Interstellar Energy Tycoon

Zhang Xiaomo, male, 32 years old this year, an aerospace enthusiast, is also a well-known up host "Brother Xiaomo" with millions of fans.

He is from Qiongya Province, and his family lives next to the Wentian launch site, so he can often see space launch activities, so he bought a video camera, hired two assistants, and often took pictures of seafood delicacies in his hometown. Some funny daily routines, as well as video footage of rocket launches, have life, food, technology, and beautiful scenery. They are liked by many netizens, and they have turned their hobbies into a career and can support themselves.

It's just that Zhang Xiaomo's current up master career has fallen into a bottleneck.

His fan count never rose again.

Video playback has dropped.

It was also evaluated by netizens as 'old-fashioned', 'nothing new', 'reliable' and 'more and more embarrassing'. It was suggested that he rest for a while and stop filming.

This made Zhang Xiaomo feel very sad and anxious. He doubted his life and didn’t know what he did wrong. Obviously, the quality of the video is good, definitely much better than the early video. Why did the early video attract millions of views? Now Only a few hundred thousand?

where is the problem?

After serious reflection, Zhang Xiaomo felt that he hadn’t actually made a big mistake, but that the audience’s tastes had changed. The content that was easy to attract them before couldn’t attract them now. It had to be several times more interesting. Go watch other people's videos.

Secondly, in terms of space launches, the Wentian launch site has carried out more and more launch missions, and every time they are successful, people gradually feel numb to the good news of success. Instead, a launch failure will be a big news, just like a man biting a dog. .

Zhang Xiaomo’s videos are naturally quite satisfactory, they can’t find a hot spot, and they are naturally boring, which makes the audience feel dissatisfied, and the number of views can’t increase, which leads to a decrease in income. Without the passion to make videos, the quality drops again, and they fall into a negative cycle. .

what to do?

When he learned that Xingyuan Group cooperated with Tianlong Aerospace Company to launch ten large rockets into the sky at one time, Zhang Xiaomo knew that the explosive point was coming.

As long as you take pictures of ten rockets taking off at the same time, whether they are all successfully launched, partially successful, or all fail, it is a very good explosive point.

Zhang Xiaomo immediately bought a few air tickets, and brought his team to Zhangquan City three days early, and Bailong Town next to the Fangniu Mountain launch site two days early.

But even though they came early, they didn't get a very good experience, instead it was quite bad, and they regretted not coming earlier.

Because there is no delicious food here, what kind of delicious food can a fly restaurant in a small town have, and the price is not cheap.

I lived in a rough farm house, and the three-person room was more than two hundred a night, which is not a sky-high price, but it is definitely not worth the price.

This morning, it was finally time for the rocket to launch. Zhang Xiaomo, who was sitting in the VIP sightseeing area, had already made a decision. Regardless of whether he could send out a hot video, he would not come here in the future. I haven't seen it yet, the money has already been spent six to seven thousand, although most of it is the air ticket fee, and the various consumptions in Bailong Town are not up to the level of ripping off customers, but the service quality is too poor. The situation at the launch site was so bad that he wanted to go home.

Check the time on your phone.

There are only 5 minutes left in the countdown to launch.

Zhang Xiaomo didn't rush, put the tripod on the ground, put the camera on it, adjusted the aperture and focus, and muttered:

"It's just a rocket launch. I've seen this scene a lot."

"What's more, the rockets made by private companies are all small and medium-sized rockets, which can't make too much noise."

"It's as simple as taking a picture."

At this time, someone began to follow the countdown.

30, 29, 28, 27...

"ten!"

"Nine!"

"eight!"

"seven!"

There were more and more voices shouting the countdown, louder and louder.

And almost everyone stood up from their seats, stood on tiptoe, wanted to see more clearly and carefully, and took out their mobile phones to start shooting.

"five four three two one!"

"emission!"

One order!

The operator pressed the button for the ignition.

Below the launch pad, a large number of industrial sparks spewed out.

The aviation kerosene and liquid oxygen inside the Xingli-1 rocket all enter the turbo pump, and burn after mixing. The high-pressure gas generated is then transported to the combustion chamber of the engine for full combustion, and then burns at nearly 2,000 m/s. The speed is high-speed ejection.

There was a loud rumbling noise.

Thick smoke billowed and enveloped the launch pad area.

But in less than two seconds, a rocket with a thick head drilled out and appeared in people's sight.

Then came the second, third...the tenth, all trailing long orange flames, rising into the sky.

Like a uniform array of arrows, ten parallel trajectories were drawn in the air, shooting straight into the sky!

Each rocket weighs 330 tons.

Ten pieces are 3,300 tons, equivalent to a medium-sized frigate, or a building that can accommodate many people, and they are pushed into the air.

The momentum it brings can be described as earth-shattering! It is also like ten small suns, illuminating the sky extremely brightly.

In the launch viewing area, more than 300,000 spectators could not help but exclaim:

"Fuck! Fuck!"

"Da Qin Arrow Array, this is the modern Da Qin Arrow Array!"

"Seeing these rockets rising from the ground, I feel like the national destiny of our country. The momentum is like a rainbow, unstoppable, and those who stand in the way will die!"

"Awesome, awesome!"

"I feel like my ears are going deaf, the noise is too loud, the ground is shaking slightly, and there is a heat wave that smells of kerosene in the air!"

"This formation is too amazing. The launch of Fat Five, which is nearly 1,000 tons, is not such an earth-shattering scene. I almost lost my camera."

Zhang Xiaomo couldn't help sighing, he was quite shocked, it was different, ten rockets were launched at the same time, it was really different from one rocket, because of the vibration from the ground under his feet, the impact of airflow and heat waves, and the roar of noise , The visual shock brought a 4D full special effects experience, which was indeed more spectacular, which made him feel that the trip was worth it.

But it's not over yet!

After a single rocket is launched, at most 30 to 50 seconds, it will be completely invisible to the naked eye.

However, ten rockets were launched at the same time. Even in the past two or three minutes, when the rockets flew to an altitude of hundreds of kilometers, people could still see a large number of white condensation clouds with the naked eye, like thick lines drawn by a pencil in the sky. very conspicuous.

It’s just that when the first and second stages of the rocket were separated, all nine rockets were separated successfully, but one of them failed to separate, its speed was greatly reduced, it fell straight, and finally exploded in mid-air, causing many people to exclaim.

...

Ten minutes after the rocket launch.

Zhangquan City, in the control and command hall of Tianlong Aerospace.

"The No. 1 reflective component accurately entered the 850-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit."

"Component 2 entered orbit precisely."

"The orbit of the No. 3 component is too low, and it is about to fall into the atmosphere and crash. The problem is that the secondary rocket has a fuel leak, which prevents it from entering orbit."

"No. 4, No. 6, No. 7, No. 8, No. 9, and No. 10 reflective components, all accurately entered orbit, and the launch was successful!"

"Eight of the ten rockets succeeded, and the launch success rate was 80%, which is slightly worse than expected, but it is also very good, and it is worth celebrating." The engineer of Tianlong Aerospace applauded.

huh huh huh~

The staff in the command hall stood up and applauded, barely showing a smile.

"Mr. Li, our initial estimate was that one rocket would fail at most. The goal we pursued was 100% success and a good start, but we didn't expect that the explosion bolt of one rocket would fail, causing the first and second stages to fail to separate. One failed to enter orbit, because the fuel tank was too thin, and there was a fuel leak... These are all very low-level mistakes, and the other systems are running perfectly. Mr. Li, we must learn from the painful experience, and we will not allow these low-level mistakes again! "

Fang Yujun walked up to Li Xingyang and said apologetically.

"80% success rate is not bad."

Li Xingyang said lightly: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, and it is rare to have a perfect start. You all make progress through bumps and bumps. You should work carefully in the future. It is better to spend money to recruit more quality inspectors than to lose a rocket. 100 million."

"It's Mr. Li. I'll immediately ask the HR department to recruit more people and strengthen the rocket's quality inspection."

Fang Yujun promised.

...

Nine thirty in the morning.

In the rocket launch sightseeing area, people are leaving the venue one after another.

Xu Rong and her family were also unsatisfied and prepared to go back.

"It's incredible. The young people nowadays are really amazing. They are only in their twenties, and they can make such a big scene. Some people are born to do big things. We ordinary people can't wait for it."

Xu Jianzhou glanced at the remaining condensed clouds in the sky above his head, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Dad, are you shocked? That's how powerful I am." Xu Rong said proudly.

"My black heart is broken. From now on, I will not object to you cheating on that male god. From now on, you will be his mistress. You have no title, and you are not at a loss. Your mother and I can accept such a result." , we are just an ordinary family, not at the same level at all, but fortunately, the right of inheritance is the same after giving birth to children, so I have no objection."

Xu Jianzhou figured it out, and he didn't get entangled anymore. Although he was reluctant in his heart, ordinary people must have the consciousness of ordinary people, and they can't pursue something that they can't get at all like a dream.

"Dad, why don't you understand what I mean? Is the support I want, is this level of support? What I want is your full support for me, so that I can become the person who can get a certificate with the male god, what about you? Support, do you need me to talk so much nonsense to you?"

Xu Rong stomped her feet, not at all happy, but quite angry.

"I'll go, you actually have such big ambitions?"

Xu Jianzhou's eyes widened in surprise, and he had no choice but to say: "My ragged padded jacket, I admit that I underestimated you, but daydreaming should be avoided, it is unlikely, I can only say that it is courageous, but the probability is the highest." One out of ten thousand, don't blame me for hitting you, a future super boss like your male god can only marry a female wolf king, not a female licking dog, do you understand?"

"I don't understand, stinky dad, anyway, I don't care, you have to support me with all your strength, even if there is a one in ten thousand chance, I will try, as long as you support me, I can always increase my confidence. Think of a way, see if you can let daddy be the driver of my male god, and then let mommy go into the villa to help cook, and when Xiaoxu graduates from university, she will also join the group to help me. I don’t believe it. It won't have a good effect." Xu Rong clenched her fists and said.

"You are pulling our whole family to be a licking dog, good girl, good baby, please forgive me, I don't want to toss with you with my old bones."

Xu Jianzhou was frightened, so he had no choice but to be submissive.

"Hmph, it's useless, dad has to help if he doesn't help, don't you want Xu Zexu to be promising when he grows up, see him join Xingyuan Group, fly to the sky on a rocket one day, and become an enviable astronaut, I am For the good of our family, dad, can't you be a little bit enlightened?"

"Sister, I want to be an astronaut. This profession is so cool. There must be many girls who admire me."

His younger brother Xu Zexu's eyes lit up immediately.

"Take a rocket to the sky? I just saw a rocket explode. We can't aim too high, just live an ordinary life."

"Even if it explodes, I still want to be an astronaut! Dad, you can support my old sister. Whether our family can achieve a class leap depends on whether my old sister can win her male god. We must do our best to help my old lady." Only sister assists." Xu Zexu said.

"Hey! I really can't do anything about you. What the hell did I, Xu Jianzhou, do?"

Xu Jianzhou said helplessly, but he could only be forced to compromise.

...

That afternoon.

Xingyuan Group and Tianlong Aerospace launched ten rockets at the Fangniu Mountain launch site at the same time, and the news that eight of them were successfully launched has swept all the networks at home and abroad, attracting huge attention.

Even the Iron Horse of Space Company had to stop the production of the 15th gourd doll and accepted a video link interview with a news TV station.

When he was asked what he thought of Huaguo’s private aerospace companies, the new space launch model of launching ten rockets at a time, how he viewed the development of Huaguo’s aerospace industry, and whether it would pose a greater threat to Space Corporation.

The baby-faced steel horse shrugged, and said in the video with a relaxed expression: "This does not pose a threat. Sending ten potatoes into space at the same time is a completely different concept from sending one watermelon into space. Ten A dwarf can't beat a giant, not even a hundred."

Iron Horse's comments naturally made western netizens heaved a sigh of relief, heard what they wanted to hear, and then borrowed the metaphors of potatoes and watermelons, dwarves and giants in his words, and ridiculed wantonly, thinking that it is completely Nothing to be afraid of.

These ridicules and metaphors are of course unacceptable to netizens in Huaguo, and they also listed the advantages of the "Xingli 1" rocket, such as low cost of use and quick improvements. Even though the success rate of the first batch of launches is only 80%, but It means that 80% of the payload is successfully sent into space, not 99% of the success, but nothing reaches orbit.

In short, the two sides are fighting with each other, you come and go, it can be described as very lively.

...

Nine p.m.

Li Xingyang, who was resting in a certain hotel suite, had time to take out his phone, enter Weichat, and check some messages.

Sure enough, almost every relative and friend sent congratulations and congratulations. There were several communication groups with 99+ news, which forwarded a lot of videos, all of which were launched simultaneously by ten Star Force 1 rockets this morning. shocking scene.

The relatives were all very proud, expressing how good their relationship with Xingyang was, how they treated him when they were young, citing various examples and comparing each other. In the circle of friends of classmates, on who is Li Xingyang's best friend/brother, they are arguing red-faced, they can't open up, and no one will let anyone else.

Liu Mengxiao from Longhu Scholar Middle School also sent him a long text: "Xingyang, I watched the live broadcast of the rocket launch today. I watched it with the students in my class. Do you know that my students are now I admire you very much. Several female students even said that they want to marry you. In fact, the person who admires you the most is me. You are the most hardworking and talented man I have ever seen, and can turn dreams into reality. Those who love you Things that are difficult for others to reach the sky, but you did it easily... Xingyang, the winter vacation will be in a few days, the next rocket launch, can you take me to see it together? If I can shoulder it with you Standing side by side, looking up at the sky, watching the rocket lift off, this is probably the most romantic thing in the world."

Li Xingyang replied: "It's just a bunch of rotten big rockets. One cost me 300 million yuan. It's nothing to look at at all. Two failed. It hurts a bit. Don't talk about it."

Liu Mengxiao could only say: "Okay."

Meng Yufei, the little princess of Huayao in Shenhai City, also expressed her congratulations: "Brother Xingyang, congratulations on your rocket successfully getting out, and now many girls call you the 'Rocket Prince', saying that you are the first Two iron horses, the future richest man in China, but I am so annoying today, I applied to the company and wanted to be sent to work in Suhong City, but my mother disagreed, and the old man also criticized me, you say I am What should I do? How about you come to Shenhai City and help convince my mother and the old man that as long as you invite them, they will definitely let go, brother Xingyang, can you help me?"

Li Xingyang replied: "I've been too busy recently to help, and I haven't been with Su Hong for most of this year. It's useless for you to go there, just forget it."

Meng Yufei said: "Brother Xingyang, you keep avoiding me like this, can't you give me a chance? For you, today I was scolded by my mother and father a lot, saying that I am extroverted, obstinate, and disrespectful, and said There are thousands of excellent men, you must choose someone who spoils me and coaxes me, but I don’t like these boys, I just hope you can be gentle with me, don’t always reject me, okay, as long as you get to know me better, You will find that I also have many advantages, my inside is far better than my appearance."

Li Xingyang said: "I'm a little sleepy, go to bed early."

Meng Yufei didn't give up and said: "Hmph! Let's start with brothers and sisters first, can I be your god-sister?"

Li Xingyang ignored her.