Chapter 11: Fooling Li Xiaoman

The snow particles outside the window tapped against the glass on the third floor of the villa. Lin Ran's breath condensed into white mist between the heating and the cup. His mind was full of the Fabian Society badge embossed with a sheep and a turtle.

Before Li Xiaoman could react, Lin Ran continued quickly:

"Although the whole plan sounds very incredible, it is indeed what I am going to do next.

And I also have full confidence that I can do it.

The beginning of the whole grand plan only needs you to do me a small favor."

Li Xiaoman suddenly interrupted: "V me 50 for Crazy Thursday?"

January 2, 2020, happened to be a Thursday.

Having known Lin Ran for almost two years, Li Xiaoman was very clear about this kind of hot meme within Huaguo.

Seeing this, Lin Ran knew that Li Xiaoman at least didn't have the anger caused by being fooled, which was very important:

"If you want to V me 50, it's not impossible.

But I only need you to do me a small favor now, and I will gradually prove that everything I said is true.

I only need you to lend me the Fabian Society badge and your Corolla. I want to go and read some historical archives, and after forming a preliminary plan, I will go to Blue Origin."

Although she was already very exhausted, and the request Lin Ran made was so simple, Li Xiaoman's rigorous personality determined that she must ask for the reason.

She looked at Lin Ran with even sharper eyes:

"It's unreasonable. The Fabian Society is a society in the field of humanities and social sciences. I don't understand the connection between the two.

Restarting the moon landing requires rocket engineers, not the Frankfurt School that criticizes instrumental rationality!

Even if you can really find a way from historical data to allow the current America to complete the Apollo moon landing again, what you need to do is to find NASA's treasured materials, not use the Fabian Society to find scholars of the Frankfurt School!

Could it be that you want to sell the badge to Moritz?"

Lin Ran rolled his eyes: "Think about it, I sell your family's things to your cousin, will he pay?

Doesn't he feel that this is justified and should be his thing?"

Moritz, the son of Li Xiaoman's uncle, that is, her cousin, works at Citibank in New York.

For those who know the goods, the Fabian Society badge can exert great value. It is a cultural relic or a token, which depends on whose hands it is in.

At that time, the reason why Li Xiaoman was so happy when Lin Ran found this badge was not only because it was a family heirloom, but also because with the badge, the badge could become a bridge, allowing her to use the resources of the Frankfurt School.

The most direct example is getting a recommendation letter from a big shot of the Frankfurt School, going directly to a top law firm for an internship, and staying in one go. This is proof material for a descendant of a famous family, even if it is a declining famous family, it is still a famous family.

America values family inheritance much more than Huaguo.

Similarly, it has value to Li Xiaoman, and it also has considerable value to her cousin Li Mo-zeng (English name: Moritz). Everyone is a member of the Li family. If I get it, I can also take the opportunity to connect with the Frankfurt School.

That's why Li Xiaoman had such suspicions.

Fortunately, Lin Ran also knew Li Xiaoman very well, so he was prepared for her questions:

"Of course, the technical data from 60 years ago has been made public on NASA's official website. What I need to look for is not technical data, but to go to the archives of various universities to find out who participated in this project back then.

I want to find a few key people and ask them some questions face-to-face to determine some key technical details.

This is the puzzle for restarting the entire Apollo moon landing.

Of course, I'm not sure if these puzzles are still alive, and I can piece the entire Apollo plan together by relying on the puzzles."

Li Xiaoman was half-believing after Lin Ran finished speaking.

Lin Ran continued: "Two months, I only need two months to formulate a plan sufficient to move Blue Origin!"

According to the time flow of 60 to 1, 2 months, in the 1960 era, that is 120 months, 10 years of time, more than enough. Lin Ran reserved sufficient redundant time for himself.

"Okay, I'll believe you once reluctantly.

Even if you can really make Blue Origin believe that you can do it, there are still some problems that need to be solved.

First, let's determine whether you intend to return to the country or stay after graduation?"

Lin Ran said resolutely: "Return to the country!

I want to return to the country after getting the first pot of gold from Blue Origin. You know I like aerospace rather than computer science. What I want to do is also aerospace. Now that there is an opportunity to get initial funds in America, I naturally want to return to the country to develop.

The Chinese identity is still too sensitive in America. If you want to do aerospace in America, you just deal with investigations, where do you have time to do serious work."

Coming to America to read for a computer science PhD is to earn rice, and with the golden finger of going to 1960, being able to have both money and ideals, Lin Ran really couldn't think of a reason not to go back.

He had no interest in helping outsiders build America.

Li Xiaoman lowered her eyes, the whole person looked a bit disappointed, and then she quickly cheered up:

"Okay, I assume you can really complete it. There are still a few difficulties that need to be overcome.

The first is how to contact Blue Origin's senior management and let them give us a chance.

With America's current manufacturing industry and costs, if we want Blue Origin to invest resources, we have to contact senior management above the vice president level at least.

The second is your identity. Leading the return to the moon as a Chinese will not only not be their glory for America, but it may also be a shame. By then, facing various accusations, the most typical one is technology theft, I am afraid you will never have the opportunity to return to the country.

Finally, there is your visa. You hold an F-1 visa. This type of visa cannot work in an enterprise, which means you cannot work for Blue Origin. Secondly, this type of visa can register a company, but this is limited to the early planning stage and cannot be actually operated. In addition, you cannot obtain remuneration or income from the company.

This last problem is small, but very fatal.

You have to know how big a cake you are going to move.

Blue Origin succeeds in returning to the moon, then does NASA still want to do it? If not, 26 billion dollars will be wasted.

If it continues to be done, Blue Origin has obtained NASA's order to return to the moon by virtue of returning to the moon, and you have indirectly offended the competitor.

Let's put it this way, any slip-up in any link in the middle will lead to a very difficult situation for you. The lightest one is that you can't return to Huaguo for a long time.

Illegal employment will be the most direct crime."

Lin Ran said calmly: "That's right, I know all these things you said, so this is cooperation.

You help me solve these problems, and I am responsible for the technical difficulties.

Sister Xiaoman, you wouldn't deliberately dig a pit for me in order to keep me in America, would you?" ===== CHAPTER 12 =====