This star is going to the moon

Chapter 230 Xiao Zhan on the Spring Festival Gala List, Lu Yun on the CIA List
Short-haired girl: "The 4K restored version of 'Life Is Beautiful' was re-released in China a couple of days ago. Let's go see it after class. I've only seen it on a small screen before, not on a big screen."

Long-haired girl: "Life Is Beautiful? It sounds like a healing movie, or is it an old film? I don't like watching it. Besides, I'm going to support Xiao Zhan in person today."

Short-haired girl: "Does your Xiao Zhan have an event in Beijing today?"

Long-haired girl: "Yeah, didn't you know? Brother Xiao Zhan is going to participate in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and the Beijing-Taiwan Spring Festival Gala this year. Today is the first dress rehearsal for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, so our 'Xiao Zhan Fan Club Beijing Group' is going to the CCTV gate to show our support!"

Short-haired girl: "That's pretty impressive, appearing on two Spring Festival Galas at once."

Long-haired girl: "Of course, my brother Xiao Zhan will definitely become a superstar this year. If it weren't for Wang Yibo riding on the coattails of last year's hugely popular 'The Untamed,' my brother Xiao Zhan would have become a superstar last year. By the way, that Lu Yun you like, he's so popular, why doesn't he go on the Spring Festival Gala?"

Short-haired girl: "Uh... our Brother Yun is quite busy. He's also busy with the country's manned lunar landing program, so he probably doesn't have time."

Long-haired girl: "Hey, then don't blame me for my brother Xiao Zhan's influence in the entertainment industry surpassing your brother Yun's this year."

"...Then I wish you all your dreams come true."

The short-haired girl offered her blessings, then turned and rolled her eyes.

She looked down on her roommate and deskmate's idol, Xiao Zhan, since she was a fan of Lu Yun.

Just as there are different levels among celebrities, there are also different levels among their fans.

For example, Lu Yun's fans look down on the fans of those pure traffic stars because they think those people are too low-class and just easy targets.

They are extremely poor themselves, yet they want to raise funds to send gifts to celebrities who are worth tens or hundreds of millions.

And when celebrities start their own companies, no matter how bad the food is or how many times the products are sold, their fans still buy them like crazy.

This isn't even your average leek (a metaphor for someone easily exploited); they're mentally unstable and suitable for being marked up and sold as health supplements when they get old.

What's more, the fans of these popular celebrities are too extreme. Even though it was "The Untamed" which she co-starred in with Wang Yibo, after it became popular, neither side's fans recognized it and thought it was all thanks to their own idol, so they kept attacking the other side.

So, looking around the entertainment industry, Rowoon is still the best!
The short-haired girl couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Lu Yun is a good guy, but he has too few works, especially after hearing many people analyze that Lu Yun doesn't have any works broadcast or released this year.

However, it's fine if Lu Yun is busy with more aerospace-related matters. Fans don't ask for much; they just want to see Lu Yun make an appearance, even if it's only in official news.

After all, Brother Yun never asked them to buy products, nor did he ask them to raise funds to boost box office numbers. It wasn't the kind of relationship between a celebrity and his fans.

"Sigh, Brother Yun is just too busy..."

Lu Yun's problem isn't just being busy anymore; he's facing the risk of being taken advantage of behind the scenes.

Although intelligence analysis suggests there won't be any problems now, as his actions in China escalate, he will definitely be put on the "kill list" by the Americans.

For example, the Muyuan space shuttle he is currently working on has been closely monitored by the military support team throughout its design and construction process. They have sent people to observe the site and listen to reports on multiple occasions to analyze the military applications of the Muyuan space shuttle.

Moreover, according to the information Lu Yun learned, perhaps due to the "butterfly effect" of his life, which led to the rapid development of China's aerospace technology and industry, the military aerospace force, which was only established in 1924 in the previous life, might have been separated from the war effort earlier, instead of waiting until 1924 for the war effort to "transform into three distinct entities".

If this really happens, then Lu Yun will be in big trouble.

From the Americans' perspective, this thing is definitely comparable to the "Space Force". The problem is that the American Space Force doesn't have the feel of the "real Space Force" in science fiction works, but the Chinese one does!

After all, whether it's the "X-37B" launched from a rocket fairing or the newly restarted "X-33" which needs to be lifted off vertically from a launch pad, neither compares to the "Wooden Kite" which takes off horizontally. That's what a space fighter from science fiction looks like.

In fact, while Xiao Zhan's team was promoting his appearances on two Spring Festival galas and Lu Yun was preparing for a meeting, a special meeting was also taking place on the American side.

The main characters are the Space Force, the CIA, and the space agency.

Space Force General Bryant stated very seriously, "After analyzing a large amount of intelligence, the CIA believes that the other side of the ocean will soon establish their own Space Force, which is very bad news for us."

"According to publicly available information from Bluestar Aerospace, Lu Yun's space shuttle is progressing very smoothly and will most likely make its maiden flight by the end of this year."

"If its maiden flight is successful, then China and Laos will possess the world's first space fighter!"

At this point, he looked at the people from the space agency: "As for space shuttles, our 'X-37B,' which has been test-flying for several years, is no match at all. It's like a fifth-generation fighter jet fighting a fourth-generation fighter jet!"

"As for the restarted 'X-33' space shuttle, it can only be considered a fourth-generation fighter jet, and even if it is a fourth-generation fighter jet, I haven't seen an actual one yet!"

Upon hearing General Bryant's words, the NASA personnel quickly replied, "General Bryant, Boeing has indicated that they will invite you to see the actual 'X-33' space shuttle at the end of this month!"

General Bryant's mood improved considerably upon hearing this, and he gave the NASA personnel an approving look: "That's more like it."

"However, the conventional 'X-33' space shuttle is only equivalent to a fourth-generation fighter jet. It needs to be fixed to a tower for vertical launch and takeoff, and it is far less flexible than the 'Wooden Kite'."

When will the Space Force be able to use our own space shuttle? When will Boeing's promised upgrade to the 'X-33' be completed?

Space agency representative: "This..."

General Bryant, knowing he wouldn't get any more information, turned to the CIA and asked, "How are your plans going? Have our elite agents infiltrated Blue Star Space? When will we be able to get close to Lu Yun?"

The CIA representative replied, "The current plan is going smoothly, General Bryant. With our professional assistance, five agents have now passed the second round of the Blue Star Space Commercial Astronaut Trainee Program and have been awarded places to take the final exam at Blue Star Space."

Bryant nodded upon hearing this and immediately grinned.

His teeth looked exceptionally white against his dark complexion, and his bald head made him appear kind.

This should have been done by the space agency, but unfortunately they're good at management and research, but completely incompetent at espionage.

Fortunately, BlueStar Aerospace's commercial astronauts are mostly commercial astronaut trainees, and the biggest requirement is that they must know how to fly a plane. Many CIA agents know this, so it is a good fit for their profession.

So the CIA recruited some elites internally, especially those who were interested in and knew something about aerospace. Those who didn't know anything about aerospace took a few crash courses on aerospace and then had them submit their resumes to Blue Star Aerospace.

The battlefield for the Space Force is not necessarily in space; a Space Force capable of inflicting heavy damage on an enemy can also do so on the ground.

Disrupting the enemy's space force formation process, or even preventing the enemy from quickly forming a space force as planned, would be a major achievement!
Of course, it would be even better if we could bring back the enemy's chief scientist of the space force.

The Americans have done far too many things like subversion and kidnapping.

Assassination was the last resort.

(End of this chapter)