Chapter 190 The Early-Death Second-Generation Star in an Urban Entertainment Novel (Part 17)
After finishing their business, Jiang Yue took the leader to the canteen for a meal. The leader praised the company's canteen. Afterwards, they visited the spaceship company. After the leader left, Jiang Yue called the head of the security department and warned him to strengthen vigilance during this period. If there were not enough people, more people would be recruited. Most of Xinghai's security department members were retired soldiers. Although they did not have guns and cannons, they had no shortage of protective suits and stun guns.
With troops stationed nearby, there were no security issues. The concern was the presence of spies, so Jiang Yue instructed Xing Xiaoer to strengthen surveillance and plug that loophole.
For the next few days, Jiang Yue stayed at the spaceship company. After all, the leader's visit was not without reason. Just in case, she stayed there for a while. After a month, if nothing happened, Jiang Yue couldn't stay there every day. There were a lot of things waiting for her to handle at the company.
After returning to the head office, she worked overtime to deal with the backlog of work. After finishing, she rushed home. The twins missed her terribly after not being home for a month. When the twins saw Jiang Yue return, they immediately abandoned their parents and ran to Jiang Yue for a hug. Jiang Yue picked up the children and kissed them several times.
The twins wiped the drool off their faces in disgust. After playing for a while, Aunt Sun called everyone to eat. Speaking of Aunt Sun, she had originally planned to retire and go home to take care of her grandchildren, but after receiving the gene injection, she couldn't stay at home and came back. After dinner, she watched two episodes of "Exploring the Moon" with the twins.
"Exploring the Moon" is arguably the most popular program right now. For thousands of years, the Chinese people have had some obsession with the moon. Is there a Chang'e? Is there extraterrestrial technology on the far side of the moon? Is there an outpost established by the Qin Dynasty? The wealthy have already traveled to see it in spaceships, but most people can't afford to travel in spaceships and can only learn about it by watching TV.
The twins had been to the moon, but that didn't stop them from watching TV. For them, watching TV was more interesting than going to the moon. After watching two episodes, the twins got sleepy and insisted on sleeping with Jiang Yue. Jiang Yue was free today, so she went to bed with them early.
As usual, I went for a run after getting up in the morning. The twins wanted to come along too. I changed their clothes and took them out. The two of them walked with Jiang Yue for a while but couldn't walk anymore. After that, I took the children to watch Jiang Yue run. After that, we went home. After dinner, everyone went to school or work.
As usual, I browsed the news in the office. The headlines were about which country applied to join the alliance led by China, which country was rejected, what breakthroughs had been made in the military field, and articles by experts and scholars who were worried about exploring other planets too quickly and what to do if they encountered extraterrestrial life. They asked whether to live in peace or follow the dark forest theory.
Therefore, experts suggest slowing down the pace of extraterrestrial exploration, prioritizing the establishment of defense systems and the development of technology, and completing planetary unification as soon as possible. After all, our future enemies will be outside, so we need to unite and share. Jiang Yue agrees with the first two points, such as slowing down the exploration speed and prioritizing the establishment of defense systems.
As for enemies coming from outside? That's not necessarily true. Some countries might even accept aliens as their fathers, just like they used to accept the United States as their father. Jiang Yue approves of China's current approach: they can sell you some spaceships, and you can come to China for medical treatment, but giving you technology is impossible. Giving you these things is just to prevent you from resorting to desperate measures.
Why didn't you talk about the blockades we faced before? Why didn't you consider joint development back then? You always choose what's in your favor and never mention anything else.
I browsed the news for a while and then had a meeting. Now, you don't need to find a meeting room or rush back from somewhere else to hold a meeting. It's convenient and quick to just have a virtual meeting.
Since the government's self-disclosure, people's lives have changed every day. In just five years, it's like a completely different world. Although we haven't found a habitable planet, we've already started terraforming our moon. The furthest we used to go to work was abroad, but now we're going directly to other planets.
A few years ago, if you said you wanted to farm on the moon, people would have laughed at you. Now it's a reality, and more and more people are becoming "lunar laborers." Jiang Yue's spaceship company has even established a branch on the moon, and some of its employees are now working there.
The company's exploration team has returned twice, but they haven't found any valuable targets. They have found a few mineral planets, but the main problem is that the spaceship can't go too far yet, and food is also an issue.
The good thing is that the country has developed nutrient solution this year. The technology is there, but the main limitations are in raw materials and production processes. There have been some breakthroughs this year, and it may be widely available soon.
After several years of development, foreign countries have finally become capable of building spaceships. Even after they developed them, they dare not challenge us. The gap between us now is not small.
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"Yue'er, dinner's ready! Xiaoyu, Xuanxuan, go call your sister."
The twins are ten years old this year. Although they are not as clingy to Jiang Yue as they were when they were little, they still like their older sister very much. Neither of them wanted to move, so they called out, "Sister, sister, dinner's ready!"
Jiang Yue heard her mother calling her early in the morning. When she came downstairs after packing her things, her mother was about to scold the two lazybones, but she let them off the hook when she saw Jiang Yue. During dinner, her father asked her, "Yue'er, is the company's fleet about to set off again?"
"Yes, this fleet consists of the latest models of spaceships, which can go to farther places. They've basically planted flags in the nearby areas."
"The news says this is an exploration team composed of Xinghai and the nation? Is that true?"
"No, it's just a rumor circulating online. I was just helping a national research institute collect data on the way. I don't know why it's been spread so wildly."
"Oh, I thought the company's fleet was more powerful than the country's now."
"Hehe, that's not true. The country's most advanced ships should be able to fly out of the solar system. Ours is still a bit lacking."
"Even if we could send spaceships out of the solar system, the country probably wouldn't agree. We're not ready to make contact with extraterrestrial civilizations yet. Our development is somewhat distorted right now, and we haven't fully entered interstellar society. I estimate it will take at least another twenty or thirty years. By the time Xiaoyu and Xuanxuan grow up, it will probably be about time."
"Oh, right, there's something I need to tell you. A relative's child wants to study a major related to spaceships. They called to ask if it's easy to study and if the career prospects are good."
"There's definitely a bright future ahead. Spaceships will only become more and more important in the future, whether for civilian or military use. As for how easy it is to learn, that varies from person to person. Is he planning to go to university?"
"Well, I took advantage of the education reforms a few years ago and chose some basic majors. Now I'm about to go to university, and I'm worried about what major to choose."
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