2 Without wine there is no negotiation

The first time many people saw Gao Jie, they thought that she was an ordinary woman, with a medium build, typical Asian complexion, a round face, a small mouth, a small nose, not big eyes, shoulder-length hair slightly scattered, and a very conspicuous forehead...... In short, it can't be said that she is very attractive. But she is not good-looking, serving as a human resources consultant and spokesperson for a top 10 Chinese company in the world. She was appointed to turn the company around in just two years when it was in trouble, helping it pay off its huge debts. In the face of doubts and controversies, Gao Jie did not respond, she just silently continued to do her job, when she took maternity leave to temporarily hand over her position, the company soon fell into crisis again, her successor changed one after another, until she returned from leave to help the company out of trouble again. For this reason, Gao Jie was exceptionally promoted to the company's leadership, even though she had only been working for just over six years. Since then, all doubts have disappeared, and the humble she refused to be promoted to senior human resource manager by the company, and also refused all interview invitations, and continued to do her job silently. Gao Jie's personal ability and personality charm are also gradually becoming known. In the selection of members of the Minerva space station, Gao Jie was selected for his excellent work ability, personal charm and psychological quality. Coupled with a dream that originated from childhood, Gao Jie left his family and business to go to space, swim in the vast sea of stars, and contribute to the exploration of the wider universe for mankind.

At this time, Gao Jie followed the commander to his command room, although he could wear civilian clothes, Gao Jie had been wearing the standard uniform of Chinese astronauts - a traditional combination of dark and light blue, a five-star red flag and a V-shaped pattern on the chest, and a United Nations badge was added to the armband, and other aspects were basically unchanged even compared with the spacesuit of Yang Liwei's era.

"Please come in." The commander said, "Here, this is for you, open it and take a look." He handed over a paper bag, Gao Jie took it, and found that it was a bottle of vodka, and the packaging of the bottle showed the prestige of its brand.

"What are you?" Gao Jie asked with a smile.

"Thank you husband for your help, this is a thank you gift." Without a translator, Gao Jie would have heard Russian fluently but with a broken accent - the commander of the Minerva space station is Russian: Miller Batalov, with naturally curly hair, a beard that runs from lips to sideburns, piercing eyes, and if he changes into an old military uniform, he is like a copy of the hero Vaskov in "The Dawn Is Quiet Here". Miller is 37 years old, and four years forward does not meet the requirements for the selection of space station members, but considering that Minerva cannot be completely controlled by inexperienced newcomers, Miller Mao recommended himself to join the team, as a professional astronaut with a total of 470+ days of space station life experience, he is the best candidate for the position of space station commander. Before Miller left the earth, he was most worried about the life and education of his children, even if he held an important position, but the affairs of his children still could not disturb the country, when he learned that Gao Jie's husband was teaching in a primary school in Beijing during the two-year space training of the space station members, Miller put forward the hope that his youngest child could go to Beijing to go to school and stay, and then Gao Jie's husband did it, but Miller left the earth before a matter of concern.

"Then I'll take it, thank you." Gao Jie knew that she didn't need to be polite to each other when dealing with a person like Miller, so she gladly accepted the thank you gift, she knew that Miller still had work to do, so she left after a few words of greeting. In the passage, Gao Jie and another Chinese astronaut, Wang Chen, met. Wang Chen is also wearing a Chinese astronaut uniform, his figure is not tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he is very energetic. At this time, Wang Chen was holding a list, as if he was checking the materials, and when he saw Gao Jie, he greeted him warmly: "Hey, Gao Jie, are you getting used to life here?" Eh, what's in your hand? He pointed to the paper bag and said, Gao Jie replied truthfully.

"Would you like a drink?" Gao Jie smiled and asked Wang Chen, "I'll go to Ruian and them in a while, and you will come too?" ”

"Okay!" Wang Chen was very happy, "Then I'll go find some sobering medicine...... Oh, I'm going to carry our 'butler' first, and we'll meet Ryan later, right? ”

"Okay." Gao Jie responded cheerfully. Wang Chen is mainly responsible for the maintenance and repair of the space station, he was a Chinese aerospace engineer before being selected as a member of the space station, and has rich experience in the design, manufacture and maintenance of various aerospace equipment and artificial satellites. There are two other people on the space station who hold the same position as Wang Chen, engineers from Japan and Germany, and the three of them are a working group that is responsible for organizing the storage room in addition to routine maintenance and emergency repairs.

Passing through the passage, Gao Jie passed by two large cabins, namely the experimental cabin and the research cabin, on the other side of the upper disk, there are also the same two cabins, different from the other cabins, the bulkhead between the experimental cabin and the research module and the passage has tempered glass, and the situation inside can be observed from the passage. Gao Jie looked through the glass, there were at least four researchers inside who were cleaning up the cabin, and there were a total of 8 researchers in the Minerva, from the United States, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Japan, India, Singapore and Australia, who had made great achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, biotechnology, human body and space science, and formed a team representing the core knowledge and technology of the earth's civilization. However, considering that the cost of conducting relevant tests on Minerva will be much higher than that of conducting tests on a space station orbiting the Earth, the mission of this team is mainly to communicate and analyze the knowledge and technology with the alien civilizations that may come into contact.

Gao Jie arrives at the station's living quarters, where she quickly finds Ryan Book's cabin, where a guitar sounds like "You are my sunshine." Gao Jie pressed the doorbell, the guitar stopped, and Ryan opened the hatch with that trademark smile.

"Please come in, my friend!" Ryan greeted the visitors with the warmth and cheerfulness that characterizes the Americans, "I'm practicing playing the guitar, and I think it will bring some fun to the boring life here." ”

"Good idea, Ryan." Gao Jie said, "If the phrase 'Please don't take my sunshine away' is not in a hurry, it will be perfect." Gao Jie entered the cabin and found that it was already full of Ryan's personal belongings, and there were several character posters on the wall, including Keanu Reeves's classic sunglasses trench coat photo, Gisele Bundchen's photo at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics, and even a unique Tokugawa Ieyasu "portrait" of the painting, the people in these pictures have won achievements beyond the world or excellent reputation, but behind the success they have experienced pain and bitterness that ordinary people can hardly bear. Gao Jie speculated that Ryan used the experiences of these people to inspire him to face difficulties and failures bravely, and not to give up easily.

Ryan smiled and responded, "Thanks for the reminder, I still have to practice hard." His cheerful smile has captured hundreds of millions of fans on the planet, and as a (former) actor, Ryan has become an international superstar at a young age, and although he has a handsome appearance comparable to that of Rivan Phoenix, he is also a powerful actor, and has won many international awards including the Oscar and the Golden Globe. He has a noble character, does not value remuneration, and is willing to make donations in charity, education, environmental protection and other fields, and is regarded as the brightest star in the film and television industry after the "era of great reconciliation", when he was only 26 years old. When everyone thought that his achievements would surpass any previous actor, and the media scrambled to praise the film and television industry for the next decade completely belongs to him, Ryan suddenly announced that he would suspend acting and focus on public welfare. So when he announced that he would be participating in the selection of space station members, people were not surprised at all, and they cheered him on, and finally Ryan lived up to the expectations and was selected, and Time magazine once again featured him on the cover, along with another space station member from the United States.

Gao Jie took out the vodka and handed it to Ryan, who was delighted that alcoholic beverages were a sought-after item on the space station. "I remember you said you liked famous wines from all over the world." Gao Jie said.

"Of course! I didn't dare to drink too much though. Ryan looked at the bottle and said, "Gao, this wine is too strong, it's okay to drink a little less." Oh, I remember that Silka also drank and I went to her. Without waiting for Gao Jie's answer, Ryan left the cabin. Gao Jie had to wait in the room for a while, and she looked at the photos of Ryan hanging next to the bed, many of them commemorative photos of him when he participated in public welfare activities, and there was also a photo of him when he was a student, and from the background of the school building, Johns Hopkins University, which Ryan never mentioned.

"Hello, high!" Sirkka Virtanen appeared at the door of the cabin, "Thank you for having me. Ryan, who was beside her, gracefully made a "please" gesture, and the two entered one after another. There were three people standing in the small cabin, which was very crowded, after all, the individual cabin was the size of a double bed, and the single bed took up half the space.

Silka Vertanen is a young educator from Finland, fair-skinned, slightly chubby, with long, wavy blond hair and a typical Nordic look. Like Ryan, she laughs beautifully, as beautiful as she can make an irritable person calm down immediately. In Finland, which is known for its advanced education, there are many excellent educators like Sirka, and she is one of the best young educators. She also has a pair of children on Earth, and during her previous two years of training, she used to call them and tell them all kinds of anecdotes. She was wearing a sky-blue sweater with the Finnish coat of arms embroidered on her chest.

Gao Jie also greeted him in a friendly manner, and the three of them exchanged a few words, and Gao Jie also explained the origin of the wine. While they were chatting, Wang Chen came as agreed.

"Welcome to us, King!" "Hello, King!" The two foreign friends greeted each other cordially, and because of the same preferences, Wang Chen chatted with the two of them very much, and the three often discussed literature and history together.

"It's too crowded here, let's change places, don't embarrass the two ladies." Ryan said wittily.

Wang Chen took over: "I know where to go, follow me." The other three got ready, and Wang Chen led the way to a vacant cabin. A wide range of repair kits are stocked here, including hammers, pliers, wrenches, screwdrivers of various sizes...... Even such a high-tech space station is inseparable from these basic maintenance tools.

"It's a good place." Silka nodded in satisfaction.

"There are still a lot of empty rooms, why this place?" Gao Jie wondered.

Wang Chen pretended to point mysteriously to a white hemispherical object in the corner of the cabin and said, "I'll show you this, our 'butler'." ”

As soon as Wang Chen's words fell, the hemispherical object vibrated slightly, and then made a voice similar to that of a little girl: "Hello everyone, I am 'housekeeper', and I am happy to serve you." ”

- The "butler" is the artificial intelligence robot aboard the Minerva.