Chapter 175 Subverting the Worldview

Fang Yi just posted a video he shot.

However, his video caused a huge stir in the aerospace industry.

"Fake!"

“It must be fake!”

"Bullshit! This video looks real!"

"Can't you tell this is a video shot on a cell phone? Can your cell phone shoot on the moon?"

“Although this is a questionable point, the picture looks real!”

"Looks like? I think you look like an idiot!"

"Keep your mouth shut, I'll beat you up, believe it or not?"

The sound of a shrew cursing and yelling filled the house.

Lu Tingsong watched the group of bald aerospace experts in their fifties and sixties arguing in silence.

You can argue all you want, we are all educated people, can you please contain less mommy content?

Well, it’s okay that you contain a lot of milk, but what are you two doing rolling up your sleeves and showing your arms when you are over 60 years old?

Seeing that the two bald aerospace experts were really about to fight, Lu Tingsong had no choice but to step forward to stop them and said, "Hey, Professor Zhang, Professor Cheng, don't use violence."

The dozen or so aerospace experts present then remembered that the big boss Lu Tingsong was beside them.

The furious Professor Zhang and Professor Cheng had to put away their anger and glared at each other.

Professor Zhang was a little unconvinced and said, "Mr. Lu, you brought the video here. I would like to ask, do you think this video is true or false?"

Professor Cheng said firmly: "No need to ask, it must be fake! How could someone use a mobile phone to shoot a video on the back of the moon? The temperature on the back of the moon is either as low as minus 100 degrees Celsius or as high as 110 to 20 degrees Celsius. What kind of mobile phone is of such good quality that it can shoot a video in such a temperature environment?"

Seven or eight aerospace experts agreed with Professor Cheng's opinion and nodded.

Another five or six aerospace experts stood on Professor Zhang's side and believed that the video was real.

But now no one knows whether it is real or not. If they say it is fake, it looks particularly realistic. But if it is real, how do they explain the problem of taking pictures with a mobile phone?

Naturally, when the two respected old professors finished speaking, everyone looked at Lu Tingsong, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Lu Tingsong hesitated for a moment and said, "I am not in a position to reveal the identity of the person who sent me this video, but he probably wouldn't joke with me like this. I can be sure that the video is real."

"What?"

“Really…really?”

"How is that possible!"

"Haha, Mr. Lu is telling the truth, what else do you have to say?"

"I knew it was serious at first sight!"

The group of people started making noise again.

Lu Tingsong frowned and patted the metal research table next to him, "Stop making noise!"

Everyone quieted down again.

Lu Tingsong looked around at everyone and asked slowly, "I just want to ask you one question. Is this video helpful to your lunar exploration?"

Professor Cheng said stubbornly: "If it is true, it will definitely help."

Professor Zhang was much more direct, "Yes, it helps a lot."

Lu Tingsong blinked his eyes. "I remember that you were recently working on a 'Mars Exploration Program'. This project was established in 2011, and in 2021, the Zhurong landed on Mars. That was considered a success, right?"

Professor Zhang immediately said, "From a scientific research perspective, it is indeed quite successful. As of mid-September last year, the Tianwen-1 orbiter had been in orbit around Mars for 780 days, and our rover has traveled a total of 1,921 meters. We have obtained approximately 1,480 GB of data during our Mars exploration."

Lu Tingsong laughed dumbly and said, "The Mars rover has only traveled less than two kilometers? You think it's a success?"

This time, Professor Zhang, Professor Cheng and the rest of the aerospace experts all looked at Lu Tingsong in silence, wondering, do you understand the speed of the Mars rover?

The speed of the rover on Mars is only forty meters per hour!

Even the United States' most advanced Mars rover, Perseverance, has a speed of only 240 meters per hour!

Driving is one thing, detection is another, how can the speed be fast?

However, although Professor Zhang, Professor Cheng and others complained in their hearts, they would never dare to say such things in front of Lu Tingsong.

Professor Zhang simply explained to Lu Tingsong in a gentle voice why the Mars rover had only explored less than two kilometers.

After listening, Lu Tingsong suddenly realized.

He pondered for a moment and then said, "If... well, I mean if, I can invite a strange person to fly to Mars, or even other planets, do you think it will be helpful for your space exploration?"

ah?

Strange people fly to Mars?

Professor Zhang, Professor Cheng and others looked at each other, not understanding what Lu Tingsong meant.

Many space exploration experts were all confused, wondering how could anyone fly to Mars? Are you sure you're not kidding?

…

On the other side, Wu Han.

When Fang Yi returned to the hotel, he found that his room had been "checked out".

There's nothing we can do. He hasn't shown up for more than ten days, so the hotel will definitely take back the room.

Because he had not yet conducted an on-site inspection to see if there was a local shrine that met his requirements, he would definitely have to stay here for another day, so he had to book a room for another day.

As a result, just as the room was opened and Fang Yi had no time to release his spiritual sense, a phone call came in.

It’s Lu Tingsong calling.

Fang Yi sat on the edge of the bed while charging his phone and answered the call: "Hello, Lao Lu, what's up?"

Lu Tingsong asked in a roundabout way: "Master, how have you been recently?"

Fang Yi said, "Not bad. What's the matter? Can you just tell me directly? I have something else to do."

Lu Tingsong didn't bother to be polite anymore and quickly explained his purpose: "This is what I mean. I just showed the video you sent to the space exploration experts. They thought it was very valuable, so I want to ask, did you fly to the moon?"

Fang Yi was speechless: "How could I have filmed this video without flying to the moon?"

"No, no." Lu Tingsong quickly explained: "What I mean is, besides being able to fly to the moon, can you also fly to other planets? For example, Mars, Venus, etc."

Although Fang Yi has only been to the moon so far, he also has a gourd that can fly even faster, so going to Mars or Venus is no problem at all, it’s just a matter of how much time it takes to fly.

For example, the average distance between Mars and the Earth is 686,900 kilometers, the closest distance is 55 million kilometers, and the farthest distance is 400 million kilometers.

If Fang Yi calculated based on the shortest distance and used the gourd's maximum speed to fly, it would take about fifteen hours to reach Mars.

"Venus and Mars are fine for now. When they are closest, we can probably get there within a day. If they are too far away, it may take more time." Fang Yi asked, "You are not going to ask me to help you fly to Mars or Venus to do some scientific research?"

Lu Tingsong was not embarrassed at all after being pointed out. He laughed and said, "I do have this idea. It's not just a question of whether to do scientific research or not. If possible, I would like you to help build a few bases on Mars, Venus and other terrestrial planets that are relatively close to the Earth. Of course, in the early stage, it will definitely be mainly for exploration, such as asking you to bring back some Martian soil or something."

Fang Yi rolled his eyes and refused directly, saying, "I'm busy."

"Hey, don't be so quick to refuse." Lu Tingsong promised a benefit: "As long as you are willing to help me, I can satisfy any requests you have in the future."

This is very clear.

Simply put, you can have whatever you want.

To be honest, Fang Yi really has nothing lacking in most material aspects.

Take money for example, does he need money? There is a huge sum of money lying in Swiss banks. At his current spending rate, it might take a thousand years to spend it all.

But Fang Yi really had something to ask for, such as incense and materials for making magical instruments.

He was indeed somewhat tempted, and after careful consideration, he said, "Of course, I can, but I have something to do right now. How about I discuss it with you in detail after I'm done with this?"

"No problem!" Lu Tingsong agreed immediately.

"Then I'll hang up now if nothing else."

Fang Yi said this and was about to hang up the phone.

“Wait!”

"Real man, wait a minute!"

Lu Tingsong's voice was heard again on the phone.

Fang Yi asked: "Anything else?"

Lu Tingsong said: "I do believe that you have the ability to go to Mars, Venus and other planets, but some people here don't know much about your deeds and have some doubts, so..."

Fang Yi laughed dumbly and said, "You mean, I have to perform acrobatics for them?"

"I dare not, I dare not." Lu Tingsong quickly changed his words and said, "What I mean is, if you are really willing to contribute to our country's space industry, then we will also prepare a series of space equipment for you to carry to Mars or Venus. So these experts need to understand how you fly to Mars or Venus, how fast you are, and how much you can carry. Only then can they develop a complete plan and prepare the necessary equipment in advance, so as not to waste your precious time."

This sounds much more comfortable.

However, Fang Yi knew what Lu Tingsong meant by this statement. In fact, it all came down to that group of so-called aerospace experts not trusting him.

In fact, he could understand the mentality of this group of experts. After all, whether it was Mars exploration tools or building bases, the costs were extremely high. Naturally, they had to prove that they did have the ability before the aerospace experts could rest assured.

For example, the U.S. Perseverance rover, not counting other expenses, cost more than 2 billion U.S. dollars to build.

This is just a Mars rover, but the cost is so huge.

Musk's plan to build a base on Mars is expected to cost $10 trillion.

Naturally, Fang Yi understood why that group of experts had to ask Lu Tingsong to let him prove his ability to fly to Mars or Venus, and also to know how much he could carry. After all, if there was even the slightest mistake, he might lose tens of billions.

Fang Yi really wanted to gain huge benefits from Lu Tingsong.

After a little thought, he decided to agree to let those aerospace experts "inspect me". "Okay, I'm with Wu Han now. Please ask these experts to come over as soon as possible. They may not be here tomorrow. I don't have time to waste here."

Lu Tingsong was overjoyed to hear his agreement and said hurriedly, "Okay, I'll arrange a special plane to send them over now."

"Hmm." Fang Yi thought of something and added, "I'm too lazy to perform acrobatics for them, so this time the way I prove that I do have this ability may be a bit rough. Tell them to be mentally prepared so that they don't get scared when they see me do something."

Hearing this, Lu Tingsong seemed to have sensed something and quickly asked, "Can I come along?"

Fang Yi said casually: "As long as you are not afraid of being scared."

Lu Tingsong said: "Don't be afraid, what should I be afraid of with a real person beside me?"

Not afraid?

Fang Yi smiled slightly, thinking that he was afraid that when you meet me, your worldview would be overturned by me.