The situation takes a turn for the worse

"Oh my god, the latest news is that the Washington Congress has urgently passed a special budget of US$200 billion, specifically for the 'manned moon landing' program. North America is really anxious now!"

"That's it, it's still coming. I'll say that North America will never watch the Phoenix Group and Yan Guo take away their dominance of aerospace and aviation!"

"It's over, these Phoenix Group are under pressure."

"The Phoenix Group has a lot of pressure, and those who are under pressure should be the national space agencies that cooperate with the Phoenix Group. According to Bloomberg, North America has begun to notify many space agencies that cooperate with the Phoenix Group, asking them to terminate their cooperation with the Phoenix Group."

cooperation on manned moon landing, or even withdrawing from the 'Moon Joint Development Alliance' led by Yan Guo."

"Holy shit, is it true? North America is so overbearing? Oh, but this is very North American. They have always been engaged in hegemonism, diplomatic coercion, and threatening other national space agencies. It's not surprising."

"That is, North America's decades-long hegemonic influence is not something that can be ignored. It has been proven countless times at the United Nations General Assembly that as long as North America issues threats, many countries around the world, especially small and medium-sized countries, will have no choice but to submit."

"The news is true. Adelaide Space Agency has publicly stated that it will suspend cooperation with the Phoenix Group... and Qatar has even reported that it may launch a 'lunar joint development alliance' led by Yan Guo."

"This...it's only been a few days. I originally thought that the Phoenix Group had the upper hand and Yan Guo had the right to speak. Unexpectedly, I was slapped in the face today. I have to say that North America's influence is still strong!"

"Yeah, now it depends on how the Phoenix Group responds."

The news quickly spread throughout the Internet after being reported by North American media.

The news spread back to China, and Hu Lai learned about it immediately.

In the office, Director Zhang and Hu Lai were discussing this matter.

"Boss, it has been confirmed that NASA will receive US$200 billion in special funding for "manned moon landing". Their congressional spokesperson confirmed this."

"In addition, we have received requests from space agencies such as Adelaide, Singapore, Qatar, and Brazil to suspend cooperation on manned moon landing. Other space agencies that cooperate with us are probably waiting and watching, and the situation is not optimistic.

"

Hu Lai was silent for a moment.

Of course he expected that North America would definitely take action, but at this time it seemed that he still underestimated North America's determination.

It was originally thought that North America would adopt the "space race" and win over allies to compete with the Phoenix Group. Unexpectedly, North America ultimately adopted the simplest and crudest, but extremely effective method - diplomatic coercion.

I really can’t even act anymore.

"Lao Zhang, we are still too optimistic."

After saying that, Hu Lai personally poured a cup of Kung Fu tea for Director Zhang, then filled it for himself and took a sip.

"But this is reasonable. We pressed forward step by step and almost forced them into the corner."

"As the old saying goes, a dog can jump over a wall in a hurry. NASA can't care about face at this time. If we don't use tough methods, I'm afraid other national space agencies will fall to us."

"This is something they cannot accept."

Hu Lai's calm demeanor also eased Director Zhang's anxious mood a lot.

He didn't drink tea and sighed softly and said:

"Fortunately, we have reached an agreement on cooperation with Da Mao. If North America had announced this news a few days in advance, I'm afraid Director Wang and his Far East plan would not be so easy to achieve."

"It's just boss...what should we do next?"

Hu Lai frowned and shook his head helplessly.

To be honest, this matter has developed beyond the friction and collision between enterprises. It is completely a game between countries. There is not much the Phoenix Group can do.

However, the reason why Hu Lai was so calm was because the impact of this incident on the Phoenix Group was not too great.

From the beginning, the Phoenix Group's "Manned Moon Landing" project has been to cooperate with big players. Later, it will cooperate with other countries to obtain more benefits, which is just the icing on the cake.

As long as the big dog doesn't cause trouble... No, even if the big dog goes back on his word, it won't have much impact. The big dog has already paid the third-stage fees.

so.

Although NASA's counterattack at this time made Hu Lai very unhappy, it was not the Phoenix Group that really needed to react, but the Yanguo officials.

"Lao Zhang, with our energy it is difficult for this matter to affect the decisions of other countries. Now we can only wait and see the reaction of Director Wang and others."

"During this period, you should strengthen contact with Director Wang and others, and learn their opinions in a timely manner."

Director Zhang nodded, thought for a moment and said:

"Then if other space agencies propose to postpone cooperation, we should still agree to the request, right?"

“Should we put some restrictions in place?”

Hu Lai thought for a moment and then said:

"There is no need to restrict it. Since they choose to suspend or suspend cooperation, they should respect the ideas of various national space agencies."

"Okay, then I'll get started."

The immediate discussion between Hu Lai and Factory Director Zhang ended quickly.

But just when they both thought their mentality was good enough, the next development of things still shocked them.

After several space agencies including Adelaide, Singapore, and Qatar suspended cooperation with the Phoenix Group for "manned moon landings," early the next morning, five space agencies including Belgium, the Netherlands, and France also submitted applications to suspend cooperation.

It is no exaggeration to say that things have changed so fast in just two days, and the Phoenix Group's commercial cooperation to "manned the moon" has taken a turn for the worse!

But just when Hu Lai thought it was over, the situation changed again!

A week later, nine of the eleven space agencies that cooperated with the Phoenix Group, including Adelaide, Singapore, and the Netherlands, changed their status from "suspension of cooperation" to "suspension of cooperation" and directly canceled their cooperation plan with Phoenix for "manned moon landing"!

The only two remaining space agencies are Darfur and France.

What is even more surprising is that countries such as Qatar and the Netherlands also submitted applications to Yan Guo to withdraw from the "Moon Common Development Alliance".

As soon as the news came out, the world was in uproar.

You know, these countries enthusiastically cooperated with the Phoenix Group not long ago and joined the Yan Kingdom's "Moon Common Development Alliance", but they withdrew within a few days!

And all of this, with just a little effort from North America, the Phoenix Group's business cooperation fell apart in an instant, and the "Moon Common Development Alliance" led by Yan Guo also encountered turmoil!

Even Hu Lai had to admit that Ami's influence was still there, and with a little effort, the effect would be immediate!

…

the other side.

Just when the Phoenix Group was frightened, a high-level summary meeting was being held at NASA headquarters.

In the past half month, NASA headquarters has held countless meetings, large and small, and this meeting is a bit special. In addition to the most core officials of NASA participating in the meeting, a senior official of the "North American Federal Security Agency" - Bu

Mr. Linton will also attend in person.

Ten minutes later, NASA Administrator William and FSA Brinton walked into the conference room side by side.

After a brief introduction, the meeting got into the theme, with Mr. Brinton, who came to attend the meeting, taking the lead in speaking.

"Director William, senior executives, you have worked hard recently."

"The news just came back from the diplomatic department. The list of national space agencies you provided has been processed."

"With the exception of the French Space Agency, all other space agencies have completely suspended commercial cooperation with the Phoenix Group on manned lunar landings. At the same time, several space agencies such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and Qatar have submitted to Yanguo officials to withdraw from the joint development of the moon.

Alliance's application, we are also continuing to put pressure on other countries."

"On the whole, our foreign affairs department has tried its best and achieved pretty good results."

Although the senior officials present had known the news in advance, they still breathed a heavy sigh of relief when they heard Brinton's confirmation.

It has to be said that the Phoenix Group suddenly emerged over the past year. From the initial shock and worry when it merged with the Yanguo Aerospace Group, to the despair brought to them by launching three "Chang'e Series" in one go, the Phoenix Group can be described as

It was a huge amount of pressure.

Coupled with the unprecedented "joint development plan for the moon" proposed by Yanguo officials, NASA was undoubtedly caught off guard.

Now that the commercial cooperation between various national space agencies and the Phoenix Group has been terminated, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. It has finally prevented the Phoenix Group from further wooing and controlling other space agencies.

"but……"

"This time we forced other national space agencies and the Phoenix Group to terminate cooperation, which still caused great resistance and dissatisfaction. Our own 'manned moon landing' project must produce results as soon as possible!"

"Only by showing that we are capable of competing with the Phoenix Group on the 'manned moon landing' can external pressure be truly reduced and they will not all fall to the Phoenix Group!"

After Brinton finished speaking, Director William nodded and said:

"Mr. Brinton, you can rest assured that with a budget of US$200 billion, we will start many projects that were previously unable to be launched."

"As for the most troublesome problem of the SLS rocket now, we have also summoned top commercial rocket companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and SpeakX to work together on research and development. We believe that the problem will be solved soon. We are even ready to purchase Da Mao's RD-170 rocket.

engine."

"Believe me, we will soon be on the right track and achieve manned moon landing again."

"So much the better."

Brinton nodded with satisfaction and continued:

"In addition to the Phoenix Group's cooperation plan this time, Yan Guo's official 'lunar joint development plan' has also created a lot of trouble for us."

"As far as I know, although we have forcibly threatened the space agencies of various countries to terminate their cooperation with the Phoenix Group, the space agencies of various countries are still very much looking forward to cooperating with Phoenix to land on the moon, and even dream of realizing Yan Guo's so-called '100-kilometer special economic zone'

'."

"Naturally, we cannot propose like Yan Guo that any country can exploit lunar resources at will, because the resources on the moon are destined to belong to us, but."
To be continued...