Chapter 163, Uncle Sam in Action
"Very good!"
After receiving Yan Ping's affirmative answer, Bezos almost jumped up with excitement. Then he calmed down slightly and asked, "Mr. Yan Ping, I wonder if we can purchase something from Chang'e City and bring it over." Woolen cloth?"
"I'm afraid this won't work. As you know, we brought the materials on the moon from the Earth. They are hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, and every material is very precious."
Yan Ping shook his head slightly. The Chang'e base on the moon does not have the ability to circulate itself at all. The water it drinks and the air it breathes are all brought from the earth.
"Mr. Yanping, please help me. We will satisfy you regarding the price."
Bezos had already been prepared for the other party's rejection. Without hesitation, he once again resorted to sugar-coated bullets. If there is something that money cannot solve, it must be that the money is not provided in place.
"I want to ask my superiors for instructions on this matter. If there is any news, I will inform you as soon as possible."
Yan Ping thought for a while and then slowly said, he can make the decision on the moon tour, but he can't make the decision on the procurement of supplies. After all, the supplies on the moon are still very precious. Uncle Sam has a lot of money. To a certain extent, if procurement is really liberalized by then, Chang'e City's own operating needs will be affected to some extent.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Yanping. Please help me. The price is really easy to talk about. We just feel that it is inappropriate to meet our own astronauts empty-handed, so we want to bring some gifts."
Bezos felt slightly disappointed, but he did not give up. After bidding farewell to Yan Ping, he quickly contacted the domestic side of the earth, directly contacting Uncle Sam's presidential office, and expressed such an idea to his president, hoping that Mr. President Being able to talk to China may not be useful for your own face, but the president's face is completely different.
"Yan Ping, agree to their request to purchase supplies, but not all supplies are open to them, and the quantity is also limited. Since they have money, let's give them a good meal. Anyway, we use aerospace planes to transport supplies. The cost is also very low, and I will make a huge profit from them this time.”
Soon, Yan Ping received a notice from his superiors, agreeing to their purchase of supplies. President Uncle Sam personally called the Chinese side. This face must be given. After all, it does not involve any high-tech things, just It's just some ordinary supplies, but you can't make them cheap. They are still a bunch of fat sheep anyway. How can you deal with them without killing them.
After getting a positive reply from Yanping, Bezos and others began to act excitedly. Yanping gave them a list of materials they could purchase, as well as their quantity, price, specifications, etc.
"This list will be sent to China immediately. NASA scientists are waiting and they will give us their opinions."
"Now everyone can officially post a donation on their own homepage. Everyone should take action and raise as much funds as possible. The price here in China is really too expensive. A bottle of 500ML mineral water costs 100,000. Beautiful knife, too expensive!”
Bezos ordered Allison, who was responsible for contacting NASA, and then ordered other wealthy people. The price on the list was so expensive that even the world's top wealthy people couldn't help it when they saw it. Take a breath.
The simplest mineral water costs 100,000 U.S. dollars, and other precious materials are even more expensive, such as compressed air. A standard cubic meter of compressed air with standard pressure costs 10 million U.S. dollars, and even they have always wanted to. The price of the steak I brought there has also increased several times, and it actually costs 1 million US dollars a portion.
This is simply a money grab by Chi Guoguo, but there is no way. Who said this is the moon? Who told Bezos to say that money is not a problem from the beginning?
In Uncle Sam's country, the influence of these top tycoons cannot be ignored. Everyone's domestic assistants announced the news almost immediately, set up a fundraising fund, and started operating it. Soon, news headlines , mobile phone text messages, news advertisements, virtual world messages, etc., almost every Uncle Sam has received relevant information.
"More than 20 wealthy people who are traveling on the moon want to visit the aerospace heroes currently working on the moon. Through their unremitting efforts, they have obtained permission to purchase a batch of supplies as gifts from China's Lunar Chang'e City."
"Everyone knows that the materials on the moon are very scarce. It is very expensive for us to launch materials to the moon by spacecraft, and we also face great risks. So if we can purchase as many materials as possible from Chang'e City in China this time, In the past, it could greatly relieve NASA’s pressure and also greatly speed up the construction of our lunar base.”
"However, the materials here in China are very expensive. Everyone needs to contribute. Those who have money will pay for it, and those who have no money will help forward it."
Soon, not only Uncle Sam and the entire country knew the news, but everyone around the world knew the news, which shocked countless people that they could still operate in this way.
Uncle Sam's news media greatly appreciated the actions of more than 20 rich people who traveled to the moon. The people in Uncle Sam's country were also very enthusiastic about this, and the number of fund accounts set up began to soar crazily.
In Uncle Sam's country, even the president of Uncle Sam has expressed that he will donate 10 million US dollars for this procurement plan. Hollywood superstars, sports stars, etc. have also joined in the fun and donated a lot of US dollars; ordinary people, primary school students, and even poor people who have to rely on relief have also contributed a little bit of their own thoughts.
In just less than an hour, the fund account set up by Bezos and others received more than 10 billion US dollars in donations, and as more and more people joined in, especially politicians, celebrities, and wealthy people took the lead, the subsequent donations were very rapid, and soon the funds collected exceeded 100 billion US dollars.
The powerful side of Uncle Sam's wealth for the people was fully reflected at this moment. Maybe Uncle Sam's government has no money and owes a lot of debts all over the world, but Uncle Sam's people are very rich.
After it was launched, the power was unprecedentedly strong, especially now that the whole country is paying attention and everyone is participating. Rich people on the moon, such as Bezos, Buffett, and Gates, are even more generous. Buffett, Gates, Bezos, and Allison, the richest rich people, each contributed 500 million US dollars, and the others started at least 100 million US dollars. These more than 20 people alone raised billions of US dollars.
Moreover, these rich people personally went to their friends one by one to beg for food. In each virtual world, these top rich people invited the top rich people in Uncle Sam's country to give a speech, and the funds raised were naturally considerable.
This was the beginning of Uncle Sam's plan to return to the moon. The whole nation paid close attention, and the funds raised became larger and larger, which also made the people on NASA's side ecstatic.
At this time, in a conference room at NASA headquarters, a team of scientists who were urgently recruited gathered together. On the huge display screen was the list of materials and prices sent by Yan Ping to Bezos. They were discussing how to use the existing funds to purchase as many and most useful materials as possible.
Purchasing materials directly from Chang'e City on the moon to Wells District is much simpler, more convenient, safer, more reliable, and faster than Uncle Sam using rockets to launch spacecraft to transport them to the moon base. It can greatly accelerate the progress of the plan to return to the moon.
"This is the list provided by Chang'e City on the moon of China. This time, we have to thank the wealthy people in our country. Their generosity can greatly speed up the progress of our plan to return to the moon. Now the fund they set up has raised more than 150 billion US dollars. What we have to do now is to use these funds as much as possible to purchase the most urgent things for our moon base."
The person in charge, Lawrence, spoke loudly and seemed very excited. If it was just Uncle Sam who transported the materials to the moon, the progress of the plan to return to the moon would be very slow. Even if we launched a spacecraft to the moon once every two weeks, it would not be much faster, and the cost would be very huge.
"We must purchase as much water as possible. Water is very important for maintaining the lives of astronauts, but it is not like other substances that can be compressed, etc., and it takes up a lot of volume. They sell a bottle of water for 100,000 US dollars, which is actually not expensive at all. It is recommended to purchase all the quota they give, so that we can save a lot of space in our next plan."
Immediately, a scientist stood up and spoke. The first one he saw was water resources. On the moon, which is nearly 400,000 kilometers away from the earth, water resources are the most precious resource. Without food, you can survive for a week, but without water, you can't even survive for three days.
Other scientists nodded when they heard it, and they also valued water resources very much.
"We also need to purchase compressed air, so that the astronauts' survival on the moon will at least be worry-free."
"Food is also necessary. Our astronauts eat compressed food on the moon, which can only guarantee nutrition and taste very poor. Purchasing some delicious food can greatly ease their emotions on the moon."
Soon, many scientists expressed their opinions and made a purchase list. It can be said that they actually want to move everything on the list to their own moon base, but the price is too expensive. Even with the huge funds of 150 billion US dollars in hand, they still have to make choices.