[Chapter 1772 Free lunch?]

Xia Ruofei gestured to Elon Musk, and then the two left the room together.

They came to the next room that still smelled of Chinese medicine, Xia Ruofei said with a smile: “Mr. Musk, regarding the space suit, I hope some work can start as soon as possible, you know… all preparations take time, and we … Our project is exactly the most urgent, so …”

Elon Musk pondered for a moment, then said: “No problem! I can arrange it in advance, but … our funds are not abundant, for sure , can’t support the production of all the extravehicular spacesuits, so…”

“The funds promised by Mr. Li will arrive within two days!” Xia Ruofei said with a smile, “The advance payment of 600 million US dollars will not be less than a cent! ”

Elon Musk said: “That’s no problem! I’ll make arrangements today.”

“Please!” Xia Ruofei said.

“Little X, please let Mr. Xia!” Elon Musk said.

“Please rest assured, I don’t just treat this as a business!” Xia Ruofei said with a smile, “because I am also a doctor!”

Elon Musk said sincerely: “Thank you!”

…

In the next few days, Elon Although Musk has not left the mansion, he has been keeping in touch with the outside world.

Part of that is working remotely for several of his companies, particularly SpaceX.

The other part of the energy is mainly to contact the production of extravehicular spacesuits and oxygen supply modules.

It is not an easy task to erase all traces to complete this matter, but Elon Musk has his own channels, and he has a very deep understanding of the industry, so through some cautious operations, it is still It can be done.

The US$600 million promised by Li Yifu, as Xia Ruofei said, was transferred into an offshore account provided by Elon Musk the next day.

And the money in this account turned several corners and was remitted to a small company in Houston one by one.

Xia Ruofei didn’t care about the specific operation, and he didn’t mention it later except for taking the initiative to talk to Elon Musk about it on the first day. He was just here to treat Xiao X wholeheartedly.

Xia Ruofei’s daily acupuncture and moxibustion are meticulously completed, and the other is to provide traditional Chinese medicine on time.

And Grimes also attaches great importance to Xia Ruofei’s doctor’s orders. Every time he feeds the children and drinks Chinese medicine, he

does not pretend to be a nurse.

Manu and his medical team also stayed in the mansion, but they didn’t show up once and stayed in an annex of the mansion almost all day.

Three days later, as mentioned by Xia Ruofei, Elon Musk asked the Manu team to check Xiao X again.

As a result of the inspection, Manu’s last bit of luck has disappeared – the tumor on Xiao X’s body has shrunk significantly, and compared with the previous days, the indicators are all developing in a positive direction.

Despite Manu’s reluctance, he had to report the inspection truthfully to Elon Musk.

In fact, Elon Musk was in another room on the second floor, accompanying Xia Ruofei to wait for the results when the Manu team was checking Xiao X.

Unlike Xia Ruofei’s light cloud and wind, Elon Musk seems to worry about gains and losses.

Although Xiao X’s complexion has obviously improved a lot, even if he doesn’t understand medicine, he can see that his condition should be getting better, but Elon Musk has always only believed in scientific data, and the education he has received since he was a child, It also made him more trusting in the data checked out by those western medicine instruments and equipment.

Elon Musk naturally hopes that the outcome will be good, but at the same time he worries that the fire of hope that he has finally ignited will be ruthlessly extinguished by reality.

So he was a little restless until the knock on the door.

“Come in!” Elon Musk stood up from the sofa at once, staring nervously at the door.

Manu, who was wearing a white coat, pushed open the door with a complicated look and walked in. He was holding a folder in his hand, which was full of various inspection data, including some blood test sheets and various imaging tests.

“Dr. Manu, how did the test result?” Elon Musk asked impatiently.

Manu couldn’t help but glance at Xia Ruofei, and then said: “Mr. Musk, congratulations! Dr. Xia’s treatment effect is relatively obvious, the tumor has shrunk significantly, and the blood indicators and imaging examination results also show that the condition has appeared very serious. Great improvement.”

Elon Musk snatched the folder in Manu’s hand, and after flipping through several pages, he remembered that he couldn’t understand the inspection reports at all.

So, he said a little embarrassedly: “Dr. Manu, please explain the inspection report to me in detail!”

Manu was naturally reluctant to say too much, especially in front of Xia Ruofei, it was just beating himself face!

But Elon Musk is his boss, and he’s getting a monthly salary that makes him far more respectable than the vast majority of doctors, making it impossible for him to say no to Elon Musk’s demands.

So, Manu still took the folder and explained it to Elon Musk item by item, and also found out the results of the last inspection on the other side of the folder, compared the data of key indicators, and used as much as possible Plain language explains to Elon Musk what changes in these metrics mean.

In the end, Manu said: “Mr. Musk, I don’t know how Dr. Xia did it. But…without any surgery and chemotherapy, the condition has improved so much, I have to say It’s a miracle! Congratulations, Mr. Musk, you found a very good doctor! Our treatment plan should be put on hold…”

He knew very well that no matter how hard he and his team worked, because of the real conditions Restrictions, even if they tried their best, it was impossible to achieve such a therapeutic effect.

Elon Musk finally let go of his hanging heart. He said: “So, there is a high probability that Xiao X’s disease can be cured?”

Manu shrugged and said: “At the moment, at least The trend is like this! Of course, whether it can be completely cured, and whether it will relapse after curing, depends on the effect of follow-up treatment. I can only say that there should be great hope at present!”

Elon Musk revealed a surprise but he quickly controlled his emotions, he took a deep breath, and said, “Thank you very much! Dr. Manu, you and your team have also done a very good job, thank you Your contribution!”

“All this is due to Dr. Xia, and we have not been able to provide any help.” Manu said truthfully.

He knows that he has completely lost in this competition, so he simply behaves a little more upright, and maybe he can leave a good impression on the boss.

Elon Musk said with a smile: “Dr. Xia’s work is of course amazing! But your auxiliary examinations are also essential! Dr. Manu, I also have a private chat with Dr. Xia. I think… Grid Remus should be very happy to hear this news, I hope you can share this good news with her as soon as possible!”

Manu said with interest: “Okay! Mr. Musk, then I’ll go out first!”

Elon Ma Ske nodded with a smile.

After Manu left the room, Elon Musk excitedly said to Xia Ruofei: “Mr. Xia! You have created a medical miracle! It is the luckiest thing in his life that Xiao X can meet a doctor like you!”

Xia Ruofei smiled He said: “For me, this is just a normal treatment. It’s not a miracle, and the result is already expected. What’s more, I don’t want to become a world famous doctor.”

Speaking of this, Xia Ruofei turned to Elon Musk. Blinking his eyes, he said with a smile: “What do I care more about, Mr. Musk must be very clear!”

Elon Musk nodded and said: “Of course! Mr. Xia, the production of extravehicular spacesuit-related accessories has already started, but this involves multiple companies, and we also need to assemble in secret, so you may have to wait a little longer. Days… The production of oxygen supply modules is relatively simple. The factory has already opened its production capacity to the maximum. I believe that within two weeks, enough oxygen supply modules should be ready!”

“It seems that Mr. Musk has indeed exhausted his capacity.

I did my best.” Xia Ruofei said with a smile, “Thank you very much!”

Elon Musk lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said, “Mr. Xia, I can provide you with the Dragon spacecraft! If you need it…”

“Of course!” Xia Ruofei raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, “We need it very much! Mr. Musk is willing to help with this, it’s really good! But time…”

“If my understanding is correct, you have a question about the power performance of the spacecraft. And there is no need for control.” Elon Musk said, “That is, you need a spaceship that can provide a space for people to live in space, and its role is to provide oxygen and suitable ambient temperature. , and shielding deadly cosmic rays, right?”

“Very accurate!” Xia Ruofei gave Elon Musk a thumbs up, and then added, “The other thing is, the space can’t be too narrow, it must be able to accommodate 9 For

an adult of normal body size, it is best to open up a certain privacy space.”

If it is a space voyage that lasts for one or two months, even practitioners have to solve the “three urgent” problems, and the expedition team has men and women. Female, if everyone is wearing extravehicular spacesuits, it can only be resolved from the right, including adult diapers and the like, and the other is to temporarily store these “wastes” in the storage magic weapon across the extravehicular spacesuit, Thinking about it makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

And if it is in a spaceship, then it is definitely necessary to create a relatively comfortable environment as much as possible.

Elon Musk pondered for a while and said, “It shouldn’t be a big problem.”

He sat down on the sofa opposite Xia Ruofei and continued: “The maximum number of people the Dragon spacecraft is designed to carry is 7 people. Even if some equipment is reduced, it is not enough to meet the living space of 9 people. But… …When our spacecraft was designed, it was manufactured according to the standard interface. The spacecraft can be docked with the International Space Station. That is to say, we can completely connect the two Dragon spacecraft through the docking mechanism. Of course, maybe not Two spaceships are needed, and our company has also designed some cabin modules in orbit, including rest cabins, as long as one or two such cabins are connected on the Dragon spaceship, it can meet the needs!”

Xia Ruofei asked: “Is the interface reliable?”

Elon Musk said with a smile: “There is no problem with the tightness and firmness of the interface! There is a special locking mechanism, which was originally designed to maintain the docking state and run for a long time in orbital space. In this way, it is equivalent to several connected cabins internally, and it can just distinguish the functional space!”

“Sounds great!” Xia Ruofei said, “Is there enough time?”

“It shouldn’t be a big problem! “Elon Musk said, “Many materials and components are ready-made, just need to be assembled!”

Speaking of this, Elon Musk reminded: “But I must remind you first that the spacecraft is docked with multiple cabins. After that, it is an irregular shape, and it cannot be really launched into space. No rocket can hold it. In addition, so many cabins and 9 people have exceeded the maximum load of the rocket. Therefore, this is destined to only be used on the ground… In fact, such cabins are generally launched in batches, and then docked in orbital space, which is the prototype of the space station.”

“We didn’t even think about it.

Use a rocket to launch them into space!” Xia Ruofei said with a smile, “So it’s not a problem at all!”

“That’s OK!” Elon Musk said with a smile, “This problem does n’t matter

It’s solved! Mr. Xia, I can provide you with the spaceship and the expansion cabin for free!”

“Thank you, Mr. Musk!” Xia Ruofei said with a smile, “I want to know what we need to pay to get the corresponding expansion cabin of the Dragon spacecraft.”

There is no free lunch in the world. The more free things are, the more they may pay. bigger.

Xia Ruofei naturally wants to ask clearly in advance.

Of course, even if Elon Musk’s lion opened his mouth and the business could not be negotiated, Xia Ruofei already knew such a relatively perfect solution, so he had a way to get the Dragon spacecraft and the corresponding from Elon Musk’s company. Extended cabin.

This thing doesn’t look like an extravehicular spacesuit. The spacecraft and the expansion cabin are definitely ready-made and do not need to be ordered for production. Therefore, Xia Ruofei and his cultivators unknowingly took them away from SpaceX. It doesn’t seem too difficult.

Of course, if you can get the spaceship and the expansion cabin through the normal transaction, it is naturally a better choice.

Therefore, Xia Ruofei still wants to listen to Elon Musk’s offer first.

[End of this Chapter]