Zhuo Mingqian waited for about ten seconds before the call was connected. Of course, this is also normal. It's really not that Zhuo Mingqian likes to brag, and now there are no more than twenty people in the world who know him and dare not pay attention to his phone, and there is absolutely no one among them that Mr. Du Pontle.

The holographic figure of the old guy appeared across from the desk, sitting precariously in a chair. But that doesn't mean it's the other side of the action. Ten years of development have made this virtual face-to-face calling technology much more versatile.

For example, you can choose to appear in front of the other person in any posture at this time, and choose some virtual backgrounds. Youwei Cloud has also cooperated with the faster platform to specially produce a variety of holographic background effects and put them on the server, so that users only need to choose their favorite holographic background in advance, which can save valuable bandwidth and traffic.

At present, Youwei Cloud can also support users to upload holographic backgrounds by themselves and then choose to use them.

So although the holographic picture displayed by Du Pont Le at this time is sitting upright, this may not be the posture of the other party when answering the phone at this time, at most it can only represent the posture that the other party wants Zhuo Mingqian to see. So in this era of holographic calls, there is an attitude called holographic display.

In any case, at least the attitude shown by Mr. Dupont at this time was satisfactory to Zhuo Mingqian. Of course, Zhuo Mingqian must also be satisfied, because the base represents Ning Xiao's face, and he represents the face of the base, and whoever is rude to him is dissatisfied with the scientific research base, and if he is not satisfied with this base, he will have to be eliminated by history.

The logical chain is very clear, and it is the set of Shunchang's reversal, of course, the ways and methods are much more civilized, after all, the era of the explosion of science and technology only needs to be eliminated from the science and technology chain. The scientific research base only needs to send a document, and if you find a reason to exclude certain companies, enterprises, or even larger units from space development, you are basically sentencing the other party to death.

Fortunately, it was not listed, but the stock prices of listed companies plummeted immediately, and their development came to a standstill. There have been many similar stories in the past decade, and there will always be some people who are not convinced and then disappear. In Zhuo Mingqian's view, this is very good, and the base has to make some efforts to purify the market environment.

To put it more bluntly, strong is righteous, and we are not used to it.

……

"Hello, Mr. Dupontle."

"Hello, Director Zhuo Mingqian, have you eaten breakfast?"

Time can change many things, just like ten years not only allowed this former old gentleman to speak fluent Chinese without the help of intelligent software, but even understood some of the soulful greeting patterns between Chinese neighbors, although there is no meaning, but it makes people feel cordial and full of market atmosphere.

"Haha, I've eaten, a new dish has been developed for breakfast in the canteen today, Mars wonton, the taste of that stuffing is really good, next time you come, I invite you to go to the canteen to try it." Zhuo Mingqian said with a laugh.

"It would be an honor. By the way, is there something Director Zhuo is looking for me? ”

"Well, there's something I want to trouble you. Our little disciple of Academician Ning, didn't Chen Xi's kid go to the moon base some time ago to help her senior brother do some basic calculation work, and now that the task is completed, she needs to go back to Earth for some things. You know, the base has been in trouble lately, and the resources and manpower have been put on the side of Enceladus, which is about to open, so I hope your people will do you a favor and send a ferry boat to the Luna 1 base to send the little girl to Wu Gang, and she will take the ferry back by herself. ”

Zhuo Ming said modestly, although he used an inquiring tone, it was not much different from an order.

"It's a trifle, I called and asked the Lunar Administration to arrange a ship on the fly. By the way, I heard that the base is taking the lead in forming the Space Transportation Safety Management Investigation Bureau, is there such a thing? ”

"Yes, there are still internal discussions about how to develop a charter for this department. You also know what our Academician Ning thinks, and these things have to go ahead. In the future, several shipping routes will be opened in the solar system, which will not only require daily maintenance of the safety of the shipping lanes, but also timely investigation of hidden dangers, and in case of safety problems, a professional department will also need to immediately intervene in the investigation. So this Space Transportation Security Administration is very important, and we also attach great importance to it, how? Do you have any ideas? ”

Zhuo Mingqian unconsciously played an official tone, although he hated this tone the most in the past.

No way, I've been in his position for a long time, and I have some similar habits. Anyway, the story of the dragon slayer who eventually became an evil dragon is played out in this world all the time, and I don't care about him alone.

"It was a very wise decision. I just wanted to ask if the composition of the Bureau's experts is an internal selection of the base or an open recruitment. Director Zhuo, you should know that this authority involves the opening of airways, and everyone is very interested in the future of space lanes, after all, waterways mean interests, and we are certainly no exception. Mr. Du Pont said with a smile.

Zhuo Mingqian looked at the face opposite that was obviously much younger than ten years ago, and nodded with a bright smile on his daily face.

Compared with those who hide and want to make money and have face, he actually likes the real villain opposite. It turns out that hypocritical people are often more unpopular than shameless people.

"Well, I understand what you mean, in this way, the division of authority and responsibility of this bureau is still unclear, and there are still some internal controversies, so it is still difficult to say what the specific charter is. I'll let you know as soon as there's a decision inside. ”

After speaking, Zhuo Mingqian's words changed sharply, and he said in his heart: "But Lao Du, I won't tell you, if you really want your experts to join the Investigation Bureau, you still have to help us find a way to knock the people from Ridao and Handao next door." You know, on the lunar issue, because of some appointments by Academician Ning, it is not very convenient for our side to go-for-tat.

But these two have jumped a little higher at a meeting of the Lunar Governing Council recently. What is the positioning of the lunar scientific research base? It is positioned as the first extraterrestrial scientific research base of the earth's civilization, and the discoveries here are the wealth of all mankind, but there are always some people in the management committee who have small calculations and want to make small hills and make alliances in private, which is not right and is not conducive to unity. ”

"This ......"

Du Pont Le began to groan with a serious expression, but before he could think of the words, Director Zhuo spoke passionately: "This is a very serious matter. We are fighting for the development of human interstellar civilization, Lao Du, this is what our generation should do. You also know what the shipping route represents, and that is the business of the future. Who does SynTao belong to? It belongs to the people of the world. You are a lot old, and you are still worried about the well-being of all mankind, but these people are making small moves behind our backs and dragging us back, can you bear this? ”

Du Pont nodded solemnly and replied, "That's right, this is really unbearable!" ”

Hearing this reply, Director Zhuo smiled and immediately instructed: "So this matter is entrusted to you." There's no way, we Huaxia people pay attention to face, and the current three bases on the moon are nominally managed by us, so it's not good to refute them, and it's up to you to speak out. Strike a blow at their arrogance.

It's better if you find an excuse to just blast their representatives out of the International Lunar Base Management Committee, and our side will pretend to be peacemakers and persuade them, and then you stick to your own opinions, and we will finally express neutrality, but I promise that the majority will vote for them. It's quiet. ”

When the words fell, Zhuo Mingqian suddenly realized that he didn't like hypocrites, but liked real villains.

The hypocrite is really disgusting, and he has finally lived the most hated appearance. But there was no way, he would talk around the bend, but he was afraid that the old man opposite would not understand, or pretend not to understand.

Recalling that when he was young, he was also a handsome little guy with a youthful smile everywhere he went, except for when he saw beautiful women, he never had any dark thoughts in his mind. In the blink of an eye, the person has reached middle age, not only has a big belly, but even his heart has become dirty. The years are a pig-killing knife, society is a big dye vat, every day is cut a knife, and then thrown into the dye vat to roll a lot, over time, no matter how innocent the teenager can be black from head to toe.

It's hard to be a man, and it's even harder to be a good person.

Fortunately, this time, Du Ponle, who had a serious face on the other side, nodded without hesitation and replied: "Of course, tomorrow I will have someone ask for an emergency executive meeting to solve this problem." ”

Hearing this answer, Zhuo Mingqian smiled with satisfaction. The result was good, at least he didn't disgust himself in vain.

"Yes, thank you so much, Lao Du, I'll wait for your good news when I look back, happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

After finalizing the cooperation, Zhuo Mingqian decisively hung up the phone. The two don't have any personal relationship, so naturally they don't bother to talk so much nonsense.

He then stood up and went to the window, and began to look down on everything in the base below.

The administrative secret building, which floats in mid-air, can be seen far away in good weather. He admired Ning Xiao's genius design, so that this building floated in the air in the middle of the base, so that those who were engaged in administration had to overcome the psychological barrier first if they wanted to get off work early to fish.

At first, I thought it was too troublesome to go up and down this kind of floating building, but Zhuo Mingqian now likes this building and the position he is standing in at this time. Because it reminds him that some people, no matter how personable and warm they are, are all illusions, and all he can do is to trample them to death.

……

New York, New State, USA.

Dupontle, who had also hung up the phone, walked to the window, stood still, and began to look into the vista as well.

From the shadow of the glass, it can be seen that ten years have passed, and the old man is indeed much younger now.

The wrinkles on his face are much less than ten years ago, and he has developed from an old man in his seventies to a young man in his fifties.

It's just that I can see that the little old man is not in a good mood at this time, even when he is looking at the scenery from afar.

The scenery outside the window is beautiful but not much has changed.

In fact, he knows very well that in the past ten years, the biggest change is still Huaxia. With the popularity of the three documentaries on China's ten-year changes vigorously promoted by NB, most people are now very clear that Huaxia has become the economic, technological and cultural center of the whole world.

What was once Wall Street has begun to decline, which is why the entire region was renamed the New Grand State starting last year.

The original intention was to reverse the decline and regain the financial initiative. But now it seems to have had little effect.

Of course, this is to be expected, and there are some things that everyone knows are useless, but in order to boost confidence, something has to be done.

In fact, many times doing something useless is the best way to shirk responsibility, even if it is useless, at least you can stand up and say that you have worked hard after all. It's like a series of policies that were put in place when the region was renamed the year before last.

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The reason for the declining financial system is well known to all: the economic center of the future is no longer on this planet, but outside it.

New era, new track, unfortunately on this track, they have no advantage.

At the level of science and technology, Huaxia is still prohibiting the export of all N-series robots except for N1 and N2 series engineering machines.

You must know that Huaxia is about to launch the sixth generation of robots.

At the space level, the Wugang, Nuwa and Kuafu-class long-distance ships that can adapt to the solar system are all spaceships that completely belong to China. From the management of the ship, to the selection of routes, and even the chefs in the ship's cafeteria, they are not involved.

Although the lunar base has established a lunar management committee at the United Nations level, theoretically the three lunar bases are under the management of the lunar management committee. All the results obtained at the lunar scientific research base are shared by all mankind. After all, when the three lunar bases were built, those who could be elected to the lunar management committee paid money and effort, and now it seems that they are going to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

The most important thing is the population.

Although the pie drawn by Ning Xiao before has not been fully realized, it is an indisputable fact that the Mars transformation plan has been progressing in an orderly manner. And as time goes on, it seems that the possibility of successful terraforming is also increasing.

Even with the experience of the lunar base, even if the planetary environment transformation is not so successful, with the current space voyage transportation, it is not impossible to really want to occupy Mars first. It is nothing more than the temporary limitation of the space for human activity, and it will take greater effort from future generations to conquer the entire planet.

In this case, population is even more precious.

A brand new ball is like a blank piece of paper, splashing ink and painting.

At this time, the United States still had only more than 300 million people, while China had a population of 1.6 billion.

In ten years, the population has increased by 200 million people, all in exchange for the subsidies they contributed......

Du Pont Le once calculated that basically for every additional population born in China, about half of it was subsidized from their pockets, and at least three-quarters of the remaining half was subsidized by their allies.

This money ensures that many young people can live well just by receiving the monthly maternity allowance......

Now that the Chinese capital is about to turn the whole country into a huge farm, it is said that they are still implementing a family incentive program, and the population is expected to increase by another 100 million in two years. What's even more terrifying is that now Huaxia has begun to mobilize the Mars immigration registration process, which is completely voluntary, but if the registration is successful, you can get another subsidy, and even released 2 million civil servant pre-application positions.

According to the news he received, the number of applicants has exceeded 100 million, which can't help but make Du Pont frightened, where will this subsidy come from?

Thinking of Zhuo Mingqian's words today......

It's chilling.