Chapter 16 Ludy

When coffee time came, the door of the meeting room opened, and Lu Di was the first to come out.He strode to the wall, took a glass of ice water, and gulped it down. The conference hall is really too small, he thought, crowded and stuffy, and I don’t know how it was built back then, the natural lighting and ventilation are in a mess, and the seats are as stiff as dead people, it’s no wonder I don’t go crazy after sitting there all morning .This house has been used for at least thirty-five years. It is really incomprehensible that such an old house has not been rebuilt.To talk about commemorative significance is simply bureaucracy.It is not easy to commemorate, just keep it for exhibition, why bother to use it all the time.It's an excuse at all, they just refuse to change.Look around here, everything has been used for many years, old houses, old-fashioned drinking fountains, outdated playback equipment, and old smells floating everywhere.

He felt that this trick was quite effective. With so many people crowded in a comatose hall, his head was already stuffy, and if he used these smells to infect them, it would be strange if he didn't follow the old people's way of thinking.These uncles and aunts always do things in the same way, hesitating, mother-in-law and mother-in-law.It's all at this juncture, and the right time and place are available, so there is no hesitation.If you are conservative and refuse to change like this, you will not go anywhere at all.What else do you want to explore the depth of the universe, there is simply no door.Why didn't I be more straightforward just now, my attitude is still too gentle, I should have been tougher long ago.

After drinking a glass of ice water, a refreshing coolness flowed all over his body. Lu Di stood up straight, took a long breath, and the heat from the tips of his ears receded a little. Members of Congress came out of the hall one after another, came to the long table together, took meals and coffee, and stood talking together in twos and threes.For members of parliament, coffee time is often more important than discussion time. This is the time for real communication. All combinations and mutual support are budding temptations at this time.Senator Richardson and Senator Chakra passed by Lu Di without looking at him, talking in low voices and walking towards the other end of the lounge.The dark golden ground texture was like a carpet, quietly laid out inside the dark door of the lounge, the figures of the two people disappeared quickly, and their actions could not be seen clearly.

Looking at their backs, Lu Di lowered his head and wondered if he seemed too arrogant in the conference hall just now.When Senator Richardson spoke to him, he turned his head away and pretended to listen to Senator Susan. Isn't it too obvious?I don't know if Mr Richardson has noticed it or if he will mind it.In fact, he only acted subconsciously at that time, and he didn't really want to provoke, but in retrospect, the element of disrespect is still obvious.He didn't like what Mr. Richardson said. He was the most stubborn Hepai, and he didn't believe in man's victory from emotion to reason.Lu Di's enthusiasm and aggressiveness had been sneered at by him, which made Lu Di quite brooding.

Let's make it up later, he thought, after all, he is a senior, so it's not appropriate to be disrespectful in public.It wasn't that he was afraid that Senator Richardson would hold grudges, but that he didn't like his lack of composure.A person's grudge is always only one person, but his own lack of composure will offend many people.Fighting with a smile is a state, he repeated this sentence to himself. Lu Di drank another glass of water, his body felt much more comfortable, and his restless mood also stabilized a lot. At this time, Senator Franz came up to him, nodded and smiled at him.Senator Franz was a fat, bald man in his forties with a natural good-natured face, but Ludy knew he was sharp.He has kept his position to himself, and throughout the debate has been a centrist that both sides are fighting for.Lu Di felt slightly nervous.

"How did you feel about the discussion just now?" Franz asked him with a smile. "Well..." Lu Di recalled the stalemate just now, and replied cautiously, "I think it depends on how you say it. On the good side, both parties understand each other's point of view very well, and there is basically no misunderstanding. But on the bad side Well, in fact, everyone has understood each other for a long time, and they have always understood each other very well." Franz laughed dryly twice, and asked him, "How long have you been in the Senate?" "Two and a half years."

Franz nodded and said, "I heard your new proposal just now, it's very interesting." Lu Di's heartbeat quickened, but his voice remained as steady as possible: "Thank you. Thank you for your advice." "Do you have time now? I have a few quick questions," Franz asked. "Of course, no problem." Lu Di said, "It's a great honor." Franz quickly calmed down, and asked straight to the point: "You just said that according to your plan, you can go up and down easily, isn't that right?" "Yes. One of the great inconveniences of living in the mountains is getting on and off the traffic."

"Your proposal is a magnetic tunnel car?" "Not a tunnel car, just a magnetic block." "How is this different from the previous plan?" "There is no need to build a tunnel. This is the biggest difference. Just like houses can try to be independent, the trolley can also drive independently without relying on the tunnel. This is much more convenient in route control and saves a lot of construction costs." "But, if I understand correctly, your proposal requires a ground magnetic field, doesn't it? Doesn't it cost nothing to build?"

"It is necessary, but this can be satisfied. I have investigated that the magnetic field of Mars' rocks is quite strong. If it is excavated and standardized with circuits, it can provide good transportation ground materials. It is not clear why there is such a magnetic field. It may be related to the original formation mechanism, and one of the important reasons why I am in favor of the valley plan is that it can use local raw materials and save a lot of money.” "But how does this compare with the elevator? Everyone knows that going straight up and down is the most labor-saving transportation."

"But first you have to go through the mountain. You have to go straight up and down for hundreds of meters, and not just one, but many elevator shafts." Lu Di smiled slightly as he spoke, bowed his body, and brought Franz to a login terminal, entered his operation directory, and called up a few line drawings.The picture is hand-painted, drawing tall mountains and rocks from all angles. On the sloping mountain wall, there are a long series of holes from top to bottom. Each hole is equipped with walls, doors and windows according to the current house style, which looks like It's like erecting the city upright and embedding it in the mountains.Between the entrances of the caves and between the houses, there are track-lined roads criss-crossing the fields, extending from the foot of the mountain to the ridge, and imaginary hemispherical carriages hover or slide on the path, as if sticking to the mountain wall of buttons.

This is the improvement and refinement of the Shanpai plan.The Shanpai plan is simple and direct: choose a large crater near the equator, use the abandoned pre-war burrows for many years, the bottom of the crater becomes a lake, the rock wall lives, the water cage is in the valley, rainfall occurs when climbing the slope, vegetation reproduces, and the ecological circle form.Lu Di's draft made the whole scene richer, and the picture is very moving, especially the trees of uneven height are painted around each house, and the small carriages are controlled to shuttle freely under the trees along the magnetic field, which adds to the scene. A dash of moving vitality. Lu Di said, paying attention to Franz.There was no expression on Franz's face.Lu Di thinks this is a good signal.Franz was one of the few people whom Ludi admired. He published a lot of articles on current affairs. Although he was young, his words were already quite weighty.In the House of Councilors, Lu Di was just an ordinary deliberative representative. He rarely had the opportunity to speak, and his work was always trivial. However, he had a clear understanding of the more than 160 congressmen up and down.He knew how much it would help the whole project if he won the support of a figure like Franz. Franz didn't speak, he lowered his head and flipped down two pages of the proposal on the screen. Lu Di looked at him, and various emotions swirled in his heart.He is very clear that at this stage of the project, the comparison is no longer philosophical ideas and ideas, but some practical issues, such as how to distribute electricity, how to transport supplies, whether community planning is feasible, and every step that is necessary budget.Technical issues and resource efficiency are more convincing than any value principle. When each party tries to argue that its solution is for the greatest benefit of the greatest number of people, only computing can speak.Lu Di understands very well that he needs to seize the opportunity. If his technology can help a certain plan, it means that this plan has helped him. He stood still, watching Franz, his heart churning secretly.Will he agree, will he bring someone who trusts him to his side? This is a process of vertical and horizontal alliances. Whoever wins the alliance will win.In the House of Representatives, both the strong conservatives and the strong radicals belong to the minority, and a considerable number are still in the middle, hesitating back and forth.Judging from the current number of people, conservatives who support staying in the city have an advantage, but many people in the middle seem to be more inclined to radical migration.Radicals gamble on their attitude.Lu Di was just a soldier in the Mountain Faction, but he was radical from head to toe.He looked at Franz, and Franz looked at the screen.The longer Franz watched, the more confident Ludi became in the prospect. The wait is anxious, but not infinitely long. After browsing through Ludi's entire proposal, Franz slowly raised his head and asked, "Can you take me to see your simulation experiment?" "Now?" Lu Di was a little surprised, but ecstatic in his heart, "Of course. Anytime." ※※※ In the evening, Lu Di came home and went straight to Grandpa's study. Hans stood alone in front of the window, looking down at a heavy book.Behind him, a row of dense bookshelves protruded, and thick books with hard leather and gold borders were neatly stacked, like a monument standing upright.Lu Di didn't dare to make too much noise, he knew that grandpa didn't like to be disturbed when he was studying.And he knew from a young age that those books themselves meant silence, that they were the real guardians of the house.They are words, lofty ideals, norms, and grandpa's judgment on people.Paper on Mars is the most expensive, and only a few books can be printed, and only a few people can keep so many condensed words.Rudy knew he could be proud, but he had to respect them. Hans heard Lu Di come in, turned around, and put down the book in his hand. Lu Di didn't approach, but just stood at the door and said softly, "Grandpa, I'm back." Hans nodded and asked him, "Did you leave early in the second half of the afternoon?" Lu Di admitted: "Yes, I took Congressman Franz to see the simulation experiment." Hans didn't mean to blame, but he didn't approve either. He asked calmly, "What did he say?" "He is very interested," Lu Di said. "He thinks my plan is feasible. In addition to reducing the cost of tunnel construction, it can also make better use of energy. The magnetized road can directly use the solar panels arranged on the mountain wall. In the future You can also use the potential energy of mountains and rivers. And..." "I know. I understand your plan." Hans interrupted him softly, and added, "You move very quickly." Lu Di stopped immediately.He looked at his grandfather, trying to see from Hans' expression whether he was full of meaning.But Hans' face was very flat, and he hardly showed any emotion.Lu Di was silent for a moment, and there was no sound in the room for a while, showing a little embarrassment. The night before, Hans told Lu Di that this time, the House of Council vote should be adopted.Ceres' decision-making and Earth transactions are all voted by the council, and this time the tradition is still continued.Hans said that this time he was only submitting an engineering proposal, making a choice in terms of significance and feasibility, and did not make any regulations on the future lifestyle, but Lu Di knew that the engineering proposal would determine all future lifestyles.He didn't question it at the time, but from that moment on, he began to brew the best decision accordingly.Hans says he moves fast, but in fact he thinks fast. "Grandpa," faced silently for a while, Lu Di felt that the silence was a little uncomfortable, and wanted to break the silence, "With all due respect, do you not want to move?" Hans didn't answer, but asked him instead: "Why do you ask that?" "Because you know, if there is a referendum, many young people will want to migrate, want a big historical opportunity to make themselves known, and the people who are older than the Senate are mainly successful and famous, and they will naturally tend to retain the current situation. To favor one's own position. Having a vote in the House is good for residency, isn't it?" Hans didn't answer directly, but still asked him: "Is this the reason for your own choice?" Lu Di was slightly embarrassed. "Yes." He nodded and admitted, "There's nothing embarrassing to admit, I think most people are for this." "Yes," Hans nodded lightly, "but I don't think this will affect the final outcome." "Won't it affect it? I think it will." "You saw today that even if the House votes, you still have a good chance of winning." Lu Di looked at Hans' expression again, trying to see if there was a trace of sarcasm or sentimentality, but he saw nothing.Hans looked at him like he was looking at a book, paying attention and observing, but without revealing his inner emotions.For some reason, Lu Di felt timid towards his grandpa. He felt that his grandpa could see clearly all the steps of his plan, but he couldn't see clearly his grandpa's wishes.He suggested that grandpa extend the discussion time, but Hans didn't express his opinion, only said that he knew it and would consider it carefully. Lu Di exited the room and stood alone in the corridor.He didn't know if grandpa was also anxious, but he could feel his own anxiety.Even in his heart, he was somewhat evasive about the real reasons for his migratory passion.He has planned many future scenes, no matter which one has himself standing on the mountain directing the construction scene.He could hardly accept that they couldn't materialize.But no matter on the surface or in his heart, he was ashamed of this kind of personal ambition expansion.When he was a child, he thought that he would be dedicated to the public, that he would comment on world affairs purely and objectively.Today was the first time he was honest with himself, about his desires.He didn't know if it was because of the victory in the first battle in the afternoon, or because of the calm force in Grandpa's words. He stood in a state of confusion.From the other end of the corridor, there were two girls' sweet voices.That sweetness set off his long shadow, making it look like a rusty iron rod.As the sun went down, he didn't know who was more out of season.He wasn't in the mood to chat, but he still walked towards Luo Ying's room habitually. The door was open, and he saw Jill as soon as he reached the door. "Brother Ludi!" Jill raised her voice and greeted him cheerfully. Lu Di nodded to Jier and said hello, then turned to Luo Ying and asked, "How do you feel today? Are you in good spirits?" He noticed that Luo Ying's hair was brushed up, a little messy, and there was sweat on her forehead, obviously she had just come back from going out. "Okay." Luo Ying smiled lightly and said, "I've always been fine." "That's not it!" Jill pushed her arm and smiled at Lu Di, "She's acting weird all day now! According to me, she's suffering from lovesickness!" Jier giggled as she spoke, and she was talking about Luo Ying, but her face turned a little red. Lu Di's heart skipped a beat.He thinks it is not impossible.Girls of this age, this thing is most likely.Luo Ying's recent state made Lu Di a little worried.Sometimes she would sit alone by the window with her knees hugged for a long time, doing nothing, and she would not say anything when asked what was wrong.Sometimes she would disappear suddenly without saying hello in advance, and asking where she was going without telling her.It had been a month since her return, and he was starting to get a little worried.He thought, if the lovesickness was okay, at least her state would be understandable. "Don't talk nonsense," Luo Ying reproached Jier softly, "There is no such thing." She didn't speak very attentively, as if she wasn't even interested in rebutting. "I'm too embarrassed to admit it!" Jier blinked at Lu Di, "Brother Lu Di, you have to ask her carefully, I don't believe there is nothing wrong. You see, she is busy all day, Making such a big thing is obviously a gift, isn’t this lovesickness?” Following Jill's fingers, Lu Di noticed a pile of materials piled up in a mess by the window of the room, from cardboard to metal brackets to ribbons of various colors, some scattered, some already spliced, the shape and nature are still invisible, but It can be seen that the spliced ​​things are not small in size.Lu Di didn't know when these things appeared, at least it was the first time he saw them. "I told you it wasn't a gift." Luo Ying denied it softly. "Then what else?" "Just a promotional board for an event." Luo Ying's attitude aroused Lu Di's curiosity. Her voice was obviously covered, and he didn't know why. "what activity?" "A commemoration of the Mercury cluster." "Aren't you quarantined?" "Just a month. It'll be there soon." "Who initiated the event?" Luo Ying seemed to be aware of the obvious hint in Lu Di's tone, so she replied bluntly: "It's not a boy, don't make wild guesses. It's just a discussion meeting initiated by Chenia. What I made is really not a gift." "Chenia? Is that the girl who visited you in the hospital last time?" "yes." "Is she a gymnast? What seminar does she start?" "It's gymnastics, but she has always liked to read various classic papers." "What classic?" "Just some..." "Brother Ludi!" At this moment, Jill suddenly interjected. Luo Ying and Lu Di turned their gazes to Jier, but she blushed again as if she didn't know what to say. "It's getting late," Jill said after thinking, "I should go home." "Okay," Lu Di nodded nonchalantly, "come to play often." "Brother Ludi," Jill didn't stand up immediately, pointing her finger to the side, "Can you help me hold that?" Lu Di turned his head and found that it was a large pot of flowers. He looked very familiar, but he couldn't name it. "It's the flower in our yard," Luo Ying explained, "Jill likes it, so I'll give her a pot." Lu Di felt a little headache, but he couldn't say anything, so he got up with Jill, picked it up, and sent her downstairs to go home.He really wanted to take this opportunity to have a good talk with Luo Ying, but the interruption was like blown smoke, it would be difficult to get together again.He understood what Jill meant, but he was a little annoyed.He recalled the appearance of Chenia, and still felt that the memory was very vivid.Few girls left such a vivid impression on him the first time they met.Her eyes are upturned, like a pair of bird's wings, her haughty appearance looks very charming, her figure is exquisite, and she has a kind of unadorned naturalness.He wasn't interested in what she said or saw, but he was curious about her.He would never ask Luo Ying directly these words, and this is the first time he has the opportunity to mention them these days.Lu Di followed Jier out the door, and when he turned his head, he saw Luo Ying looking up at the sky outside the window, thoughtful. "Brother Ludi, I heard you're promoting your magnetic seating solution?" Jill asked sweetly. "Yes." Lu Di replied, absent-minded. "That's great," Jill said with a happy smile. "I was wondering if we could design the future riser seats in a C-shape with colorful veils hanging from the canopy." "Okay." Lu Di said vaguely, not interested in discussing. "Then can we hang a small platform under the seat rail and plant it full of flowers?" Jill then asked cheerfully. "whatever." "Can we add a parking waiting area in front of every window?" "What's the use of that?" "It's convenient for the boy to wait for her at the girl's window." Jier tilted her head and said with a smile, "Maybe it's useless, but it's so boring to think about whether it's useful or not. People have to be creative." creativity.Lu Di looked at her a little helplessly, and sighed in his heart. He thinks he knows what the greatest invention of Mars is, not a database, or a fusion engine, but a small mechanical system.Program control, convenient operation, a small machine can complete the assembly of items.The same thing can be easily assembled into different styles according to the different input drawings.It was originally prepared for isolated small workstations, and later developed and extended, and was applied to house construction by Calman and used by Taylor to produce clothes.Lu Di thought, women always think that changing the appearance is called creation, changing the color of something, adding a bow is called design, or making the seat like an egg shell, but they don’t care about it at all in concept. What design.It's really fortunate that there are small machines, which give them so much fun, change their appearance at will, and have things to do all day long. Woman, he thought.There must be something for the women to do, or the world will be a mess. ※※※ At half past eight in the evening, Lu Di came to the Don Juan Bar.This is the place where MPs like to come at night these days.He walked over after dinner as usual, pushed open the small antique door of the bar, and stood at the door to look around.Richardson, Ward, Franz and Juan were there.He nodded in his heart, feeling very happy.They are all there. Don Juan Bar is small, but very popular.One advantage of it is that it has relatively large long wine tables, unlike most other pubs, which only have stools in twos and threes around small round tables that are far apart.There was a circle of people chatting and laughing around the long wine table, and the zigzag bar around it allowed the rest of the people to walk around freely, standing and drinking while chatting.The lighting in the bar is not bright, and there are only four or five kinds of ordinary wine, but the display and decoration of the entire wall has a sense of fullness full of temptation, and there is an eagerness to try in the darkness. Lu Di found a seat on the side of the long table and sat down, poured half a glass of wine, and quickly joined the chatting of the crowd.He slanted against the back of the chair, tilted the chair back, and put one leg forward against the edge of the table.Someone was talking loudly about all kinds of anecdotes that were difficult to tell during the day, and he laughed along with everyone from time to time.Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man with red face and bald head, who stuttered a bit.He saw that on the other side of the long table, Franz was discussing something with a man next to him with his head down.Richardson stood at the edge of the bar behind the long table, looking at his watch, as if waiting for someone. Lu Di saw that Juan was moving towards him.His round, dark face was slightly smoldering with the smell of alcohol. While moving his seat, he joked with the passers-by, his laughter was loud and hearty, and the hands that patted each other's shoulders were thick and powerful.Juan glanced at Lu Di from a distance, and Lu Di saw a clear signal from it.Lu Di saw it, but pretended not to notice it.The sharpness in Juan's eyes also flashed past. "Your order was definitely cod! I remember it very well," Juan exclaimed to a slightly drunk man passing by. "Nothing!" retorted the man, laughing. "I haven't had cod in two years." "Impossible! I remember. Shall we bet? Ask Lucy. She was there." "Just bet. Bet what? Don't I remember my own affairs?" Lu Di talked with the bald man beside him, but he hardly listened to much.Holding the wine glass, he looked around and fell into his own thoughts.Every step I have taken in the past two years and the latest plan come to my mind, and I shake it back and forth with the alcohol in the noise of the wine. Ludi has been in the Senate for two and a half years.He has mixed feelings about the Senate.He likes the Senate House, but he experiences a huge psychological gap there.He once dreamed of reaching the sky in one step, but when he entered reality, he found that no one listened to him, no one took his grades of graduating early and excellent in homework seriously, no one looked at him high because of his grandfather status, and no one planned to do it for his Excellent modifies the standard procedure, and no one even really thinks he is excellent.Members of Parliament have their own proud history, have their own focus, and will not spend too much attention on a junior.For the first time he was left out in the cold.This gave him a huge sense of frustration in the first year of falling from heaven to the bottom of the valley. Lu Di accepted the reality quickly.Although he was not reconciled, he immediately put himself back to a small position.He browsed the data files of each congressman in the database one by one, background experience, academic achievements, all previous proposals, voting intentions, feedback and complaint records from the public, as well as their political orientation and political character.In his mind, the structure of the parliament was like a three-dimensional map of mountains, which began to become clearer and clearer.He can roughly see the pattern of conversations in the bar, and deduce the general direction of the two parties who are talking.He started doing all the things he thought he would never have to do.He didn't tell anyone about these things, not even Grandpa. Who said I haven't encountered setbacks, he thought silently, who knows my setbacks.Many people are frowning all day long, as if the sky is falling, but in fact it is nothing more than that.It is absurd for them to think that exams are nothing more than setbacks.The only setback in life is the gap between ideal and reality. People who don’t even have ideals have the nerve to talk about setbacks? He raised his head and downed a glass of wine, and when he lowered his head again, Juan had already sat beside him.Still laughing, Juan put an arm on his shoulder and raised his glass as well, as he did with everyone who had just clinked glasses.Rudy could feel Juan's heavy arms, but he clinked glasses with him with an easy smile. "You came today just in time." Juan whispered to Lu Di, "I just received a message." Lu Di raised his head and laughed as if hearing some joke, then lowered his head and asked without moving his lips, "What news?" Juan tilted his head, still smiling and said, "The Earth has decided to build a new defense base on the moon." "Oh? Did they notice something?" "Definitely is." "Then what do you mean?" "Act as soon as possible, don't delay. It will be too late when they are built." "Understood. Is there anything I need to do?" "I'll give you another message." Juan raised his head from Lu Di's ear, laughed and patted Lu Di's shoulder as if he had just told some dirty joke, and Lu Di also showed an embarrassed expression in cooperation, like an ignorant Mao head guy.Juan stood up quickly, and started chatting and laughing with other people around him. His fat body staggered towards the bar, and he couldn't help but stand opposite a tall man, and chatted loudly with that man.Lu Di lowered his head and thought about it, as if he was drunk, he was speechless for a while. A new engineering organization has begun to surface. Anyone can see that the entire Mars will face a new stage. Both the natural environment and the social structure will change. Like a reassembled machine, everyone is working together. Consider the new position you are about to acquire. Lu Di didn't know where Mars would go in the future, but he knew they were making history.This is the first time that a planet has been purposely transformed, not only for Mars, but also for human beings.Everything is changing and turbulent, and the future is full of possibility and uncertainty.Lu Di felt his heart surge.He knows that participating in this change may be a sinner, but future generations must regret not being able to participate.Such a period requires a strong core of leadership. Whoever makes important contributions throughout the process will be able to stand at the center of the future political stage, just like the grandfather and his companions who went through the war years.Lu Di knew that he was ready.