[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil":3,"chapter-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","You were told to build a tractor, but you're building a rocket?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1305625,1735,"Chapter 22 Surprise_1","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>Unlike universities, businesses launching satellites spend money from their own accounts, so they save wherever they can.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The satellite projects that universities participate in are often led by the state, with universities contributing, and most of the time there are no launch fees involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the appeal of private space companies to universities is the freedom to enjoy payload weight and orbits without having to consider additional factors brought by group packages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About a week later, New Yuan Aeronautics signed launch contracts with four enterprises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four enterprises had a total of nine satellites, including sub-satellites, weighing 620 kilograms, all of which would operate in SSO orbit and would be launched with the New Yuan C Rocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These satellites were originally slated for launch with CZ-6, but now their business had all shifted to New Yuan Aerospace because of better pricing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, for SSO orbits, the domestic rockets currently available are CZ-4B, CZ-4C, and CZ-2D, with lift capabilities ranging from 2 to 4 tons; a single launch is really expensive and only state-level and military satellites can afford them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CZ-6 was designed for more civilian-focused enterprises and universities, catering specifically to \"price-sensitive\" customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those with more capability gravitate towards the active CZ-2 and CZ-4 options—who would wait for CZ-6?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, with the improved model, New Yuan managed to attract clients with lower prices, saving each enterprise over six million RMB, a significant amount for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mid-September, after the launch time and plan were confirmed, New Yuan Aeronautics discreetly announced its first commercial launch order to the public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For insurance and satellite compatibility considerations, the launch would take place in November, and the disclosed price for the launch was... 49,000 RMB per kilogram, totaling 30 million RMB.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, the price was around 42,000 RMB per kilogram, but who would complain about earning more in the future?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keep in mind that the starting price per kilogram for payload sales on CZ-6 was 80,000 RMB, and now New Yuan Aeronautics’ external pricing has dropped by at least 40%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no need to worry about rocket pricing disrupting the market, as the scarcity in the aerospace industry right now is rockets, not orders; besides, different rockets, payloads, and orbits all have their own pricing and cannot be generalized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this time, New Yuan Aeronautics’ buzz from the rocket launch had cooled down, but when this business contract was signed, it quietly soared to popularity.\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary people have no concept of 30 million and can only conclude that space is indeed costly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for those in the aerospace industry and aficionados, the news was truly shocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially at the Eighth Institute, that morning everyone was arriving at work in an orderly fashion when suddenly someone exclaimed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That New Yuan Aerospace is stealing our business, Deep City’s enterprises are going to them for satellite launches!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vice President of Eighth Institute He Tang, who had just sat down for tea, asked in confusion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did you hear this? How come we’ve heard nothing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"President, it was just posted on the official website of New Yuan Aeronautics, with some of the contract details and signing ceremony photos already released.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, He Tang immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly went over to look at the content on the computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corporate seals on the contracts were very clear; these were the enterprises originally intending to board the inaugural flight of CZ-6 next year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not as much angered by the stolen business as he was puzzled; there was, after all, a big difference between the Eighth Institute and private enterprises that relied on orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A launch in November? I remember that New Yuan Rocket only has a few hundred kilograms of LEO capacity; it can hardly carry much to a sun-synchronous orbit, so surely this can’t be launched either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems there has been an upgrade. This time they’re planning to send up 620 kilograms, which is almost on par with our CZ-6. Hold on, there’s an introduction to this rocket on the website, President, take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few clicks, He Tang and several colleagues who had come over at the sound crowded around the screen, poring over the publicly disclosed specifications of New Yuan C.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time their eyes swept over a line of numbers, they couldn’t help but express their doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Core Stage One has a K120, a 120-ton class liquid oxygen kerosene engine? CZ-6 uses the YF100, which is the same,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Core Stage One has a diameter of 3.5 meters, with the second and third stages at 2.5 meters, just like CZ-6, but they changed it to a 3.35-meter diameter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A 700KM SSO capacity of 770 kilograms, hmm, about the same with a kerosene engine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going back and forth with their comments, everyone came to the conclusion: This is clearly a copy of CZ-6!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Tang didn’t feel like it was plagiarism, he just felt that the positioning of the New Yuan C Rocket was almost identical to that of CZ-6.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the launch price, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then felt that something was amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"30 million dollars is a bit high, but normal for a maiden flight, however, how could those tightwads agree to spend more? Just to gain some time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But private companies are going to launch one in two months, they can’t even complete the test processes by then, it doesn’t seem reliable at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"President, it’s not dollars, it’s RMB, 30 million RMB,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone corrected He Tang in a low voice; he was taken aback for a moment before returning to the screen. After a long time, he exclaimed with furrowed brows:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"30 million? 30 million? This has got to be selling at a loss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he was so shocked; now the estimated cost of a single CZ-6 launch was between 160 to 190 million, and in comparison, the price of the New Yuan C Rocket was astonishingly low!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even subtracting out telemetry, tracking, and guidance facility assistance costs, it would have to be over 100 million. With just 30 million you could barely buy a few engines, let alone build half the rocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other researchers involved in the CZ-6 project also calculated the costs in their minds and took a sharp intake of breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>million, and that’s the publicly announced price. Taking their own profits into account, how low must the cost of the New Yuan C Rocket be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not just that they didn’t spend money on research and development, but they must be using slave labor to build rockets to get to that price!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If New Yuan Aeronautics can make money at that price, where does the cost of over 100 million for CZ-6 come from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the early meeting at the Eighth Institute concluded, He Tang called a few people together for a separate meeting specifically to discuss this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result of the discussion was also confusion; they could not understand how such a low price was quoted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that they charged less because it’s the first launch of the new rocket?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It doesn’t seem likely; they’re losing too much. They should at least charge the average price, forty-eight thousand is just joking around.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don’t we just go ask and see if the launch price really is this figure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they inquired through New Yuan Aerospace’s email, and the result was the same: if the payload weighed roughly 700 kilograms for SSO orbit, that was the price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Tang also called several companies in the south, and the information he received was the same, which suddenly made him feel anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t about losing orders, but rather he wanted to know the reason for the New Yuan C Rocket’s low price, which was obviously abnormally low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they could also reduce their costs so much, that would be a significant achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little did he know the true nature of the system rocket: those were models meticulously selected from countless human world lines, optimized to the extreme in structure, with part counts that could be over 30% lower than similar models and, combined with rich design experience, they had reduced the need for materials and processing, lowering costs to the utmost limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, by forgoing the distribution of R&D expenses and making greater use of automated equipment to reduce labor and working hours, they managed to decrease costs to this extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crystallization of wisdom from other world lines was not so easily attained.\u003C\u002Fp>",1413,"2026-06-05T18:20:54.163Z",1,"novelbin.me","3b6eaa56df45d355639d547d11ee01ddac64f1864706ac1e273bef5493a097d5","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-23","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-21",804,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-cover.jpg"]