I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

Li Sheng looked blankly at No. 2101, who seemed to be looking at him as well, and couldn't react for a while.

Although the ground had informed in advance that bionic robots would be sent up for testing, his knowledge was still stuck in the era when humanoid robots performed mechanical dances in island countries more than ten years ago. Not many people knew about "14" on the moon.

What he didn't know was that although the Life Butler in front of him introduced himself as the first generation, it was already considered to be the fourth generation within the base. It may not necessarily have the strongest overall performance, but it achieved the optimal choice of various indicators. Able to adapt to many harsh environments.

Such an epoch-making robot should have a meaningful name similar to ancient mythology in his mind, but the appearance of No. 2101 was obviously not suitable.

"Gong Zhao, this...how did you choose the name in the company?"

He looked expectantly at the engineer who woke up the robot, and then the latter just glanced at it and said:

"For blue clothes, just call me Xiaolan. In fact, it is more convenient to call the number, but it feels like calling a prisoner is not very elegant."

"..."

Li Sheng looked at No. 2101 again and asked Gong Zhao:

"Can I talk to her now?"

After receiving a positive reply, Li Sheng carefully faced the robot, lowered his speaking speed and asked in as standard Mandarin as possible:

"2101, what do you want your name to be?"

"I would like to request access to the Internet to provide a better answer to your question."

No. 2101's response was like a pressed lever, perfectly connected to Li Sheng's words, with almost no room for human thought.

But what surprised him even more was that No. 2101 was not connected to the Internet at this time. Just relying on current intelligence to do this was enough to make people panic.

"In daily use, her default state reaction time is the same as that of humans. Now it is more sluggish in developer mode."

Zhao Gong looked at the silent Li Sheng and quickly explained, and then issued an order to 2101:

"Authorized to connect to the space station wireless network... Look, we don't need to impose specific attributes or actions. She has built in the information here in advance and can now connect to the Internet."

2101 happened to be pointing his head at Li Sheng at this time:

"In my opinion, 'Wenxin' is a very good name. It originates from "Wenxin Diaolong" written by Liu Xie, a literary theorist of the Southern Dynasties. The meaning is taken from the book "It is the beauty of the five elements and the heart of heaven and earth..."

...please confirm if you want this as the default name, or you can name it manually. "

"No, Wenxin is a good name, that's all."

"Okay, the first generation life butler 'Wen Xin' is at your service."

Li Sheng no longer went to see "Wen Xin", but began to count the cargo list, which included a total of 6 life housekeepers, one for each living cabin.

Although these robots are called service-type, their professional knowledge will never be lower than that of professional astronauts. They are the most qualified space residents in the space station.

"Wen Xin, please release the other life stewards as well."

…

presidential palace.

John's desk is stacked with thick documents as always, and he is currently reviewing them with Sullivan, who has established a good relationship of trust.

Although the space industry is in full swing, the troublesome information in front of us has nothing to do with space, but a bunch of bad things related to domestic manufacturing.

Since the beginning of last month, the manufacturing reshoring operations specified in the "Industry Act" have been launched on a large scale, and Congress is pushing the whole society to move in this direction.

Pay attention to "all together", so we will cut off 60% of imports from China in the next quarter and increase tariffs up to 1,200% - this is the fastest implementation of all measures.

Wal-Mart supermarkets across America were immediately hit by a rush to buy toilet paper because there was news somewhere that they would no longer import "unenvironmentally friendly Chinese paper" that accounts for almost 90% of the supply.

People don't know whether the news is true or not, but the stocks of several local paper companies have surged. At the same time, family cars with toilet paper stuffed into their trunks can be seen everywhere on the street.

There are similar situations in other industries. Those YouTube bloggers and TikTok celebrities who may have less than a middle school education are confusing the public all day long with "the xx you often use will disappear from the shelves", and even "the original Coca-Cola in the Americas" The rumor that all the cola here comes from Xiangjiang came out, so Coca-Cola had to quickly refute the rumor that the Coca-Cola here was supplied by Mexico.

The reality is of course far from that serious. Even if John is determined to cut off most imports, it will take time to slowly adjust. Those cancellations are future plans. At least there will be no major changes in imports and exports in fiscal year 2017.

However, the "Industrial Bill" and "Consumer Bill" have come into effect since last month, and the response to the first batch of trial releases has been quite good.

The first is the most intuitive consumption power. On the basis of John’s increase in relief funds when he took office, the amount and methods of relief were increased. Schools in most states responded to the bill and began to absorb the unemployed in an attempt to improve their academic qualifications. However, the intuitive growth of economic vitality cannot be tolerated. ignore.

Secondly, there are various local manufacturing companies. In the categories where the federal government clearly wants to stop foreign imports, relevant local companies have received more investment and orders, and the growth rate of new companies is also very high - but most of them are for food. Federal subsidies.

Most of the new companies are mainly in aerospace and new energy vehicles, and there are also some that have both.

"Jack, what company is Faraday Future?"

"What's wrong?"

Sullivan raised his head and saw John frowning and saying:

“This company released its first car in January this year, and sold only three cars in total until September, but why did they sell 2,000 high-end cars in October and start a rocket launch business?

Look, they also plan to land on the moon in 2019 and mine gold and rare metals there. They are now applying for a US$640 million aerospace sponsorship fund for the next quarter. "

"This is ridiculous!"

Sullivan knew what was going on without even thinking about it, and he believed John could see it himself.

John: “Yes, we all know what a shenanigan it is, but Faraday Future seems to be very influential and a lot of investors have chosen them.

I mean, investors are focused on space, and there are a lot of people on Wall Street now who believe that Consolidated Minerals is going to make a fortune on the moon. This is the gold rush of the new century, just like San Francisco in the 19th century. "

"Space is much more dangerous than the ocean, and the risks are at least two orders of magnitude higher."

Sullivan originally had something to say, but he had already figured out some things during the time he spoke:

United Mining's first ultra-large-scale exploration mission is about to begin. They have prepared an unprecedented giant rocket for this purpose, using almost the entire aerospace industry's strength to do it, even using hydrogen bombs.

Although the prospect of space mining is extremely unclear, it is impossible for Huar Street to sit still under their crazy actions.

He also guessed some of the purpose of John's sudden suggestion: the president also wanted to follow up.

United Mining is carrying out exploration preparations with great fanfare, which has greatly improved the evaluation of scientific researchers from all walks of life. Some have even begun to implicitly criticize NACA for its inaction, which is not a good thing.

Especially the emergence of aerospace planes has intensified this understanding. It is estimated that John has been looking for opportunities to make a comeback in aerospace.

Thinking of this, Sullivan couldn't help but advise:

“The SL-X rocket will be launched tomorrow, the first JFT nuclear engine will be officially delivered next year, and the nuclear-powered Endeavor will make its first flight in the first half of 2018.

We can start some preparatory work for the lunar development plan now. Construction will start in the second half of 2018, only half a year late. There is no need to make additional plans. "

He originally thought that John would argue a few words to insist on his point of view, but unexpectedly, John only remained silent for a while and nodded:

"Yes, you are right, the Federation does not need to waste additional energy.

But I think we can still do something for the common progress of the human world, especially countries that aspire to a free world. "

Facing John's doubtful gaze, John said one word:

"Asian Star, we want to help these two democracies realize their space dreams."