Chapter 359 Price starts from the ground
Obviously, the 320,000 kilometers incident has had a great impact on many countries.
When China’s rebuilt rocket using room-temperature superconducting technology can help them go to deep space 320,000 kilometers away, then where can their missiles hit, and will their missiles be more difficult to intercept after they are launched? ?
When China’s spacecraft is launched, the spacecraft can also go to deep space and come back. This means that your control system and autopilot system have been iterated to the next generation. Does it mean that your intercontinental missiles Are ballistic trajectories more unpredictable?
America's strategic analysts have finally found an entry point. Military Observer magazines have analyzed the latest developments in China's missile technology.
On the contrary, senior leaders of various countries have realized that the stronger China shows its strength, the less likely it is that the two sides will directly fight. This is a good thing for the entire earth.
Members of the English House of Commons still have doubts about approaching Guangjia Aerospace to purchase a space station, and the German Parliament is also unable to pass it in the short term.
On the contrary, Amerikan's commercial aerospace companies moved much faster.
In the middle of this year, in exchange for the import of topological semi-metal chips and continued cooperation in the chip field, the restrictions on Amerikan Aerospace were opened.
Commercial space agencies that had previously held a wait-and-see attitude began to take action after the successful launch of the Guangjia core module.
The most urgent one is Blue Origin.
Given that Blue Origin has given orders to Guangjia Aerospace in the past, there is no psychological burden at all in direct cooperation this time.
Backed by Amazon’s Blue Origin and nothing else, there is absolutely no shortage of money.
Compared with the European parliaments that are trying to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall, Bezos alone can decide whether to buy the space station module from Guangjia Aerospace.
To be precise, the last time, Bezos had already negotiated with Guangjia Aerospace to package the entire project into a commercial project and purchase the Guangjia cabin from Guangjia Aerospace.
However, subsequent hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington forced the suspension of cooperation.
Blue Origin negotiated two cooperation projects with Guangjia Aerospace at that time, one was the lunar landing module, and the other was the space station.
Of these two projects, the former survived on Capitol Hill, but the latter was axed.
For a long time after that, Blue Origin never restarted negotiations with Light Armor Aerospace because of its own delays and the ban by the Amerikan Congress.
This time, after Guangjia entered its scheduled position, Blue Origin executives began to send emails to Guangjia Aerospace executives, hoping to restart the past contract.
As a result, I received a long email with the core meaning that I had to pay extra, which was not the same price as before.
The price can be negotiated. The only one with this ability is Guangjia Aerospace.
Dave Limp was urgently sent to Shenhai.
Blue Origin is very anxious. To be precise, Bezos is very anxious.
Can Amazon defeat Microsoft with the blessing of Alpha Technology? It’s very surprising that NewBing, which has returned to the market after completing rectifications in accordance with Washington’s requirements, will at least cause a significant shrinkage of Amazon’s market, not to mention completely killing it.
The decline in Amazon's market value will not be an equal proportion, it will only fall more, because you no longer have a de facto monopoly.
For Bezos, Blue Origin is particularly important in his career, especially at this time, when everyone realizes that the era of interstellar navigation is getting closer and closer.
Blue Origin is a company that has the potential to reinvent more than one Amazon.
Now SpaceX has a technological advantage, but Bezos has the Donkey Party as his backer. With the support of the Donkey Party, he may not be unable to fight SpaceX.
Although the past long years have fully proved that Blue Origin’s management is not enough to lead Blue Origin to achieve technological catch-up in the high-end manufacturing field.
But they can rely on foreign aid. Especially after Washington opens restrictions on light armor spaceflight, Blue Origin can completely buy China's technology or products.
Blue Origin cannot compete with SpaceX, but it does not mean that Blue Origin with the blessing of light armor aerospace technology can still not compete.
Therefore, even if the price of Light Armor Space is raised, Blue Origin is willing to be ripped off.
What’s more, judging from NASA’s quotation and the amount of orders Blue Origin can get from NASA, it’s still unclear who will take advantage of whom.
Dave Limp, the executive who was responsible for this in the past, was the senior vice president of Blue Origin three years ago and is now the CEO of Blue Origin.
This time he was entrusted with the important task of going to China to interview the executives of Guangjia Aerospace.
“Hello, I’m a blogger. Can I ask you two questions?” On the flight from San Francisco to Shenhai, Vicky, a Chinese blogger sitting in first class, saw Brown next to him. There is a notebook on the table in front of the old white man.
The notebook actually has the LOGO of Light Armor Aerospace printed on it.
This made Vicky keenly aware that this guy's identity was unusual. Short video bloggers always knew what would be popular, so even if he spoke unfamiliar English, he still had to go and strike up a conversation with him.
Foreigners are face-blind to Lao-Chinese, and Lao-Chinese are face-blind to foreigners. Unless they are as famous as Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, it is really difficult for you to tell who the familiar faces sitting in the first-class cabin are. How sacred.
What's more, Dave is not a famous figure. In recent years, his most active activities have been in various commercial aerospace forums.
Not to mention self-media bloggers like Vicki, even aerospace enthusiasts may not be able to recognize who they are.
However, the notebook with the Light Armor Aerospace logo printed on it in the first-class lounge and on the table is enough to indirectly prove his identity.
The current opening of America to China is a unilateral opening. Experts and scholars from China can come to America, but it will not be so easy for them to go back if they want to.
As mentioned earlier, Amerikan is intensively issuing green cards to talents in the fields of science and engineering in China. Companies can directly go to China to recruit employees. Unlike in the past, when you had to queue up to get a work visa, now you only need to get one. Once you receive an offer, the federal government will issue you a green card.
The threshold for going to Amerikan has been lowered to any engineering 211 school. If you have three years of work experience and good English, you can get a green card.
But it was easy for you in the past, but it is not so easy to come back. Even if you go back to visit relatives, you have to pay something called a deposit, which guarantees that you will come back again after you go back.
The amount of the deposit is set very high. For engineers in some sensitive fields, you will not be allowed to go back after coming here. Only your family members are allowed to visit relatives, and you are not allowed to go back.
If the Chinese are so harsh, it is even more so for the local engineers of America. There is no way to work in China. Like the old white man in front of me, if he is a science and engineering talent, at first glance He looks like a top expert and is unlikely to be let go by Amerikan.
Not to mention showing up in the first class like this.
Therefore, the other party can only be a partner of Guangjia Aerospace, and at least an executive or expert.
Vitch quickly filtered through his mind to see which partners Guangjia Aerospace had in Amerikan. He thought about it, and it was SpaceX.
Seeing the camera in front of him and the appearance of a yellow man, Dave first said: "Chinese?"
"Yes, I have 500 people in the entire Chinese network million fans," Vicki said.
“bilibili?” Dave asked: “Lin from Guangjia Aerospace asked me if I wanted to participate in an interview show of her friend.”
Dave raised the notebook in his hand when he mentioned the light armor aerospace.
Vicci thought to himself, Nima, this is indeed a big fish. Seeing that the other party was in a lively conversation, he knew what he should say at this time: "Sir, are you talking about Lin Jia? Wright's Wife?"
Dave nodded: "That's right."
Vicci was overjoyed, the show was working: "Sir, what is your identity?" "I'm from Blue Origin. CEO." Dave said.
To be honest, ordinary people may not have heard of Blue Origin, but Vicky is a bit of a business blogger. He must know about Blue Origin. He immediately asked: "Sir, you are on this business trip to discuss cooperation with Guangjia Aerospace. "
Dave said: "Of course, we have been partners in the past."
Witch really didn't know, "Have you always cooperated?"
< br> "We have cooperated with Guangjia Aerospace on the lunar return module project." Dave said.
Vicci nodded frequently, "Awesome, Guangjia Aerospace is the most famous technology company in China. It is very awesome that you can cooperate with Guangjia Aerospace."
In fact, he didn't understand what the lunar return module was at all.
"Sir, what kind of cooperation do you plan to discuss with them this time?" Vicky asked. Anyway, you can use translation software to translate the other party's words after you go back, and the program will be effective after post-editing.
He knew that all he needed to do was induce the guests to speak, rather than speak himself.
"Space station, we hope to cooperate with Guangjia Aerospace on the space station." Dave said without thinking.
There is no need to hide this. Blue Origin once tried to purchase the space station of Light Armor Aerospace. After this matter was reported by the Washington Post and the New York Times, it became clear to the whole world that Blue Origin tried every means to catch up with China. country's free ride.
"So can you tell me your annual salary?" Vicky said. This is the category he is accustomed to and the source of his traffic.
"Sorry, this is a commercial secret." Dave obviously didn't want to disclose it.
“Can you roughly give me a range?” Vicki was unwilling to give up.
Dave shook his head. He thought that the other party came to him to talk about commercial aerospace, but in the end he was surprised when he ended up with such a conventional salary.
“More than ten million US dollars?” Vicky wanted to come up with something else.
Dave thought it was a bit funny, ten million dollars, who are you looking down on, "Haha, young man, there is no fixed range.
It fluctuates seriously, like Andy, his salary in 21 years There are 212 million U.S. dollars, but in 22 years it will only be 1.3 million U.S. dollars.
It is not a fixed value." After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for the other party to stop disturbing him.
After the video was released, it quickly became Vicky’s most popular video in recent times.
"Vicci should ask more meaningful topics instead of asking about the other person's salary."
"Vicchi is still not professional enough. If it were another business blogger, he would definitely not ask the other party such unnutritious questions. ”
“I know that Vicky quickly became a fan by asking about other people’s income levels, but how could you ask about the salary for such a rare opportunity? It’s not like meeting the God of Light in first class, and then you don’t Ask him when humans will achieve interstellar colonization in the future, but ask Guangshen if his annual income is 100 million yuan? Guangshen thinks you are kidding me."
"The situation is different at this time. It’s reflected, but the pattern is still not enough.”
“It feels like Blue Origin is coming to pay homage to the dock.”
“I feel that commercial aerospace-related companies are still going up, and Blue Origin has to come to China to seek cooperation.”
“People who speculate in stocks are stunned. Blue Origin came to China to seek cooperation with Guangjia Aerospace. It doesn’t mean that a company can cooperate with Blue Origin as long as it has the label of commercial aerospace concept in Flush.”
It has a lot of views and popularity, but its reputation is not very good among fans and netizens. Don't buy it.
After arriving at Shenhai and meeting Li Haide, Li Haide didn’t accept Blue Origin’s offer: “France’s $2 billion can be regarded as their investment in Light Armor Space Station’s space station project. Venture capital.
That's what venture capital is, high returns and high returns.
In the agreement we signed with France, there is no time limit on the launch of the space station.
It is equivalent to France borrowing a zero-interest loan with an amount of 2 billion and no specific time period to Guangjia Aerospace.
This is a gamble, and if they win, they should enjoy the rewards they deserve.
As for Blue Origin, you also participated in venture capital, but you withdrew.
Now that the project has been successfully launched, naturally the price cannot be the same as in the past. ”
Dave spread his hands, and he thought to himself, "Okay, Li, what you said makes sense.
So what is the current quotation of Guangjia Aerospace?"
"Space Station Module 50 US$2 billion for launch, US$7 billion for total price? "Guangjia Aerospace is robbing money," Bezos screamed after hearing the report from his subordinates.
In the early years, Bezos’ annual allocation to Blue Origin was US$3 billion, which has increased to US$8 billion in the past five years.
The US$7 billion offer is equivalent to swallowing up Bezos’s one-year allocation.
"Let Dave talk to them and try every means to bring the price to less than 5 billion US dollars.
Within 5 billion US dollars, we are completely acceptable.
In addition, can we build the space station ourselves? , and then Guangjia Aerospace will help us launch it?”
The significance of the matter itself is enough to convince Bezos of less than US$5 billion.
Blue Origin executives don’t even have to give a long speech. They just need to draw the positions of the Earth, the moon, the International Space Station and the Guangjia Space Station on the blackboard in Bezos’ office.
Because Bezos knows he can make money.
The Orion spacecraft can be transferred to the Light Armor through Blue Origin. Anyway, NASA’s order is signed with Blue Origin.
NASA’s deep space scientific research missions can be handed over to Blue Origin.
In short, just because of his good relationship with the Donkey Party who is about to come to power, Bezos is fully confident that this is a business that is sure to make money without losing money.
5 billion is nothing to him.
Just in this round of offensive and defensive battles in Washington, Microsoft's NewBing was forced to be removed from the shelves, causing Amazon's market value to increase by more than 200 billion US dollars.
Bezos took the opportunity to reduce his holdings and cash out more than 10 billion US dollars. The reason is to invest more resources in Blue Origin.
(End of this chapter)