Chapter 226 Chen Yuanguang's podcast debut
Blue Origin would rather cooperate with Chinese companies and risk being questioned on Capitol Hill than cooperate with Boeing.

In the eyes of Blue Origin executives, going to Boeing would mean screwing up everything.

Boeing is in recession. Boeing is in the worst recession in its history.

It is undoubtedly a representative enterprise of the entire American high-end manufacturing industry, symbolizing that the federation still has the ability to restore the manufacturing industry.

In a sense, Boeing is even the most iconic and important company in America.

America does not develop manufacturing not because it cannot do so, but because manufacturing is not profitable. What we want to do is high-end manufacturing.

Such content is rampant on the Chinese-simplified Internet, as if America looks down on the profits brought by manufacturing.

Of course, for their own purposes, the self-media will continue to exaggerate that the good life of ordinary Americans is built on a developed tertiary industry.

However, the truth behind this is that the lives of ordinary Americans are built on ever-expanding debts, and the growth rate of the tertiary industry is far behind the collapse of the manufacturing industry.

有一个数据能很明显说明这点：阿美利肯制成品的贸易逆差从1980年的250亿美元增加到2020年的9220亿美元；与此同时，同期第三产业盈余仅从60亿美元增加到2450亿美元。

As the jewel of the federal high-end manufacturing industry, Boeing's predicament has directly exposed the flaws of the federal manufacturing mechanism.

Boeing's own passenger jet business is facing questions from around the world.

The fundamental reason behind this is that they laid off thousands of experienced engineers during the epidemic, and the new people they recruited later had to start all over again, but the delivery progress could not be delayed, which led to Boeing's disastrous performance.

"We believe in the capabilities of Guangjia Aerospace, and China has one of the best engineering groups in the world. I believe that our cooperation will be a pleasant one.

More importantly, Guangjia Aerospace has Mr. Wright, who can solve all problems in the process. "

Dave made it sound like Wright could do anything, and in the eyes of the American business community, Wright could do anything.

Huawei's Ascend 1000 chips have begun to be delivered to companies other than Guangjia Aerospace.

These companies have conducted various internal evaluations, which show that from any perspective, Ascend 1000 performs better than Nvidia's most advanced AI chip.

After this news reached America, Washington fell into confusion. It should be noted that semiconductors are an advantageous industrial chain that took decades to build under the post-war federal innovation mechanism.

Yes, it is precisely because of Chen Yuanguang's existence that Washington has to worry that China will impose a technological blockade on them.

The offensive and defensive momentum promoted by China's self-media is different. It is not just self-consolation in propaganda, but is gradually becoming a reality.

Dave is very aware of this situation, and he also believes that if the Federation wants to win this long and protracted war, killing Wright is a necessary condition.

However, this is a problem that the bigwigs in Washington have to consider. For Dave and Blue Origin, Light Armor Aerospace and Wright can definitely be their help.

Lin Jia said, “I will tell Wright about the cooperation.”

Dave said, "These are five billion dollars in total, and Blue Origin is willing to give five billion dollars."

Lin Jia asked: "How exactly is it composed? I'm not sure we have the ability to do the third one."

Dave said, “20, 20, 10.
Reusable rocket technology and the space station are both $20 billion, and the lunar lander is $10 billion.”

Lin Jia had no opinion on the first two. The French side was like a funnel, through which all information could leak out. Considering the extent of infiltration in France, one really could not count on them.

The price of $20 billion for the reusable rocket is reasonable, after all, this is a generation behind technology.

The only exception was the lunar lander. Amazon received an order from NASA for more than 10 billion US dollars, but it was reduced to billion after a short sale. Lin Jia could not accept this:

"A billion dollars is too little for a lunar lander.

The numbers you get from NASA are much higher than that.”

Lin Jia thought about it and said, "Okay, this is the price, but we only deliver the product, not the technology."

Considering that if Blue Origin develops the technology on its own, the budget of 34 billion is enough to support a large group of engineers, and the technology is their own.

If we spend 10 billion to buy it from Guangjia Aerospace, then only the equipment will be delivered.

This is a completely different concept.

Based on the idea that weakening the opponent means strengthening oneself, Lin Jia thinks this deal is worth doing.

The arrival of Blue Origin is just the beginning. At this round of commercial space industry summit held in Yanjing, many institutions and companies came to Lin Jia to discuss cooperation.

With a price of 20 billion US dollars, many institutions and countries want to buy a cabin from them.

This price is a bit too affordable.

Countries like Japan, the United States, Germany, etc. all want to ask if they can still buy cabin sections.

Even the Indians want to buy it, but their requirement is delivery before payment.

Considering Ah San's poor international reputation, Lin Jia asked the deputy general manager to get rid of the other party.

At night in the hotel, Lin Jia sat at his desk, with a notebook computer on the table recording some recent potential customers. Many of these potential customers were willing to pay, and they would not even blink at the price of $20 billion.

Lin Jia sighed inwardly: “When I was in school, I couldn’t understand why Boss Jia could deceive so many investors.

A lot of investors were willing to invest in him, but they were cheated out of everything they had.

Now I understand that we have received so many cooperation intentions even though we haven’t even built a space station.

This is the halo brought by success. Everyone will believe that you can do it without thinking.

As for what to do if it cannot be done in the future, that is a matter for the future.”

“Let’s welcome my most anticipated guest since the start of In Good Company, Wright Chen.”

Nicholas sat in front of the screen with a smile on his face. Besides an Apple laptop, there was also a paper notebook on the table. The dense handwriting on the notebook looked like the questions he wanted to ask.

Chen Yuanguang was on the other side of the screen, with a white wall behind him. There was no other decorations besides the wall. He waved his hand:

"Hello everyone, hello host, I haven't accepted a public interview for a long time. This feeling is a bit strange and a bit exciting."

Various reasons led Chen Yuanguang to finally decide to accept the invitation to this podcast.

The most important thing is that Chen Yuanguang felt that he had not been interviewed for a long time and hoped to have a channel to tell the public what he wanted to say.

The desire to express is at work.

It also includes the dissatisfaction of being teased by netizens as a has-been top star.

Nicola laughed and applauded: "Let us welcome Wright again.

Since I started hosting this show, I have never felt any worries. All I think about is asking sharp questions that will be difficult for the guests to answer and allow my listeners to gain valuable content that they cannot hear anywhere else.

But after inviting Wright today, I was still worried the night before, what if Wright told me he couldn’t come, what should I do if I missed this opportunity.

I should be the first foreigner to interview you?"

Chen Yuanguang nodded: "It should be, I don't remember accepting any interviews from foreign media.

Last year, Time magazine wanted to name me Person of the Year and wanted to interview me, but I declined.

Nicola reminded him, “But they still named you Person of the Year.”

Chen Yuanguang said: "It seems so, I received a magazine they sent me, and the cover was a photo I sent them.

They also complained to my wife that the photos would be much better if they were taken by them.”

Nicola said: “That’s true, portraiture is the forte of Time.

I am honored to be the first foreigner to interview Wright, and it seems that I will have to ask some valuable questions this time.

Wright, our show is called "Running with Excellent Companies," and in addition to being a podcast host, I'm also a fund manager.

The fund I manage also invests in the A-share market, but its returns are not very good and I rarely make money.

Fortunately, the situation has improved since the end of last year.

My first question is, will Light Armor Aerospace be available on the market? If so, when will it be available? "

Chen Yuanguang said: “I don’t think Guangjia Aerospace will be listed in the short term.

You should know that we have some superior products that are not lacking in sales.

After Guangjia Aerospace’s space station is launched into space, we will have another flagship product.

And you know, the International Space Station is going to be retired soon, and the only ones who can provide a space station are the China Space Administration and us.

According to current information, there are many institutions and companies on the market that are interested in our space station.

So we are not short of money.”

Nicola then asked, "I am very curious about the fact that the French media reported that the space station module buyout service provided by Light Armor Aerospace only costs 20 billion US dollars.

is this real? "

Chen Yuanguang hesitated for a moment. Since the news had already been revealed by the French media, there was no need to hide it. "That's right."

Nicola exclaimed: “This is an incredible price.

I have discussed this issue with executives from SpaceX and Blue Origin, and they all said that such a price is extremely difficult to achieve.

Perhaps only Light Armor Aerospace can do this in the world."

(End of this chapter)