"But there are still two minutes, right?" Ignoring the second half of her sentence, the man named Tedra glanced at his watch and said in a rigid tone, "This is already my second time this month. This is the first time I've caught you deserting at work, and I hope there won't be a third time."
Facing the holographic screen, Andrina, who was sitting in the office, was reading a paragraph she had long thought out into the dictation program in an announcer's accent.
But on the contrary, an unprecedented new world slowly unfolded in front of her, a magnificent picture.
She always felt that the job severely underestimated her talents. Rather than writing dry press releases, she hopes that those who read her words will be saddened by her words, happy by her words, and excited by her words.
"This is… "
From communications to travel, to lifestyle and rhythm of life, everything will change with the emergence of this door...
The reason why she chose to bow her head was not because of how much she loved this job, but because it was so difficult to find a job in this era.
"There's something big going on over there on Mars!"
"This... is really big news."
While she was thinking this, the office door suddenly opened. Before she could turn off the holographic screen, a middle-aged man in formal attire walked in.
She had even thought about it.
"Mean men are not lovable," she muttered and complained. Seeing that Tedra's face was not very good, Andrina coughed quickly and changed the subject and said, "Speaking of which, you have something to do with me. What's up?"
The North Sea Alliance in the new century has almost been marginalized because it has only caught up with the last train of the space era.
Looking at the man hurriedly walking into the office, Tedra had a surprised expression on his face.
However, just when he was about to insult this guy, the door of the office suddenly opened again, and a middle-aged man with a shiny forehead walked out.
"But... I don't understand, why do you want to go to Mars at this time?" Looking at her boss in disbelief, Andrina's eyes widened, "Even if there is indeed some big news there... At least go there at this time. It will take two weeks! When we arrive at our destination, can it still be called news?"
"I know, Mr. Tedra, but my work has been done, and it will be lunch break in two minutes." Looking at him with some annoyance, Andrina couldn't help but complain and said, "Besides, you Can't you knock on the door before coming in?"
"I need you to go to the North Sea Alliance, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"No, it has nothing to do with that kind of thing at all," Boss Purcell waved his fat right hand, stared at Andrina, and then at her immediate superior, Tedra, and continued in an excited tone, "I need your department to send someone to Mars immediately!"
Andrina did not continue to speak, because all her thoughts had flown to more distant places.
Traditional navigation methods will be abandoned, or will be limited to traveling between planets and celestial bodies that orbit them, and the interstellar travel method accelerated by a gravitational slingshot mentioned in her novel will also become an old joke.
One day, she would publish her novels under the pen name Anna, which would become the most widely circulated name on the planet.
It's not because of his abrupt actions, but because of his identity...
Looking at her insufferable boss, Andrina only felt a headache.
"Okay, I don't care about those things of yours, as long as you don't mix those crappy manuscripts into the press release. Anyway, I want you to put a schedule and interview outline on my desk before leaving work... If If you still cherish this job."
Andrina didn't think there was any news worth exploring there, not to mention that if she was on a business trip, she would prefer to go to California, or places like the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration on the other side of the Pacific.
"What news is it... Is it the corporate debt thing again? Or is it the gossip you heard from somewhere—"
Interrupting Andrina's words, Purcell stretched out his index finger and clicked twice in the air, pushing a holographic interface in front of her.
Seeing the excited expression on the boss's face, Tedra calmed down and asked in an uncertain tone.
"Boss? How do you..."
She pinched the bridge of her nose and spoke in a weak tone.
"North Sea Alliance? What are you doing there?"
Looking at the holographic screen in front of her, Andrina was stunned for a moment, and all her attention was completely attracted by the words on the screen.
"Hey, what do you mean, I wasn't joking! I'll publish it—"
"Ms. Andrina, deserting from work is not an honorable thing to do."
And when the time comes, she will slam her resignation on her boss's desk and dump all the complaints she has accumulated over the years on him.
"We made an appointment for an interview with an archaeologist. Don't you admire that Academician Lu very much? You even wrote him into your joke novel? It just so happened that that old popsicle was dug by that Professor Leonard When he comes out, you can ask him some questions that everyone is interested in."
Regarding the complaints from his employees, Purcell didn't take it to heart at all and said it calmly.
Andrina admitted that this was indeed a very attractive offer, but she was dissatisfied that he actually called her idol an old popsicle and made her dream worthless.
In fact, the words she devoted the most energy to conceiving were not her main job. As a journalist, her professional ethics do not allow her to mix too many lyrical rhetoric into rigorous press releases.
Looking at Andrina who lowered her head, Tedra twitched the corners of his mouth with a proud expression on his face.
Purcell excitedly pounded the table with his fist, stared at the two people and continued, "Go to hell with the Martian civilization, this kind of old gimmick, whoever is interested in it is interested. The important thing about news is to keep up with the times. Advance, keep pace with the times, understand!”
Tedra opened his mouth and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "But... we only have one reporter left. And this reporter also made an appointment for an interview with Professor Leonard. According to him, his research on Martian civilization There is new progress—"
"Fighting again?"
"No, my dear friend, we did not fall into the black hole, nor were we captured by the huge gravity. On the contrary, we passed it! The twists and turns of gravity are like a slingshot, shooting us towards into the vast space. We are witnessing with our own eyes the stars shining in the night sky, as well as the dark curtains accumulated between the mother star and us. We will carry the torch far away, and wait for the good news there to guide the direction for your children. …”
The Ibero-French Alliance is not like Pan-Asian cooperation. The generous social welfare has been extravagant to the extent that every unemployed person can live a decent life.
"It's only two weeks. As long as you act fast enough, it shouldn't be too late."
Upon hearing these words, Andrina's arrogance suddenly deflated like a deflated rubber ball.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Tedra who was standing next to him couldn't help but murmured to himself in a low voice.