Looking at the man sitting across from him, Lu Hai still had a feeling of unreality.

Pang Xuelin, this name now has a strong influence all over the world.

It is not only because he has single-handedly brought China's ICT industry to the world's first-class level, forming a pattern of competition between China and the United States.

What's more, today's online world, whether it is the mobile Internet or the traditional PC Internet, is basically created by the man in front of him.

Yahoo, which he built himself, became the first-ever portal and shaped a new Internet business model.

The penguin he built himself has become a communication software that monopolizes 70% of the global market, with more than one billion users from mobile to PC.

Transwarp Technology, which he built himself, opened the era of mobile Internet, and Transwarp's tablets and smartphones have defined a new mobile Internet terminal.

HiSilicon, which he built himself, has become the most powerful chip design and manufacturing company in China, which can be called China's Intel.

In particular, the immersion lithography machine technology developed by him has enabled the global semiconductor industry to successfully break the wavelength limit of 193 nanometers, and is expected to explore the lithography limits of 130 nanometers, 90 nanometers, and 65 nanometers.

The 157-nanometer lithography machine developed by ASML, a major lithography manufacturer, with an investment of about 750 million US dollars, came to naught.

It is also China that has gone from a catch-up to a follower in the field of semiconductor manufacturing, and even a generation ahead of foreign countries in some technological fields.

As for the companies in which he invests and owns shares or even controls, it is even more.

For example, Pang Xuelin, one of the top three enterprises in the communications industry, Huawei Technology Co., Ltd., owns 49 percent of the shares.

For example, the booming Internet e-commerce Taobao, Jingdong, and Amazon all have the shadow of Pang Xuelin behind them.

Not to mention, Pang Xuelin is leading the promotion of a global electronic payment service, a software known as Alipay, which Western financial experts have described as a product that promises to disrupt the financial dominance of the United States.

Even the United States, which has always claimed to be free, has to prohibit Alipay, Warwick and other companies from entering the US market in the name of national security.

"Mr. Pang, let me take it slowly, why are you ...... became a relative of the water baby? ”

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Professor Lu, first of all, I want to apologize to you!" ”

"Apologies, why?"

Lu Hai looked at Pang Xuelin puzzled.

Pang Xuelin said: "In fact, I knew about your nanomirror film project a long time ago, and the reason why Shui Wa applied for your graduate school at that time was also my decision. ”

Lu Hai couldn't help but be stunned, and turned his gaze to the water baby on the side.

Shui Wa lowered her head a little embarrassed and said, "Professor Lu, right...... I'm sorry! ”

Lu Hai waved his hand indifferently, but said a little excitedly: "Mr. Pang, you mean, you are optimistic about my project?" ”

The reason why Lu Hai is excited is not only because of Pang Xuelin's legendary life.

What's more, it is now almost universally recognized that this young man in front of him has the ability to turn a little stone into gold.

Even ordinary products can play tricks in his hands.

If Pang Xuelin is really optimistic about his nanomirror film project, then this project will definitely be saved.

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "I am really optimistic, although your nanomirror film project seems to be a bit chicken, it is of great significance to what I will do next." ”

Lu Hai said curiously: "Mr. Pang, what are you going to do?" ”

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Professor Lu, have you heard of China Sun Engineering?" ”

"The Chinese Sun?"

Lu Hai frowned slightly, and looked at Pang Xuelin puzzled.

Pang Xuelin said: "China's solar project is a project proposed by the aerospace industry not long ago, with the aim of building a mirror with an area of 30,000 square kilometers in geosynchronous orbit, which reflects sunlight to the earth in a synchronous orbit at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers. This artificial sun can affect the weather in many ways, such as affecting atmospheric circulation by changing the thermal balance of the atmosphere, increasing ocean evaporation, moving fronts, and so on. In fact, the orbital mirror is only one part of China's solar project, and the other part is a complex atmospheric motion model, which runs on many supercomputers, accurately simulates the movement of the atmosphere in a certain area, and then finds a key point, and uses the heat of the artificial sun to exert an influence, which will produce a huge effect, enough to completely change the climate of the target area in a period of time......"

Lu Hai's eyes gradually became round, and he said a little incredulously: "Mr. Pang, you...... What do you mean is that this material of mine can be used as the main specular reflective material of the China Solar Project? ”

Pang Xuelin nodded with a smile and said, "If you want, I can recommend you to become the chief scientist of the China Solar Engineering Project." The total investment budget of this project is 500 billion US dollars, the state side contributes 100 billion, and the remaining 400 billion is financed by Transwarp, Transwarp Aerospace will be the main contractor and main builder of the project, and we will cooperate with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation to use their new generation of heavy-lift launch vehicles and space shuttles to provide capacity support for this project! And your nanomirror film material will be the most suitable material for China's solar project! In addition, Transwarp will run a new project on this basis. ”

"What project?"

Lu Hai's eyes stared at Pang Xuelin without blinking.

Pang Xuelin smiled slightly and said: "I plan to use the scientific and technological achievements of the Chinese sun to build an interstellar exploration spacecraft, using the light pressure generated by the solar wind to drive the spacecraft forward and explore exostars!" Over the years, I have made more than 200 billion US dollars through the operation of financial capital and the Internet industry, most of which has been invested in this project! ”

Lu Hai couldn't help but gasp.

Although the outside world does not know how much money Pang Xuelin has, people like "Fortune" and Forbes have evaluated Pang Xuelin's assets.

Basically, the predictions are around $100 billion.

This is the total asset of the company under Pang Xuelin's name.

What does Pang Xuelin tell himself now?

Over the years, he has earned more than $200 billion, all of which have been invested in this project, and it has not even had an impact on the company under his name.

How the hell did he do it?

However, this idea only stayed in Lu Hai's mind for a moment, and Lu Hai was quickly attracted by the interstellar spaceship proposed by Pang Xuelin.

Lu Hai frowned and said, "Mr. Pang, what do you mean by using the Chinese Sun as a solar sailing ship?" Theoretically, it is no problem, the body of the mirror is thin and light, the area is huge, and after a long period of light pressure acceleration, it will theoretically become the fastest spacecraft ever launched by mankind. But this is only in theory, the reality is that a ship with sails cannot sail far, it needs to have people on it, and an unmanned sailboat can go back and forth at sea, and even the port cannot sail, remember Stevenson's "Treasure Island" has a vivid description of this. In order to sail and return with the help of light pressure, the mirror requires precise and complex attitude control, and the Chinese sun is designed to orbit the Earth, and without human operation, it can only float blindly along an irregular course, and it cannot drift too far. ”

Pang Xuelin smiled slightly and said, "Yes, but there will be people on it, I'll drive it." Of course, one person is not enough, so my wife, along with fifteen to twenty volunteers, will be the crew of this ship! ”

Lu Hai frowned and said, "Mr. Pang, this is completely infeasible. Even with the help of the sun's light pressure, the spacecraft will eventually accelerate to one-tenth of the speed of light. Considering the time taken to accelerate, it will take about 45 years to reach Proxima Centauri. Then, with the help of Proxima Centauri's light pressure deceleration, after completing the detection of the Centauri tristar system, it will accelerate in the opposite direction and return to the solar system in a few decades. It sounds like a wonderful plan, but it's actually just an impossible dream. ”

"You're thinking wrong, after reaching Proxima Centauri, the Chinese sun does not slow down, passes it at a speed of more than 30,000 kilometers per second, and with the help of its light pressure, accelerates again and flies towards Sirius. If possible, we'll continue to frog and fly to the third star, the fourth...... All we need is a low-temperature hibernation system for life and an ecological circulation system that is enough for twenty people. We hibernate for most of our voyages, activating the ecological cycle only when we are close to the stars, which is enough to sustain us in space for thousands of years with current technology. Of course, the price of these two systems is not low, but compared with the first human interstellar manned exploration of mankind, it requires only one-thousandth of the capital. ”

Lu Hai swallowed his saliva, and suddenly had a feeling that he didn't know what to say.

After a long while, he asked, "Mr. Pang, can I ask you a question?" ”

"What's the problem, please say!"

Lu Haidao: "Mr. Pang, this is almost a mortal journey, why do you want to promote such a project, after all, an interstellar exploration project like this can be handed over to our descendants." And once you trigger it, you won't be able to come back. ”

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Which version of the reason do you want to hear, the idealistic version and the realist version." ”

"What is the idealistic version? And what is the realist version? ”

"The idealistic version is that some people are satisfied with the hot kang of their wives and children, and never glance outside the earthly world that has nothing to do with them; Others spend their entire lives just to see things that humans have never seen before. I've done both, and we have the right to choose a variety of lives, including life on a mirror floating in space a dozen light-years away. Moreover, if the spaceship flies out of the solar system, it will make the pleasured human beings look up to the stars again, rejuvenate their dreams of space voyages, and rekindle their desire to go on interstellar exploration. ”

"What about the realistic version?"

Pang Xuelin smiled slightly and said: "Professor Lu, if there is a game, you will be invincible from the beginning, you can do whatever you want in the game, you have countless resources to pile up strength, do you think this kind of game is still interesting?" If you are asked to play such a game every day, you will not find it boring. ”

Lu Hai was stunned for a moment, and nodded subconsciously.

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "For me, Earth is such a game. On Earth, I have become the richest person on the planet, and I have been able to mobilize more resources than many heads of state, and for me, the game Earth OL has already been played, and I want to find a new challenge. With the most primitive technology and the most incredible exploration, don't you find such a journey fascinating? ”

Looking at Lu Hai's stunned appearance, Pang Xuelin smiled slightly, raised the teacup and said, "Professor Lu, I will replace the wine with tea, I toast you, I wish us a happy cooperation in the coming time!" ”

"Happy working together!"

Lu Hai smothered the tea in one gulp.

……

That night, Mu Qingqing personally cooked and entertained Lu Hai's arrival.

Lu Hai was a little flattered.

After all, in the outside world, there are many rumors about Madame Pang.

Most of them are like the world, elegant and quiet.

Obviously, Mu Qingqing is very much in line with the standards rumored by the outside world.

After dinner, Lu Hai said goodbye and left.

Seeing that the convoy that sent Lu Hai to the hotel disappeared far away at the end of the road, Pang Xuelin returned to the manor.

In the bedroom, Mu Qingqing had just taken a shower, put on a silk nightgown, and her wet hair was coiled behind her head, sitting at the head of the bed and reading a book.

Seeing Pang Xuelin coming in, Mu Qingqing said, "Ah Lin, people sent away?" ”

Pang Xuelin smiled and nodded.

Mu Qingqing said curiously: "Alin, do you really think that kind of material can help us realize our dreams?" ”

Pang Xuelin's dream is to one day travel the universe in a stellar spaceship.

Mu Qingqing knew about it a long time ago.

Now Mu Qingqing's ideal is to help Pang Xuelin realize his ideals.

If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for!

Pang Xuelin got into the quilt, took Mu Qingqing into his arms, and said with a smile: "If he can't do it, then I'm afraid no one will be able to do it." ”

After all, China has proven the superiority of nanomirror film as a material, and the next step is to see its performance in China's solar project.

Lu Hai stayed in Lancheng for a week.

Every day that followed, he would come to the manor to discuss some of the technical details of the Chinese sun with Pang Xuelin.

Pang Xuelin naturally knows everything and says everything.

This surprised Lu Hai.

Because he found that whether he discussed scientific principles with Pang Xuelin, or discussed the implementation of the project, or discussed the management of the entire project, Pang Xuelin could always give extremely professional solutions.

Some solutions are even inferior to land and sea.

And in the past few days of communication with Pang Xuelin, Lu Hai faintly discovered that the first super richest man in human history with assets exceeding 100 billion yuan is not only a top business talent, but also has a deep scientific and theoretical foundation.

It was only at this time that Lu Hai faintly understood why Pang Xuelin would explore extragalaxies at all costs.

Perhaps, once a person stands at a certain height and comes into contact with the boundaries of knowledge that human beings can reach, what awaits him will be endless loneliness and loneliness.

Only by looking for a new world can it be possible to alleviate the symptoms of loneliness.