Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Press conference day.

The head of the Jinling Space Launch Center (KLSLR) was saved in Room 1.

Reporters of varying colours stood here, crowding almost the entire otherwise spacious hall.

In order to allow enough space for the interviewers, all cameras, whether automatic or manual, were placed on both sides of the room, emptying the middle of the room.

“On such a big occasion, do you think Master Lu can handle it? ”

Standing next to Director Li, a young man in a formal dress looked around slightly surprised and muttered to himself.

As Secretary of the Office of the Director-General of the Bureau of Science and Industry, he was originally the press spokesperson for the press conference. But since the Ark promised to be present himself, he became a replacement.

Director Li laughed when he heard his secretary.

“Deal with what shouldn't be paid? You're kidding. The guy has seen more scenes than me, more lively than this, so let's not worry about him. ”

The clock clock on the wall is at the right point.

In the expectations of all, he walked onto the stage in a dressed ark.

Faced with a pair of eyes staring at him, the ark's expression cleared his voice as usual and spoke with a steady voice.

“Good afternoon, everyone. I'm the chief designer of the Ark, Manned Fire Office. ”

“Originally in our arrangement, the second group of scientists travelling to the Mars Science Caucus base would depart at the end of the year with supplies to Mars, but since we found traces of suspected extraterrestrial civilization near the 15 ° latitude south and 128.1 ° longitude west, the original launch plan was modified to reconfigure the personnel and equipment of the second group of ignition plans. ”

“Below is the adjusted road map for the manned ignition plan and the specific working arrangements for the 'second contact' … Please see the big screen below. ”

A brief and concise presentation of the entire manned firing plan was given, and the boat gave these journalists ample time to take photographs during the screening of the PPT.

Pretty soon, the PPT show was over.

The ark nodded at the staff next to it, indicating that the first round of questioning could begin.

Taking into account what needs to be published, the press conference information disclosure atmosphere is divided into two parts, the first part focusing on the specific details of the plan and the second part publishing the list of “human delegations” that have had a second contact with civilizations outside the field, together with a brief introduction to the identity of the delegates.

To facilitate the journalists' focus on questions, the questioning session was also divided into two parts.

“Hi Ark Academician, I'm a reporter for Everybody's Daily News, and I'd like to ask you what you should be looking at for this human firing program. ”

She took the lead in asking questions, and the reporter lady from Everybody's Daily extended the microphone in her hand.

She smiled and nodded down, the ark said.

“It's worth looking at, I think, in two ways. ”

“One is transport, the other is life. ”

“In terms of traffic, this time we deployed an all-terrain Mars vehicle on Mars to enhance communication modules and make many special designs for dust storm environments on Mars. On the other hand, this trip to Mars was not only for scientists, but also for extra functional colonial classes. ”

“Through these separate colonial compartments, as well as the pipeline that connects the core colonial compartment to the functional colonial compartment, we will expand our scientific base on the surface of Mars, and in the future we will be able to accommodate more scholars in scientific research activities on Mars. ”

Immediately after the questioning of reporters from Everyone's Daily News, another foreign journalist stood up.

“Hi, I'm a reporter for The Washington Post. We note your use of the word 'suspected’ when referring to the trace of extraterrestrial civilization. I was wondering if that meant there was any controversy in it that had not been understood, or if there were any other new discoveries about that extraterrestrial civilization… in the office of the human fire? ”

Ark: “Use the word suspicious only out of my personal caution, please do not make other interpretations. ”

As the questioning session continued, the questions posed by journalists from all sides were one after the other, to which the Ark responded.

Overall, the press conference atmosphere is pretty good.

Though some of the questions were drilled a little, they were all within reasonable boundaries, like questions that normal people would ask, but by the time the New York Times reporters arrived, the atmosphere at the press conference had suddenly become strange.

The person asking the question was a white man.

He just handed out the microphone and threw a question that had nothing to do with the human firing plan itself: "Have you heard of Xu Jing? ”

Xu Jing?

I frowned and thought I'd heard the name somewhere, but the ark didn't think much of it for a moment and a half, so I watched him answer.

“No, why? ”

“Nothing, it's just an accident, you don't know each other,” said the reporter, looking at the ark with some surprise, "then I'm going to briefly introduce her as a journalist who once wrote a column for our newspaper and is now active in the press as a freelance journalist, still more famous online. ”

When I heard this, the Ark finally remembered who that person was, daring to be the author of the article about the explosion of the circle of friends.

He smiled slightly and continued with a funny look on the face of the ark.

“Do you have anything you'd like to ask for your former employees? ”

“Of course! But I asked that question not because of the status of her former employee, but because of the problems she had raised and because we were all thinking about it. ”

The white reporter stared at the ark and continued to speak quickly.

“… It is well known that the State of China has achieved considerable excellence in the field of space and intends to extend the existing results to distant Mars. Yet this space race does not seem to precipitate much, apart from the waste of resources and empty honors. ”

“In her article, Ms. Xu noted that many people still live below the subsistence line in your country and that many have not even done so on airplanes. Do you really think there's a real meaning to developing space technology in China?”

The journalist was interrupted and the ark answered his question in a rhetorical tone.

“Have you been to Los Angeles? ”

Reporter: "… of course, it's one of the largest cities on the West Coast. Of course I've been there. Why? ”

Ark: “I've been there, too, and had the privilege of taking the subway back there. Have you thought about sending astronauts into space, and there are many homeless people, not to mention flying, who are suffering even if they are alive? ”

There was an awkward look on the reporter's face.

Realizing what the ark might say next, he quickly turned the subject off.

“Of course… our country also has its own problems, and as a journalist I will certainly reveal them honestly, but aren't we talking about China now? ”

“You are undoubtedly the most influential scholar in China and the world, and you have made world-renowned achievements in your area of expertise! But just like Ms. Xu's soul torture in her article, have you considered the social problems that your research may pose, such as poverty and unemployment? ”

“Or are the three examples mentioned in her article, in your eyes, not worthy of happiness, not even the right to survive? ”

With a sharp look at the white reporter up and down the stage, it's almost certain in the heart of the ark that this guy was mostly premeditated.

However, even knowing this, there was no accident or tension on the ark.

Asking something ridiculous at a press conference is a tradition for American journalists.

Looking at him with a smile, the ark gave its own answer in a slightly understated tone.

“To be honest, I haven't thought about it, and I don't really care. ”

There was a disturbing noise at the press conference.

Even the white journalist opened his eyes and did not seem to have thought that the ship would be so direct as to walk directly into the trap he had set in the matter.

Watching the unveiling of the disturbance wave take place, he's even figured out the headlines for The New York Times tomorrow.

The scene was a little out of control, Director Li was anxious to look at the ark on the stage and pulled the secretary next to him, trying to get him up to the rescue field and get Master Lu off.

However, the ark seemed completely invisible, ignoring Director Li's eyes.

After a moment of pause, he continued.

“Just like now, you expect me to be a great man. ”

“Solve all your troubles, prepare buns and bread for you when you are hungry, cut it into pieces and bake it when you are lazy, preferably stuffed in your mouth again, watch you eat...”

Looking at the journalist's face with a profound expression, the ark went on without courtesy.

“But that's impossible. ”

“Technology is only a tool for wealth creation, but also a tool for wealth creation. ”

“Someone else has to study new sociological theories, explore new ways of producing relationships and allocating resources, and lay the foundations for a new system. Because our social scientists know how to distribute that wealth is the best way to address inequality. ”

“However much cake is divided, productivity is a prerequisite for all people to eat. ”

“Technological advances will inevitably eliminate backward capacity and jobs will change, but job opportunities will never disappear, but will only reappear in another more decent and creative form. And our society, to guarantee those who have lost their jobs as a result of industrial transformation, provides them with free training, unemployment benefits, and guides them back to their place in this society. ”

“If you can't understand what a more decent job is, go through your history books and compare North America in the 18th century with North America after the millennium, and believe you can find the answers you want in history. And if you think lithium-sulfur batteries, controllable fusion, or the birth of quantum computers and space shuttles are simply depriving people of their jobs and making no sense to build utopia in your mind, I can only regret your stupidity. ”

“So why would I say, I don't care what you say. ”

“One, that is not the direction of my research. ”

“Secondly, I am confident that the people of the future will address these issues. ”

“As for my courage, it's not up to you or her to question it. ”

After a pause, the ark continued.

“This trip to Mars. ”

“I will personally lead the team. ”

The moment the voice dropped, it wasn't just the journalist who had asked earlier that his face was full of shock.

The whole room 1 was blown up by the noise...