Chapter 952 - Change the World

Chapter 952: Change the World

Leaving the contract signing work to Xia Shiyu didn’t mean that Jiang Chen could escape from all the formal gatherings. At the end of this business forum, as the host, he must of course go up to the stage and present a concluding remark. Then, he must shake hands with each visitor at the door of the venue.

“Hello, Mr. Jiang.” A smiling young man stepped forward and respectfully extended his hand while still being quite far away.

His face didn’t look familiar, so Jiang Chen held his hand and asked in confusion.

“You are?”

“I am Ye Ziqi, the president of Ye Group. I have long heard of Mr. Jiang’s name. Although I signed a cooperation agreement with you, it was unfortunate that I didn’t get to meet you. So, I just wanted to say hello.” Ye Ziqi shook Jiang Chen’s hands and gracefully smiled.

It turned out to be a member of the Ye family.

After carefully searching through his memory, the Ye Group seemed to be engaged in aerospace engines and industrial machine tools. The group was a listed company with a state-owned background and a market value of more than 50 billion. Before the forum, the group already contacted Celestial Trade multiple times.

It seemed that Hua’s decisionmakers gave them directions. They were interested in electric propulsion technology and ion jet cutting technology of the Stingray P-1, and even offered an astronomical price of 1.8 billion XND. However, the two parties didn’t reach an agreement in the transfer of technology, and they took a step back. Finally, they targeted the RM-320 rocket engine that Celestial Trade already sold to Russia.

The material used in the combustion chamber that withstood 500 atmospheric pressures could achieve an astonishing 1:300 Thrust to Weight Ratio (1), as well as fuel that was several times more powerful than dimethylhydrazine (2). Although the era of chemical rockets was over, the technology could still be used for the engines of missiles and aircrafts.

Since Jiang Chen could sell the RM-320 to Russians, he certainly was not stingy to sell the engine to Hua enterprises with a broader market. The Ye family also paid a hefty price for this technology. They offered a 7.5% stake in the Ye Group as a price in exchange for the RM-320 engine and related technical information.

Although the Ye Group’s annual profit was only about 300 billion XND, but after obtaining the full set of RM-320 technology, its expectation of future appreciation was high. They didn’t just manufacture aerospace engines, but were also involved in military projects such as missiles and aircrafts. Future Group obtained shares in the Ye Group in exchange, but because of the sensitive projects involved, those shares only possessed dividend rights and could not be sold to the secondary market within the next two years.

“Mr. Ye is too modest, and it’s our pleasure to work with you in developing a vast Hua market.”

There were not much small talk as after the two brief exchanges, Ye Ziqi took the initiative to say goodbye to him. The Ye family’s new star left a good impression on Jiang Chen, at least a better than Ye Yunfei. This certainly reversd the image of Ye’s new generation in Jiang Chen’s mind.

The children of an established family were not all ordinary after all.

Then he sent away a few batches of guests. Scanning the empty venue and the cleaning staff working diligently, Jiang Chen slowly let out a long breath and sat down.

A glass of water appeared in front of him.

Jiang Chen looked up and met Xia Shiyu’s sight.

Her black hair was tied up and with some slight touch ups, her eyebrows were particularly charming. In a beautiful black dress, it didn’t hide her natural beauty, but added a sense of glamour.

Xia Shiyu smiled gracefully and whispered, “You must be tired, have some water.”

Jiang Chen paused a second and did not grab for the glass of water. Instead, he massaged his eyebrows as if he had just seen an illusion.

“It seems that I am really tired.”

Xia Shiyu didn’t understand for a second and then understood the meaning of Jiang Chen’s words. She immediately gave him an angry stare and shoved the cup into his hand. Then she groaned, “Whatever.”

Jiang Chen took the cup with a grin and took a sip.

“This is more like you.”

“What do you mean, can’t I be gentle and considerate?” Sitting opposite of Jiang Chen, Xia Shiyu’s eyebrows raised while pouting.

If other people in the company saw the meticulous CEO Xia display such a cute expression, they would be in complete shock. However, Jiang Chen knew that this was her usual relaxed state.

The distant expression was just the disguise of excessive self-protection.

“Of course not,” Jiang Chen smiled and took another drink of the water before putting the cup aside. “How did we do?”

When it comes to work, a proud smile appeared on Xia Shiyu. “A total of 130 billion XND contracts were signed, and the extra money is enough to build another Penglai city.”

Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head. “One Penglai City is enough. We don’t have to payback the loans from Future Bank yet. The space elevator has been completed, and investors are quite confident in us. Payback half and we’ll invest the rest of the money in our lunar colony.”

“You don’t seem surprised?”

“Surprised by what?”

“We received 130 billion. If it is converted into US Dollars, it would be nearly 150 billion US Dollars, and it is all cash.” When Xia Shiyu said this, she was quite amazed.

One hundred and fifty billion US dollars.

Four years ago, she never thought that she would have achieved this one day. If she didn’t meet him, her best situation would just be a project manager in a small company. She would be worrying over a small project in the thousands of dollars while trying to persuade all kinds of strangers to stay calm…

“It is just 130 billion Xin New Dollars.” Looking at the fascinated Xia Shiyu, Jiang Chen smiled. “In fact, after the establishment of the Xin Reservse, money is just a figure to us.”

If someone else said this, Xia Shiyu would just roll her eyes, but when Jiang Chen said this, she didn’t feel this way at all. Instead, she felt that he was only explaining a fact.

He has the final say in the amount of currency this country prints, what else is money to him other than a figure?

Of course, although this is the case, he didn’t have freewill over the money printer. The issuance of banknotes required special procedures for approval, and it was necessary to disclose the news one to two months in advance, and the printed banknotes belonged to the New Reserve. The additional currency could only be provided to banks registered in Xin in the form of loans.

Printing excessive banknotes would cause inflation. Without an open and transparent regulatory mechanism, the monetary system itself wouldn’t be able to obtain sufficient credit, and wouldn’t be recognized by its own nation, let alone the international community.

Xia Shiyu scoffed and didn’t want to see Jiang Chen showing off.

“Well, Mr. Richest Man, now you are as powerful as a country. So, what is your next goal?”

As she said this, she lifted the glass in her hand and put it below Jiang Chen’s nose, using it like a microphone.

Jiang Chen smiled and grabbed her hand.

“Change the world.”

(1) A high thrust to weight ratio means that the aircraft will have high acceleration and thrust and a high rate of climb. (Source: NASA)

(2) 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine is a clear colorless liquid and used as a rocket propellant. (Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine)