I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

Sometimes, a sales call does not necessarily ask you to pay, but may give you money.

That night, both Lin Ju and the factory office received many calls, with different origins, but with roughly the same meaning.

It can basically be summarized as the following process:

"Hello? Xinyuan Tractor Factory (I'm Lin Ju)."

"Boss, swimming and fitness... no, do you want to know more about investment, angel round, and IPO?"

They are found both at home and abroad, and they are basically professional investment companies.

These investment companies have a lot of money in their hands, and they will get involved in every project they see, without caring about money at all.

After all, when it comes to investing, many times the person seeking financing comes for investors’ money.

They will throw money at any promising project, including aerospace, which has a long payback period. Financiers have plenty of ways to make profits for themselves.

However, those who made phone calls late at night were all classified as immoral by Lin Ju. They were all blacklisted and then immediately changed their cards.

The reason for leaking the mobile phone number was that some clever person actually put the factory director's phone number on the official website, which resulted in Lin Ju being bombarded with phone calls.

Moreover, Lin Ju does not consider financing at all, at least not at Xinyuan Tractor Factory. After all, this is the base for system certification, and there is no risk at all.

Of course, this does not mean that we completely refuse cooperation. Share exchange is a very common behavior in modern business. At most, we just need to set up a few more vests.

He is now thinking about the system's next mission: sending a person into low-Earth orbit for at least an hour within a year.

This is basically a re-enactment of sending people into space. The designated Xinyuan-1 rocket is not enough, and a new rocket must be developed.

There is also a bigger problem: the manned capsule and other life support facilities.

The latter is the key point. These things are the real technical difficulties. Even the major aerospace countries dare not take risks easily.

China's manned launch vehicle CZ-2F has frozen the state of rocket technology since it sent the first astronaut into space in 2003.

In other words, no matter how the technology advances in the future, the CZ-2F will always use the mature technology of the time, and not even a single screw can be changed, just to avoid any increase in risks.

The same goes for Lucia's Alliance series rockets. They just use old technology and won't upgrade when new and better technology comes.

Even Aramco stopped developing its own manned rockets and instead used Lucia's Alliance rockets, all for safety reasons.

If you want to send people into low-Earth orbit and back, you must break through at least several technologies:

The first is the return capsule, which has to withstand the high temperature ablation of thousands of degrees upon landing to ensure the safety of the astronauts.

Orbital module: Generally used for cargo or loading scientific instruments and astronaut activity space, it can be omitted.

Propulsion module: generates electricity and propels the manned spacecraft to maneuver, and must be used when changing orbit.

Escape tower: It is placed on the manned spacecraft when the rocket is launched. When the rocket fails, it takes the astronauts to escape from the rocket. Its biggest task is to make it unnecessary for every launch, but it must be equipped.

How can one year be enough for this? Even after adding the task rewards, it is almost impossible. The technology involved is too much and too complicated.

No matter how you look at it, this is an impossible task, and Lin Ju becomes worried again.

However, some good news on the next day cheered him up.

First, Xinyuan No. 1 appeared on CCTV, received official encouragement, and became famous. Now it is the first real brother of private aerospace (although it is currently the only one).

I heard that the country is seriously considering setting up a private aerospace transition support fund project just like subsidizing new energy and solar energy. By then, it may receive large amounts of financial support.

The second is that the Sixth Institute sent a formal commercial request, hoping to purchase three K120 engines, a full set of manufacturing technology, and a production license.

There is another piece of news that Lin Ju doesn’t think is good news: several investment companies have approached him, hoping to subscribe for shares.

These good news basically provide a lot of support in the direction of funds, but are of no use in terms of technology.

Lin Ju was not interested in investing and thought it would be better to study how to realize the second task of the system.

When he came to the office, Lin Ju first used three system engineer cards.

The office phone rang immediately. The doorman said that three people were coming from outside the factory and wanted to come in. Lin Ju immediately let them go.

A few minutes later, three Asian faces were standing in his office.

Two Chinese engineers both worked at the European Space Agency after studying abroad. One is an engineer at the Lucia Space Agency. He is a Tatar and has already obtained Chinese citizenship.

They focus on materials, electrical control and overall design respectively, and the system arrangement is very comprehensive.

The three names are Chen Xuan, Ke Yun and Androv.

When the three of them accepted Lin Ju's contract, the system immediately prompted:

[Already have 4 system engineers of the same level. You can upgrade the skills of one of them to form a scientific research unit: Rocket Research Institute.

Rocket Research Institute: It can carry out rocket and engine research and development. Increasing investment or technology can improve the progress. It can recruit non-system personnel as apprentices. When the apprentices mature, they can grow into system engineers. 】

Lin Ju didn't expect that the system would give him a new surprise, so he immediately called Guo Shen and used the only C-level skill card on him.

This is due to system limitations. You cannot use an upgrade card lower than the system certification level for personnel, otherwise it will be invalid.

After Guo Shen was upgraded, he did not become a B-level engineer, but became a C+ level engineer.

Lin Ju immediately asked the four people to set up a research and development department, and a new section immediately appeared in the system, which certified the research and development department as a research institute.

[Institute: R\u0026D Department of Xinyuan Tractor Factory

Current tasks to be developed: None

R\u0026D progress: None yet

Completed tasks: None

Already have C+ level engineer*1, C-level engineer*3, apprentice*0]

After Lin Ju finished talking about the R\u0026D department, Guo Shen immediately made a suggestion that he had been thinking about for a long time.

“Boss, in order to improve efficiency, I suggest that the tractor factory immediately change its name and reorganize into a company, and at the same time start recruiting talents immediately.

We have too few manpower, and we have to expand to reach the standards of a small aerospace company. "

Lin Ju nodded in agreement. The tractor factory was indeed short of manpower, and it really needed to change its name.

"Xinyuan Aerospace Power, what does this name mean?"

"Aerospace power? The abbreviation XAP is a good name."

Guo Shen had no objection to the name, as long as it wasn't as eye-catching as a tractor factory, he agreed.

The meaning of this name lies in Lin Ju's main idea: power is the cornerstone of aerospace.

Without high-thrust engines, large-scale spacecrafts are just a fantasy. The power requirements in aerospace are much more important than in other industries.

After the name change was decided, Lin Ju immediately issued a new task to the R\u0026D department:

"In the next stage, Xinyuan Aerospace's mission is to send a person into space and return safely. The plan is free, and I hope the R\u0026D Department can come up with a design as soon as possible.

If possible, I would like it to be completed within one year. "

Guo Shen and the other four engineers had no objection at all. The former also assured Lin Ju:

"Although one year is a short time, if we refer to the plans of various countries, there will be no problem in designing a small manned spacecraft. Don't worry, boss."

Lin Ju thought to himself that you had misunderstood, and coughed slightly: "Ahem, I meant to send people to heaven within a year."

"..."

The four engineers stared at Lin Ju as if they were a fool. After a long while, Guo Shen finally said leisurely:

"At this time, we really can only send people to heaven. I hope the boss will make good changes after entering and memorize the safety regulations."