Once again returning to the beautiful Coro Island, the scenery here was more sci-fi than half a month ago.
After he got off the plane, on his way out of the airport, Jiang Chen noticed that several maglev cars whizzed past on the six-lane road not far from the airport. The foreigners who came here for the first time exclaimed and took out their phones and digital cameras to take pictures, while the locals were used to it all and calmly faced it all.
This calmness was not only reflected in the flying cars, but also in the foreigners who were startled by them.
The taxi parked at the entrance of the airport was particularly popular. They were the first group of people to switch to maglev cars. Many international friends, in order to experience this novel means of transportation, even took the initiative to ask the driver to take a detour. They would only transfer to the hotel after the maglev road.
Jiang Chen was also slightly surprised by the changes on Coro Island, but his surprise was quite limited. After all, he brought this technology from the Sixth Street. For this novel means of transportation, he was not too surprised.
It was just that seeing these things that only existed in the future in the modern world made him feel a little emotional. The times were changing too fast.
Jiang Chen walked into the parking lot outside the airport, bypassed the taxi area surrounded by foreigners, and went straight to the corner of the parking lot. There was a red car parked there, and a beautiful and familiar figure stood in front of the car door. Her noble and elegant temperament, as well as her unapproachable aura, blocked all the men who harbored the thought of hitting on her ten meters away.
However, when she saw Jiang Chen, her expression suddenly melted like ice and snow, and a smile bloomed.
"You're finally back. How was it, did you have fun in Moscow? "
"What do you mean play? I have serious business here." Jiang Chen rolled his eyes.
"I heard you also went outside the border?"
"Uh, that's a special situation." Jiang Chen didn't meet the sharp gaze as he laughed and tried to get away with it.
Fortunately, Xia Shiyu didn't ask further. He still hadn't figured out how to confess to her about Natasha.
Xia Shiyu opened the trunk for Jiang Chen and watched him put the suitcase inside. She smiled and invited him into the front passenger seat, leaving Ayesha alone in the back seat. She sat in the driver's seat and started the car on the road.
As he watched the ground outside the window gradually disappear, Jiang Chen's hand involuntarily grasped the handle next to the door. His facial muscles tightened, and his face almost turned white.
Seeing Jiang Chen's nervous look, Xia Shiyu, who was holding the steering wheel, couldn't help but laugh and skillfully entered the acceleration lane. When the car reached its maximum speed, it also rose to the highest track. She reached out and clicked on the automatic cruise mode. Her hands left the steering wheel.
Ayesha looked around curiously. Although she heard Jiang Chen talk about the future, it was the first time she saw this novel form of transportation.
"Look at how scared you are. I got my maglev car driver's license with my own abilities, okay?" Xia Shiyu rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen, waved the license in her hand, and threw it into the shelf under the car.
"Your new car?"
Jiang Chen changed the topic. In fact, he wasn't afraid of the maglev car, but because the driver was a female driver.
"Of course, the maglev car will only be launched in the middle of this month. The model of this car is called Luer EML-A1. EML is the abbreviation of maglev. What do you think? Do you like it? "Xia Shiyu's mouth curved up.
"The design is quite good. I'll buy one someday."
Jiang Chen finally let go of the door and gave a pertinent evaluation.
In the automatic cruise mode, the car's speed reached a terrifying 150 kilometers per hour. The scenery outside the window flew by like a shuttle. It was hard to imagine it was in the city center. After leaving the city, Xia Shiyu turned off the automatic cruise and drove the car into the buffer lane. She slowed down and slowly lowered the height.
The wheels touched the road, and the car habitually sank. Jiang Chen's worried heart completely relaxed. He knew that the Luer EML under his butt finally returned to the ground.
"The financial report for the first quarter of 2019 is out," Xia Shiyu skillfully switched to road mode and said casually.
"Oh."
"Aren't you curious about which department's financial report is the most eye-catching?" Xia Shiyu looked at him curiously.
"Is there a need to guess? The first is Future Technology, and the second is Future Heavy Industries. "Jiang Chen shrugged and smiled.
Since the establishment of the Xin Reserve, he felt less and less about the long string of astronomical numbers on the financial report. Especially after the news of using the Xin New Dollar as the only settlement currency for space trade, he took away 943.1 billion US Dollar in the foreign exchange market. Now, for Future Group, money was just a number.
Of course, this did not mean that money was useless, but the goal of his struggle was not just a few banknotes. The Moon colony only began to turn losses into profits this year, and the return was less than one-tenth of Future Technology's virtual reality project, but he was willing to burn money on the Moon colony project.
"On the contrary, Future Heavy Industries is first, and Future Technology is second." Xia Shiyu proudly smiled.
"Oh? Can a business make more money than the internet? Wait … I think I know why. "A hint of interest appeared on Jiang Chen's face, but it quickly turned into realization.
After Celestial Trade promulgated the "2019 Celestial Trade Outer Space Resources Development Plan", it contracted nine asteroids to several countries for mining, which led to a large number of foreign companies investing in Celestial Trade. Orders for external space stations from Future Heavy Industries came like snowflakes.
The price of a space station was between one billion and ten billion US Dollar. Although many space station customization companies were born in Silicon Valley, Cambridge, Singapore, and other places, they couldn't compare with Future Heavy Industries in terms of quality or reputation. They could only pick up the leftovers of Future Heavy Industries.
The huge profits from the production of space stations made Jiang Chen forget about this matter. Not to mention overtaking Future Technology, Future Heavy Industries' financial report this quarter would leave Future Technology in the dust.
"Right, one more thing, someone from Hua is here."
"Let me guess, they're here to ask about outer space weapons?"
"You guessed wrong again." Xia Shiyu blinked. This playful action on her was quite a contrast. "It's the Minister of Transport of Hua and the CEO of Hua First Automobile Works."
"Oh? They're interested in maglev vehicles? "Jiang Chen's face showed an expression of interest.
"When they heard about the concept of maglev vehicles and three-dimensional road transportation." Xia Shiyu's mouth curved up. "Especially after they learned that maglev vehicles can effectively alleviate urban traffic congestion."
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