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Chapter 427: The Struggle for Dominance of Europe's Space Industry
To put it bluntly, what Lin Jia said is just a patchwork of designs that are well received by other car companies.

The brand concept of Space is constructed by stacking high-tech elements that have been recognized by consumers in the past.

There is nothing wrong with this approach. It can only be said that it is in line with the style of China's new energy vehicle companies when they entered the market in the past five years. He is worthy of being a senior executive at Xiaomi Auto. When he was a senior executive at Xiaomi, he must have fully studied the competing products of friendly companies.

The overall idea is very Xiaomi.

If the brand uses Space, there is nothing wrong with this idea. But when the brand is called Light Armor, consumers will pay for such a higher-end Xiaomi design concept. However, paying once does not mean that consumers will pay for it repeatedly.

More importantly, luxury brands are more about telling stories and selling your brand concept to consumers. Once you have established the concept in consumers' minds that the mecha car is just a patchwork, or even further, just a higher-end Xiaomi, the damage may be irreversible.

The more Lin Jia thought about it, the more he felt that he was faced with two paths. One was to change the brand, but the entire first car had to be completely rebuilt; the second was to continue along the existing line of thought, but continue to use Space as the brand.

After Lin Jia shared her thoughts with Chen Yuanguang, Chen Yuanguang paused for a moment and said, "In my opinion, there is still a lot of time.

You can be as bold as possible in the design of concept cars and ask the car designer team to use the latest concepts as much as possible when designing. I can help you solve some technical problems.

You can learn more from the future cars in science fiction works. Of course, I can't make the car like the one in "Back to the Future" that can travel through time and space and move freely between different spaces.

The cars that can fly in the sky like airplanes in "The Fifth Element" and "Blade Runner" cannot do this either, because anti-gravity itself is a false proposition.

But whether it is the amphibious vehicle in "Waterworld" or "The Three-Body Problem", it is completely possible with existing technology.

Unlike BYD's amphibious vehicles, from a technical perspective it can be as flexible in water as on land, and even as smooth as a submarine.

You can imagine that after entering the water, it transforms into a form that is more suitable for underwater driving, making it truly amphibious.

This is something that no one has done yet, and it is innovative enough.”

After listening to this, Lin Jia realized: "Can the breakthrough in materials support the sufficient availability and stability of this type of process?"

Chen Yuanguang nodded: "Yes, the materials now can support you to do so.

If you only consider the commercial cost, you need to open a new mold and find a new supplier to help you design parts, which will easily increase the cost of the whole vehicle."

Lin Jia did not think much about it: "For us, cost is not a problem. These suppliers will be willing to do it even if they hold back the accounts for a year or even longer, let alone half a year.

Space changed its name to Guangjia Automobile, which meant that they would never be short of money. It would be easy for them to raise funds from the stock market or from private capital, state-owned capital and foreign capital.

Moreover, following the innovation of the light armor series is equivalent to sharing the cake with them. We build amphibious vehicles, and brands like Huawei, Xiaomi, and various traditional luxury car brands will quickly follow suit. As suppliers of parts for light armor vehicles, they will naturally be able to get orders from these car companies.

They even have certain bargaining power when discussing cooperation with these vehicle manufacturers because they have worked with us before.

For them, this is definitely a business where the only difference is whether it can make big profits or medium profits. It is impossible for them to give up. However, as suppliers are holding back on payments, our financial pressure is actually very small.

At the beginning, we will only set up outlets in the core business districts of first-tier cities, which will further reduce our financial pressure."

From the very beginning, when Space was being designed, because it was intended to be a luxury car brand with a high pricing strategy, it had always considered directly operating offline stores, and only in first-tier cities.

Of course, the definition of first-tier cities is relatively broad. It not only refers to the traditional Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Cities like Hangzhou, Sichuan and Jinling, which are so-called new first-tier cities with strong consumption power, are also considered first-tier cities.

After Musk returned to the United States, the White House and both houses of Congress passed the so-called Space Act at an unprecedented speed. On the basis of the Space Act, an agency higher than NASA was established: the American Space Strategy Commission.

Musk will serve as the first director of the American Space Strategy Committee and allocate up to $50 billion to the committee.

This number is not the entire 2027 billion, but the billion US dollars given to Musk in the remaining six months of this year, .

Musk sent out a series of tweets:
"America is on the road to becoming great again. Space is an area we cannot give up. America needs to regain its leadership in space in the new century."

"I am pleased to serve as the director of the Space Strategy Committee. I will lead the space strategy project in the United States to fully compete."

"This is a day to get America's space business back on track. We've been wasted so much time by NASA in the past."

There are many similar tweets, expressing similar meanings.

Basically, NASA is a bunch of termites who, apart from knowing how to spend the federal budget lavishly, only know how to promote the LGBT cause.

Such a generous amount undoubtedly shocked the world, because in the past America's funding for NASA was not small, with an annual funding of 30 billion US dollars, which already ranked first in the world.

This time, the Space Strategy Committee has an initial expenditure of 50 billion in the first half of the year, almost tripling the total appropriation. This fully proves that the Democratic and Democratic parties in the United States have reached a rare consensus on the development of the space industry.

".While the European Parliament in Brussels was arguing over the European Space Agency's annual expenditure of 2008 billion euros, America wrote an unprecedented check for the development of their space industry. This check not only represents the present, but also the future. In the future, the White House's annual budget for space expenditure will be at the level of billion US dollars, which is at least three times the annual fiscal budget of NASA in the past. China's nuclear missile trajectory change technology has stimulated Washington unprecedentedly. Both the Donkey Party and the Elephant Party have finally reached an unprecedented consensus on matters other than China since .

Space will be a field in the 21st century that is no less important than artificial intelligence. America must increase its investment in this field to maintain its leading position. In order to achieve this goal, a candidate with a clear faction color like Musk will be able to successfully pass the votes of the Senate and the Senate, where the Donald Party dominates, and become the first head of the Space Strategy Committee.

When China has demonstrated its ambition and strength in the space age with practical actions, and America has demonstrated its desire to lead the space age with financial investment and cooperation between the Democratic and Democratic parties, Europe should wake up.

It really shocked the whole world that America was able to get rid of the donkey-elephant fight and show unprecedented unity on this issue.

Because everyone thinks that the fight between the donkey and the elephant in America has become so serious that except for the Chinese, no one can reach a consensus, and it has reached the point where tensions are rising. The Chinese are even looking forward to America splitting into two different Americas, the blue and green.

China's nuclear missile change of trajectory, Washington's donkey-elephant cooperation, and Musk's inauguration, this series of events together are full of news value.

For the European media, there is another point they can discuss, which is the space budget that the European Parliament is arguing about.

Among them, AFP is the most active, and the previous article comes from AFP.

That is part of the headline of AFP's front page. This is not the main point of their article. Their core argument is:

"In order to compete with America and China in the space industry in the new century, Europe's space industry needs a strong leader. France has a long history in the field of aerospace, rich industry, abundant energy and a large number of technical talents. France should take on the responsibility of leading the development of Europe's space industry."

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AFP almost shouted that other European countries should unite around France.

Can Germany accept such remarks?
Won’t countries like Spain and Italy come and stir up trouble?

To put it bluntly, developing the space industry means investing money. To build a complete space industry, the investment cannot be simply a few hundred billion euros, but tens of billions every year.

You have to have a market to build a space industry, right? You have to have goods or services that can be sold?
By creating Starlink, SpaceX is creating demand for itself. Guangjia Aerospace is also responsible for building a part of the space communication network similar to Starship, but more of it is satellite launches by major new energy vehicle companies and various countries.

France wants to build a space industry in Europe. Whose cake can it take away? No one.

In the early stages, buyers of space products were all governments, which meant that the EU had to invest money.

It's equivalent to voting twice.

This is equivalent to pooling Europe's strength to develop Greater France. Who among other European countries would agree to this?
The next day, the German media was unwilling to be outdone. They said, "You, AFP, can cheer for France, so why can't Germany do the same? Why should France lead the space industry?"

First, the German Federation of Industry issued a statement: "In the past, Germany has always been known for its innovation and technological leadership in various industries. Germany can enhance the competitiveness of the European aerospace industry by systematically adopting space-enabled solutions. In recent years, Germany has developed a leading new space ecosystem, and the space industry can create value, create jobs and strengthen Europe's corresponding position on the global stage. The good relationship between Germany and China will help introduce China's latest aerospace technology, and even does not rule out the purchase of room-temperature superconducting materials."

Then, Sigma, chairman of the executive board of the German Aerospace Center, came out to say that Germany, as the main driving force for the development of European science and technology, can help Europe's space industry play a greater role on the international stage. For a long time in the past, Europe has been responsible for more than 50% of the work share of European Space Agency (ESA) projects and more than 70% of the work share of launchers. Our strong industrial base is capable of playing a major role in cooperation and realizing the development of Europe's space industry.

It is not wrong to say that Germany was the main driving force behind the development of science and technology in Europe, because now that power has stalled anyway.

But why do we say a long time, and not now? Because ever since France exchanged its Dragon engine technology with Light Armor Aerospace, the French Space Agency, which owns the complete technology of Pioneer Rockets 1 and 2, has undertaken 70% of the launch share in the past five years. The remaining 30% does not belong to Germany, but is divided between SpaceX and Light Armor Aerospace.

It is precisely because of such changes that Germany has suffered a huge loss of talent in the field of space launchers, all of whom have gone to France.

If SpaceX had not previously refused to recruit foreign engineers, the rate of talent loss would have been even faster.

Germany has been developing sea launch capabilities. According to the original plan, they were going to launch a small carrier rocket from a ship in the North Sea in 2024.

The overall plan also includes the construction of a spaceport, small sea-based launch of reusable rockets, shipbuilding and aerospace material research and development. The plan formulated by Germany for this purpose is very comprehensive and complete, and all related companies will be given money and policy support.

The plan also failed because France bought it directly. The potential risk of self-research is very high, but there is no risk if France buys it.

All the previous events have led to the fact that Germany does not want to make concessions at all. Everyone has had a hard time in recent years, so why should it suck the blood of all of Europe to develop France's space industry?
France and Guangjia Aerospace have a close cooperative relationship. Germany can also cooperate and we can talk. We can trade more things.

"Although Germany's overall aerospace industry has been somewhat underdeveloped in recent years, a large number of emerging companies such as Mynaric and Isar Aerospace have demonstrated strong technical strength and development potential in laser communication equipment manufacturing and small satellite launches. The development of these companies has benefited from Germany's deep industrial foundation in high-tech research and development and machinery manufacturing, which also indirectly reflects that Germany has good conditions for developing the space industry."

Seeing that both the Democratic and Democratic parties in America could be so united on the space industry, the German media was also unprecedentedly united this time.

In the field of public opinion, it fully demonstrated its determination to not give in, and was determined to wrest back the dominance of the European space industry from France.

The budget dispute in Brussels also originated from the inability of France and Germany to reach an agreement.

Of course, another reason is that everyone is having a hard time, and not all countries in Europe are rich. Those European countries without money do not want to pay for a space industry that cannot bring them benefits.

(End of this chapter)