177 The Art of Chatting
Led by Scott Jr., the three-member "Kalonsky Film Crew" entered NASA's Houston Kennedy Space Center base in a grand manner.
Of course, the identity of this special film crew has not yet been revealed. According to Scott Jr., because the filming project is still in the process of being confirmed, "in order not to affect the friendly feelings between the people of the United States and China", in case they visited NASA and finally did not choose each other, they were sad, and for the time being, they could only make up a fake identity to get by. This kind of fake reason Amy actually accepted it all - she probably wanted to add some hot material of Chinese rookies to the Rockets' social media accounts - not only did Amy introduce Scott Jr. and Yu Xiaochun as her choreographer and assistant respectively, and after a few random phone calls at the door, she successfully led the group of three people in.
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An elongated golf cart. A big man in a full suit, a black tie, black sunglasses, and a Bluetooth headset drove silently in front, and Yu Xiaochun, Scott, and Amy sat in the back.
Yu Xiaochun is still visiting NASA in Houston for the first time, and there is also the task of this fake film crew, so it is inevitable that he is a little nervous when he looks forward to it. The golf cart suddenly limped off the tourist-packed trail and into a small area of barbed wire surrounded by barbed wire, and the road under wheels was paved with gravel. The car jolted, and Yu Xiaochun couldn't help but lightly bump Amy's elbow and asked, "Where are we going?" β
Kennedy Center Facilities Management Department. I made an appointment with their manager. β
Amy's tone was not lacking in pride. Facilities management department, Yu Xiaochun thought about it carefully, this should almost correspond to the "property department" often referred to in China. Although they take care of the facilities and equipment of the entire base, they are often not in a high position and are easily accessible, and if you want to know any information about the base, it is undoubtedly the best shortcut to start from them.
Yu Xiaochun couldn't help but add a little admiration to this Amy beside him. Only little Scott sat behind them, his sunglasses pressed tightly, as if he was silent.
"Little Scott, what are we going to talk about in a moment?" Yu Xiaochun turned his head and asked in a low voice. How he wished he had some of Scott's self-confidence. But the other party's answer was secretive:
"Don't worry, just remember by heart, leave the chatting to me and Amy. Look at the art of our chat, hehe. β
Little Scott smiled slyly, turned the car again, and drove to a white bungalow in the deepest part, where a bearded middle-aged man in khaki overalls was already waiting in front of the door.
Before the golf cart could come to a stop, Amy had jumped off, happily shouting the name "Jeff" and rushing up to give the bearded man a warm hug.
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The bearded Jeff has apparently passed the previous basketball friendly game with the Rockets, and Amy is already an old friend. Under the latter's introduction, he shook hands with Scott Jr. and Yu Xiaochun in turn without suspicion, and then motioned for the special driver of the golf cart to leave, and led them into the white bungalow behind him.
"It's your first time here, right?" Jeff's voice is loud and full of energy, with a thick Texas accent.
"yes, yes, I've never been here. It's not a highly classified place in NASA, it's pretty cool! Amy, who hadn't spoken much just now, stood on tiptoe and clapped her hands, and greeted Jeff in a tone of great adoration, flying around him like a chirping bird.
"Haha, that's kind of interesting." Feeling the adoration, Jeff smiled even more happily, and said, "It's not highly classified - there are more confidential places in the Kennedy base than I do here, except that I can see their location and situation here." β
Jeff pointed to the wall in the house, and saw a giant screen as tall as the bungalow, showing the entire NASA base building. They enter from the south exit, next to the public access routes and open facilities, which occupy only a tenth of the size of the entire map, marked in green. Their facilities management department is on the east side, next to the edge of the map, with white markers. The entire north and west are surrounded by research facilities of varying size, with a natural waterway separating the open areas with blue markings. And in the northwest corner, farthest from the south entrance, in a sandy and gravel model ground, is the launch pad of the famous Kennedy Center, marked with brown.
This entire electronic map is supported in front of them, not only the size is amazing, but the level of detail and high-tech of the map is also breathtaking. Not only do each building have different color markings, but there are also lines and pipes connecting with each other, which should correspond to various facilities such as water, electricity, ventilation, sewage, communication networks and physical channels in the base, as long as any fault and problem occurs in one place, it will be displayed on this screen as soon as possible. In front of the large screen, there is also a full-width console, which Jeff can call up details in any position through the ball in the center of the console, and a row of ten small screens that display different real-time data for monitoring.
In Koharu's opinion, the series of settings in front of him are better than the first time he saw them at Scott Jr.'s home by the beach in Los Angeles. But it is precisely because of that foreshadowing that at this moment, the shock of the vision in front of him has also decreased a little.
But Amy doesn't seem to think so at all, and after Jeff introduces and demonstrates from the screen to the console, from big to small, her curiosity grows unabated. Amy took the trouble to ask Jeff a long list of questions, some of which seemed to Koharu to be even simple and ridiculous, with repetitive content, such as "what do the different colored signs represent", "what are the connections between the houses", "where did we come in and where are we now", but Jeff took the trouble to answer them one by one.
It can be seen that he even enjoys this sense of superiority somewhat. His lack of cutting-edge work at the entire NASA base, the attention and respect he received, and the fact that he was a young woman, was not without reason for his superiority.
After some simple questions, Amy finally seemed to inadvertently throw out the real highlight of this "interview" that was explained by Scott Jr. in advance:
"Then Mr. Jeff, if you look at the different colored areas on the screen, is it possible that people with different permissions can only move within the specified color? For example, if I'm just a tourist today, I'll only be in the green zone. β
"That's right. The function of each color area cannot, and the permissions required are of course different, hehe. β
"So we need a special driver to drive in today to enter your white area, huh?"
"That's true. You're smart, girl, haha. Jeff let out a hearty laugh.
"But there is no way for ordinary people to get into the blue and brown areas. That's all highly classified, I guess? β
"Definitely not. However, our facilities management department can go over, because it is responsible for the normal operation of all facilities and equipment in the entire base, which is our job responsibility, hahaha. β
Amy's ability to follow the good path is really powerful, but Jeff still doesn't notice it, and Yu Xiaochun can't help but be completely impressed by her.
"Wow, that's amazing!" Amy clapped her hands and cheered, then she turned to the conversation, "Then it looks like if we want to go further to the blue area, we have to ask you, Jeff." β
"I'm afraid this won't be easy to do..."It seems that Amy asked a question that was really embarrassing to Jeff, and he laughed dryly twice in embarrassment, and said, "Hehe, this... According to the rules of the base, ordinary visitors, not with special duties like us, are not allowed to be brought into the blue and brown areas under any circumstances. β
"Not even friends?" Amy's eyes flickered and her tone was delicate, and Yu Xiaochun felt that she was almost going to use her feminine charm to make a fuss.
"I'm afraid not..."
"Thisβ" Unable to answer the question, Amy glanced back at little Scott, who had been silent behind her, with some embarrassment. Scott Jr. stepped forward, smiled stiffly, and said, "Mr. Jeff, I seem to have a friend who says he works in NASA's space biology research department. You've got a department here - I always thought he was bragging to me, scolding me. Do you know which building the Department of Aerospace Biology is, in the blue zone, is this it? β
Little Scott gestured to a building sign in the blue zone. He thought that his words were made up seamlessly, but he didn't expect that Amy's pretending to be stupid and cute would be completely difficult for him, and Jeff seemed to be a different person, and suddenly became extremely alert. He glared fiercely at little Scott and asked in a serious tone:
"Aerospace biology department? You tell me, why did you go out of your way to ask where it was? What are your intentions! β