Duan Qianji had just ended the call when she received a message from her husband, Hong Lou.
"How is it?" Hong Lou asked anxiously.
"I have already said what I needed to say," Duan Qianji replied.
"That means you have not mentioned that matter?"
"Now is indeed not the right time to bring up your side of the matter." Duan Qianji sighed. "I know Fang Zhao as a person. He actually understands very well. Apart from what I have mentioned, I am sure he understands the hidden meaning behind my call with him."
"Are you sure he really understands?" Hong Lou did not believe her. "How old is he? His knowledge is limited. If you do not mention it, how will he know? Can he understand all the twists and turns here? How about, wifey, you give him another call? "
Duan Qianji did not say anything. She just looked at Hong Lou helplessly.
"All right." Hong Lou sighed. He also knew that this was not possible. Duan Qianji surely had her own concerns. Although the outside world knew that Fang Zhao had signed with Silver Wing, they did not know that Fang Zhao's contract was different from other artists. The earliest contracts that he had signed were more restrictive, and Fang Zhao had signed them as a composer. However, following developments, Duan Qianji had no choice but to change his contract.
Now, Duan Qianji was trying her best to keep him at Silver Wing. Furthermore, Duan Qianji had told Hong Lou that Fang Zhao did not care about money, but if you showed him sincerity, he would reciprocate.
"We will know soon," Duan Qianji said.
"Sigh, don't be anxious. Everywhere is moving. Many people from our Yanzhou military want to join in. It's not like you don't know how tempting planet Baiji is now. It's just that Shanta doesn't care about anyone. He doesn't even care about people higher ranked than him. Not to mention people lower ranked than me. Even if I use my family connections, there is still no reply."
Shanta now controlled the entire planet. It would be difficult to forcefully intervene. The people that had just been dispatched were all of the same faction as Shanta. Shanta had concealed himself deeply. He had only been exposed this time. He had endured on planet Baiji for so many years because he felt that planet Baiji did not have much future prospects. Now that the opportunity had presented itself, Shanta would surely defend planet Baiji to the death. Even if he was given benefits, he would not budge.
There was a rumor in the military that Shanta would choose partners from the various continents, which was why everyone was in an uproar. Hong Lou thought, 'The pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first.' Since Fang Zhao was an artist signed by his wife's company, when he was unable to contact Shanta, he could use Fang Zhao to probe for information. However, since Duan Qianji had asked him to wait, all he could do was wait. Who asked him to be unfamiliar with Fang Zhao?
— —
Shanta was very pleased with himself. He was grateful to all the people who had neglected planet Baiji for so many years. The garrison troops on planet Baiji were all his people. Those who would be arriving later might not be his absolute trusted aides, but they were all his people. Now, the right to speak on planet Baiji was in his hands. If those old fogeys at the top forced him to move, he would not do so even if he was beaten to death.
He was indeed planning to choose a partner from each continent. Although it was said that he was choosing partners, it was actually just to calm everyone down and stop some rumors. However, he could not choose now. First, he had to make arrangements for his own people and take control of planet Baiji. No one should even think about moving the planet he was guarding!
As for Shanta, when he got cocky, his mouth was always cheap. In a later live broadcast, Shanta had even said, "Thank you, Arcturus and Fomalhaut, for not accepting your kindness!"
Shanta had already found out from Fang Zhao that his application had started with the most difficult places. If Arcturus and Fomalhaut had not rejected Fang Zhao's application, Fang Zhao would not have come to planet Baiji.
At the same time, Shanta had also praised himself and rejoiced in his heart. Luckily, he had accepted Fang Zhao's application back then. Otherwise, he would be one of the people regretting today.
Indeed, it was as Shanta had expected. When Arcturus and Fomalhaut had received news of planet Baiji, they had been filled with regret. When they saw Shanta's smug look, the captains of the two exploration ships wished they could vomit blood.
Regret, they were really regretful.
First, it was Project Starlight. Next, it was the grade A power mine. How could they have known that a small celebrity like Fang Zhao would cause so much trouble?
It wasn't just the two exploration ships, Arcturus and Fomalhaut. A few other planets that were at the bottom of the development sequence were also having thoughts.
In the past, planet Baiji had been like them, a "poor household." Furthermore, the degree of "poverty" had been even more severe than planet Baiji. In the end, planet Baiji had become rich overnight. While they were envious and jealous, the various bases were also thinking: Should we invite Fang Zhao over for a stroll?
After the incident on planet Baiji, the allied government had announced that there would be professional teams bringing along the latest detectors to make a trip to a few other planets to see if there were any similar situations as planet Baiji.
Those that had not made it to planet Baiji to invest had their own plans. Even if the military did not probe, they would organize teams to rent equipment and take a gamble.
But everyone knew that power ores were very peculiar things. Instruments might not necessarily be able to detect them, and instruments could be tricked. Previously, instruments that had used sound wave detection technology to detect those ores had not been able to detect them. No one knew how Fang Zhao had been able to hear the location of the ores. Perhaps the previous instruments had been too old, or perhaps there were other reasons.
However, in principle, during his military service, Fang Zhao was under the control of planet Baiji base. If Shanta did not release him, no one else could take him away.
When Fang Zhao returned to base that day, Shanta spoke to Fang Zhao in private and got his own medic to give Fang Zhao a checkup.
Shanta had received news that among the research team that was about to be brought over, there was someone whose objective was Fang Zhao's ears. Shanta planned that if his own medic found anything unusual about Fang Zhao's ears, he would help cover it up. Shanta even thought that if the situation became more complicated, he could keep Fang Zhao on planet Baiji in the name of protecting him.
Shanta suggested letting the medic do a checkup, and Fang Zhao agreed.
However, the results of the checkup surprised Shanta. Other than Fang Zhao's eighth pair of cranial nerves being more developed than others, there did not seem to be anything particularly strange about him.
One sniff, two vision, three eye movements, four slippery, five forked and six outwardly extended, seven facial and eight hearing, nine tongue swallowing, and the eighth pair of cranial nerves was the auditory nerve.
The medic discovered that under certain circumstances, such as when he heard certain sounds or music, Fang Zhao's auditory nerve sensitivity increased significantly.
The medic said that this might have something to do with Fang Zhao's profession.
Receiving this checkup result, Shanta did not know if he was relieved or regretful.
Fang Zhao was not surprised. When he had noticed that he was different from others, he had already checked. There were quite a few medical equipment at home, but none of them had detected anything too special. Furthermore, the checkup he had undergone before his military service had only revealed a slightly higher rating.
"Since that is the case, Fang Zhao, you can rest on base. The people over there will surely be arriving soon. Do you know about the matter of naming rights for the new element?" Shanta asked.
"Yes."
"That's good. You can think about what you want to name it."
After the detector was upgraded, Fang Zhao was no longer needed.
In the past 100 years, Fiery Bird's game console had been developed to the 10th generation, and the detector had been upgraded close to 100 times. It was upgraded almost once every year.
From the rapid pace of upgrades, one could see how much manpower, material resources, and financial resources had been invested in this area.
— —
When the additional military and research team arrived at planet Baiji base, Fang Zhao was in his room composing music scores.
The person who had come to find Fang Zhao was a white-haired, kind-looking old man named Xike. He was the deputy director of the Academy of Science HQ. He had personally come to invite Fang Zhao to the laboratory to discuss the matter of the new ore.
There were a few more instruments in the laboratory. When Fang Zhao walked into the ore analysis room, he saw a few people in lab coats that he had never seen before. These people were not all mining engineers.
One of them was focused on the display screen of an instrument and muttered to himself in a low voice.
"Beautiful, so charming!"
That fanatical look was as if he was looking at the lover of his dreams that he had a crush on for a long time.
"Don't mind him. He gets like this when he sees the ore," Xike told Fang Zhao. "The display screen shows the atomic arrangement of the new power ore. A new element has appeared inside, a metal element that was previously thought to be impossible to exist."
"Since the start of the New Era, have many new elements been discovered?" Fang Zhao asked.
Xike laughed. "How could that be!"
As he knew that Fang Zhao did not understand this aspect, Xike continued to explain patiently. "The discovery of every new element has a high probability of bringing about a technological revolution. But new elements are not so easy to discover. Since the establishment of the Academy of Science HQ, there have been a few new elements that have been synthesized. When these elements were first discovered, they only had code names and no names. "
Xike pointed at the large display screen in front of him and said to Fang Zhao, "Actually, this kind of element was synthesized in the past, but it only existed for a short period of time. The repeatability was not high, and the experimental results were not recognized. Thus, until now, it only has an experimental code name and no official name."
In the New Era, people had discovered a few new elements. Some had been discovered while exploring the universe, some had been discovered on other planets, and some had been artificially synthesized. Among the new elements that had been recognized, only two had been discovered on other planets. One had been found in grade A + power ore, and the other had been discovered in planet Baiji's grade A ore. This was also the reason why the Academy of Science HQ had made such a big fuss this time around.
"Its appearance on this planet might be because this planet has experienced a certain period in the past, and during that period, conditions that far exceeded what mankind's current technology could create led to the stable appearance of this compound."
When Xike looked at the display screen, his eyes were filled with the same fanaticism, but he also restrained himself. He would not fall into a state of selflessness like those younger researchers.
Seeing that Fang Zhao seemed to be thinking seriously, Xike asked, "What are your thoughts?"
"Just a little inspiration," Fang Zhao replied.
Xike chuckled at the thought of Fang Zhao's profession, but his smile did not fade as he asked, "According to convention, the first discoverer has the right to name it. Have you thought of what to call it?"
Xike thought to himself. If this young man were to suddenly have some chuunibyou syndrome and come up with a particularly "unique" name, even if they fought to the death, they would not allow it.
"I have," Fang Zhao replied.
"Oh? That's great. Let's have a discussion. "
Xike contacted someone on the team and called Kevin Lin over for a two-hour discussion. Kevin Lin was not able to sit in and could only wait outside. When the decision was made, he would report the results.
Two hours later, Kevin Lin received the results of the meeting.
The newly discovered ore was called Baiji ore. So far, it had only been discovered on planet Baiji.
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