147: Are your brains broken?

Aerospace Base.

The Classmate spacecraft slowly opened its hatch, and two Astronauts walked out under the gaze of countless eyes.

As the first people to land on the Moon in the country, their every move attracted widespread attention.

Under the official live broadcast, the two took off their spacesuits and accepted a brief interview from the official media.

The main questions were about the situation and their feelings regarding the Moon Tiangong Base.

Then, both of them immediately went for relevant physical examinations to ensure their health.

Experts from the Ecology Institute had already been waiting nearby, and they immediately took the plant seeds brought back from the Tiangong Base into their hands, rushing back to the laboratory for experiments without delay.

"They're really impatient," Song Changming muttered, having the live broadcast camera moved, and then took out the Moon resources gifted by Butler One.

This action immediately drew curses from Western Countries.

Because when Butler One gifted the Moon resources previously, the items were directly transported by a Robot to the Classmate spacecraft, so they didn't see exactly what they were.

Now they wanted to see it during the live broadcast, but their wish was not fulfilled.

Then, some guys with Overseas IP addresses protested in the live broadcast room, demanding that Song Changming disclose the specific information about the Moon resources.

In response, Song Changming merely scoffed, "I'm not an idiot; let you see? Are your brains broken?"

This blunt response immediately provoked strong condemnation from the Western Countries.

They believed that as the director of the Aerospace Institute, such a response was utterly undignified and lacked proper demeanor.

However, Song Changming didn't care at all.

He wasn't like Zhao Zizhen, who also had to serve as an official spokesperson; if it weren't for the discovery of Aliens on the Moon this time, he wouldn't have appeared in the live broadcast at all.

He completely disregarded the online comments about him.

But his blunt and direct attitude was incredibly popular among Netizens in the country.

"Hahaha, as expected of Director Song, I love this fiery temper! It's exactly how it should be to make those guys in the West understand that there needs to be some sense of boundaries in everything they do. This is confidential information; how can they just demand to see it!"

"Exactly, exactly, they want to see everything, they want everything, but they don't even consider if they're worthy!"

"Hehe, double standards and moral blackmail are what these guys in the West are good at. Before, when they brought back the first handful of soil resources from the Moon, they kept it tighter than anything, not disclosing any information to the outside. We couldn't even get a glimpse, and now they're demanding to see our resources. I don't know where they get the nerve!"

Although Song Changming's response angered the Western Countries, it unknowingly gained him a large following domestically.

On the other side, Yuan Zhihe and the Experts from the Ecology Institute, who had received the Moon plant seeds, all had furrowed brows.

Because after initial data analysis, experiments, and cultivation, these plant seeds could hardly grow normally in the current Blue Star environment.

Receiving extinct plant seeds, or even Alien seeds, but being unable to cultivate them, made everyone feel very frustrated.

"In the Tiangong Ecological Base on the Moon, these plants grew very well. It seems we need to find a way to get some environmental information about the plant area of that Ecological Base; otherwise, these seeds will be wasted."

An old Expert spoke.

"Alternatively, new technology is needed to improve the growth genes of these plant seeds, allowing them to adapt to the current Blue Star environment. But we can't even cultivate them, so we can't know how far they can grow. Trying to directly modify their genes is too difficult."

Yuan Zhihe looked at the experimental data, was silent for a moment, and then said, "I'll figure something out."

...

At the same time, at the entrance of the Royal Palace Hotel.

"Manager Yang, I'm really sorry, you shouldn't have paid for the meal."

Lin Yang said helplessly, looking at Manager Yang who had seen them to the door.

During the meal just now, Manager Yang stubbornly refused to accept payment, insisting that the hotel would waive the bill, which made him feel a bit awkward.

Manager Yang, however, said with a smile, "Lin is too polite. It is our hotel's honor to have you and the principals dine here. You are a genius student from our city, and it's rare for you and several principals to dine at our hotel. If we still made you pay, word would get out, and people would say our Royal Palace Hotel doesn't support education at all."

"...Alright, thank you again, Manager Yang."

Lin Yang sighed and no longer insisted on paying.

He could also see Manager Yang's intentions.

Having several principals from top domestic universities dining at the hotel simultaneously, along with a student like him who was being vied for by those principals, spreading this news would be better than any advertisement.

They would only profit from this meal.

"Then I'll see you off here. Lin and Uncle He, please take care. You are always welcome to visit our Royal Palace Hotel again," Manager Yang said politely once more.

"Okay, definitely."

Lin Yang nodded slightly, then led He Fatty away.

As for Liu Songzhou and the others, during the meal, he felt it would be inappropriate to refuse any of them on the spot, so he told them he needed two more days to consider. Once he arrived in the Imperial Capital, he would directly report to the chosen school.

This way, no one would be too embarrassed on the spot.

Although Liu Songzhou and the others were regretful, they still wisely left first after introducing the advantages of their respective schools.

So now, only he and He Ming were left.

However, before he could drag He Fatty, who was still in shock, out of the hotel premises.

Just as they reached the fountain at the hotel entrance, a figure suddenly appeared and shouted at him, "Lin Yang, it really is you!"

"Uh... Uncle He, why are you here?" Lin Yang was startled.

The person who came was none other than He Ming's father, He Zhong.

He Fatty, standing beside him, was also startled to see his father suddenly appear and instinctively hid behind Lin Yang.

"You little brat, why are you so afraid of me? Did you steal my money again?"

He Zhong saw He Ming's small movement and immediately laughed and scolded him.

It seemed he was clearly aware of He Ming's usual mischievous acts.

He Fatty shrank his neck, about to argue, but then heard his father immediately change his tone and say to Lin Yang:

"Hey, Lin Yang, a friend of mine was eating here just now and said he saw you and Mingming, and that you were even being fought over by the principals of several top universities in the Imperial Capital. I didn't believe it at first, but they even sent me secretly taken photos, so I immediately rushed over. I didn't expect it to be true."

"Ah? So Uncle He arrived early?" Lin Yang was surprised again.

"Haha, yes, I've been waiting here for a while," He Zhong laughed loudly.

"Then why didn't you tell us or come up?" Lin Yang asked, puzzled.

"Hehe, I saw you eating with those principals, so I didn't dare to go up and disturb you."

He Zhong smiled again, then, under Lin Yang's surprised gaze, he sighed heavily and said,

"Don't look at me, your Uncle He, running several big factories and having some money now. But in the eyes of those cultured people, I'm just an upstart, not worthy of their attention!"

"Especially the principals of top universities in the Imperial Capital. The gap between them and me is too big; we're not on the same level, so I didn't want to go over and make a fool of myself."

"This... Uncle He, why do you say that?" Lin Yang's brows furrowed slightly.

"Dad?"

He Ming, beside him, also instantly widened his eyes, looking at his father in disbelief, as if he hadn't expected his father to say such words!

"You're surprised why I would say that, aren't you?"

He Zhong looked at both of them, and as they both nodded in unison, he sighed again and slowly began to speak.