take a group photo! Come, let's take a group photo together!"
Seeing that the first construction phase has been completed, everyone started to party with excitement. Of course, including Zhang Jingyuan!
However, compared to the carnival of ordinary people, Zhang Jingyuan was standing on a small hill in the distance, and this small hill was piled up by a master company. It was not high, that is, more than ten meters; but he could just see the completion clearly. The construction site for the first phase of construction. It has a radius of one thousand meters and a depth of ten meters; the steel pillars are 12 meters high and buried 2 meters underground; the top is just flush with the surface of the moon.
The reason why this kind of construction was chosen is for its sturdiness. In this unfamiliar alien environment, everything is calculated according to the most conservative design. Moreover, this kind of construction also saves the cost of building solid walls later. As for the later construction, if possible, can we build another floor? Anyway, this steel pillar is strong enough.
The next second phase of the project is very critical, and it is also the most critical part of the entire construction! That's it - hood!
Unlike buildings on Earth, the so-called roofs on Earth are more about protecting against wind and rain; but the roofs here can not only protect against wind and rain - to be precise, there is no wind and rain on the moon. This cover must be able to block solar wind, filter harmful light, ensure normal light brightness, and be able to be automatically adjusted; it must also be thermally insulated to ensure that the base temperature is appropriate, and it must be sealed and so on. Of course, the most important thing is to be able to withstand sporadic meteorite impacts - very small ones, less than a few centimeters. As for larger meteorites, there are railguns to lock them on.
In addition, the powerful artificial magnetic field generating device can temporarily ensure the safety of the base under normal solar wind and cosmic radiation. But if you are really unlucky enough to encounter a strong cosmic ray stream, the Earth's magnetic field will not be of much use. If this is the case, you can only consider yourself unlucky.
Looking at the group photo of everyone laughing and joking, Zhang Jingyuan could only curl his lips: Come on, you are all wearing space suits, and your appearance is basically the same! Are you sure that in this group photo, others can find you among these identical figures? If there is any obvious difference, it is that some space suits are gray and white, and some are dark gray - in short, they are all gray!
Even Zhang Jingyuan is no exception. There are often explosions here; and during the process of dumping silt, there will also be fine dust flying up. This has caused the lunar surface to be filled with light fine dust for about tens of meters. As for the numbers on the spacesuits, let alone the ones on the moon. There is no air in the moon to refract light, so the light is actually very dark. Coupled with the dust, the numbers can only be seen clearly at close range!
Of course, everyone knows it, but there are not many opportunities like this. Li Canglan, who was in charge of photography, told Zhang Jingyuan: It was because I couldn’t tell who was the one that I took the group photo, because this honor belongs to the entire master company, not to a certain person or a certain team.
This statement is very novel, at least in this society where self-interest is serious. Especially after Zhang Jingyuan saw group photos of three, two, four or five people, he understood the thoughts of these lovely people even more. Yes, they are freely combined, with different combinations of people - but there is no personal information in these photos! Once back on the ground, these photos will belong to everyone! Everyone who contributes to the construction of the master company!
Zhang Jingyuan was inexplicably moved and proud: This is his person! In this self-interested society, my employees still retain a red heart!
"Boss, please go over and write the inscription." Finally, Li Canglan found the lonely Zhang Jingyuan who was looking into the distance. Although Zhang Jingyuan has the same space suit as everyone, but with frequent contact, everyone can basically judge individual important figures simply by the details of the space suit. However, inexplicably, Zhang Jingyuan actually heard the meaning in Li Canglan's words...
"Okay!" At this moment, Zhang Jingyuan felt warm in his heart.
But, what is that hint of teasing?
But Zhang Jingyuan didn’t need to think about it, because the voice from the headset solved Zhang Jingyuan’s doubts: How can the boss write an inscription without paper or pen? ! !
At that moment, Zhang Jingyuan only felt that a group of grass and mud horses roared past... and came roaring again!
These bastards!
"Boys, watch out, I won't let you practice hard if you don't usually work hard! Get up!!!"
Zhang Jingyuan shouted loudly, and actually picked up a 12-meter-long steel column, and wrote a few big words on the sand on the surface of the moon: I would like to dedicate this photo to all the employees of the company and to us. Great nation; our future will be eternal - Zhang Jingyuan.
"Okay!" All the employees were cheering, and they didn't know why they were cheering. Is it the inscription or the process of Zhang Jingyuan's inscription?
But it doesn't matter, at this moment, the master company seems to have completed a transformation! A spirit is rising. A great national sentiment!
This is a ribbon-cutting, not just for the moon, but also for a company, and even more for a nation!
"Pa bang bang..." Everyone was applauding; although the cumbersome space suits and the moon with no air background made the applause look a bit funny and silent; but there was a feeling that silence was better than sound at this time. .
"Everyone, rest for 24 hours. We will finish the roofing work in one go!" "Okay!!!" (To be continued...)