This star is going to the moon

Chapter 46: Building a Lunar Rover Using Industrial Surveys
It is indeed easier to attract investment in aerospace technology after it has "verifiable achievements". After all, everyone can brag in PPT, but actually showing the bragging is another matter.

Not to mention the rapid achievements made by Blue Star Aerospace in just half a year, even other domestic private aerospace companies that have been slow to develop have already received several rounds of investment.

Blue Star Aerospace had more than 20 million in funding at the beginning, so it was not short of funds for early research and development, or it did not need to start research and development from scratch. Lu Yun had already provided a lot of key technologies, and 20 million was definitely enough.

In addition, there is an agreement that Lu Yun and An Fangfei have priority investment rights, and only then will external investment be considered.

So when Blue Star Aerospace presented its initial results and claimed to be seeking investment, all kinds of capital immediately surrounded it!
After all, SpaceX on the other side of the ocean has already started launching rockets into space and has also recovered and reused them, while China's private aerospace industry has just started developing small solid rockets. It is obvious that they are not on the same level.

Suddenly, Blue Star Aerospace came up with a rocket that is comparable to most of the Falcon 9. Moreover, its development speed is so fast that it has achieved significant results in just half a year. It looks very promising!

So Blue Star Aerospace took the lead and started to be selective about investments, refusing those with many requirements and small investments.

On the other hand, after the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" exceeded 50 billion, Wu Jing, the director, starring actor, screenwriter, and investor, naturally soared on the spot.

As the third male lead, Lu Yun also received a lot of collaboration offers, including film and television scripts, magazine shoots, media interviews, advertising endorsements, and variety show invitations.

There's no way around it. No one else has ever seen a star like Lu Yun. Not only is he a top student in aerospace science, he also has great acting skills at such a young age. He's also handsome and has a lot of popularity.

Although he is a newcomer who has only been in the industry for a year, he already has the aura of a superstar.

What would happen if this situation develops without any unexpected events over the next few years?
However, with the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" exceeding 50 billion, and Lu Yun earning million for the company with a single order, and he himself earning to million, the company boss now respects his opinion very much.

If he says he won’t act, then he won’t act. If he says he won’t accept, then he won’t accept. It’s completely up to him.

That's easy. First, check the film and television scripts to see if there are any notes that Lu Yun has given Liu Chun. If not, pick out the ones with the highest pay and the ones that Lu Yun agrees to share the profits with. Lu Yun will consider it after reading it.

For magazine shoots and media interviews, I only choose the big ones, two or three at most. Lu Yun is very busy and doesn't have time to go to all of them.

As for advertising endorsements, we will not consider small businesses or those that pay little, and we will not take on health products, financial products, etc. that are prone to failure.

It has to fit in with Roadun’s personality, such as mobile phones, watches, cars and other technologically advanced items.

Another thing is the variety show invitation. The second season of "Longing" has been confirmed to be filmed. With the popularity of the first season, a large number of sponsors have come to the second season, and Lu Yun is still a permanent guest. Liu Chun is currently negotiating the salary with the production team.

Because of this, Lu Yun stopped accepting invitations to be regular guests on other variety shows.

The main reason is that there is no drama more popular than "Longing".

After all, those more popular variety shows have been filmed for several seasons and have regular guests.

As for the invitations to be guest stars for one or two episodes, most people still want him and An Fangfei to come together.

It is estimated that they discovered that the relationship between the two is very good, and that cooperation can bring in more traffic. In addition, An Fangfei had already participated in "Longing" last year, and they thought that An Fangfei had also started to participate in reality shows, so they directly invited her to the group.

However, most reality shows have more requirements than "Longing", so An Fangfei refused as usual, and Lu Yun also simply refused.

After all, An Fangfei has given up many film and television performances for him. Although he knows that it is for An Fangfei's own good, An Fangfei and the team don't know it, and a lot of financial income has been delayed, so he should also show his performance.

The most important thing is that Rowoon is very busy and doesn’t have much time to perform everywhere.

Just after finishing a day's filming, Lu Yun received a call from Academician Ye himself.

Although he has not officially become Academician Ye's student, the relationship between the two has become close, and Lu Yun often asks Academician Ye questions.

The main reason is that Lu Yun’s current level is no longer enough to gain knowledge from Teacher Chen Fenghua, so he started looking for a teacher’s teacher.

He even asked other academicians for advice through Academician Ye. However, the communication between the two was always Lu Yun approaching Academician Ye with a shameless face, but today Academician Ye actually took the initiative to contact him.

"...Well, the Long March 20 research team studied your paper and applied what they learned to optimize and reduce the weight of the Long March Yao- rocket. Now, they have an additional kilograms of lunar orbital carrying capacity."

"You are also aware of the spirit of our national space system to make the best use of resources. These 20 kilograms will definitely not be wasted. The Chang'e 4 will be launched at the end of November, so the Chang'e 5 engineering team has opened up four -kilogram lander weight quotas."

"Because the extra 20 kilograms of lunar orbital capacity was obtained through research on your thesis, we've allocated a quota to you. Do you want to add something to the Chang'e lander?"

Lu Yun is not surprised why the Long March 20 has an additional kilograms of lunar orbit carrying capacity.

Because the domestic aerospace system does not receive much financial funding and cannot frequently launch new projects, each project will try to make some minor changes to each rocket.

The goal is to test as many new technologies as possible with as little money as possible. Although each test is small, as long as the small tests accumulate into a large number, they will eventually accumulate into a major upgrade and achieve great progress.

There is nothing wrong with studying his papers. Publicly published papers are equivalent to free open source technology. The papers do not even involve specific technical details. You have to study and figure it out on your own. If you really develop any new technology, you can just thank the author of the paper.

In addition, Academician Ye is the commander-in-chief and chief designer consultant of the Chang'e-5 project, so it is natural to give Lu Yun a place.

As for whether Lu Yun wants to do it, is there any need to ask?

"Of course!"

"Okay," Academician Ye continued, "but time is tight this time. Chang'e 5's power distribution has already been fixed, so the newly added kg counterweight equipment cannot use Chang'e 's power. You can consider making some meaningful souvenirs."

"For example, we have allocated one spot to the propaganda department because they plan to launch a 'Moon Landing Project Quiz with Prizes' for the whole society. Those who get full marks will not only have a chance to win a delicate model of the Chang'e probe, but will also be able to have their names laser-engraved on a metal plate."

"That metal plate will be installed on the Chang'e-5 lander and will eventually land on the moon, marking my country's first unmanned lunar sample return mission."

Lu Yun didn't expect that this had also started in China. The changes in the world line were really big.

This kind of purely commemorative activity is popular in foreign aerospace projects. The most famous one is the Voyager 1 probe launched decades ago, which carried a copper-plated gold record.

There were also the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes, which carried gold-plated aluminum plates with images of the bodies of human men and women.

In addition, the Mars rover that the United States will launch in three years will also have a "Mars Ticket" registration activity, in which names will be engraved on the silicon plate and taken to Mars.

Later, several foreign private aerospace companies carried out lunar exploration and also installed many works of art on the landers.

But Lu Yun would not waste the precious 5 kilograms of lunar transportation capacity by making any souvenirs. He also wanted to experiment with some things.

"Teacher Ye, I don't know if you've read my latest paper. I plan to use it as a basis for industrial research and build a mini lunar rover made entirely of commercial parts."

Academician Ye didn't expect Lu Yun to undertake such a large project. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Is there enough time?"

Lu Yun said confidently, "We should be able to make it in time. After all, one of the characteristics of commercial space travel is speed!"

"And this time I just wanted to test how fast it can go!"

"We used commercially available parts and didn't start from scratch. Plus, I had experience building a lunar rover in college."

"Oh, and my 'strong' roommates..."

　Thanks to "Aoao" for the 500-point reward~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)