I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

"What's the meaning?"

"What do you mean! You don't want to launch satellites?"

"But it's hard to say when the rocket was launched for the first time."

"It's just a small rocket, and it has engineers from the Aramco Space Agency on staff. No matter how unreliable it is, it will be just like our satellite."

"You still said that! Xiao Lin, the deceiver, said that we could build satellites. At that time, we participated in the design of a few parts. We must have gone crazy!"

"I'm just asking you if you want to do this project!"

"Do it, do it!"

Tong Peiqiang and Zhou Rui hid on the balcony outside the office, immediately started a conversation, and confirmed each other's thoughts at the speed of light.

Do you want to do a satellite project? Of course it’s a dream.

Both of them are about to retire. Although they have many professional titles, they have never done such a high-level project.

That pass a few years ago is an everlasting pain for every participant.

The opportunity is right in front of you now, there is no reason to miss it again.

The reason why the satellite quotation was deliberately mentioned just now is that the school habitually wants to extract profits from enterprises.

Although it is an ordinary institution, Southern Mechanical Institute definitely has a lot of funding every year. It is a bit troublesome to support the satellite project, but it can be done.

Tong Peiqiang believes that not only does he think this way, but the school also thinks so. They have made countless efforts to improve the school, but none of them are as big as the current satellite project.

He asked Zhou Rui to comfort Lin Ju first, while he immediately called and contacted everyone who could help.

When Lin Ju saw Professor Zhou Rui coming in first to chat with him, he felt at ease and started joking in a leisurely manner.

It wasn't until half an hour later that several school leaders appeared in the office sweating.

Together with Tong Zhou, six professors involved in the satellite project and other professional teachers demonstrated the rocket plan, and finally convinced the school that the rocket was highly feasible, the design was mature, and the technical parameters were true.

Principal Jiang, who was confident, made an immediate decision and finally asked to go to the factory for inspection.

Without even having time to have lunch, Lin Ju drove the school bus all the way to the tractor factory.

On the way, the teachers and professors were a little suspicious as they looked at the increasingly eccentric road, and their eyelids jumped when they saw the signboard of "Xinyuan Town Tractor Factory".

Fortunately, as soon as we entered the factory, the sense of high technology that hit us wiped away all distrust.

Led by Guo Shen, the group looked at various mechanical equipment and assessed production capacity.

Zhou Rui glanced at the nameplates of the machine tools and equipment, and was a little surprised to find that they were all unfamiliar brands.

But when you look at the technical parameters, you can see that they are relatively high-end machine tools, which are difficult to buy domestically, and those produced domestically do not produce much.

Lin Ju's explanation for this was that these machine tools were provided by agents, and they changed the nameplates to avoid sanctions. Fortunately, Zhou Rui did not ask further questions.

In any case, whether you are an insider or a layman, your feeling after visiting is: good!

The conditions of the factory and the machines are great. They are newly installed and feel like they are shining.

The patriotic overseas Chinese Guo Shen is even more able to explain in standard English professional terms, and he is even called "General Master Guo" convincingly.

After the visit, the psychology of the school group also changed. They felt that the relatively unreliable party was themselves.

The next way of cooperation is in the tractor factory conference room, which has also been renovated.

This time the two sides sat opposite each other, with Guo Shen and other professionals standing in the way, and the school had to deal with it seriously.

In the afternoon, the two sides reached a preliminary intention.

The first is funding. First of all, Lin Ju will never buy a satellite, but the school cannot afford the launch fee of US$10,000 per kilogram. Considering the first launch, the following agreement was reached:

1. The school decided to participate in rocket and satellite projects at the same time, and invested 10 million yuan in the group, and the results were shared by both parties.

2. The satellite is actually organized by the school and must be completed within 30 days. The quality is controlled below 400 kilograms and must have certain scientific detection functions.

3. The school will send no less than 10 professors and 20 employees to assist in rocket manufacturing, and subsidies will be paid by Lin Ju.

4. Guo Shen is the chief engineer, and Tong Peiqiang and Zhou Rui are the deputy chief engineers.

Neither Lin Ju nor Guo Shen knew the specific strength of Southern Mechanical College, so they thought it was pretty good. They also received 10 million yuan in funding, and now the funds were completely sufficient.

But on the school side, everyone tried hard not to laugh.

As long as the project is successful, the school's budget for next year can be increased by 200 million, and at the same time, it can enhance its strength and gain fame through the aerospace project. It is a win-win situation - meaning they win twice.

The only problem is that the time given by Lin Ju is very tight, 30 days to complete the design and manufacture of the satellite. Fortunately, it does not require complicated functions. At worst, the whole laboratory will have to work hard to build the satellite.

Before leaving, Principal Jiang held Lin Ju's hand cordially and said sincerely:

"I am very pleased that the school can cultivate young talents like you. Lin Ju must be present at the freshman ceremony next semester to give a speech as an outstanding alumnus!"

"Principal, you are so kind, so polite."

For the first time in his life, Lin Ju was so praised that he felt a little overwhelmed. Principal Jiang promised him that he would also put his mugshot on the publicity wall, and even after sending everyone away, he was still giggling.

With the help of the school, I must have a satellite at my fingertips, right?

At Southern Mechanical Institute, late that night, all the professors who were on business trips, on vacation, and who could help with the satellite project were called back for a meeting.

The next day, some capable students were also gently coaxed to school by their instructors.

In the school circle in Rongcheng, a news suddenly spread: Nanjing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is going to build a rocket and send its own satellite into the sky.

The rumors spread widely, but no one believed them. After all, everyone knew the level of Nanji University.

Rocket, satellite? Qingbei doesn't even dare to guarantee it by itself, right?

But after a few days, the noise became louder and louder, and orders for gold foil and radiation-proof DSP chips from Nanjing Institute of Technology were even leaked out. The university community in Rongcheng began to become suspicious.

If you ask an acquaintance again, what? The rocket and satellite projects of Nanjing Institute of Technology have actually been approved? ?

In 2014, the country had just issued a formal document allowing private capital to enter the aerospace market.

At this time, Ma Yilong's Falcon rocket had not yet been successfully recovered, but the country also saw the potential of private aerospace.

It's just that it is difficult to do aerospace in China. At this time, several semi-official private aerospace companies began to be registered.

In the end, no one expected that Nanjiyuan jumped out and took the first bite of crab?

Nanjing Nanjing Institute of Technology also used this large project as a place to train the team, and recruited some capable teachers and outstanding students in one go to form groups.

Unlike factories, under the pressure and motivation of the school, all laboratories are operating at full capacity and doing their best to work overtime.

Such big news has long been spread in the school forum, and the news that Nanjing Institute of Technology is going to heaven is already considered solid.

The students at Nanjing University of Science and Technology were excited, but several universities in Rongcheng were "surprised".