Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 731 Take it First and Talk Later

"The ITU hasn't approved our application for low-Earth orbit resources yet?"

Zhang Heping had just finished inspecting the black rocket standing on the launch pad, but he did not expect that Lu Zhongsheng, the general manager of Heping Aerospace Co., Ltd., would bring him such news.

He had been paying attention to the weather and was planning to find a sunny day in the near future to launch the rocket, but he did not expect to be blocked by the ITU International Telecommunication Union.

Mr. Lu, the general manager of Peace Space Company, said: “The ITU said that the safety of low-Earth orbit satellites needs to be studied.”

Among the three engineers who followed Zhang Heping down the launch pad, a fair-skinned young man said indignantly: "Research! Research! Those foreigners have been researching for half a year! I think they have ulterior motives and don't want us to launch!"

Zhang Heping walked in front in silence without complaining.

As early as seven years ago, when he publicly released 7G communication software and hardware technology in Hong Kong Island, he took satellite resources into consideration.

At that time, Chinese people from the ITU International Telecommunication Union and the ISO International Standards Organization were specially allowed to attend the press conference.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is currently stuck in its satellite orbit application, and there must be some obstruction from the Chinese in Magnesium.

After Zhang Heping returned to the command center north of the rocket launch site, he picked up the phone and called the telecommunications company to ask about their application for the 4G communication standard.

As Zhang Heping expected, the 4G communication protocol standards that the telecommunications companies applied for from the ITU International Telecommunication Union and the ISO International Standards Organization have not been approved and are still under so-called research.

In short, it's dragging...

Zhang Heping put down the phone, frowned and asked, "How's the weather recently?"

"Today's wind speed is level 3, and the wind speed is expected to be level 3 to 4 in the next three days." A crisp female voice responded. The owner of the voice was a young female technician in the front row.

Someone nearby whispered, "I heard from the locals that typhoon weather here usually occurs from July to October. If we delay any further, we may have to wait until November to launch!"

typhoon!

It is precisely because of this factor that Zhang Heping has been working so hard and rushing in the past few months!

If you miss early July, there is a possibility of typhoons in December, let alone November.

"Notify all departments to conduct another comprehensive inspection of the rocket. The Peace 5 rocket will make its maiden flight at p.m. today!" Zhang Heping said this and walked out.

Mr. Lu from Peace Aerospace hurried over and asked with some concern: "Teacher Zhang, are we going to test rocket recovery this afternoon? Do we need to remove the six satellites?"

"No need!" Zhang Heping said calmly, "The rule of the ITU is that the first one to get there first gets it, and the first one to get it gets it forever!"

“Since they want to study the safety of low-Earth satellites, we can help them test the safety of low-Earth satellites and then send them a report on whether the low-Earth satellites are safe or not.

"Oh, remember to notify Mr. Hua and the others, as well as the reporters in Shenzhen. I'll notify the reporters in Hong Kong and Macau."

Seeing that Zhang Heping was determined to have his own way, Lu Zhongsheng had no choice but to turn around and run back to the command center to make a phone call, hoping that Mr. Hua could persuade this technological genius.

After Zhang Heping left the command center, he waved away the two bodyguards who had come with him, and called ATV manager Qu from the car, asking him to notify some reporters to come and report on the rocket launch of Heping Aerospace Company.

As soon as I finished this call, Mr. Hua called me.

"Heping, do you think we should wait a little longer regarding the satellite launch?" Elder Hua's voice came slowly.

Zhang Heping said calmly: "Mr. Hua, we don't need the ITU's approval of standards. We want to be the ones who set standards, just like the 7G communication protocol I made public seven years ago, and the 1G communication protocol I made public later."

"Now is the critical time to make the 4G communication protocol public. We must not let down the communication satellite!"

"I know! I know!" Mr. Hua said soothingly on the other end of the phone: "What I mean is, can we postpone it for two months and let the foreign affairs department try to communicate again?"

"Mr. Hua, there are a group of bandits on the other side, and you want to reason with them!" Zhang Heping frowned and said, "If you are sure you want to postpone the rocket launch, I will return to Hong Kong Island in the afternoon!"

Faced with Zhang Heping's not-too-serious threat, Mr. Hua finally felt the depression that Director Wang had felt before.

He was clearly trying to persuade him in a nice way, but this brat had such a stubborn temper... so infuriating!

"Okay, I'll do as you say!" Mr. Hua said helplessly, "I'll go and notify people to prepare for the disaster!"

"Mr. Hua!" Zhang Heping called out. When he heard that the other party did not hang up the phone, he continued, "If the rocket launch is successful this afternoon, the Peace Aerospace Company will be handed over to you. I still have a lot of research to do later."

Mr. Hua was silent for a while before he said solemnly, "Don't worry, as long as the rocket launch here is successful, I will do everything I can to keep those experts who come here to exchange and learn."

Zhang Heping wanted to let go of the subsequent rocket launch missions of Peace Aerospace Company to save time for other things; Mr. Hua responded by retaining people, allowing more experts to work in Peace Aerospace Company and reduce Zhang Heping's worries.

The reason why Mr. Hua supports Zhang Heping so much is not only because of Zhang Heping's investment in the mainland, but also because of Zhang Heping's attitude of teaching others and his technologies that are at the leading international level!
After Zhang Heping returned home, he called Director Zhou of the Heping Precision Instrument Factory and told him about the rocket launch that afternoon and the six satellites being sent into space, and asked him if he wanted to bring people over to watch.

Although those six satellites were manufactured by the Precision Instrument Factory according to the drawings provided by Zhang Heping, they were also the product of great efforts of the technical backbones of the Precision Instrument Factory. Naturally, Director Zhou readily agreed to go to the scene to witness it.

Finally, Director Zhou also wanted to bring Director Lu from the neighboring optical card factory and Director Li from the monitoring equipment factory with him, because these two factories also contributed to the six satellites, such as chips, laser equipment, etc.

After Zhang Heping agreed, he called his eldest son Zhang Bei and second daughter Zhang Nan, who would not be home at noon. When he heard that they were very busy, he did not tell them about the rocket launch in the afternoon.

Tang Xin held Xiaoba Zhang Hao and sat on the sofa next to him. After Zhang Heping finished his call, she couldn't help but ask, "Honey, the rocket will be launched this afternoon. Can we go and watch it?"

"You can come with me after lunch." Zhang Heping stood up and said, "I'm going to go to the underground base and ask the experts and assistants who participated in the production of the rocket engine if they want to go and watch it on site."

Tang Xin smiled and said, "I'll go ask Shu Ting and Xiao Nian, they will definitely go."

Just like that, with the help of Zhang Heping and the publicity from ATV manager Qu, the news of the rocket launch on the Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen spread quickly.

...

Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Government.

"Mr. Governor, you've heard that Peace Aerospace will launch a rocket this afternoon, right?" Seeing that the Eagle Country guy sitting on the sofa opposite him didn't respond, Blond Tom continued to speak solemnly:

"Our intelligence personnel did not get any information about smartphones. We wanted to force them to apply for smartphone technology patents abroad through the ITU, but we didn't expect Zhang Heping to disobey ITU rules and unilaterally launch satellites to disrupt the international order."

"Director Tom, have you forgotten the ITU's first-come, first-served rule?" The Governor of Hong Kong held a cup of coffee and stirred it slowly. "Also, I want to make it clear that we at Great Eagle did not send intelligence personnel to spy on Mr. Zhang's smartphone, nor did we let the ITU force him."

Director Blond Tom suppressed his anger. If it weren't for the inaction of these American hawks over the past year, would their Magnesium Embassy have been cut off from water, electricity and gas until now?

"Mr. Governor!" Curator Tom took a deep breath and said seriously, "The mainland has submitted an application for the 4G communication protocol standard!"

"According to this standard, our experts in Magnesium believe that the construction of 4G communication network does not require satellite forwarding, but in the information they submitted, they added low-Earth satellites. There must be a conspiracy that we don't know about!" "This time, we must work together to stop the development of Peace Aerospace Company until they hand over the real 4G communication technology and related satellite information!"

The Governor took a sip of coffee and was stared at by the man opposite for three minutes before he said calmly, "Excuse me, but you might as well leave the work that offends Mr. Zhang to the next director. You'd better think about your way out now."

"You've been in Hong Kong for almost a year, but the embassy's water, electricity and gas problems have not been resolved yet, haha..."

Just as the Governor was laughing at this stupid old man, two female secretaries came in and whispered something to their superiors.

After listening to a few words, the Governor of Hong Kong said to his female secretary indifferently, "Since Shenzhen doesn't welcome us to visit, let's take a boat over there."

"Governor, this is the first rocket test over there, the chance of failure is very high!" The female secretary said worriedly, "You'd better not go. I'll record a rocket launch video for you to watch later."

Director Tom of the Magnesium Embassy also received the news that Shenzhen would not allow them to pass, and was worrying about how to find out the information about the Peace Aerospace Company's rocket launch. However, after being reminded by the Governor of Hong Kong, he also felt that it was feasible to go there by boat.

So, the magnesium guy took the opportunity to say goodbye, not wanting to be ridiculed by the eagle guy again.

Curator Tom speculated that the reason why these American hawks seemed indifferent to smartphones was because they had invested a lot of money in real estate on Hong Kong Island and were worried about angering Mr. Zhang, the richest man in the country, which would lead to a sharp drop in Hong Kong Island housing prices, causing them to suffer huge losses!
The purpose of collecting smartphone data is to make money for the upper class.

On the surface, the purpose of developing Hong Kong Island real estate is to make money for the upper class, but in reality, these Eagle Country guys must have invested their own funds to bet on Hong Kong Island real estate!

Both sides are making money, one for the public, and the other for both the public and private sectors. The Eagles will naturally choose the way to make money that has the best of both worlds.

This speculation was made by Curator Tom after he spent more than half a year observing and investigating in Hong Kong Island. He feels that it is very close to the truth.

After leaving the Hong Kong government, the blonde secretary couldn't help but ask, "Director, should we go back now, or should we find other solutions with those Chinese businessmen?"

Curator Tom smiled and said, "Go rent a yacht, I'll go get the telescope, and we'll go over there by boat to watch the rocket explode!"

...

The rocket launch site of Peace Aerospace Corporation is located in a mountain valley at the southwestern end of Dapeng Peninsula.

An air defense system is deployed at the north and south ends of the rocket launch site.

In addition, the air defense system in the Renheyi community on the top of Taiping Mountain was also notified to be on full alert.

In addition, there are three frigates equipped with anti-aircraft artillery patrolling the sea south of Dapeng Peninsula.

With this kind of defense measure, as long as the rocket does not explode on the spot or an accident occurs during the descent and recovery process, there is no need to worry about the impact on nearby cities.

Zhang Heping took his wife and children directly to the rocket launch command center.

This command center is located at the foot of the hillside north of the launch site. It was expanded horizontally when the tunnel was originally dug, and the defensive fortifications are well done.

Experts from Shenzhen Peace College, Precision Instrument Factory, Optical Card Factory, and Monitoring Equipment Factory went to the highest mountain in the central part of Dapeng Peninsula with the reporters and Hong Kong businessmen.

As time passed, many ships arrived in Dapeng Bay west of Dapeng Peninsula and on the sea in the south. On them were cameras with long and short lenses, video cameras, telescopes, as well as foreigners with different skin colors and hair colors.

December 7, 1pm.

"Teacher Zhang!" Inside the command center, a middle-aged male engineer in gray-white work clothes stood up and said loudly, "We have completed the comprehensive inspection and found no abnormalities!"

Zhang Heping nodded and said calmly: "Notify the launch site, all staff members to evacuate, and start the mechanical self-inspection."

"Weather monitoring team, report the weather monitoring situation every 5 minutes!"

"Environmental monitoring team, pay attention to the surrounding situation and report any abnormalities at any time!"

...

Central part of Dapeng Peninsula, top of Qiniang Mountain.

"Grandpa, I saw a rocket! It's over there, with only a pointed black tip sticking out." A teenage boy looked through the telescope and pointed excitedly toward the southwest.

President He of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce looked over, but still didn't see the rocket, so he asked his grandson to give him the telescope.

Then, under the constant guidance of his little grandson, President He saw the rocket made by Zhang Heping.

"Is that black cone really a rocket?" President He put down the telescope uncertainly.

The He family's grandson took back the telescope and said with certainty, "There's only one point around that looks like a rocket, and the height of a rocket can't be too short, so it's most likely him."

"Mr. He!" Chairman Guo, who was standing beside him, put down his binoculars and said with a smile, "Look at the cameras and video cameras of those reporters. They are all facing southwest. Mr. Zhang's rocket is probably really over there!"

Chairman Ho said with emotion: "Four years ago, Hong Kong Island Telecom invested in a communication satellite in the Mainland, but it has not yielded any results so far. I didn't expect that Mr. Zhang was so persistent in the communication satellite that he personally supervised its construction here!"

Zhongxin Rong said with a smile: "I heard from my friends at the ITU that in the 4G communication network being built by mainland telecommunications companies, communication satellites play a very important role."

"Mr. Rong!" Mr. Li, the real estate owner standing a little further away, said with a smile, "I heard that it was because your Asia Satellite Company was pushing too hard that Mr. Zhang had to do the satellite launch here!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Rong Lao said seriously, "When we first established a joint venture satellite company, we also approached the Peace Group."

"Look, there's white smoke coming out over there!"

"The rocket is launched!"

Cries of surprise rang out, attracting everyone on the ridge.

In the southwest direction, a black rocket as thick as a thumb slowly rose in the rising white air, and then flew faster and faster, dragging three purple flames.

"It really flew up!" The words of Mr. Li, the real estate boss, were filled with complex emotions such as disbelief, unwillingness, and envy.

When the black rocket was too small to be seen, applause broke out on the ridge.

Among the applauding crowd were experts and technicians involved in the production of rocket parts, invited journalists from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and a group of Hong Kong businessmen who came specially from Hong Kong Island.

Just as the applause on the top of the mountain died down and everyone was going down the mountain, the little grandson of the He family suddenly exclaimed.

"Oh no! That rocket fell down!"

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(End of this chapter)