Chapter 1625 Exhibition

"Is this the Central Museum of Tiangong City?"

Looking at the arrows of the navigation road signs in the AR glasses, Lu Zhou, standing in front of a beautiful building, looked at the portraits and biographies of the characters on the large floor-to-ceiling holographic screen suspended at the door.

John Griffin was born on January 13, 2071 in an engineer family in London, North Sea Union. In his early years, influenced by his family, he worked as an airline employee and as an engineer at an asteroid belt mining station, and then resigned to devote himself to painting career. Because it has been stationed on the edge of the civilized world for a long time, its early painting style tends to be dark and dark.

At the beginning of the new century, he sold his studio in London and moved to Mars, and began a five-year sojourn life. The expansion of his vision changed his painting style dramatically, and now he has become one of the leading contemporary impressionist painters.

"The masterpieces include "Dead Universe", "Redemption", "Dawn of the Sun"..."

While whispering, Lu Zhou opened the search engine subconsciously, and searched the value of these paintings one by one.

Although doing so may be a bit of a joke, for a complete layman, this is probably the most intuitive way to understand the artistic value of a painting.

But at this moment, a strange voice came from behind him.

"Isn't it better to feel with your eyes than to search on the Internet?"

Lu Zhou turned his head and saw a man in his fifties standing there. He was wearing a beige gray vest, a pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his curly hair draped over his shoulders, giving him an elegant and easy-going look.

"Let me introduce myself, John Griffin." Nodding slightly towards Lu Zhou, the man stretched out his right hand, "Nice to meet you, the greatest scholar in the solar system."

"I really can't bear this title."

"You are as humble as the rumors say," John Griffin smiled, and continued in a gentle and gentle tone, "I didn't see your name on the visitor list, and I didn't expect you to come. May I Showing you around here?"

Lu Zhou originally wanted to say that he didn't intend to come here at first, but the meeting in the afternoon was too boring, so he walked over thinking that there were also tickets.

But looking at Mr. Griffin's sincere expression, Lu Zhou always felt that it would be impolite to tell the truth, so he nodded and accepted his kindness.

"Then please."

Griffin had a smile on his face and made a please gesture.

"Please follow me."

Following Griffin's footsteps, Lu Zhou walked into the museum. And the moment he stepped into the museum, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed.

It was an endless wilderness.

The sky is fiery red, and the grass is endless blue. Mushrooms towering in the space are like towering trees, opening up a majestic dome with umbrella leaves.

The light source sprinkled from the ceiling, as if from a distant world, caresses the earth with an ethereal and dreamy feeling. The light particles emitting a faint blue light shuttle between the mushrooms, just like living elves.

Looking at the dream-like world in front of him in surprise, although he knew it was the light and shadow projected by the holographic device, there was still a surprised expression on his face.

"Unbelievable, where is this?"

"My dream, or... more than 20 years ago, when I was working at the Little Star Mining Company, I faced the fantasy of the colorful starry sky," Griffin smiled lightly, and continued, "These 20 years For a long time, I have been trying to use artistic methods to turn that dream about the universe into reality."

Lu Zhou: "What about painting?"

"Put on glasses and you can see."

Under Griffin's gesture, Lu Zhou put on the AR glasses. Almost at the moment when he put on the glasses, the color of this world faded in an instant, and his original appearance was first revealed in his field of vision.

And those paintings are hanging on the booth for the guests who come and go to watch.

"A very creative idea..." Taking off his glasses, Lu Zhou looked around and said in an admiring tone, "The world you see with the glasses is reality, but the world you see when you take them off is illusory... Although I can't stand To describe this feeling specifically from a professional point of view, but your understanding of art really shocked me."

"It's my honor to get your affirmation," Griffin smiled slightly, and continued, "I've always been curious about how you view art as a scholar."

Lu Zhou: "Of course art is art. Is there any other explanation for this?"

"Very interesting point of view, although I think so too," Griffin continued, turning his eyes to the world in front of him, "art is art, it is a kind of culture, but it is essentially different from the existence of culture in a broad sense It is a philosophical understanding of human beings’ perception of beauty, the self and the universe, and all other things that exist in nature. The perceptual thinking it requires is completely different from the rational thinking required by science.”

Lu Zhou glanced at him.

"I don't know if it's completely different. Science does require more rationality. But perceptual thinking can often help us go further on the road of exploring the unknown in unexpected places."

"Is that so? I'm glad to hear that you have such a high opinion of emotional thinking. In fact, over the years, in addition to depicting dreams, I have also been trying to integrate art and science to create A new art form... just like what you see now," Professor Griffin smiled, looking at the lush fantasy forest in front of him, and said in a rather fascinated tone, "Maybe in this universe In a certain corner of the world, there really exists a place where all life can feel the common beauty in an unprecedented form.”

Gaia world?

During the period of deep sleep, Lu Zhou had seen such a world.

"That sounds like a lot of fun."

"Really?" Griffin smiled lightly, and cast his eyes on Lu Zhou, "So I admire you from the bottom of my heart. All I can do is imagine, but you can turn imagination into reality."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand and shook Lu Zhou gently, expressing his respect and gratitude politely.

"Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to visit my art exhibition, I wish you a pleasant day."

Lu Zhou also nodded with a smile and said softly.

"Have a nice day, too."

At the same time, not far from the museum, Yan Gang, the president of Tiangong Bank wearing AR glasses, gently pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose.

After staring at the person in front of him for a long time, he said in a hesitant tone.

"That's... Academician Lu?"

"I didn't expect Academician Lu to be interested in our alien system colonization plan." Standing next to him, Gladstone showed a surprised expression on his face, and said with a thought-provoking tone, "This is really surprising. "

I don't know if he heard these words, but Yan Gang showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

To be honest, as a prudent banker, although he is very interested in high-quality investment projects, he doesn't like the glib guy next to him.

After all, East Asia Heavy Industries is the only company that has mastered the warp speed technology, and its only application is on the Qinling of the First Fleet. Not to mention whether the resources of Nanmen 2 are worth sending a colony ship, even if it is worth it, they may not be able to go there. Got it.

But if Academician Lu himself supports the alien system colonization plan...

Isn't it completely impossible for the civilian use of warp speed technology?

And once the market across light-year units becomes possible, Nanmen 2, which is the closest to the solar system, is undoubtedly the most promising galaxy to be included in the territory of human civilization.

Thinking so...

The credit rating they gave to the Nanmen II galaxy colonization fund is indeed a little too cautious.

Gladstone continued in a persuasive tone.

"100 billion credits, if used to build a house, we can only get a piece of useless steel and concrete. But if used to invest in dreams, we can get a whole new world. Believe me, as history has proven countless times In that way, investing in the New World is definitely a sure-fire deal."

"There is no such thing as a guaranteed profit in this world. Do you still remember the first bankrupt listed company in the world? What they are doing is New World business."

After a pause, Yan Gang glanced at Gladstone with a disappointed expression on his face, straightened his collar, and suddenly changed the topic again.

"But this time, I decided to trust you once."