Chapter 11 Rat Meat Is Meat
The window in between is almost a year before the next replenishment ship arrives.
Without adequate food supplementation, even if the daily consumption requirement is met, the people at Bald Eagle Base will not be able to survive until the next round of supplies.
This is also the reason why they traveled thousands of miles to the God of War base, and pinched their noses to pay a large amount of money, if they can't even eat, most of them don't expect the blonde guys to continue to explore the existence of minerals on Mars with peace of mind, just to survive is already very difficult.
The general situation on Mars, there are people on the other side of the earth who are watching it 24 hours a day, day and night.
Not to mention whether the investment is worth it or not, even if there is only a slight opportunity to find a large number of natural superconductor minerals, the powerful guys are willing to try.
The Bald Eagle base has been maintained until now, and the total cost has been as high as about 490 billion US dollars since the establishment of the project, and in the area of cost control, it cannot be compared with the private enterprise of the Mars Exploration Company, which has been said to be shady since more than ten years ago, but there is no evidence, just like the expenditure of a certain armed forces department, it will always be a mess.
Considering the service life of various instruments, including the Mars base, the initial cost is relatively large, and it can be slightly saved later, but the cost is still very large.
This time spent billions of dollars to buy food, the Bald Eagle project agency hyped up the fact that it had spent money to save the lives of more than 40 people, and the transaction had not yet been completed, and it did not dare to offend the God of War Mars Exploration Company, but the tendency was already very obvious - Su Yi, Su Beidou's grandfather, has become a representative of black-hearted businessmen.
From the moment when the accident happened at the Bald Eagle Base, these people found Su Yi for the first time.
Originally, the psychological price was 35 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the quotation was reported at 50 billion, which was about 11 billion US dollars, and finally it was 40 billion......
"The money has been transferred into the company's account, and you can't even listen to others humming, just let them talk. ”
The person who was talking was Su Beidou's grandfather, located in a luxury manor by the sea, and an assistant was reporting to him on the progress of the transaction, casually mentioning the recent media movements of the transaction.
Su Yi.
In the entire thirties of this century, the throne of the richest man in the world belonged to him, and now he has no scenery and money, but he is still full of courage and has already accumulated a strong foundation.
It's amazing, but it's a pity that the appearance and height are a little worse.
The height is barely over 1.7 meters, his appearance is not good, and he has a round face when he laughs, and anyone who looks at it will feel honest.
The weather is hot, a cheap white short-sleeved shirt, a beer belly, double flip-flops on his feet, drinking porridge while listening to briefings, and speaking a few words from time to time, and the assistant will always take note of it carefully.
Before the development of cancer cell targeted drugs, before almost completely conquering cancer, Su Yi was just an ordinary person, studying medicine in college, it was not easy to get a wife, he became richer and richer since the second half of the twenties, although he was congenitally insufficient, but he was exposed to the tip of the pyramid for so many years, who really dared to look down on him, that is really stupid.
At the beginning, the banner of "poor people can't afford anti-cancer drugs", openly contradicted the company's management, and quickly cashed out, and within a few years, the company that mainly engaged in anti-cancer drugs encountered competitors, because of the viciousness, the market value plummeted.
Some media once asked him why he believed that Su Baichuan, who was still young at the beginning, took out so much money to create the God of War Mars Exploration Company.
The reporter originally thought that he would say that it was for his dreams, or for the future of mankind, etc., but Su Yi, who was still young at the time, was also domineering, and replied lazily: "I have so much money that I can't spend it in this life, what's wrong with helping my son fulfill his wishes?"
Some people don't believe that this is what he really thinks, but it is what it is.
If Su Beidou's genius father hadn't been stalking and clamoring to go to Mars, maybe Su Yi would have been just an ordinary super-rich man until now, and there would be no God of War Mars Exploration Company at all, nor would there be a Bald Eagle project established in accordance with the trend.
After drinking the porridge with a look of enjoyment on his face, Su Yi lifted Erlang's legs and said vaguely when he picked his teeth with a toothpick: "Chen Dafeng said that my grandson wants to go out for a walk and walk on Mars, it's okay, you go and inform Song Ke, be careful." Also, after thinking about it for so many years, I will come up with a can for me to come out? Take the plan and ask other people to see if it can be realized, I will give the research funds that should be paid, as long as my grandson who has not even hugged me will not have an accident, and Lao Tzu will give a red envelope afterwards. ”
"I'll do it right away, boss...... That doesn't sound like a good idea, but I think it might work. ”
"Maybe, but no. ”
Su Yi was clearly smiling, and his tone was also plain, but he had an undoubted courage when he heard it, especially in the matter of Su Beidou, he was very concerned.
When the ordinary-looking male assistant in his early forties heard this, he just nodded with a smile and replied: "Wait for the next time I have the opportunity to do a simulation first, find other teams to try it too, and give you an answer as soon as the results are out." ”
"Hmm. ”
Looking at the sky, blue sky and white clouds, and seabirds passing by, Old Man Su's gaze did not stay on these things, as if he could see further.
Suddenly, he smiled and said to himself: "I will grow so big in the blink of an eye, remember to notify me when Xiao Beidou goes out, I have to watch the whole process, how about I go up when I have time?"
The assistant was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "There are so many things in the company, it will take three years to go out, and if something happens at that time, who will take them back." ”
“…… It's very reasonable, then continue to wait, I'll feed the fish, you have someone clean up the table, and ask the housekeeper to make a pot of tea and wait for me to come back. ”
For the first time on Mars, there was a "commodity" transaction, pinching his nose and approving the money, he thought that the matter would end here, and everyone ended happily.
Incredibly, news soon came again that money was going to be paid – money for water for bathing, and drinking water for the way back.
In addition, the price of the medicine and the spare rations used for the experiment was also clearly marked, which was said to be Su Baichuan's decision, which was not polite at all.
If you have to say that you are polite, it should be that the original price of 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars was erased by 500 million yuan, and you can buy 5 tons of water, 10 chickens, plus 30 guinea pigs, and 100 canned meat from white mice.
Not to mention the disgusting eating of mice, there is no brine purifier at that time, even urine will be purified into pure water, if you want to live, you have to drink it, reproduce quickly, easy to feed, no virus and no parasites, this animal is obviously very suitable as a ration, aside from the psychological discomfort, in fact, as long as it is cooked properly, the taste is not bad.
Living on Mars, it's easier to eat potatoes or something, but it's troublesome to eat meat.
No matter how disgusting the rat is, it is still meat, and it is not easy to raise, and it is a serious waste of rations.
The picky ones were ruthlessly brushed off as early as the selection of Mars landers, and the rest have long been used to it......