"Probably an illusion......

Looking at the task panel that exuded a pale golden European atmosphere, Lu Zhou shook his head vigorously, driving the strange feeling out of his mind and refocusing on the task itself.

It is required that the manned landing program on Mars be completed within the year.

It's nothing.

The manned landing was originally one of China's space programs this year, and it was also a precursor to the Mars research station.

As for the reward, it is determined by the number of logins and the remaining mission time......

Faced with this strange reward standard, Lu Zhou couldn't help but fall silent.

If you throw a hundred people at once, you can't brush up on tens of millions of experience?

Of course, he just thought about it.

Not to mention the technical difficulties, risks and people who go with them. On the issue of Taoism, even if he can really send so many people to it at one time, the system may not be able to let him brush up on more than 10 million experiences.

After all, it is true that the bonus may increase with the number of people, but it may not increase linearly.

"Anyway, it would be nice to find a way to send people to Mars as soon as possible...... In that case, the task should be fairly simple. ”

Not long ago, the Cosmodrome sent a spacecraft to cruise around Mars orbit, and now all we have to do is find a way to bring the life-support device over and drop the volunteers and the landing module together.

Thinking so in his heart, Lu Zhou closed the holographic panel.

Although the feeling of uneasiness still lingered, it was not his style to worry about unknown and clueless things, so he just frowned and struggled for a while, and then put the matter aside for the time being.

Exiting the system space, the sky outside the window has completely darkened.

raised his watch and looked at the time, and saw that it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, Lu Zhou was about to close his eyes and sleep, but found that the drone controlled by Xiao Ai was lying on the bedside table next to him, looking at him fiercely.

After hesitating, Lu Zhou asked.

"Any questions?"

Xiao Ai: [...... The host, just got a call. (☆-ｖ-)】

Unexpectedly diverted the topic.

Still, it's important to get down to business.

"I see."

Yawned, Lu Zhou reached out and picked up his mobile phone, looked at the dozen or so missed calls, and thought to himself who was so bored and made a dozen calls at night, and dialed the phone back.

The call was quickly connected.

It was not particularly unexpected, Director Li's voice appeared on the other end of the phone.

"Hello? Academician Lu, I haven't slept so late. ”

“……”

Hearing this, Lu Zhou couldn't help but complain in his heart.

With so many phone calls, I'm afraid I'll be woken up even if I'm asleep.

But thinking that he hadn't slept anyway, he didn't care, leaned his head back on the pillow, and asked casually.

"What's the matter, tell me."

"Haha, it's not a big deal-"

"Then I'll hang up first, and I'll talk about it tomorrow."

"Eh, wait, wait, don't be in a hurry, I just want to...... Consult with you about one thing, it won't delay you a lot of time! ”

"Then you say?"

"You've heard of the space elevator—"

"Toot-"

The busy tone of the phone suddenly rang, cutting off the voice on the other end of the phone.

"Ah...... I accidentally pressed the hang up button. ”

Looking at the phone that had been hung up, Lu Zhou muttered to himself, casually turned off the mobile phone and put it aside, and then turned over and went to sleep.

At this moment, Director Li, who was far away at home in Shangjing City, was listening to the busy sound from his mobile phone and looked confused.

Why did you hang up all of a sudden?

Is the phone dead......

……

Just when Lu Zhou turned over and fell asleep, the headquarters of the International Federation of Materials Research Societies on the other side of the Pacific Ocean was a busy scene.

Sitting in his office, Chairman Swift was chatting with the Secretary-General, Professor Merfinci, about the annual society awards, while dealing with the mountain of headaches.

However, at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the office, and then a young assistant walked in with an unopened letter in his hand.

"President, here's a letter from the Max Planck Society."

Putting down the pen in his hand, Chairman Swift asked weakly as he cast a tired gaze on him.

"What did you say above?"

"The person who wrote is Professor Gerhard Ettel, director of the Fritz Haber Institute," said the assistant in a hesitant tone after opening the envelope at the scene, and after a quick glance at it, "he greeted you in the letter...... It is hoped that Lu Zhou will be nominated as a candidate for the annual society award. ”

The moment he heard this, Chairman Swift suddenly pressed his index finger and thumb to his eyebrows with a headache, and muttered a curse in his mouth.

"Another one."

But it's no wonder.

Lu Zhou has always had a good relationship with the Max Planck Society, not only won a Hoffmann medal awarded by the German Chemical Society, but also cooperated with those Germans on the stellar simulator project.

Professor Merfinci, who was standing next to him, shrugged his shoulders, and the expression on his face did not seem to be surprised by the contents of the letter.

In fact, there really is nothing surprising about it.

Even without taking into account past friendships, the paper is indeed worth the German Chemical Society in terms of its academic value.

During this time, they have received at least ten nomination letters from top experts in the field of materials science or academic organizations, hoping that they can include Lu Zhou's name in the selection list of this year's Society Alliance Award.

In fact, it would have been nothing.

But for Chairman Swift, it was a headache.

Although the International Federation of Materials Research Societies is nominally a joint organization of materials science societies of various countries, because the center of the world materials science community is in Boston, this organization is actually a bit similar to the nature of IMCRC, both of which nominally belong to the world, but in fact it is a cooperative organization that is more influenced by a single country.

Under such circumstances, even if they should seriously consider Lu Zhou's research results, they must also take into account the diplomatic stance of their own authorities.

What's more, they had already agreed to award this year's annual award to Professor Colhardt of Stanford University for his outstanding contributions to the field of corrosion electrochemistry of complex systems.

If Lu Zhou is allowed to kill at this time, the entire selection will become a matter without suspense.

"You go out first."

"Okay, okay......" The assistant standing at the door hesitated slightly, left the open letter in his hand on the cabinet next to him, and exited the office.

The door of the office meeting was closed, and Secretary General Merfinch, who had been standing next to him without speaking, spoke thoughtfully.

"It seems that our European friends are starting to get dissatisfied with our little actions."

It's not an open secret that the annual awards of the Society Alliance are boring, whether they are tacit or unreasonable, and other societies have no good way to manipulate their selection of this award.

After all, this kind of favoritism within a limited scope is really difficult to define, and it is difficult to find evidence.

Under normal circumstances, the candidates they put forward are not weak, but at the same level, or not very far from other candidates, they will be more inclined to choose North American scholars or those who intend to stay and work in North America.

In this way, Professor Ettel's nomination of Lu Zhou in the name of the Max Planck Society is a bit interesting.

After all, a research institute with a regional nature, such as the Max Planck Society, usually nominates scholars who work in Germany, even if they do not nominate scholars from their own country.

He can't be blamed for thinking too much, Professor Eiter's nomination does feel a bit of pressure on them.

Apparently thinking of this, Chairman Swift asked with a headache as he cast a pleading look at him standing next to him.

"What do we do now?"

"If we reject so many nomination letters, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among other societies," said Secretary General Merfinci after thinking for a while, "why don't we be generous and admit his research." ”

"It can't be!" Chairman Swift didn't hesitate to speak, "If it's someone else, it's okay, but it's Lu Zhou...... Not to mention Stanford University and Professor Colhardt, the Congress will definitely not be satisfied with our choice,"

"Not necessarily."

Chairman Swift cast an inquiring glance at Secretary General Merfinch, who had said this, and waited for his explanation.

Without making him wait long, Secretary General Merfinch paused for a moment before explaining.

"Any discerning person can see that the United States has lost the space race and has chosen to compromise with China on a series of historical issues because of controlled fusion technology. Even though NASA is still asking Congress for funding on the threat argument of using air and space weapons across the Pacific Ocean, haven't you noticed? The official opposition has in fact become quieter. ”

"So what?"

"The public is growing tired of this inconclusive confrontation, and the White House knows that it will be difficult to rely on a phased victory in the confrontation in the short term to gain support for itself. The successive failures will gradually make voters lose confidence," said Secretary General Merfurinch earnestly as he looked at Chairman Swift, "If Lu Zhou can visit North America, perhaps this can be used as an opportunity to repair relations between the two countries." ”

Chairman Swift frowned.

"I don't want to bring the political stuff into academia."

"Does it still make sense to say that now? Don't forget who is backing our funding," Secretary General Merfinci shrugged his shoulders, "Besides, this is not a matter of bringing politics into the academic world, do you think that with his paper, that quasi-Nobel Prize-level achievement, it is not worthy of an annual award of the Federation of Societies?" ”

"As for Stanford and Professor Colhart, if you really care about how they feel...... I don't think it's a shame to lose to Professor Lu. ”

As if convinced, this time Chairman Swift was silent for a long time.

After about five minutes, he finally spoke.

"You go to the White House and ask for their opinions."

"If they plan to use this opportunity to repair relations with China......

"I'm sure Professor Kolhardt will be considerate of our situation."