With the end of the second-generation controllable fusion project, the work at hand finally came to an end, and Lu Zhou finally took a rest.

Since he has been in retreat for almost half a year, he has not been with his old friends for some time.

Therefore, Director Li called on Li Gaoliang, who just returned to the earth on a holiday, pulled Wang Peng and Lu Zhou, went to the grilled fish shop where he used to go, opened a box of beer, and drank wine stand up.

"It's been a fast day. It's another year in a flash."

"Yes."

"Don't just come, let's take a drink."

Mr. Li, who had a drink with Lu Zhou, flushed, stared at the white mist rising from the pot, wondering whether he was thinking about the past or the future.

Li Gaoliang and Wang Peng also touched a glass and said with a smile.

"I heard you've done a good job at the Security Bureau recently?"

"Okay."

"Just okay?" Li Gaoliang said with a smile. "I heard someone say, there is an old popsicle that can be beaten by the Security Bureau. There is no offensive implanted prosthesis on the body. Few in the team can match it. "

Wang Peng also smiled and said modestly: "That person is probably not me."

At this moment, Director Li suddenly sighed with emotion and said, "Speaking of the space elevator, can this gadget really be made?"

Wang Peng and Li Gaoliang invariably turned their attention to the only person sitting here who knew this.

In fact, they are also very curious about this matter. You should know that a century ago, even space elevators were rare in science fiction.

"It should be possible in theory," Lu Zhou continued after thinking for a moment. "Unlike the second-generation controllable fusion, at this stage the space elevator is not facing a technically difficult problem, but needs to figure out how to Existing technologies are realizing tangible results. "

"In other words, is there hope? Open the elevator ..."

Talking, Director Li sighed, I don't know why the tone suddenly became a little stunned, "The development of the times is really getting faster and faster. Except for this plate of grilled fish, it is still the same. More and more things, this old man I have do not understand."

The atmosphere on the dining table suddenly became a little heavy.

Lu Zhou didn't feel anything, but Wang Peng and Li Gaoliang fell into silence.

They also understand the feeling of being left behind by the times.

This is generally the case, and they are not willing to touch on this topic ...

After the meal was full, the group broke up.

In the same car as Wang Peng, Lu Zhou fastened his seat belt, glanced at the bionic driver who was driving, and then saw Wang Peng again and asked with a smile.

"They have a driver for you now?"

"It's just a bionic driver. It seems quite common in private cars."

Lu Zhou: "Have you progressed on the case of the Cosmic Spirit Foundation?"

"Not much progress," Wang Peng didn't worry too much about Lu Zhou, shook his head and said straightforwardly, "Although we also caught some small bosses and grassroots personnel, but big fish like Morinaga But it was not caught. The clue that has been found so far is that they will meet regularly through the virtual reality network, and no one knows their respective identities in reality. "

Lu Zhou laughed and laughed.

"Yes, it sounds more and more like a story between superheroes and evil villains."

"If that's the case, popcorn movies usually have perfect endings, but in reality they are not necessarily."

A helpless expression appeared on Wang Peng's face. But at this moment, he suddenly remembered something that he had never wanted to ask, so he continued to speak.

"Speaking of which, when you came to see me in San Francisco, what the **** did you do to me?"

Although he felt his questioning was strange, he couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he still asked.

Lu Zhou did not answer this question directly, but just smiled and said, "Does this body feel good?"

Wang Peng nodded.

"It works really well ..."

"It's good to use," Lu Zhou laughed twice and waved his hand. "You don't need to worry about other things. You just need to know that I won't hurt you."

In the end, until the car stopped at the door of Lu Zhou's house, Wang Peng didn't find out. What did Academician Lu do to make himself better that day?

Watching the man's back disappear at the door, Wang Peng looked at the bionic driver holding the steering wheel and waited, nodding to signal him to send himself home.

On the other side, Lu Zhou, who had returned home, had just dealt with Xiao Ai's enthusiastic flutter, and received a call from the Ministry of Science and Technology.

"Tomorrow there will be a seminar on space elevators over the Ministry of Science and Technology. Do you think time is convenient?"

Thinking that there was still something to do at the school tomorrow, Lu Zhou asked.

"Is it critical?"

"The key is not to mention the key, mainly for anchor site selection and integration of research resources for the space elevator project," said the Minister of Science and Technology with a smile. Dozens of them do not necessarily know each other. If there is a problem in the communication link, it is easy to cause big trouble. "

Regarding this sentence, Lu Zhou agrees.

After all, he has been the chief designer for so many years, and he has seen a lot of oolongs that he has seen because the communication in the project team is not in place.

However, this kind of thing can't be solved after one or two meetings.

After thinking for a while, Lu Zhou said.

"I have something to do tomorrow, I'm afraid I can't go."

The Minister of Science and Technology did not insist, and said with a relaxed tone.

"It's okay. We weren't particularly anxious here. If you're not available, let's handle your business first. I'll contact you here when I need your help."

Lu Zhou nodded.

"No problem, if something happens that can't be solved, remember to call me."

The Minister of Science and Technology said with a smile: "Sure!"

...

Early the next morning, Lu Zhou asked Ling to drive and sent herself to the university town, and went straight to the administrative building of Jinling University.

It was a coincidence that when he arrived, his guide Sun Lan happened to be walking out of the office with a bag of documents.

Seeing Lu Zhou, her eyes flashed and she smiled.

"Congratulations, you have completed all the foundation courses. This is your diploma ... I was going to give it to you in the classroom."

Taking a look at the electronic graduation certificate suspended in the holographic window, Lu Zhou extended his index finger and clicked on it, and poured the holographic code on the electronic certificate into his electronic certificate folder.

In the future, the low-carbon economy will really be carried to the end. There is no paper document to keep such critical things as diplomas. Are they all electronic?

However, considering that in this era, both identity IDs and bank card balances have been digitized and stored on the cloud built by the Quantum Supercomputing Center. This is the most efficient and secure option.

"That is, I graduated?"

"Hmm ..." With a little regret and perseverance on his face, Sun Lan nodded and said, "I believe that after this year of study, you have fully integrated into the present society, and naturally there is no need to continue to study the foundation course. "

"Thank you," Nodded, and Lu Zhou thanked him. "It's been a hard time."

A little embarrassed smile, Sun Lan continued.

"Where ... this is my job, after all, I should do it."

"Work is work, but I can still see if I put energy into it."

With a smile, after Lu Zhou said goodbye, he was about to turn to the elevator.

However, at this moment, the door of the elevator opened, and a group of people unexpectedly came out of the elevator.

Looking at Li Guangya who appeared here, Lu Zhou asked slightly.

"How did you come?"

Although it came from the big man in front of him, Li Guangya obviously did not expect that he actually met him so quickly, so he coughed and said in an awkward tone.

"I ... we need your help."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou's face was filled with weird expressions.

Although it is expected that the space elevator project may not be as simple as this guy imagined, but he was in trouble so quickly that he was really surprised.

After all, the tone of the Minister of Science and Technology calling him last night was still very relaxed.

Those who do n’t know thought that this space elevator had already been built ...

"What's the problem? Is it convenient to say."

"Very inconvenient ... We may have more problems than we thought," Li Guangya continued with an embarrassed expression on his face. "Anyway, would you like to come?"