Chapter 1651 The Reason for Being Respected
In orbit around Mars.
Looking at the shipyard getting closer, Academician Yang Chongping lightly straightened his collar, and at the same time calmed down a little.
About a day ago, he suddenly received an email from East Asia Heavy Industries. In the email, Middle East Asia Heavy Industry stated that Fuxing Mining Company intends to change its mind and continue to complete the unfinished Noah's Ark instead of dismantling it into alloys and selling it.
It's just that for some of the designs on this starship, they put forward some suggestions for improvement, hoping that as the designer of this starship, he can provide technical assistance.
After reading the email, Yang Chongping agreed to the matter without any hesitation.
Not only that, he even turned down the academic meeting that was originally held that day, and took his favorite student on the shuttle to the shipyard, planning to go to the site to discuss the improvement plan with the person in charge of Fuxing Mining Company .
To be honest, the reason why he is so concerned about this matter is not because of how much Fuxing Mining Company gave him, but because the other party changed his mind for the first time. Not only did he not dismantle the starship, but he planned to continue to invest in it. Finish it.
When he just heard the news, he couldn't describe how excited he was.
After all, it was a painstaking effort that he spent countless days and nights on.
Even if you search the history of human civilization, you can't find a spacecraft that is bigger and has a longer voyage than it.
And if it really arrives at South Gate 2 one day and spreads the fire of civilization there, as the designer of this starship, he will also usher in the brightest moment in his life——
However, what he never expected was that what he met here was not the person in charge of the Fuxing Mining Company, but a guy whom he had just met a few days ago...
Staring blankly at Lu Zhou standing in front of him, Yang Chongping's Adam's apple twitched slightly, and it took a while before he could squeeze out a word from his throat.
"why you……"
Looking at Academician Yang Chongping, whose face was full of astonishment, Lu Zhou smiled and said.
"We meet again, Academician Yang Chongping."
"What are you doing here..."
"Let me introduce you," Zhong Ziyu, who was standing next to Lu Zhou, seemed to realize something when he saw Academician Yang Chongping with a stiff expression on his face, so he stepped forward with a smile and said, "This is Academician Lu , the chairman of Xingkong Technology... is also the sole major shareholder of Fuxing Mining Company. This is Academician Yang, you should have seen it."
Lu Zhou smiled and nodded: "Yes, I saw it not long ago."
Unlike Lu Zhou's understatement, after listening to that person's introduction, Academician Yang Chongping felt like a thunderbolt rang in his mind, so he stared at Lu Zhou for a long time without saying a word.
Seeing the expression on Academician Yang's face, Lu Zhou coughed lightly and said.
"You're not that surprised, are you?"
not surprised...
How can it be!
His Adam's apple moved, and he forced a dry laugh.
"It turns out that you bought the Nanmen Second Colonial Exploration Group."
"Well, although there are some twists and turns in this process, you can understand it this way." Noticing Zhong Ziyu who was standing next to him frantically giving himself a look, Lu Zhou looked at him and smiled and said, "Anyway, the news is probably tomorrow." It’s also going to be made public, and it doesn’t matter if you tell him in advance.”
"There is a big difference between one second earlier and one second later in some news," Zhong Ziyu sighed a little nervously, looked at Academician Yang Chongping and said, "About this news, I hope you can keep it secret until tomorrow."
"Secret... I don't understand, since you bought this starship, why did you ask me to come here?" Academician Yang Chongping looked at Lu Zhou with a straight face, and gradually brought a trace of anger in his tone, "Or You specifically asked me to come here just to humiliate me?"
"How come?" Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou laughed and said, "Did you misunderstand something?"
"……Misunderstand?"
"That's right." Looking at Academician Yang Chongping with a stiff expression, Lu Zhou nodded and said in a relaxed tone, "I believe you should have received an email from East Asia Heavy Industries, we plan to hire you as the designer of the Noah's Ark project. You are in charge of our alien system colonization program."
For academician Yang Chongping, Lu Zhou felt that the olive branch he threw out should be quite attractive. For a scholar who has not yet broken away from low-level tastes, isn't the picture nothing more than fame and fortune?
What Lu Zhou didn't expect was that after he threw out this proposal, Academician Yang Chongping didn't agree to it happily, but instead showed a struggling look on his face.
just like……
The conditions he set made him very embarrassed.
Just when Lu Zhou was confused about what was embarrassing him, Yang Chongping suddenly said.
"……I do not understand."
Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Don't understand what?"
"I don't understand, why did you do this?" Looking at Lu Zhou, Yang Chongping continued in a complicated tone, "With your ability, you can completely redesign a colonial ship, why continue with my plan?"
Think about it differently, if Lu Zhou was standing in this position, he would definitely not be so magnanimous. He swore that he would use all possible means to completely erase any trace left by the other party from this blueprint.
Probably guessing what the middle-aged man was thinking, Lu Zhou smiled, looked at him and asked back.
"May I ask what Mr. Yang's understanding of academics is?"
"Academia means learning and art, from the study of knowledge, to the integration of what you have learned, and then to the sublimation of the meaning of 'art'...Of course, this is just a little bit of my personal opinion," staring at Lu Zhou, Yang Chongping asked, "Where is Academician Lu? What do you think of the term academic?"
"Humble, Mr. Yang's understanding can be said to be penetrating. If I really want to say my humble opinion, I'm afraid I have my own humble opinion." Lu Zhou smiled and continued in a relaxed tone, "The so-called academic is the knowledge of the truth of the universe. explore."
"The exploration of the truth of the universe...?"
Looking at Academician Yang with a dumb look on his face, Lu Zhou nodded slightly, and continued with a smile.
"It may sound sloppy, but that's how I understand it. I felt that way a century ago, and a century later, I still think so."
"There are more worthwhile pursuits than boring dissent. Therefore, at least in my opinion, it doesn't matter who completes a research or a building. And I think your work Well done, that's all."
"...Is that all?"
Academician Yang Chongping suddenly had a bitter smile on his face.
For some reason, at this moment, his heart seemed to be overturned, and many words were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.
But one thing is clear to him.
Not only did he lose, but he also lost completely.
And not only in knowledge, but also in realm...
After that, the two briefly exchanged technical questions.
Especially regarding how to install the warp drive on this starship, Lu Zhou put forward many detailed requirements, and academician Yang Chongping also recorded them one by one.
When leaving the shipyard by shuttle, looking at the silver-white colonial ship outside the porthole, Academician Yang suddenly opened his mouth as if talking to himself.
"I understand now..."
Looking at the teacher with emotion on his face, the student standing next to him was slightly stunned and asked in a low voice.
"Teacher, what do you... understand?"
A calm expression suddenly appeared on his face, looking at the universe outside the porthole, Yang Chongping said in a rather emotional voice as if he had figured out something.
"I finally understand..."
"Why did the people of that era respect him so much?"