The End of Technology

Zhuo Mingqian waited for about ten seconds before the call was connected. Of course this is normal. It's not that Zhuo Mingqian likes to brag. There are no more than twenty people in the world who know him now and dare not pay attention to his phone calls, and they definitely do not include Mr. Dupont.

The old guy's holographic figure appeared opposite the desk, sitting upright on a chair. But this doesn't actually mean that this is the action on the other side. A decade of development has made this technology for virtual face-to-face calls much more capable.

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

Currently, Youwei Cloud also supports users to upload holographic backgrounds themselves and then choose to use them.

Therefore, although the holographic image displayed by Dupont Le was sitting upright at this time, 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 where holographic calls are possible, there is an attitude called holographic display attitude.

No matter what, at least the attitude shown by Mr. Dupont at this time made Zhuo Mingqian satisfied. Of course, Zhuo Mingqian must be satisfied, because the base represents Ning Zi’s face, and he represents the base’s face. Anyone who is rude to him is dissatisfied with the scientific research base. If he is dissatisfied with this base, he will be punished by history. disuse.

The logical chain is very clear, and it is the same as Shunchang's defeat. Of course, the methods and methods are much more civilized. After all, in the era of technological explosion, it is enough to be eliminated from the technological chain. The scientific research base only needs to issue a document and find any reason to exclude certain companies, enterprises or even larger units from space development. This is basically a death sentence for the other party.

It's okay not to be listed, but the stock prices of listed companies immediately plummeted and their development came to a standstill. Many similar stories have been played out in the past ten years. There will always be some people who are not convinced at first and then disappear. In Zhuo Mingqian's opinion, this is a good thing. The base must make some efforts to purify the market environment.

To put it more bluntly, strength is justice and should not be tolerated.

…

"Hello, Mr. Dubonle."

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

Time can change many things, just like ten years not only allowed this old gentleman to speak fluent Chinese without the help of smart software, but he even learned some soulful greeting patterns among Chinese neighbors, although they have no meaning. , but it makes people feel friendly and full of market spirit.

"Haha, I have eaten. Today, the cafeteria has developed a new dish for breakfast, Mars wontons. The filling tastes really good. Next time you come, I invite you to try it in the cafeteria." Zhuo Mingqian laughed. said.

"That would be such an honor. By the way, does Director Zhuo want to see me for anything?"

"Well, I have something to trouble you. Our young disciple, Academician Ning, didn't Chen Xi go to the moon base some time ago to help her senior brother do some basic calculation work? Now that the task is completed, she has some things to answer. A trip to Earth. As you know, the base has been in trouble recently, and resources and manpower have been put on Enceladus, which is about to be launched, so I hope your people can do a favor and send a ferry boat to Lunar One. Base, send the little girl to the Wu Gang, and she will take the ferry back."

Zhuo Mingqian said kindly. Although he used a consulting tone, it was actually not much different from an order.

"This is a small matter. I called the Lunar Management Office to temporarily arrange a ship. By the way, I heard that the base is taking the lead in establishing the Space Transportation Safety Administration and Investigation Bureau. Is this a matter?"

"Yes, we are still discussing internally how to formulate regulations for this department. You also know what our Academician Ning thinks. These things must come to the forefront. In the future, several shipping routes will be opened in the solar system. It is necessary to not only maintain the safety of the shipping routes on a daily basis, but also Hidden dangers should be investigated in a timely manner. If safety problems arise, a professional department will be required to immediately intervene in the investigation. Therefore, the Space Transportation Security Administration is very important, and we also attach great importance to it. What? Do you have any ideas?"

Zhuo Mingqian unconsciously adopted an official tone, although he used to hate this kind of tone.

There is no other way. After staying in his position for a long time, he has some similar habits. Anyway, the story of a dragon slayer who eventually becomes an evil dragon is happening in this world all the time, and it doesn’t matter if there is another one.

"This is a very wise decision. I just want to ask whether the expert composition of the Investigation Bureau is selected internally at the base or open to external recruitment. Director Zhuo, you should know that this bureau involves the opening of waterways. Everyone is very concerned about the future space routes. Interested, after all, waterways mean benefits, and of course we are no exception." Mr. Dupont said with a smile on his face.

Zhuo Mingqian looked at the face opposite him, which was obviously much younger than ten years ago, and nodded with his usual bright smile.

Compared with those people who hide things and want to make money but also want to lose face, he actually quite likes the real villain opposite him. Facts have proven that hypocritical people are often less popular than shameless people.

"Well, I understand what you mean. Now, the division of authority and responsibilities of this administration is still unclear, and there are still some internal disputes, so I can't say what the specific charter is. I will wait until there is an internal conclusion. inform you."

After finishing speaking, Zhuo Mingqian changed the topic and said sincerely: "But Lao Du, to tell you the truth, if you really want your experts to join the investigation bureau, you still have to help us find a way to beat the Japanese island and Han Dynasty next door. Those people on the island. You know, on the moon issue, because of some appointments made by Academician Ning, it is not convenient for us to engage in tit-for-tat.

But the two companies recently jumped a little too high at a meeting of the Lunar Management Council. What is the positioning of the lunar scientific research base? It is positioned as the first extraterrestrial scientific research base of earth civilization, and the discoveries here are the wealth of all mankind. However, there are always some people in the management committee who have small calculations, want to build a small mountain, and form some kind of alliance in private. This is wrong and is not conducive to unity. "

"this……"

Dupont Le began to ponder with a serious expression, but before he could think of words, Director Zhuo spoke impassionedly: "This is a very serious matter. We are fighting for the development community of human interstellar civilization, Lao Du, now This is what our generation should do. You also know what the shipping routes represent, and they are all the trade routes of the future. Who does the trade routes belong to? It belongs to the people of the world. You are already very old, but you are still working for all mankind. We are worried about our well-being, but these people are making small moves behind our backs to hold us back. Can this be tolerated?"

Dupontle nodded seriously and replied: "Yes, this is indeed intolerable!"

After hearing this reply, Director Zhuo smiled and immediately said: "So I leave this matter to you. There is no way. We Chinese people pay attention to face. The current three bases on the moon are nominally managed by us, so we refute them again. It doesn't sound good, so it's up to you to speak out. To combat their arrogance.

It would be best for you to find a reason to directly kick their representatives out of the International Lunar Base Management Committee. We will pretend to be peacemakers and persuade you a few words, and then you stick to your point of view. In the end, we will express neutrality, but I guarantee that the majority vote will Vote them out. It's quiet. "

After the words fell, Zhuo Mingqian suddenly realized why he didn't like hypocrites, but like real villains.

The hypocrite is really disgusting. After all, he has become the most disgusting person he has ever been. But there was no way, he could talk in roundabout ways, but he was afraid that the old man opposite wouldn't understand, or would pretend not to understand.

Recalling that when he was young, he was a handsome boy with a youthful smile everywhere he went. Except when he saw a beautiful woman, he never had any dark thoughts in his mind. In the blink of an eye, the man has reached middle age. Not only has his belly become bigger, but his heart has also become dirty. Time is like a butcher's knife, and society is like a big dye vat. You are chopped once a day, and then thrown into the dye vat and rolled around. Over time, no matter how innocent a boy is, he can become black from head to toe.

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

Fortunately, this time, Dupont Le, who looked serious across from him, nodded without hesitation and replied: "Of course, I will ask someone to convene an emergency executive meeting tomorrow to solve this problem."

After hearing this answer, Zhuo Mingqian smiled happily. This result is pretty good, at least he didn't disgust himself in vain.

"Yes, thank you very much, Lao Du. I'll wait for your good news later. Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation, goodbye."

"goodbye."

After finalizing the cooperation, Zhuo Mingqian decisively hung up the phone. The two of them had no personal relationship, so naturally they were too lazy to talk nonsense.

Then he stood up and came to the window and began to look down at everything in the base below.

The administrative secret building floating in mid-air can be seen far away when the weather is good. He admired Ning Ji's genius design to make this building float in the air in the middle of the base, so that administrative staff like them had to overcome psychological barriers if they wanted to get off work early to fish.

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

…

United States, New York, New Big State.

Dupontler, who also hung up the phone, walked to the window, stood still, and began to look at the distant scenery.

It can be seen from the shadow through the glass that ten years have passed. The old man who was once 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 an old man in his fifties.

But it can be seen that the little old man is not in a happy mood at this time, even when he is looking at the scenery from a distance.

The scenery outside the window is beautiful, but it doesn't change much.

In fact, he knows very well that in the past ten years, the biggest change has been in China. With the three documentaries on China's ten-year changes strongly promoted by NBC and CNN, it is now clear to most people that China has become the economic, technological and cultural center of the entire world.

The former Wall Street has begun to show signs of decline, which is why the entire area was renamed the New Big State last year.

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

Of course, this is expected. In fact, everyone knows that some things are useless, but in order to boost confidence, something must be done.

In fact, many times doing useless things is the best way to shirk responsibility. Even if it is useless, at least you can stand up and say that you have tried hard. It's like a series of policies formulated when the region was renamed the year before last.

The reason why the financial system is declining is actually clear to everyone. The future economic center is no longer on this planet, but outside it.

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

At the technological level, China is still banning the export of all N series robots except N1 and N2 series engineering machines.

You must know that China is about to launch the sixth generation robot.

In terms of space, the Wu Gang, Nuwa, and Kuafu-class voyage ships that can adapt to the solar system are all Chinese spacecraft. From the management of the spacecraft to the selection of routes and even the chefs in the spaceship restaurant, they have nothing to do with it.

Although the Lunar Management Committee has been established at the United Nations level, the three major lunar bases are theoretically under the management of the Lunar Management Committee. All results obtained at the lunar scientific research base are shared by all mankind. After all, when the three lunar bases were built, those who were elected to the lunar management committee all contributed money and effort. Now it seems that the situation is over.

The most important thing is population.

Although the pie that Ning Zi drew before has not been fully realized, it is an indisputable fact that the Mars transformation plan is advancing in an orderly manner. And as time goes by, it seems that the possibility of successful planetary transformation is becoming more and more likely.

Even with the experience of the lunar base, even if the transformation of the planet's environment is not so successful, with the current space voyage transportation, it is not impossible to occupy Mars first. It is nothing more than that human activity space is temporarily limited, and future generations will need to make greater efforts to conquer the entire planet.

In this case, population becomes even more precious.

A brand new ball is like a piece of white paper, whatever ink is poured on it will produce a picture.

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

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

Dupont Le once calculated an account. Basically, for every additional person born in China, about one-half is subsidized from their pockets, and at least three-quarters of the remaining one-half are subsidized. It was subsidized by their former allies.

This money ensures that many young people can live a comfortable life just by receiving the monthly maternity subsidy...

Now China is about to turn the entire country into a huge farm. It is said that they are still implementing a plan to encourage childbirth. It is expected that the population will increase by another 100 million in two years. What’s even more frightening is that China has now begun to mobilize the Mars immigration registration process, which is completely voluntary. However, 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 people who have signed up has exceeded 100 million, which made Dupont feel scared. Where will this subsidy come from?

Thinking again of what Zhuo Mingqian said today...

It makes people shudder.