Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System-Chapter 717 - 673: So Many Zeros

"In short, the minerals and samples brought back from the moon this time add up to only about 2000 tons."

"And I've already made arrangements for these cargo containers."

"Their use and purpose are all planned out, so, Elder, your sudden request for 100 pounds puts me in a tight spot."

As he said this, Lin Yi deliberately put on a troubled expression, his tone full of helplessness.

The old man opposite him was immediately amused by Lin Yi's words and responded somewhat irritably:

"Look at you, kid. Is that even human speech? You say you 'only' got 2000 tons?

Now I ask you for 100 pounds, and you're giving me the runaround.

What do you expect me to do? Should I send someone to wait under your spacecraft to sweep up the scraps that fall off?

100 pounds—I'm afraid the scraps that have fallen exceed 100 pounds already, don't they?"

Just as the old man said, Lin Yi hadn't paid much attention to the samples during transportation.

Unlike previous methods used by other countries to bring back lunar soil, which involved high-tech sealed containers, Lin Yi's method was more like pulling them with carts.

In such a situation, when the construction vehicles moved on uneven ground, they would shake, causing heaps of soil to fall off each time.

Because of this, not even mentioning the final amount, just during the vehicle transit, over seven to eight hundred pounds of lunar soil had already fallen.

Forget the old man; even netizens worldwide watching the global livestream were taken aback by this scene.

Including many tycoons from various countries.

When they saw the live broadcast images, they couldn't help but glance at their collections, at that single gram of lunar soil they had carefully protected and reinforced.

Suddenly, they felt their prized gram of lunar soil had lost its charm.

Handling our small gram so cautiously, using multiple layers of safes,

while the vehicles in the livestream were full of lunar soil, with randomly fallen chunks weighing at least ten kilograms.

Comparisons are odious; the lunar soil, once cherished globally, was now more common than cabbages at the Zaohe Group.

"Haha, how could we care? The ones falling on the ground are used for paving; why bother clearing them? Besides, we have plenty and don't mind a bit, unlike some who give a gram only after fussing over a bit of lunar soil."

The old man, hearing Lin Yi's chuckle, felt a tinge of helplessness.

He knew the kid surely had something up his sleeve.

But he was puzzled about Lin Yi's intentions, why he spoke like this, and what he meant.

With such lavish words, how couldn't he spare 100 pounds of lunar soil?

Just then, Lin Yi's voice came through again, and what he said made the old man shake his head helplessly:

"I mentioned before, Elder, that the 2000 tons of lunar soil are already planned out, each ton having its designated place.

So giving you 100 pounds is out of the question."

"Because in my plan, I'm giving 1000 tons of the 2000 away to our research units for free, so truly, I can't manage the 100 pounds, hehe."

Hearing this, the old man shook his head, unable to stop the amused annoyance this kid brought him, realizing nobody has dared to tease him this way for years.

This brat truly had no sense of hierarchy.

Yet, despite saying this, the old man's heart was actually quite warmed.

He knew this rascal had no ill intentions, and his thoughts were always leaning toward Huaxia.

Knowing this was already more than satisfying for the old man.

He also understood Lin Yi's intentions.

This guy could donate half to them, which was truly commendable.

It made all the effort in cultivating him worthwhile.

The words weren't false or exaggerated.

Though on the surface, the old man hadn't trained Lin Yi much, one shouldn't forget a saying prevalent in this world, "Possession of jade is a crime."

Whenever Lin Yi's Zaohe Group showcased a product revolutionizing the era, he'd be eyed by opportunists.

And these people, before Lin Yi grew strong enough, couldn't be dealt with.

So when Lin Yi couldn't handle them, who silently helped him from behind?

By now, Lin Yi clearly understood the fact that the old man and his aide were always behind helping him silently.

Of course, there's one main reason for the help: Lin Yi's evident love for Huaxia.

Unloading continued for over half an hour before completion.

Upon completion, perhaps intentionally, the livestream camera focused on the ground.

Seeing the thick layer of lunar soil and rock on the ground, netizens worldwide couldn't stay calm.

This was blatant showing off by the Zaohe Group!

Lin Yi was purposely showing off here!

Though neither Lin Yi nor Zaohe Group said a word, there's truth in one phrase: unconscious boasting is the deadliest.

Lin Yi executed this splendidly; jokingly, didn't the combined lunar soil from all countries come nowhere near what was scattered on their ground?

"Hey, I'll throw it on the ground, leave it be; I have plenty, just playing around."

Once the vehicles finished unloading and entered specially prepared warehouses, the livestream scene switched directly to an indoor studio.

Around this time, Li Huiqun had somehow arrived at the studio.

On the background wall of the studio was the clearly written congratulatory message for the successful return and completion of mission of Zaohe001 spacecraft.

Moreover, the background wall clearly showed the sample volume this time:

20,000,000,000 grams!

[To be continued...]