Chapter 798 Never Had Any Real Allies
? The construction of the space elevator is in full swing.
Maintaining the rhythm of one rocket a day, the Aerospace Science and Technology Center of Xinghuan Trading has 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 an industrial-grade 3D printer was shipped to the rocket launch site for assembly almost as soon as it came off the production line.
The employees of the Aerospace Science and Technology Center even jokingly said in an interview with the media, "We have successfully turned the aerospace industry into an assembly line."
The cost of the Halo series of rockets is lower than that of the "Falcon 9", and the cost is only 10 million US dollars. Since the Halo series of rockets adopt a two-stage propulsion mode, and the first-stage rocket can be reused, the cost of a single launch is only US$4 million. That is, two-thirds of the "Falcon 9" launch vehicle.
It is precisely because of this that Star Ring Trade can afford the money.
However, when Kerwin sent the first-term budget application materials to Jiang Chen's desk, Jiang Chen couldn't help but be speechless.
4 million a day, 1.46 billion a year!
Just the cost of transporting materials to outer space for this space elevator is terrifyingly expensive.
But the price is a bit expensive, and the money is worth it. At the beginning of the year, Jiang Chen had already allocated 50 billion US dollars to Star Ring Trading, and there was still a balance of more than 40 billion US dollars after the space elevator research and development was completed. Future People Bank had a loan of 20 billion, and Jiang Chen borrowed another 30 billion through Bank of Boston and Morgan Bank, using shares of Future People Group as collateral, with a repayment period of 5 years and an annual interest rate of 6%.
It has to be said that the shares of Future People Group are quite attractive to the American consortium. When Jiang Chen and Rocky discussed the loan at the beginning, the old fox still hesitated in every possible way, saying that the amount was too large and it was difficult to handle. But when he heard that Jiang Chen was willing to use the shares of the Future Group as collateral, all troubles were gone. Rocky couldn't wait to lend Jiang Chen some more. major shareholder.
But after hesitating for a while, Jiang Chen finally did not do so.
After all, the two are also allies, and Jiang Chen will feel a little sorry for making their family suffer so badly.
So, after looking for the Boston consortium, Jiang Chen went on to find another major shareholder of the Federal Reserve, the "leader" of the WASP consortium - Morgan Stanley.
When Jiang Chen approached Morgan Bank, he followed the same pattern and took out the shares as bait. As he expected, the other party contacted Jiang Chen the next day after expressing the need for a meeting to discuss.
It means that the 30 billion loan is completely fine.
The reason why Morgan Bank and First Boston Bank were so hospitable was because they didn't believe that Jiang Chen would be able to pay back the money. Through all aspects of intelligence research, the Future Human Group has wasted a lot of money on aerospace projects.
Analysts at Morgan Bank and First Boston Bank agreed that there is a high possibility that these tens of billions of dollars in loans will be invested in aerospace projects.
As we all know, the space program is a bottomless pit.
Even for an outstanding private aviation enterprise like x-space, more than half of the reason for its profitability is due to orders from nAsA and the US Department of Defense. It is impossible to support an aerospace company just by launching projects through commercial activities!
Although the economy of New Zealand is growing rapidly, it is still a small country. How much of the annual budget can be invested in aerospace projects? Just relying on the supply project of the International Space Station outsourced by Russia, at most you can get enough food and clothing. If it is so profitable, Russia will do it for you?
Therefore, Morgan Bank and First Boston Bank both believe that Future Group will never recover the investment cost within five years, and Jiang Chen can only use equity to repay the debt at that time.
But will Jiang Chen let them get their wish?
When the space elevator is completed, it will be the time for the future group to attack the dollar.
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It has been almost two weeks since Natasha moved into the villa, and with the two weeks of getting along, Jiang Chen has almost gotten used to this Russian chick who eats and drinks.
If there is something unaccustomed to it, probably the only thing is that you can’t go home after get off work and have a hair with the lovely Aisha in the gym, bathroom, balcony and other places. Going back to Doomsday to visit Sun Jiao, Yao Yao and the others, one had to lock the bedroom door tightly before going.
But there is still a chance. After all, Natasha can't stay at home all the time. She works as a security guard at the embassy, unlike Jiang Chen who works for herself, who can go to work according to her mood and weather. Even if there is a typhoon on Koro Island, she has to go out to Embassy Street at seven o'clock every day.
On June 6th, the Kremlin finally got news, agreeing to Jiang Chen's proposal of "swapping people for information".
Since the Alternative for Germany came to power, Germany, Russia's largest economic partner in Europe, immediately changed its original softening attitude towards Russia and became a staunch supporter of the "Southern Corridor" plan—that is, to expand the range from Azerbaijan to Europe. Investment in natural gas pipelines seeks new sources of natural gas from the south of the Caspian Sea to the Middle East.
If the "Southern Corridor" plan succeeds, it will shake up the European energy landscape and completely change the situation in which the EU is controlled by Russia on energy issues. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Russia.
Merkel, whose whereabouts are unknown, is already in danger, and former Deputy Prime Minister Evelyn has become Russia's hope. And Evelyn himself and his party "Christian Democratic Democratic Union" are also one of the best pro-Russian political parties in Europe. Regarding this point, it can be clearly seen from Merkel's series of speeches in favor of lifting sanctions against Russia and acknowledging that Crimea belongs to Russia.
Compared with the new country, which is tens of thousands of miles away, Moscow, which is closer to Europe, can indeed provide better support for Evelyn.
So Jiang Chen was right on this point. Evelyn is indeed a very important bargaining chip for Russia.
On the other hand, the increasingly tense situation in Turkey has really stimulated Russia's nerves. From the Vili Society in the Ukrainian Civil War to the current Freemasonry personally intervening in the Turkish coup, the Kremlin finally realized the danger of this organization.
Russia needs allies on the issue of Freemasonry.
It is undoubtedly a good choice to face the new country threatened by the Freemasonry together!
"A total of 34.7G of data, recording all the information on the KGB's investigation of the Freemasons from World War II to the present, all in this USB flash drive," Natasha shook the USB flash drive in her hand at Jiang Chen, smiling and leaning against the on the sofa, "Do you have to say something as a thank you to me?"
"Drink as much vodka as you want? Although I feel that you have never been polite when you rummaged through my refrigerator." Jiang Chen complained, and reached out to take the USB flash drive in Natasha's hand.
"How's the situation in the Philippines? I heard that the Freemasonry sent Colonel Moritz from Europe to serve as a military advisor to the Philippine Army. That guy is a ruthless character." Natasha said with a smile.
"Really?" Jiang Chen smiled noncommittally, and put the USB drive into his pocket, "It's all the same to me."
"I appreciate your self-confidence, but you must not underestimate the enemy." Natasha warned, "Also, I heard that you are very close to the people from the American wAsP consortium, but I have to remind you, Don't make yourself their ally. They may hate Jews, but they won't like anything but Anglo-Saxons."
After hearing this sentence, Jiang Chen suddenly laughed out loud.
Do you still need to remind me?
There are no real allies in international relations.
That bottle of Diva-Vodka you drank last Christmas was a gift from the head of the Freemasonry, the Rothschilds. (To be continued.)