This star is going to the moon

Chapter 261 Ren Zhengfei: Lu Yun, you remind me of Qian Lao

As we all know, when three men get together, they automatically generate an "idea king".

They will also engage in unbridled online politics.

Regardless of whether it's domestic or international, political commentary is a recreational activity that is beneficial to physical and mental health.

It's a bit of a useless group.

Oh, sometimes you can even disable the group owner directly.

But it's okay, it's not like I'm useless!

Therefore, when the news of Britain's formal departure from the EU reached China, it immediately aroused the interest of many people in political commentary.

Wow, Brexit actually happened! I thought it would drag on for years.

[Stop delaying. The Queen is already that age; in a few years, she might be signing the "70-year crown prince" papers.]

[This is true democracy! In other countries, people vote and then things are done, unlike some other country... tsk tsk.]

[This country is so democratic and free! Sigh, I'm so envious. Why wasn't I born in a country like this?]

[Their government is truly serving its people; the good days for the British people are just around the corner. I'm so envious!]

[That's right. Now that Britain has left the EU, it can immediately save £8 billion in payments to the EU treasury every year. That's more than £100 per person, which is equivalent to 800 or 900 yuan.]

Wow, are they giving everyone a little over 1000 euros right after Brexit? Look at them! When will my country give me 1000 euros? I'm so envious!

[No, you guys are making it more and more outrageous. Who told you that after Brexit, the UK would directly give money to people back home? And aren't you only looking at the positive aspects and ignoring the negative ones?]

[What disadvantages are there? If there were disadvantages, would the UK have chosen to leave the EU? The UK has such a good system and so many smart people; would their choice be disadvantageous?]

Don't talk to this kind of person. He's a country bumpkin who's never been abroad in his life and has no idea how great it is to have English as a teacher.

[Damn, you guys are the ones who are utterly ignorant! After Brexit, Britain can no longer rely on the EU to play a significant role in European and world affairs, and its international status and influence will be greatly diminished! You call that no harm?]

Yes, and half of the UK's trade comes from other European countries. Brexit will definitely affect trade relations and London's status as an "international financial center" and "safe haven." If a large amount of investment withdraws from the UK, the economic outlook will further deteriorate...

【What nonsense are you spouting? They brought the British for the dignity of ordinary people, unlike your country, which only cares about development, about great power rivalry, and polluting the environment, completely neglecting people's livelihoods!】

[…Forget it, let's not talk to idiots. Let's look at Chang'e 4 and Yutu 2 on the far side of the moon. They've just entered their fourteenth lunar night and have been working for over a year. I wonder when they'll be able to land humans on the moon?]

That depends on Lu Yun. What has he been busy with lately?

Lu Yun went back to filming the TV series "The Three-Body Problem" on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Later, at An Fangfei's reminder, they went to Huayao Company on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, which is February 3rd in the Gregorian calendar.

After all, they are still using Huayao's Mate Xs foldable screen phone, and they need to give an answer in the next few days as to whether they agree to be its spokesperson.

Upon learning that Lu Yun and An Fangfei were coming to the company together, Huayao immediately raised the level of hospitality, not only having Yu Dazui personally greet them, but also having the 75-year-old Boss Ren come.

After all, Lu Yun is no ordinary entertainment star; his Blue Star Aerospace Company is valued at 1000 billion RMB!

And it is also a private space company, ahead of SpaceX, which is valued at $350 billion.

In other words, in the field of private spaceflight, Lu Yun's Blue Star Space ranks second in the world.

Although Bezos' Blue Origin is also very impressive, with him selling $10 billion worth of Amazon stock every year to invest in Blue Origin, its valuation is not high because Blue Origin does not yet have any large rockets that have entered space orbit, only small suborbital rockets.

In the aerospace field, someone who has never been to space orbit is considered inexperienced.

Just practice cooking more!

So even though Huayao's revenue in 2019 was over 850 billion yuan, its profit was over 62 billion yuan, and its R&D investment was over 130 billion yuan, Lu Yun should not be underestimated.

Most importantly, Blue Star Aerospace also undertakes important national missions and, like them, faces sanctions from the United States.

One of our own!
Of course, Boss Ren won't come out to greet him, given his advanced age. Yu Dazui will handle the greeting.

"welcome!"

"disturb."

After exchanging pleasantries at the entrance, Yu Dazui led Lu Yun and An Fangfei on a brief tour of the company's key R&D departments before heading to Boss Ren's reception room.

Despite being 75 years old, Mr. Ren is in good health and very talkative. Knowing that Lu Yun and An Fangfei came today to agree to be spokespeople, he didn't talk about that at all, but instead talked about other things.

For example, Huayao and Bluestar Aerospace were both sanctioned by the United States.

"...Given the way the Americans operate, they're only sanctioning you because they're afraid of you. If they weren't afraid, they would have just swallowed you up."

"Just like those wars of aggression they fought before, those small countries didn't listen, so they just sent troops. They wouldn't give you any explanations. But how are they treating us now?"

"Haha, so I'm not worried at all!"

As he spoke, he looked at Lu Yun and said, "Especially after seeing you, I'm even less worried!"

Lu Yun pointed modestly to himself: "Me?"

"Correct!"

Mr. Ren nodded: "I experienced the Cold War era and I know about the space race. When the US announced that it would carry out a manned lunar landing, I was still in school. By the time it achieved its first manned lunar landing, I had become an engineer and was participating in a major project to build military aircraft and aero-engine manufacturing plants."

"The Americans were really impressive back then, but now..."

Mr. Ren pointed to his head: "There are too many people who are not clear-headed. They no longer have the technological vitality of the last century, which was 'daring to change the world'."

“But you are different, Lu Yun, you remind me of Mr. Qian.”

"That was when I attended the National Science Conference in 1978 and personally heard Qian Lao's predictions about the future of science and technology in my country."

"That conference had a profound impact on me and strengthened my determination to innovate in science and technology."

"I'm old now, but seeing you here at this time makes me feel that we will definitely win this time!"

"Because the absolute power of technological innovation is on our side this time!"

When Boss Ren said this, he looked very clearly at Lu Yun. This time, Lu Yun did not show modesty, but nodded firmly.

In addition, Yu Dazui was quite surprised. He didn't expect Boss Ren to value Lu Yun so much and give him such a high evaluation!
Seeing Lu Yun reminded me of Mr. Qian...

Great!

An Fangfei, on the other hand, simply stood up proudly with her chest puffed out.

Anyone who didn't know better would think I was praising her.

Now that we've come this far, Lu Yun should also express his purpose for coming.

Bluestar Aerospace and Huayao were both sanctioned by the US, but Lu Yun himself was fine, after all, he had cheat codes.

But Huayao faces difficulties.

Previously, Huayao's mobile phone shipments had just surpassed Apple to become the world's second largest, and then it was directly hit hard by the United States, taking several years to recover.

Although Lu Yun's [Aerospace Engineering] skills do not include anything related to mobile phones, as a reborn individual, Lu Yun knows how to help Hua Yao break the deadlock from another angle.

Thinking of this, Lu Yun held up the Mate Xs folding screen phone in his hand and said, "President Ren, President Yu, the screen of this phone is made of double-layer aerospace-grade polyimide flexible material."

Have you ever thought about integrating aerospace and mobile phones more closely?

(End of this chapter)