Die on Mars - Chapter 216

c216 Day 327 (2) The richest man in the world

“You’ve done a great job.” Tang Yue looked at the cat’s small back and said, “Old cat.”

The old cat shrugged and said nothing more. He squatted down and rolled the foam plastic into a paper shell, and then tied it tightly to the steel pipe. It used the remaining scraps from the dismantled bed to piece together a pair of crutches. After living on Mars for such a long time, Tang Yue and Lao Mao are both experts at recycling waste. They used the skin and fairing that fell off the lander to make tables, chairs, benches, and large and small storage boxes.

“Without you, neither Maidong nor I would have survived until now.”

The old cat turned his back to Tang Yue and twitched his ears, but did not stop what he was doing.

“It’s just my duty,” it whispered.

As the nominal assistant and de facto station manager of Kunlun Station, Lao Mao also serves as a safety officer. He is responsible for assisting the crew and protecting their lives. After the disappearance of the Earth and the Orion 1 spacecraft, Lao Mao needs to be protected. The only people left were Tang Yue and Maidong.

This cat is actually about to retire soon. Tang Yue called it Old Cat because this cat is really old. As a meritorious astronaut in the first phase of the Mars landing plan, the old cat will receive hero-level treatment after retirement. , major aerospace museums around the world will open up special exhibition areas for it, display its full-size replica model, and then inscribe its great achievements on labels or display boards.

As for the old cat Benmao, he will live a leisurely life like a retired veteran cadre, sitting in the alley in front of the yard and lazily basking in the sun, playing chess with other elders and giving pointers to the country. Xiao Yugan is enough.

Thinking about that kind of life, cats still yearn for it. There is no doubt that the old cat is a space hero. Its status in history will not be lower than that of the Opportunity Voyager and Cassini, but it is not like its heroic ancestors. Burying itself alone in the cold space like that, it can have a good ending. It can return to the small novice village after going through hardships and dangers, and leisurely watch its descendants embark on the journey it took.

“My retirement life…” the old cat sighed, “it disappeared along with the earth.”

“Your original retirement date is when your next mission is over, right?” Tang Yue asked, “What do you want to do after retirement?”

“If the Earth does not disappear, I will retire after the next mission and return to Earth with the newly commissioned Orion 3 spacecraft.” Old Cat replied, “After retirement, my original plan was to wander around and meet with the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada. The German Chancellor, the British Prime Minister, they all drink Erguotou together, and then find a village to live in New Zealand.”

“Looking for a dealer in New Zealand?”

Tang Yue was stunned for a moment, what kind of follow-up plot is this? Isn’t it the retired veteran cadre playing chess with the uncle at the entrance of the alley? Why did the topic suddenly turn to capitalism?

The old cat nodded, “The New Zealand government promised at the beginning of last year that they would give me a fifteen-hectare manor after I retire.”

“A fifteen-hectare manor?” Tang Yue was surprised. He also remembered that the cat was not a Chinese citizen, even though it spoke Chinese fluently. “How much is this worth?”

“About 50 million pounds? Or 60 million pounds?” Old Cat thought for a while, “I’m not very sensitive to this thing. If it is converted into dried small fish… it should be 15,000 tons?”

Tang Yue was stunned, “Are you actually so rich?”

He lived for more than twenty years, but in the end his net worth was not as good as a cat’s toes. He had lived like a dog for so many years.

“That Zhuangzi is not allowed to sell, I have the right to use it but not the right to resell it.” The old cat waved his paws, “In fact, it’s not just New Zealand, a total of 24 countries around the world have expressed their intention to donate real estate or property to me. residence, and don’t mind that I have multiple nationalities and citizenships at the same time. Calculating this, I actually have a total of forty-six sets of fixed assets in the world, the largest of which is in the Republic of Nauru. They gave me an island, among which The most expensive one is in Tongzhou District, Beijing, and they gave me a 100-square-meter apartment.”

Only then did Tang Yue realize that he had been living with the richest cat in the world for more than a year. This cat usually looked barefoot and free and easy to wear shoes. One person had enough to eat and the whole family was not hungry. It was called Sanhe in the new era. Great God, but who would have expected that he is actually a billionaire. Even though they are all strange creatures of unknown origin on Mars, as soon as they return to Earth, Lao Mao’s net worth will surpass that of 10,000 Tang Yue.

“Do you like the house very much?” asked the old cat.

“Objectively speaking, domestic young people my age like houses very much.”

“It’s a pity that the earth is gone. Otherwise, I will give you a set when I go back. I will give you the most expensive set.” It was difficult for the old cat to understand Tang Yue’s thoughts. “The least valuable thing in this universe is actually land. Now the whole Mars is yours, but you still miss the one hundred square meters house on Earth.”

“No, the most valuable thing in this universe is land.” Tang Yue said, “The space suitable for life to survive is a priceless treasure.”

“But judging from the apartment given to me in Tongzhou District…” Old Cat muttered, a little puzzled, “It’s not considered a suitable space for life to survive.”

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Lao Mao made the crutch and asked Tang Yue to try it.

“Who will replace you after you retire?”

Tang Yue walked back and forth in the hall with his cane and asked casually.

“The successor will have better performance, greater strength, and stronger body.” Old Mao stood beside him. “Compared with the scientific research and observation in the first stage, the second stage of the Mars mission has a lot of important work to do. Now, a large number of construction workers will come here. Orion 3 and 4 are twice as big as Orion 1 and 2. They will bring a lot of materials. Kunlun Station needs to be expanded, and fresh water and methane resources must be explored. Collection testing, as well as technical verification of farms and self-circulating small ecosystems, more astronauts will come here, so the director of Kunlun Station will no longer be a cat.”

“What could it be if it wasn’t a cat?”

“Dog.” The old cat suddenly became resentful, “A stupid dog, maybe a Husky or a Samoyed, or even a Husky.”

“Why a dog?” Tang Yue imagined in his mind a dog that walked upright with his hands free, wearing headphones to direct the landing of the spacecraft.

Wouldn’t this really make the commander of the spacecraft die laughing in the cabin?

“Because the dog party in the Mars Mission Preparatory Committee finally overcame the cat party.” Old Cat’s resentment broke out, “Those idiots spoke at the conference and said, ‘The first animal sent by humans into space was a dog. How can we forget them? Their great achievements? It has only been a few years since they were sacrificed in space? Have you forgotten? That puppy named Laika is still watching you from behind!’, so the next Kunlun station commander was established as a canine .”