Chapter 57: Next Steps
"Hehe, don't you believe it?" Poplar asked with a smug expression.
The customer's inquiry came from the other end of the phone, and then Wu Yi was heard whispering: "I believe it, but I won't tell you now, you can invite me to dinner in the evening, okay, hang up!" β
Hearing the blind sound in the mobile phone, Poplar was speechless for a while, he had heard that it was very good to invite people to dinner, he had never heard of people being able to invite guests so confidently, and today he understood it.
He shook his head, then started looking up the contact number again.
In fact, there are fewer contact numbers in his new mobile phone, and at present, in addition to Lu Feng, Wu Yi, Liu Yan, and Zhang Fei, only his mother's is left, as for the numbers of his college classmates, high school classmates, and junior high school classmates, that is really embarrassing, he threw it on Luo Yuanxing, there is no way to make Xiaoyu refuse to return the phone to him, and he is embarrassed to come back.
As for his master's number, Director Hu's number, and Wang Yangming's number with Shangguan Nantian, he naturally had it, but he didn't plan to use his new mobile phone to contact them, after all, he was afraid of exposing the secret of his new mobile phone.
At present, only his mother and Zhang Fei have not been contacted in the contact on his mobile phone, and after thinking about it, he plans to call Zhang Fei first.
Although his relationship with Zhang Fei is not as close as that of Lu Feng and Wu Yi, this guy has also paid a lot of attention to him, so he should have informed the other party.
But what made him wonder was that he didn't know if Zhang Fei's kid didn't have his mobile phone with him or for some reason, so he still didn't answer his call until the end of the call.
After thinking about it, he simply sent a text message to the other party, briefly describing that he used his method to propose, and indeed made his proposal successful, and thanked him for it, and asked him when he had time to come to Hangzhou, and he invited him to a big dinner.
After texting, only his mother was left uncontacted among his phone contacts.
Looking at his mother's number, he was very hesitant, he didn't know what to say.
Whether it was facing Wu Yi or Lu Feng, he could calmly tell them the news of his marriage to Liu Yan, but if he faced his mother, he felt a little nervous and uneasy.
He was afraid that his mother would object to him being with Liu Yan, although he could still insist, but this would inevitably cause him to have a discord with his mother.
Although his mother may not necessarily oppose him, after all, from his mother's past attitude towards Liu Yan, he can roughly see that his mother actually appreciates Liu Yan very much, but he doesn't dare to bet and doesn't want to bet.
In the high-level conference room deep in Beijing's Yuquan Mountain base, the meeting was nearing its end.
After all the experts had expressed their opinions and opinions, the middle-aged man picked up the microphone and asked Cangsong Daodao in a respectful tone: "Senior Cangsong, for that other world, do you have any plans and arrangements for S.H.I.E.L.D. next?" β
Cangsong Daoren stroked his white beard and said, "The old man plans to go over with my apprentice to inquire about the situation first, and then decide whether to send a group of people over." β
"No, Cangsong senior, this is absolutely unacceptable!" The middle-aged man was shocked.
"Master, this is too risky, I don't agree!" Chief Wang also hurriedly exclaimed.
"Brother Cangsong, this is indeed a bit too risky, please think twice!" Zhang Daoren also persuaded.
"Yes, Cangsong seniorΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·"
Seeing that a good meeting had turned into a persuasion conference, this made Cangsong Daoren a little crying and laughing, he quickly shook his head and said: "You don't need to persuade again, the old man is not a reckless person, you have also seen the previous video, my apprentice has already explored the way for the old man, although there are some unknown beasts in that world, but it will not pose much threat to the old man." β
"What's more, if even the old man can't gain a foothold in another world, then who is more suitable to be this pathfinder than the old man?"
Hearing Cangsong Daoren say this, everyone in the conference room was silent.
Chief Wang frowned and was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "Senior Ancestor, is Comrade Xiaobai able to control himself to shuttle to the place where he appears in another world?" β
Cangsong Daoren stroked his white beard, pondered for a moment, and said: "The old man hasn't asked about this matter yet, but it's unlikely that he can control the shuttle location, he doesn't need to shuttle directly into the valley, after all, it is too dangerous." β
"Senior Cangsong, if it's really like what you said, doesn't that mean that this kind of other world actually doesn't have much meaning for our country? Exploring a world that we cannot pass freely and that we must rely on the abilities of Comrade Xiaobai to explore in such a world is too risky, and second, even if that world is rich in mineral and energy resources, it doesn't seem to make much sense to us because we can't transport them back. β
"To be honest, my personal opinion about such a different world is that it is not worth much, it is not worth the country's great investment in it, and it is not worth the risk you take for it." The soldier surnamed Zhang said.
Hearing what the soldier surnamed Zhang said, except for Cangsong Daoren, Daoist surnamed Zhang, Xuanhai Daoren and Ren Lao, the rest of the people nodded one after another, and seemed to agree with his statement.
Before Cangsong Daoren could speak, Ren Lao of the Time and Space Research Institute was the first to speak, only to see him shake his head and say, "I don't completely agree with this. β
"If we can use Comrade Xiaobai's ability to develop a space-time gate that connects the two worlds, then not only can our country's development in the field of time and space be at the forefront of the world, but the resources of the other world will naturally be transported back to our world through the space-time gate."
"So from a long-term perspective, the act of exploring another world is of great significance."
The soldier surnamed Zhang didn't expect that Ren Lao would refute him, but when he thought of the purpose of the other party's words, he immediately understood that what he had just said touched the interests of the other party.
I could only smile wryly and shake my head, choosing to be silent.
"Let me give my opinion too!" Suddenly, Chief Wang spoke.
When everyone's eyes shifted to him, he raised his right hand, stretched out three fingers and said: "Actually, I admire Ren Lao very much, and I agree with his words, but from the current national conditions of my country, I have to stand on Daokun's side, there are three reasons, the first is that the exploration of another world is full of unknown risks, and I am afraid that too much investment will outweigh the losses; The second is that the space-time gate that Ren Lao said may not be able to be developed in a short period of time, which may require at least more than a generation of efforts, and with the scientific and technological level of today's world, it is still a little reluctant to develop space and time, and the amount of money required will definitely be an astronomical amount, which will not only be useless to the improvement of China's national strength in the short term, but will even cause a drag; The third reason is that starting from the current international situation, at this time, I think we should invest more in the research and development of military science and technology instead of investing a lot of energy and material resources to explore other worlds, so I agree with Daokun and disagree with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s next actions. β
Ren Lao suddenly laughed and scolded: "Okay, you Wang Shouchang, if you don't agree with Cangsong's seniors, just say it directly, why do you want to involve me?!" β
Cangsong Daoren shook his head helplessly, coughed lightly twice, and said, "I'll show you something first." β
After speaking, Cangsong Daoren directly took out a yellow-orange-orange fist-sized ore like gold from his storage ring, put this ore in front of the display screen in front of him and turned around a few times, and soon everyone received a picture of this strange stone in the display screen.