New York.

The New York Times Building.

The door to the editor's office opened, and a curly-haired man in a black suit walked in briskly, dropping a stack of materials on the desk closest to the door.

"Anders, here's a poll about Project Ares, and I want you to integrate it into the next interview and give it to me before you get off work."

"Okay, boss."

Quickly taking the file, the man named Anders with deep eye sockets licked his index finger and flipped it over as quickly as he could.

Although this action may seem unhygienic, it has become a professional habit for him. He does it whenever there's big enough news to excite him, even if sometimes it's an electronic file that comes to him.

Seeing the poll data at the end, Anders, who sat up straight, said in a tone of disbelief in excitement.

“…… Incredibly, the current government's approval rating has risen by 14.3 percentage points. ”

Sitting down at his desk, Duke, the editor-in-chief, pulled a file out of a drawer and grinned as he quickly wrote something on it with a pen.

"Yes, there is a lot of interest in the Ares program and the ongoing volunteer selection, and we have been contacted by Columbia Television to do a talk show in the near future."

Anders looked up and asked, "Talk show?" Who to invite? ”

Duke: "Of course the three lucky ones, the Ares volunteers. ”

His eyes widened in surprise, Anders stood up with his hands on the table, and said in a tone of disbelief, "Oh, Shet, have the three lucky ones been chosen?" ”

Duke: "It was chosen last week, but it's not time to announce it yet. My old friend at NASA told me that three astronauts were already training in the Arizona desert, including basic astronautical skills...... And some necessary common sense. ”

Anders asked a little unwillingly, "Are they all ordinary people?" ”

Duke: "Two of them are said to be ordinary people, and one is professional. ”

Opening his mouth, Anders shook his head and sighed, "...... Well, it looks like I lost the election, damn it...... The first time I've seen a volunteer who still has to pay money, but unfortunately I lost that $100. I was counting on being the first journalist in history to go to Mars, but now I don't think I have a chance. ”

Duke, who was in a good mood, smiled and said encouragingly: "Not necessarily, this is just the first wave of colonists, and there will be many opportunities in the future." ”

While the two were chatting, the office door suddenly opened.

Looking at the lady who hurried in, Duke who was sitting behind the desk frowned.

"Camille, you forgot to knock on the door."

"I'm sorry, but that's not the point at all," he quickly walked to Duke's desk with high heels, and the blonde-haired Camille said in an excited tone, while opening the laptop tucked under his elbow on the desk and pushing it in front of Duke, the editor-in-chief, "Big news from across the ocean!" Trust me, this will definitely make the headlines tomorrow! ”

Looking at the excited look on Camille's face, Duke was slightly stunned, and his expression gradually became more cautious.

This Camille is not a newcomer either.

According to his past impressions, she has always given him the feeling that she is a relatively stable type. Now that even she is excited to be like this, it must be some terrible news.

Quickly dragging the laptop closer, Duke looked at the electronic transcript on the screen, and within ten seconds, the whole person was stunned.

When he came back to his senses, he immediately spoke.

"Is the information reliable?"

"The message is absolutely reliable!" Camille said in an excited tone, "I contacted an old friend in Shangjing City, and confirmed from him that Huaguo did hold a relevant meeting yesterday, and the news on the official website of their Space Agency and Science and Industry Bureau was published, and it was definitely not a smoke bomb released!" ”

Anders, who was sitting behind his desk, craned his neck and asked, "What the hell is the news?" ”

Camille: "In response to our Ares program, Hua Guo announced plans to build a space station in lunar orbit, which is said to be called Moon Palace!" ”

Moon?

Very strange pronunciation.

However, what surprised Anders was not its pronunciation, but ......

"Are they crazy? Do they know what a space station is? ”

"I don't know! I mean, I don't know if they know," Camille said incoherently, taking a deep breath to calm himself down a bit, and excitedly watched Duke, the editor-in-chief, continue, "But there's no doubt that this news is definitely enough to make the headlines tomorrow!" ”

After staring at the electronic manuscript in his laptop for a long time, Duke, who had not spoken, took a deep breath and looked at Camille in a trembling tone with excitement.

"Well done, you've done a great job!"

The look in his eyes became more and more excited, and he had even thought about the title of tomorrow's headline and the content of the article.

Just landed on the moon and wanted to build a space station in lunar orbit?

What other word can be used to describe an adversary on the other side of the Pacific than the word "self-defeating"?

……

As soon as the news that China will build a space station in lunar orbit was made public, it immediately caused an uproar around the world.

Not only the New York Times, but also many newspapers in North America, including the Washington Post, have reported on the news.

Compared with the impact of the manned landing on the moon, this news is obviously much more topical. After all, it is much more difficult to build a space station on the moon than it is to throw a lunar module on the moon.

Even for Americans, the program is still in the research phase and will not be officially launched until 2022.

There is no doubt that in the eyes of the vast majority of Americans, the plan announced by China is simply a fantasy.

Is it realistic that you start to learn to run without learning to walk?

If North American newspapers have been a little more restrained in reporting the news, then some talk shows are not hesitating to joke or ridicule.

Of course, even though the North American media ridiculed Huaguo's indiscretion, they did not say it too absolutely.

After all, with the example of Xiangrui in the first place, even the more radical media did not dare to cite the opinion of NASA experts, and it was certain that China's lunar orbital space station plan would fail.

Even if the probability is as high as 80%.

Interestingly, the most ferocious criticism did not come from abroad, but from home.

Lu Zhou estimated whether he had offended anyone, but he didn't bother to care about these little things.

Even if you offend someone, what can you affect him?

Most people still have brains.

As for those who have no brains......

It has nothing to do with him.

After returning to Jinling, his life rhythm gradually became busy, and he had no extra energy to pay attention to things on the Internet.

Sitting in his office reviewing papers, there was a knock at the door.

Stopping the pen in his hand, Lu Zhou looked up and shouted through the door.

"Who?"

"Xu Wenhao from the Laboratory Department of the Institute of Biochemistry reports!"

Hearing the sound of the door being called outside, Lu Zhou almost didn't laugh.

Is this here to sing? Or are you here for something?

Thinking of the task he had given before going to Beijing, Lu Zhou coughed lightly, adjusted the expression on his face, and spoke.

"Come in."

The door of the office was pushed open, and Comrade Xu Wenhao, who was said to be his little fan brother, walked in with a stack of materials in his hand and a red face.

"Professor, the test results you asked for have been made, and the rest of the samples are here!"

Seeing this young man solemnly put the test results and the remaining samples on his desk, the whole Lu Zhou was a little embarrassed.

“…… Well, hard work. ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard," Xu Wenhao smiled shyly, reached out and scratched the back of his head, "That...... Can the big guy sign me? Just sign this reference book on electrochemistry. ”

As he spoke, as if by magic, he pulled out a reference book on the principles of electrochemistry from behind.

Dumbfounded and looking at his set of operations, Lu Zhou calmed down and said, "...... Okay, bring it. ”

Xu Wenhao smiled and handed over the book: "Okay." ”

Such a trivial thing as signing is not a problem for Lu Zhou, and he signs a lot of words in a day.

When he took out the pen from the pen holder, Lu Zhou flipped through his reference book and found that it was full of notes, so he asked casually.

"Are you teaching yourself electrochemistry?"

Xu Wenhao smiled embarrassedly and said, "Yes, I think I can still work hard and strive to be admitted to the Institute of Computational Materials." ”

The Institute of Biochemistry is a research unit separated from the Institute of Computational Materials, and although the research funding is not large, it is far less popular than the Institute of Computational Materials.

After all, the former is just an emerging research unit, and the latter is one of the birthplaces of computational materials science that is ranked among the best in the world.

For the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, most of the doctoral or master's students who are admitted to the Institute of Biochemistry, regardless of whether the major is right or not, almost all of them are inspired to rely on the Institute of Computational Materials.

Anyway, there are four big pits in the biochemical ring material, and the future is basically the same, if you can, naturally which pit is more comfortable, you can squat where.

Probably able to understand Xu Wenhao's thoughts, Lu Zhou shook his head with a smile and wrote his name on the title page of the book.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, so he said, "I remember that your direction is biochemistry." ”

didn't expect idols to notice such a small person as him, Xu Wenhao was suddenly flattered and nodded.

"Yes."

Lu Zhou stopped the pen in his hand, thought for a while and said.

"In fact, you don't have to go to the Institute of Computational Materials, the Institute of Biochemistry will also be one of the key development directions of our Institute for Advanced Study in the next few years."

Xu Wenhao was slightly stunned, his eyes immediately widened, and he said excitedly: "Really? ”

"Do I have to lie to you?" Lu Zhou smiled, threw the signed reference book back into his hand, stood up and patted him on the shoulder, "Come on, young man, I'm optimistic about you." ”

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