Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 748 The first one is half price!
In the next three days, Zhou Rui became the "star" of the entire Xichang base.

It only took him three days from the first time he arrived to the time he responded to everything.

He is young and promising, but he is close to others and takes the initiative to mingle with everyone. He is also very good at basketball.

In addition, the previous accumulation is not in vain, not everyone is like Shan Chunyuan, who is unaware of him.

In short, the "away" game is rapidly changing to the "home" direction, and I am familiar with almost everyone.

Since the rocket has not yet reached the stage of "hoisting into the tower", he spent most of his time in the "preparation field".

With Director Sun giving the green light all the way and Shan Chunyuan's helpless cooperation, Zhou Rui quickly understood the various technologies of the "Long March 3B".

With the blessing of the three major thinking abilities of "unity of knowledge and action", "simplification of complexity" and "peeling out cocoons", I quickly grasped the entire situation of this big guy.

Furthermore, I also have a deep understanding of the entire rocket launch, rocket manufacturing, and even Tai Tiangong's own rockets in the future.

Although the aerospace field is one of the commanding heights of human engineering technology, Zhou Rui is not someone who stands at the foot of the mountain and looks up.

"That's the 'rocket recovery' technology! You mean to start it in August, and then send it up before September?"

"You see, it takes three or four days to assemble, three or four days to wait for launch, send things up, and fly for another ten days to land on the moon. During this half month, in addition to doing some work in the command center, we also do other things at other times. You can’t wait, can you?”

Director Sun nodded: "That's natural. This is the most important launch mission in the country this year. It has been reserved for two months. The next launch will be in September."

The first few days at the Xichang base were fulfilling and interesting. Everything went smoothly except that no one could catch the eggs.

There are certain uncertainties in rocket launches, such as unqualified testing and unqualified weather, so a general range is set and the window period is not missed.

Director Sun has even forgotten the tea leaves.

"Buying rockets? Now?"

He is the one looking towards the new territory from another vantage point.

Zhou Rui clapped his fingers and said:

"This has to be used. My idea is to see if you have any ready-made rocket parts. When the 'preparation yard' is freed up, send them directly here. As for me, I will spend some time on 'rocket recovery'." 's things."

So, on the eve of "Chang'e 3B" and "Chang'e 3" entering the tower for assembly, Zhou Rui found Director Sun.

Even Che Gan followed behind, gaining a lot of experience and growing rapidly.

In the temporary office, Director Sun was stroking tea leaves with an enamel lid, looking puzzled.

You are redefining saving money!

And behind him, he has conquered many mountains, large and small.

"Mr. Zhou, I know you are very fast, but don't do this so quickly. Are you a little too hasty?"

He himself had to wait until Yutu came out of the warehouse, or even "Wu Gang" came out of the warehouse, before he could start his work as an "external expert". He might even have to stay and attend a press conference. What a waste of more than half a month. .

For such an important mission as Chang'e-3, naturally everything is arranged with the highest priority, and a long time is reserved before and after.

A bold idea was proposed.

Zhou Rui sat on the sofa and said with a smile: "Yes, it is now. If I guess correctly, the next launch mission from the Xichang base after Chang'e 3 is probably very far away."

"It just so happens that there is a mature team of engineers here, all of whom are experienced and have complete hardware. I will transfer more manpower and equipment to form a team. When the research is completed, it will be directly behind Chang'e 3. It is time to launch and test, so as not to look back. If you fly here and there, you can save some money on air tickets.”

He had never thought about the possibility of Zhou Rui conquering "rocket recovery" at once, but even if it was just a verification test, would he be too anxious?
Zhou Rui said seriously: "Being idle is also idle."

Director Sun took a sip of tea and calmed down.
You have redefined "idle" again!

He is of a high enough level and does know some of Zhou Rui's previous feats. The influence of those major projects is on the one hand, but the disruptive speed and efficiency are astonishing.
When he read the information before, he only thought that Zhou Rui was great, but it was his turn to be subverted in the aerospace field.
I still feel a little panicked.
He thought about it for a long time, and finally chose to believe in this big boss who had repeatedly accomplished extraordinary feats.

After all, the joint research and development of "rocket recovery" technology is originally a cooperation agreement between the space agency and "Tai Tiangong". In addition to being too anxious in terms of time, the current form seems to have no other problems.
On the Xichang base, there are so many professionals who can check everything together. Anyway, he will never approve the launch of a rocket that does not meet the requirements.

As for the matter of jumping in line for launch, I would rather believe it. There is enough space in the "preparatory field". If Mr. Zhou fails to do it as quickly as he said, it will not affect the launch mission in September.

Just make room.

By that time, Mr. Zhou should also realize that aerospace is not that easy to do. Correct your mentality and move forward again. There is a lot to do!

After thinking about it for several times, Director Sun finally came to a conclusion and said: "I have to report to the meeting to discuss it, but a rocket has indeed been made, but the launch mission has been cancelled."

Zhou Rui smiled slightly, not surprised. He came to Director Sun after learning about the incident while chatting with people in the base.

Now the whole base's favorability towards him has been maxed out, and he is very well-informed!
Director Sun said: "For an Indian customer's commercial satellite launch order, the guy there was very bad. He paid a very small deposit. Logically, payment must be made before launch. However, he actually asked for payment after the launch was successful. Otherwise, Just dump the order. We have been fighting the lawsuit for several months."

The possibility of launch failure is not impossible, but they are all insured, and the premium is included in the launch cost. There is no need to engage in "pay after success".

There was obviously a problem, so Director Sun immediately stopped it. Even if the load bay was customized, the loss must be stopped in time.

All I can say is, can you always trust the Indian space agency, a major customer? A global leader? There is nothing they dare not cheat!

While Director Sun was thinking about Indian customers, Zhou Rui also learned about this "foreign trade order-rejecting rocket".

The model is 'Long March 2C', which is currently the most commonly used medium-sized rocket by China Aerospace Corporation.

There are only two stages, there is no tied booster, which is a big stick straight up and down, and the fuel system is liquid.

It is the most reliable and familiar model. The Xichang base has rich experience and is very suitable for the development and transformation of "rocket recovery".

As for the "load bay" being a custom-made version from India, Zhou Rui said it doesn't matter. Anyway, he won't be planning to actually send anything to it then.

If that doesn't work, just tie a piece of pork belly, it's interesting.

Director Sun said that the rocket can be sold to Tai TiGong at half the cost price.

The price quoted for a "commercial launch" is about 200 million yuan, but this is not only the rocket money, but also includes launch, fuel, site, command, insurance, and the space agency's profit.

This is just like when you order food in a restaurant, you can't just count the price of materials. The stove, rent, water and electricity, waiter's salary, and the incense sticks for Mr. Guan are all included in it.

Take the "Long March 3000C" as an example. The actual manufacturing cost is about million, and it is a very mature product.

As for why only half of the cost is charged, it is because "rocket recycling" itself is jointly developed by both parties, and the other half is the investment of the space agency.

After finalizing the matter, both of them were happy. Director Sun had solved the little problem of where the rocket should go.

Zhou Rui also successfully passed the time
Since it was "off-the-shelf", Director Sun reported to the meeting and discussed it, and it was very fast! Zhou Rui’s first rocket was packaged and shipped from the three northeastern provinces.

Each component will undergo continuous rail-road transfer and depart towards Xichang.

Zhou Rui walked out of the office feeling happy.

These are all things that need to be made public. There is nothing to hide. We have to hold a press conference if we can’t go back.

I turned on my phone and edited a tweet directly.

"Zhou Rui (Enlightened Intelligent CEO)"

"I have my first rocket. Although it is half price, I don't know if I am much behind my peers."

(End of this chapter)