Chapter 138 Colleague: Let’s have a fair here!
The founding ceremony of Star Dynamics Aerospace Company, its live broadcast and press release were like dropping a depth bomb on a calm lake, causing shock waves that swept across the entire domestic aerospace industry.
Headquarters of Blue Arrow Aerospace Company.
In a small conference room, the main key team members of the company are present.
On the screen, the scene of Lu An and four representatives of the national team giants launching the crystal ball together was playing on the screen. The bright "Star Power" logo bloomed in the sea of stars.
After a brief silence, someone took a breath, and a sentence with a strong dialect broke the quiet atmosphere.
"Me! Let's have a fair here!"
The person who said this was a young rocket structural engineer in the team. He looked at the news with disbelief written all over his face.
His words were like a stone thrown into the lake of heart, arousing huge waves in the hearts of everyone present.
There is no ridicule, only a kind of silence and wry smile that is deeply understood.
· As the first private rocket company in China, Blue Arrow Aerospace was registered and established in May 2015. It aims to build a domestic version of SpaceX, a private commercial aerospace company.
Having been busy raising funds in the past year, this year it finally obtained a Series A financing of RMB 100 million.
It was quite exciting.
But this world is afraid of comparisons between people and goods.
Once Star Dynamics Aerospace Company was established, my dear, the registered capital alone was 20 billion. This astronomical figure alone made everyone in the Blue Arrow Aerospace team present feel numb.
The most important thing is that it is not only extremely well-funded. Judging from the formation at today's establishment ceremony, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Star Dynamics has definitely been recognized at the national level.
The four major national team giants are supporting the project and integrating the country’s top aerospace resources.
Huge funding, powerful technology, and even national endorsement.
It can be said that from the moment it was born today, Star Power Aerospace has been the "ultimate form" imagined by the Blue Arrow team. It is what they dreamed of, even more exaggerated!
"All-star lineup, this -" another engineer murmured, with a complicated tone, "Just how many years will it take us to reach the edge of the resource library provided by the four giants?"
As he spoke, he shook his head and said slowly: "There is no comparison. The more you compare, the more annoying you will be. Astral Power Aerospace was born with a silver spoon in its mouth. The company has stood directly at the top of the industrial chain and ecological chain since its birth, with the entire system pushing it behind."
But then again, although Blue Arrow is still working hard to prove that they "can do it", no one will blame them if they can't.
But Star Power Aerospace is different. It is so massive and has such top-notch resources gathered into one, which also means that many people have high hopes.
This also means that Star Power Spaceflight has a heavy responsibility. It was asked to "must do it" from the beginning. It has received such great support and takes up so many resources. If it does not work, it will inevitably face pressure from all directions. Most people really cannot handle such great pressure.
At this moment, there is an invisible sense of oppression permeating the conference room of the Blue Arrow team. The birth of the astral power is like a Mount Everest that suddenly rises from the ground, instantly blocking their way forward.
Just the support of the all-star cast makes other people who are interested in making a big splash in the commercial aerospace field tremble.
The Blue Arrow team had previously envisioned the future competition, but they really didn’t expect that competitors would crush them with such a “galactic battleship” attitude when they appeared.
The founder of the team saw that everyone was in low spirits and their confidence was visibly collapsing, and so was he himself.
At the end, the founder of Blue Arrow took a deep breath, and he patted the table hard to bring all the team members back from their low mood.
"Cheer up, everyone! Don't panic! You should be cheered up. The establishment of the astral power just proves that this path is right. The spring of commercial spaceflight is really here, and it is likely to be faster and more violent than we expected!"
He glanced at all the team members: "Astral Dynamics is now a giant. It does have the support of various resources that we envy, but it also has a huge mission. Can we carry it? So there is nothing to envy."
"The market is big enough to accommodate different players. Astral Power Aerospace can raise the ceiling of the industry. No matter what other players do, they can still hang out at the back. We can't be number one, but it's not impossible to be second or third."
The words of the team leader were a shot in the arm, which slightly boosted the morale of the team members.
However, everyone present is also very clear that the future competitive landscape has completely changed. Star Power is controlled by Lu An, and the four major national teams are fully supported. If you compete with them on the same stage, you can't be a commercial aerospace brother.
At the same time, various new energy vehicle manufacturers and various smartphone manufacturers were inexplicably relieved after seeing Lu An establish Star Power Aerospace.
· New energy vehicle manufacturer: Fortunately, he did not come to build cars, but went to build rockets.
Smartphone manufacturer: Fortunately, he did not come to build mobile phones, but went to build rockets.
Everyone is afraid of competing with Lu An on the same stage. Many CEOs in the high-tech industry are quietly burning incense, hoping that Lu An will not come to his industry track one day to torment.
It seems that BYD's lying flat and swinging has indeed shocked many people.
At this moment, the online world is also boiling.
The discussion on "Astral Power" is rising rapidly in major news comment sections, Weibo, Zhihu, and aerospace enthusiast forums.
Zhihu Hot Post: [How do you evaluate the joint venture between Lu An and four giant groups to establish Star Power Aerospace Company? 】
Gao Zan’s answer 1 (aerospace practitioner): It’s expected, but it’s unexpected. It was expected that the country issued a document last year, which definitely aimed to promote the commercialization of the aerospace field. Unreasonably, I did not expect that the intensity would be so great. This configuration is too luxurious, and private enterprises such as Blue Arrow are under great pressure. However, from another perspective, if Star Power Aerospace develops infrastructure and the entire commercial aerospace ecosystem, it will be beneficial to the entire industry. The key is to see whether Star Power can truly break the ceiling and commercialize aerospace.
Gao Zan’s answer 2 (investor): Private commercial rocket companies must find unique positions, such as exclusive launches of ultra-small satellites and new technology routes, otherwise financing will be very difficult.
Many netizens are also commenting and discussing:
[Fuck! Aerospace Science and Technology + Aerospace Science and Industry + Electronic Technology Group + Aviation Industry! This person is so awesome! ]
[It’s just Wang Zha! ]
[Is this the treatment of mankind’s first “golden legend” in the 21st century? ]
[It seems that the country really has confidence in Lu An. Lu An must have come into the sight of the big bosses above and attaches great importance to his approval. ]
[Then I can rest assured, "Golden Legend" needs to be covered up! ]
[Lan Jian: I finally gathered the seven Dragon Balls, but what I summoned was someone else’s dragon·
[Hahaha! ]
[I feel sorry for Blue Arrow for three seconds. I just announced that I would become SpaceX of the East. As a result, Star Dynamics Aerospace came out of the blue. It was a hellish difficulty at the beginning. I had to face the competitive pressure of Star Dynamics and SpaceX at the same time. ]
[Don’t badmouth other private rocket companies upstairs. Competition is a good thing. ]
[I hope Star Power can defeat SpaceX! ! ! ]
[I saw someone saying before that Lu An is so awesome, why doesn’t he go to heaven? Hey, this time it’s really going to the sky——·(covering face and laughing and crying.jpg
)]
On the other side, two academician teachers from Lu An, Chen Yongping and Huang Zongsheng, were having a meal together.
What they were talking about was Lu An, his proud disciple, and the newly established Star Power Aerospace.
The emergence of Star Dynamic Aerospace Company, supported by its unparalleled "national team all-star" lineup and the blessing of Lu An's "super genius" aura, has pushed domestic commercial aerospace to an unprecedented peak of attention so far.
Chen Yongping said slowly: "Astral Power is a commercial aerospace flagship that carries the technological power of the nation's aerospace industry. I don't know if that kid Lu An can catch it, and whether he can cut through the waves under his helm."
Speaking of this, he looked towards Huang Zongsheng added: "People all over the country have high hopes. The star realm power must work. It has to work. This pressure is really big." Hearing this, Huang Zongsheng smiled and said: "The expectations and hot discussions from all walks of life are both pressure and motivation. I am optimistic about the old man that he can withstand the pressure and create miracles."
Chen Yongping said: "I am also optimistic, time will give the answer whether it will work or not."
At the end, Huang Zongsheng waved his hand and said, "No more nonsense, Xiao An is going to use his own money to fund our own space telescope, and I will be busy."
As an astronomer and astrophysicist, Huang Zongsheng has been very energetic recently.
Lu An wants to fund the construction of a space telescope. This matter is the professional counterpart of Huang Zongsheng. He has been busy working on this telescope recently, but he does not feel tired at all. On the contrary, he becomes more energetic as he gets busier.
I thought that in my lifetime, I might not see my country having a large-scale space astronomy facility that can compete with the Hubble Telescope.
Because the country has not yet put relevant scientific research projects on the schedule, Lu An decided to spend money and solved the funding problem. No matter how difficult the remaining things are, at least they can have a start. Now Huang Zongsheng has put almost all his thoughts on this space telescope.