[{"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-745":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},1306152,1735,"Chapter 745 - 718 This is the Future I Want to See","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-745",745,"\u003Cp>Is the president really weak?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert didn’t agree with this statement in his heart. In reality, John was a very pragmatic president, who rarely gave such importance to the status of the manufacturing industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>NACA was a direct beneficiary of these changes. In fact, a large part of the reason NACA had been \"dovish\" in recent years was due to the retreat of manufacturing. The high-tech enterprises that were numerous in the past had largely collapsed, and the few remaining military industry giants, although technologically advanced, did not have the energy to develop so many projects rapidly at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the smaller and medium-sized enterprises had all been acquired in the end, this greatly undermined the vitality of the industry, and as a result, NACA’s advancement plans were hindered by the companies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John’s Industrial Act was already showing results. With the huge subsidies from the Federation, many businesses were springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain, which was good news for NACA.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secret agreement reached with the Chinese was also pragmatic. At its core, it was a bold gamble by the Federation’s higher-ups:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Betting that the influx of Chinese enterprises into America wouldn’t directly kill the entire manufacturing sector’s vitality, just like China opening up to the world last century. The foreign goods that flooded in were superior, but relying on the country’s strong industrial base, it was able to quickly recover, gradually regaining the market share it had lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one were to use a metaphor, John letting the Chinese in was like using the catfish effect - hoping that external stimuli would boost the confidence of the domestic manufacturing industry and thus accelerate the recovery of manufacturing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The set of measures also had enough persuasive reasons. After all, the Chinese had succeeded in the last century; there was no reason America couldn’t do it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the situation of the last century was that foreign enterprises had stronger technologies, while now the technological levels on both sides were almost equal, mainly differing in the mid-to-low-end production capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the White House’s plan, opening up the market to the Chinese would only bring about a shock period of two to five years. After this \"painful period\" passed, America’s industrial strength would rapidly recover back to levels not seen since before the 90s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast space program was the locomotive leading the revival. Based on think tank experts’ forecasts, establishing space power would require tripling the current world production capacity; there was no fear of overcapacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert, who had deeply participated in the negotiation process, agreed with this idea. John had called this plan the \"New John Policy,\" and the results would be visible before the end of his second term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Deputy Director Jim knew less, Jim probably belonged to the outermost members who knew about the extraterrestrial civilization and wasn’t very familiar with the upper echelons’ strategies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Robert was about to explain a little more, he suddenly thought of something and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jim, do you really think doing this is incorrect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, America is the greatest country in the world. We have never yielded!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jim spoke earnestly, and his words essentially represented what most citizens thought. Although they were now troubled by education, healthcare, an inundation of drugs, public safety issues, and more, for over a century, the inherent impression had still been telling them that America is great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After understanding all this, Robert suddenly realized a very serious problem:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"New John Policy\" aimed to avoid a full-scale conflict with the opposition, and to attempt to revitalize America’s manufacturing industry - it was a well-considered, excellent plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to the general public on the outside, it appeared weak, like a concession, and even for most mid-level enterprises, the \"New John Policy\" would push them to the brink of bankruptcy, facing the threat of dumping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the majority of people became dissatisfied with John, then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert was electrified by this thought and wanted to dash immediately to John’s office, as he had never heard anyone mention this problem before, or perhaps if it had been mentioned, it was overlooked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just as he was about to rise from his seat, he slowly sat back down under Jim’s astonished gaze and, after a moment of silence, he looked up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jim, you’re right, but I don’t want to see an interview with you on this topic, you understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jim was a bit confused but still nodded vigorously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think I know what to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boca Chica, Starship Factory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Musk, who was on the scaffolding observing the surface of the Starship SN30, stopped what he was doing and looked at his assistant with an expression of disbelief:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you serious? Which media outlet released this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not the media, it’s from a former official, now working as an expert in a think tank. He published an open suggestion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scott, it was these kind of open suggestions that said Falcon 9 would never succeed in its lifetime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But there are also rumors from the Federal Government that match this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Musk’s expression finally turned serious, somewhat astonished as he processed the news Scott brought:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trade barriers are going to be lifted, and next year America and China are going to simultaneously open up trade restrictions to each other, curbing non-official business interference activities between the two sides, and easing stringent reviews in multiple areas including space, allowing free investment and profit-making in each other’s territories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this is true, it’s definitely a bombshell and unprecedented in the whole history of America.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar treaties had been made before, but the balance of power between the two parties created this situation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Musk suddenly slapped his forehead:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does this mean that my Tesla factory in China will be approved again? Star Chain will enter the Chinese market too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but we will also face the impact of similar products.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s no big deal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Musk murmured to himself, walking back and forth on the pier, then turned back and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We might also have technology exchanges with XAP, and space cooperation has been opened too, right? So SpaceX might join United Mining’s Moon project, and XAP might join the ’Constellation’ project.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assistant didn’t expect Musk to be so bold, but after comparing the information confirmed in the meeting, he nodded cautiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s possible, but...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joining each other’s mainstream space programs? Scott couldn’t help but think this was wildly imaginative; were American astronauts going to ride Chinese-made ships to Mars, and Chinese people living in American-manufactured modules?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Musk seemed to have not considered these difficulties at all, just pondering to himself, and after a while he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gather the engineers tomorrow. I want to set a goal to compress the manufacturing time of the Super Heavy Booster to 25 to 30 days, as well as improve the Starship as much as possible. By the end of 2018, we want astronauts to be riding it into space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After delegating the tasks, Musk still wasn’t satisfied, looking at his assistant with excited eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There must be something we don’t know about happening, but it looks like it’s not a bad thing right now! I don’t know what it is yet, but I think it will be soon, this time will be very soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scott, this is the future I want to see!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1222,"2026-06-05T18:21:13.989Z",1,"novelbin.me","a781ec9a9dbb93db67740fa922a4cf08ccf2000288aec5ff430a505157ca9269","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-746","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-744",804,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-cover.jpg"]