Chapter 1772 A Free Lunch?

Xia Ruofei gestured to Elon Musk, and then the two left the room together.

They came to the next room, which was still filled with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine. Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "Mr. Musk, about the spacesuit, I hope some work can start as soon as possible, you know... all the preparations take time, and we ...Our project just needs to be rushed the most, so..."

Elon Musk pondered for a moment, then said: "No problem! I can arrange it in advance, but...we don't have enough funds. What is certain is that we can't support the production of all extravehicular spacesuits, so..."

"The funds promised by Mr. Li will arrive within two days!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "The advance payment of 600 million US dollars will not be less!"

Elon Musk said: "That's no problem! I will arrange it today."

"Please!" Xia Ruofei said.

"Little X, please Mr. Xia!" Elon Musk said.

"Don't worry, I don't just treat this as a business!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Because I'm also a doctor!"

Elon Musk said sincerely: "Thank you!"

...

In the next few days, although Elon Musk did not leave the mansion, he has been in touch with the outside world.

Part of that has been remote work for several of the companies he owns, notably SpaceX.

The other part of the energy is mainly to contact the production of extravehicular spacesuits and oxygen supply modules.

It is not an easy task to erase all traces to complete this matter, but Elon Musk has his own channels, and he has a deep understanding of this industry, so through some cautious operations, it is still can be done.

The 600 million US dollars promised by Li Yifu, as Xia Ruofei said, was remitted to an offshore account provided by Elon Musk on the second day.

And the money in this account took several turns and was remitted to a small company in Houston.

Xia Ruofei didn't care about the specific operation, and he didn't talk about it with Elon Musk except that he took the initiative to talk about it on the first day. He just concentrated on treating Xiao X here.

Every day, Xia Ruofei completes the acupuncture and moxibustion meticulously, and the other is to provide traditional Chinese medicine on time. And Grimes also attached great importance to Xia Ruofei's doctor's orders, and every time he personally fed the child to drink Chinese medicine,

Not a prosthetic hand nurse.

Manu and his medical team also stayed at the mansion, but they never showed up once, staying in an annexe of the mansion almost all day.

Three days later, at Xia Ruofei's mention, Elon Musk asked Manu's team to conduct another inspection on Xiao X.

The results of the examination dissipated Mannu's last trace of luck—the tumor on Xiao X's body had shrunk significantly, and all indicators were developing in a good direction compared with the previous few days.

Despite Manu's reluctance, he also had to truthfully report the inspection to Elon Musk.

In fact, when the Manu team was inspecting Little X, Elon Musk was in another room on the second floor, accompanying Xia Ruofei to wait for the results.

Unlike Xia Ruofei, who is calm and breezy, Elon Musk seems a little worried about gains and losses.

Although Xiao X's complexion has obviously improved a lot, even if he doesn't understand medicine, he can see that his condition should be improving, but Elon Musk has always only believed in scientific data. It also made him more trustworthy in the data checked out by those western medical instruments and equipment.

Elon Musk naturally hopes that the result will be good, but at the same time he is worried that the fire of hope that he finally ignited will be ruthlessly extinguished by reality.

So he was restless all the time, until the knock on the door sounded.

"Come in!" Elon Musk stood up from the sofa at once, staring at the door nervously.

Wearing a white coat, Mannu pushed the door and walked in with a complicated expression. He held a folder in his hand, which contained various inspection data, including some blood test sheets and various imaging inspection films, etc.

"Dr. Mannu, how is the test result?" Elon Musk asked impatiently.

Manu couldn't help but glanced at Xia Ruofei, and then said: "Mr. Musk, congratulations! Dr. Xia's treatment effect is relatively obvious, the tumor has been significantly shrunk, and the blood indicators and imaging examination results also show that the condition is very serious. Much improved."

Elon Musk snatched the folder in Manu's hand, and after flipping through several pages, he realized that he couldn't understand these inspection reports at all.

So, he said with some embarrassment: "Dr. Manu, please explain the inspection report to me in detail!"

Mannu naturally didn't want to say too much in his heart, especially in front of Xia Ruofei, it was like slapping himself in the face!

But Elon Musk is his boss, and the salary he gets every month is enough to allow him to live a much more decent life than most doctors, making it impossible for him to refuse Elon Musk's request.

Therefore, Manu still took the folder and explained to Elon Musk item by item, and also found out the results of the last inspection on the other side of the folder, compared the data of key indicators, and used as much Plain language explains to Elon Musk what changes in these metrics mean.

Finally, Manu said: "Mr. Musk, I don't know how Dr. Xia did it. But... without any surgical treatment and chemotherapy, the condition can be improved to such a large extent, I have to say This is a miracle! Congratulations, Mr. Musk, you have found a very good doctor! Our treatment plan should be put on hold..."

He knew very well that no matter how hard he and his team tried, due to the limitations of realistic conditions, it was impossible for them to achieve such a therapeutic effect even if they tried their best.

Elon Musk's hanging heart was finally completely let go. He said: "So, there is a high probability that Xiao X's illness can be cured?"

Manu shrugged and said: "At present, at least the trend is like this! Of course, whether it can be cured completely, and whether there will be a recurrence after the cure, depends on the effect of follow-up treatment. I can only say that at present, hope should be It's huge!"

Elon Musk showed surprise, but he quickly controlled his emotions. He took a deep breath and said, "Thank you very much! Dr. Manu, you and your team have also made Excellent work, thank you for your hard work!"

"All of this is due to Dr. Xia, and we haven't been able to provide any help." Manu said matter-of-factly.

He knew that he had completely lost in this competition, so he simply behaved more openly, maybe he could make a good impression on the boss.

Elon Musk smiled and said: "Dr. Xia's work is of course amazing! But your auxiliary examinations are also essential! Dr. Manu, I have to chat with Dr. Xia alone. I think...Ge Remus should be very happy to hear this news, I hope you can share this good news with her as soon as possible!"

Manu said wittily: "Okay! Mr. Musk, then I will go out first!"

Elon Musk nodded with a smile.

After Manu left the room, Elon Musk said excitedly to Xia Ruofei: "Mr. Xia! You have created a medical miracle! Little X is the luckiest thing in his life to meet a doctor like you!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "For me, this is just a normal treatment, not a miracle, and the result has been expected. What's more, I don't want to become a world famous doctor."

Speaking of this, Xia Ruofei blinked at Elon Musk, and said with a smile: "What do I care more about, Mr. Musk must be very clear!"

Elon Musk nodded and said: "Of course! Mr. Xia, the production of accessories related to extravehicular spacesuits has already started, but this involves multiple companies, and we still need to assemble in secret, so you may have to wait a little longer Days... the production of oxygen supply modules is relatively simple, the factory has already opened up its production capacity to the maximum, I believe that within two weeks, enough oxygen supply modules should be ready!"

"It seems that Mr. Musk has indeed done his best." Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Thank you very much!"

Elon Musk lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said: "Mr. Xia, I can provide you with a Dragon spacecraft! If you need it..."

"Of course!" Xia Ruofei raised her eyebrows in surprise, "We need it very much! Mr. Musk is willing to help, that would be great! But in terms of time..."

"If my understanding is correct, you don't have any requirements for the power performance and control of the spacecraft." Elon Musk said, "That is to say, you need a ship that can provide a survivable spaceship in space." Spaceship space, its function is to provide oxygen and suitable ambient temperature, and to shield deadly cosmic rays, right?"

"Very accurate!" Xia Ruofei gave Elon Musk a thumbs up, and then added, "Another point is that the space must not be too narrow, it must be able to accommodate 9 adults of normal size, and it is best to open up A certain amount of privacy."

If it is a space flight that lasts for one or two months, even practitioners have to solve the "three urgent" problems, and the expedition team has men and women. If everyone wears extravehicular space suits, then it can only be solved by authority Yes, including adult diapers and the like. In addition, these "waste" need to be temporarily stored in the storage magic weapon through the extravehicular space suit, which makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

And if it is in a spaceship, it is definitely necessary to create a relatively comfortable environment as much as possible.

Elon Musk pondered for a while and said, "The problem should not be big."

He sat down on the sofa opposite Xia Ruofei, and continued: "The maximum number of people that Dragon Spacecraft can carry is 7 people. Even if some equipment is reduced, it is not enough to meet the living space of 9 people. But... …When our spacecraft was designed, it was manufactured according to the standard interface. The spacecraft can be docked with the International Space Station. That is to say, we can connect two Dragon spacecraft together through the docking mechanism. Of course, maybe not Two spacecraft are needed, and our company has also designed some cabin modules in orbit, including rest cabins, as long as one or two such cabins are connected to the Dragon spacecraft, the demand can be met!"

Xia Ruofei asked: "Is the interface reliable?"

Elon Musk smiled and said: "There is no problem with the sealing and firmness of the interface! There is a special locking mechanism, which is originally designed to maintain the docking state and run for a long time in orbital space. In this way, the internal In other words, it is equivalent to several cabins connected together, and it just happens to be able to distinguish functional spaces!"

"Sounds great!" Xia Ruofei said, "Is there enough time?"

"It shouldn't be a big problem!" Elon Musk said, "Many materials and parts are ready-made, they just need to be assembled!"

Speaking of this, Elon Musk reminded again: "But I must first remind you that after the spacecraft is docked with multiple cabins, it will be in an irregular shape, and it must not be really launched into space. A rocket can hold it, and so many cabins plus 9 people have already exceeded the maximum load of the rocket, so this is destined to be used only on the ground... In fact, such cabins are generally separated Launched in batches and then docked in orbital space, that is the prototype of the space station.”

"We didn't intend to use rockets to launch them into space!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "So this is not a problem at all!"

"That's OK!" Elon Musk said with a smile, "This problem is solved! Mr. Xia, I can provide you with the spaceship and the expansion cabin for free!"

"Thank you, Mr. Musk!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "I want to know what we need to pay to get the corresponding expanded cabin of the Dragon spacecraft."

There is no such thing as a free lunch. The more free something is, the more expensive it may be.

Xia Ruofei naturally wanted to ask clearly in advance.

Of course, even if Elon Musk's lion opened his mouth and the business couldn't be negotiated, Xia Ruofei already knew such a relatively perfect solution, so he had plenty of ways to get the Dragon spacecraft and the corresponding ship from Elon Musk's company. Extended cabin.

This thing is not like an extravehicular spacesuit. The spacecraft and the expansion cabin must be ready-made, and there is no need to place an order for production. Therefore, Xia Ruofei and his fellow practitioners took them away from SpaceX without anyone knowing. It doesn't seem too difficult either.

Of course, if you can get the spaceship and the expansion cabin through normal transactions, it is naturally a better choice.

Therefore, Xia Ruofei still wants to hear Elon Musk's quotation first.