858 Gambling Contrac (1/2)

As Jiang Chen had expected, after coming home from work one day, Natasha wanted to speak to him.

”The Kremlin hopes that you can fulfill the original contract ahead of schedule. As compensation, we are willing to buy five RM-320 rocket engines at twice the price.”

After Celestial Trade received Russia's contract to supply the International Space Station, Jiang Chen reached an agreement with Russia to sell the RM-320 rocket engine used on Celestial 1 at reasonable prices several years later.

Jiang Chen originally was planning to wait until 10 years later before fulfilling the agreement. However, seeing that all the countries in the world were preparing to reach the Moon , Russia couldn't just sit on the sideline. With a tight budget, they couldn't afford to invest too much money in developing more advanced rocket engines, so it was natural that the Kremlin thought of Jiang Chen.

The RM-320 engine was no longer used by Celestial Trade. Although it marked the top technical jewel of the apocalypse's rocket, it was the product of nearly 50 years of almost zero rocket development. After the birth of space elevators, no one developed the troublesome and high-cost rocket engines. Instead, they devoted all their energy to missiles and spacecraft engines.

But this didn't mean it was technically impossible to improve the engine.

After integrating some of the pre-war technology, the apocalypse scientists made improvements on the RM-320 rocket engine and developed a more advanced RM-400—which was exactly what Celestial Trade used for its Moon landing.

From this perspective, it didn't seem to be an issue to sell RM-320 engines to Russia. However, taking into account his strategic needs, Jiang Chen hoped that Russia could focus on Eastern Europe instead of a gradually escalating space race.

So, after organizing his thoughts, Jiang Chen shrugged and replied.

”There are only two years left before 2020. Can't you wait?”

”Time doesn't wait and the technology will be outdated. Under the current international environment, who knows if your RM-320 will still be leading the space race in 2020?” Natasha rolled her eyes.

Jiang Chen laughed when he heard the question.

Even with a decade, SpaceX's Falcon series wouldn't catch up to the RM-320.

”How about this. I promise that before the end of 2020, the performance of RM-320 will still be leading.”

”What if it's not?” Natasha said.

”Then I will not sell it and give it to you for free.” Jiang Chen smiled confidently.

Natasha thought for a moment and nodded.

”In this case... there should be no problem. Then I will reply to the Kremlin.”

”Wait.”

Natasha, who was preparing to get up, sat back down.

”What else?”

”Since it is a gambling contract, then whether win or lose, there should be a prize,” Jiang Chen said. ”If I win, and no rocket engine is superior to the RM-320 in terms of performance by the end of 2020, what do you plan to pay? ”

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Natasha's lips closed together and her long curved legs crossed together

”Oh? What do you want?”