"Luck will not always favor someone. They have to pay the price for their arrogance."

Finally, Tripp said this happily, and then told the two people in front of him: "You go down and continue preparing for the moon landing in a few months. We also need to plan the lunar base as soon as possible. This time we must take the lead."

Occupy the lunar resource area.”

"Don't worry, Commander." They both assured in unison.

Perhaps because they believed that future technology would not be able to produce super-strong materials used as space elevator cables, the official did not express an opinion on this matter in the end, and only overseas media organizations reported it.

It seemed as if the whole world was watching this joke, until Future Technology voluntarily abandoned the project.

…

Whether it was doubts from domestic netizens or relevant reports from overseas media, they naturally had no impact on Xu Lei.

Because he was immersed in surprise at the moment.

"What an unexpected surprise. Just by announcing the space elevator project, it directly increased its influence by 100,000 people."

Binjiang City.

Longhu High-tech Park.

In the CEO's office, Xu Lei sat in his seat and muttered to himself, with a happy face.

Originally, he had been worrying about how to obtain an influence of up to five million. After all, it would take a long time to build a space elevator, let alone a user group.

After all, its own purpose is completely different from that of smart medical cabin nano-medical robots.

But what is surprising is that as the announcement of the space elevator project sparked heated discussions at home and abroad, the influence of the exhibits in the Science and Technology Museum directly increased by 100,000.

Although one hundred thousand points was a drop in the bucket compared to five million, the key point was that it gave Xu Lei hope.

To be more careful, having so many people discuss the space elevator is indeed an influence. If used properly, the influence may reach five million points by the time the space elevator is completed.

When his thoughts reached this point, a bold idea suddenly appeared in Xu Lei's mind.

And at this moment, Xingtong's voice suddenly sounded in the office.

"boss."

"Wu Chuping applied for a video call with you, do you agree?"

Hearing this, Xu Lei slowly raised his gaze and looked at Xing Tong in front of him: "Take it over."

Today, when holographic projection technology has been fully applied, Wu Chuping naturally does not need to travel back and forth between the Imperial Capital and Binjiang City. He can achieve contactless communication using only video calls.

Because after the two parties formally reached a cooperation intention, Xu Lei also knew that Wu Chuping was the project leader appointed by the space agency, so there was no surprise that Wu Chuping took the initiative to contact him. It happened that he also needed to inform the other party of his bold idea.

"Okay boss."

As Xingtong responded softly, Wu Chuping's virtual projection suddenly appeared in the office.

"Academician Xu, according to the design drawings you provided, we have started the construction of the cornerstone module of the space port." Wu Chuping took the initiative to report the progress of the project as soon as he appeared: "In addition, the manned spacecraft, lunar module and base module are also on track.

.”

"As expected of a space agency, it is really efficient." Xu Lei nodded and praised it without hesitation.

The words just fell.

Then he added: "You only need to complete the counterweight and synchronous orbit of the space elevator, and our future technology will solve the rest in time."

"I definitely believe in Academician Xu and Future Technology. Just these two days online..."

After reading the project plan, Wu Chuping couldn't help but have an idea in his mind, that is, he believed that this super project would be successfully completed.

Just thinking about the online comments about this matter at home and abroad, I still couldn't help but mention it.

The support of the main public is also related to the confidence of project members in some aspects. Under the current situation, many people will inevitably be under greater pressure.

However, compared to Wu Chuping, Xu Lei obviously did not take the opinions of the outside world to heart.

He immediately said with a smile: "Pressure is also a good thing. No matter how people on the Internet question it, the world will be shocked when the space elevator is officially put into operation."

"Academician Xu is right, but I thought too much." Wu Chuping responded with the same smile, but then raised a new question: "By the way, Academician Xu, has the location of the ground station been selected?

?”

Among the five main structures of the space elevator, the ground station as the anchor point is also crucial.

Because in order to ensure the stability of the space elevator, the ground station needs to be set up on the equator, and its area is at least 10 square kilometers, which leads to great limitations in the choice of location.

Wu Chuping also understood this, so he was more concerned about it.

Xu Lei also has a headache when it comes to mentioning this. The only domestic area that meets the requirements is the southern sea area.

But there is no such a big place on the sea, so the only solution is to build artificial islands. Although the island-building artifact developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences is very efficient, it will take some time.

Now that Wu Chuping has taken the initiative to bring up this matter, Xu Lei will not hide anything. He immediately ordered Xingtong: "Xingtong, mark the location of the artificial island."

"It's the boss."

Facing Xu Lei's order, Xingtong didn't hesitate at all, and the next second he saw a three-dimensional map appear in the office.

There is an obvious marked point in the sea area of ​​​​the map.

"My plan is to build an artificial island near Zengsha Island. To meet the needs of the ground station, the area will be at least 10 square kilometers. And after taking into account various necessary facilities, the island's area should be expanded to thousands of square kilometers."

Xu Lei stood up and came to the three-dimensional map. While he was explaining it to Wu Chuping, he gradually formed a large island on the map with his hands.

Wu Chuping, who was watching this scene from a distance, was also shocked in his heart at this moment.

I really didn’t expect that the space elevator had not even started yet, and that a ground station alone would have such a large amount of work.

After all, although China has always been keen on building islands, artificial islands with such a large area have not yet been carried out, especially in terms of time.

If the construction of this artificial island cannot be completed as soon as possible, other subsequent projects will be affected. It may be impossible to complete this project on time.

Now that the bullshit has been blown out, there are still so many overseas media waiting to see their jokes. Under such circumstances, it is even more important to complete the construction of the space elevator on time.

Wu Chuping obviously understood Xu Lei's concerns about this. He pondered for a moment and then said solemnly: "I'm afraid that this time we will have to mobilize all the heavy dredgers and earthmoving transport ships and engineering ships from across the country. Leave this matter to us."

Make arrangements."

Regarding the construction of this artificial island, Xu Lei had already planned to apply for various heavy-duty island-building artifacts from above, and the more the number, the better.

besides.

He also arranged for Liu Gaowen, who was previously responsible for the construction of the company's headquarters building, to go to the artificial island to participate in the construction.

Make sure to strictly follow the requirements during the construction process.

There is also a tower above the main ground station, which plays a vital role in the operation of the entire space elevator. There must be no carelessness.

Now that Wu Chuping has taken the initiative to take over this matter, and also said that he would mobilize heavy dredgers from across the country, Xu Lei must be happy to accept it.

"Then I'll trouble you."

In the end, I just said this polite word.

The discussion of the matter is basically over here, and it will take time to complete it.

What's more, the material of the cable has not yet been determined.

To put it simply, time is tight and tasks are heavy.

But just when Wu Chuping was about to end the call, Xu Lei's voice sounded again.

"There is one more thing I need to get your consent for."

"Academician Xu, just say whatever you want." Wu Chuping responded easily to Xu Lei's request.

Although the two sides are apparently cooperative, in reality they are dominated by future technology. As long as they can successfully build a space elevator, their unconditional cooperation is worth it.

But what Xu Lei said next made Wu Chuping's face suddenly stiffen.

"I plan to broadcast the construction process of the space elevator around the world 24 hours a day until the space elevator is successfully completed."

Full live broadcast?

Until the space elevator is built?

Wu Chuping repeated the key words in Xu Lei's words. He was completely in shock and could not recover for a while.

He is not worried about the leakage of relevant technology. After all, the cables are manufactured in Binjiang City and then transported to the artificial island for splicing. As long as others cannot master the manufacturing method of this material, they will not be able to build a second space elevator.

The key to the global live broadcast of the construction process has never been seen before.

And no matter how you look at it, it is not helpful to the engineering project.

But as Wu Chuping's brain worked rapidly, he quickly had an idea and made a bold guess.

"Could it be that Academician Xu wants everyone to have a sense of participation and prove that the space elevator can be built?"

"That's right."

"That's how it should be."

He previously mentioned the negative comments about the space elevator on the Internet. Xu Lei showed that he still remembered this sentence, so he proposed a method of live broadcasting the entire construction process.

After all, having the courage to live broadcast 24/7 is enough to prove the confidence and confidence in building a space elevator.

Wanting to understand this, Wu Chuping immediately reacted and responded happily: "Academician Xu's method is really good. I believe no one will question our project as soon as the live broadcast starts."
To be continued...