"That's right, John Griffin! A native of New London from the North Sea Alliance, he is the most famous Impressionist painter on Mars. His attainments in painting are unparalleled. As one of the supporters of the alien galaxy colonization plan, He has always been an advocate of searching for new art in the new world, so he has recently held traveling art exhibitions in major first-line colonies on Mars and auctioned his paintings to raise funds for the colony ship to Nanmen II."
If there was anything that made him feel a little bit like he was on a business trip, it was probably only the customs and customs of Mars.
However, this well-intentioned reminder obviously had no effect.
It can be said that Lu Zhou has a very profound understanding of this point.
Lu Zhou: "... Are you trying to say that there are many celebrities supporting this project? Sorry, I'm not interested in his fundraising."
By the way, the local delicacies in Tiangong City are a bit hard to describe.
"The Nanmen II Foundation promises that, in addition to being eligible to board the ship, holders of different levels of ship tickets will also obtain ownership of different areas of land in the colony. You should have discovered that this kind of ship ticket has financial attributes Yes, and this is actually the case. In less than an hour, their prices have doubled. I bought 10 of them, with a total of 300,000 credits. When they increased to about one million, I Will get rid of them!"
Hearing these words, Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a strange expression on his face.
In addition, there are the sturdy folk customs and the erratic enthusiasm and indifference...
Just when he was about to ask what the connection was between the two, Professor Wu Qinglai seemed to see through his confusion and took the initiative to speak.
A little worried that this guy had been fooled by the pig-killing scam, Lu Zhou couldn't help but give him a kind reminder.
Lu Zhou's intuition told him that this guy probably wasn't planning to discuss mythological stories with him, so he asked him about it.
"Is there no result yet from that seminar?"
A person has been buried underground for more than a year, and I don't know if General Reinhard will feel bored.
But perhaps it was because Lu Zhou arrived on the First Fleet's Qinling, not on a civilian flight. He didn't spend much time on the road, so he didn't have much real sense of the distance. .
"You really don't know," a smile appeared on Wu Qinglai's face, and he continued in an excited tone, "The legendary largest colonial ship in the world is being built! It is also the center of the Nanmen 2 Alien Galaxy Colonization Exploration Foundation for the colonization of alien galaxies. The first colonial ship built! The target is Proxima Centauri B! The reason why I didn’t come to the meeting just now was because I used the hotel’s network in the room to grab tickets!”
Lu Zhou: "Regardless of the fact that the questionnaire may not reflect people's true thoughts... How do they plan to go to Nanmen II? At least as far as I know, East Asia Heavy Industries has not yet reached a warp speed technology agreement with any private enterprise. authorization, and I’m afraid it won’t be possible in the short term.”
"But I believe you will definitely be interested in his works of art," Professor Wu Qinglai said in a determined tone as he looked at Lu Zhou with a confident look on his face. "According to the data provided by the International Astronomical Observation Center, he used impressionist painting techniques and combined Modern technological means have completed an epoch-making work of art. This work will be exhibited at the Central Museum in Tiangong City, and maybe it will change your stereotypes about outer space colonization plans."
After the meeting, he originally planned to go to the restaurant to have a meal and then go back to his room to rest.
Looking at Professor Wu, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned.
"what is that?"
The afternoon meeting still ended in a quarrel.
Wang Peng raised his eyebrows curiously and asked casually.
"It sounds like a Ponzi scheme... something like this happened a century ago."
Why was this guy's mind suddenly jumping to the art exhibition when he was clearly talking about the colonization of alien galaxies
The moment he heard these words, Professor Wu Qinglai's face immediately showed an expression of joy, as if he had heard some great news, and he excitedly held Lu Zhou's right hand.
However, by chance, he met Professor Wu Qinglai again in the restaurant.
Perhaps because of the precious fresh water resources, most of the food here is very dry and very bland, and it always feels less satisfying when you eat it.
"No," Lu Zhou shook his head while fiddling with the holographic model in his hand. "Only after I came here did I realize that the situation on Mars is more complicated than I thought."
"How is that possible? However, although I have no intention of robbing my alien planet, I am still very interested in credits!" A smile appeared on Professor Wu's face and he continued, "In short, The Nanmen II Foundation issued 100,000 tickets with the help of Tiangong City Bank and raised funds through the sale of tickets for the construction of the colonial ship!"
Lu Zhou basically didn't listen much during the whole process. Apart from letting Xiao Ai help him design the auxiliary office system to record the key points of the meeting, he was basically doing his own thing.
"What tickets are you grabbing?"
These days, Lu Zhou basically receives emails from Vera every day, and sometimes there are several emails a day.
"Even you feel complicated?"
"Why didn't you come to the meeting just now?"
"The opinions of us earth experts are actually irrelevant. I thought you had already discovered it." With a helpless expression, Professor Wu Qinglai suddenly approached Lu Zhou with a mysterious look on his face and lowered his voice and said, "Don't say this. …Speaking of which, have you ever heard of Noah’s Ark?”
The excited expression on Professor Wu Qinglai's face did not change. Instead, he argued with Lu Zhou in a clear-headed manner.
"It's not really inconvenient. It's mainly related to the warp drive and Z-particles."
Speaking of which, it has been more than a year since I woke up from hibernation.
Noah's Ark
Probably guessing what kind of complexity Lu Zhou was referring to, Wang Peng couldn't help but have a strange expression on his face.
"Please be sure to go there! Believe me, that art exhibition will not disappoint you!"
"...Are you interested in alien colonization?"
Grab... grab tickets
Lu Zhou: "So?"
Lu Zhou stared at the model in his hand and thought for a while before giving an ambiguous answer.
"Griffin Art Exhibition?"
Wang Peng: "Then your trip was in vain?"
Lu Zhou: "That's not the case. Mayor Xue's invitation is only one of the reasons why I came to Mars. Besides, I have more important things to do."
Well, that’s actually true. After all, the distance between Mars and Earth is indeed quite far.
Obviously he had only left home for a while, but the emails that came every once in a while always made him feel like he had gone somewhere far away.
"Do you even need to ask? Of course it's a boat ticket!"
"I have no prejudice against the outer space colonization plan itself, even... forget it," Lu Zhou reached out to take the ticket and said with a helpless expression, "Thank you for the ticket. If I have time, I will go there." It’s a trip.”
Especially now that the two celestial bodies are moving relatively far away, a straight-line distance of nearly 300 to 400 million, even light would have to travel for about 20 minutes.
"Anyway, the current capital market is just like this," Professor Wu shrugged and continued in a determined tone, "If you still think I have been deceived, I recommend you to take a look at Griffin exhibition."
"You don't understand this. A Ponzi scheme is a paper game in which one is demolishing one wall to pay for the other, and there is no physical object as collateral, but this is different! According to online surveys, more than 1 billion people believe that colonizing alien planets is a It’s a cool thing, and I’m thinking about looking for development opportunities in the new world.”
"What is it? Of course, I'm just curious. If it's inconvenient, forget it."
"Yes," Lu Zhou nodded and said casually, "There is a serious separation between the Martian academic community and the Earth academic community. In short, they have formed a unique ecology, and it is difficult for outsiders to intervene. .”