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Chapter 60 Crazy Plan

"I don't think so. I haven't heard of any similar activities by the Donkey Party."

Loli Island had to wait until the 1980s.

When it comes to managing supporters, the Donor Party is undoubtedly taking the initiative.

If you set up a secret club impart, I will directly set up a Lolita Island for you.

Lin Ran thought, Nixon was so wild, no wonder he could create something like the future Watergate scandal.

The Democratic Party, lacking similar ways to vent their sexual desires, also came up with something even better, the Lewinsky White House prostitute scandal.

Lin Ran was so happy when he thought of this.

"What are you laughing at?" John Morgan asked at 7:30 in the evening a week later in his office in the General Aerospace building.

There was a television between them, which was broadcasting a live televised debate between Nixon and Kennedy.

The most important thing in the United States today is the debate between these two people.

Many employees went home early to prepare a big meal and watch the TV debate between the two.

This was also the first presidential election ever to be broadcast live on television.

Before the debate, the latest polls showed Nixon leading by about 6 percentage points.

So after the impart, John Morgan still did not take any action.

The debate was jointly broadcast by CBS, NBC and ABC, attracting approximately 7000 million viewers across the United States, accounting for about 40% of the American population.

According to the rules agreed upon by the candidates, each person's opening statement will be about 8 minutes, the closing statement will be about 3 minutes, and they will answer questions from reporters in the middle.

Lin Ran said: "I think Nixon looks too haggard.

Did he do this makeup on purpose to attract sympathy votes from the electorate?
At a time like this, voters need a tough guy, not a sympathetic one, right? "

Employees who were still in the company watching the live broadcast complained outside the office: "Oh my God, Nixon's team made him look like a mummy before he died."

The voice came into the office at the right time, and John Morgan's face changed suddenly, "Damn it!"

After the debate, John Morgan had already decided to donate to Kennedy.

Because Nixon wasn't good enough.

But by the time he attended Kennedy's most recent campaign dinner, the polls had already seen a golden cross, and John Morgan's donation to Kennedy would only serve as icing on the cake.

"Randolph, we have received NASA's Request for Proposal (RFP)-302, which requests that we provide a feasibility study for an advanced manned spacecraft for the upcoming Apollo program.

You guessed it right, our competitors include Lockheed, Boeing, Grumman, Glenn Martin, etc., a total of 14 competitors."

Lin Ran did not see John Morgan for a long time after the TV debate. It was not until October that he came to Columbia University to find him with an invitation letter from NASA.

"Has it started now?" Lin Ran took it but did not open it to read it. Instead, he asked the other party directly.

John Morgan explained: “It’s an invitation only and it starts next year.

We had been preparing before, but it was not enough.

明年5月之前我们需要把初步的方案提交给NASA，对方会在两周之内把14个竞争对手会减少到5个，剩下这5个公司需要在明年10月的时候带着完整方案去NASA对自己的工作进行介绍。

NASA will score the five companies, and the final winner will receive a moon landing contract from NASA.

But this was only a contract for the manned spacecraft, not the entire Apollo program."

After listening to this, Lin Ran nodded and said, "I see. Our plan is already very complete. Is there anything else that needs to be adjusted?"

"Nothing needs adjusting. I've already hired Jim from Glenn Martin, and he says your proposal is even better than he imagined before he arrived. He has no suggestions," John Morgan said. Of course, under Lin Ran's supervision, the proposal they produced was the advanced and complete version that Glenn Martin would submit to NASA for this project.

(Martin 410 spacecraft, image from the "Apollo Final Report" submitted to NASA by Glenn L. Martin in 1961.)
The reason why Martin's plan was chosen as the preliminary report was to eliminate Glenn Martin Company in the primary election.

The same plan from General Aerospace is much more complete than yours. Why were you selected?
After Glenn Martin was kicked out, he took the opportunity to propose a merger between the two parties to win orders from NASA.

John Morgan went on to say, “But I still feel a little uneasy. I’m not sure if a proposal is good enough it will be selected.

What if Kennedy gets elected and he targets us after he gets elected?

Lin Ran said, "Do you want to take a gamble?"

John Morgan asked, "What's the bet?"

Lin Ran said: “We are going to the moon on our own.

We will go to the moon on our own and broadcast it live across the United States. In this way, no matter how dissatisfied Kennedy is with you or the Morgan family, he will not refuse us to lead the moon landing project."

Morgan jumped up from the stool: "Are you crazy?

We land on the moon ourselves?

has no meaning?
We landed on the moon, and then all the credit goes to Kennedy. Under his leadership, Americans successfully completed the moon landing.

We didn't take a penny out of NASA, but we used it to help Kennedy achieve his political achievements?

I won't talk about whether you can handle it or not, but isn't this a pure loss-making business?"

The businessman's thinking took over his mind again, and John Morgan was more clear-headed than ever before.

Lin Ran explained: "The moon landing here does not refer to manned moon landing.

Rather, it means that we first send a small one, such as a robot, up there, and there is no need to bring it back.

Live broadcast across the United States.

If you think about it, General Aerospace, after being spun off from General Electric, achieved a moon landing on its own.

This is also the first time that a human creation has broadcast live from the moon.

Is there anyone else who can do it besides us?

With the entire American people bearing witness, would Kennedy dare to go against them? Would he still want to run for president four years later?
It’s like we make an initial investment in exchange for subsequent returns.”

John Morgan was tempted. He asked, "How much would it cost to achieve the effect you described?"

Lin Ran stretched out a hand.

"Fifty million?" asked John Morgan.

Lin Ran explained: "No, it's 500 million."

He thought it was actually 5 billion.

After you invest $500 million, I will slowly increase the price.

John Morgan shook his head repeatedly. "Just kill me. Five hundred million dollars, all the cash flow of General Aerospace, plus the company mortgaged to the bank, even if I took out all the assets under my name, I still wouldn't have five hundred million dollars.

You know what this means!

With so much money, it can only be achieved by asking NASA to pay for it, and it has to be paid for multiple times.

Their budget this year is only $9 million, and they can’t just give you half of it at once.”

(End of this chapter)