Chapter 858
As Jiang Chen had expected, after coming home from work one day, Natasha wanted to speak to him .
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“The Kremlin hopes that you can fulfill the original contract ahead of schedule . As compensation, we are willing to buy five RM-320 rocket engines at twice the price . ”
After Celestial Trade received Russia’s contract to supply the International Space Station, Jiang Chen reached an agreement with Russia to sell the RM-320 rocket engine used on Celestial 1 at reasonable prices several years later .
Jiang Chen originally was planning to wait until 10 years later before fulfilling the agreement . However, seeing that all the countries in the world were preparing to reach the Moon , Russia couldn’t just sit on the sideline . With a tight budget, they couldn’t afford to invest too much money in developing more advanced rocket engines, so it was natural that the Kremlin thought of Jiang Chen .
The RM-320 engine was no longer used by Celestial Trade . Although it marked the top technical jewel of the apocalypse’s rocket, it was the product of nearly 50 years of almost zero rocket development . After the birth of space elevators, no one developed the troublesome and high-cost rocket engines . Instead, they devoted all their energy to missiles and spacecraft engines .
But this didn’t mean it was technically impossible to improve the engine .
After integrating some of the pre-war technology, the apocalypse scientists made improvements on the RM-320 rocket engine and developed a more advanced RM-400—which was exactly what Celestial Trade used for its Moon landing .
From this perspective, it didn’t seem to be an issue to sell RM-320 engines to Russia . However, taking into account his strategic needs, Jiang Chen hoped that Russia could focus on Eastern Europe instead of a gradually escalating space race .
So, after organizing his thoughts, Jiang Chen shrugged and replied .
“There are only two years left before 2020 . Can’t you wait?”
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“Time doesn’t wait and the technology will be outdated . Under the current international environment, who knows if your RM-320 will still be leading the space race in 2020?” Natasha rolled her eyes .
Jiang Chen laughed when he heard the question .
Even with a decade, SpaceX’s Falcon series wouldn’t catch up to the RM-320 .
“How about this . I promise that before the end of 2020, the performance of RM-320 will still be leading . ”
“What if it’s not?” Natasha said .
“Then I will not sell it and give it to you for free . ” Jiang Chen smiled confidently .
Natasha thought for a moment and nodded .
“In this case… there should be no problem . Then I will reply to the Kremlin . ”
“Wait . ”
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Natasha, who was preparing to get up, sat back down .
“What else?”
“Since it is a gambling contract, then whether win or lose, there should be a prize,” Jiang Chen said . “If I win, and no rocket engine is superior to the RM-320 in terms of performance by the end of 2020, what do you plan to pay? ”
Hearing Jiang Chen’s words, Natasha’s lips closed together and her long curved legs crossed together
“Oh? What do you want?”
Jiang Chen smiled and proposed .
With a gambling contract, Natasha left Jiangchen’s mansio . Although it was already eight o’clock in the evening, the embassy did not close for the day . To be honest, Natasha had more than enough credentials to serve as an emissary through her repeated effort in reaching agreements with Future Group .
However, for some odd reasons, she did not seem to have any plans for promotion .
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At noon the following day, Russia delivered four new Guardian-class frigates to Celestial Trade . This 500 million US Dollar military sales were paid with Xin New Dollar . Due to the astonishing success of the Moon colonization program and the end to the region conflict with Moro securing the victory, the Xin New Dollar showed a trend of continued strength in the foreign exchange market, and the exchange rate against the US Dollar had risen to 1:1 . 2 .
Although the rising exchange rate didn’t benefit exports, many industries of Future Group were unique and without competition . In addition, an increase in the exchange rate meant that Xin’s import prices were cheaper, and it would help Xin’s companies to invest overseas and expand their influence on the international economy .
The four Guardian-class frigates were sent to Coconut Island . The engineering robots would equip them with Type-50 J-model electromagnetic pulse cannons . Counting two ships and two submarines that were previously purchased from Russia, Celestial Navy already owned six frigates, more than sufficient to form an attacking formation with maneuverability and firepower .
In addition, the shipyard of Future Military was built on Ange Island, and orders for the first destroyer had been issued . Soon after, Celestial Trade would list its own produced warships and use its own gunboats to defend its sovereignty .
After the completion of the handover ceremony, Jiang Chen returned to Coro Island . When he noticed the time, he headed to the Future Building .
After Xia Shiyu reported on the company’s most recent progress, Ivan’s phone call followed .
Touching the screen and picking up the phone, Jiang Chen asked .
“What’s the matter?”
“It’s related to Madagascar . ” Ivan replied . “At present, Madagascar’s government forces, with the help of the foreign troops we dispatched, are already besieging Arrow and the rebels trapped in the Bezaha area in the southern part of the island . President Bernard called us half an hour ago and hoped that we could cooperate with the government forces in the final attack on the besieged rebels . ”
Ivan paused and waited for Jiang Chen’s instructions .
Jiang Chen’s index finger gently tapped the table and debated .
As early as Celestial Trade’s soldiers landed on Madagascar, the outcome of the war had already been decided . No matter how the former President La Jonah fought together with Arrow, he could not escape the end of this demise .
However, Jiang Chen did not order the Foreign Corps to eliminate the enemy immediately, but instead dragged the war out for as long as possible .
Jiang Chen’s approach was the exact same as that of the Moro Independent War . Only when Madagascar owed enough money would the government be more obedient . Rather than forcing Celestial Trade to intervene on the island, he hoped to be greeted as a savior .
What’s more, dragging this war on had also consumed the strength of the Freemasonry .
However, the Jews seem to have given up this chess piece . Originally, they were sending more mercenaries to Madagascar . Now, even the transporting of supplies became more cautious . The turmoil in Eastern Europe has left them with no energy for the southernmost island of Africa .
Obviously, from the perspective of the Freemasonry, the threat from Russia was far greater than that of Future Group, a multi-national company .
“Send our Auror20s and finish this mess . ” After a long pause, Jiang Chen ordered .
“Roger!”