After the successful manned moon landing, the next strategic goal of China's aerospace development was quickly determined. It was about time for Lu Zhou to return to Jinling.
After Academician Wang Zengguang heard that Lu Zhou planned to leave Beijing, he immediately went to find him. He found a restaurant near the Guobin Hotel and ordered a table of dishes. They began to talk about the past while eating.
"I originally planned to come find you a few days ago, but I heard that you had a meeting, so I told you to wait for a few days. I didn't expect you to leave right after the meeting."
Lu Zhou clinked glasses with Academician Wang and said, "I'm busy with work, no time to waste."
Academician Wang looked at Lu Zhou and smiled. He took a sip of white wine and spoke in a casual tone.
"I'm afraid you offended a lot of people this time."
Lu Zhou put some food into his bowl and said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter, as long as I speak, I will definitely offend people."
Where there were people, there would be conflicts. There was no way to overcome academic differences.
If Lu Zhou had to worry about everything, then he wouldn't be an academic anymore.
Academician Wang smiled and said, "You don't seem to care."
Lu Zhou put down the chopsticks in his hand and thought for a bit before saying, "It's mainly because there's no reason to care."
Academician Wang looked at Lu Zhou and filled his empty glass with beer. He solemnly raised his glass and said, "Just because of what you said, I propose a toast to you!"
"You're welcome."
Lu Zhou smiled, clinked glasses with him, and downed the drink.
After eating, Lu Zhou said goodbye to Academician Wang and returned to the hotel to pack his luggage. He then got into Wang Peng's car and went to the high-speed rail station.
Before the aerospace conference began, the State Administration for National Defense had already bought a business class ticket for his return trip. Even though Lu Zhou didn't think there was a need to be so polite, he still appreciated their kindness.
Sitting on the high-speed train, Lu Zhou asked the flight attendant to make him a cup of coffee. Then, he took out his laptop and opened it.
Just as he was about to read through the documents in his mailbox, he received a phone call.
"Hello?"
"It's me. Where are you now?"
A pleasant voice came quickly from the other end of the phone. Lu Zhou didn't even need to look at the caller ID to know that it was his senior sister.
Lu Zhou leaned against the soft chair and said, "We're back in Jinling, why?"
Chen Yushan smirked and said, "Nothing, I just wanted to call you to harass you. Speaking of which, I used to think that you had no business vision, but I didn't expect that I had underestimated you. "
"Haha, that's for sure."
Calling me just to flatter me?
How embarrassing was that?
Lu Zhou smiled and rubbed his nose. "By the way, what made you feel this way?"
It was shameful to say it.
He didn't know that he had any business vision, but Chen Yushan saw through him.
Chen Yushan: "Didn't you hear? The State Administration for National Defense just published a piece of news on its official website. At the aerospace conference in Beijing, China will use the Lunar Orbit Space Station as the next strategic goal for its aerospace development plan. "
Lu Zhou paused for a second and said, "Uh, is there a problem?"
He had just attended that conference, and he was the one who made this suggestion.
But what does this have to do with business vision?
"I asked the aerospace department to do an industry report. Yesterday, I took a closer look at the industry report and found out that we're the only one qualified to bid for the Lunar Orbit Space Station."
Chen Yushan's tone was a little emotional as she said, "To be honest, I wasn't optimistic about aerospace, a knowledge- intensive industry with a long investment cycle, high risks, low returns, and reliance on state subsidies. I didn't expect you to be so far-sighted. You accidentally became the industry leader, which is amazing. "
Honestly, before launching the Skyglow project, she was already prepared for a loss. She even helped the company formulate countermeasures.
But in the end, things went so smoothly that even she was surprised.
However, Lu Zhou's voice was a little strange.
"So that's how it is. No wonder …"
Seeing that he didn't seem particularly excited, Chen Yushan was slightly taken aback and asked, "… What's wrong?"
"Nothing …" Lu Zhou pinched his eyebrows and sighed. He said, "I'm just feeling a little emotional. People hate me for being greedy."
When he walked out of the venue, the CEO of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation looked like he wanted to eat him alive. He didn't dare to say anything even though he didn't like him.
The CEOs of private companies like Star Sky Technology, Star Glory, which were mainly engaged in launch projects, walked out of the conference room with a gloomy look on their faces.
Even the national team couldn't beat Star Sky Technology, let alone them. There were only two options in front of them.
They could either develop new launch technology, or they could shift their focus and invest more money into outer space equipment research and development.
When Chen Yushan heard Lu Zhou's sigh, she couldn't help but laugh.
"You're worrying about other people."
Lu Zhou: "Don't worry about it, I just feel a little …"
Chen Yushan: "You're being unreasonable!"
Lu Zhou: "…"
Unreasonable?
Really?
Seeing how Lu Zhou didn't speak, Chen Yushan smiled and said, "Don't worry, if you have time to worry about this, you might as well worry about something more meaningful. I have a meeting to attend, so I'll stop here. "
"Okay, go do what you need to do."
There was no point in worrying about these things.
The invisible hand of the market would adjust all unreasonable things back to a reasonable track.
If a company couldn't adapt to this era, it would be abandoned by this era. For those companies that were excluded from the market, if they could find a way to survive, then they could survive. If they couldn't find a way to survive, then it was better to close down as soon as possible.
There would always be people who could take their place, and they would definitely do better than them.
As for being hated by others …
It didn't matter if there were one or two more.
Thinking about this, Lu Zhou felt a lot better.
After he hung up the phone, he put his phone back in his pocket. Coincidentally, the flight attendant walked over with a cup of coffee.
"Sir, your coffee."
"Thank you."
Lu Zhou took the coffee from the flight attendant and nodded to express his gratitude. He took a sip of the coffee and looked at the computer screen.
Just as he opened the browser, a piece of news caught his eye.
Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows with interest. He stared at the news and quietly read the abstract of the article.
"… Johnson & Johnson has made a major breakthrough in human cryonics slow-release technology. The CEO of Johnson & Johnson said that if this technology matures, not only can it be used for ultra-long-distance interplanetary travel, but it will also allow some terminally ill patients to receive treatment in the future where medical technology is more advanced.
"… Interesting."
After reading the article, Lu Zhou gradually smirked.
If controllable fusion liberated the shackles of energy, then aerospace was like a stimulant, activating people's enthusiasm and desire for new technology.
Just like how the American continent saved the ancient European continent, the exploration of outer space was bound to reignite people's vision of a new world.
Ever since the end of the Cold War, many technological fields other than information technology had actually stagnated for a long time. But now, this stagnant wheel seemed to gradually accelerate and began to move forward.
At this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly felt a little emotional.
He was looking forward to what the world would be like in half a century.
Perhaps that magnificent era would be even more exciting than the past half a century.
If everything went smoothly, he would definitely see it in his lifetime …
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