Chapter 97: The Thompson Family
"Ding!" The elevator door had already opened at this time, and Zhang Lu listened carefully to Dorothy's introduction to the leaf space station, and couldn't help but have great respect for the crystallization and product of this technology that represents the most advanced technology of mankind, and secretly sighed that human science and technology have been so developed.
When Dorothy and Zhang Lu stepped out of the elevator, a handsome boy happened to pass them, the boy's well-defined contours naturally showed a friendly smile, nodded humbly to Dorothy and Zhang Lu, and finally stayed on Zhang Lu for two seconds before politely entering the elevator.
Zhang Lu did not smile back politely as usual, but turned back and glanced at the other party's back arrogantly, she had long been accustomed to the flattery of boys, and at this time she secretly speculated in her heart, could it be that this kid was also a student of the Academy of Natural Sciences.
"He's from here?" Zhang Lu looked at Dorothy, her unconvinced temper and a little curiosity made her immediately can't help but want to know the truth.
"Oh, no, of course not." Dorothy looked back at the closed elevator door, "He seems to be a student of the Academy of Natural Sciences just like you." ”
Zhang Lu listened to the balance in her heart a lot, each other, she thought to herself.
"His name is William Thompson, and his father, Thompson Sr., was a good friend of NASA Commander John Robinson, but I only met him today, a very handsome young man." After Dorothy finished speaking, she looked at Zhang Lu with a smile.
"John, we have made the latest breakthrough in our latest micro V800 engine system, and I am confident that the 480 kW V800 Oxygen Engine Box Space Edition will be tested in the next two years." In the office of Space Agency Commander John, Taylor Thompson, president of the Boulder Engine Group, was dressed in a black suit, and he said to John Sr. with a confident face.
"Let me congratulate you in advance, President Thompson." John Robinson, the white-bearded commander of the space agency, held up a glass of red wine and said.
At this time, Deputy Commander Sarah Mitchell couldn't hold back a smile on her face, picked up her wine glass and nodded at President Taylor. These three long-time friends have joy written on their faces at Taylor's exciting news.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you, Margaret Thatcher, Miss Zhang Lu is here." Dorothy suddenly pushed open the door to her office and whispered to the three of them toasting.
Sarah turned her face to see that Dorothy was alone, she knew that Zhang Lu was outside the door, so she nodded to Dorothy: "Thank you." ”
Sarah then turned to President Taylor and smiled: "Then, I'll miss first." John, I might want to have a good talk with that girl. Sarah said as she walked out the door, spreading her hands to John and shrugging her shoulders, indicating that she wouldn't be back anytime soon.
"Is it that genius girl from Hualu Group? Please greet and congratulate her on my behalf, thank you. ”
"I will!"
"Thank you!" John put down the cup in his hand and watched Sarah close the door.
"You mean, Hualu Group?" Taylor was a little surprised, and he looked back at Sarah and asked John after he went out.
"Yes, the daughter of Chen Qiuhua, president of Hualu Group. I'm really glad that you two giants representing the most advanced power and energy of mankind have such geniuses. Commander John picked up the glass of red wine again, he could not hide the joy in his heart, and looked at Taylor a little excited.
"Hualu Group is preparing to develop a button fusion battery, and our idea was to find a reliable miniature nuclear battery to serve our Xingyuan-3 spacecraft in particular, and we actually handed over this important project to Hualu Group directly from the beginning. However, Hualu Group has been unable to break through the theoretical demonstration of micro nuclear fusion battery technology over the years, and finally Zhang Lu, the daughter of the president of Hualu Group, proposed a perfect solution, knowing that she was still in the third year of high school at the time. Therefore, after being admitted to the Academy of Sciences, she will study under Dr. Huang Sijing, and their team will work together to tackle this major topic. Once their project is completed, then Xingyuan plans to solve the various potential problems that humanity may face during future long-distance travel. It can be said that this project of theirs is a vital part of our Star Plan. ”
"I can't believe it, it really surprised me." Taylor's heart was extremely complicated all of a sudden, although Hualu Group and himself were not in direct competition, both of them played a decisive role in human space activities, but the pace of development of the other party was not lagging behind, he was both surprised and admired.
Dorothy listened to Zhang Lu's origin on the side, and couldn't help but deeply admire this girl in her heart.
"That girl seems to be well-behaved and polite, and it turns out that she has a lot of background, no wonder Sarah attaches so much importance to meeting her." Dorothy pondered as she sorted out Sarah's table. Of course, she didn't know that Zhang Lu was still Sarah's niece Beibei's best friend.
In Sarah's eyes, Zhang Lu's intelligence and Beibei's simplicity and kindness are so valuable, one of them is eccentric, the other is honest and old-fashioned, they have been inseparable since childhood, and they are born to be a pair of living treasures. Sarah has no daughters, and these two girls have grown up by her side since childhood, she naturally loves these two lively and lovely girls the most, and in her eyes they are like her own daughters.
"But your son, William, is also a rare genius, and this child will be crucial to supporting the development of the fusion power engine for our Xingyuan-3 spacecraft. Interestingly, these two geniuses are probably going to become classmates, and they will both belong to Dr. Huang Sijing's team. In this way, Jushi and Hualu are both indispensable strategic partners, you have no direct competition, but you are so similar, Taylor. ”
John Sr. once again praised William, the son of the Taylor family, and everyone knows that both of Taylor's children were admitted to the Lunar Academy of Natural Sciences, and William's sister Grace Thompson was a student in the Department of Human Social Sciences.
"You've won the prize, Commander Robinson." Taylor smiled and drank the red wine from his glass in one gulp.
"Auntie!" Zhang Lu saw Sarah outside the door, and took two steps forward affectionately and hugged Sarah tightly.
Sarah looked at Zhang Lu with a red face, smiled and patted Zhang Lu's shoulder lightly with great satisfaction, and excitedly hugged Zhang Lu in her arms and said, "Xiaolu, I am really, very proud, I know that you are the best." ”
Zhang Lu listened to it and felt extremely sweet in her heart, so she didn't speak again, and listened quietly like this. In Zhang Lu's eyes, in addition to her mother, Aunt Sarah is the elder who loves her the most, and in this completely strange world, she seems to be hugging her mother.
"I knew you would definitely be admitted, come, let Auntie see." Sarah said and held Zhang Lu's shoulders and looked at her, "I haven't seen you for half a year, I've grown taller again, and I'm more beautiful!" You're a living beauty embryo, and I don't know how many boys from the Academy of Natural Sciences will be fascinated. ”
"Auntie......" Zhang Lu stomped her feet coquettishly when she heard this, she also hated others since she was a child, and now she got a degree from the Academy of Natural Sciences of the Moon at the age of 19, this little girl still has that childishness.
"Haha, okay, I won't straddle you. I guess you're hungry too, so let's go and eat together. Sarah led Zhang Lu to the east hallway.
"Auntie, you're busy with work, aren't you? I haven't been back much lately, and Bei Bei misses you very much. Zhang Lu excitedly took Sarah's hand and asked as she walked.
"Well, yes, I'm afraid I'll have to take the time to go back. That stupid girl, alas! It's good to have you half smart. Sarah couldn't help but shake her head when she heard Zhang Lu mention Beibei.
"Auntie, Bei Bei is your own niece, I don't agree with you, she has many more advantages than me. Babe is honest, kind, and caring......"
"Hehe, yes, it's just that it's always missing a heart."
"What!"
In a spacious restaurant, dozens of small square tables are divided into three large circles and displayed in an orderly manner in the hall, people set up a large grape trellis in the open space in the middle of the restaurant, several vigorous grape vines climb all over the shelves, and extend in all directions along the cable above the restaurant, plus the bonsai that people decorate in the restaurant, the whole restaurant reflects a vibrant green.
Above the restaurant is a three-layer translucent glass wall, behind the glass is the vast pitch-black space, in the darkness of space, the lonely sun is like the moon in the night on the earth, endlessly sprinkling its light in the restaurant, and finally reflecting around, making the restaurant extraordinarily bright. So the lights in the restaurant were temporarily turned off, and people enjoyed the quiet and beautiful time while eating slowly under the sunlight filtered by the glass wall.
Sarah and Zhang Lu each picked their own buffet and sat down at a small table on the west side of the restaurant.
"Come, Xiaolu is here for the first time, try this artificially bred salmon meat, it tastes as delicious as real fish, try it." Sarah forked a piece of fish meat with a fork and put it on Zhang Lu's plate.
"Thank you, Auntie, I really want to try this space version of fish." Zhang Lu said as she picked up a small piece of salmon with her hand and put it in her mouth, half-squinting her eyes and savoring it carefully.
"Hmmm! Fragrant. Zhang Lu picked up a glass of mango juice and took a sip, and said excitedly that she wanted another piece.
"Give!" Sarah had already crossed another piece and put it to her mouth.
"You kid, it's unhygienic to grab food with your hands, please use chopsticks and forks. And you have to drink juice everywhere, so call you the juice princess. ”
Zhang Lu chewed the fish meat in her mouth and unscrupulously showed her upper and lower front teeth: "Hehe, it's still my aunt who loves me the most, and my mother nagged me all day long." ”
Sarah elegantly forked a piece of meat and put it in her mouth, and looked at Zhang Lu helplessly: "Your mother is the greatest maternal love, you little white-eyed wolf." You must know that it is really not easy for your mother to cultivate such a genius as you, and to make Hualu Group so big, you still don't understand her. At the end of the day, many people are probably thankful to her, because she has trained a gifted student in the Academy of Natural Sciences. ”
"What! One bite is a genius, I think Bei Bei is better than me. Zhang Lu lowered her head and cut the steak while chattering.
Sarah coldly heard Zhang Lu mention Beibei, the niece she cared about the most, and suddenly remembered that she had always wanted to come here the most.
"Hehe, you girl just don't know what to do. Bei Bei naturally has her advantages, but your advantages are not ordinary, you know, we are now in space but we can live on the same earth, this is because this is a gravitational magnetic field area simulated with electricity, and this electricity comes from the nuclear battery of your Hualu Group. In this respect, if you develop a coin fusion battery in the future, it will be of great significance to human society and human productivity. ”
Zhang Lu listened to Sarah's lesson casually, and looked down at the message that Bei Bei had just sent on her watch: "Lu, have you seen my aunt?" ”
Zhang Lu quickly replied with a few words: "I saw it, but she seems to have forgotten about you." ”
In Zhang Lu's eyes, she never felt that she was superior, so Sarah's words were regarded as going through the motions and not taking it to heart. Because Zhang Lu knows that everyone has their own value, this excessive admiration for the individual often has a negative impact on society.
"Auntie, I know! But if you look at this great space carrier, how many talents in various fields have been gathered. To be honest, I was so shocked to be here for the first time today. Zhang Lu waited for Sarah to finish speaking, trying her best to express her inner feelings at this time, many times the great achievements of human beings are not just contributions that can be completed by technology in a certain field, and she, like Beibei, is not used to being praised.
"Haha, you're right, there are top talents in the fields of metals, crystals, semiconductors, biogenetic engineering, nuclear power, chemistry, dynamics, electricity, computer programs, robotics, software systems, air defense, human sociology, psychology, medicine, and so on." Sarah, as the deputy commander of the space agency, is naturally very familiar with everything here, and looks at Zhang Lu while introducing it, of course, she does not realize and comprehend Zhang Lu's true thoughts at this time.
"Auntie, Bei Bei doesn't even know how much she wants to come here, she often uses an astronomical telescope to observe the Leaf space station, maybe she is looking at it right now." Zhang Lu deliberately changed the topic, she preferred to talk about some easy things in life.
Sarah was stunned for a moment, realizing that Zhang Lu seemed to be reminding herself how much she missed someone on Earth. Sarah couldn't help but show Babe's innocent smile at this time, that cute girl, always so innocent. How many times has my niece always clamored to come with her to see the leaf space station. But every time Sarah thinks she's just coquettish, and it's always perfunctory.
Sarah finally slowly put down the knife and fork in her hand, and said in a wooden voice, "Really? That silly girl, I miss her too, how about I take her to see you next time? ”
"Really? That's great, I'll tell her now, don't go back! Zhang Lu's red lips grinned exaggeratedly, revealing a row of white teeth, and looked at Sarah earnestly like a child.
"Hmm!" Sarah looked at Zhang Lu's smug look and nodded solemnly, she was very pleased that Zhang Lu and Beibei's relationship was so good, and their relationship was as close as ever.
Sarah blamed herself a little at this time, she usually only cares about work, her care for this well-behaved niece is too limited, and her husband, as a general in the American and Asian continents, is also a busy person. Therefore, only her son Jiang Bing can give Bei Bei the care and love she deserves, just like her brother, who has the mission of protecting her sister, and of course she has the most beloved grandfather.