Five Hundred Million

The funding came through?

Things moved that quickly?

A flicker of surprise passed through Lu Zhou's eyes before he quickly followed up.

"How much was approved?"

"Five hundred million!"

Only five hundred million?

A trace of disappointment appeared on Lu Zhou's face, but it soon returned to normal.

The money was not much, but it would at least temporarily ease their funding shortage.

After all, the country was now pursuing marketization in the aerospace sector. It could not possibly pour too much money into subsidizing a single company. If they wanted to survive in this business, they would still have to rely on the crewed Moon Landing Program led jointly by the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry, the Space Administration, and other departments.

If they could win a bid in that program and secure some research projects from the Space Administration or the Hua Academy of Sciences, such as collecting lunar soil, then they would basically have no need to worry about funding.

Hou Guang thought much the same. After hearing the secretary's report, he frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "Five hundred million... that should be enough for the preliminary work. We can figure out the later funding somehow."

"Mm." Lu Zhou nodded. "I'll find a way to deal with the funding. You don't need to worry about it."

At that, Lu Zhou smiled and patted Chief Technology Officer Hou on the shoulder, making a joke.

"Even if, worst comes to worst, we really run out of money later on, I'll mortgage that villa on Purple Mountain to the bank if I have to. I'll make sure our space shuttle makes it into space!"

Hearing those words, Hou Guang froze briefly, then became so moved that he could not speak.

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