Chapter 1118 - Trilion Dollar Budge (1/2)

This was like the current space station; all components were built based on the six by four standard proposed by Celestial Trade. If someone designed a six by five interface, there would be no available interface for it to dock and its only fate would be to float in space.

Whoever controlled the standards would have the right to control the industry for half a century, or even an entire century.

It was easy to tell how attractive the first million-ton ship would be.

Hua and Russia didn’t even possess the entry technology to build a 500,000-ton ship, let alone a million-ton ship, or else the first order wouldn’t be swallowed down by Future Heavy Industries alone.

However, only Future Heavy Industries could confidently complete the million-ton ship. Although Hua and Russia both built shipyards on Celestial City, they only received orders for smaller ships.

Future Heavy Industries was different. Not only did the company successfully build three 500,000-ton “Seagull-class” transport ships, it was in the process of building the the fourth “Seagull”. The four Seagull-classs not only helped Future Heavy Industries to accumulate a wealth of shipbuilding experience, but they also allowed the shipyard building process to advance to a new height.

Although Hua and Russia both eyed the attractive deal, there was very little they could to change the situation. They just regretted that their own space companies didn’t have the capability to close the giant technology gap.

Of course, Future Heavy Industries took away the biggest piece of meat. But there was still a lot of meat and soup left in the pot.

It was important to know that through the 50% defense tax and the output value contributed by the member states, the Earth Defense Alliance Fund had raised a total of 349 billion New Xin Dollars. Based on the team of professional managers employed by the fund, the fund would raise over 12 trillion New Xin Dollars by the end of 2019 with its current momentum.

How astronomical was this number?

To choose a reference for comparison, based on the GDP data released five years ago by Hua, the 12 trillion New Xin Dollar was more than 10% of the annual GDP of Hua in 2015.

It was 10% of the GDP output from the world’s second largest economy!

Of course, Hua’s current GDP was by far higher than what it was five years ago. Especially after the announcement of the asteroid mining program, the GDP of the major aerospace powers saw quite a substantial increase. Even so, the 12 trillion New Xin Dollar still was an astronomical amount.

Even if they couldn’t help building the ship, it was still possible to build the computer, or even worse, at least possible to contribute the screws or the buttons on the spacesuit. The more upstream the industry, the more downstream industries were involved. The construction of the mega million-ton military ship would have far more stimulating effects on the aerospace industry of the member states than the four Seagull-class transport ships.

Because of this, everyone wanted a piece of the ship.

Not only the Earth Defense Alliance coveted this pie, but also the aerospace companies from non-member states.

Although these non-members also contributed a lot of money in the form of defense tax, when the Earth Defense Alliance chose cooperation partners, it was extremely critical of companies from non-member countries. Even the leading SpaceX only received an order of 1.7 billion New Xin Dollars in navigation projects.