Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 173 Super Awesome SpaceX! (5k)

On the same day, the leaders above conducted several studies and discussions on Wujiang Group's involvement in the aerospace industry.

"It doesn't matter if the cat is black or white, the one that can catch mice is a good cat!"

"If Wujiang Group can start China's aerospace industry, let them do it."

"Foreign countries can allow private enterprises to enter the aerospace market. Doesn't it mean that China doesn't have the capacity to accommodate people at all?"

"In my opinion, we should not only allow Wujiang Group to enter the aerospace industry, but also support it in terms of technology, talents and policies, so that Wujiang Group can become China's Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics... ..."

At this time, the big leader sitting on the first seat spoke firmly and made a decision.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help expressing their support.

Everyone knows that the country only invests 20 billion yuan in the aerospace industry every year, which is a drop in the bucket for the aerospace industry.

However, Wujiang Group has strong financial resources and is fully capable of pushing China's aerospace industry to a peak.

Just like Wujiang has made outstanding contributions in China's semiconductor field.

……

Zhao Ye never expected that he was notified the next day that Wujiang Group was approved by the state to enter China's aerospace market.

Zhao Ye made a decisive decision and established Rangwujiang Group to establish SpaceX Space Exploration Technology Company.

Although the company is only a shell, it will soon welcome some of the world's best aerospace talent.

Zhao Ye did not aim too high. In his previous life, SpaceX Space Exploration Company was mainly engaged in research in three directions: rockets, satellites, and aeronautical propulsion.

To be honest, at this time, China's technological gap with foreign countries is not that big in many fields.

Moreover, especially during this time period, the Soviet Union is about to disintegrate. If China can introduce a large number of Soviet talents, it will definitely shorten the gap with the United States and other Western countries.

The Soviet Union is in a leading position in the world in the fields of aerospace, engines, materials, precision processing, chips, and military industry.

There is no doubt that this is the best moment for China to achieve corner overtaking in the aerospace field!

In the previous life, China only cared for high-tech talents in the military industry. The main reason was that China itself was relatively backward, and the salary it could provide was relatively low, so it was difficult to attract talents.Excellent talents recruited with painstaking efforts will also be sent to military research institutions in priority, so as to improve the strength of military industry.

In 1991, China also set up the "Friendship Award", which was specially used to reward those foreign friends who had made outstanding contributions to China. It was added on the spiritual level and improved the good image of China by Soviet experts.

It's a pity that China at that time dug up too few Soviet talents.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union, the biggest beneficiaries are Japan and the United States. Their method of poaching people is very simple and rude. They only talk about money in everything, and use money to smash the heads of Soviet experts. Specialist in economic interests.

Seeing the momentum, some other small countries also began to make frequent moves. Among them, countries represented by South Korea and Singapore also began to extend olive branches to Soviet experts and introduced many talents.

Fortunately, Zhao Ye is here.

Zhao Ye said, no one knows how to poach people better than me!

A lot of money, those experts who are bound to be thrown, are all confused. Wujiang will provide them with a high salary comparable to that of European experts, a luxury apartment of one or two hundred square meters, arrange other people's work and children's education, etc...

Moreover, the team that Zhao Ye sent to recruit people would make friends with Soviet experts and invite them to work in China as friends.

Let me ask, which Soviet expert can stand such a test?

Even, for the top Soviet talents, Wujiang Group can directly send a luxury villa!
Right now, only luxury apartments and villas are left.

But it doesn't take much trouble. Wanjiang Real Estate Company under Wujiang Group is already a real estate company that has mastered advanced manufacturing technology.

Wujiang Group can build high-end apartments and villas on a large scale at any time.

Moreover, most of the apartments can also be rewarded to employees who have made significant contributions to Wujiang.

In addition, Wujiang can also build a batch of slightly more ordinary apartments and provide them to its employees at a low price.

The benefits of the employees of Wujiang Group are directly extended, so that they can work in the company with peace of mind.

……

At this time, there was a serious shortage of food and other consumer goods in the Soviet Union. There were only low-quality goods on the market. People had to take turns to obtain small amounts of goods. Inflation was also unbearable. Only the privileged had the opportunity to obtain good things, which caused a lot of internal and external conflicts.

After Zhao Ye founded SpaceX Space Exploration Technology Company, there is an urgent need for talents, so he will start poaching people from now on.

Presumably there should be some Soviet experts who value money more willing to work for SpaceX.

And at this time, there is actually another purpose to poach some Soviets to come to China.When they lived in China, they were rich and stable, while their friends were suffering from cold and starvation in the Soviet Union.

Will they persuade their friends to come to China for development?

As the saying goes, "Things of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups", most of the friends of experts are also experts in certain fields.

By then, it may be much easier for Wujiang Group to poach people.

……

Gabriel Wilcox was a well-known rocket expert in the Soviet Union, but with the decline of the Soviet economy, many Soviet space programs have stagnated.

Gabriel Wilcox, a rocket expert, seems to have no use for him. No one cares whether he goes to work or not.Today, the entire Soviet Union is in chaos, there is a shortage of supplies, the ruble is devalued, and everyone is queuing up to buy a little bit of food every day.

Gabriel Wilcox often sighs and is very dissatisfied with the current status quo, and often envies the affluent life of Americans.

Gabriel Wilcox had four children to support, and life was very difficult.Recently, if it wasn't for the help from a good friend in China, he wouldn't know how to persevere.

"Zhou, you are here again, and you have brought bread and meat. Oh, God, I really can't accept your gift for no reason anymore!" Gabriel Wilcox declined.

Zhou Zhi smiled slightly, ignored Gabriel Wilcox's words, went straight into the house, and put the bread and meat on the old wooden table in the other's house.

"Wilcotes, aren't we friends? Friends should help each other!"

"Yes, we are friends... But, you have helped me so many times and brought us a lot of food, which makes me ashamed..."

"Gabriel Wilcox, don't underestimate yourself. You are a well-known rocket expert in the Soviet Union. It is my honor to be your friend. What is a mere food? Blame it if you want. This society, blame the government, it is because they failed to govern the country well, that's why the current situation has happened!"

"Yes, Zhou, you are right! But what can we do now? Well, I don't know how long this will last, it's just terrible!!!" Gabriel Wilcott S complained.

Zhou Zhi said: "Wilcotes, if you stay here, the situation will only get worse. I'm afraid there will be a bigger crisis. Otherwise, your family can immigrate to China, and I can help you!"

"Immigrate to China?" Gabriel Wilcox was taken aback for a moment, and asked in doubt, "China is still a poor and backward country. What development prospects can I have if I go to China?"

Zhou Zhi said: "Wilcotes, China is not as poor and backward as you imagine. Although China is not as developed as the United States, China's economic development speed is the first in the world, and it is self-sufficient in food and has no shortage of materials. People's lives are stable. , full of vigor and hope.”

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, China also has such a powerful Fortune [-] company as Wujiang Group. If you are willing to go to China, then I can introduce you to work for SpaceX, a subsidiary of Wujiang Group. Developing rockets urgently needs rocket experts like you!

As far as I know, for a well-known Soviet rocket expert like you, SpaceX can give you a very high salary, with an annual salary of 50 RMB, and a villa for you to live in.In addition, you can also arrange for your family to immigrate to China with you. Wujiang Group will find an easy job for your wife and arrange education for your children.

In short, after you arrive in China, you only need to work with peace of mind and no worries. "

Gabriel Wilcox was a little moved when he heard this.

The treatment that Wujiang Group can provide is really good. He looked at his wife and children with deep love in his eyes.

"I can't let Alisa and the children suffer with me anymore!"

With firm eyes, Gabriel Wilcox turned to Zhou Zhi and said, "Zhou, thank you for your help. I am willing to go to China and join SpaceX!!!"

"Congratulations, Wilcox, this is definitely an extremely wise decision!" Zhou Zhi said happily.

Gabriel Wilcox nodded with a smile: "Haha, I think so!"

……

Jimmy Bradley is a well-known communication satellite expert in the Soviet Union. He and Gabriel Wilcox are colleagues and work at the Soviet Aeronautics and Space Agency.

Zhou Zhi is not only a friend of Gabriel Wilcox, but also a friend of Jimmy Bradley...

After Zhou Zhi settled Gabriel Wilcox, he went to Jimmy Bradley.

The situation of Jimmy Bradley was the same as that of Gabriel Wilcox. Zhou Zhi didn't waste much time, and he made it clear to Jimmy Bradley, and the other party also decided to work for SpaceX.

When poaching people, throwing money at them is simple and rude, but the effect is the best.

At this time, because the Soviet Union had not disintegrated, Zhao Ye did not dare to go too far.

Among the technology masters, Wujiang Group has only dug Gabriel Wilcox and Jimmy Bradley for the time being.

The less scientific researchers dug a little more.

The engines of the Soviet Union were very advanced, but engines involved in the military industry were relatively sensitive, so Zhao Ye didn't ask anyone to poach them.

As for aerospace talents, if they are poached, they will be poached. Even if the Soviet Union is angry, it will not go to war.

Many senior Soviet officials believe that since the Cold War, the United States has deliberately hyped up the "space competition" and set off the Soviet-US space hegemony.

As a result, the Soviet Union's economy really went wrong, and it was serious.

Many Soviets felt that they had been fooled, and stopped the stupid behavior of "space competition" in an all-round way.

This also led to a sudden decline in the status of Soviet aerospace talents.

Even if the Soviet authorities knew that rocket expert Gabriel Wilcox, satellite expert Jimmy Bradley and a large number of aerospace researchers had been poached by Wujiang Group, they would not blame Wujiang Group too much for this.

Right now, Wujiang Group's trade in the Soviet Union is very large, and a large amount of food and light industrial products in Moscow are provided by Wujiang Group.

If the sanctions are unlimited, no one will send food and light industrial products in the future, and the situation in the Soviet Union will get worse.

Therefore, as long as Wujiang Group does not go too far, the Soviet Union will turn a blind eye and pretend not to know.

In fact, that's what the Soviet Union did.

……

After Gabriel Wilcox, Jimmy Bradley and others came to China, they went directly to Shanghai.

Wujiang Group paid for two old bungalows from the Shanghai government and provided them to Gabriel Wilcox and Jimmy Bradley.

Other Soviet experts and scientific researchers lived in high-end apartments, which Wujiang Group also bought from the Shanghai government.

In a hurry, Wujiang Group has no time to build villas and apartments by itself, so it buys them from others first.

Gabriel Wilcox, Jimmy Bradley and others came to Shanghai. After joining SpaceX, they felt that their Chinese colleagues were very enthusiastic and eager to learn, and they often asked them for knowledge.

Gabriel Wilcox and Jimmy Bradley also gave advice, leading them to develop rockets and communication satellites.

At this time, the bigwigs in the country couldn't help being a little shocked. They didn't expect that Zhao Ye would actually recruit very famous rocket experts and satellite experts from the Soviet Union.

"The registered capital of SpaceX Space Exploration Technology Company is 20 billion yuan, which is worth our investment in the aerospace industry for a whole year. However, SpaceX currently only researches rockets and communication satellites, not as many as we do. Space projects, the average funding allocated to each project, is pitifully small..."

"Now, SpaceX has dug up many Soviet experts, especially such powerful figures as Gabriel Wilcox and Jimmy Bradley. I am afraid that in the future, SpaceX's rockets and satellites will overtake us. !"

"Yeah, unfortunately, we can get too little funding!"

At this moment, a secretary hurried over from outside and said loudly, "Leader, just now Comrade Zhao Ye from Wujiang Group called and said that he is going to visit our space agency tomorrow!"

"Oh, did he say something?"

"No."

"Well, I see, you go back to work."

"Okay, leader."

Li Xiao, director of the space agency, looked pensive. What is the business of Zhao Ye coming to our space agency?
the next morning.

Zhao Ye and his team came to the space agency.

"Director Li, hello, I'm Zhao Ye."

"Boss Zhao, hello, it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. You are indeed a good-looking talent, young and promising! Come, please take a seat. I don't know why Boss Zhao is visiting today?"

Zhao Ye didn't answer immediately, but asked his secretary Liu Yinyin to take out a document and pass it to him.

Director Li Xiao took the documents with a little doubt, and saw "Beidou Satellite Navigation System" written on the cover of the documents.

"Director Li, this is the Beidou satellite navigation system developed by our SpaceX company. We plan to build a global positioning system for the country to realize the positioning and navigation of moving targets. Whether it is military or civilian, this system has to play a huge role. effect……"

"In order to build the Beidou satellite navigation system, we can take a few steps..."

If SpaceX wants to rise, it has to cooperate deeply with China and win orders from the country.

The Beidou satellite navigation system is the bait thrown by Zhao Ye, and the country cannot refuse to eat it. This gives SpaceX the opportunity to grow and develop.

The country wants to build the Beidou satellite navigation system. It is obviously a bit slow based on its own development, but if it can cooperate with SpaceX, then the progress of the project must be rapid.

"Zhao Ye, your Beidou satellite navigation system is very exciting. The country will definitely promote this project. Tell me, what is your purpose?"

Zhao Ye was still not in a hurry to answer, and slowly said: "To build the Beidou satellite navigation system, the main cost lies in two aspects, one is the satellite itself, and the other is the rocket. The cost of the satellite is difficult to save, so, You can only work on the rocket."

"If the rocket can carry more satellites when launching, then the number of rocket launches will be reduced, and the cost will also be reduced."

"If we can invent rocket recovery technology, that is, after the rocket is launched, it can be recovered, then the cost will be reduced again."

Li Xiao's eyes lit up when he heard the rocket recovery technology. This idea is good, but...it seems difficult to realize.

Zhao Ye proposed rocket recovery technology at this time, the main purpose is to cooperate with the country to jointly develop the Long March series of rockets.

If SpaceX were to go it alone, it would take years of the monkey to develop rocket recovery technology.

The national talent pool is not comparable to that of a small SpaceX.

The current situation is that the country has no money to invest in the aerospace industry, but Wujiang Group has money, so this is just an opportunity for SpaceX to get involved in the Long March series of rockets and cooperate with the country to establish the Long March Rocket Co., Ltd.

In this way, the major shareholder of Long March Rocket Co., Ltd. is the state, and it is easier to receive satellite launch orders from the state...

(End of this chapter)