Chapter 195 New Toy

People are different. Even if they have the same score in the college entrance examination, their futures will be very different because they choose different majors.

In the past decade, space machinery has undoubtedly been a top profession. Even after space machinery fell into a slump and news of salary cuts and layoffs emerged one after another, its treatment is still far beyond the reach of other professions.

Now, majors that have the potential to challenge space machines have emerged, and graduates of any major related to semiconductors can get a good job.

Hot money from the entire market is pouring into the semiconductor field.

According to the graduation school and degree level, even an ordinary second-tier university graduate's salary as a worker in a chip factory starts at 150,000 yuan.

This is undoubtedly an industry dividend, and the stability and development prospects of engineers in high-end manufacturing industries such as semiconductors are stronger than those in space machines.

Computer technology is updated and iterated on a yearly basis. Perhaps the technology stack you have mastered will be outdated by next year, and the number of positions in the entire market that require this type of technology stack will suddenly shrink, leading to either layoffs or drastic salary cuts.

This is certainly not the case with semiconductors. An engineer's proficiency and experience are directly related to product yield and advanced technology. The more experienced an engineer is, the less likely he or she is to be laid off.

Therefore, to some extent, semiconductors have surpassed computers and become the most popular employment destination.

For the capital market, although topological semi-metal chips are currently a high-investment field, companies that do not have cash flows in the billions will not be able to make a splash in this field.

However, there are still too many companies involved in the upstream and downstream, and too many targets for investment, from equipment to raw materials to chip manufacturing and chip design, all of which will undergo a thorough reshuffle.

Investing is never something that has a 100% success rate, especially equity investment. If you invest in a hundred companies, you only need to win in one to win.

Even if the success rate is only one percent, you can still benefit greatly.

What's more, the substitution brought about by current technological breakthroughs is fundamentally different from the substitution under the guidance of national will.

The national will requires companies to replace imports with domestic chips, domestic operating systems and domestic databases. This is for security reasons. Companies do not have a strong desire to do so and it will not bring any benefits to the companies.

Even so, A-shares have hyped this concept more than once.

The substitution brought about by technological breakthroughs is a spontaneous behavior of enterprises based on their own business considerations and in pursuit of higher efficiency.

Like mobile phone manufacturers, they do not use topological semi-metal chips, which means they cannot compete with Huawei in the domestic mobile phone market.

They need to maintain their market share, and at the same time, with the support of new technologies, they can officially launch an attack on Samsung in the global market and grab a piece of Samsung's cake.

In addition, the Qualcomm tax paid for self-developed chips will be greatly reduced, which means that mobile phone manufacturers can make a profit by combining both input and output.

"We are very surprised by China's technological breakthroughs. France's enthusiasm and admiration for China has reached a new climax."

After receiving the Huawei Extraordinary Master from Guangjia Aerospace, the director of the French Space Agency, Le Gall, couldn't let it go and kept fiddling with it in his hands.

Huawei's Extraordinary Master has a small supply in France, and the quantity of 10,000 units per month is not enough to grab. In the seafood market in Europe, the price of Extraordinary Master has been hyped up to 5,000 euros, and this is based on the fact that it cannot use Google components.

"We hope to achieve more cooperation with France. We have a lot to complement each other," said Lin Jia.

Pioneer 2 has been launched more than five times without any accidents. They plan to launch Pioneer 2 in September to complete the European Space Agency's transportation order.

And the latest human hibernation equipment will be sent to the International Space Station.

For this reason, Le Gall came to China, hoping to observe the launch of Pioneer 2 on site and to discuss further cooperation with Guangjia Aerospace.

After obtaining the Pioneer rocket technology, although it was a generation behind in reusable rocket technology, France also had its own reusable rocket.

Coupled with the cooperation with China, Xiao Ma’s poll numbers have improved a lot.

For major countries, space exploration is an effective means to boost confidence, which indirectly improves public opinion.

Therefore, even with Joseph's previous experience, Ma Ge urged Le Gall to come to China to discuss cooperation.

"That's right, Ms. Lin, there are indeed many areas where we can cooperate.

Including the next generation of pioneer rocket technology, on the space station, on space engines, and so on. "

This time, Le Gall also brought with him Machi, the chairman of Safran Group.

It was Safran Group that previously traded Vulcan engine technology with Guangjia Aerospace.

Lin Jia quickly grasped the other party's true purpose. Combined with the news that the International Space Station was about to retire, France was likely to want to jointly develop a space station with them.

I hope to have a place on the space station for future light armor space launches.

So Lin Jia didn't beat around the bush and asked directly: "Sir, do you want to conduct joint research and development with us on the space station?

Or whether you are most urgent about this matter.

The current International Space Station was originally scheduled to be retired this year, but America was not ready so it postponed its retirement to 2030.

In the future, Russia will no longer participate in the international space station project. Europe alone will not be able to compete with America on this project. Moreover, both Japan and the Maple Leaf Country will stand on the side of America.

So France is also willing to no longer participate in the International Space Station program, or no longer focus its main energy on the International Space Station program?
After all, in the foreseeable future, the EU’s voice in the International Space Station will only become weaker and weaker.”

Past work experience and professional studies have brought Lin Jia's professionalism in the commercial aerospace field to a new level. Even when communicating with senior practitioners, she can quickly capture key information.

Originally, because of Lin Jia's youth and beauty, Le Gall only regarded her as a vase attached to Chen Yuanguang. He only needed her to convey France's demands to Chen Yuanguang verbatim.

In Western narratives, the reclusive Chen Yuanguang has been placed under house arrest, and this statement has gained some authenticity as it cannot be expressed on domestic social media.

Of course, only a very small number of people believe this statement. Most people still believe that Chen Yuanguang lives in seclusion for safety reasons, and that his position is too important at the moment.

Lin Jia's keen insight made Legar no longer dare to underestimate him, he nodded and said: "Not bad.

Ms. Lin, your insight is no less than Mr. Wright's talent in scientific research.

That's right, our most urgent priority is the space station.

France needs to remain competitive in aerospace, and we cannot do without a space station.

From a personal perspective, I am not very interested in continuing to cooperate with American.

I would rather cooperate with China, with the Chinese government or with you.

Because both America and Europe have the same problem, which is that our capital utilization rate is too low.

In 2022, we passed a three-year budget of 170 billion euros. As a result, more than half of the three years have passed, and the most outstanding achievement in the entire European aerospace field is still the purchased Pioneer rocket technology.

The Vega rocket cost more than 1 billion euros and then failed, but you only need to spend 100 million euros. "

In April, the European Space Agency's plan to launch two satellites with one rocket failed. The loss was not as exaggerated as the 4 billion euros reported by the media, but it was still a significant loss.

“The International Space Station cost $1500 billion to build, and its annual operating costs are no less than $30 billion.

Although China's space station cannot be compared with the International Space Station in terms of scale, even if it is developed to the scale of the International Space Station, I believe it will cost less than 150 billion US dollars. "

There is a gap in capital utilization.

Especially in the application of mature technologies.

In the past, China's aerospace sector could not compete with America in the research and development of advanced technologies due to historical reasons. However, once the technology matures and the technology is put into practice, China's capital utilization efficiency is far better than America's.

This is the fundamental reason why China has been able to catch up quickly in areas such as space stations, lunar exploration, and Mars landing at a relatively low cost in recent years.

Chen Yuanguang made up for the shortcomings in advanced technology research and development, and achieved a brief breakthrough in the most eye-catching reusable rocket.

"You know that in 18, China signed an agreement with the then United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, saying that it would open its space station to the international community.

Because at that time it was estimated that in 18, the International Space Station would be retired according to the original plan in 24.

At that time, America was still under the previous president, and their president had not changed, but they were withdrawing from various global organizations.

So at that time we were worried, what if the time comes and America is unwilling to continue the international space station project and is unwilling to take the lead in building the international space station?
At that time, we required all our astronauts to learn Chinese, because if they could only rely on the Chinese space station in the future, they had to know Chinese. The operating interface of the Chinese space station was all in Chinese.

As a result, this year, it was postponed for another four years, but I guess it won’t be possible after four years, and I will have to retire in 2030 anyway.”

Le Gall laughed and told funny stories from the past.

Lin Jia said: "Isn't this cooperation method of China inappropriate?"

"It's true that it doesn't quite suit France's needs," Le Gall said.

France wants to have its own space station, even if only half or less belongs to us.

It's French, not EU.

In this way, other EU countries will have to apply to France if they want to use the space station. I think you understand what we mean.

It is good to apply to China for the use of the space station, but other countries can also apply. Cooperation with America is in the name of the European Union, with low capital utilization, uncontrollable costs, and extremely limited power of the European Union. "

Lin Jia understood that France wanted to save face. Although France was in financial difficulties and a little short of money, it could still afford to pay this little money.

The chips mainly affect the F4 chip industry, while the impact on Europe is very limited.

"But isn't the French Space Agency affiliated with the European Space Agency?" Lin Jiagang suddenly realized:
“So this round of cooperation is also between Safran and us, and Safran will then transfer the power of the space station to the French Space Agency?

Is that why Mr. Maki came along?"

Le Gall nodded: "Yes, this is how we hope to cooperate this round."

Lin Jia said: "I have no objection, but the specific cooperation depends on France's sincerity."

"I think France is very sincere," said Le Gall.

France is particularly concerned about having its own space station. During the past 2 years of operation of the International Space Station, France has had only two long-term crew members and only four short-term visiting astronauts.

The data for America are 54 and 265 respectively, and the data for Russia are 43 and 89 respectively.

France is not even among the top five countries in terms of the number of its own astronauts.

They are undoubtedly extremely dissatisfied with the status quo.

"We hope that the cooperation will be such that France will have its own orbital segment on the space station."

"Is it the same as the current cooperation between Da Mao and you on the International Space Station?" Lin Jia asked.

The current international space station is divided into two parts, one part belongs to America, the European Union, Japan, and the Maple Leaf Country, and the other part belongs to Russia.

It is precisely because Big Russia monopolizes an entire section of the track that they will not be able to drive Big Russia away even after the war breaks out in 2022.

At the same time, because of this, Russia has complete autonomy in space transportation and does not have to listen to NASA. The number of astronauts they have sent into space is second only to America.

Now with the emergence of light armor aerospace, the EU no longer has only SpaceX as an option.

“Yes, we would like to have our own track section, not like we have it now.

To achieve this goal, France is willing to pay the corresponding price." Le Gall said.

France makes a lot of money from China every year. In 8 alone, Safran Group signed an order with China Airlines for a total amount of nearly US$70 billion.

It’s great to occupy the high-end manufacturing industry.

The next day, when Le Gall saw the majestic body of the Pioneer 2 on the sea launch ship through a telescope at the sea coast of Yantai, he felt both envious and sad.

Because they are both equipped with the Vulcan engine and use the same multi-engine bundling technology, their Vega rocket explodes into a gorgeous firework.

The Light Armor Aerospace program only failed once, and has been successful every time since then.

According to information from French engineers working at Light Armor Aerospace, Light Armor Aerospace has also modified the Vulcan engine.

After the modification, the stability of the multi-engine bundle is so strong.

Le Gall felt that the gap between them and China in aerospace technology was too big.

France and even the entire European Union have been living off their past achievements, while China has left them far behind.

Just like the Galileo project, China initially wanted to invest 2 million euros to participate in the Galileo project, but was later kicked out by the EU and developed Beidou on its own.

While BeiDou has been launched globally, Galileo is still a baby and can only provide partial services.

You should know that Galileo started much earlier than Beidou.

And now this situation has happened again in rocket research and development, and China's private commercial aerospace agencies have surpassed Europe.

Especially when thinking about the large number of black people in the capital Paris, as their proportion of the population continues to increase in the future, does the future of French aerospace rely on these guys?
Le Gall feels that an aging Europe has no future.

If Lin Jia knew what the other person was thinking, he would definitely complain in his heart: The future may be more pessimistic than you think, and you have forgotten lvlv. The population growth rate of these people is no worse than that of blacks.

"It's really spectacular. Are you selling the Trail Blazer II technology?" Lelf asked.

The sea breeze blew on Lin Jia's face, blowing her bangs aside. Lin Jia looked out at the endless sea and said calmly, "I don't know.

This requires the consent of the Chinese side. If they agree, I will have to ask Wright. If he agrees, I think there will be no big problem.

But I think Wright would be willing to sell, but he hopes the trade is not money, but technology. "

Lin Jia still doesn't know Chen Yuanguang well enough.

The reason why we needed the Vulcan engine was because we needed to find a suitable source of power for the Pioneer 2, and it was not something that appeared out of thin air.

That's not needed now.

So money is more important, and it would be a waste not to fleece a country like France.

“Okay, I’ll let the Elysee Palace negotiate with Yanjing.

The Elysee Palace must have an unprecedented desire for the Pioneer II.

Let's take a good look at this rocket launch, I think the guys up there will like the new toys we have for them."

Human hibernation equipment is a long-awaited toy for astronauts on the space station.

Ever since the cooperation agreement between Guangjia Aerospace and France was signed last year, the astronauts on the International Space Station have been looking forward to it.

But they had to wait for more than a year before it was finally sent to the International Space Station.

(End of this chapter)