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Chapter 897 Entering the game with one’s own body is the best way to win.

After hearing what Li Dongling said, Academician Sun sighed deeply and said with some self-mockery, "Not everyone is like Mr. Li. Nowadays, many people shy away from me when they see me!"

In recent years, Academician Sun has been running around to raise funds for the Beidou system project. Naturally, those people have a headache when they meet Academician Sun.

Moreover, whether or not to continue developing Beidou is actually a huge controversy within the aerospace industry, which makes it even more difficult for Academician Sun to raise funds.

Due to Academician Sun's qualifications and influence, when Academician Sun personally came to ask for funds, those people had to approve the funds. But now that all units are doing well, over the past few years, they have kept their distance from Academician Sun.

Li Dongling heard the hidden meaning in Academician Sun's words, which could make even a figure of such a high level as Mount Tai and Beidou feel difficult. It can be seen that the Beidou project is indeed having a hard time now.

Everyone sat down, and Xiao Kecheng said to Academician Sun, "AutoNavi Map Company, thank you Academician Sun for your support. If it weren't for Academician Sun's support, we wouldn't have been able to obtain the national mapping qualification so quickly!"

"Don't thank me, you guys spent so much money to buy this, I just ran errands!"

Academician Sun said this with a hint of sarcasm, which made Xiao Kecheng feel a little embarrassed.

Amap donated funds for the manufacture and launch of a satellite to the Bureau of Land and Resources, the Meteorological Bureau, and the Space Administration. In fact, it wanted to use the Space Administration to obtain national map surveying and mapping qualifications.

Among these three, the Space Administration is undoubtedly the one that needs the most money, and must be the most attracted to Amap's proposal.

However, Academician Sun had naturally seen through the intentions of Amap a long time ago, but he just went along with it.

Academician Sun also knew that even without his intervention, with Dongling Hi-Tech's influence and such a large donation, AutoNavi would definitely be able to obtain the map surveying and mapping qualifications.

Even though he knew that this was an open conspiracy, Academician Sun was willing to join in and work for AutoNavi. In fact, his purpose was to divert the funds donated by AutoNavi to the Beidou project.

With his presence, the Land and Resources Bureau and the Meteorological Bureau would definitely give him some face, and nearly 60% of the donation money was taken away by Academician Sun!

“In fact, even if we don’t give this surveying qualification to you, we will give it to other companies!

There is a newly established company called Carlead that is also seeking map surveying qualifications! "

Academician Sun said to Li Dongling and Xiao Kecheng. He did not reveal too much, but he had already reminded them that the opponent of Amap had appeared.

Carlife was just established this year, and its goal is also to provide in-car navigation. It is foreseeable that in the future, Carlife will most likely be one of AutoNavi's most important rivals.

When Xiao Kecheng heard about the appearance of AutoNavi, he couldn't help but perk up. However, compared with its competitors who were just starting out and were still using various methods to obtain surveying and mapping qualifications, AutoNavi had an advantage and did not need to worry about funding or surveying and mapping qualifications.

"Now the global navigation industry is developing, China must have its own navigation company. If not, then in the future we will be subject to foreign companies!"

When Academician Sun mentioned this, his expression was very serious. The commercialization of GPS navigation has just begun. If China does not occupy this market, it will be occupied by overseas companies.

In the past, there were a number of navigation companies in the country, and they even turned this industry into free navigation. But don’t think that this thing has no technical content. Just like the most common fertilizer bags in the country, not many countries in the world can produce them independently.

As for navigation systems, in the past, more than 90 countries and more than % of the regions did not have their own navigation systems and all used Google Maps.

That is, Google knows everything about the roads, ports, buildings, various facilities, buses, trains, flights, subway routes and even some sensitive areas in these areas.

In other words, the FBI, the Pentagon and other agencies in the United States are well aware of these regions!

If there are no domestic navigation companies in the country, it is possible that this navigation market will be occupied by foreign companies.

So for Academician Sun, whether it is AutoNavi or Carlife, the most important thing is that these navigation companies are domestically produced, which is the most important point.

"We have to thank Academician Sun no matter what. If it weren't for Academician Sun, AutoNavi Maps wouldn't have been able to obtain surveying and mapping qualifications so quickly!

In the future, I hope Academician Sun can continue to guide Amap!" Li Dongling said to Academician Sun.

If AutoNavi Maps can have the guidance of Academician Sun in the future, there will be no need to worry about the technical aspects, especially the Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology, which can license some technologies to AutoNavi, which will be enough for AutoNavi to leave its competitors far behind.

With the endorsement of Academician Sun, it is equivalent to that Guide, which originated from Dongling Hi-Tech, has also become a domestic aerospace company and obtained technical support from major research institutes and research institutes of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry!
Academician Sun glanced at Li Dongling and understood what Li Dongling was thinking. If it was in the past, Academician Sun would have been a little bit reluctant to hear that the Aerospace Research Institute was going to cooperate with a company.

But now, as the director of the Pingyang Aerospace Research Institute just said, the times have changed, and the landscape of the aerospace industry has also changed!

In the past, it was America and Russia that were competing for space supremacy. Other places like China, old Europe, Japan, and others also allocated funds to the aerospace industry from their national treasuries, without caring about gains and losses, just to keep up with the technology.

Even NASA in America is facing financial difficulties now and has to go to Capitol Hill every year to ask for funding from the bosses there.

The Russian Space Administration is even more miserable, surviving by selling its assets.

As for the domestic aerospace industry, Academician Sun knows that changes are also needed. If the Beidou project relies entirely on funding from above, it will have to wait until the domestic financial resources become strong enough, but it is not known how long that will take.

"It is not impossible for the Space Administration and the Space Research Institute to continue to deepen their cooperation with AutoNavi!"

Academician Sun's words shocked Xiao Kecheng and the middle-aged man from the Pingyang Research Institute. Academician Sun's words contained so much information.

Having already spoken, Academician Sun continued to say to Li Dongling, "To be honest, I came here this time to discuss something. Mr. Li should have heard of the Beidou Satellite Navigation System project, right?"

When Xiao Kecheng heard Academician Sun mention the Beidou system, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face, while the middle-aged man next to him became somewhat excited.

The Beidou project is no longer a secret in China, but not many people are optimistic about this project at present!
Not to mention foreign media, which are cynical about the Beidou project, even domestic media are pessimistic.

Now is an era where the moon is rounder abroad than at home, and things that can be done abroad are not considered achievable at home.

The satellite navigation system, the world's most advanced technology, is currently only available in America. Old Europe, Japan, Russia and other places are unable to do so.

Therefore, domestic and overseas media are pessimistic about Academician Sun taking the lead in the Beidou project. Of course, the technical aspect is the most important part.

It took America 20 years to develop GPS, and in the eyes of many media, China's aerospace technology lags behind America by more than 20 years, perhaps even half a century. In other words, many people believe that China will not be able to develop a satellite navigation system within half a century!
In addition to technology, the more important issue is funding. America spent as much as 30 billion US dollars on PGS. And that was 30 billion US dollars in the 1970s and 1980s. At that time, the annual GDP of many countries in the world did not have that much!
Even if the cost of developing satellite navigation in China is as low as possible, the Beidou project will cost at least half of the cost of America's GPS, or at least one-third!

Even if it is only one third, it would be nearly 10 billion US dollars. How much funding does the entire domestic aerospace industry get in a year? Even if all the funds are given to Beidou, it would not be enough.

No matter how strong Academician Sun is, and how careful he is in managing the project, he has planned a strategy for Beidou. The Beidou-1 system is experimental in nature. It will launch four experimental satellites and proceed to the next step after they are successful.

This can minimize the risk, but there are still countless people who are skeptical, including some bigwigs in the technical department, who are also a little worried that so much money will be wasted.

This is why there are voices for China to join the old European Galileo satellite navigation. Buying tickets from old Europe seems to be much less risky than doing it on its own...

When Li Dongling heard Academician Sun mention the Beidou project, many thoughts suddenly flashed through his mind. The Beidou project is definitely a project that will burn a lot of money.

Moreover, the time span was too long. It went through two chief designers and took more than ten years to complete. Of course, the project was delayed due to insufficient funds.

But halfway through, the Beidou project was almost suspended, and was joined by the old European Galileo satellite navigation project. This shows that there is actually factional struggle in the country over Beidou.

"Of course, Dongling Hi-Tech has heard of the Beidou project!" Li Dongling said to Academician Sun.

After hearing what Li Dongling said, Academician Sun looked straight at Li Dongling and asked a question that shocked everyone present, "Do you think the Beidou project can be accomplished, Mr. Li?"

This question was too straightforward. We could even say that Academician Sun was using his own reputation and academic qualifications to ask Li Dongling whether he thought highly of his ability to lead the Beidou project team and establish Beidou satellite navigation!
Li Dongling had no way of beating around the bush and could only say, "I believe that the Beidou navigation system can be built under the leadership of Academician Sun!"

Li Dongling also emphasized the words "Academician Sun". This was also to tell the other party that Li Dongling only believed in this matter and that only he could do it. If someone else came, Li Dongling would not believe it.

Academician Sun could naturally hear the hidden meaning behind Li Dongling's words, but he also got the answer he wanted from Li Dongling and directly asked him the purpose of his visit.

"I wonder if Mr. Li is willing to let AutoNavi Maps join the Beidou project?"

(End of this chapter)