You promised to build cars, so why did you go into the military industry?

"500 billion?"

"Two years?"

Two gasps of surprise followed in Li Ran's office, which was then plunged into silence.

It is said that important matters should be discussed in small meetings, while minor matters should be discussed in large meetings.

Faced with such a large funding gap, Li Ran sincerely gathered his small group together and tried to hold a small meeting to find a way out.

However, to Li Ran's surprise, the 15 people who were attached to various levels of talent spirit jade, that is, the so-called non-system personnel, all fell silent when faced with this data.

"Don't just stay silent," Li Ran tapped the table. "How about we think about the technologies we have on hand?"

"Let's count commercial rocket launches," Lin Yu began. "Last year, the Falcon 9's price for a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) launch was $5600 million. Our Joint One, without recovery, has a GTO payload capacity limit of only 2.5 tons, slightly less than the Falcon 9's 4.8 tons. A price of 2 million yuan should have a market..."

"Don't forget the Wolf Clause," Wang Bing chimed in, "but the domestic ones should be sufficient."

"Are you sure? Is it appropriate to compete with CNSA for business...?" Li Ran asked with skepticism.

"National projects have very full schedules, and our focus and mission are different compared to them. Besides, wasn't the 'Space Biosphere' project initially chosen because it was cheaper here?" Wang Bing reassured them. "There are still many projects in universities that need space environments, but the project budgets vary greatly."

Lin Yu clapped his hands:

"Making money through collaborations with universities is secondary; especially collaborations with top universities, the network of contacts you build will be incredibly beneficial."

Mr. Li, how about this: anyway, United One still needs a lot of testing to collect data before it can achieve core-level recycling.

Simply conducting recycling tests would be too wasteful.

We could easily take the first-stage rocket body for recovery experiments while undertaking commercial launches, making the most of it and even making a profit.

If customers have concerns, we can simply lower the price further; I can guarantee we won't lose money.

After thinking for a while, Li Ran nodded in agreement:

"Borrowing a chicken to lay eggs? Okay, after the meeting, you send a quotation form to universities at home and abroad. You can decide on the quotation yourself, as long as you don't lose money."

Is there anything else?

Shen Zijie placed the water glass on the coffee table and said:

"Should we make phones? With the slogan 'Passionate about Aerospace,' the Mizuno 3 has shipped over 1000 million units in the past six months, generating 190 billion yuan in revenue..."

Li Ran was somewhat tempted upon hearing this and looked at Song Xuewu.

Song Xuewu answered in a muffled voice:

"After two years of continuous development and optimization in 12 and 13, the user experience of our in-vehicle infotainment system is actually comparable to that of the iPad."

However, in order to control costs, the SoC we assembled for the Lingyun SU7 does not have sufficient performance, which limits its actual use by users.

With the improvement of hardware performance, our system has achieved perfect compatibility with Android and iOS applications.

Therefore, migrating the entire system to a smartphone is not a problem; as long as you're willing to invest in high-quality components, the phone's performance won't be bad.

How do we open up the market?

Li Ran scratched his head and tentatively asked:

"The phone casing was recast from rocket debris?"

Guo Shuyan, who was standing to the side, noticed that everyone present was very interested and couldn't resist any longer:

"Mr. Li, please stop talking, this is outrageous."

Then, Guo Shuyan looked at Wang Bing and the others:

"Don't let Mr. Li's unreliable words mislead you. Rebuilding debris is not a panacea, and besides, this isn't the first rocket, so its commemorative significance is limited."

You can treat it as an accessory or embellishment, but don't try to make it the main product. The things we sell must be new and not leave people with the impression of being "second-hand".

Furthermore, when performance is comparable, I believe the aesthetics of a product will directly determine its sales volume.

Everyone fell into thought.

It seems, it appears, that's really the case.

Although people's perception of "beauty" is very subjective, some things are actually quite objectively beautiful.

Thus, the group began a discussion about the philosophical concept of "beauty."

Suddenly, Gao Jingming remembered something and asked:

"Mr. Li, why was our loan application rejected?"

"If we can't get a 500 billion loan using our patents as collateral, surely we can't hold onto a 200 billion loan too?"

"Rejected?" Li Ran asked, somewhat puzzled. "No, that's not true. I haven't even applied yet."

The office fell silent instantly.

"Why is everyone looking at me like that?" Li Ran slammed his hand on the table. "Do you all think loans don't need to be repaid?"

"??????" X15

Su Qing said quietly:

"I thought our loan application had been rejected, but it turns out they didn't even mention it..."

"That's enough, that's enough. My group has a regular meeting waiting for me..."

"Manager Shen, about the phones you just mentioned, should we make a batch internally first, like the tablets we use at the base...?"

Seeing the group of people walking out in twos and threes, chatting idly, Li Ran quickly called out to Wang Bing, Su Qing, and Zhang Chengyuan.

"For the construction of this base, I definitely hope to use the 500 billion yuan level."

If possible, you'll need to personally visit the CNSA and the military with our technology to see if they can provide a guarantee or endorsement for us.

Zhang Chengyuan had some concerns:

"And then the money was spent the moment it arrived in my account?"

How should the finance department report this account? What about the cash flow records?

"Don't let the money run out and then armored vehicles come crashing through the gate."

"No, of the 500 billion yuan in this contract, equipment and building materials account for the majority of the cost. Once the money arrives, we can purchase a portion of it ourselves."

"What about the rest?"

"It's been donated."

"Donated? Donated to whom?"

"Same as before, it's the domestic lunch project and such, and we will receive some aid supplies at that time."

"So, we worked so hard to get the loan, bought some equipment, and then just donated the rest as supplies?" Wang Bing rubbed his temples. "What's the point?"

"Xiao Qi, what do you think they're after?"

The old man who used to be responsible for delivering the "Four Military Industry Certificates" to United Industries looked at the flow of funds in his hand and pondered for a whole day but still couldn't figure out what United Industries was up to.

"Look at this, they spent 374.59 billion yuan to buy equipment all over the world, and then used the remaining 125.41 billion yuan to buy commodities, leaving not a penny."

The old man slapped the documents in his hand so hard they made a loud thud.

"20 tons of pork! 44.8 billion yuan! This one company has absorbed 0.89% of the EU market's inventory!"

The supplies were all distributed to charity lunch programs in China. Is this an accusation that our poverty alleviation work is inadequate?

"Perhaps it's just simple charity?" Qi Kaifeng said cautiously. "After all, from the very beginning of his business, Li Ran was able to distribute 80% of his profits to all his employees, and later, when he was building cars, he was able to donate nearly 6000 million yuan worth of supplies even when he was short of funds..."

The old man fell silent; he was naturally aware of what Li Ran had done.

That's why the old man helped Li Ran when he first gained fame.

That's why the old man was a little angry when he saw the report. Couldn't this silly child support himself first?

"What's the background of this Sixth Bureau that's providing aid?"

"The information found by the Industry and Commerce Bureau is that a construction company was set up by a contractor surnamed Xun in early March this year..."

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