Chapter 775 - 739 Visit

"So that means the launch market will also..."

Long Jiacheng immediately thought of more possibilities. If the aerospace market were to open up reciprocally, the variables would be too many.

In terms of both quantity and even quality, domestic rocket companies with mature rocket OEM designs could definitely dominate the market, but for mid-to-high-end sectors, they would still need their own unique skills, as transport capacity isn’t the most important factor.

America currently has a small number of in-service reusable rockets, but there are many veteran aerospace companies. There are very few domestic private aerospace companies capable of manufacturing high-quality satellites and space station modules, and these American companies would likely vie for orders of space facilities and machinery.

The high price isn’t a problem either. In space construction, the budget isn’t too tight of a constraint.

Long Jiacheng, with the support of New Yuan and the "Lingxi Network" project, had ample confidence domestically, but the prospect of facing direct competition from American companies still put some pressure on him.

"Uncle Hai, this news... Why suddenly go for mutual opening of trade, aren’t we and America..."

In this world line’s year 2018, no one would consider such a reciprocal opening as a retreat; it seemed more like a victory for their side.

But why would America take this path? Didn’t their lawmakers oppose it?

And what about the many American companies, aren’t they afraid that the flood of Chinese manufacturing will completely collapse the mid-and-low-end market?

Long Hai: "I’m not clear on the specifics either, but I think things are not as simple as we see. What’s leaked is just a hint of what’s happening, nobody knows the full picture yet.

As for you folks in aerospace... Didn’t you pay attention to Musk’s interview? Now everyone is talking about SpaceX and New Yuan forming a powerful alliance, Musk said he could ride the Aero-Space Plane for free..."

United Mining is even buying nuclear bombs from America. Perhaps a joint America-China space station is in the works!"

It’s probably a joint spaceport.

Suddenly this idea flashed through Long Jiacheng’s mind, and he stood up and began pacing around the office.

"No, I have to find out more information. This is too big of an issue and given Mr. Lin’s character, it might really be possible!"

...

On September 17, Yuri, the head of the Rusia Space Agency, proposed an immediate convening of a regular meeting of the Huayin Organization at Mount Hua to discuss how to strengthen aerospace ties.

At the same time, the chief designer of the "Hurricane" rocket announced on social media that Rusia’s new generation of massive reusable rockets had entered the full prototype manufacturing stage. The "Hurricane" utilized top-tier rocket engines provided by New Yuan and was set to make its maiden flight and complete the Moon Base within a few years.

Following Yuri’s proposal, Huaxia, Yi, as well as the other four member countries all responded promptly, expressing externally that the Huayin Organization’s investment scale is still small and needs to be rapidly increased with funding and technical support.

Huaxia Yi also announced that their HVE rocket and the Hermes spacecraft are making very encouraging progress and will soon make their first flight.

Before the host country, China could even make a statement, these member countries hurriedly sent representatives, seemingly frantic and careless.

...

A European passenger plane landed in the Capital; Zhong Cheng was there to welcome them.

"Welcome, Mr. Trock."

"Thank you for your welcome, Director Zhong."

Graham Trock, the current executive chairman of the Dai Ying Royal Engineering Society and chief executive officer of the aerospace bureau, was quicker than anyone else, setting off as soon as he could and arriving in the Capital.

The delegation included foreign affairs and scientific personnel, in what amounted to a quite sudden exchange visit.

The reason was also quite grand: to discuss the large-yield hydrogen bomb blasting plan that United Mining will use later on, although that wouldn’t happen until the following year.

It wasn’t just Trock’s team that was on the move, but an even higher-level delegation flew to Washington.

For the UK, the recent turn of events could be described as a sharp curve, beginning to go awry from August. The path continued to veer off strangely until now when two supposed arch-enemies suddenly started to handshake and move forward in unison?

Seeing that America’s Senate was also acting up, besides making immediate inquiries, the UK sent out two investigative teams to find out what was really going on.

Among those welcoming Trock was Ambassador Conna. On his first day, Trock wouldn’t start any official activities but would instead rest and communicate with the embassy.

When they arrived at the lodgings arranged by Conna, Trock immediately dismissed the non-essential personnel and briefed Conna.

Conna had already grasped the gravity of the situation, having been busily gathering information around Beijing, but repeatedly faced setbacks. At last, he received instructions from home.

Trock: "World War III is about to break out!"

The first sentence shocked Conna, causing him to doubt his hearing.

There weren’t any sensitive incidents or high-intensity conflicts lately, and overall, Beijing seemed peaceful. Where was the sign of an imminent world war?

However, Trock was stern, explaining with a steady expression:

"Not an actual war, but it could be worse than World War III."

Conna finally relaxed a bit and angrily retorted,

"Is that all you’ve got from London? I’ve almost exhausted all my resources trying to get information. If I were to be discovered, I could have been expelled. Tell me what extraordinary thing you have found."

Trock: "The Chinese people and the Yankees are getting closer!"

"My eyes haven’t failed me yet."

Trock: "We’ve heard from several lawmakers that John is planning a huge economic change, like what the Chinese did forty years ago, beginning to introduce each other’s goods, easing regulatory controls on capital flows, and expanding aerospace cooperation."