In orbit around Mars.
Academician Yang Chongping looked at the shipyard getting closer and closer. He gently adjusted the collar on his chest and calmed down a little.
About a day ago, he suddenly received an email from East Asia Heavy Industries. In the email, East Asia Heavy Industries said that Fuxing Mining Company intended to change its mind and continue to complete the unfinished Noah's Ark, rather than disassemble it into alloys and sell it.
However, for some of the design on this starship, they put forward some suggestions for improvement, hoping that as the designer of this starship, he could provide technical assistance.
After reading this email, Yang Chongping agreed to this matter almost without any hesitation.
Not only that, but he even pushed away the academic conference that was supposed to be held that day and took his favorite students on the shuttle to the shipyard. He planned to go to the site to talk with the person in charge of Fuxing Mining Company about the improvement plan.
To be honest, the reason why he was so concerned about this matter was not because of how much money Fuxing Mining Company gave him, but because the other party actually changed their mind. Not only did they not dismantle this starship, but they planned to continue to invest in building it.
When he just heard the news, he couldn't describe how excited he was.
After all, it took him countless days and nights to complete.
Even if he searched through the history of human civilization, he couldn't find a spaceship that was larger and farther than it.
And if it really arrived at Alpha Centauri one day and spread the fire of civilization there, as the designer of this starship, he would also usher in the most glorious moment of his life.
However, he didn't expect that the person he saw here was not the person in charge of Fuxing Mining Company, but a guy he had just met a few days ago …
Yang Chongping looked at Lu Zhou standing in front of him. His throat moved slightly, and after a while, he squeezed a sentence out of his throat.
"How come it's you …"
Looking at Academician Yang Chongping, who was stunned, Lu Zhou smiled and spoke.
"We meet again, Academician Yang Chongping."
"What are you doing here …"
"Let me introduce you." Seeing Academician Yang Chongping's stiff expression, Zhong Ziyu, who was standing next to Lu Zhou, seemed to realize something, so he smiled and said, "This is Academician Lu, the chairman of Star Sky Technology … He is also the only major shareholder of Fuxing Mining Company. This is Academician Yang. You should have met him before. "
Lu Zhou nodded with a smile. "That's right. We met not long ago."
Unlike Lu Zhou's understatement, after listening to that person's introduction, Academician Yang Chongping's mind was like a thunderclap. He stared at Lu Zhou for a while, dumbfounded, and didn't say a word.
Lu Zhou looked at the expression on Academician Yang's face and coughed.
"You don't have to be so surprised, do you?"
He was not surprised …
How could this be?
His Adam's apple moved, and he forced a dry laugh.
"So you bought the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation."
"Sort of. Although there were some twists and turns in the process, you can think of it this way." Noticing that Zhong Ziyu, who was standing next to him, was giving him a crazy look, Lu Zhou looked at him, smiled, and said, "Anyway, this news is probably going to be made public tomorrow, so it doesn't matter if I tell him in advance."
"Sometimes, there's a huge difference between a second earlier and a second later." Zhong Ziyu sighed and looked at Academician Yang Chongping as he said, "Regarding this news, I hope you can keep it a secret until tomorrow."
"Keep it a secret … I don't understand. Since you bought this starship, why did you ask me to come here?" Academician Yang Chongping looked at Lu Zhou with a straight face. There was a trace of anger in his tone as he said, "Or did you ask me to come here just to humiliate me?"
"Why would I?" Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Did you misunderstand something?"
"Misunderstand?"
"That's right." Looking at Academician Yang Chongping's stiff expression, Lu Zhou nodded and said in a relaxed tone, "I believe you should have received an email from East Asia Heavy Industries. We plan to hire you as the designer of the Noah's Ark project and let you be in charge of our outer star system colonization project."
For Academician Yang Chongping, Lu Zhou felt that the olive branch he had thrown out should be quite attractive. For a scholar who had not yet broken away from vulgar interests, what he wanted was nothing more than fame and fortune.
What Lu Zhou didn't expect was that after he threw out this proposal, Academician Yang Chongping did not happily agree to it. Instead, there was a look of struggle on his face.
It was like …
It was as if the conditions she had set out made things very difficult for him.
Just when Lu Zhou was wondering what made him feel embarrassed, Yang Chongping suddenly spoke.
"I don't understand."
Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Don't understand what?"
"I don't understand, why are you doing this?" Looking at Lu Zhou, Yang Chongping continued in a complicated tone, "With your ability, you can completely redesign a colonial ship. Why continue my plan?"
If he were in Lu Zhou's current position, he would definitely not be so generous. He swore that he would use all the means at his disposal to completely erase any trace that the other party had left behind from this blueprint.
Guessing what the middle-aged man was thinking, Lu Zhou smiled and looked at him.
"What is Mr. Yang's understanding of academia?"
"Academia is learning and technique, from the learning of knowledge to the mastery of what you have learned, and then to the sublimation of the meaning of" technique "… Of course, this is just my personal opinion." Staring at Lu Zhou, Yang Chongping asked, "What about Academician Lu? What do you think of the word "academia"? "
"You're too humble, Mr. Yang's understanding can be described as penetrating. If you really want to talk about my opinion, I'm afraid I'm the one with the most humble opinion." Lu Zhou smiled and continued in a relaxed tone, "The so-called academia is the exploration of the truth of the universe."
"The exploration of the truth of the universe …?"
Looking at Academician Yang, who was dumbfounded, Lu Zhou nodded slightly and continued with a smile.
"It may sound a bit sloppy, but this is my understanding. I thought so a century ago, and today, a century later, my thoughts still haven't changed.
"Compared to the senseless partisans, there are more worthy things for us to pursue. Therefore, at least in my opinion, it doesn't matter who completes a research or a building. I think you did a good job, that's all. "
"… That's all?"
A bitter smile suddenly appeared on Academician Yang Chongping's face.
For some reason, at this moment, his heart seemed to be overturned with mixed feelings. A lot of words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.
But one thing was clear.
Not only did he lose, but he lost completely.
Not only in terms of knowledge, but also in terms of realm …
After that, the two of them had a simple discussion about technical issues.
Especially about how to install the warp drive on this starship, Lu Zhou made many detailed requirements, and Academician Yang Chongping also recorded them one by one.
When leaving the shipyard by shuttle, Academician Yang looked at the silver-white colonial ship outside the porthole and suddenly spoke to himself.
"I finally understand now …"
The student standing next to the teacher was slightly taken aback and asked in a low voice.
"Teacher, what … do you understand?"
A calm expression suddenly appeared on Yang Chongping's face. He looked at the universe outside the porthole as if he had figured out something. He spoke in a rather emotional voice.
"I finally understand …"
"Why did the people of that era respect him so much?"
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