[Opening Ceremony of the International Lunar Hadron Collider Conference Comes to an End. Academician Lu, on behalf of China's academic community, delivered an important speech on the topic of "Witnessing Our Common Prosperity".]
For Everyone Daily, today's headline was a bit long.
The amount of information contained behind this headline was as shocking as its length. Everyone who read this newspaper was stunned.
The Lunar Hadron Collider project will start within a month!
The total project budget is US $20 billion!
More than 200 high-energy physics institutes and related research institutions around the world will participate in this project!
This included CERN, the world's famous physics center, as well as the Princeton Physics Department, which was famous for its theoretical and mathematical physics. Even laymen were familiar with these world-class research institutions.
Of course, the most surprising thing wasn't just the participants.
What was really surprising was that out of the total US $20 billion budget, China, as the initiator of the project, only provided US $10 billion.
Out of the remaining US $10 billion, the Americans contributed US $5 billion?!
Almost as soon as the newspaper came out, related discussions were already on Weibo and other major political BBS forums …
[The sun is rising from the west, the Americans are still so nice?]
[The imperialists are determined to destroy us, there must be a reason behind this. Add my comment and let Academician Lu see it! (fist) (fist)]
[This, this is unbelievable … If I remember correctly, the space race was fierce last year. Why did the Americans give in this year? (surprise) (surprise)]
[Regardless, the entire human society will benefit from fundamental research. It's always good to have another country share the funding. The reason why the Americans are participating is probably because they don't want their own physics community to be marginalized by the international physics community …]
[I'm just afraid they'll make some outrageous demands.]
[Then kick them out!]
The Everyone Daily news caused a considerable amount of heated discussion on the Internet. Keywords related to this topic were trending.
Soon, it wasn't just Everyone Daily, almost all of the Chinese news media platforms were covered by news related to this joint event between the physics and aerospace engineering community.
A super project participated by more than 50 major countries around the world …
A futuristic project that connected the past and future of human history …
All of this was led by China.
Ten years ago, or even a few years ago, this was something that most people would not have dared to imagine.
After all, when they were researching controllable fusion, the United States and its underlings forced them to quit. Yet now, not only had these people who had once kicked him when he was down become his' underlings', they had even come to him with money in their hands to seek cooperation. Such a change in status and identity truly caused him to sigh.
Although no matter what kind of news, there would always be some discordant voices, most people still felt gratified to see their motherland's growing international influence.
Even though US $10 billion wasn't a small number, compared to the opportunity to "let scientists from all over the world work for us", it was worth it.
However, compared to the jubilant China media, America and America media, North America wasn't as happy.
The media that supported globalism were fine, but for the conservative media, the White House's move was like a slap in the face.
Even though they were mentally prepared for the selfish and cunning politicians, they still didn't expect these people to do something like this.
A well-known political talk show host complained in front of the audience on the latest episode of the show.
"Don't those idiots on Capitol Hill know how to use their brains? China is our opponent in the space race! They're actually spending US $5 billion to support their project! This is insane! "
China is a strong competitor for space supremacy with the United States!
But the White House is actually spending money to help them build the Lunar Hadron Collider!
In the eyes of many conservatives in North America, their president must be crazy!
People even organized demonstrations and took to the streets. They held up signs and shouted slogans, protesting the White House's decision.
"The lunatics in the Western Pacific want to build a collider on the Moon! This is the biggest Ponzi scheme of the century! "
"We could've invested this money into the people's livelihood! Many people in the United States are facing the plight of unemployment. Do you know how many homeless people there are in the Los Angeles subway? Have you councilors ever seen it? "
"…"
The index finger gently pushed open the blinds of the window and let a ray of sunlight into the dimly lit room. Vice President Mike cursed in a low voice as he looked at the team passing through the street.
"This group of idiots … Their sesame-sized brains are filled with paste. They don't even know what the root of the problem is. They only know how to circle in the gutter like flies."
In response to China's Lunar Orbit Committee and a series of moon landing initiatives, the former president signed an executive order to "rebuild the National Space Council (NSC)". According to this executive order, the vice president would also serve as the chairman of the NSC committee, responsible for restarting the United States' national moon landing program and rebuilding America's space supremacy.
Even though Mike was happy to see his power increase and was no longer just a mascot in the White House, ever since he took over the NSC, Mike had never been happy about his job.
There was only one reason.
From a layman's point of view, it was almost impossible to rebuild the UA's hegemony in space.
All they could do now was to minimize their losses.
They had to open up the domestic market as much as possible and participate in China -led scientific research projects. They had to defend their own territory and slowly recover what they had lost …
These people who only knew how to protest but couldn't think of a way to solve the problem would never know what kind of sacrifice they had made!
Mike clenched his fists. Suddenly, the office door was pushed open, and a tall and thin man in a suit walked in with a document in his hand.
"If the New York Times hears this, I'm afraid the headline tomorrow will be changed from Academician Lu to you."
"This joke isn't funny." Mike looked at his secretary and frowned. He then looked at the document under his arm and said, "What?"
The secretary stopped joking around and said in a serious tone.
"We might be in trouble."
Mike asked with a blank expression.
"What kind of trouble?"
"Look at this."
As he spoke, the secretary placed the document under his armpit on the table.
Mike frowned and looked at the document on the table.
There was an anonymous letter on the table.
In the lower right corner of the anonymous letter, there was a black eagle with an American assault rifle in its claws.
All of these symbols and the black background gave off an unsettling vibe.
Mike reached out and touched the envelope, but he quickly retracted his hand.
"Don't worry, the envelope has been checked by the mailman. There is nothing strange inside." The secretary shrugged and opened the letter in front of Mike. He gently pushed it in front of him.
Mike's eyes narrowed as he looked at the contents of the letter.
[Greetings, Mr. Vice President and Chairman of the NSC Committee, Mr. Mike. We are Eagle Hunter, a group of unknown people. Or, you can also call us a group of hackers with ideals and ambitions.]
[We know that information technology should not be used for terrorism. Therefore, even though the great star-spangled flag is losing in the aerospace arena, we still maintained the greatest restraint and chose to remain silent.
[However, there is a limit to human patience. When we see our trust being betrayed bit by bit, when we see the star-spangled flag sliding into the abyss step by step, especially when the flag-bearers are voluntarily lowering the flag for it … we realize that we can no longer remain silent like this.]
[In the face of power, you have chosen to yield and compromise. Then, we will use our own methods to stop this foolish meeting and your act of betrayal.]
[This is a war, and there is no innocent person in a war.
[Before you meet our demands and stop cooperating with the China people, we will not stop our actions.]
The office fell into silence.
After about five minutes, the secretary looked at his watch, took a deep breath, and looked at the vice president.
"… What should we do?"
Mike went silent for a while. Suddenly, his mouth twitched.
Then, he reached out to grab the letter and threw it back into his secretary's arms as if he was throwing trash.
"Take it to the FBI."
Mike looked at the secretary who hurriedly took the letter. He spoke in a grumpy tone.
"Don't bother me with trivial things in the future!"
"Yes, sir …"
The secretary looked at Mike, who was in a bad mood. He took the letter and quickly exited the office.
Mike looked at the office door that was closed again. He slammed his right fist on the table and fell back on the office chair.
Hackers?
Betrayal?
Demonstrations were already stupid enough, but now there was even a f * cking "war" …
What kind of joke is this …
Do these idiots think the game between the superpowers is a game?!
But …
These gradually intensified emotions made Mike a little vigilant.
Although the president and his staff had conducted a systematic analysis of the international situation and made a judgment with the least risk, they seemed to have underestimated the reaction of public opinion.
He raised his aching right hand and pinched his eyebrows. He reached out and grabbed the landline phone on his desk and called the president's office.
Although he wasn't sure if the president also received the letter, he had to report this matter immediately.
In addition, there was also the US delegation that was attending the conference in Beijing.
Maybe he should also inform Director Carson and tell them to be a little tougher at the conference.
At least let the people see that they weren't "giving in" …
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