This star is going to the moon

Chapter 280: With the space airport completed, is Guo Fan's film "The Ball 2" still considered a science fiction film? (Seeking monthly votes)
[We're doomed! Our country's manufacturing industry is going to be taken over by India!]

Yes, I heard that India provides free education, so they must have a lot of high-quality talent, and their wages are low. Once this plan is implemented, it will easily take away our manufacturing industry.

[It's indeed a difficult situation. Both countries have populations exceeding one billion. India places such importance on education, offering free schooling. Their demographic dividend is definitely stronger than ours. If we don't prioritize education, we're doomed, since industrial manufacturing is our foundation.]

[Don't worry too much. After all, people used to say that Annam would replace us as the world's factory, but that hasn't happened yet. They even have to buy electricity from us. Their infrastructure is so poor that they can't develop industry at all.]

India's situation is different from Annam's. India has a much larger population dividend, and many multinational companies have established factories there. Many international assessment agencies are very optimistic about India's rapid development.

I heard that Xiaomi is doing exceptionally well in India, and it's already the top-selling mobile phone brand there. They've even established a complete mobile phone production line. With this new plan, I expect Xiaomi will be increasing its investment.

[I feel this is very unreliable because I know a friend who does business in India. He said the situation there is extremely complicated. Not only is the infrastructure poor, but there's also rampant corruption and bribery, and fines are frequent. He summed it up by saying, "In India, money is spent by India, and not a penny can be taken home."]

[No way, that's bizarre! How can you do business if you can't bring money back home?]

We'll see how things develop, but I'm not optimistic about India. Their domestically produced Tejas fighter jet, Arjun tank, and Vikrant aircraft carrier projects are all quite famous, which speaks volumes about their industrial development...

The news that India wants to develop its own industries to replace Laos and China as the world's factory has been widely circulated, and many people have expressed their opinions. Some think it will succeed, while others think there is no need to worry. There are all sorts of opinions.

Many people think that developing industry is nothing special, and that anyone can do it.

Especially since Japan and South Korea relied entirely on the support of the United States to develop their industries, and now it is obvious that the United States wants to confront China, then looking around China, India, which also has a population of over one billion, is a very good target for support.

If the US was able to develop India and South Korea into industrialized nations, India has a good chance of doing the same.

But some people have a more comprehensive view of things. They think that industry is really nothing special; to put it simply, you can build a factory and get started.

But developing into an industrial powerhouse and making industry a pillar industry of the country is no easy task.

Lu Yun belongs to the third type of person, after all, he has truly witnessed the future development of his third brother.

In 2005, India's "production-linked incentive plan" officially went bankrupt. It was said that 23 billion yuan would be invested in incentives, but only a little over 1 billion yuan was distributed, and most of it was taken by local enterprises.

Or rather, it was acquired by a local mega-corporation.

This shows the true quality of the plan.

And most importantly... India wanted to raise the manufacturing sector's share of GDP to 25% through a "Five-Year Plan," but five years later, the manufacturing sector's share had dropped to only 14%.

Not only did it fail to reach the target, it was even lower than the current 15%.

So when Lu Yun heard Guo Fan have a similar question, he said, "That idea of ​​'I can do it too' is a disease, a kind of delusional disorder, and it needs strong medicine to cure it!"

"If you can be cured, then live your life peacefully; if you can't be cured, then just wait to die."

An Fangfei also said, "Bharat is a very outrageous country. A company there spent a lot of money to invite me to do an event there. I didn't want to go because I heard it was very chaotic."

"Before I could even make a decision, they rejected me and then threatened to sue me for breach of contract. It took a lot of effort to get rid of that scoundrel."

Guo Fan was greatly shocked upon hearing this, because the script for "The Wandering Earth 2" was almost finished, and he had even planned to film the first scene of the movie about Indian scientists working on a "digital life" project.

“That’s no problem,” Lu Yun said. “Anyway, there are many Indian students in China, and quite a few of them are studying medicine. You can just find a few.”

Guo Fan nodded upon hearing this, then everything was fine.

Reassured, Guo Fan directed the camera crew to start filming again, but this time the focus was on shooting the space airport. Perhaps some of the footage could be used in "Tomorrow's Astronauts" and "The Wandering Earth 2".

Yes, the space airport is complete.

Its overall building scale is not large, but it has a very high-tech feel. However, the most eye-catching feature is its super long runway. If a regular airport only has one runway, it is definitely some kind of small airport, but a space airport is different.

Its runway leads directly into space.

If other airports only have one flight every few days, they're probably not far from going out of business. But if a space airport has one flight every few days, that's definitely "ultra-high density" flight.

The airport runway is still in the acceptance phase, but that doesn't stop people from imagining what it will be like.

"Then we'll take off from here in the 'Wooden Kite' and enter space," Lu Yun said, strolling along the runway with An Fangfei in his hand.

"I had imagined going to space for tourism many times before, but I never thought it would come true so soon."

An Fangfei held her boyfriend's hand with a contented smile as she listened to him talk about his grand dreams.

Not far from them, Guo Fan was directing the film crew to shoot various locations, seemingly even more enthusiastic than when making a movie.

At the observation point outside the space airport, many tourists and space enthusiasts were also looking inside with great excitement.

"The construction is incredibly fast! Last time I came here it was just a wasteland, and now a space airport has been built!"

"I can't wait to see 'Wooden Kite' take off from here into space!"

"Hey, look at the people on the track, isn't that Lu Yun and An Fangfei? They seem to be holding hands and strolling around... oh, strolling around the track."

"Wow, I didn't expect to get to see dog food here! But please give me more, I'm totally smitten!"

"Where? Where? Where? I can't see it!"

"I think I also saw Guo Fan. He was directing the film crew to shoot the space airport. Could this be used in 'The Wandering Earth 2'?"

"Haha, Director Guo probably never expected that he would be able to film a space airport and a space shuttle on location while shooting a sci-fi movie."

Guo Fan: All my sci-fi films are practically shot. I'm the real 'practical shooting maniac.' Does Nolan's shooting of models count as practical shooting?"

"Is this still a science fiction film? Are you sure it's not a documentary?"

"Well, science fiction or documentary, that is the question."

"By the way, has filming started for this year's 'Back to Field'? That's my go-to show to watch while eating. I was really looking forward to seeing Rowoon build things and drive a tractor on it. It's a shame he's not a regular cast member anymore."

The fourth season of "Back to Field" has indeed started filming. Lu Yun and Peng Yuchang talked about it when they were playing games together.

Peng Yuchang felt a lot of pressure.

The main reason is that Lu Yun did such a good job before. He could easily solve all kinds of problems and deal with people. Peng Yuchang and Zhang Zifeng, the "younger brother and sister", just followed along and did what he was told.

Now that the "eldest brother" is gone, the "second brother" has to step up.

Peng Yuchang: "Brother Yun, I can't take it anymore!"

"Why don't we let my younger sister handle the interpersonal interactions?"

Zhang Zifeng: "?"

(End of this chapter)