After a day of rest, Liu Yi tidied himself up and went to meet his mentor Hopkins, someone had already helped him get the registration, he only needed to take the information to meet people, Anisha helped him make an appointment first, this foreigner's time is very tight, he must make an appointment in advance, and he needs to prepare in advance.

Liu Yi can sit in the back of the car leisurely, driven by Kuyenikova, Anisha sits in the passenger seat to find a place, there are many research institutes at MIT, each covering a large area, beauties naturally have preferential treatment, they always have someone to answer enthusiastically when they ask for directions, but it saves Liu Yi's trouble, he just needs to recuperate, Kuyenikova and Anisha didn't expect that Liu Yi was going to study for a doctorate at MIT, so that the two of them didn't expect that a young man with so many assets and like to fly, who should be arrogant, is so low-key and still studying for a doctorate, does he really like astronomyCountries around the world are doing research in this area, but there are not too many theories that have really made progress.

There are security guards and full-time secretaries outside the institute, Liu Yi walked to the door with two big beauties, the tall security guard glanced at the two big beauties several times, and the secretary at the front desk was also very curious about what Liu Yi's identity was, and he could have such a beautiful twin beauty as an assistant.

"Please wait. The role of the two beauties is still very great, the secretary immediately found out the time of Liu Yi's appointment, called the people inside, waited for about a few minutes, and immediately got the news, the security guard opened the door and let Liu Yi in, and the secretary stopped the two beauties, and took Liu Yi into an office inside, after knocking on the door and entering, Liu Yi saw a thin old man, not tall, but the eyes he wore showed his knowledge, Liu Yi knew that he was a world-famous astronomy expert, and the academic aspect was still very powerful。

"Professor Hopkins, this is Mr. Liu. The secretary made an introduction.

"Hello, Professor Hopkins. Liu Yi stretched out his hand, and Professor Hopkins also stretched out his hand, and shook hands with Liu Yi, this young man did not have the kind of gentlemanly appearance he thought, but a learned demeanor, and he couldn't even tell that he was a rich man, he was dressed very simply, wearing ordinary civilian clothes, in line with their researcher's character, and did not come in formal clothes, of course, Americans did not care about the British gentlemanly demeanor.

"Hello, Mr. Liu, I have been waiting for you for a long time, I am glad that you can choose us to pursue a higher degree, I believe you must be proud of your choice. Rather than a particularly bureaucratic researcher, Hopkins looked at Mr. Liu a lot to make sure he wasn't wrong. "Nice to meet you. ”

"Nice to meet you. Liu Yi said again.

"Many people in your subordinate institute are my classmates and students, and I have heard them talk about you, you are very interested in astronomy, which is very good, I have read your paper, it is not bad, the content and data have been verified. ”

Hearing Professor Hopkins' judgment, Liu Yi was still very happy, and it was enough for the big names in the industry to be able to give him a positive evaluation, "Dang."

Of course, these are certainly not enough, although we need talents like you, but we need people who make our dreams come true. Hopkins looked at Liu Yi, "Inviting you to come over for a PhD is just one step, but before we do that, we need to confirm with you whether I can trust you." ”

Liu Yi didn't quite understand what the big professor wanted to talk about with him, but there must be something, so he nodded, "The things discussed here are naturally confidential, you can rest assured." ”

"I'd love to know, what is the purpose of your company's purchase of the Space Institute, is it to make a rocket?" Hopkins asked seriously.

"Rocket?" Liu Yi thought for a moment, That's just the first step, there are more things to do, human beings have developed to this day, and their understanding of the universe has not surpassed that of the moon, we don't even know what the situation is on Mars, we want to explore this unknown universe for human beings, the earth is not a particularly safe place now, and we don't know if we will encounter extraterrestrial civilizations, the history of human civilization is only tens of thousands of years, and it is a very, very tiny unit in the time unit of the universe, doing these studies, as long as we look for a possible future for human beings, we are not politicians, we are an ordinary human being。 Liu Yi said lightly, "I also hope that one day, I can go to Mars, or to the distant moon of Jupiter, to see the real universe, to know where the future of mankind should be extended, and whether our civilization can continue for a longer time." ”

"Okay, I think your idea is very good, although it is not quite the same as my idea, but like most of our astronomical researchers, there is an idea to consider the future of mankind, although we usually communicate a lot in astronomy, but because they belong to different countries, and some content will not be shared, which seriously hinders our research and development, we hope to be able to establish a set of global astronomical research institutions, do outer space observations, at present, various countries have launched space telescopes, but these data are confidential, will not be made public, NASA also retains a lot of secretsIf we can unite astronomers from different countries to study the secrets of the universe together, it will be a great event, and it will be able to promote the development of current technology and let us go further into the future. ”

Listening to what the professor said, Liu Yi roughly understood, did he think about the technology sharing of the institute? It's not that it's impossible, but how to cooperate?" After discussing the research institutes of several of our universities, we decided to launch our own telecommunications into space to study the rays of the universe, but at present we can raise insufficient funds, we need the support of more people, we are just a group of scholars, we don't know many rich people, and even fewer rich people are willing to invest money, you know, even the Hubble Space Telescope, the cost is more than one billion dollars, not to mention the cost of launching, which involves the joint of more subjects, there are only three countries in the world that can launch rockets, and the success rate is not so high, as a country may not be willing to launch for our civil organizationsand even take control. ”

"Do you fancy me to pay?" Liu Yi smiled.

"You're just one of them

Of course, the more funds you can pull up, the better, at least you have better resources to use, if you really have such an ideal, you naturally know that there is no problem with what we say, whether you are willing to help. ”

Liu Yi's head is running fast, this is a good thing, he can naturally invest money, but if it is not for him to lead, then everything will be meaningless, he also wants to get more technology, and then let space technology develop, create a new profit model, he values private rocket launches, but this requires the support of many countries, ordinary private people can't do it, NASA later outsourced rockets to Musk, there is also a reason, Liu Yi certainly knows why, it's not just a matter of funding," If you can work with MIT's Rocket Propulsion Institute to develop a new rocket with my space research institute, maybe I can invest in it. ”

"How are you going to invest?" Hopkins felt that Liu Yi was still hopeful.

"As a businessman, any investment is to hope to have a return, and it is the same to invest in you, I need the ownership of all the information, all the information can be disclosed to our internal personnel, especially the negative side of space technology, more information is needed, I want to make better rockets, contract future satellite launches, so that I can launch orders from NASA and other countries, which will play a positive role in our research." Liu Yi said calmly, "I want to build a sea launch platform, under our investment company, there is the technology of aircraft carrier construction, the technology of the large platform is under development, it should not be a big problem, and the technology of supersonic launch aircraft is also available, we have a special production plant and research institute, the premise is that we already have it, and the rest is how to break through the limitations of space." ”

"And what about the money you invested in our research?" Hopkins immediately asked.

"Starting next year, there will be no less than a billion dollars of investment in this area every year, and if there is a technological breakthrough, we will also increase investment to quickly catalyze space technology, and we want to build the best space telescope in the world, and there is more than one, we need to have at least three or four in the world to be able to observe all directions. However, I also have one condition, that is, my alma mater, Peking University, must also participate in the best efforts, so that we can form five different observation points in Europe, the United States, Australia, China, and Russia, obtain more detailed data, and the progress of research will be faster. ”

Hopkins's eyes lit up immediately, he didn't expect it to exceed one billion dollars a year, this is a lot of money, just to do astronomical research, this money is definitely enough, if such a large amount is invested every year, and there are so many prerequisites, they can accelerate their research, and they can make great progress in space technology, as a non-governmental organization, it is not bad to have such a large amount of money to invest, many rich people are only willing to invest a few million dollars in it at most, but it does not play a role at all, astronomy is a very expensive discipline, and it is difficult to see the future, and Liu Yiyi is one billion dollars as soon as he opens his mouth, which is greatly unexpected by them, and he already has so many research institutes in the world, they are all good research institutes, and the combined power will be stronger, and the information he has will be more complete.