Chapter 65: I am qualified to make trouble

Great Wall Company has only been eleven years since its establishment, and is mainly engaged in foreign economic and foreign trade business of space technology services and other aerospace products.

In 1985, China announced that the Long March rocket had entered the international market, and Great Wall Company was responsible for market development, and the company then obtained the exclusive operating rights of international commercial satellite launch services and international satellite cooperation.

In 1987, Great Wall and France Matra signed a contract to carry its microgravity experimental device on the return satellite launched by the Long March 2C carrier rocket at the Paris Air Show. In August of the same year, the ninth return satellite launched by the Long March 2C rocket successfully carried two microgravity experimental devices of France Matra and returned safely that month. This was the first time Great Wall signed a business carrier contract to provide satellite carrier services to foreign users.

In November 1988, Great Wall and Hughes signed a contract to launch two Australian ASET-B satellites in Los Angeles, USA, in which it is also China's first commercial satellite launch service contract.

In April 1990, the Long March 3 carrier rocket accurately sent the "Asia 1" satellite manufactured by Hughes into geosynchronous orbit at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. China broadcast the live broadcast of the first successful launch of a foreign communications satellite through satellite TV to the world through satellite TV. This success marks that China has entered the international commercial satellite launch service market.

In July 1990, the first flight test of the Long March 2 bundled launch vehicle developed after 18 months was successfully carried out, and the Pakistani satellites were launched into the predetermined orbit. This is China's first time to carry a foreign satellite. The Long March 2 bundled launch vehicle is the first large-thrust launch vehicle developed by China on the basis of mature technology to meet market demand. Its success has enabled the Long March rocket to carry out the near-Earth orbit carrying capacity of the Long March rocket to reach 9.5 tons.

Fan Wubing met Li Ruohai, vice president of Great Wall Company who rushed to Shanghai in the lobby downstairs of the hotel.

Li Ruohai is in his forties, but he looks older and has already seen white hair. He is in good spirits and his elegant aura shows that he has also come out of the expert team.

In fact, many leaders in Changchen Company are experts in the industry. They not only have high education, but also high quality, and have rich experience in rocket launch technology. Li Ruohai is naturally no exception at this time.

"Hello, Mr. Li." Fan Wubing smiled and held Li Ruohai's hand and shook it twice.

"You are? Mr. Fan?" Li Ruohai was also very surprised when he saw Fan Wubing. Although Deputy Director Zhang had reminded him that the rich man who bought three satellites made by Hughes in one go was a young man, he never thought that Fan Wubing would be so young no matter what. No wonder Deputy Director Zhang had a slightly strange expression when he talked to him.

"Haha, what about Mr. Fan, just call me Xiao Fan." Fan Wubing himself had been swaying between black and white before his rebirth, and was engaged in illegal business of money laundering. After this rebirth, he no longer had to do those terrifying jobs that made people sleep and eat, but instead played industry and capital. However, in his previous life, he respected these experts who focused on the high-tech industry of the motherland, and it has not changed yet. Therefore, when he saw a senior talent like Li Ruohai, he had to show some respect in any case.

However, Li Ruohai is not a person who does not know the importance of it. Even if the young man in front of him is still a rich man who has the ability to buy three most advanced communication satellites to play. For such a person, the entire Great Wall Company must try his best to curry favor with him. How could he be negligent because of his young age?

Besides, Li Ruohai also knew something. If an ordinary boy relies on his grandfather’s kindness and wealth, that would be fine. However, a super genius like Fan Wubing who obviously created a world of the world cannot be ignored. There are ten out of ten geniuses!

Therefore, Fan Wubing also calmly accepted the respectful gaze that Li Ruohai cast. Although he was a little shy, he was better than thicker than that, and he would not blush and show his timidity.

"Mr. Li, boss, should we find a place to talk?" Davis reminded from the side.

Fan Wubing took a look and Li Ruohai brought two followers, both of whom looked quite tough, as if they were bodyguards and might be security personnel from the Security Department.

You should know that institutions like Great Wall Company are basically large military-industrial enterprises with governments in Beijing. The bosses often have complex identities and high confidentiality. It is reasonable to send a few bodyguards to protect them.

Li Ruohai didn't speak. Although he had been to Shanghai many times, he came and went in a hurry and did not notice these irrelevant things. At this time, Davis proposed to find a place to speak. Where could he think of where he should go?

Fan Wubing thought for a while and suggested to Li Ruohai, "Why not go to the beach and sit there? The hotel is full of people, so it is not suitable for in-depth discussions."

"No problem, then let's go to the beach." Li Ruohai nodded and agreed.

When I walked out of the hotel, I saw that the car Li Ruohai and others were parked outside, with two gray Lincolns.

Fan Wubing couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Cadres of Li Ruohai's level seem to be ineligible to ride a car of this level. The central government has a special document on the issue of riding. Lincoln cars are considered high-end cars and are among the restrictions.

Li Ruohai saw Fan Wubing's surprise and explained, "We are specialized in foreign trade and deal with foreigners all day long, so we still need to decorate the storefront. This is a car specially approved by the government, which is considered to be an exception."

Oh, Fan Wubing nodded, thinking that's what it was, and couldn't help but smile, "Haha, I don't have a car in Shanghai, so I'll take your good car today."

"This is no problem." Li Ruohai smiled.

Fan Wubing and Davis had a total of three bodyguards, plus Li Ruohai, and there were three people in two cars. So Davis and the bodyguard were led by a Li Ruohai entourage, while Li Ruohai and Fan Wubing got into another car, and the bodyguard also served as the driver.

Huh? When Fan Wubing saw that there was a girl sitting in the passenger seat in front of him. She had long hair and a dark blue professional suit. She couldn't tell what her face looked like, but she had a pretty good figure.

"Let's go and see the sea." Li Ruohai ordered the driver, and then the car started.

It was said that it was by the beach, but it was actually a little far apart, but the fishy smell of the sea breeze was indeed quite strong. There were a row of umbrellas here, and there were business people below, selling some barbecue seafood, beer, etc., and there were quite a few people.

A few people found a relatively quiet place and sat down. They ordered some barbecue and beer, and they ate here and talked. The atmosphere was pretty good.

"Actually, you should get some liquor when you eat seafood, but beer is barely enough." Fan Wubing said to Li Ruohai while eating it.

Li Ruohai didn't have much thought of eating. His mind is full of things launched by satellites. However, when he saw a customer, he couldn't rush to promote his business at once, and could only accompany Fan Wubing to drink and eat.

Although Fan Wubing was young in his physiological age, but with his previous life, his psychological age was over forty. Naturally, he could see Li Ruohai’s thoughts and said with a smile, “Don’t think about work too much. If it weren’t for taking care of your business, how could I buy three satellites at once? Have a good meal today and then talk about the details.”

When Li Ruohai heard Fan Wubing made this promise, he immediately felt very happy. He directly asked for a pie of beer and said with a smile, "Then I'm not polite! It's rare to have this opportunity. Mr. Fan, don't say that I bully the small by the big one!"

For more than an hour, I had a pimple of beer on the ground. Even the girl drank a lot of it, and her face was red like an apple. Fan Wubing couldn't help but take a look at it.

"Deputy Director Zhang is very familiar with you?" Li Ruohai couldn't help but ask.

When Deputy Director Zhang told Li Ruohai that Fan Wubing had bought three satellites of Hughes, he once revealed some news that if the business could not be agreed, he would say hello to him. Based on this, Li Ruohai inferred that Deputy Director Zhang must be very familiar with Fan Wubing, otherwise he would not be so sure to say such words.

"I'm very familiar with each other, I've known each other for more than ten years." Fan Wubing thought that when he was three and a half years old, he followed his father Fan Heng to Guangzhou. When he first met Director Zhang, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Before he knew it, he had been twelve years, and time passed so quickly!

Thinking about the past few years, it really makes me feel like a dream.

When Li Ruohai heard this, he felt a little confused. He thought that Fan Wubing was so old that he had known Deputy Director Zhang for more than ten years. But then he thought about it and it seemed that he heard that Fan Wubing's father was the mayor of a prefecture-level city, or that their families were family friends.

"Oh, let's not mention these things. Friendship is friendship and business is business. I want to ask by the way, how much did you estimate the three satellites are launched in packages?" Fan Wubing lay halfway on the lounge chair and asked Li Ruohai who was lying beside him.

Li Ruohai waved his hand to the girl next to him after hearing Fan Wubing’s question.

The girl took out a piece of information from her bag and handed it to Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing glanced and wrote a lot of detailed budgets on it. He estimated a price later. The settlement was made in US dollars, with 36 million US dollars each, which was the same as the price quoted by Great Wall Company to Osset Company.

This price is acceptable. After all, in order to grab business for foreign companies, Great Wall Company lowered the price very low and basically had no profit. The same price was given to Fan Wubing, which was very authentic.

In this case, the launch cost of the three satellites is US$108 million, and the insurance cost is probably the same as the launch cost, with a total of US$220 million. The total cost of the three hundred million satellites was over US$500 million.

This thing is so expensive! Fan Wubing couldn't help but shake his head.

However, when Walmart spent $700 to 800 million to build a global sales network, I still benefited a lot. At least the $200 million saved can be used to build ground terminals and software construction.

"This price is already the lowest price, but in terms of publicity, we still hope to increase the price, otherwise the market will not be easy to make in the future." Li Ruohai found that Fan Wubing had no objection to his quotation, so he put forward his own request.

"There is no problem with this, it is beneficial to others and self-interest." Fan Wubing nodded and replied.

"There is another one, that is, we hope that the launch time can be ahead of Aoxing." Li Ruohai made another request.

"Oh? Why is this?" Fan Wubing asked in confusion.

Li Ruohai drank a sip of beer and explained to Fan Wubing, "Because Aoxing and the satellite you purchased are actually the same type, they are consistent in various parameters and performance. Since our Long Er bundle was successfully developed last year, it has successfully sent a Pakistani satellite to the sky. But you also know that the mass of Aoxing is much heavier than that of Pakistani satellite, so we still hope to fully correct the Long Er bundle rocket by launching your satellite."

Oh, I've been making trouble for a long time, I'm using my satellite as an experimental product!

However, Fan Wubing was not very dissatisfied with this. After all, they have already made it clear that the price has been given to the lowest level. It is also natural to make some contributions by himself.

However, Fan Wubing is somewhat familiar with the matter of Great Wall Company. He remembered that before he was reborn, there was a problem with the first launch of Au Star. Fortunately, the star arrows were saved, but it was delayed for three months before the second launch was successful. However, when the second Au Star was launched, a major accident occurred. The satellite exploded after it took off, causing heavy losses.

With this understanding, Fan Wubing had to give Liu Ruohai a few words, so he pondered for a while and said, "The performance of your long two bundles is relatively reliable, but one thing to point out is that the problem often does not occur in the rocket design itself, but in processing, especially paying attention to the processing and production of those parts. Any defect will cause the launch failure. As for launching my satellite first, there is no problem. After all, the satellite will be launched one day earlier, and I will be able to make a profit as soon as possible."

Li Ruohai said in his heart that if you hadn't had satellites, we needed satellite launch missions, and we probably wouldn't have been able to come together. For this kind of technical work, you, an ordinary person, don't seem to be able to give me some advice? But of course you can't say that. He assured Fan Wubing, "Every process of ours is the strictest. Before the rocket takes off, you have to go through dozens of inspections. These low-level mistakes you mentioned are absolutely impossible to happen!"

Fan Wubing smiled and said to his heart that your guarantee is just a matter of saying it. When something goes wrong, no one's guarantee can solve the problem. However, this kind of thing is really hard to say. Unless it is the time when an accident occurs, people can believe you. After all, scientific researchers are also very concerned about face, especially in a field full of confidence.

But as soon as he said that, Liu Ruohai always felt a little uncomfortable, especially the girl, who looked at Fan Wubing's expression and looked contemptuous, just like the eyes of the city people looking at the rich man.

Fan Wubing thought to himself, it’s not that I’m dark in my heart, nor is there a curse for you. If you really have an accident, it’s not like this. I won’t mention this anymore, I’m just drinking and chatting.

Li Ruohai talked with Fan Wubing for an afternoon before leaving. Because the follow-up matters have to be discussed for a long time, he is not in a hurry. He just left Fan Wubing with his contact information in Beijing and Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

Fan Wubing sent Li Ruohai away and returned to the hotel. He came to report that Mr. Maximos from Hughes Company had been waiting in the guest room.

"What's wrong with this old man asking me for another?" Fan Wubing drank six or seven bottles of beer before going to the bathroom to put water. When he heard the news, he couldn't help but frown. You must know that his purchase fee had been transferred to the account of Hughes. What else could he do?

After rubbing the aching temple, Fan Wubing walked into the room.

"Aha, Mr. Fan!" The old Jewish man Maximos was sitting on the sofa watching TV. When he saw Fan Wubing come back, he immediately stood up excitedly and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Mr. Maximos, you are here late at night. There must be something important, right?" Fan Wubing asked Davis to pour Maximos a cup of tea, and found another box of cigars and threw it over.

"Oh, Cuban goods, not bad!" Maximos was also a person who knew the goods. Seeing that the cigar handed over by Fan Wubing was a purely handmade cigar native to Cuba, his eyes lit up. He skillfully picked up the small scissors in the box, cut off the tail, and then roasted it slightly on the flame. After igniting it, he spitted it out, looking very enjoyable.

"I came here this time to discuss the launch issue with you. Our American company is very interested in this business, so I hope I can come and see if there is any opportunity to cooperate?" Maximos said to Fan Wubing while sucking in the air.

"I don't have to worry about this. I just decided on this business with Great Wall Company. Their price is good. I guess American companies will not be able to reduce this number." Fan Wubing said to Maximos with a calm expression.

"Oh, it's a pity! It seems that I'm still a step late!" Maximos shrugged with regret and said to Fan Wubing, "However, it's not unreasonable that you choose Great Wall Company. The American rocket launcher has been at a low point recently. Due to the successive launch failures in the early stage, I don't think they are very confident. It's just that Great Wall Company made a profit this time. With the two satellites of Australia's Ossett, they have taken on a total of five satellites. What's even more enviable is that these five satellites are of the same type, and they can refer to each other, and the workload is much smaller. Therefore, even if the price they quote is very low, they will make a lot of money!"

Fan Wubing thought about it carefully and found that what Maximos said was not without reason. The preparations to operate the launch of five different types of satellites must be quite cumbersome, while the five satellites of the same type are relatively simple. It seems that the people from Great Wall Company are still relatively smart.

"But there is another question. When we signed the contract, we seemed to forget to emphasize it." The old Jewish man Maximos said to Fan Wubing.

"Is there any?" Fan Wubing asked after being stunned for a moment.

"Of course." Maximos nodded, "It's about the relevant fees we need to pay for the security work we undertake during the process of sending satellites from the factory to the launch platform of the rocket."

"Is there such a fee?" Fan Wubing said after touching his chin, "I said, "Old man, you are not authentic! Why is this content not reflected in the contract? If you propose it now, I can sue you for breach of contract!"
Chapter completed!