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"Hello, Mr. Charles, our Chairman is holding an extraordinary company meeting and will meet you as soon as possible after the end."

When Charles Bor, who was dressed in formal clothes, came to the headquarters of Matrix Technology, he saw the young and beautiful oriental female receptionist in front of him politely speaking fluent English. He cursed in his heart, but on the surface, he responded politely with a typical American smile: "It's okay."

"Mr. Charles, please move to the VIP room."

"Mr. Charles, your coffee."

"Thanks."

"Oh, sorry, I'll ask you a prudent question, may I ask when will the meeting end?"

"Sorry, Mr. Charles. There is no exact time for the Chairman's meeting. Mr. Charles, do you have any questions?"

"No more, thank you."

"Okay, Mr. Charles, there is anything you need to press the button around you."

"Thanks."

In the spacious and bright luxury VIP waiting room, Charles, who had an American smile on his face, saw the smiling receptionist turning around, his smiling face disappeared, his face was expressionless, without saying a word, sitting there motionless, in fact, he was cursing in his heart, and he hated this Chinese-style form of meeting.

Is Ren Hong in a meeting? However, it was not. This was his intentional way to put Charles aside. Waiting was the most hateful thing in the world, especially in an emergency. After a long time, even the calmest people would become more or less impetuous. Ren Hong wanted to set fire to Charles on this basis.

At this moment, he was sitting comfortably on the sofa in a comfortable room next to Charles. Ren Hong held a top cigar from Cuba in his hand, sitting on the sofa in a lazy posture, staring at the video in front of him. The content was an interpretation video. A female host and two experts focused on the core topic of the interpretation was about the "Orion" spacecraft crash and its Nasa's visit to Matrix Technology this time.

In the quiet room, there were only a few experts in the video analyzing the voices. Ren Hong's eyes were staring at the content of the video, but his mind was no longer in it.

Regarding the hottest topic of this global discussion, Ren Hong is secondary to the question of whether to save people. What he cares most about is the issue of Ziyuan Crystal Mine. Once he chooses to lend a helping hand, it means that many things will be exposed. For example, sailing 400 million kilometers in 100 days, and it takes three years for others to complete a voyage of more than 400 million kilometers. And you only need 100 days. A simple information will expose a lot of crucial information, and it will shock the world.

In fact, regarding these issues, our side has already found an excuse to conceal the truth and convince the outside world. The ultimate goal is to use the illusion to conceal the purple crystal to the outside world. This latest energy reserve ore has been written into the "National Important Materials Reserve Law" several years ago. It not only became a national strategic reserve material, but also ranked first in the ranks of the first priority and belongs to the highest top secret information.

This high-energy energy crystal has a higher status than any strategic material and is listed as the cornerstone of national space activities. The "Mars Express" can complete a voyage that others will have to reach in 100 days with a super weight of more than 4,000 tons. The melon crystal is the basis for the realization of this impossible thing. The "Tiangong Ring and Orbit Star Port" can complete the construction at such an efficient speed, which is inseparable from the powerful and low-investment transportation cost of the "Arc Eagle" aerospace transport aircraft, which is the key role of the melon crystal.

There are countless more examples. If oil was the blood transfusion energy of human industry in the past years, then the status of Ziyuan Crystal in the field of space exploration is just like oil energy in the spare industry. It can be seen how high the status of Ziyuan Crystal is and what role it will play in the field of space exploration in the future.

Such materials can be concealed for longer and will give the Republic a higher dominance in the future great aerospace era.

The Air China Administration gives full power to itself the decision, which is actually equivalent to throwing a hot potato into its arms and preventing the Americans from knowing what their real actions are on Mars. This is the absolute first priority.

Ren Hong shook his head helplessly and smiled, put away the thoughts in his mind, looked at the time, thought it was almost done in his heart, and then stood up and left.

The anxious Charles Bor looked at the clock on his wrist again and again. If it were his own office, Old Charles would probably have had a volcano erupted, but he still had to endure it!

The door rang softly, and Charles looked up and saw the figure. He saw Ren Hong, wearing a gray-black short-sleeved T-shirt, walked towards him with a hint of apologetic smile.

When Charles saw that the main master finally came, he had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and then stood up. The two sides shook hands politely. Ren Hong said: "I'm very sorry for letting you wait for a long time. Mr. Charles, I thought this temporary meeting would end soon, but I didn't expect that after so long, Ren apologized to you."

Ren Hong couldn't find any fault with his words and deeds. It seemed like a long temporary meeting was held. Life was like a play, all depends on acting skills, but it was like this. Especially for people who were at their level, there was nothing wrong with acting skills. Charles was cursing in his heart, and it didn't matter if he responded politely on the surface.

After a while, the two sat opposite each other. At this time, a beautiful female receptionist brought two cups of coffee. Charles waited for only two people in the room. After he wanted to get to the point, he wanted to speak first, but was taken first by Ren Hong and said: "For the news about the recent time, about the disaster of the "Orion" spacecraft crash, Mr. Charles, there is no doubt that all human adventurers in space are truly great people, regardless of national boundaries or races. The unfortunate death of three astronauts including Algeron is not only the loss of the United States, but also the huge loss of all mankind."

"...Thank you, mr. Ren." Charles held it in for a while and could only say one sentence. The language he had organized was a bit messy now. He knew that this was a taboo in negotiations. However, no one could maintain absolute calmness in Charles' current situation. In addition, the other party is such a difficult opponent, at least from the other party's past life and deeds, he is definitely a person who needs to pay enough attention.

Charles looked at Ren Hong in a sincere tone and said, "I believe Nasa will definitely pass this pain period soon and get up again."

"Thank you for your blessing, mr. Ren." Charles smiled reluctantly, and before Ren Hong could answer again, he hurriedly said: "That, I must have understood something when I met with the director of NSA some time ago."

Ren Hong looked at Charles impatiently and wanted to get to the point quickly, and smiled in his heart, but on the surface he looked at the other party seriously and nodded to show that he knew and could not find any fault.

Charles did not pay much attention to it but continued: "The unfortunate encounter of "Orion", but we still have Duncan Jones and Scovo are still trapped on Mars. They could have supported the arrival of "Noah 2" with the rich supplies brought by "Noah". However, since the main daily necessities have been sent to the surface of Mars, the other part has also been crashed and lost with the "Orion". The only manned lander has crashed and killed. Duncan is trapped in orbit with food scarcity. The "Noah" is prepared for five people. Currently, there is only Duncan. The living supplies on the above can make him stand alone for 587 days. However, "Noah 2" will set off at the fastest speed and will arrive on Mars in three years..."

"But there is no hope." Charles looked at Ren Hong, and the two sides looked at each other without any evasion. He added: "Your spacecraft has set off for more than 100 days. Before Duncan consumes the supplies of daily necessities, he should be able to hold on to your people to Mars, so I came here this time to seek your help."

Ren Hong was happy when he heard this. I'm afraid the other party didn't know that the "Mars Express" had already entered the range of the planet's gravitational field, but from the beginning to the end, he only received the information sent by the earth without sending the information back to the earth. In addition, the red alert for silently standing by the order not long ago led to the whole world thinking that the "Mars Express" was still on the way.

Ren Hong had already learned from Charles' words that the American's patience was slowly becoming impetuous. He said with a look of surprise and embarrassedly: "Mr. Charles, in fact, we really want to do our part in this matter, but the "Gemini Plan" consumes a lot of money. We take our mission to Mars. If we choose one, we have to abandon the other. Do you know how much the "Gemini Plan" costs? The budget of 600 billion US dollars is equivalent to your country's military expenditure in one year, and nearly the sum of our country's military expenditure in two years. Who will make up for my losses? Nasa?"

Charles' eyes froze, "Just kidding, lending a helping hand does not mean the failure of your 'Gemini Plan'. These are two completely different concepts. How can we mix together?"

"Of course." Ren Hong said without comment, then raised his legs and said, "Mr. Charles, you are also a leader in space exploration. You know more than anyone else. Space exploration has always been a direct huge investment, long indirect benefits and even a waste of water. Mars is very special. Its long distance from the earth is like a catalyst to further expand costs and energy. Once we choose to help, our plan may be lagging behind for a long time. You should be very clear about this negative chain effect. After a screw on the rocket is found, it may be delayed for several months before it can be launched. Once we choose to help, we must disrupt many established plans. This invisible loss is the greatest."

Ren Hong leaned against the sofa and said, "To put it bluntly, Mr. Charles, I am a businessman, and I pay attention to interests and rewards. If you are from my perspective, what choice do you think I should make?"

These words were equivalent to tearing apart the last reserve and entering naked interest negotiations.

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…(To be continued.)
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