Chapter 656
Chapter 656: Chapter 34: Zheng Xiangyue’s Boat Ticket (Extra Chapter for Monthly Votes!)_4 Chapter 656: Chapter 34: Zheng Xiangyue’s Boat Ticket (Extra Chapter for Monthly Votes!)_4 “`
Hum…
The battery-powered Tesla drove out of the door.
Except for the low warning sound, there was no noise at all, and the ride was exceptionally smooth.
The Tesla emerged from the villa’s courtyard, heading towards Boca Chica Village, the Space-T Starship launch center.
…
Atop the Scenic Iron Tower.
Jask looked up.
The sun blazed overhead.
It was now late April, the weather was gradually warming, and the whole world seemed to come alive with vitality.
He looked towards the distant rocket launch platform, which was in a state of deployment.
Below, on the horizontal road surface, a massive transport vehicle was slowly erecting a brand new Starship Rocket.
Another test launch was about to take place.
His Starship Rockets had exploded many times already.
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The first explosion was a worldwide joke; everybody laughed at him.
But now…
More and more people were afraid of his rockets exploding.
Because everyone knew…
The more his rockets exploded, the closer he got to success.
There was far more to be learned from failure than from success.
He was never afraid of failure.
That’s why he had achieved such success.
Now, his Starship Rockets were undisputed as the most powerful launch vehicles in the world’s history.
The reusable models could carry 150 tons of cargo in one go.
And those one-time use models could lift a staggering 250 tons.
In the eyes of the world, these were extraordinary figures.
But for his grand ambitions, it was still not enough.
Mars was just the first step in his vision.
He aimed for the distant universe, a far-off future…
and beings even further and more remote.
Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.
The urgent sound of high heels clacking on steel.
Jask knew it was his anxious and easily flustered secretary arriving.
He looked down at his watch.
Right on time.
10 o’clock sharp.
“Jas…
Mr.
Jask…”
The female secretary, sporting red-framed glasses, arrived panting, clutching a folder and bending over:
“Can’t we meet somewhere else?
Why do I have to climb so high in heels every time?”
He smiled.
As usual, the secretary would complain after running up to the Observation Deck at the top of the Scenic Iron Tower:
“At the end of this month, I need to travel to China for a meeting in the Imperial Capital.”
The female secretary straightened up, blinking:
“Is there anything special you need to instruct?
I’ll make a note of it.”
Leaning against the railing of the Observation Deck, Jask shook his head:
“Not much, the itinerary remains as usual, attending the meeting on April 28, and meeting with officials from China.”
“I really like China.
I accepted their invitation immediately.
I also told the staff in China that it is my honor to participate in the Trade Promotion Association.
I wasn’t just being polite; I was speaking the truth…
China has always been a great help to me.
In fact, I can say without the East Sea officials and China’s help, Tesla wouldn’t be where it is now.”
“The itinerary for the Trade Promotion Association has been set, we’ll follow the established schedule.
What I wanted to talk to you about today is…
Let’s go to China a day earlier.
I want to give a girl a ticket.”
“A ticket?”
The female secretary smiled inexplicably.
Still, she opened her folder, ready to write:
“Tell me more, what kind of ticket?
I’ll note down your whims and fancies.
Do we need to inform the media in advance, let the reporters know and such?”
“No, no, no.”
Jask waved his hand:
“It’s not what you’re thinking.
This isn’t a publicity stunt.
It’s something I should do and must do personally.”
He turned his head, tilting it to look at his secretary:
“And here I thought you could guess what I was thinking.
It seems we’re not that in sync this time.
Since I’m already talking about giving a ticket to a little girl in China…
it must refer to ‘Zheng Xiangyue’!”
“Didn’t I call her personally before?
She probably didn’t watch the live stream and had no idea she had won a trip to the Moon.
It took me a while to explain it to her.”
“The little girl was quite happy in the end, but I always felt…
she seemed to think it was a joke, or she didn’t quite believe it.
I later asked a friend in China to look into it.
This girl named Zheng Xiangyue…
I really like her name, it’s so beautiful.”
“Zheng Xiangyue has suffered from congenital heart disease since childhood and has always been frail.
She spent most of her years in hospital, sometimes with sudden heart attacks that nearly claimed her life on several occasions.”
“Honestly, I really wish technology could advance faster…
just a little faster, and perhaps within a few years, we could honor those ten Moon travel tickets.
But it’s not up to me; if it were, I’d have the fleet to Mars depart tomorrow.”
“So please make a note and schedule it for me.
The visit to the hospital to deliver Zheng Xiangyue’s ticket should be low-key, with no need to notify any media.
We’ll go quietly and leave quietly.
Zheng Xiangyue is already not in good health; we can’t disturb her too much.
The reason I want to personally give her this ticket…
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there are two main reasons…”
“First, I want her to believe that her ticket, although bought with an anonymous cheque, is real and forever valid.
If one day her body gives out and she has to enter a Hibernation Pod, then we guarantee her ticket to the Moon will never expire.
Whenever she wakes up, that’s when we’ll arrange a new flight for her, fulfilling her wish to go to the Moon.”
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