The End of Technology

It's late at night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse in the sky. It should be a clear and good weather tomorrow.

In the floating building, Zhuo Mingqian rubbed his face tiredly, then picked up the tea at the table and took a sip to cheer up.

It is satisfying to issue those notices in the name of the base, but behind every notice issued there will be a lot of things to plan.

For example, the first one is to withdraw from the International Lunar Management Committee.

It is very simple to withdraw. A unilateral announcement is enough. However, the functional base of the International Lunar Management Committee had to be picked up before. The charter that everyone had discussed before was useless. Now the base is needed to plan and prepare.

For example, the replenishment of daily supplies for the three research bases on the moon used to be provided by each unit of the Joint Management Committee in turn every month. Now that the authority has been taken back, it has to be borne by the base. As the director of the base, he must at least be aware of the information on the upcoming material preparations.

In addition, there are a series of permissions that need to be withdrawn. The three scientific research bases on the moon are controlled by the ground-based scientific research bases, but the scientists on them were previously appointed by the International Lunar Management Committee. Who can use them and who must have restricted rights.

All external scientific research cooperation of the base is suspended. The progress of each external cooperation project, how much the base has invested, how much losses may be caused, which important projects can be conquered by the base itself in a short time, and which ones can be put aside first... countless trivial matters Although things have to be analyzed with intelligence and brain, he has to understand them and be aware of them.

At the same time, the rescue work was still in progress. A total of more than 3,000 aerostats from the ground, two large scientific research ships, and scattered scientific research missions were still searching the airspace where the Earth-Moon Channel accident happened. He had to Watch the news.

Not to mention that after the news was released, people came to inquire about the situation from time to time. Many people were aggrieved, angry, or anxious...

Things piled up one after another, and Ning Zi neither knew nor bothered to take care of them. He had to bear them all first.

Zhuo Mingqian also knew that he was not the only one at this time, other directors must also be busy at this time, but he had to be busier than others. After all, he had more power in the base and had more responsibilities. You can’t always blame artificial intelligence for everything.

There was no way, this was what he had to do.

You can't really make people think that without the intelligent brain system, the base can't do anything.

But more importantly, in everyone's eyes, he was Ning Zi's confidant at the base. Zhuo Mingqian himself thinks so too. Being a confidant is naturally more difficult at this time.

The more he does, the less there will be for those who want to take advantage.

After all, there are many people with artificial intelligence...

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The files are still being generated, and not even a tenth of them have been seen yet, and the personal computer has received another communication request.

Zhuo Mingqian raised his hand, opened it, glanced at it, and then sighed.

The intelligent brain can handle most things, but some things have to be dealt with by humans.

Although robot technology is now available, at least so far no one thinks that these robots should be allowed to replace people to do too much management work.

So after the announcements from the base were released today, even if he changed the communication mode of his personal computer and blocked many less important people, he still had to answer the video calls of some people. For example, this is the video sent by Zhang Haifeng who is on duty on the Nuwa.

It can be said that the two have become good friends in the past ten years, and the link between them is naturally Ning Zi.

At least in Zhuo Mingqian's opinion, the two are actually quite similar. For example, the fact that the current career is progressing so smoothly is mostly due to Ning Zi's blessing. It was as if Zhuo Mingqian now felt that Zhang Haifeng was envious of him for being the chief officer on the Nuwa.

Although I only manage one ship like this for the time being, this is an extremely rare experience.

It is now obvious that the harmony on earth is now possible only because everyone's eyes are fixed on space. But even if ten years have passed, under the guidance of capital, everything from academic awards to educational directions are being guided in the direction of space, there are still very few talents who can truly adapt to the future space age.

Take the Space Academy within the base as an example. It has been expanding its enrollment every year for the past ten years. Especially since the year before last, the undergraduate level has not only enrolled students in China, but also recruited students from all over the world. However, there are only over 6,000 freshmen this year, and the cumulative number of students trained in the past ten years is less than 50,000. And most of them were digested by the base and the large floating spacecraft in the sky.

Even if those graduates who are not highly regarded by the base can't find a job within the base, they don't have to worry about anything. Even if the outside world knows that they are all leftovers selected from the base, the employment rate is still 100%, and the annual salary of newly graduated students is not less than 500,000.

Although universities all over the world now have dedicated space academies, most of the curriculum and teaching materials are directly imitated by the space academies. But it is a pity that other universities do not have a serious space base next to them, and they cannot give these students the opportunity to become familiar with space life in various ways and practice various space experiments at the undergraduate level.

According to predictions by relevant professional organizations, there will be a global talent gap of at least 8 million in the future space scientific research direction in the next ten years.

There is an even greater shortage of senior management talents like Zhang Haifeng, who are only in their 40s and have several years of experience in managing large-scale space research vessels.

Zhuo Mingqian probably knew that Zhang Haifeng's current annual salary plus various subsidies and dividends is about 1.3 million. It sounds like a high salary, but in fact most of it is overtime. After all, he often stays for more than half a year after joining the ship. More importantly, Zhuo Mingqian knew very well that with Zhang Haifeng's current qualifications, if he resigned and found another job, he would be offered an annual salary starting at at least 20 million.

This was not Zhuo Mingqian's estimate, but what was revealed personally by the executives of large companies at the dinner table who were interested in poaching people. This is the value of experience. After all, there are too few people who can manage a large spaceship now, not to mention that Zhang Haifeng has commanded several large-scale space scientific research missions and brought back to the earth many samples from many planets in the solar system.

So 20 million is too cheap.

Otherwise, if we study a planet in the original way, we must first use long-term spectral detectors to track and detect the texture of the planet, and then launch a low-orbit detector to collect images, radiation, gravity, visible thermal infrared spectrum, and Radar spectrum, etc. are used to analyze material composition and structure...

The whole process is not only extremely cumbersome, but may take decades. The final result is that the resources on the planet are worthless to the earth.

This is what Zhuo Mingqian envies the most.

He can only stay in the floating building at the base, and he really doesn't have many choices in terms of career. But Zhang Haifeng now has too many choices. It's just that now only the base has large-scale floating scientific research ships, and there are no other places. But there are really too many international companies that don’t mind poaching people like Zhang Haifeng and spending huge sums of money to support them.

Thinking of this, Zhuo Mingqian felt a little regretful. He should have begged Ning Jie to fight on the ship. Fortunately, he is still young and still has a chance.

With a lot of thoughts in his mind, he still sat upright and connected to Zhang Haifeng's video call.

Soon, the majestic captain's holographic figure in a crisp uniform appeared in front of Zhuo Mingqian.

Of course Zhuo Mingqian saw the uniform as soon as he saw it.

Time on a spaceship is a very nihilistic thing. After all, the Nuwa will not stay in geosynchronous orbit for a long time. Simply put, there is no concept of day and night on the spacecraft. Most areas are brightly lit 24 hours a day.

But for people who need to live on large space research ships for a long time, they also need to distinguish between day and night, so as to ensure that long-term space living will not disrupt the biological clock. Therefore, there is a special lighting system in the public areas of the living area, which will adjust the light according to the passage of time, like sunrise and sunset, to ensure the sleep of long-term staff.

The time used is naturally Chinese time.

Therefore, theoretically, Zhang Haifeng would not dress so formally at this time.

Of course, even though it was late at night, the commander would probably not rest at this time. After all, the Nuwa is still on the front line of rescue, assuming the task of command hub.

So the scene had just taken shape, and Zhuo Mingqian asked without waiting for the other party to say hello: "How is the rescue work? Are there any clues yet?"

"Seven escape ships have been searched, including two empty ships. A total of 19 people in the five escape ships have been rescued. Chen Xi and Dupont Le have not been found yet."

"Fuck Dupont."

"Ignore him, but the records retrieved prove that the two entered the same escape ship, and the person who was just rescued also proved this."

Zhuo Mingqian was stunned for a moment, feeling a little breathless.

"Let's not talk about it. It has only been more than twenty hours now. The survival ships on the Alexander are fully equipped, and the stored supplies and life support systems can last for at least two months. As long as it is confirmed that people have indeed entered the escape capsule, there is no problem. Big. The key is what do you think? Is the reaction too big? You know that the Nuwa still has a mission, but you don’t know how important this mission is?"

Zhang Haifeng asked with a frown.

"Is this a big reaction? I'm afraid this reaction is not enough." Zhuo Mingqian shook his head and said in a low voice: "Academician Ning just sent a message and replied. You don't know yet, right?"

"It's just that knowing that made you feel even more headache, why didn't you advise Academician Ning?" Zhang Haifeng raised his hand and waved it, emphasizing his tone.

"Persuade? How to persuade? The images sent by the public channel have no private connection at all. How do you want me to persuade? He is tens of millions of kilometers away from me. How about you command the Nuwa to find him now and persuade him in person? ?" Zhuo Mingqian rolled his eyes and said.

"As for this? Now is the critical moment for the transformation of Mars. Nuwa is going to capture Enceladus. This is something that Academician Ning has always been thinking about. Is it delayed because of this unexpected incident? The movement of celestial bodies is a matter of course. There is a fixed rule. After half a year, Saturn will be closest to Mars, and it is also the easiest time to send Enceladus there. If you miss this half year, how long will you have to wait?

If we do this forcibly, all previous plans will have to be recalculated. How much time and resources will be wasted? Zhuo Mingqian, respect science! Academician Ning may just have a temporary temper, and forget it if he loses it. I promise to bring people back safely. Please change those notices. Some cooperation cannot be stopped for the time being! "

"Pfft... Lao Zhang, isn't it? Are you talking about science with me?" Zhuo Mingqian smiled.

"Isn't this science? I deal with those scientists every day, and they all say this." Zhang Haifeng said helplessly.

"They are all relying on Academician Ning's theory! Okay, okay, I know you are impatient, but don't be so impatient. In fact, I think there is nothing wrong with Academician Ning's decision. A group of barbarians want to cause trouble, but these people are afraid of the power. Huaide, if you beat them once, they will be honest. This time, the board was raised high and then lowered gently. What if they dare to cause trouble next time?

This time it was just an attack on the Earth-Moon Channel. Next time if you are not sure, you will dare to sabotage the Nuwa ship! Think about it, they dare to cause trouble if they don't get what they want at all. Are we already like this, do we still have to tolerate those people? So next time when you are transporting Enceladus, and they cause trouble again and destroy the calculated passage, what will you do? "

"How is that possible?! These calculation results are top secret, and I only know them temporarily. How could they know it in advance?"

"Ha... it's a coincidence. You just said that this time it was an unexpected incident that happened by chance. How do you know it won't be such a coincidence next time?"

The two fell into silence.

Then the screen on Zhang Haifeng's side paused, showing that another signal was connected. The holographic immersive picture allowed Zhuo Mingqian to see Zhang Haifeng looking at his personal computer, and soon he began to persuade again: "I just received the news that someone is already responsible for this matter. Someone is already responsible for this matter." I committed suicide to apologize..."

"Oh? It's pretty fast. How many people are there?"

"two."

"not enough!"

"Zhuo Mingqian..."

"Lao Zhang, I know you definitely didn't contact me first, but it's useless for me to tell you this. Academician Ning's opinion. It's not like you don't know Academician Ning's temperament, so the introduction of two scapegoats has changed the story. When Academician Ning comes back, will you bear the responsibility if he really resigns from the base to cause trouble?"

"Then what else do you want?"

"There must be rivers of blood, right? How many people died just because of a mining truck? Only two this time? Who are they looking down on?"

"Okay, okay, what about your plan to go to Enceladus this time?"

"Go, of course you want to go! Why not go? Just change a group of people. I am counting the list of scientists in the base. I will do it for two more days. How many people have you expelled? I will send you the corresponding people to make up for it. Those laboratories are full. Don’t worry, it’s very safe this time. In two hours, the control base of all sky floating ships will be taken back. By then, the entire space will be our ship. You’d better hurry up. Speed, it’s best to rescue Chen Xi within two days!”