Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

Belfshka, who was anxiously waiting, soon received a reply from his superiors, and his heart suddenly fell.

Then he quickly contacted Cai Yaobin, and the two sides began to negotiate over the details...

"Are they really going to sell it?"

Director Ge was also very excited when he learned that the technology transfer had entered the negotiation stage. He wanted to tell Kang Chi about this good news immediately.

But after calming down a little, he decisively gave up this idea.

"It's not too late to notify Academician Kang after they officially hand over the information, so as not to let him be disappointed."

Director Ge tapped his fingers on the table several times, then looked up and ordered, "It's time to announce the diversion plan of Tianwen-2... It should be able to divert some attention."

"Okay!"

The next morning, the China Aerospace Administration officially held a press conference. Academician Zhang, the chief engineer of the Tianwen-2 project, came forward to introduce that Tianwen-2 will divert to the Sun-Mura Lagrange L4 area to carry out a new exploration mission.

Sun-Mura Lagrange L4?

After hearing this news, most of the reporters at the scene were stunned, while some of the quicker ones immediately thought of Lucy's disappearance some time ago.

"What is the reason for Tianwen-2 to suddenly change the original plan?" The reporter from "International Space" looked at the new route map of Tianwen-2 and couldn't help raising his hand and asked, "Are you going to investigate the reason for Lucy's disappearance?"

"Yes, you guessed it right." Academician Zhang said bluntly, "The main purpose of our change of route this time is to investigate and verify whether there is a small black hole in the 'swallow' area as NASA claims."

As soon as this was said, the reporters present were boiling.

When NASA announced Lucy's disappearance and its cause some time ago, it caused quite a stir.

But soon, they were criticized and ridiculed by scholars around the world, who believed that using the excuse of black holes to deceive children to cover up the failure of the plan was simply rubbing the IQ of the world on the ground.

No one expected that China actually believed NASA's child-coaxing rhetoric and even temporarily modified a major space exploration plan for this!

"So do you think there is really a black hole there?"

"What if Lucy's disappearance is just a simple space accident?"

"..."

The domestic and foreign reporters at the scene raised their own doubts, and in the face of these doubts, Academician Zhang just gave a unified answer:

"If this small black hole really exists, it will undoubtedly be a major discovery in the astronomy of this century, so even if the possibility is low, we want to witness it with our own eyes!"

After that, Academician Zhang walked down from the podium, and then Director Ge personally came to the stage and used a very official speech to roughly mention that China will vigorously develop and encourage private aerospace companies in the future. However, because of Academician Zhang's speech just now, no one took this "set words" to heart.

Little did they know that this was the real foreshadowing of this press conference...

Just like the reaction of the reporters at the press conference, when this news was announced by major media, most people felt that this matter was somewhat outrageous.

Then came all kinds of doubts. They thought that this was a trick of Old M, and the huge project cost of the Tianwen-2 exploration plan would be wasted. Some professional and authoritative Tianwen scholars even made a well-reasoned analysis, which led to a greater rhythm.

If this was Zhang's own idea, he might not be able to bear such a great pressure from public opinion, but fortunately, this was Kang Chi's idea, and it also received full support from the leaders of the Space Administration and the Aerospace Group. Therefore, Zhang had no pressure at all, and his life and work were as usual.

Even if Tianwen-2 really got nothing this time, the pressure was on Kang Chi.

Of course, not everyone followed the crowd. Anyone who knew more about China's aerospace knew that they never shot without purpose. No matter how outrageous their plans were, there must be reasons behind them, or this press conference itself had other unknown purposes.

"I think they must have known some key information!"

Freya Hawke, director of the Ouzhou Space Agency, ordered solemnly, "From today on, keep a close eye on the 'swallow' area and Tianwen-2, and contact NASA to see if you can get some useful information from them."

"Okay."

Hawke's assistant immediately walked out of the office to convey the order. Similar scenes are happening in the aerospace departments of many countries.

So it is conceivable that NASA's phone is almost blown up.

"I didn't expect them to really take the bait?"

Georgeou and Holka, who first proposed to make Lucy's news public, couldn't help but feel a little overjoyed, but at the same time a new problem came up.

It's good for someone to be the pioneer, but the question is why should they share the information they have found out with you?

The two thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with any good solution. In the end, they could only throw this problem to the diplomats to worry about...

...

After the technical demonstration meeting of the Qingtian Project, Kang Chi just kept looking up and learning various aerospace materials, and didn't rush to officially start work.

Moreover, there are two important preparatory tasks that have not yet been completed, and the efficiency may be even lower if we start work in a hurry.

Just when Kang Chi was still worried about the high efficiency of the learning machine and that there was no learning material to read, Zhuoyue Wen, who went to Yanjing to negotiate with Blue Arrow Aerospace, finally called.

"How is it?" Kang Chi asked immediately after answering the phone, "Did they agree to authorize it?"

"Well, they agreed to our proposal. In the future, for each rocket engine we build using their technology patent, we only need to pay Blue Arrow Aerospace a patent fee of 3 million, and the premise is that this engine is put into actual use, and the test machine in the laboratory does not count."

Three million?

This price is obviously much lower than Kang Chi's expectations.

After all, the planned engine is recyclable, and the space shuttle can only build ten ships in the early stage. If one spacecraft needs 30 engines, the total patent fee is only 900 million.

It is definitely a good deal to be able to use this money to buy the core technology patent of a company with a market value of more than 10 billion.

Of course, once the Sky Plan is proven to be efficient, safe and low-cost, it means that mankind will soon enter an era of large-scale space development. By then, more and more space shuttles will be needed, and Blue Arrow Aerospace will probably be able to count money without doing anything.

It’s just that Kang Chi didn’t draw this pie for them, because even if he did, they probably wouldn’t believe it.

"In addition to the three million patent fee, do they have any other requirements?" Kang Chi asked with some concern, "They know that I am only using their technology as the basis for research and improvement, right?"

"Don't worry, I have made everything clear."

Zhuoyuewen knew that Kang Chi must be very confused. How could Blue Arrow agree so readily when it knew that it would license the technology to its "comparable partner", so he further explained:

"I just analyzed it with their boss at the time and said that even if they did not authorize, you would still study this technology..."

"And with your ability, even if you do research from scratch, it will be a matter of time before your technology surpasses theirs. By then, they will not only face the problem of backward technology or even elimination, but also not get a penny in patent fees, which scared them into agreeing to authorize immediately."

Kang Chi rolled his eyes in his heart after hearing this.

Although he also knew that Zhuoyuewen's starting point of "borrowing the power of the tiger" was good and was entirely for the benefit of him and the company,

but this slightly "intimidating" method was somewhat not in line with Kang Chi's appetite.

After all, Blue Arrow Aerospace is also a down-to-earth scientific research colleague. It is not fair to scare them like this.

However, now that things have come to this, Kang Chi is too lazy to care about these trivial matters.

Anyway, one day, Blue Arrow will be glad for this decision.

Just when Kang Chi was about to ask Zhuoyue Wen to quickly sign the contract and take back the technical information, Zhuoyue suddenly said: "By the way, they also made a request."

"What request?"

"They hope that if you make a breakthrough in technology, you can consider investing in Blue Arrow with technology and let Blue Arrow join the manufacturing supply chain of Longteng Group. They can provide a complete set of control systems in advance for free in exchange."

"Well, of course no problem!"

In fact, even if they don't mention it, Kang Chi will consider giving them orders in the future.

After all, building a space shuttle and engaging in space development requires a huge industrial chain, which is definitely not something that Longteng Group can handle alone. If everything has to be manufactured by itself, how big the scale of the enterprise must be...

It must be said that the board of directors of Blue Arrow Aerospace has a long-term vision. No wonder they sell Kang Chi well.