Chapter 677

After returning from SpaceX headquarters, Henry had been thinking about building a super factory. SpaceX super factory must be built, only in this way can we speed up the pace of space development!

The earth was born 4.6 billion years ago. We don't know how many higher civilizations were born during this period. However, all kinds of signs unearthed from various places indicate that there will be prehistoric civilizations. But where did these higher civilizations go in the end? The only guess is that for some reason, such as meteorite collision, volcanic eruption, or the change of the earth's environment and so on, the civilization will eventually die out!

So far, the development of mankind has only been more than 10000 years, and such a brilliant civilization has been born, which shows how intelligent human life is. However, if we can't get out of the earth, everything will be empty talk, and the most splendid civilization will eventually disappear!

Dinosaurs ruled the earth's three geological ages, a total of 165 million years. Who dare say that in this long life, dinosaurs did not evolve higher wisdom. Anyway, Henry firmly believed that dinosaurs must be intelligent. However, when a big meteorite collided with the earth, causing a big explosion and a huge disaster, the age of dinosaurs was simply ended.

If you can't walk out of the earth, human civilization will eventually disappear in endless years! However, judging from the current situation, there is a great possibility for human beings to walk out of the earth.

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At the moment, the reconstruction plan of the Sahara desert is in full swing. The preliminary laying work of the seawater pipeline has been roughly completed, and some areas are already using seawater to irrigate the desert in a large area. Plant seeds developed by gene umbrella have been sown.

While looking at the information, Henry said to himself, "it's not bad. At present, 251000 square kilometers of desert has been transformed. With the progress of the submarine pipeline project, the transformation speed will be faster. It's just that the seeds developed by gene umbrella can't grow up quickly. Now the desert is still bare, and it's not convenient to build factories... Is it possible to develop a kind of auxin to promote the rapid growth of these plants? "

Henry immediately called the CEO of gene umbrella company and told him his idea.

"Dr. Steve Higgins, is it possible for gene umbrella company to develop a kind of auxin to make plants grow rapidly, grow into a small tree in a month, and grow into shade in a year?"

"Your Majesty, auxin has a great influence on plants, but too much is not enough. The gene umbrella company is really developing auxin, but it is not as exaggerated as you said. However, although we have not developed such plant auxin, we have developed plants that can become shade in a year

"What plant is it?" Asked Henry.

Dr. Steve Higgins asked in reply, "Your Majesty, do you know what plant is the absolute champion of the growth rate of woody plants?"

"Woody plants? Growth rate champion Henry murmured to himself, thought about it carefully for a while, and said with some uncertainty, "is it bamboo?"

Bamboo is not a plant resistant to heavy salt, sea water and high temperature. Henry planted bamboo in his hometown in his previous life. He knew that bamboo had high requirements for the environment. It had to be a warm and humid climate. The annual average temperature was 15-20 ℃, and the annual precipitation was 1200-1800 mm. The requirement of soil is also higher than that of common tree species, which not only needs abundant water and humidity conditions, but also is not resistant to waterlogging.

"Yes, your majesty, it's bamboo, and it's Phyllostachys pubescens of all kinds of bamboo!" Dr. Steve Higgins explained, "it takes only two months for it to grow from bamboo shoots to bamboo. It's as high as 20 meters, about six or seven stories high. At the peak of growth, it can rise by 1 meter day and night, so there is a saying that "bamboo shoots spring up". Since the beginning of the desert environmental improvement project, we have targeted Phyllostachys pubescens, hoping to use genetic engineering to transform it. At present, everything is going well. According to the introduction of the person in charge of genetic transformation of Phyllostachys edulis, the genetic transformation of Phyllostachys edulis has come to an end, and it is expected to mass produce transgenic seeds in April this year! "

As he listened, Henry could not help but think of a picture of a bamboo forest, and then built a small house in it. It was so beautiful. The poem says: "Yiqi is fake, Qingfeng is in the bamboo forest. It's the taste of wine, the occasional sound on the piano. "

This is wonderful! If you build a hotel there, I'm afraid it's also very popular!

At this time, Dr. Steve Higgins continued to say on the phone: "at present, our plants include Elaeagnus angustifolia, white wax, Begonia, Lycium barbarum, Nitraria, Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, liquorice, burdock, plantain, Limonium chinense, Vitex simplicifolia, Hemerocallis fulva, Puccinellia tenuiflora, Festuca arundinacea, scissima and other salt tolerant plants.

Besides, there are salt tolerant tomato, salt tolerant asparagus, salt tolerant beet and barley which can be irrigated with seawater to solve the local food problem!!! In addition, we have introduced salt tolerant lawns from the United States, which can make deserts as beautiful as grasslands! "

Henry nodded frequently. There are so many plants. It's a beautiful scene after the successful transformation of the desert. It's very good! expect!

"Dr. Steve Higgins, there are 5 million square kilometers of desert to be planted. I think we should expand the seed breeding base of gene umbrella!"

"Yes, we are also considering this issue. We plan to set up seed breeding bases on the edge of the desert. On the one hand, it is convenient for research and development, and on the other hand, the desert area is large enough."

"Well, OK, I'll inform the relevant departments to grant land to gene umbrella company. Is 10 million square meters enough?"

"Enough, absolutely enough!"

"All right, that's it! In the future, gene umbrella company will continue to make efforts to develop more transgenic plants! "

"Yes

The conversation soon ended.

After Henry hung up the phone, he called Willett over, then told her what had just happened and asked her to handle it. Then, with his eyes slightly closed, Henry leaned back on his chair and began to imagine the world after the transformation of the desert. However, it didn't take long for his daydream to be interrupted.

Kalina came to his office and told him two things. The first one was about the census and the second one was about the comic platform.

The census has just begun. There is nothing to say.

Kellina told Henry that after Williams Royal Investment acquired the original platform of Youqi, it merged five original comic platforms, and then integrated resources to officially launch the original platform app of Youqi today.

"How many cartoonists are there now?" Asked Henry.

"2413!"

Henry pondered for a moment and said, "compared with the number of global cartoonists, 2413 is still too few."

Kailinna said with a smile: "the original platform app has just been released, and we haven't really made efforts yet! Next, we are going to launch the "Dashen factory plan" to make use of our huge resources to build super IP, and train comic artists to become Dashen with an annual income of more than 10 million US dollars

"Dashen factory plan? That's interesting! "