The venue instantly became lively with Fan Xiaoming's shouts.
The elders, like Fan Xiaoming, exclaimed in disbelief and called one after another to confirm the authenticity of the matter.
"Extraterrestrial life?" Su Zhe looked at the excited Ning Qiaoqiao.
"Yes! We discovered life in the ocean under the ice of Europa." Ning Qiaoqiao said excitedly.
"Europa! I didn't expect there to be life in Europa... A big discovery! This is a major discovery!" Fan Xiaoming shouted loudly.
Su Zhe glanced at Fan Xiaoming who was extremely excited, turned around and asked, "Senior Sister! What type of life was discovered?"
"The message I received didn't say anything. I'll find out just by checking the parsed data." Ning Qiaoqiao said and started to operate the laptop.
While Ning Qiaoqiao was checking the parsed data, some of the elders called and asked excitedly.
Those who had not dialed the phone were anxiously buzzing around.
Soon, a black and white picture appeared on Ning Qiaoqiao's laptop screen.
In the picture, a large whale-like creature is accompanied by two smaller whale-like creatures.
"This...this is analyzed from abnormal data. Is it a mistake?"
"I can't believe it. I don't believe that such advanced creatures can be born in the ocean of Europa."
"This creature is so similar to our whales on Earth. Is it possible that this creature is related to the Earth?"
…
Just as more and more people were watching, Kang Jianming's voice rang out, "Quiet! Everyone, be quiet! Everyone, sit back in your seats."
The elders are excited, but they are still sensible.
After all the elders were seated, the same picture as on Ning Qiaoqiao's laptop appeared on the big screen at the venue.
Seeing this photo, the elders couldn't believe it.
"Hmph! To be honest, I couldn't believe it when I first saw this picture, but after repeated confirmation, I found that this picture was indeed parsed from the abnormal data, and I determined that the picture was It comes from somewhere in the ocean under the ice of Europa." Kang Jianming said with certainty.
The elders exclaimed again.
"By the way! This picture is only a preliminary analysis. Now we are using more computing power to analyze the relevant data. I estimate that in ten minutes we will be able to see a clearer color picture. Wait half an hour and we will You can see a color video... At that time, we can see the creatures on Europa more clearly." Kang Jianming reminded excitedly.
For a moment, the elders jumped up excitedly.
Kang Jianming looked at the time, coughed lightly and said, "It's going to be midnight soon. I think that's it for today! Let's go back and wash up! This closed-door meeting will continue tomorrow."
After hearing what Kang Jianming said, the elders were no longer willing and began to complain one after another.
"Lao Kang! What do you mean? You really don't want me to sleep peacefully, do you?"
"Can I fall asleep without looking at the pictures and videos behind?"
"On purpose, absolutely on purpose."
…
"Since everyone is unwilling to go back, let's continue." Kang Jianming thought for a while and said, "While you have free time, let's discuss whether we should make the discovery of extraterrestrial life on Europa public? If there is a result, The closed-door meeting will end today, and everyone can go about their business tomorrow."
Instantly, the venue became lively.
"This is how I arranged it. Everyone will discuss this issue for ten minutes. Then we will watch the color pictures. After watching the pictures, everyone will speak. Then we will watch the video and finally vote to decide whether to make it public." Kang Jianming said with a smile.
All the elders nodded.
Afterwards, no one paid any attention to Kang Jianming, and groups gathered around to discuss.
"Public! It must be made public!"
"No way! As we said before, starry sky maps and related data in the solar system are not public."
"This is a major discovery, a major discovery that affects the entire human race, and we should make it public."
…
Su Zhe and Ning Qiaoqiao were surrounded by a crowd of people, and everyone looked at each other.
"Let me say it first! I support disclosing that we have discovered life on Europa." Ning Changsheng smiled and said, "Since such advanced creatures as cetaceans have evolved in the ocean of Europa, it means that on Europa, There is a complete ecosystem on Moon, which must contain thousands of creatures, and intelligent life like humans may have evolved... Disclosure can let more people understand this, and at the same time, it can encourage human beings to Exploring the stars... Of course, we still selectively disclose it.”
After hearing what Ning Changsheng said, everyone smiled and nodded.
"Considering the distance of Europa from the earth and the thick ice layer of Europa, it is almost impossible to explore Europa in a short time..." Bao Zhengyi thought for a while and said, "Publicly It’s good for us and good for humanity.”
"..."
After a while, Su Zhe and others unified their opinions and agreed to disclose the discovery of life on Europa, and could further selectively disclose it.
"Actually, we can plan carefully and turn Europa's marine life into a big IP, documentaries, movies, games, animations, dolls, etc., so that we can make a lot of money... That's right! Aren’t we going to make the Proxima Centauri star system public? Use the same method to build Proxima Centauri into an IP... In this way, we can continue to create new IPs, and then we will make endless money." Fan Xiaoming said excitedly.
In an instant, except for Su Zhe and Bao Zhengyi, everyone around looked at Fan Xiaoming with strange eyes.
"Why are you looking at me like this! You don't think I'm vulgar talking about money, do you?" Fan Xiaoming said nonchalantly.
Everyone shook their heads quickly and said one after another.
“How can we do scientific research without money?”
"This is a good idea!"
"Agree! I completely agree with your idea."
…
Ten minutes later, a color picture appeared on the big screen at the venue.
This picture is much clearer than the previous black and white picture.
"The pictures you see are rendered, and are what the real pictures look like under visible light." Kang Jianming explained, "The large whale-like creature in the picture is sixty meters long, and the two smaller ones are ten meters long. It’s about 3 meters long and has distinct black and white stripes on its body..."
In the picture, the water is dark blue, and the shape of the whale-like creature is very similar to the blue whale on Earth.
"Let me mention that these whale-like creatures are carbon-based organisms like us." Kang Jianming said with a smile, "By the way! There is another picture I haven't shown you. This picture is a diagram of the body structure of whale-like creatures. To be honest, the body structure of this type of whale creature has a lot in common with whales on Earth."
While Kang Jianming was explaining, a diagram of the body structure of a whale-like creature appeared on the big screen at the venue.
After seeing the body structure diagram of the whale-like creature, the elders became uneasy.
They all shouted that whale-like creatures were related to the earth.
"What a coincidence!"
"A layman like me knows that it has something to do with the earth."
"It's real!"
…
"Hmph! Whether it has anything to do with the Earth will be discussed later. Now let's talk about whether we should disclose our discovery of extraterrestrial life on Europa, and how?" Kang Jianming said with a smile.
The venue was quiet for a while, and the elders spoke one after another.
This time, the opinions of the elders were surprisingly unanimous. They agreed to disclose the news of the discovery of extraterrestrial life, and agreed to selectively disclose relevant data under Europa’s ice ocean.
Finally, when it was Fan Xiaoming's turn to speak, he proposed the idea of building IPs and using the money earned from these IPs to subsidize scientific research funds, with 50% of the proceeds going to the Academy of Sciences.
And it is clearly stated that the IP project will be led by Jiutian Research Center.
For a while, the venue became quiet again.
Soon after, a group of elders began to discuss.
Then the elders spoke one after another.
Xu Zhengping, Bao Zhengyi, Ning Changsheng, Huang Weicai, Zhang Gaoming, etc. all expressed support.
Finally, Ning Qiaoqiao spoke, clearly supporting the Jiutian Research Center in leading the creation of IP related to Europa and Proxima Centauri.
Su Zhe smiled.
In his opinion, only Fan Xiaoming could come up with such a way to make money so quickly.
In the previous negotiation, Fan Xiaoming first convinced the senior sister Ning Qiaoqiao.
Regarding the creation of IP, as long as he and Ning Qiaoqiao agree, and the Academy of Sciences nods, other people's opinions don't matter.
"Okay! Next, everyone will watch a 30-second short video. In ten minutes we will vote on whether to publicly discover extraterrestrial life and the Jiutian Research Center to lead the creation of IP." Kang Jianming said with a smile.
On the big screen at the venue, a silent video began to play.
In the video, one large and two small whale-like creatures are swimming freely in the deep blue water.
The two small whale-like creatures were like naughty children. They started swimming on the belly of the larger whale-like creature and then swam to the back of the larger whale-like creature.
At this point, the thirty-second video ends.
A group of elders shouted.
"Is it gone? Why is this all there is?"
"Too little!"
"Replay!"
…
All the elders read it over and over again.
Ten minutes later, Kang Jianming pressed pause and said with a smile: "You can go back and watch the video slowly. Next, I will introduce the two topics of whether to publicly discover extraterrestrial life and the creation of IP led by Jiutian Research Center, so that everyone can fully understand it." understanding, then voting, openness..."
The former publicly discovered extraterrestrial life and selectively disclosed data related to Europa's ocean.
The latter is led by Jiutian Research Center to create IP, 50% of the proceeds are handed over to the Academy of Sciences, and the rest is distributed by the laboratories and related institutions established by Jiutian Research Center and Ning Qiaoqiao.
A quarter of an hour later, Kang Jianming finished introducing the two topics of whether to publicly discover extraterrestrial life and the creation of IP led by Jiutian Research Center. He smiled and asked: "Do you have any opinions? If you have any, you can raise them?"
All the elders shook their heads.
"Everyone will vote directly on the two issues. Those who support the vote do not need to vote. Those who do not support do not need to vote." Kang Jianming reminded with a smile.
…
A quarter of an hour later, the voting results came out.
The issue of publicly discovering extraterrestrial life was unanimously approved, and the issue of IP creation led by Jiutian Research Center was approved by 90% of the votes.
After the voting results came out, there were warm applause and cheers in the venue.
After the cheers and applause subsided, Kang Jianming glanced at the three whale-like creatures on the big screen and said with a smile: "Just before the closed-door meeting ended, we introduced the first extraterrestrial creature discovered by humans." Can you guys agree on a name?"
"good!"
"Very good!"
"This is a moment that will be remembered in history!"
…
All the elders cheered and looked at Su Zhe and Ning Qiaoqiao.
"Director Su! Associate Professor Ning! You two should discuss a name for this kind of whale creature!" Kang Jianming reminded.
"Senior Sister! Come and get it!" Su Zhe looked at Ning Qiaoqiao with a smile.
"Okay!" Ning Qiaoqiao thought for a while and said, "Since this is a whale-like creature, how about we call it a spotted whale?"
"good!"
"Hello spotted whale!"
"This name is easy to remember, unlike foreigners who like to use their own names when naming. If foreigners choose names, then these whale creatures will be called James whales and Jack whales."
…
There were bursts of laughter in the venue.
"Okay! Then we will officially name this whale-like creature the spotted whale." Kang Jianming smiled, "By the way! After the closed-door meeting, we will publicly discover extraterrestrial life. At three o'clock in the afternoon, we will be in the Western District Auditorium of HKUST. A public press conference on extraterrestrial life will be held, and the press conference will be broadcast live online. Anyone who is interested can sign up to participate."
"There's so much to do, who has time for such a boring press conference."
"That's right! That's right! Only people who have nothing to do will attend such a press conference."
"I have to go back to school in a hurry. I have no time and no interest."
…
All the elders complained.
"Su Zhe! Do you want to attend this press conference?" Ning Qiaoqiao asked with a smile.
"No!" Su Zhe shook his head.
"We take the high-speed train at ten in the morning." Fan Xiaoming explained.
"Got it!" Ning Qiaoqiao nodded with a smile.
"Junior Brother Fan! After you go back, you have to pay more attention to creating IP. We can count on you to use the IP to earn money for us to do scientific research and improve the salary of us scientific researchers." Huang Weicai looked at Fan Xiaoming and said .
"Don't worry, we will definitely complete the task." Fan Xiaoming promised.
Kang Jianming ignored these complaining elders, looked at the time and shouted: "I declare that the closed-door meeting has been successfully concluded."
A group of elders complained and applauded.
"No need for ink stains, everyone. It's 3:10 in the morning. Go back and wash up and go to sleep!" Kang Jianming said and stood up.
All the elders stood up one after another, not forgetting to complain.
"Time flies so fast! It's already early morning."
"No wonder I feel tired."
"I'm a little sleepy."
…
Su Zhe and his entourage followed the large troops to the downstairs of the General Office of the University of Science and Technology, and found that the downstairs was full of students, assistants, and so on.
These students and assistants looked tired and cursed and complained.
Kang Jianming found a big loudspeaker from nowhere and shouted to these people: "Thank you for your hard work. Due to an emergency, the closed-door meeting was postponed. As for what emergency happened, I can tell you, We have discovered extraterrestrial life, and I will tell you the details at the press conference held in the auditorium at three o'clock in the afternoon... Let's disperse and go back to sleep."
After saying that, Kang Jianming quietly slipped away with a group of people.
A bunch of unresponsive students and assistants were left standing under the street lights.
