Chapter 934 Port Leasing
In the rest room next to the Crescent Island training ground, soldiers who have just completed live ammunition training are taking a shower and taking out clothes from their lockers to put on.
At this time, everyone noticed that there was a poster posted on their glove box.
The poster shows a spaceship, a soldier in heavy armor holding a rifle, and Mars in the background... Zhang Feng doesn't know if it's Mars, but looking at the bare surface of the planet, it's definitely not the Earth.
"Aerospace Defense Force? What is this?" After tearing off the poster, Zhang Feng rubbed his wet short hair with a towel on his shoulder, and sat on the bench next to him to carefully examine the small characters on the poster.
"Maybe, this is a movie that just came out?" The Mexican machine gunner in his team walked to the side and moved his face closer, "How did those posting advertisements get in? This is a restricted military zone."
"Think with your brain, Jack," a big hand patted the old Mexican's shoulder, and the rifleman Liu Duntao grinned, "Since this is a military restricted area, of course it is our people who posted the advertisement."
"I posted the advertisement, of course, it was printed by the headquarters." A man in military uniform walked into the lounge and took away the hat left on the locker, "You better pay attention, it's a good thing .”
After speaking, the officer in the logistics office turned and left.
Several soldiers froze for a moment, looking at each other in blank dismay.
"I heard that Starlink Trade is engaged in an interstellar colonization plan. I thought they were joking... Shet, it seems that they are serious? Us, we have a chance to change from the Marine Corps to the Starship Marine Corps?"
"Fighting in outer space? That's pretty cool!"
"Very good. Fighting aliens who don't know whether they exist or not is better than fighting the people on Earth."
"Xie Te, so you are planning to be a deserter? I can't just listen to this."
"..."
Ignoring the bragging and farting of his teammates, Zhang Feng carefully read the words on the advertisement.
To be honest, he was not very interested, after all, he was now the captain of the Marine Corps, leading a team of six. No one knows what the nature of this newly established air and space defense force is, and whether it will be taken seriously in the future.
After returning to the dormitory, his roommate just came back from a mission and saw the poster he put on the table.
"I heard that it is a new unit ordered by the headquarters. The salary is very high, and the treatment after retiring is also good. I have already signed up for this...orbital airborne unit. What about you?"
"Me?" Zhang Feng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "I'm going to think about it again."
The monthly base salary is 12,000 Singapore dollars, which is just an ordinary frontline soldier. Those with military rank and command experience are given priority. With his military rank and resume, it shouldn't be a problem for him to be transferred from the Marine Corps to become a captain.
The monthly salary of 20,000 Singapore dollars is almost double his current salary.
However, it is said that the selection criteria will be very harsh. It is said that in addition to the physical examination, they will also undergo gene sequencing. In contrast, the physical requirements of applicants are relatively low.
According to the posters, even if you are a good-for-nothing bitch, our hell training will make you a real man.
Do you want to sign up?
Zhang Feng shook his head, took out a form from his drawer, and pulled out a pen from the pen holder.
In short, try it first, and you may not be able to choose it anyway.
Thinking of this, he wrote down his name on the form and simply filled in his resume. Leaning on the chair and stretching, he put the form aside, and when he was going to eat in the cafeteria later, he stopped by the Military Affairs Department to register.
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These days, Jiang Chen lived very leisurely.
Hua Guo hadn't come up with a result yet, so Ye Qinghua never came to him again. The Russian side didn't know what they were thinking. Natasha didn't mention the space elevator, and the Kremlin didn't send anyone.
The European side is very stable. Apart from the European Space Agency's release of several papers on the possibility of space elevators being affected by climate conditions and potential safety hazards, there has been no other action. Trapped in the quagmire of economic crisis, they don't have the spare money to develop space resources.
NASA of the United States actually called and simply inquired about the business status of the space elevator and the cost of orbit use. Jiang Chen had someone casually throw a profile to them, and then dismissed their people, and they didn't call again after receiving the profile.
As for the large, medium and small private companies that contact Xinghuan Trading, there are too many to count. The business phone of Star Ring Outer Space Orbit Development Co., Ltd., which is in charge of the space elevator business, is fully booked for almost 24 hours. If you line up these companies, you can almost line up from Koro Island to Silicon Valley!
Among them is spaceX, the Queen's space exploration technology company of NASA. The space elevator has completed the first batch of material transportation from the ground to the synchronous orbit, and the American private space company is instantly devastated. The first to bear the brunt is SpaceX, and the market prospect of Falcon rockets worth billions is instantly underestimated. After several consecutive days of decline, its market value has dropped from US$12 billion to below US$10 billion. Even Google, the major shareholder with deep pockets, is heartbroken.
Because the caller was SpaceX chairman Elon Musk, the operator of the Star Ring company transferred the call to Jiang Chen.
After the call was connected, the American legend who founded PayPal spoke politely.
"Hello, Mr. Jiang. We exchanged business cards at the SVIEF. Do you still remember me?"
"Of course, Mr. Musk." Jiang Chen joked with a smile, "Even if I haven't exchanged business cards, I still remember you. After all, I grew up drinking your chicken soup."
Musk, the vagabond who is as rich as the enemy, Jack Ma, who is worth tens of billions of dollars, Qiao Gangzhu, who has risen from the bottom to the top, and young men and women who are ambitious are all adding these seasoning packets to the chicken soup boiled in the space. Although Jiang Chen scoffed at Chicken Soup for the Soul, he was often bombarded by these things when he was in school.
Moreover, he seems to have become a member of the "chicken soup family" now.
"Self-Made Unemployed Youth". He vaguely remembered that he seemed to be labeled with this label in some inspirational talks and scarves?
Although Musk knew Chinese, he didn't understand what Jiang Chen was saying. However, he only hesitated for a moment, and then ignored this small problem. After all, he didn't call to chat, but had serious business to discuss.
"I wonder if you have any intention to lease the space elevator track?"
"Star Ring Trade is willing to provide a one-stop service from cargo departure to synchronous orbit, and has no plans to lease or contract the entire orbit." Jiang Chen said with a smile, and rejected Musk's proposal unceremoniously.
Regarding Jiang Chen's answer, instead of being frustrated, Musk's eyes flashed with joy.
"Oh? It seems that you are also quite optimistic about the prospects for the development of outer space resources?"
"Of course, the future is there after all." Jiang Chen said kindly.
"We have a win-win proposal here. I wonder if you are interested?" Musk smiled.
"If it's a project other than the leased track." Jiang Chen emphasized again.
"Although it is related to leasing, it is not leasing orbits," Musk shook his head, cleared his throat, and said seriously, "SpacsX hopes to lease the port of the space station at the end of the space elevator, and the price we offer will definitely not let you down. " (To be continued.) Enable new URL