Chapter 117: Space City_1

Di Fengyi made a cup of tea for Beck. He took a small sip and then looked at Jiang Yu, as if waiting for Jiang Yu's instruction.

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "The appearance of the Trisolarans has brought a huge shock to the world of Earth.

"In the future, any wealth may become less secure. We can cooperate.

"I promise that you and your descendants will be wealthy for generations. You and your wealth must fully support my Wallfacer project without reservation and earnestly carry out all the tasks I give you!

"Since we're going to collaborate, I'll speak frankly now. From this moment on, you must unscrupulously complete my Wallfacer plan!"

Although the conversation had reached this point, Jiang Yu would later arrange some tests for Beck. After all, Jiang Yu didn't know Beck well and couldn't fully trust him just on the basis of one answer.

Beck didn't immediately agree but asked, "Does this mean my responsibilities might potentially conflict with the PDC?"

Jiang Yu countered, "Do you remember how you answered my question two hours ago?"

Beck nodded.

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "It's not about causing a conflict but about completely replacing the PDC in terms of funding.

"In at most ten years, you will see that the PDC will become the greatest obstacle to the Wallfacer project!

"To prevent trouble before it happens, I need to make some preparations now!"

He took a sip of tea and continued, "First of all, I'm not someone who particularly likes power and prestige, but under the current circumstances, centralization is more likely to solve the problems we face than democracy is.

"I will leverage the power of the Wallfacer to obtain a greater voice in the future world.

"The PDC has given me immense power, but they can also take it all back at any time. Such power is like an Aerial Loft, useless when critical.

"Everything is for the ultimate completion of my plan. It is the goal, and no one has stipulated what methods must be used to achieve this end."

Beck smiled and said, "Your words have opened a new door to my world."

The Wallfacer Project became very clear and transparent in his eyes.

Jiang Yu earnestly said, "There's one thing I must remind you of: in my plan, there is no room for 'capitalist thinking' nor the power of capital. Understand?"

Beck felt the authority emanating from Jiang Yu and quickly nodded, "Understood, I'd be happy to serve you."

Then he added, "Once I return, I will amend the company's system to serve you forever!

"What is the first step I should take?"

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Invest only one million in the 'Moon City Project' and wait for my next task."

A few minutes later, the conversation between the two ended.

As Beck rose to leave, Jiang Yu said to him, "Remember your mission. It would be best if your descendants also remember it until we defeat the Trisolarans."

Beck earnestly replied, "Yes!"

Jiang Yu watched Beck's retreating figure and decided to test him over time; the collaborators for the Wallfacer Project had to be carefully chosen.

At the same time, he instructed Di Fengyi to have someone observe Beck and thoroughly understand his background, assessing his personality and credibility in detail.

To Jiang Yu's surprise, a few days later, ETO actually sent the recording of the two's conversation to the PDC.

Garanin requested Jiang Yu attend a hearing to explain the intent of this conversation.

Jiang Yu didn't take it seriously at all, merely replying, "Whoever believes it is an idiot, plus an ETO supporter."

Garanin also suddenly felt somewhat uncertain. After all, they had once used the same footage with different audio to trap ETO. Who knew if this was ETO sowing discord?

This was also one of the advantages of the Wallfacer Project. As long as Jiang Yu steadfastly denied it, no one could be sure these conversations had ever occurred.

Even if Jiang Yu had really said those words, who knew whether this could be a Wallfacer's ruse to deceive the Trisolarans?

ETO had not expected that by revealing Jiang Yu's conspiracy to the PDC, no one would take it seriously.

They experienced for the first time the power of the "Wallfacer paradox."

Jiang Yu left the subsequent affairs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs while he was preparing for hibernation.

After careful consideration, Jiang Yu concluded that his two plans, along with guidance on aesthetic perspective, which made three plans in total, were all on the right track.

He couldn't play much of a role now; it was better to go into hibernation to conserve his lifespan.

Before hibernation, there was something Jiang Yu couldn't let go of, so while preparing for hibernation, he had Di Fengyi arrange a visit to the "Space City" project team.

Jiang Yu took the intelligence report from Wei Keke very seriously.

In particular, he focused on the civilization denoted as number 146, and the Trisolarans' description of their Space City as being irreplicable—aspects of the report.

Since this intelligence was too covert, at least for now it couldn't be investigated openly, so he could only ponder it privately.

About civilization 146, what made a deep impression on Jiang Yu were three aspects: the climate air conditioning, the sweeping global high-speed storms, and the power to accelerate and decelerate the planet's rotation.

But which was the key point?

Jiang Yu once had a thought: civilization 146 was deleted just before the Redemptionist gathering in Beijing.

Initially, the Trisolarans probably didn't take the achievements of this civilization seriously and only ordered its deletion after realizing something later!

But that's where this line of thought ended, because Jiang Yu couldn't guess what had happened that made the Trisolarans realize they had "leaked a question."

Regarding the Space City intelligence, Jiang Yu's first thought was that the Trisolarans wanted Earthlings to waste a lot of time and resources on the Space City in the early stages of their space endeavors.

And thereby overlook the advantages of the Moon, leading Earth's space efforts astray.

If they went astray, it wouldn't take just a decade or two to get back on the right track.

Jiang Yu always believed that it was necessary to build a Space City in the future, but the timing had to be right; they couldn't just blindly start building right away.

But this still didn't explain why the Trisolarans would say their Space City was irreplicable?

Lost in these ponderings, Jiang Yu arrived at the Space City project team.

The project leader was someone Jiang Yu knew, who was the former senior advisor on aerospace for the Star Defense Department, Hong Haifeng.

Jiang Yu met with Hong Haifeng and several other main project leaders in a small conference room.

Hong Haifeng smiled and said, "I didn't expect you would be so committed to building Moon City, which will make our two projects highly overlapping. Moon City should be the second step in development."

Jiang Yu was slightly stunned before laughing, "I'm not that petty. Building Moon City is totally for the future of humanity!"

He believed he had that much magnanimity, and he wouldn't mobilize such great human and material resources just to outdo Hong Haifeng in a meeting.

Jiang Yu didn't continue this topic; instead, he requested to see the blueprints for the Space City.

However, the size and specifications of the Space City were still under discussion, and there were no reliable blueprints yet.

Hong Haifeng explained the concept of the Space City orally: "The first Space City we plan to construct will have a cylindrical structure with a diameter of about one kilometer.

"The top and bottom will be spaceports, and the outer shell will have a rotational function to generate gravity."

Jiang Yu nodded, "A simulated small satellite?"

Hong Haifeng: "That's right."

He then elaborated on the total workload of the Space City and the approximate amount of metal resources required.

Although not his expertise, Jiang Yu could tell that the workload was not beyond the capacities of the Earth once the space elevator was built.

Seizing the moment, Jiang Yu asked, "Has anyone here played the Three-Body Game? Any thoughts on the Trisolarans' Space City?"