This star is going to the moon

Chapter 242 We are indeed going to film an astronaut selection reality show; the space terminal construction is underway.
The prospective trainees who came to Blue Star Aerospace for interviews and selection were overjoyed.

Originally, everyone had a dream of spaceflight and came for the commercial astronaut training program, hoping to one day go into space and explore the stars.

Nobody wants to be eliminated.

But some people will definitely be eliminated, and some may even be eliminated in the 11th month.

Fortunately, Bluestar Aerospace is very generous. They provide subsidies during the selection and training period, and their food, clothing and other necessities at the base are taken care of.

Of course, if you go out and want to buy something, you'll have to pay for it yourself.

And now, hearing that they're going to film a show and even pay me, means...

"We could actually become stars! And we'd even get paid for our work, we could make money!"

"Haha, I originally planned that even if I didn't get selected in the end, I could just consider this a free trip here, which would already be a great deal. But the thought of having the chance to be a star and make money is just too awesome!"

"Bluestar Aerospace is so generous. They treat us this well even though we're not their employees yet. What will happen when we actually become commercial astronauts?"

"Indeed, this is absolutely fantastic!"

"Another one has arrived, and it's a woman!"

“Matthew, we don’t need to keep using the word ‘comrade’ here. People usually say ‘girl,’ ‘female,’ and ‘woman’ more often…”

"Thank you, I've got it..."

After arriving at the intelligent manufacturing base, these trainees will be greeted and taken to the dormitory area. They will be given a brief introduction and a Chinese instruction manual.

This is one of the reasons why speaking Chinese is required during the selection process.

Because they all speak Chinese, some of them speak it quite well without any accent, while others have a slight accent but can still communicate normally.

So after reading the instruction manual, the trainees weren't in a hurry to adjust to the time difference. Instead, they gathered together to chat, and they would even help introduce the situation to newcomers.

Although they are competitors, the astronaut group values ​​cooperation, and they have learned about each other when doing exercises and researching information.

Furthermore, they all speak fluent Chinese, and in the process of learning Chinese, they also learn some deeper meanings, so they are quite different from pure foreigners.

Of course, the depth of their learning can range from thousands of years ago to decades ago, but very little of it is up-to-date.

This is why everyone is constantly amazed from the airport all the way to the base after getting off the plane.

Because I've never seen it before.

These trainees will rest for a day to adjust to the time difference and environment before the selection process begins.

Meanwhile, online discussions were still taking place regarding the selection of commercial astronauts, with various online media outlets waiting outside the gates continuously releasing information.

According to information previously released on the official website of Bluestar Aerospace, more than 50 prospective trainees came to the Zhangjiagang base for interviews and selections, and more than half of them have now arrived.

Of these, those from China with convenient transportation were the first to arrive. Among the more than fifty trainees, those from China accounted for half, or more than twenty.

Ten of them were Americans.

The remaining dozen or so were people from other countries.

I wonder how many trainees Bluestar Aerospace will select this time; I hope they are all from within China.

[That's a narrow-minded approach, bro. Blue Star Aerospace is clearly aiming for an international strategy; otherwise, they wouldn't have launched a global selection process.] [Indeed, I'm just praying that the domestic candidates perform well, and that no one is left out, with only foreigners selected.]

[You're just worrying unnecessarily. If foreigners were that much better than our people, the initial selection process wouldn't have made up half of the candidates from China.]

[Choosing foreigners isn't a problem, my concern is that spies might infiltrate the group. With Earth's space program developing so rapidly and its technology so advanced, what if someone tries to steal our technology? Especially those Americans.]

[Stealing technology is one thing, but do you think there might be CIA agents among them, like 007 in the movies, trying to assassinate Lu Yun?]

[It's not that complicated. You've watched too many movies. Besides, 007 is British, while Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible is American.]

Indeed, most American movies and TV shows don't dare to feature our country as the villain, and there are very few movies and TV shows where our country plays the villain... Oh, Lu Yun posted on Weibo again.

[Holy crap, quick, check out Rowoon's Weibo!]

The reason they were so shocked was that Lu Yun had actually admitted to what they had just been discussing.

[Lu Yun: Yes, we are indeed making a reality show to select astronauts, and we were inspired by that netizen "Cat Li Cat Qi". Please contact the Blue Star Aerospace official website and leave your address, and we will send you a mystery gift package.]

Unlike other popular celebrities, Lu Yun doesn't post on Weibo very often, so many people don't even read his posts. As soon as he posts, they rush to comment.

It's the same this time.

I was completely stunned when I saw the content on Weibo.

【what? 】

【Seriously?】

[Was it inspired by that netizen? So, you just decided to make this variety show?]

"No, is there enough time?"

[From what I understand, it takes at least several months to assemble a variety show production team. By then, have all the commercial astronauts been selected?]

[Not necessarily. Have you forgotten how fast Lu Yun works? Just like developing the "Wan Hu" rocket, he might be able to assemble a production team in a few weeks.]

Many netizens are concerned about these issues, but there are also many netizens concerned about another issue.

That is the netizen "Cat Li Cat Qi" who was personally tagged by Lu Yun, and the mysterious gift package that netizen will receive.

[Bro, you're really awesome! You got Lu Yun to adopt your brilliant idea!]

[I'm so jealous! Why wasn't this my idea? I want a mystery gift too!]

What might be in the gift package? Could it be a space ticket for the "Wooden Kite" spacecraft?

[No way, they said they'd send one before, and now they're sending another one?]

[I think that's unlikely. It's more likely to be autographed photos of Lu Yun, plus some Blue Star Aerospace cultural and creative souvenirs, such as postcards, rocket models, and airplane models.]

【really……】

While netizens were discussing it, Lu Yun asked the "Three-Body Problem" production team for a few more days off. He wanted to take advantage of the day when the interviewees were resting and adjusting to the time difference to go to the Eighth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology in Shanghai. He had previously said that he wanted to go and check on the status of the "Space Dock" cabin, and the appointment was for tomorrow.

This project is also very important, as it is an essential module for the "Wooden Kite" to dock with the Tiangong space station.

(End of this chapter)