Somewhere in the convention hall, next to the booth, a silver-white dome sits there.

Space-X's life support unit, the X-2 model, is said to be an improvement on the original life support unit.

Since the failure of the Ares program, the cooperation between Space-X and Blue Origin has ended, and after throwing all the pot to Blue Origin, which is controlled by Amazon, Musk quickly found a space technology company based in Tanegashima, Japan as a new partner, and the X-2 designed for the lunar environment was born.

Without a doubt, this is a very wise decision.

After the failure of Project Ares, a new Martian colonization operation is impossible in the short term.

Even if Congress might sign off on the budget, the New Virginia Accident Investigation Commission would have repeatedly challenged them on safety issues.

Therefore, Huaguo is currently the only customer who is likely to pay for their technology, because Huaguo is the only one who currently seems to have the need to send people to the moon.

The Pan-Asian High-tech Innovation and Investment Summit does not exclude North American companies, and after getting the summit exhibition permit, Musk asked the people of Space-x to move the silver "round egg" over, and even gave it a Chinese name - Tangyuan, in the hope of winning the favor of the Chinese people.

After removing the key technology, the X-2 life support unit, which is only a trial version, has only a limited number of functions and a 50% smaller footprint. However, although the sparrow is small, it is not a problem to use it as a display item, and you can even climb in the open hatch to see what it is like to sleep in an astronaut's bed.

Unfortunately, although the silver-white round shape did attract the attention of many onlookers, no one seemed to come forward to study, and no one seemed to have the urge to enter the open hatch to take a look.

After all, the Ares program just failed last year, and it was only through the rescue of the Chinese spacecraft that he barely rescued people, and he also poked the big basket of Martian bacteria, saying that it was high-tech, there is no doubt about it......

But I always feel that there is a little bit of unconvincing in terms of security.

This is a stereotype.

Once a product is labeled as a failure, people will subconsciously look down on them regardless of whether they fail or not.

Leaning against the booth that was leaning against Menke, and casually sending a few reporters who were attracted by him and wandering over, Musk crossed his arms and looked at the crowd of people who were not interested in stopping in front of his company's booth, and said in a bored voice to the white man standing next to him.

"You know what? Beavis, the thing I regret the most in my life is that at the materials science conference in Los Angeles a few years ago, I didn't make any more efforts to keep Professor Lu in Los Angeles......"

The man, Beavis, is the number two in the Tesla group.

Although he has nothing to do with Space-X, he is the general manager of Huaguo recently appointed by Musk, and he is considered a confidant. Whether it is the Tesla factory in Shanghai or other projects, Musk trusts him to take care of it, and he does not live up to the CEO's expectations and arranges things in an orderly manner.

Hearing the boss talking to him, Beavis withdrew his gaze from the convention center and glanced at the boss suspiciously.

"At that time, Professor Lu taught him...... Have you already studied astronautics? ”

Musk shook his head: "No, what he researched at that time was a nanosphere of lithium cathode materials, and that technology was exactly what Tesla needed...... To be precise, it is needed by new energy companies all over the world, so I got in touch with him and threw an olive branch to him. ”

Beavis casually asked, "How much annual salary did you give him?" ”

Musk smiled and shook his head: "His value is not something that can be measured by an annual salary, even I could see it at the time." I invited him to be my collaborator and work together to build the hegemon of the pure electric vehicle industry in the new era...... But it is a pity that he rejected this great plan. ”

This sentence, without Musk's words, Beavis also knows it.

After all, this Professor Lu has become a figure that all the pure electric vehicle industry loves and hates. Love is naturally in love with the lithium-sulfur battery cathode and anode materials he researched, as for hate......

Naturally, because the patent is in his hands.

Looking at the boss with a somewhat lonely expression, Beavis comforted and said, "There is no way to do this kind of thing, he knows his value very well, and he is different from those nerds who are easy to fool." ”

"But I think anything can be discussed," Musk shrugged, "and he was just a Princeton professor at the time, and maybe he saw the importance of those patents, but I don't believe he could see it that far away five years from now." Maybe I would have taken more Tesla or even Space-x shares at that time, or maybe we would be the ones standing on the moon now waiting for others to come and curry favor. ”

"I don't disagree with your statement, but to be honest, I don't really like the word flattering you use...... We're not currying favor with the Chinese, we're just doing business normally," Beavis opened his mouth and gestured with his right index finger, "It's all based on mutual benefit." ”

Musk waved his hand and interrupted Beavis, "I know, but sometimes I can't help but think that if I could be reborn ten years ago-"

However, before he could finish speaking, a voice that was not familiar, but seemed to have been heard somewhere, floated from the side, interrupting the middle of the sentence.

"It's an interesting idea, but I don't think you'd better be whimsical, even if you give me the whole company of Space-X, I'll eventually go home."

Turning his head abruptly and looking at the two people who walked to the side of the booth, Musk's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Lu Zhou?"

As for the person next to Lu Zhou, it should be President Gong of the AIIB, although he is not familiar with it, he has met him a few times.

"Yes, Mr. Musk, it's nice that we meet again...... This is probably the second time. Looking at Musk, who had a somewhat surprised expression, Lu Zhou smiled and stretched out his right hand.

Musk, who came back to his senses, immediately showed a smile on his face, and generously held Lu Zhou's outstretched right hand and shook it.

“…… yes, long time no see. I've always wanted to visit you and tell you in person that you're a worthy adversary. ”

"Each other, you are also a respectable opponent to me," Lu Zhou said with some nostalgia after glancing at the silver-white giant dome behind Musk, "To be honest, your radical actions on the Mars program really scared me." Even if our astronauts were ready to die at any time, we never considered sending them to Mars, tens of millions of kilometers away, without guaranteeing their lives. ”

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Musk's heart was still quite comfortable, but when he heard the latter words, his expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"You're here to taunt me?"

Lu Zhou: "No, I'm just passing by." ”

Musk: "......"

That honest look really doesn't look like a joke.

As Lu Zhou said, he was just passing by.

However, it is precisely because of this that this feeling of not being put in the position of a competitor by his rival at all makes Musk's heart angry.

Fack!

If not in the convention center!

If this is not in China!

He really wanted to punch that pesky face.

But obviously......

It's impossible.

Morningstar LL said

Chapter review may be a bit slow, now it's manual review, don't worry if the later chapters are not brushed out, it should be fine in five minutes at most (probably)