My courtyard shelter

After breakfast, reporters from upstairs heard the news.

Fortunately, it was not a live broadcast.

Xu Dong reluctantly accepted the interview. During the brief interview, he not only talked about retirement, but also expressed his views on the moon landing.

It was nothing more than clichés such as support and blessings.

The real hard stuff came at the end of the interview. He personally promised the audience in front of the TV that he would donate 1 billion to the Ministry of Aerospace.

This was his last charity event, and he would gradually fade out of the public eye.

As for the title of the world's richest man, it would be changed to the Xu family at that time, or simply retreat behind the scenes.

This is also the traditional practice of many big families.

He started from scratch and has a shallow foundation. In addition, he has not paid much attention to this issue, which led to the title of "richest man".

In fact, there are many people in the world who are richer than him, such as the big warlords in America, and each family behind them is rich enough to rival a country.

Half an hour later, Xu Dong's interview video appeared on live TV, and then quickly rushed to the top ten hot search list of the day, ranking fifth.

The ones ahead of him were:

First place: Manned lunar landing.

Second place: Five astronauts ready to go.

Third place: Moon base "Guanghan Palace".

Fourth place: "Expedition 1".

This is the launch vehicle for this moon landing mission.

The rocket is 108 meters long, with a total mass of 2,805 tons and a takeoff thrust of about 5,000 tons. It can achieve a capacity of more than 90 tons in polar orbit and 40 tons in lunar transfer orbit. It is the most advanced launch vehicle in history.

Not long after that, perhaps for the sake of the billion donation, the Ministry of Aerospace sent a director to invite Mr. Billionaire to visit the launch center.

However, Xu Dong declined.

In addition to the staff, there are other leaders and foreign guests at all levels in the launch center, and they can only watch through the big screen. It is better to stay!

...

February 17, 2049 at 10:32 am.

With the end of the countdown.

The "Solidarity" spacecraft and its 36-story-high "Expedition 1" rocket were successfully launched at the integrated launch pad of the Zibei Space Center.

The whole world was instantly plunged into a sea of ​​joy.

In Amsterdam, the capital of the European Union, people spontaneously took to the streets and watched the live broadcast on the big screen in major squares.

When the rocket successfully took off, a deafening cheer broke out over the entire city, and countless people waved the flags of Asia and the European Union.

The voices of "Hooray" and "Long Live" came one after another.

Some people even cried with excitement.

Since the outbreak of the big flare, bad news has come one after another, which is so depressing that people can't breathe. There has never been anything as exciting as landing on the moon.

In an office in the Bear Country, several elderly people showed envy on their faces while discussing the future of their country.

West or east?

This question has troubled them for many years.

At the same time, in America, far across the Atlantic Ocean, it was night, and both the upper class and the lower class were watching the live broadcast of the moon landing.

No one understood the meaning of "moon landing" better than them.

An ordinary beer hall in the capital Panama was crowded with people, and the crowd was tightly surrounding a middle-aged man.

Vincent Crabbe of France.

This meritorious veteran who liberated Brest did not choose to stay in the European Union to enjoy the fruits of victory, but took the risk to "lurk" to America.

He was still doing his old business.

"President Vincent, is Asia Hu already so strong?" Arthur couldn't help but sighed.

"Of course, as far as I know, the entire moon landing project and the subsequent lunar base have a total investment of more than 850 billion Daxia coins, which is almost over 1 trillion US dollars when converted into our US dollars."

"Wow, Daxia people are really rich!"

There was a cry of surprise from the crowd.

"Vincent, didn't you go to Daxia on a business trip before? How are their living conditions there?"

Vincent shook his head: "To be honest, except for the much better security environment, the life of ordinary Daxia families is actually similar to ours, and some may even be a little worse."

"Why do they spend so much money in vain..."

Some people expressed confusion.

"This is called the overall situation. Everyone knows that Daxia people are particularly good at long-term planning. They never care about temporary gains and losses. To be honest, landing on the moon is good for all of us humans."

"What are the benefits?" A black guy asked.

"This is about another super project of Daxia people, controlled nuclear fusion. I wonder if you have heard of it?"

"What is it for?"

Compared with Europe, the lower-class people in America are much worse in terms of personal accomplishment and cultural level.

"Then let me explain it briefly!" Vincent smiled happily, "Controlled nuclear fusion is mainly used to generate electricity. With it, everyone will no longer have to worry about power shortages."

"Really?"

Everyone's eyes widened.

In America, the rich are extremely rich and the poor are extremely poor. The communities of the rich have air conditioners all year round, while the ordinary communities where they live often have power outages every two or three days, and the electricity price is extremely expensive.

"What do they use to generate electricity?"

Someone asked curiously.

"Helium-3, a very scarce resource, there are only 5 tons in the entire Blue Planet, which is not enough to fill the gaps between our teeth, but there are plenty on the moon."

Vincent avoided the main point.

"F**K, no wonder they want to land on the moon."

"What a pity, we are the first country to land on the moon, and it's all the fault of those bastards above, who chose to destroy their own martial arts, so short-sighted."

Recalling the glorious days of the United States, everyone's eyes couldn't help but shine. Although they are living in hardship now, they are undoubtedly the most patriotic group of people.

Seeing that everyone's emotions were mobilized, Vincent immediately began to instill his own private goods: "Everyone, the Daxia people have already landed on the moon, and will land on Mars in the future. Can we just watch?"

"What else can we do?"

Arthur said dejectedly.

"Everyone, listen to me. The Daxia people have not closed the door to us. You can see that among the five astronauts this time, there is a European and a bear. We can also apply to join them."

"Where do we get the money? Last year, in order to save money, the state abolished compulsory education. It is probably harder than climbing to the sky to ask them to pay."

"We have money, but the tax money has been taken away by the people above. They have endless fat meat to eat and endless wine to drink every day. They don't care about the future, they only care about themselves."

Vincent said this and slammed the table hard.

"President Vincent, you are absolutely right. They are simply vampires. We work so hard, but in the end we can't even eat enough, not to mention sending our children to school. It's so unfair."

"I'm not kidding you. America has now become a large-scale India."

"We can not go to the moon, but we must have enough to eat. This is the most basic requirement."

"Also, the salary is too low. We must increase it."

The atmosphere on the scene suddenly became intense.

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