This star is going to the moon

Chapter 354 Lu Yun's Birthday: Share this message for a chance to win a space travel ticket!
To be fair, many people had been speculating about the ticket price for the Muyuan space tourism mission.

At the beginning of the century, a company launched a space tourism project. At that time, a ticket cost $2000 million and involved traveling to the International Space Station for a few days aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Later, Elon Musk participated in NASA's commercial crew program to develop the Crew Dragon spacecraft and launched a space tourism project. The first batch of tickets for the first trip had already been sold out, with a single ticket price of over $5000 million.

The reason why reusable spacecraft should be cheaper but are more expensive is not only due to inflation, but also because prices in Russia are different from those in the United States.

Prices in China are lower than in the US, and Chinese people often bring down prices from exorbitantly high to rock-bottom levels when they enter a new industry.

Of course, the "dirt-cheap price" here refers to a price lower than the price previously monopolized by foreign countries, not a price that is actually as cheap as cabbage.

So Elon Musk's space tourism ticket price is over $5000 million per person, and Lu Yun's so-called "low price" is at least half of that, which is over $2000 million.

Some people say that Chinese-made products are often priced at a fraction of those made in the US, so it could be as low as $1000 million.

Even those who thought the worst could not have imagined it was actually 1000 million.

But the RMB!

So when Lu Yun announced the price, the room buzzed with excitement, and the live stream chat exploded.

[Snatching the young master?!]

[1000 million RMB!]

【God!】

【Fuck! 】

[So cheap! I can go on a space trip now!]

Wow, I could sell a house and go on a space trip! Technology is amazing!

Is this worth it? The Americans got over $5500 million!

[That's right, 1000 million RMB is less than 150 million USD!]

[Hey, this is just a small fraction of what they pay!]

[Haha, I don't know about the others, but I do know that Lu Yun completely crushed Elon Musk's space tourism project!]

[It's hard to say. This 1000 million RMB price tag only covers three orbits in space, while Elon Musk's space tourism involves staying in space for several days.]

[You can't calculate it like that. If the ticket price for the Wooden Kite was $4000 million for three rounds, then Old Ma's deal would be understandable, but the Wooden Kite's ticket is $150 million!]

That's right, and you actually went to space. The difference between experiencing three orbits and three days of space travel isn't that significant.

Indeed, if you're fast, you can experience the full "eating, drinking, relieving yourself, and sleeping" routine in three laps.

[The price is only a fraction of what you'd pay for, yet it guarantees 80% of the experience—that's amazing!]

[It's a pity the live stream camera couldn't rotate, otherwise I really wanted to see Ma Yilong's expression?]

[Haha, some of you guys did! A reporter captured Ma Yilong's expression; you can find it on Weibo.]

[I've already seen it, hahaha, it's hilarious, my face turned black!]

[Let him stop Lu Sheng at the airport yesterday and spout nonsense...]

Yes, Ma Yilong's expression was very unpleasant.

Just as many foreign counterparts cannot understand why the prices of Chinese products are lower than the prices of their raw materials, Elon Musk also cannot understand why the price of a space shuttle ticket can be as low as $150 million.

His old rival, bald Jeff Bezos, believes in the philosophy that "slow is fast," so the 7-meter diameter "New Glenn" rocket is still nowhere to be seen; he's only working on the "New Shepard" suborbital rocket.

(The New Shepard suborbital rocket, nicknamed...not very elegant)
It was developed a long time ago, and unmanned testing began in 2012. It has been testing for a long time now, and last week it was still being tested with a dummy.

Yes, "New Shepard" is used for suborbital tourism.

When the rocket is about 100 kilometers away from the Karman line, it shuts down and then flies through the Karman line in a parabolic trajectory due to inertia, allowing passengers to experience a few minutes of weightlessness.

Previously, the bald man revealed that he would be carrying out the first manned flight mission next year, and that as the boss, he would be on the first manned flight mission.

The ticket price for a single ticket on the "New Shepard" rocket is in the millions of dollars.

The price of orbital manned space tourism is in the same range as that of suborbital manned tourism...

Ma Yilong was filled with questions. Where did this come from? Is this still Earth? Is there no law or order?
This is absolutely malicious dumping!
On stage, Lu Yun continued to deliver his performance.

Feeling the enthusiasm of the audience, Lu Yun gestured with his hands to quiet them down: "Alright, everyone, the press conference isn't over yet."

"Reporters can ask me questions during the media interview session later. Please be quiet for a moment, I have something else to announce."

Lu Yun's words were very effective now; less than ten seconds after he finished speaking, the audience gradually quieted down, and then...

Then he dropped an even more explosive bombshell.

Lu Yun said with a smile, "Many people probably know that today is my 27th birthday..."

Many people: "..."

Damn it, he's only 27!
Lu Yun: "So to thank everyone for their support, I've decided to give you a birthday present."

“I previously held a ‘free space tourism’ giveaway on our country’s social media platforms, and as of yesterday, a total of 125,803,446 people participated.”

As soon as the number was announced, the audience erupted in cheers, and Lu Yun quickly tried to quiet them down.

"We originally said we would only draw one person, but we didn't expect so many people to participate. So I'm increasing the prize here, from one person to six!"

"However, because the number of more than 100 million is really too huge, I won't be doing any live lottery. These six spots were drawn starting at midnight today, and the winners have already been decided!"

As he spoke, Lu Yun used the remote control to change the image on the big screen, which displayed six ID names and their comments and reposts of Lu Yun's Weibo post.

Lu Yun didn't care about the comments, but he interrupted the audience just as they were about to erupt in cheers.

"Everyone, I haven't finished speaking yet, please listen to me!"

"To thank everyone for their support, I will be giving away six free space travel tickets every year on my birthday. So please follow my updates so you don't miss out on these free space travel tickets!"

After Lu Yun finished speaking, the room fell silent. Those who understood Chinese were stunned, and those who didn't understand Chinese were also stunned after reading the AI-translated subtitles.

The scene erupted again when Lu Yun said, "I'm done speaking."

"Fuck!"

"Gift crab!"

"Walter?"

The chat in the live stream was even more enthusiastic than the atmosphere at the venue. When Lu Yun announced the first list of six lucky winners, the live stream exploded because one of the lucky winners was in the live stream, and he even had the same name across all platforms.

[Wow, I won!!]

What did you win?

Holy crap, he actually won! Look at his ID!

[Hahahaha, yes, I have the same name on all platforms!]

Holy crap, how did you get to win?!

[You scoundrel, prepare to die!]

Envy is making my plasmolysis break!

Wow, that's incredible! It's like winning over 3 million RMB!

[This is the calculation method used by foreign space companies; I feel a bit better if I use the 1000 million RMB calculation.]

[I'm so upset! Why wasn't it me? This is a conspiracy!!]

Just as the comments section was buzzing with excitement, Lu Yun's birthday gift to outsiders arrived.

Holy crap, is this for real? A lottery every year?

Wow, Boss Lu is so generous!

[Brothers, Mr. Lu is so generous! He forwards Tencent's birthday wishes every year, but doesn't give away a single Q coin. Mr. Lu really does give away Q coins!]

[Lu Yun's birthday! Share this message for a chance to win a ticket to space tourism!]

(End of this chapter)