148: Someone from the US Space Department has arrived

Liu Xiaolin then pointed out the other issues one by one. Some project budgets needed to be increased, some needed to be decreased, and of course, some projects maintained their original plans under Zhang Weichen's strong arguments.

After a full day of discussion, the two finally finalized the preliminary budget report.

"This is the preliminary budget report; it still needs further discussion by our expert group before a final decision can be made," Liu Xiaolin said with satisfaction.

"Well, that's settled. I won't accompany you tomorrow. I need to go work properly with Engineer Niu." Zhang Weichen had been itching to get back to work all day.

Suddenly, Liu Xiaolin's phone rang.

"General Manager Liu, someone is looking for you," Shen Zhiyong suddenly called, saying out of the blue.

"Who is it? Who's looking for me?" Liu Xiaolin asked casually.

"It's not convenient to talk on the phone. Hurry and come over," Shen Zhiyong said mysteriously.

Liu Xiaolin wondered what kind of mysterious person it was. Why couldn't they talk on the phone? But based on his understanding of Shen Zhiyong, he decided to quickly return to New Hope.

When he drove into the courtyard of New Hope, Shen Zhiyong was waiting for him at the entrance.

"Who exactly is it?" Liu Xiaolin knew the visitor must be important when he saw Shen Zhiyong waiting for him outside after he got out of the car.

"It's someone from Beautiful Country's Ministry of Aerospace," Shen Zhiyong said mysteriously.

"What? Beautiful Country's Ministry of Aerospace?" Liu Xiaolin was greatly surprised.

Why would they come looking for him? He heard that Beautiful Country's Space station was about to expire soon, and the new Space station hadn't been built yet. Did they have some ulterior motive for seeking him out?

Beautiful Country's Space station had always served their military. He definitely couldn't have any cooperation with them.

Liu Xiaolin immediately gave himself a warning.

"Yes, it's someone from Beautiful Country's Ministry of Aerospace. They said they want to discuss cooperation with us," Shen Zhiyong added.

"What kind of cooperation could we have with them? We develop and manufacture civilian Spaceplanes. What connection is there to their military use?" Liu Xiaolin said disdainfully.

"They're still waiting. Let's not talk outside anymore. Hurry and go in," Shen Zhiyong couldn't help but remind him.

"Alright, let's go in and meet this person from Beautiful Country." Liu Xiaolin straightened his back and walked towards his office.

Walking into the office, he saw a blonde, blue-eyed beauty sitting elegantly on the sofa. She wore a black professional women's suit, and under her knee-length skirt, the curve of her rounded calves was perfect. Her feet, wearing black high heels, were crossed on the floor, her whole posture graceful.

"I thought it would be a man. I didn't expect it to be a beauty. Is this a honey trap for me?" Liu Xiaolin was secretly surprised as he looked at the beauty from Beautiful Country.

"Hello, I am Liu Xiaolin," Liu Xiaolin said, taking the initiative to greet her.

"I've long admired your name, General Manager Liu. Hello, I am Alice from Beautiful Country. It's a pleasure to meet you," Alice immediately stood up and said with a smile. Her Dragon Country language was exceptionally fluent and standard. If you only listened to her voice without seeing her appearance, you would think she was a native Dragon Country person.

"Hello Alice, it's a pleasure to meet you. Please, have a seat. Deputy General Manager Shen, please make a cup of coffee," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile.

Shen Zhiyong naturally knew this was a conversation for the two of them. He wisely brought a cup of coffee and then closed the door and left.

"May I ask the purpose of Miss Alice's visit?" Liu Xiaolin didn't want to beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"I believe you've already guessed the purpose of my visit. Yes, it's exactly as you think. Our Beautiful Country's Space station is about to expire soon, and building a new Space station will take at least five years. We cannot abandon the development of Space during these five years," Alice said. Since she was here to discuss cooperation, there was no need to hide some key information.

"I've heard about these matters regarding your Beautiful Country's Ministry of Aerospace. However, what kind of cooperation could you have with me? You know, I'm just the Boss of a private enterprise. I might not be able to help you," Liu Xiaolin closed the door as soon as he spoke, afraid the other party would make some inappropriate demands.

How could Alice give up? "If you couldn't help us, why would I cross the ocean to see you?"

"We can be good friends! I can also cross the ocean to see you in the future!" Seeing that the other party even knew Dragon Country's popular songs, Liu Xiaolin naturally played along with the reference.

"Jokes aside, I came with full sincerity and hope you can listen carefully to our idea," Alice said seriously.

"Alright, you speak first, I'm listening," Liu Xiaolin said seriously when he saw that joking wouldn't get him out of it.

"Our Beautiful Country Ministry of Aerospace's cooperation plan will not disrupt your travel group. On the contrary, we will send people to join your travel group every time, and it will be a chartered flight," Alice said.

"Chartered flight? Does that mean taking over all passenger cabins?" Liu Xiaolin asked.

"Not just the passenger cabins, we'll charter the cockpit as well," Alice said.

"Do you mean you want to rent our wanderer one?" Liu Xiaolin finally understood.

Alice meant not to join the Xingji Travel Group, but to charter wanderer one for Space testing. However, they couldn't say this publicly and still had to travel under the name of the Xingji Travel Group.

In this situation, people who didn't know the truth would definitely think this was a normal Interstellar Travel, which would have no impact on his company.

It seemed Beautiful Country's Ministry of Aerospace had already prepared various contingency plans.

"Yes, we will rent wanderer one three times a year to conduct Space research on three different planets. Each time, we will travel under the name of the Xingji Travel Group, which will definitely not cause you any trouble," Alice said.

"You've thought of everything," Liu Xiaolin was a little dumbfounded.

"As for the cost, you can make any demands. Especially regarding money, you can ask for anything you want. We will agree," Alice said.

This sentence dispelled Liu Xiaolin's idea of scaring the other party away with a high price.

Now, what method should he use to refuse? He couldn't refuse too obviously. After all, Dragon Country and Beautiful Country still had a lot of cooperation. If he offended them, it would also be detrimental to Dragon Country.

What should he do? What could he say to make them unable to accept it without damaging the current cooperative relationship between the two countries?

Liu Xiaolin's mind was racing, but he was still rambling, "Oh, I know Beautiful Country has plenty of money. I'm definitely not worried about the money. But, what we're facing now isn't a money issue; it's another issue."

"Another issue? Tell me, tell me so I can see if I can help," Alice pressed on.

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