Technological Hegemony

After the meeting of the brainstorming group, Luo Jia and Li Moran returned from the conference center together.

"I need more engineers." Li Moran said anxiously: "This mission is too hard-core, rocket simulation calculations, geosynchronous orbit cruise, space elevator engineering mechanics and bionic calculations, look, all of them are The hardest field."

"Perhaps we can call back Bai Xianyong from the industrial software branch. After all, the branch is already very stable. It mainly does some product extension and maintenance. It looks relatively leisurely."

Luo Jia nodded, "Yes, let's transfer people from the Industrial Software branch. The software required for the space program is not only highly complex, but also requires a lot of experience. Next, you must not only poach global experts, but also be more courageous. Don’t be afraid if you haven’t written space-related software before, just try it boldly.”

Many people don't know that behind the world's outstanding hardware companies, there are often extremely powerful software departments. Why is Dassault's computational fluid dynamics software so powerful? The main reason is that Dassault makes fighter jets. If the fluid mechanics is not strong, the Rafale fighter jets will lie down.

Not only Dassault's software department is very strong, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Siemens, Airbus, and even financial companies such as Standard Chartered Bank and Allianz Insurance also have powerful software departments behind them.

This time the space program is unparalleled and huge, not only is it a challenge for the hardware department in charge of An Ran, the software department in charge of Li Moran, and the human resources department in charge of Di Wuchang are also under tremendous pressure.

Of course, the department with the most pressure is the finance department that Lu Tao is in charge of. As long as he turns on the computer every day, there are all emails from various departments asking him for funds.

The spread of the stalls is really too big. Just for the production of graphene and super-strength carbon fiber needed for space elevators, more than 30 new factories in the north and south of the river have been planned.

The 36,000-kilometer space elevator is far longer than the total mileage of the Huaxia High-speed Railway. Even if it costs 100 million U.S. dollars per kilometer, it will cost 3.6 trillion U.S. dollars to build the space elevator itself.

As for other supporting costs, auxiliary consumption costs, and the cost of a 10,000-ton space station, Lu Tao couldn't even imagine it. The huge numbers almost suffocated him.

If you are not in charge, you don’t know how expensive the money is. Mr. Lu’s eyes are red every day, thinking about making money every day, thinking about increasing income and reducing expenditure, like a powder keg that is about to explode. Even Luo Jia dare not provoke him, for fear of offending him It's a mess.

"Come on, but don't tire yourself out." When they broke up, Luo Jia patted Li Moran on the shoulder and said.

"Take care of yourself more,

I heard from the young man in our department that the lights in your office were on all night last night. "Li Moran said.

"Haha, I was discovered by you, but it won't happen from today on." Luo Jia said.

"Are you going to get rid of the problem of staying up late?" Li Moran asked curiously: "Impossible, you have always had the habit of working at night, and it has been like this for many years."

Luo Jia shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "I mean, I won't be discovered by you even if I stay up all night in the future, because I plan to move directly to the Rocket Lab to work."

...

Since rocket research and development is the most important task of the entire company at present, Luo Jia intends to personally take charge, let An Ran develop the machinery he is good at, and devote himself to the rocket project.

The newly established rocket laboratory is located across the river in Qidong, not far from the subsidiary Xingchen Chemical, where there is a large-scale dangerous goods test base of the Ministry of Chemistry, and rocket booster fuel tests can also be done there.

"Suddenly there is a feeling of following an idol and following the road he has walked." After entering the Rocket Lab, Luo Jia put down the cardboard box in his arms and looked around with emotion.

This unassuming boss insisted on bringing the office supplies by himself, which moved the colleagues in the logistics department and the administration department.

"Teacher's idol?" Shen Lang, who was following behind Luo Jia, tilted his head and asked.

"Oh, Mr. Qian Xuesen, he is one of the founders of the rocket team, which is now the famous Jet Propulsion Laboratory." Luo Jia said: "Today, our Xingchen Technology also has its own rocket laboratory. People are full of emotion."

Shen Lang frowned, and muttered in a low voice: "I'm going, Mr. Qian's rocket team is very cruel. A teaching building in Caltech was almost blown up by them. Teacher, you should take it easy."

"What did you say?" Luo Jia couldn't hear Shen Lang's muttering clearly, so he asked.

Shen Lang said that he didn't say anything, and then looked eagerly at the empty desk on the left side of Luo Jia's office.

"What? You want to move here too?" Luo Jia saw through the apprentice's mind and asked casually.

"En!" Shen Lang nodded heavily, his eyes shining brightly. After all, he is a boy, and Shen Lang is full of interest in researching rockets.

"Not yet." Luo Jia shook his head and refused, and Shen Lang was a little downcast.

Luo Jia threw his coat to him and pulled him out, "You must have a beginning and an end in everything you do. Star Entertainment needs you more than Rocket Lab. You should stay in the subsidiary and make suggestions for the cultural front. After all, after the space project begins, I don't even have time to pay attention to entertainment, and cultural hegemony is extremely important."

Luo Jia explained to Shen Lang that the Rocket Lab sounded very prestigious, but the work was actually quite boring. By constantly modifying the model and parameters, 90% of the design and process of the Xingchen launch vehicle were determined, and basically 90% of it was research work.

And Shen Lang is a natural commander. It is a waste of money to let a commander do research work. The cultural and entertainment front is fighting fiercely with the western entertainment industry.

Disney, Marvel, DC, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Sony, Lionsgate, Netflix, HBO, all Western entertainment organizations that can be named took turns to fight.

Not only movies and TV dramas are up for grabs, but documentaries, animation, talk shows, reality shows, and all entertainment industries are up for grabs.

In addition, there are cultures, the dispute between Star Journal and Western academic journals, the creation of science awards and the Nobel Prize for scientific research supremacy, and it also requires capable people to decide.

Although Xingchen Technology is huge, it mainly takes the R\u0026D route. Culture and Entertainment is one of the few subsidiaries that directly stands on the front line and fights fiercely with the West. With Shen Lang's talent and ability, it is obvious that he should stay in Xingchen Entertainment and be able to give full play to his command and decision-making ability.

Seeing that Luo Jia had made up his mind, Shen Lang didn't say much. He liked the feeling of making suggestions in Star Entertainment, but the etched sea of ​​stars represented by Rocket Lab, it would be difficult for any man to resist the deep temptation of the universe.

Arriving at the parking lot, Luo Jia and Shen Lang got into the car. The task of moving things has been completed. This weekend, Luo Jia will go home for dinner as usual. Starting tomorrow, he will officially preside over the work at the Rocket Lab.

"Come on, I'll take you to eat cumin lamb chops." Luo Jia said, and then drove away from the Rocket Lab and headed home.

Shen Lang nodded again and again, it was his privilege to freely come and go to the teacher's house, even Chen Qingyue and Gu Beiyin were very envious of it.

As soon as the car arrived halfway, the Luo family was drooling with hunger, and his stomach was growling.

It's strange to say that after trying so many dishes from top celebrity chefs, Luo Jia's favorite is actually the home-cooked dishes made by his mother.

...

I ate dinner made by my mother at home, and chatted with my father about international affairs and family affairs. Luo Jia drove back the next morning.

Since the new office location is farther away than the Baoshan headquarters, Luo Jia got on the elevated highway before dawn, and the sun just rose when it came to start.

From Rocket Lab to the east is the space communication laboratory jointly established with Huawei, which focuses on ultra-long-range signal transmission and satellite communication networks covering the world, etc. To the south is the space observation laboratory, and to the north is the space mining laboratory...

All the laboratories are different in size, but the design is all carved out of a mold, which belongs to the reserved building of Xingchen Technology.

The so-called reserved building is to build the laboratory first without knowing the company's plan. Once the company decides to start a new project, there will be enough space for use immediately, without the need to temporarily buy land to start construction, which saves a lot of time Yes, in line with the tradition of Xingchen Technology to get started quickly.

Because it is a newly established laboratory, the researchers also come from all over the world. The main force is the Chemistry Department, the Automation Machinery Department, and the Materials Department, but there are also experts in unpopular fields such as the Theoretical Mathematics Group and the Graviton Physics Group.

In addition, there is also the human resources department's global poaching. They not only poach experts from the European Space Agency, but also major institutes under the Ministry of Aeronautics and Space. action.

In short, there are new people joining Rocket Lab every day, and everyone has long been familiar with it. The freshest thing is that the boss personally took charge. The office next door to the person in charge, Qi Lilai, was simply cleaned up, and Luo Jia moved. A few cardboard boxes come over, and it is considered a permanent residence.

At first everyone was a little uncomfortable, but after realizing that Luo Jia had no pretensions and was very professional in rocket research, the atmosphere gradually relaxed.

On the first day of Luo Jia's arrival, a huge whiteboard was erected in the center of the laboratory, and such a complicated name was written on the whiteboard: liquid oxygen methane full-flow afterburning staged combustion cycle engine.

This kind of engine with an extremely complicated name is the goal Luo Jia set for the laboratory. The importance of the engine accounts for at least 50% of the rocket. As long as the engine problem can be solved, everything else will be solved. Maybe it can help the national team and improve intercontinental missile technology.

The first step in rocket engine development is to design and build a digital model. Luo Jia soon hung up a second whiteboard, which reads:

The combustion chamber pressure is 37MPa.

The maximum thrust of a single machine is 550T.

Oxidant main pump flow rate 742.72KG/S...

After the whiteboard was hung up, the researchers immediately surrounded it with surprise on their faces.

"This preset parameter is a bit high. Musk's new generation Raptor engine has a combustion chamber pressure of only 28MPa."

"The theoretical jet velocity of the methane engine is 3600m/s, while the jet velocity of liquid hydrogen is 4400m/s. It seems that the boss intends to maximize the performance of the methane engine."

"An engine with a single thrust of 550 tons? Mr. Luo really has a wild heart."

"Obviously, Mr. Luo is not aiming at the 100-ton rocket, but to do something bigger."

"I did a simple calculation just now. The Long March 9 is 140 tons, Musk's large Falcon is 150 tons, and the Super Falcon is 220 tons. If we build this one, it will be at least 300 tons!"

As soon as Luo Jia's preset parameters came out, everyone quickly discussed them.