Chapter 703 The Rising Star of Silicon Valley?

California, USA.

Mansion in Bel Air.

Musk, who took out two champagne and half a box of pizza from the refrigerator, hummed a little tune that ran away and sent the pizza into the microwave, then returned to the sofa with the champagne and sat down, grabbed the remote control and turned on the TV, quiet. waiting for the show to start.

In about an hour, it will be the most popular football game in the United States.

However, that wasn't his concern.

It's Columbia TV news before the football game.

Although most high-tech practitioners in Silicon Valley will choose news access channels that are more in line with current trends, such as Twitter or Facebook, for Musk, the upcoming news is of extraordinary significance.

Because, in another minute, the Space-X logo will appear in the center of the screen.

Soon, the host of Columbia TV's news channel will cover his remarks at the Space-X press conference, as well as the interviews he will give after the conference.

And after today is over, the BFR super rocket with 42 Raptor engines will detonate the whole Silicon Valley topic, the technology of liquid oxygen methane engine will completely rewrite the history of spaceflight, and the paper with Franklin printed on it will float from Wall Street like snowflakes.

For him, this feeling is simply more enjoyable than becoming an international superstar.

Although he doesn't know what it's like to be an international superstar...

"Let's win," he unscrewed the champagne bottle, Musk filled the goblet on the living room Zhuo, watched the Columbia TV news program that had started, picked it up and was lifted with a smile, " cheers!"

The news program begins.

As he expected, the concept map of the BFR rocket was presented in the center of the screen. By citing an interview with NASA experts who have a partnership with Space-X, the news quickly got to the point, presenting viewers with a concept map of Space-X's lunar base and plans to colonize Mars by 2024.

While drinking champagne and watching TV, at this moment, there was a ding sound from the microwave oven.

Thinking of the pizza he just heated, Musk reluctantly left the sofa, walked quickly to the kitchen, put the pizza on the plate, and then quickly returned to the living room.

However, at this moment, there was a little surprise in the news that was being broadcast.

"Mr. Musk, chairman and CEO of Space-X, said that they will conduct the first test of the BFR rocket within this year-" Just halfway through, I saw the TV's pseudonym, from the edge of the lens A hand suddenly stretched out and handed a piece of paper to the host who was sitting in front of the studio stage.

After seeing the content on the paper, a surprised expression appeared on the host's face.

After a brief moment of surprise, she took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

"Sorry, I'm temporarily inserting a news..."

"Just about two hours and fifty minutes ago, the auspicious space plane loaded with Huaguo's latest electric propulsion system was successfully launched at the Jinling City Launch Center."

"This news was first reported on CTV, and was confirmed by Chinese official media such as Renren Daily. We are contacting NASA to confirm the authenticity of the news, and we have not yet received a clear response... Follow-up reports please Stay tuned for our news..."

The hot pizza fell to the floor with a slap from his mouth, the cheese and mincemeat mushy.

Staring blankly at the picture on the TV, Musk, who was sitting on the sofa, didn't pick it up, and didn't even realize what happened.

At this moment, his brain has completely shut down, and he has fallen into a state of confusion.

Auspicious number?

Electric propulsion?

? ? ?

Did something go wrong?

The news continued to show, and follow-up reports were still about his Space-X, as well as the BFR spacecraft.

But at this moment, he is not even interested in a picometre, even if he is one of the designers of this spaceship...

Taking out his mobile phone from his pocket, he quickly logged on to Twitter and started searching for information about the auspicious ship.

Predictably, he didn't find anything useful. After all, until a few hours ago, Xingkong Technology didn't even say anything about the auspicious ship in public, not even the slightest bit of related content.

Instead, almost the entire Silicon Valley was talking about the auspicious ship in a tone of exclamation or shock.

Silently turned off the phone, watching the news that had ended, Musk muttered to himself.

"Jesus-Christ..."

He subconsciously picked up the champagne bottle and brought it to his lips, only when he came back to his senses did he realize that the cap of this bottle had not been opened...

...

It wasn't just Americans who were shocked.

The most shocked by this news, of course, is the Chinese themselves.

As soon as the auspicious ship entered orbit safely, the CCTV reporter waiting at the Jinling ground command sent the news back to Beijing. After the instructions of the high-level central government, CTV soon sent a congratulatory message to Jinling and the Auspicious Rui, which was operating in low-Earth orbit, and broadcast the good news of the successful launch to the whole country, offering a great gift to the people of the country who are celebrating New Year's Day.

Of course, not everyone was cheering the news.

There are also many people who have a headache for this matter.

Bureau of Science and Industry.

Chief's Office.

Director Li, holding a mobile phone in his hand, was answering a call from the Jinling Space Launch Center.

When I heard that Lu Zhou went up with the space shuttle, the smile that was still hanging on his face suddenly froze. He didn't hold his right hand firmly, and the phone Duang slammed on the table, almost falling to the ground.

He hurriedly picked up the phone from the corner of the table. Director Li didn't even have time to check if the screen was broken, so he put the phone to his ear and asked eagerly.

"What? Professor Lu went up with the Auspicious Ship?"

Hou Guang on the other end of the phone swallowed and said.

"Yes, it is."

"No, you didn't bring any inspections on launch? Why didn't one of you see a big living person leaking on it?!"

"Of course I checked, but...Professor Lu probably sneaked in by himself."

Director Li only felt that his eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

Fortunately, he quickly held the table with his eyes and hands, and did not fall.

Slowly sitting back on the office chair, he said with a headache while pinching his own people with his left hand.

"What about him now?"

"...with the plane."

Director Li couldn't help but burst out a foul language: "Nonsense! I know he is with the plane, and he can throw people off halfway? I'm asking about his condition, is he in good health? Is there anything wrong? ?"

"Isn't that true? The auspicious ship is driving very steadily, and according to the pilot, Professor Lu... seems to have practiced at home."

Nima my ancestors...

The black line on Director Li's face only felt a headache.

He can manage others, but he really hasn't encountered this guy at all.

"It's alright, it's alright..."

After repeating this sentence several times, Director Li took a deep breath and hung up the phone.

Standing up from the chair and walking around the office a few times, he slapped his thigh, grabbed the coat from the back of the chair and put it on, then looked at the secretary who was sitting at the desk at the door with a confused expression. .

"Xiao Zhou, help me buy a high-speed rail ticket!"

"I want the latest flight."

"Go to Jinling!"