Chapter 309: Trivia at the Base

"So it's not a technical issue, it's an economic issue, right?"

Serev muttered to himself that he had experienced this situation too much and could easily accept it.

In fact, he is also very clear about Xinyuan's financial situation. "Shanhai" controls all Xinyuan's secrets, and senior executives can check the true income and expenditure every year.

On the whole, Xinyuan Aerospace Power is actually in a situation where the income is barely acceptable. The research funds that other organizations account for the largest proportion do not cost the base much, but because of the need to integrate into society, various expenditures are still quite a lot. Moreover, the new Yuan has always been generous to suppliers.

The income from tourist flights is quite considerable and can almost maintain daily operations. However, there are relatively few satellite launch orders. Firstly, it is difficult to accept international orders due to various factors. Secondly, there is a lot of domestic competition.

The space agency now has recyclable rockets, and several private space companies also rely on buying and selling. Xinyuan's commercial launch contract for external satellites was intentionally given away.

The only direct income from the aerospace industry is tourist flights, selling some parts and patent licensing, and living a decent life.

The real large expenditures mainly rely on Xinan Automobile and Huanghe Semiconductor. The former's 2016 financial report has not yet been released, but after retaining the necessary funds for Xinan, there should be no problem in sending less than 10 billion funds to the base.

Xin'an is currently in a period of rapid expansion and logically should not pay dividends, and only the base needs funds. The other major shareholder, Southern Motor, is still stable. They regard Xin'an more as a backup and a source of new technologies, and are not in a hurry to get it. Meaning of money.

Huanghe Semiconductor and the ternary technology it masters are still at a loss for the time being, but as long as the ternary ecosystem is established, it will definitely be a hugely profitable industry.

Coupled with the technological advantages mastered by the base, it is optimistically expected to receive 20 to 30 billion in funds per year in the future without affecting operations.

Even if not, there is still 10 billion in incentive research funds settled in 2016, so the disposable cash flow is still 20 billion.

However, the daily cost of maintaining a base with more than 8,000 people is astronomical. There are also various construction plans. It can only be said that it is still sufficient as there will be no new big moves this year.

The lunar space station with an investment of 5 billion can be completed in three to five months at Xin Yuan's speed, and no more than half a year at most. This is a great interference to the expenditure plan.

Lin Ju travels to the Aerospace Development Commission all day long, often thinking about how to expand the scale of the aerospace market and cultivate the market first before obtaining funds from it.

The popularity of space tourism is destined to slowly decrease as other players around the world put various spacecrafts into service. Rich people cannot spend millions of dollars every year just to go for a ride. This is different from buying luxury houses and luxury cars. It’s real money spent rather than an investment, and you can’t afford to spend it too frequently.

Cultivating the market is also equivalent to tapping the market. These wealthy people who are willing to spend millions or tens of millions of dollars will become customers who can spend one million dollars, hundreds of thousands of dollars or even hundreds of thousands of dollars after completing their business.

Every time the funds are lowered by one level, the number of people will expand more than ten times or even dozens of times, so that profits can be maintained or even increased.

But there is a premise: the costs of the entire aerospace industry must be reduced first, otherwise it will destroy the market and become a public enemy of the industry.

Exporting technology and finished products is not for charity. Just like the various aids provided by developed countries to the third world, it is actually to first cultivate local consumption power and dump industrial products so as to achieve a monopoly position at the highest level and obtain maximum benefits.

The same is true when looking at the world. We cannot show that our peers can't even see the tail lights and are desperate to catch up. Instead, we must guide them to spend money desperately and marketize, first create demand, and then use this as a driving force to move forward.

If these inside stories are made public, I'm afraid the outside world will be able to understand the tremendous pressure that Xinyuan is under all the time, and will they be moved by Mr. Lin's ability to endure humiliation and bear the burden, right?

Lin Ju thought so shamelessly that he lost his mind for a moment, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

"Ahem, if we want to build a lunar space station, this requirement must be met. Our vision cannot stop at the moon, so the basic investment of 5 billion cannot be less.

But this year, unless we find a new source of income or get project funds from the state, we can't carry out the project. I have decided to focus on developing the robot project this year. This will require an investment of about 500 to 1 billion, and the system funds can solve half of it. However, We really can’t do big projects anymore. "

Ye Changsi: "So either don't build a lunar space station, or make a good one. If it doesn't work, just launch a simple space station of about 15 tons. Including the launch cost, it cannot cost more than 200 million."

Serev nodded solemnly. This year's budget has been planned, and it is indeed difficult to add other plans.

Wait, what about the family area outside the base...

But before he could think of what to say, Lin Ju solved the problem unintentionally.

"Hey...scientific research costs money, but fortunately, there are also things that cost nothing. Last time I met Boss Xu in the capital, he gave me several villas in the city.

I plan to allocate other executives and senior technical staff, although those of us don't care about the living conditions, normal people still need to be treated decently. "

After Lin Ju finished speaking, Ye Changsi had no objections. He was now interested in the starry sky and physics, but Serev's reaction was a little unnatural.

"Actually...I am also a normal person."

Lin Ju:?

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"Go, go, go, it's not enough that you have done harm once. You have turned the good working robot of Warrior No. 1 into an iron soldier. We have to find a way to write a restriction program. Do you know how much work is involved?"

"No, don't restrict it. We want this."

Major Yao, who is in charge of the defense work near the base, was pushed out by Zhang Yu, the current director of the base's microelectronics department, but his body still stood in place like an iron tower, leaving the latter helpless.

It was not entirely Major Yao's fault to secretly add private goods to the learning library of "Brave". At that time, Zhang Yu was also happy to collect the sports data of excellent soldiers. Moreover, the guards around the base were all from the Secret Service, and their reliability was guaranteed. There was no limit to learning sports data.

So after the military suddenly had the idea to quietly instill various military knowledge into "Brave", Zhang Yu could not get angry, because cooperation was not a violation and... these data happened to be difficult for the base to obtain, and they were also very interested in studying them.

The two sides were only distracted for a few minutes, and then moved on to the main topic.

Yao Ke: "Although the activity time of Warrior One is not yet in actual combat conditions, we hope to allow it to undergo military training. If there is a breakthrough in battery technology in the future, it can be immediately converted into combat power."

At the air show, the military was actually still on the sidelines about Warrior One and "Brave" AI. The capabilities demonstrated at that time were actually similar to the research conducted by the military, and they only had some interest in learning AI.

But after the microelectronics department applied for a large amount of data for learning, "Brave" made amazing progress, reaching an unimaginable level at a rapid speed.

According to the internal deduction of the military, if a squad of 8 soldiers is equipped with 1 Warrior One, the comprehensive combat capability can be increased by more than 50%, and the casualty rate can be reduced by up to 80%.

Many dangerous but restrictive tasks that must be completed by soldiers can be handed over to robots, and it is also a heavy blow to the morale of the enemy.

After all, no matter how expensive the robot is, as long as the factory is running, it can be produced continuously. It takes at least twelve years for the Boy Scouts. How many humans are willing to exchange their lives for a ball of steel?

Zhang Yu: "I'm afraid this needs to be reported to the top management. Actually, if you had said it earlier, we could have divided 'brave' into two paths earlier."

Yao Ke: "But it was the shot of Warrior No. 1 that allowed us to apply for up to 1 billion yuan in funding for this project, and we can add unlimited funds.

The tactical and strategic value of Warrior No. 1 is beyond your imagination. It is not just as simple as replacing soldiers to die."

Zhang Yu: "Okay, you can apply directly to the company. You go first."

Yao Ke: "Go? But what I see is that you are about to conduct Warrior No. 1 walking and action training. This is not a secret, right? Don't we usually do it together?"

Zhang Yu: "There is indeed no secret, but I still don't recommend you to watch."

Before he finished speaking, Yao Ke's eyes were attracted by Warrior No. 1 who had already started training, but this time the training ground was not various obstacles, but a flat ground.

Warrior No. 1 walked to the center, then lightly jumped and stood with his hands on his hips, lowered his head, bent his upper body and twisted a circle in an extremely charming posture, and the joints wrapped around his thighs were lifted up and backward.

This is the opening action of the Korean hot dance.

Yao Ke stared in amazement as Warrior One danced in place with all kinds of seductive moves that only appear in girl group music videos. The more than 200-kilogram steel body twisted flexibly, as if it was possessed by a girl group member.

"Is this also part of the training?"

Zhang Yu had a blank expression: "The Progress space station has gravity, and a gravity environment will produce a high physiological demand, which must be taken into account during months of life or navigation.

So one of the development directions of "Brave" is to relieve loneliness, and we are verifying this feasibility. As for the Food and Health Department, it is developing skin-like touch materials, which is a high-priority project of the base."

Yao Ke opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing, and walked out of the base in silence with an indescribable expression on his face.

Just thinking of the strong contrast between Warrior One's enchanting materials and its steel body in his mind, Yao Ke couldn't help but get goose bumps.

He had seen everything in his ten years of military service, but using the most expensive intelligent machinery for the most primitive desires of human beings was indeed beyond his imagination.