Chapter 2 2. Engineer
Friends call him John, but the number of people who call him by this name is decreasing every year, and the rest of the people only know him as Raza.His full name — John Oliver de Alves Sri Razasingh — reflects five hundred years of human history.His activities have won him the gratitude of all mankind.No one believed that he would suspend his activities for a long time.
"You'll be back in half a year." President Mira once said to him, "You know, people are used to exercising power."
That goes back two decades: Razasinghe, as special envoy for political affairs, reports directly to the president and parliament, and never has a staff of more than ten; if counted, it's eleven Personally, he still maintains direct contact with Yari to this day, that is, they still talk to each other several times a year as before).But whenever Razasinghe intervened on certain issues, the result was always the same each time - Parliament adopted his proposals.
He, as a mediator of global affairs, was present in all the places where explosive dangers occurred on our planet, using the force of justice and amazing ingenuity to ease various acute situations and avoid the outbreak of many crises .If you mistakenly believe a lie, the consequences are extremely dangerous.Without the infallible memory of Yari, it would have been impossible for him to check the mass of extremely complicated lies that sometimes have to be fabricated in order to enable human beings to live in peace.When he started to feel some satisfaction from this kind of game, it was time for him to quit the game.
In the past two decades; Razasinghe has never regretted a single decision he made.He had returned to the fields and woods of his boyhood, to the side of the great and dark cliffs which had been witnesses of his childhood.Now, his residence is less than a kilometer away from it.His elegant villas are situated in the wide moats that surround Elysium, and the fountains built by Karidasha, after two thousand years of silence, now flow in John's gardens.The spring still flows in the old stone aqueduct; nothing has changed except that the cistern at the top of the cliff is fed by an electric pump.Being able to live in this legendary land as he wished made John feel the satisfaction he had never experienced in his life-the ideal came true, and the realization of this ideal was something he had never seriously thought about. of……
When the sky was already shining with the dazzling sunset that is common in Taborobani, a small three-wheeled electric vehicle appeared in the forest. After a period of silent gliding, it stopped beside the granite columns of the colonnade .
Razasinghe had learned, from his own distressing experience over the years, not to trust first impressions, but not to let them go lightly either.He had thought that Vannever Morgan looked befitting of what he had achieved--must be a big, imposing man.But in fact, on the contrary, the engineer was much shorter than average, and even gave the impression of frailty.However, the muscles of his thin body are very well-proportioned, and judging from his face set off by his blue-black hair, it is impossible to recognize him as a middle-aged man of fifty-two years old.
Even in the days when Razasingh was in a state office, he never had the opportunity to deal with the Global Construction Association.The Society consists of three grand divisions - "Land", "Sea" and "Cosmos".There has been less public reporting of their activities than of any other institution in the World League.Only when there is some kind of technological disaster, and when there is a conflict with the historical society or the environmental protection society, will the global construction society come to the fore.The latest debate of this nature concerns the Antarctic Conduit Pipeline, a twenty-first-century engineering feat once used to pump diluted liquid coal from the vast Antarctic deposits to the Power stations around the world.In order to maintain the ecological euphoria, the Global Construction Association proposes to remove the last remaining section of the pipeline and return the occupied land to its original owner, the penguin.The suggestion drew immediate protests from industrial archaeologists, outraged by the vandalism, and biologists, who pointed out that penguins are obsessed with abandoned ducts.These ducts provide the penguins with living conditions that they could not have even dreamed of, thus causing a "population" explosion, the situation is so serious that I am afraid that only the penguins become swallows can barely cope.As a result, the Global Construction Association had no choice but to retreat without a fight.
Razasinghe did not know whether Morgan was involved in the skirmish.But this matter is completely irrelevant-the name of the chief engineer of the "Land" division has been associated with the greatest glory of the Global Construction Association...
People called his creation the Super Bridge for good reason.Along with the rest of the world, Razasinghe had watched as "Count Zeppelin" -- itself one of the wonders of the age -- carefully hoisted the final assembled section of the superbridge aloft.All the luxury equipment on the spacecraft has been removed; in order to reduce the unnecessary load on the spacecraft, the water in the famous sky swimming pool was also released, and the reactor sent excess heat to the gas part of the fuselage to increase the size of the spacecraft. of lift.It was the first time in history that a thousand tons had been lifted three kilometers, and the whole thing went very smoothly.
Every ship that passes Optimus Prime now honks its horn in salute to the most magnificent bridge ever built by human hands.At the confluence of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the identical 5,000-meter-high towers are themselves the tallest structures in the world.The towers are spaced fifteen kilometers apart in the air, and the towers are paved with an incredibly light arch structure specially made for the Gibraltar Bridge.Of course, it was a great honor to meet the creator of the super bridge, even though he was an hour late for the appointed time.
"My apologies, Mr. Mediator." Morgan said as he got out of the car, "I hope my late arrival will not cause you any trouble."
"Absolutely not, I can control my time completely by myself. It's just that our conversation has to be postponed a little bit. In half an hour, I will go to the cliff with some friends. There will be a light and sound drama. If you can join us Go, I will be honored." Razasinghe saw that Morgan was hesitating, and continued: "During the introduction, I said that you are Dr. Smith from the University of Tasmania. You can rest assured that my Your friends won't recognize you."
"I don't doubt that," Morgan said.However, the flash of indignant expression on the guest's face did not escape Raza Singhe's eyes. "Dr. Smith. That's great! I'd like to use your comms station if you'll allow me."
"The reaction is very interesting." Raza Singh thought as he accompanied the guests into the villa. "Judging from his work, Morgan may be dissatisfied with his status quo, or even disappointed with the status quo. But he is a well-known expert in his field. What else would make him feel inadequate?"
There is only one possible answer: Razasinghe suddenly remembered the gigantic "Flying Rainbow" connecting Europe and Africa. People almost always simply call it the bridge...sometimes call it the Gibraltar Bridge...but It was never called the Morgan Bridge.
"Well, Dr. Morgan," Razasinghe thought, "if you're looking for honor, you won't find it here. Please be blunt about what you came to our little Tabo Where is Robani from?"
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