157: Two announcements released simultaneously
Liu Xiaolin was very happy after hearing this. He hadn't expected General Gui's efficiency to be so fast, nor had he expected his superiors to agree so readily to the various requests he had made.
"Okay, should I still go to Tianxiang Teahouse to find you?" Liu Xiaolin asked.
"No, this time you come to this company to find me. I have already prepared all the contracts. Also, our leader wants to meet you," General Gui said.
When Liu Xiaolin heard that the leader wanted to see him, he felt a little nervous. Why would such a big leader want to meet him?
But since the other party had brought it up, of course he couldn't refuse. After all, the other party was his client.
"Okay, what time please?" Liu Xiaolin asked.
"Tomorrow at nine in the morning." General Gui hung up after speaking.
Liu Xiaolin thought to himself, after investing such a huge amount of money, he could finally see a return now. It wasn't bad.
What was important was that this was business that someone had actively brought to him, which was the same as actively giving him money.
Liu Xiaolin's mood improved greatly.
At this moment, someone knocked on the office door.
"Please come in," Liu Xiaolin said loudly.
The person who entered in response was the Minister of Comprehensive Department. He walked in holding the drafted announcement for the launch of the Xingji Travel Group and the draft announcement for transporting supplies to the Dragon Country Space Station.
"Xingji Travel Group, we are about to depart! Following the successful second test flight of wanderer one, we are launching the first Xingji Travel Group. The destination is the Moon, which we gaze upon every day! This is the first inter-planetary travel group in history. To ensure travel safety, this travel group only offers 20 spots for interstellar travel. Each tourist is required to provide a medical examination report and pay a group fee of five million yuan. After your application is approved and you join our Xingji Travel Group, Wanderer Aerospace will provide all accommodation, meals, and insurance for a one-week trip from Earth to the Moon (Note: The tourist safety insurance is provided by a Beautiful Country insurance company.) Registration Phone: , Registration Email: , Contact Person: . After all 20 passengers have registered and successfully paid, we will select a departure date. Please look forward to it!"
"Due to a certain spacecraft being in the maintenance phase, wanderer one has been entrusted with transporting living supplies to the Dragon Country Space Station. The time is TBD. Please look forward to it."
After Liu Xiaolin read these two announcements, although their lengths differed greatly, he felt that as long as the matters were explained clearly, it was fine. So, with a flourish of his pen, he signed them and then told the Minister of Comprehensive Department to publish the announcements.
It was a workday, and normally not many people paid attention to Wanderer Aerospace's official website, but for some reason, as soon as the two announcements were released, they caused a huge reaction online.
The live stream room for wanderer one became even more lively.
"Wow, wanderer one has become capable! It can even transport supplies for our Space Station now! Awesome!"
"Then can we 'cloud supervise' the transportation process?"
"Probably, General Manager Liu seems to have promised to live stream for us every time wanderer one goes out."
"Did you see the other announcement? Five million yuan! It's really a travel group only rich people can join."
"The announcement didn't say only Dragon Country people can join, right? Does that mean foreigners can also sign up?"
"I don't want my big baby (referring to the spacecraft) to take foreigners for a trip."
"What's the use of not hoping? We don't have that much money. We can't just let wanderer one's Xingji Travel Group fail to form, right!"
"That's true. Five million is a huge sum for us, but it's nothing for the rich."
"Exactly. They spend money to go on Interstellar Travel with wanderer one, and we can still watch the live stream."
"But didn't General Manager Liu say that it could only be live streamed if all the passengers agreed?"
"Then let's make more requests and appeals to the passengers!"
"I wonder when the group can successfully launch!"
"At the earliest, it'll take two months, I think."
Then, the internet was flooded with reposts of these two announcements as the most sensational news.
Liu Xiaolin watched with satisfaction as the news of the Xingji Travel Group launch announcement spread all over the internet, thinking how great the internet was, saving so much on advertising fees!
Now he just had to wait for people to call and sign up. The contact person and phone number were with the Comprehensive Department. Liu Xiaolin instructed the Minister of Comprehensive Department that once someone applied, they must first provide a medical examination report, personal information, and bank credit report.
wanderer one was very safe, but unsafe group members could not be allowed.
However, strangely, no one called to sign up the entire afternoon.
Liu Xiaolin was slightly disappointed. Could it be that rich people weren't interested in the Xingji Travel Group?
If they couldn't gather 20 passengers, it would be difficult for the first Xingji Travel Group to form.
Was the group fee too high? Not at all, because the purpose of pricing the fee this time was just to break even. The first group launch wasn't intended to make money. On the contrary, transporting supplies for the Space Station was the profitable project. The purpose of launching the group was merely to prove to everyone that wanderer one was a civilian spacecraft, serving the public – well, serving the wealthy public, of course.
He didn't want to think about it anymore. He would take things one step at a time. There was no need to worry about these matters.
Liu Xiaolin told himself this and felt much more at ease.
There was no need to borrow tomorrow's anxiety, much less ruin his good mood.
So, in a good mood, he returned to New Hope, listened to Shen Zhiyong report on some production and sales information about the Xiao Mifeng Drone, and called Mom to ask about the situation at Jiangnan Machinery Factory. The situation at both companies was very good, which was enough to make Liu Xiaolin feel relaxed and happy. He even ate an extra half bowl of rice for dinner.
The next day, Liu Xiaolin went to that company as scheduled. There were actually soldiers standing guard at the entrance, and only then did Liu Xiaolin realize this must be a military-industrial enterprise. After registering with the guard, the guard made a phone call, and General Gui came to pick him up.
"I didn't expect you guys to work here," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile.
"There are many more things you wouldn't expect. Soon you'll see an old acquaintance," General Gui said enthusiastically, holding Liu Xiaolin's hand.
"An old acquaintance? Who?" Liu Xiaolin thought to himself, he didn't know anyone from military-industrial enterprises.
"You'll know once we go in," General Gui led Liu Xiaolin into the office building.
This was a ten-story building, with soldiers standing guard on every floor. It looked heavily guarded.
"The leader hasn't arrived yet. I'll take you to the third floor to see an old acquaintance first," General Gui pressed the elevator button for the third floor.
After getting out of the elevator, a hearty laugh came over: "Oh, is it my old friend who has come? Long time no see."
Liu Xiaolin found the voice very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was right away.
Only when the person walked closer did Liu Xiaolin suddenly realize: "So it was you!"
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