After the team returned to the outpost, Bie Liao immediately called a few men to send the unknown creature that Fang Zhao had shot to the base so that specialized personnel could study how it had evaded the detectors.
This time, Fang Zhao did not follow them back to the base, nor did he fight for the credit. Instead, he went straight to the outpost's equipment manager and asked, "Is there an engraving machine?"
"Engraving machine? What kind? " The outpost's equipment manager was rather old. He had been injured in the previous attack, but his injuries were not serious. After receiving treatment at the base, he quickly returned to the outpost. Perhaps because they had experienced the attack together, his attitude toward Fang Zhao was much more sincere.
Fang Zhao fished out the broken tooth and told the manager, "I want to engrave some words on it. There might be a lot of words, so it needs to be shrunk."
As an experienced manager, he was familiar with the functions and usage of many machines. When Fang Zhao said this, the other party understood and shook his head. "Our outpost doesn't have that kind of machine. We have to borrow it from the base. Let me check for you first. This type of machine is usually unused, but it's hard to say now. After all, planet Baiji is launching many big projects at the same time. Maybe all of them have been borrowed... Oh, there is one. I'll reserve it for you."
Fang Zhao thanked him and contacted Bie Liao to get him to bring back a engraving machine from the base. He had already reserved it through the intranet, so he could collect it directly.
Coming out of the equipment room, Fang Zhao returned to his room. As soon as he entered, he saw Kevin Lin lying there like a corpse. It had been like this for the past few days.
To improve his operational skills and to be able to follow up in the days to come, Kevin Lin's military training this time was even more rigorous than the military training Fang Zhao had received in the continent's military district before his military service.
Kevin Lin's trainers were two veteran outpost soldiers. They knew what was most suitable for Kevin Lin. They did not expect him to have a sudden change in combat power in a short period of time. What they needed Kevin Lin to master was escape strategies in all kinds of dangerous situations, to improve his physical strength, and not to run and run until he could no longer hold on.
When Kevin Lin had formulated his plan, he had felt that he could become a superman, but now he just wanted to be a salted fish. He did not want to do anything. The intensity of his daily training was already enough to make him collapse.
Kevin Lin was still lying there when he heard Fang Zhao enter the room. He asked weakly, "How was your day?"
"Not bad. there were gains," Fang Zhao replied.
Kevin Lin raised his head and asked curiously, "What did you get?" Having worked with Fang Zhao for so long, Kevin Lin had some understanding of Fang Zhao. For Fang Zhao to say this, it meant that besides the usual things, there had been some unexpected occurrences today.
Fang Zhao told him about the creature and took out the broken tooth. "This is its tooth."
Kevin Lin changed his salted fish attitude and perked up. He moved the video camera over and zoomed in on the segment Fang Zhao had mentioned.
"It's not bad, but we don't know what the base's conclusion is. If it's really useful for improving the equipment, it'll be a hot topic. But before we get a conclusion, we have to cut out that conversation."
"What do you intend to carve on it?" Kevin Lin had also found out from the video that Fang Zhao had picked up the broken tooth and asked curiously.
Fang Zhao simply said two words, "Music scores."
These two words made Kevin Lin, who had been preparing to edit the video, pause. His gaze toward Fang Zhao was filled with excitement. "Music scores?!"
Although Fang Zhao did not compose many songs, every one of them sold for a high price. Kevin Lin was just thinking about what kind of news he should publish to boost his popularity, and Fang Zhao had delivered a topic to him.
Kevin Lin could not be bothered with editing the video. His gaze shifted to the notebook Fang Zhao had taken out. "Have you composed it?"
"Not yet. It needs to be edited," Fang Zhao replied.
Kevin Lin was worried. "Can you make it in time for the auction?"
"I can make it."
"That's good. You carry on, I won't disturb you. "Kevin Lin smiled and walked to the other side. He did not edit the video but instead went online.
As planet Baiji's network construction accelerated, the communications network was becoming more and more complete. For some people, such as military reporters and people like Kevin Lin, they could use planet Baiji's communications network to connect to the home planet's network. However, there was a daily time limit, one hour per day. If they exceeded that time limit, they would have to pay a hefty fee.
In the New Era, communications were developed, and internet fees were very cheap. However, they were not on the home planet but on the faraway planet Baiji. At this stage, the communications network had not been opened to the general public. For people with special privileges like them, if they wanted to surf the net, they could only pay a hefty fee.
Kevin Lin was willing to pay a hefty fee. After all, he would not be the one paying. As long as it was within a certain range, he would be reimbursed by the company. The only thing was that there was a slight delay in refreshing the information, and uploading required auditing, but overall, it was much more convenient than before.
As soon as he connected, Kevin Lin posted a status on his public social media platform. If he did not make an appearance for three days, all that was left of him would be a legend. The shelf life of the entertainment circle was also very short. Although Fang Zhao had been trending online a few days ago, within a few days, he had been squeezed out by all sorts of news. If he wanted to stay popular, he had to constantly make his presence known.
Kevin Lin had previously enjoyed the treatment of a celebrity and was now addicted to it. Thus, he would not let this opportunity slip by.
His peers on the other four channels were now trying to stir up news every day to squeeze out his popularity. The day before yesterday, there had been a report on S2 channel's Fritz's suspected disfigurement from allergies. Yesterday, S4 had hyped up the unspeakable affair between Tianhao and the female nurse. Today, S1 had a report on Li Xiaoxiao and the Animal Protection Association calling for the protection of native species. It had caused quite a stir. They had all f * cking agreed to take turns to brush up on the news every day. The four channels seemed to be working together!
Based on Kevin Lin's many years of experience in the industry, S2 channel's Fritz's suspected disfigurement from allergies was definitely a publicity stunt. The allergy was definitely real, but it was not so serious that it was as if the sky had fallen.
S4 channel hyped up the scandal between Tianhao and the female nurse. Woo Tianhao daring to openly flirt with the female nurse in the base was courting death. Regardless of whether he had such intentions or not, in this case, at most, it was just creating some buzz and clarifying the matter in a few days. It was the same old routine. The operations team had seen that Woo Tianhao's fans would fall for it.
As for S1 channel's animal protection association, ecology association, and call for the protection of native species, this was nothing much. But Kevin Lin saw that there were comments such as "some celebrities are too bloodthirsty and cruel," and so on. The person who had left the comment was an internet celebrity. Although the person's name was not mentioned, Kevin Lin knew that the person was talking about Fang Zhao.
In the videos Kevin Lin had sent back over the past few days, there had been a few scenes of Fang Zhao shooting wild beasts. It might have triggered some sensitive people.
It was not that protecting native species was wrong. Kevin Lin supported it. He had even donated quite a bit of money to these associations. He had once dreamed of buying a house near every scenic spot in Muzhou to get close to nature. Most people who had grown up in a steel city had this sort of complex.
Planet Baiji also had an ecological monitoring system. Even before planet Baiji was developed, people would be sent to patrol and monitor the environment every year. Even outpost teams had restrictions on hunting. People in the New Era still valued this sort of protection.
But in those dangerous situations in the videos, if they did not take the initiative to shoot, did they have to stand there and wait for death? Even if Fang Zhao did not make a move, others would.
Besides, did they break the rules? Did they kill indiscriminately? Did they hunt excessively?
No!
But Kevin Lin could not directly confront him. If he said anything, people would say he had a guilty conscience.
If this had happened in the past, Kevin Lin would definitely have started a smurf account to scold him, but Kevin Lin's mindset was different now. After becoming famous, his value had risen, and his mindset had changed. He did not lower his IQ to respond to these idiotic comments. If he had the time, he might as well think about how to stir things up.
Ever since planet Baiji had been placed in the top five of the development sequence, it was destined to be a hot topic. For example, the upcoming auction would definitely continue to be a hot topic online. Because of this, other celebrity teams were making use of this time to boost their popularity, lest they were affected by the news of planet Baiji's auction.
After the terrorist attack, people who were concerned about politics went straight to the military channel. The reports there were more professional and comprehensive. Kevin Lin knew that his own military knowledge could not compare to the veterans of the military channel. If channel S5 continued to focus on military news, it would appear nondescript and would not be able to curry favor with either side. Previously, the high number of viewers had been because of the terrorist attack. Now that the incident had passed, people were no longer interested.
The program team's editorial department had given him all sorts of suggestions. After thinking it over, Kevin Lin decided to focus on Fang Zhao.
Since he already knew Fang Zhao's intentions, Kevin Lin posted a status on his social media platform:
[Lalala ~ I have seen the auction item that Fang Zhao has prepared. I can't say what it is yet, but I can only remind everyone to prepare their money. You will not lose out if you get it! [Proud] [Very proud] [Very proud]]
Leaving people in suspense was one thing, but there were three consecutive "proud" emojis at the end, making many people's teeth itch.
After posting, Kevin Lin disregarded the rapidly increasing number of comments and disconnected. He started editing today's video. He still had to send a video to the program team. This was his daily job.
At the same time, the three bodyguards that Hong Lou had sent to protect Fang Zhao returned to the outpost. After a short discussion, they mustered up the courage to leave Hong Lou a message, requesting to be transferred back.
Coincidentally, Hong Lou had just finished a meeting. When he saw the message, his two straight eyebrows twitched. He immediately contacted the three and asked for the reason.
In the video call, the three had bitter expressions on their faces as they told Hong Lou about the events of the past few days. Having worked so hard to get to where they were now, they had experienced many real battles. When they had followed Hong Lou to planet Baiji, they had great ambitions. Originally, when Hong Lou had sent them to protect Fang Zhao, they had been a little emotional. Deep down, they had been unwilling to accept this mission, but they had still obeyed orders. They had not expected that they would receive such a deep blow from Fang Zhao.
Among the three, the major also told Hong Lou about today's events. When he thought about how Fang Zhao's reflexes and marksmanship were not just a step faster than theirs, he could not help but ask, "General, didn't you say that he was just an artist?"
Hong Lou had no way of replying.
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