On the first day of May, the tranquility of Tiangong City was broken by a piece of breaking news.
Star Sky Technology announced the acquisition of Fuxing Mining Company. While merging the management of the other party, they would reorganize and integrate the company's original mining and scrap alloy smelting business.
After this adjustment, Fuxing Mining Company, which had become a subsidiary of Star Sky Technology, would be renamed Fuxing Voyage, and its main business would be changed to extraterrestrial resource development and interstellar trade.
At the same time, Noah's Ark would also be renamed Milky Way, and its route would be changed from Alpha Centauri to Tau Ceti ten light-years away. Fuxing Voyage would continue construction.
Many people went crazy when they heard this news.
Especially those who had bought the corporate bonds of the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Foundation and sold them in the end, they were even more fooled.
Although the name of the Noah's Ark project had changed, the contracts tied to this starship were still legally binding.
In other words, whether it was Tau Ceti or Alpha Centauri, as long as the colonization ship could successfully arrive and the colonization cabin was successfully deployed on the surface of the planet, all investors holding these special creditors would reap rich profits from it, and these benefits would be guaranteed by the colony's land and other fixed assets.
There was only one risk, which was that this starship would not be completed, or that it would not reach a habitable world outside the solar system in their lifetime.
However, this risk had undoubtedly been reduced to an almost negligible level.
There was no other reason.
The person who took over this project was Lu Zhou, the man who was known as the pinnacle of human intelligence!
Almost no one would doubt that he, who was smarter than anyone else, would buy a pile of useless copper and iron, and no one would doubt that he did not have the ability to complete this magnificent project.
But then again, for those leeks who had been uprooted, there was nothing they could do about it.
After all, who would have thought that after they sold their corporate bonds and left, Fuxing Mining Company would sell itself to Star Sky Technology without saying a word?
Especially Star Sky Technology, it made countless people vomit blood.
For most people in this era, this brand that occasionally appeared in history textbooks had long been swept into the grave of history. Why did it appear again at this time?
Faced with such a result, most people couldn't accept it.
However, regardless of whether they accepted it or not, the reality was already in front of them.
If their previous reason for causing trouble was still valid, now it could only be said that they were being unreasonable. After all, no one forced them to sell their corporate bonds, and Star Sky Technology had no obligation to disclose this in advance.
If there really came a day when all the information in the world was equally open and transparent to everyone, then leeks would no longer exist …
As for those lucky people who did not sell their corporate bonds, their mood was like riding a roller coaster, experiencing the feeling of going from heaven to earth, and then from earth to heaven.
And those who still had tickets for Noah's Ark in their hands.
Whether they were speculators or people who really planned to go to the world several light-years away, they were almost ready to keep these pieces of paper as souvenirs, but they did not expect that everything would take a turn for the better.
Not only did Star Sky Technology still recognize these tickets, but they also opened a refund channel, allowing those who changed their mind to get a refund at the original price of the ticket.
However, no one refunded their tickets.
Almost as soon as this news was released, the price of second-hand tickets skyrocketed.
Lu Zhou later learned the news from Professor Wu Qinglai. Apparently, at the craziest time, the tickets had been inflated to 100,000 credits, and there was no supply …
"Anything, whether visible or invisible, once it is labeled as a financial asset, it is no longer its original self." In the office of the Mars branch of the AIIB, Zhong Ziyu looked at Lu Zhou sitting on the sofa. He gently turned the ballpoint pen in his hand and said with a happy expression, "I suggest you release another batch of tickets at twice or even three times the price when the Alpha Centauri Colonial Exploration Fund issued the tickets."
Lu Zhou: "But there is no more space on the ship."
"There is a word called overbooking. If you understand the airline industry, you will find that every flight, the airline will release more tickets than the number of seats. After all, not everyone can catch the flight in the end. There are always people who give up temporarily because of various reasons. "Zhong Ziyu smiled and continued," Of course, I'm just suggesting, the choice is up to you. "
"I don't need that much money at this stage." Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "If I lack money later, I will seriously consider your suggestion."
"This is not a matter of lack of money … Wait a minute." President Zhong stood up from the office chair and looked at Lu Zhou sitting on the sofa. He suddenly realized something and showed a surprised expression on his face. He said, "Do you really plan to build this ship with your own money?"
Lu Zhou asked with a speechless expression, "What else? Did I ever borrow money from you? "
"No … Sorry, I'm just a little surprised." Zhong Ziyu smiled awkwardly. He coughed lightly and said, "I heard from somewhere that you plan to go to Tau Ceti … Is that true?"
"Yes."
After staring at Lu Zhou for a while, a look of realization appeared on Zhong Ziyu's face. He sat back on the office chair with a wry smile.
"No wonder … If that's the case, then money really doesn't mean much to you."
Lu Zhou smiled faintly and said in a casual tone, "It's not completely meaningless, but it's true that it's not attractive."
"Actually, there is one thing I don't understand."
"Don't understand what?"
"If it were you, you would definitely be able to design the Milky Way more perfectly, but why did you leave this matter to Academician Yang Chongping?"
"Because he is more professional in this matter. In contrast, I really don't know much about starship design." Lu Zhou smiled as he looked at President Zhong, who had a look of disbelief on his face. After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Of course, there are other reasons. After all, I have more important work to do here.
Zhong Ziyu: "The space elevator?"
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "Not just the space elevator, remember the stargate I mentioned before?"
Hearing these words, Zhong Ziyu's face suddenly showed a moved expression. He looked at Lu Zhou in disbelief.
"Could it be —"
"Well, during this period of time, apart from the warp drive, I've been studying this thing."
Lu Zhou nodded slightly. He stretched out his right hand and opened his palm.
A holographic beam bloomed from the mouth of the bowl, and a ring shining with blue light appeared above his palm.
"The highway for the exchange of matter and information, I should have said it before."
Looking at President Zhong, whose attention was completely captured by this holographic beam, Lu Zhou smiled and continued.
"Whether it is mass matter or massless photons, when passing through it, they will briefly enter the hyperspace channel until they come out from the other side of the channel.
"And just yesterday, I completed it."
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