Rebirth in 1989: Creating the Chinese Technology Empire

In the room, Prince Salman was very excited by Xu Huasheng's suggestion.

We have plenty of money, but no technology or talent. Aerospace is not something you can play casually. It exists at the top of the tower of science and technology.

Not to mention rockets and satellites, they can't even handle the monitoring equipment. They don't even have any technical reserves for the most basic materials. Without anyone to carry them, they can't do it at all.

It couldn't be better if a big guy like Hua Xia is with him. Saudi Arabia wants to play with the United States, but they don't pay attention.

In the eyes of the United States, Saudi Arabia is just a country bumpkin who only has oil. You can't play with such advanced things as aerospace. Besides, even if the United States agrees, America’s father doesn’t agree either.

"Your Highness, if you are willing to participate, we can play a big one."

Xu Huasheng was done with it, and he said something again. As soon as he said this, Salman stared directly at Xu Huasheng.

"Do you know what a space station is?"

Xu Huasheng asked directly. Salman was stunned when he heard this question.

"You mean that thing they're building in America?"

Salman asked rhetorically. Last year, the United States united with many countries in the world to announce that it would build an international space station in outer space. Salman knew about this.

In fact, not only did they know about it, Saudi Arabia even wanted to spend money to participate. But the United States doesn't agree at all.

"Yes, last year the United States united 16 countries to build an international space station. This is the most high-end technology. Our country also wanted to participate at the beginning, but the United States was unwilling. In fact, in terms of technology, we in China have some. But You also know that China is relatively poor now, and the focus is on economic development. But if someone provides money, this project can be solved. If you are willing to join forces with other countries to invest, then we can also build an international space station and wait for the international space station. After the construction is completed, you Saudi astronauts can directly enter the space and stay in space. Not only that, even if your highness is interested, you might be able to stay there for a few days..."

Xu Huasheng carefully explained the plan of the International Space Station to Salman. You contribute the money, China contributes the efforts, and we jointly conduct research and development. Your people can also participate and learn some technology.

After the space station is built, your astronauts can also move in, and your experimental projects can also be launched on the space station.

At the same time, we can also develop tourist cabins and carry out space tourism projects. We can send a few people up at a time and come back after a few days, and we can make a lot of money in one go. ,

After listening to Xu Huasheng's words, Prince Salman swallowed.

This is really a good thing. If Saudi astronauts can enter space, this will be too shameful for Saudi Arabia. This will definitely be a good thing that can increase national self-confidence.

"Xu, is the investment in this project huge?"

Salman asked softly, although this thing is good, if the investment is huge, Saudi Arabia will have to consider it.

"No, no, no, Prince Salman, this investment is actually very small. Because the entire project takes a long time, on average, the funds required every year are estimated to be only a few billion dollars. If our company can attract more people to invest in it, , after calculation, each shareholder only needs a few hundred million dollars per year, which shouldn’t be too much!”

Xu Huasheng said with a smile.

"Do you really need this much money every year?"

After hearing what Xu Huasheng said, Salman asked in disbelief. With only a few hundred million dollars a year, you can participate in the International Space Station project and send your own astronauts to space. This is a great deal.

"Prince Salman, can I lie to you about this? It is true. After all, the salary of our scientific researchers in China is not high. In fact, in addition to the International Space Station project, I have another project here. This project is more advanced than the International Space Station project. More practical. I call this project the Starlink project, which is to launch a large number of earth-orbiting satellites..."

Painting cakes should not only draw illusory things, but also include some practical things.

So Xu Huasheng directly took out the Starlink project. This project is actually very practical for some small countries.

With the Starlink network, small countries can also have some satellite capabilities. Including satellite positioning, satellite communications, satellite networks, satellite reconnaissance and so on.

However, this project is not as impressive as it is. In fact, both China and the United States have this project. This project is actually a supplement to high-orbit satellites, mainly playing a supporting role or causing trouble when necessary.

In the room, Salman's breathing became thicker after listening to Xu Huasheng's description of the Starlink project.

Now Saudi Arabia has purchased some missile technology from China, and will also have long-range fire technology in the future. However, in order for these technologies to achieve precise strikes, the requirements for satellites are very high.

Although Saudi Arabia can now use China's satellite network, if a war breaks out in the future, it may be inconvenient for China to use its own military satellite data.

By that time, your own weapons may become blind.

The Starlink proposed by Xu Huasheng is different now. This thing is mainly for civilian use and is available in huge quantities. As Xu Huasheng said, in the future China will not provide military technology, but it can provide civilian technology.

As for the use of civilian technology in the military, that is not China's business. Kitchen knives can also kill people, but you can't help selling them.

Satellite positioning, satellite communication, satellite network, satellite reconnaissance...

Although the satellites of the Starlink project are small, they can be used to form a network in space. Typically, the satellites are not capable enough, so they have to make up the numbers. This reduces the difficulty of satellite development. If one satellite cannot do many functions, I don’t want too many functions. If I can’t realize the function of one satellite, I will launch ten, a hundred, or even thousands of them.

Although the trajectory of this thing is relatively low, it can be shot down easily. But it doesn't matter, I have a lot of them, just shoot them down and launch again. With one rocket, I can bring hundreds or even thousands of satellites up there.

Big pie, this pie is too big.

The big Salman wanted to swallow it by himself, but Salman also knew that he could not eat this cake.

Xu Huasheng's meaning is obvious. To attract more countries, he just wants to use this project as a platform to attract more friends to China.

"Xu, I have to go back and report this matter to the king seriously before I can make a decision. But regarding the underground city, I hope you will send a survey team as soon as possible. We hope that the underground city will be built as soon as possible..."

Salman said directly.

"No problem, our survey team can set off at any time. After the survey is completed, we will give a plan."

Xu Huasheng nodded, China liked infrastructure construction the most. Xu Huasheng also likes this project because it can create so many jobs.

An underground city can easily create high-paying jobs for hundreds of thousands of people. For China now, the more such projects the better.