On Patis Island, Gao Jin's special plane landed slowly at the island's airport. The reason why he came to Patis Island was because Musk was coming over and wanted to talk to Gao Jin about something.
The Xingling Group announced that the gravity system experiment had failed. The SpaceX board of directors simply did not believe it and unanimously believed that Gao Jin had concealed the true experimental results.
This time, Musk came to talk to Gao Jin for the same purpose, to purchase an enterprise-level space station.
We conduct the gravity experiment ourselves, and we must find out whether it really failed or whether Gao Jin concealed the true experimental results.
If Gao Jin does not accept this transaction, the conjecture that Gao Jin hid real experimental data can be confirmed.
When the time comes, there will definitely be all sorts of little tricks going on, forcing you to authorize them if you don’t authorize them.
Although purchasing an enterprise-class space station is expensive, internal calculations show that the total cost of the Protoss Group's enterprise-class space station will not exceed US$5 billion.
You know, the Tianchao Space Station currently operating in space cost hundreds of billions of dollars to build. Even if it costs 10 billion dollars, this business is still worth it.
After all, SpaceX also needs its own space station.
Time passed slowly one day, and just when Musk was about to set off from the United States, the relevant departments of China and Xingling Group issued a joint announcement.
Relevant departments have spent 30 billion euros to purchase two sets of enterprise-level space stations. The Xingling Group Space Group has accepted the order and will deliver it within 18 months.
After the news broke, Musk received several phone calls from several shareholders. The content was that he must reach an agreement with Xingling Group no matter what.
SpaceX must have its own enterprise-level space station and must personally verify whether the centrifugal force experiment really failed.
Two days passed slowly, and Musk arrived at Patis Island and rested for a long time. The next day, he met Gao Jin on the beach in a swimsuit.
At first it was just chatting, then we went swimming in the sea, and when we came back we drank juice and started talking about business.
"A set of 15 billion euros, I guarantee there will be no missing parts." This was Gao Jin's quote.
After hearing this, Musk raised his eyebrows and said, "Gao, this time your Xingling Group's space station is launched, our SpaceX company is cooperating with you."
"I paid, and there's not even a penny discount." Gao Jin retorted unceremoniously. Musk was stunned. No, that's not right. He had already explained that this time he would get a 20% discount for cooperating with the Xingling Group's rocket launch.
"Are you sure!" Musk looked at Gao Jin and asked curiously.
Gao Jin laughed after hearing this, picked up the juice and took a sip. "Musk, you should sort out your internal affairs, otherwise, they will hide many things from you."
"I received nine million US dollars for transporting six rockets into space. You can go back and check, or I can have someone fax the payment receipt to you."
After listening to Gao Jin's words, Musk smiled, picked up the juice and took a sip, as if he didn't take the matter to heart.
Gao Jin didn't mention it either. Musk is extremely controlling and doesn't care about your petty tricks. What he cares about is that you didn't report it in advance.
This is Musk’s biggest taboo!
"As far as I know, the cost of your enterprise-level space station will not exceed five billion US dollars." Musk said this calmly. The meaning is very clear. You can make money, don't go too far.
"Musk, how can I make back the research and development expenses? In order to develop an enterprise-level space station, more than 700 people have worked hard for more than five years."
"Their average annual salary is more than one million euros"
"This does not include the loss of scrapping during the experiment. Do you still think that 15 billion euros is expensive?"
"One more thing, relevant departments in China have spent 15 billion euros on procurement. If the price I give you is lower than theirs, do you think Xingling Group can still take root in China?"
"What's more, this time the relevant departments also gave me the Xingling Group tax reduction preferential policy!"
"If you, SpaceX, want to get a price of 15 billion euros, you have to pay something else."
"If you don't pay, you can only execute it at the market price of 18 billion euros!"
Gao Jin said these words unceremoniously. If you don't think it's expensive, don't buy it. You won't be missing as a customer. In the past two days, Gao Jin has received more than a dozen calls.
All of them are asking about the price of enterprise-level space stations.
Five years ago, the International Space Station was completely scrapped. Currently, if you want to conduct experiments on the space station, you can only report to the relevant Chinese departments and wait in line.
There is a disadvantage in doing this. Many space project experiments have been exposed. If there is a separate space station, many experiments can be carried out openly without caring about the opinions of others.
Relevant departments of China also do not want others to use their space station, which will increase the risk of leaks of some top-secret projects.
Therefore, Xingling Group’s enterprise-level space station project has no shortage of customers.
Musk hesitated for a while. Gao Jin did not go beyond the expectations of the board of directors. He turned to one side and said something in a low voice. Gao Jin frowned and began to think.
"This is not enough," Gao Jin said directly.
"Gao, I guarantee that the technical data is true and valid. This can save your Xingling Group more than one billion euros and priceless time."
"You can't be too greedy!" Musk looked at Gao Jin and said this.
I have already given you a piece of space technology, but you are still not satisfied. Do you really think I can’t do it without your enterprise-class space station?
Looking at Musk's warning look, Gao Jin thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with the conditions given by Musk.
"You won't charge extra for cooperating with the launch, right?" Musk glanced at Gao Jin.
"I will give you a 20% discount on the launch fee. You are the only one who enjoys this treatment. This matter must be kept secret. If the secret is leaked, the 20% discount can only be cancelled."
"Musk, no one in the Protoss Group dares to disobey my orders!"
Gao Jin said these words very calmly. These words are ironic. Let you see, no one dares to disobey my orders. You can't do this.
"The deal is done, let's notify the lawyers to sign the agreement." Musk immediately made a decision. It's only 15 billion euros, which is nothing to SpaceX.
"no problem"
"Let me remind you, we collect money first and then do things. This rule has been implemented for many years. I will not break this rule," Gao Jin reminded.
After hearing this, Musk laughed, laughed out of anger, looked at Gao Jin and said, "Everyone hates your rules!"
Gao Jin smiled after hearing this. It doesn't matter. Hate it as much as you like. Anyway, our Xingling Group doesn't have any bullshit accounts receivable.
Without this item, even if the global financial crisis breaks out, the impact on the Protoss Group will be minimal.
After raising the juice cup and touching it with Musk's cup, the deal was concluded. Next, the legal teams from both parties came over to draft the contract and the two signed it.
The phone was very convenient, so Gao Jin made a call to Haider Hill. Haider Hill said that he would take a charter flight to Pattis Island early tomorrow morning without any delay.
Musk also responded in the same way. The legal team will charter a flight to Pattis Island early tomorrow morning.
After the business talk was over, the next step was to relax in a romantic way. Gao Jin asked Musk to relax on Patis Island, which is good for the body.
Musk happily agreed.
Anyway, Gao Jin pays the bill, so don’t take advantage of the bastard!
Two days passed slowly. On this day, Prototype Group and SpaceX issued a joint announcement. SpaceX spent 15 billion euros to order an enterprise-class space station from Prototype Group.
Xingling Group stated that it will execute SpaceX’s order after completing the order from relevant departments of China.
We will execute the order according to the time when the contract is signed, and the order with the first payment will be executed first.
While Gao Jin was at Patis Island, the Procurement Department of Xingling Group had already begun to place orders through the internal procurement system, placing five sets of orders at once.
The total cost has been reduced by about 600 million euros.
A total of more than a thousand companies around the world have received orders for spare parts and have become busy.
This time, Xingling Group's procurement has added a bit of energy to the global manufacturing industry, giving many companies a glimmer of hope.
Musk stayed on Pattis Island for five days, completed a course of treatment, and felt much more relaxed.
Before leaving, I told Gao Jin that SpaceX would also buy an island and set up a health resort project. This kind of health care is very good for the body.
High seas, scientific research ship.
More than a hundred old people were basking in the sun on the boat. They originally thought they would have their organs harvested or undergo virus experiments, but they knew that was not the case at all.
People who have been injected with experimental-grade vaccines feel that their bodies are coming back to life, and their lost energy has reappeared in their bodies.
The only side effects were that the food intake increased, and the stools were black and smelly for at least a week.
After a week, everything began to slowly return to normal.
In the database on the ship, each experimental subject has more than 300 data that are strictly monitored, and Gu Shaoqiong devoted all his energy to it.
All experimental subjects are inspected in detail every morning, noon and evening, and all data are entered into the database to serve as reference data.
Scientific development has never been smooth sailing. It is all based on horrific experimental data. Mistakes are made time and time again, and the correct data is finally found.
A few days later, Gao Jin took a special plane to Pattis Island and returned to the morning market.
After a day's rest at home, Jane and Sonia entered Gao Jin's office each holding a pile of documents. Gao Jin had already made tea.
After looking at the document and sighing helplessly, Jane and Sonia put down the document and left with a smile.
At noon, Jane came over and took away the documents that Gao Jin had reviewed. After lunch, she handed over a stack of documents for Gao Jin to sign. These were all backlogged documents. Don't expect Gao Jin to have free time in the past two days.
At noon the next day, while Gao Jin was reviewing documents, Sonia opened the door and walked into the office. She came to Gao Jin and reported, "Boss, Fang Jingquan, the president of the Agricultural Group, is here."
"Bring him in"
"By the way, take these documents and send them over," Gao Jin said, quickly signed the documents in his hand, closed them, and put them on the documents aside.
Sonia nodded, picked up the documents signed by Gao Jin and left the office. Not long after, Fang Jingquan entered Gao Jin's office.
"Old Fang, boil the water yourself. I'll go over after reviewing this document." After Gao Jin finished speaking, he pointed to the leisure area. Fang Jingquan nodded with a smile and went to the leisure area to get busy by himself.
The presidents of the subsidiaries of Xingling Group were very open-minded when they came to Gao Jin. They all knew Gao Jin's temper. As long as he didn't tell lies, nothing would be a problem.
Even if you have an argument with Gao Jin, it's not a problem.