Chapter 1023: 1023
Chapter 1023 The Groundbreaking Transportation Method
Returning to the beautiful Coro Island, the sci-fi vibe was amplified compared to half a month before .
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On his way out of the airport, Jiang Chen noticed several floating cars flying over the six-lane highway not far from the airport . The foreigners who came there for the first time exclaimed at the scene and started to capture the beautiful city . The locals reacted calmly and moved on with their lives .
This calmness wasn’t only reflected in the fact that cars could fly but also in the foreigners’ surprised actions .
The taxis at the airport were in particularly high demand . They were the first to use magnetic levitation vehicles . In order to experience this novel form of transportation, many international friends even asked their drivers to take a detour . After cruising down the maglev highway, they would finally return on route to their hotel .
Jiang Chen felt slightly shocked by the ever changing Coro Island, but it only lasted for a moment . After all, he brought the technology back from the Sixth Street . So, it was more of a novelty for him .
He just felt emotional seeing that the technology that belonged to the future was now in the modern world . The world was changing too fast .
Walking into the parking lot outside the airport, Jiang Chen avoided the taxi stop area surrounded by foreigners and headed straight to the corner of the parking lot . There was a red car parked, and a beautiful and familiar figure stood there . Her noble but cold temperament blocked all men with thoughts of taking their chances ten meters away .
However, when she saw Jiang Chen, her expression suddenly melted and a gorgeous smile formed .
“You’re finally back . Was it fun in Moscow?”
“What fun? I went there for business . ” Jiang Chen rolled his eyes .
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“I heard that you took a walk outside the border?”
“Oh, that was a special circumstance . ” Jiang Chen didn’t look straight at the piercing sight and avoided the question by laughing .
Fortunately, Xia Shiyu didn’t persist further on the issue . Jiang Chen didn’t want to think about how he would confess to her about Natasha .
Opening the trunk for Jiang Chen, Xia Shiyu watched him put his suitcase in then invited him into the front passenger seat, leaving Ayesha alone in the back seat . She then got in and started the car .
Looking at the ground outside the window gradually disappearing, Jiang Chen’s hand involuntarily grasped the armrests beside the door . He was tense and looked pale white .
With how nervous Jiang Chen looked, Xia Shiyu, who was steering, couldn’t hold her laughter . She smoothly entered the acceleration lane . When the speed reached the maximum and the vehicle rose to the top of the track, she turned on the automatic cruise mode and her hands left the steering wheel .
Ayesha curiously looked around . Although she heard Jiang Chen talk about the future, it was her first time seeing this novel transportation .
“Look how scared you are . I got my maglev license with my skills, okay?” Xia Shiyu rolled her eyes, showed the license in her hands, then tossed it into the drawer .
“Your new car?”
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Jiang Chen changed the subject . In fact, he wasn’t afraid of the maglev car; it was just because he was sitting beside a female driver .
“Of course . Magnetic levitation cars were launched in the middle of this month . The model of this car is called Luer EML-A1 . EML is an abbreviation of eletro-magnetic levitation . How do you like it?” Xia Shiyu said proudly .
“It looks quite good; I will buy one some time . ”
His hand clutching onto the armrest finally loosened, and Jiang Chen made a pertinent evaluation .
On automatic cruise mode, the speed of the car reached a daunting one hundred and fifty kilometers per hour . The scenery outside the window quickly disappeared . It was hard to imagine they were in the city center . After leaving the urban area, Xia Shiyu turned off automatic cruise and drove the car into the buffer lane, slowing down and slowly descending .
The wheels and the road connected then the vehicle sank onto the road, and Jiang Chen’s heartbeat also relaxed . He knew the EML had finally returned to the ground .
“The financial report of fiscal 2019 first quarter came out . ” Xia Shiyu skillfully switched to the road driving mode then spoke casually .
“Oh . ”
“You’re not curious about which department’s financial report was the most eye-catching?” Xia Shiyu glanced at him curiously .
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“Do I need to guess? The first was Future Technology, and the second was Future Heavy Industries . ” Jiang Chen shrugged .
Since the establishment of the New Reserve, he started to feel less and less astonished by the long astronomical figures in the financial reports . In particular, the last time he looked at the news, New Xin Dollars was the only settlement currency for space trade and swept 943 . 1 billion US Dollars in the foreign exchange market . For Future Group, more money was just a figure .
Of course, that wasn’t to say that money was useless, but his goal wasn’t just earning more money . The lunar colony had only just begun to turn a profit this year, and the rate of return was less than one-tenth of Future Technology’s virtual reality project, but he was willing to burn money on the moon colony project .
“On the contrary, Future Heavy Industries was first, and Future Technology was second . ” Xia Shiyu’s lips curved up .
“Oh? Manufacturing was more profitable than technology? Wait… I might know why . ” Jiang Chen was intrigued for a second before he realized .
After Celestial Trade promulgated “Celestial Trade Outer Space Resources Development Plan of 2019”, nine asteroids were contracted to various countries for mining, which led to a large number of foreign enterprises flocking to Celestial City . This led to a snowballing amount of orders sent to Future Heavy Industries for external space stations .
The price of a space station was between one billion to ten billion USD . Although many space station custom companies were in Silicon Valley, Cambridge and Singapore also accepted orders, but neither their quality nor reputation matched Future Heavy Industries . They could only share the markets left behind .
Jiang Chen also forgot about the record profits of the production of space stations . Not only did Future Heavy Industries surpass Future Technology in first quarter profits, but the division was likely to completely leave Future Technology in the dust .
“Right, there’s still one more thing . There are visitors from Hua . ”
“Let me guess—are they here to ask about outer space weapons?”
“You guessed wrong again . ” Xia Shiyu blinked . This playful gesture on her was cute because of the sharp contrast . “The Minister of Transportation and the CEO of First Automobile are visiting . ”
“Oh? Are they interested in magnetic levitation vehicles?” Jiang Chen showed interest .
“They heard about the concept of magnetic levitation vehicles and three-dimensional traffic . ” Xia Shiyu, proud of the fact, continued . “Especially after learning that magnetic levitation vehicles can effectively alleviate urban traffic congestion . ”
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