The construction of the space elevator was in full swing.
Maintaining the rhythm of one rocket a day, Celestial Trade's Aerospace Science and Technology Center had turned the aerospace project into a daily activity, launching 24 tons of heavy objects into outer space every day. The RM-320 engine produced by industrial-grade 3D printers was transported to the rocket launch site for assembly as soon as it left the production line.
Employees of the Aerospace Science and Technology Center even joked in an interview with the media, "We successfully turned the aerospace industry into an assembly line."
The cost of the Celestial Trade series rockets was lower than that of the "Falcon 9" with a cost of only 10 million US Dollar. Because the Celestial Trade series rockets used a two-stage propulsion mode and the first stage could be recycled, the cost of a single launch was only 4 million US Dollar. That was, two-thirds of the "Falcon 9" launch vehicle.
It was precisely because of this that Celestial Trade could afford to burn this money.
But when Calvin sent the budget request materials to Jiang Chen's desk, Jiang Chen couldn't help but be shocked.
4 million a day, 1.46 billion a year!
The cost of transporting materials to outer space by the space elevator alone was frighteningly expensive.
But while it was expensive, it was still worth the money spent. At the beginning of the year, Jiang Chen already allocated 50 billion US Dollar to Celestial Trade. After the completion of the space elevator research and development, there was still more than 40 billion left. Future Bank loaned 20 billion and Jiang Chen borrowed 30 billion through B City Bank and Morgan Bank respectively. He used Future Group's shares as collateral with a repayment period of five years with an annual interest of 6%.
Needless to say, Future Group's shares were quite attractive to UA consortia. At first, when Jiang Chen and Loki discussed the loan, the old fox was still hesitant and said that the amount was too large and difficult to handle. But when Luo Qi heard that Jiang Chen was willing to use Future Group's shares as collateral, all the trouble was gone. Luo Qi wanted to lend more to Jiang Chen so he could become the largest shareholder of Future Group if Jiang Chen couldn't pay it back.
However, after some hesitation, Jiang Chen didn't do so.
Regardless, the two families were allies. He would feel bad if he caused their family to suffer so much.
Therefore, after he contacted B City Consortium, Jiang Chen then found another major shareholder of the Federal Reserve, the "leader" of the WASP Consortium – Morgan Stanley.
When Jiang Chen found Morgan Bank, he also used shares as bait. Just as he expected, after the other party said that they needed a meeting to discuss, they took the initiative to contact Jiang Chen the next day and said that the 30 billion loan was completely fine.
The reason why Morgan Bank and First B City Bank were so attentive was because they didn't believe Jiang Chen could afford it. Through intelligence research, Future Group wasted a large amount of money on aerospace projects.
Analysts from JPMorgan Bank and First B City Bank agreed that these tens of billions of dollars in loans were likely to be invested in aerospace projects.
As everyone knew, the aerospace project was a bottomless pit.
Even for an outstanding private aerospace company like X-Space, more than half of its profits came from orders from NASA and the US Department of Defense. It was impossible to support an aerospace company just by relying on commercial activities and launch projects!
Although Xin's economic growth was rapid, it was a small country after all. How much of the annual budget could be invested in aerospace projects? Just by relying on Russia's outsourcing of the International Space Station supply program, at most, they could barely make ends meet. If it was really that profitable, why would Russia do it for them?
Therefore, Morgan Bank and First B City Bank both believed that Future Group would not be able to recover its investment cost within five years. By then, Jiang Chen could only repay the debt with equity.
But would Jiang Chen let them have their way?
When the space elevator was completed, it would be the time for Future Group to attack the dollar.
…
It had been almost two weeks since Natasha moved into the mansion. After two weeks of interaction, Jiang Chen almost got used to the Russian girl who ate and drank for free.
If there was something he was not used to, it was probably that he couldn't go home after work and have sex with the cute Ayesha in the gym, bathroom, or balcony. When he went back to the apocalypse to visit Sun Jiao and Yaoyao, he also had to lock the bedroom door.
But there were still opportunities. After all, Natasha couldn't stay at home all the time. She worked as a security guard in the embassy, unlike Jiang Chen who worked for himself, who could go to work based on his mood and weather. Even if there was a typhoon on Coro Island, she had to go to the embassy street at seven o 'clock every day.
On June 6th, there was finally news from the Kremlin and they agreed to Jiang Chen's proposal to "exchange people for information."
Since the New Choice Party came to power, Germany, as Russia's largest economic partner in Europe, immediately changed its previous soft attitude toward Russia and became a strong supporter of the "Southern Corridor" plan – expanding investment in the natural gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Europe and seeking new sources of natural gas south of the Caspian Sea to the Middle East.
If the "Southern Corridor" plan was successful, it would leverage the European energy map and completely change the situation in which the European Union was restricted by Russia on energy issues. This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Russia.
Merkel, whose whereabouts were unknown, was most likely dead, and former Deputy Prime Minister Evelyn had become Russia's hope. Evelyn himself and his party, the "Christian Democratic Union," were also one of the most pro-Russian political parties in Europe. This point could be clearly seen from Merkel's series of statements regarding the lifting of sanctions against Russia and the recognition of Crimea as belonging to Russia.
Compared with Xin, which was tens of thousands of miles away, Moscow, which was closer to Europe, could indeed provide better support to Evelyn.
Therefore, Jiang Chen made the right bet on this point. Evelyn was indeed a significant bargaining chip for Russia.
On the other hand, the increasingly tense situation in Turkey also stimulated Russia's nerves. From the Willie Society in the Ukrainian Civil War to the Freemasonry's intervention in the Turkish coup, the Kremlin finally recognized the danger of this organization.
Russia needed allies on the Freemasonry issue.
And Xin, which faced the threat from the Freemasonry together, was undoubtedly a good choice!
"A total of 34.7 gigabytes of information, recording all the KGB's investigation of the Freemasonry from World War II to the present. It's all in this USB." Natasha shook the USB in her hand at Jiang Chen and leaned back on the sofa with a smile. "Don't you have to show me something as a thank you?"
"Drink vodka until you're full? Although I don't think you were polite when you went through my fridge, "Jiang Chen said and took the USB in Natasha's hand.
"What's the situation in Country F? I heard that the Freemasonry sent Colonel Moritz from Europe to serve as a military adviser to the Country F Army. That guy is a ruthless character, "Natasha said with a smile.
"Is that so?" Jiang Chen smiled noncommittally and put the USB in his pocket. "It's all the same to me."
"I appreciate your confidence, but don't underestimate the enemy," Natasha warned. Natasha warned, "Also, I heard that you guys are very close to the WASP consortium, but I have to remind you not to think of yourself as their ally. They may hate the Jews, but they don't like people who are not Anglo-Saxons much better. "
After Jiang Chen heard this sentence, he suddenly burst out laughing.
Do I need you to remind me?
There are no real allies in international relations.
The bottle of Diva-Vodka you drank last Christmas was given by the head of the Freemasonry – the Rothschild family.
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