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Chapter 809
Holding the wine glass and taking a sip of the wine, Adrian couldn't help but think of the scene when he met Song Yang for the first time.

At that time, Adrian, just like this time, was going to enter the Houston municipal government to compete for the position of the boss of Houston, while Song Yang was just a fledgling, just received a sum of tens of millions of venture capital, and became the new millionaire. millionaire.

Adrian would never have thought that that meeting, which was an unintentional act, would completely change Adrian's career.

"Yes, I remember, Kenneth was sitting there at that time..."

Song Yang also remembered some past events. When he came to this club for the first time, he was just an insignificant person. Anran President Kenneth and others called Song Yang a lucky guy who got away with shit.

But now, everything has changed. Song Yang is here today, and he has the same status as Kenneth back then, even higher. A few more points.

"The director of the Houston Space Center will come over today, Song, do you really want to do that space exploration project?"

Adrian asked Song Yang with a somewhat curious, puzzled, and slightly skeptical attitude.

The space and aerospace industry is really burning too much money. In the 70s, America spent ten years burning regardless of the cost, and finally died down because there was no profit.

Even the American Space Agency has messed up, and Adrian is really skeptical that Song Yang wants to play a private space exploration company.

Of course, it’s just that he can’t figure it out. Adrian will not question Song Yang’s decision, just like the former richest man Bill Gates likes to collect the periodic table of elements. Those rich people always like to do things that ordinary people can’t imagine. Adrian put Song Yang's space exploration into that category.

Facing Adrian's answer, Song Yang still replied with righteous words, which was no different from what he answered in front of the TV station.

"Of course, why not?"

Don't let the fat and water flow into the field of outsiders, and don't take advantage of the cheap bastards. Song Yang has no interest in building a rocket launch base by himself, at least not now. When the business of space tourism, satellite launches, and delivery of materials for the space station stabilizes someday , Song Yang will build one, but before that, Song Yang will not spend too much money in it.

The title of any city has its own origin. It is not for nothing that Houston is called Space City. The Houston Space Center is the largest rocket and spaceship research and development and control center in America.

It doesn't matter whether NASA is willing to cooperate with Song Yang or not, but as a local snake in Houston, with such a large piece of fat in the space center in front of him, it is really unreasonable if you don't use some oil and water!
"Before the airplane became a new means of transportation, no one thought that it could be the same means of transportation as horse-drawn carriages, automobiles, and trains.

Similarly, there may be countless people in the future who choose to travel in space, and even go to Mars and the moon..."

After all, Song Yang is not Boss Ma, so he was a little cautious when he was bragging. He didn't dare to talk about colonizing Mars, establishing a permanent residence on Mars, and then using the Space Exploration Company to launch rockets or space shuttles as transportation when going back and forth. The tool perfectly explains everything logically, but as for the difficulty, as long as the PPT is well written, there will always be leeks delivered to your door!

Listening to the tall answer, Adrian rubbed his head. To him, these things are too illusory. Adrian feels that these things seem to be very powerful, but those things happened decades later, What does it have to do with him now? What he needs most now are votes and campaign funds.

"If I win this time, I will let the Texas State Legislature pass a bill to support the space industry. At that time, Song's space exploration company will be the first company to receive support funds!"

Adrian didn't know much about Space Exploration Corporation, but he was familiar with other things, and he gave Song Yang a wave of repayment without any concealment.

This is the benefit of having one's own people. The so-called support for the space industry is just to support Song Yang's space exploration company and set up a special name. There's always a reason to shake up America's space industry...

No more, no less, a subsidy of [-] to [-] million U.S. dollars, and the business of rocket launches in Texas is handed over to Song Yang’s Space Exploration Company. Most of them play like this.

This is the current game rule in America. No one will say anything. After all, every state has a budget every year. A considerable part of the budget is used for "special" expenditures. Otherwise, how would everyone's good days come about? , The money in the budget, which company to subsidize, must have been arranged long ago.

Song Yang touched a glass of wine with Adrian, said with a smile, "I think, Adrian, your decision has saved the American space exploration industry!

I will place the headquarters of Space Exploration Corporation in Texas. It is estimated that it will provide about [-] high-paying jobs in Texas at the beginning, and it will provide [-], [-] or even higher jobs in the future! "

Adrian readily accepted Song Yang's proposal. He knew that Song Yang was giving him achievements. In America, if a congressman can get a job, and if the annual salary is more than 20 US dollars, then he It can attract a large number of supporters.

"Adrian, the Bruno family will support you in the general election in Texas next month!"

Song Yang said to Adrian that after Christmas, the competition for the position of the leader in Texas is about to enter a fierce state. Whoever wins will be able to ascend to the throne of governor before February after Christmas.

If Adrian succeeds, Texas will enter the Adrian era. As one of the most special states in America, the governor of Texas has no term limit, that is, as long as Adrian If he can do it, and if he wants to, he can work in this position until he dies.

But at Adrian's age, he obviously won't stop here. I'm afraid he wants to follow in the footsteps of the little cowboy. After accumulating fame, contacts and experience in Texas, he will directly attack the position of the commander. This time, he is also going to enter Capitol Hill to become one of the hundred elders!
"Tom Delay and the Cowboy family have all endorsed me, and with your support, Song, if there is no accident in the election in Texas, I..."

Adrian also said smugly, Tom Delay is now the party whip of the Elephant Party, and the little cowboy is launched by the Elephant Party next year to fight in the leadership arena. Both of them publicly endorsed Adrian, and he already has a good chance of winning. big.

Song Yang is now one of the largest funders of the Elephant Party. It is very likely that in the next ten years, Song Yang will also support Adrian. Derian slammed, otherwise too many people would be offended, in the future, do you want to hang around?

As for the donkey party, Texas is a red-neck state with a thriving root, and whoever the donkey party sends to come is probably not going to work.

Sending Adrian up is also what Song Yang needs. With Adrian on it, Song Yang can do more things in Houston and Texas, and reach out to more industries!
"This is Lori Javier, the director of the Houston Space Center. NASA has sent an invitation to Javier. He is likely to become the deputy director of the Federal Space Agency!"

While Song Yang was talking with Adrian, a person was brought into the club. When he saw the person coming, Adrian whispered to Song Yang.

But before Adrian finished speaking, Lori Javier excitedly came to Song Yang, "Song, I heard that you have finished the RD180 rocket engine!"

"Funk, this is the best Christmas gift I received this year. I have already said, why does America's spaceship rely on the old man's rocket engine to fly into the sky!
Song, don't worry, as long as your space exploration company can produce a qualified RD180 rocket engine, the price..."

Lori Javier hesitated for a moment, but said, "If the price is right, I will personally purchase rocket engines from the American Federal Space Agency and your space exploration company!"

As soon as they met, before Song Yang could open his mouth, Lori Javier smashed the cake out. For a while, Song Yang couldn't figure out what kind of routine he was doing.

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