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=Three-Body=

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=Episode 14=

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When I first joined the Red Coast Base,
they didn't give me a fixed job.

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I was just doing technology-related
odds and ends,

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and there was a security guard
supervising me doing that.

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It's okay.

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I can manage it myself.

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What did you do exactly?

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Why do they want you watched
even when you're cleaning a machine?

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I made a serious mistake.

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A serious mistake?

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What serious mistake
could you possibly have made?

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You?

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I don't believe it.

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What's wrong?

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It's indeed problematic.

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You're in charge here?

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Why didn't you notice this?

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Fix it right now.

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Yes.

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Impressive.

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You know experiments,

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and you have pretty strong
observation ability.

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When I was in college, my mentor
told me that an astrophysicist

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wouldn't achieve anything without
experiment skills and observation abilities,

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however good at theories they were.

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At least that's the case in our country.

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Compared with your father...

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Compared with his opinion,
this is entirely different.

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Theories are the foundation
of application.

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I feel theoretical research tends to
mess with people's minds.

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There are so many terms in physics.

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Will changing the names be enough?

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I tend to agree with this opinion.

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He was too obsessed with theories.

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But I'm not surprised.
Your mentor is the doyen

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of radio astronomy in our country.

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Highly respected.

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He was the reason
I became interested in radio astronomy.

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I taught myself some electronic
engineering and computer knowledge.

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Without the expertise in the two fields,
I wouldn't have found the glitch.

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That's right.

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By the way,
what's your postgraduate topic?

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I participated in the debugging

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of the first small radio telescope
in our country with my mentor.

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It was during that period

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that I accumulated quite some experience
in this field.

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I never thought this expertise
would come in handy in this place.

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Yang.

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Political Commissar.

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The glitch's fixed?

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Yeah.

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You found it?

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She found it.

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You have experience in radio astronomy?

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As chance would have it,
she does know a thing or two.

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That's good.

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We may move her here
for the maintenance.

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People who can find such glitches
are a rare breed here.

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Okay. I'll think about it.

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What's there to think about?

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Wenjie,
from now on, you're in charge here.

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Well, Lei...

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I need to talk to you about Liu.
Come over here.

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No...

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Liu is incompetent
and lacks professionalism.

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Why does the stuff he overhauled
keep malfunctioning?

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I'm speaking to you.

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I'm listening.

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You were the one who brought him here,
and now he proved incompetent.

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Should we keep him or weed him out?

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Liu, right?

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Yeah.

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Well, Liu...

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I'll knock some sense into him.

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That won't improve his competence.

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Well, sure, knocking sense into people
is also a very important task.

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♪ Resolved to build their mother country
into a paradise ♪

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♪ Advance! Advance ♪

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♪ The momentum of revolution
is unstoppable ♪

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♪ Advance! Advance ♪

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That's good.

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We may move her here
for the maintenance.

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People who can find such glitches
are a rare breed here.

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From now on, you're in charge here.

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That was my first substantive job

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in the Red Coast Base.

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I couldn't tell if my heartfelt joy

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was because of the long-lost trust,
or because of the monotonous busyness.

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But that was a feeling of great relief.

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We don't even have time for lunch.

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- Let's go.
- Don't be late for the afternoon meeting.

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Stop talking. Just go.

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Hey, why don't you eat in the mess hall?

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That'll make a difference?

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Of course it does.

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In the mess hall,
you may eat with the others.

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I always eat alone.

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Uh, how many machines

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do you have to check later?

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Six.

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S... Six?

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Well, is Liu absent from work again?

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You're doing his job for him?

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He's sick.

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The hell he is.

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That guy is always shirking.

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In the past, he had to work,
but now you've come,

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so he keeps faking being sick.

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At this rate,

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you'll soon become
a technical cadre here.

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Don't say that.

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I don't like him.

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Liu slacks every day,

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dropping all the work in your lap.

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I've got to reason with him.

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It's okay.

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I like working.

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It's almost time, right?

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Yeah, it's almost time.

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Power source index!

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- Hurry!
- Okay!

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- I'll check it right away.
- Report. The signal's weakening.

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Have you sent the new data?

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- Press on with the check.
- On it. Here it is.

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Press on with the check.

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Liu, check this out.

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We've found the reason.
Tell everybody it's because of No. 1731.

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Alright.

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Malfunctioning device identified.
It's No. 1731.

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Malfunctioning device identified.
It's No. 1731.

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I've checked the data.

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There's nothing wrong.
The problem lies in your devices.

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You know better than me that's not true.

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You're just... You're just trying
to have me take the fall.

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You know better than me
if you should take the fall as well.

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Yang Weining,
you just want me to be your scapegoat.

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Actually, Liu has identified
the problem already.

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He also figured out a solution.

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He put it all in the maintenance report,
but someone crossed it out.

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I see.

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Liu is actually much more professional
than he seems.

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Yeah.

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All technical military officers here
are the best in PLA Rocket Force.

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I'll never be able to catch up with him

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in terms of
electronic and computer expertise.

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It doesn't matter anymore.

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Anyway, he's leaving.

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That's what I'm trying to say.

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Liu is competent.

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You shouldn't...

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It'd be a shame if he got expelled.

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A shame?

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You're so naive.

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You think I'm the reason he's leaving?

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Living conditions are very poor
in this godforsaken place.

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Of course,
those things can be overcome,

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but you should know very well

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what a scientific researcher
values the most.

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It's the prospects of achievements,

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but the research and development
of Red Coast systems is over.

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There are no prospects
for achievements anymore.

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And Liu is fully aware
that in a top-level project like this,

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once he accepts a core position,
he'll have to stay here forever.

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He's leaving on his own account?

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Liu is a smart guy.

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In his domain, he counts as a genius,
but he chose to pretend to be a fool.

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Do you know

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who revised this report?

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He himself?

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Yeah.

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He did it himself.

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He can't slack off,
so when we tell him to go east,

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he'll try his best to go west.

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He's playing dumb,
and he's a master of it.

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He won.

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Lei has talked to me many times
about his competence.

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He said Liu's no good,
that he's incompetent,

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and unprofessional, and wasting a post.

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"Just let him go."

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What could I say?

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I could only steel myself.

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But now I feel this won't work.

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At this rate, sooner or later
he'll resort to sabotage,

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which will be a serious mistake.

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He didn't resort to sabotage.

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I'm not Cheng Lihua.

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If Liu really wants out,
I'll let him go.

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But I got to give you a note of caution.

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After filling the vacancy,
you should just do your job,

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which is maintenance.

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Do not meddle in anything else.

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I just can't stand Liu anymore.

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You may leave.

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Stay here.

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I know if I chuck Liu out right now,
you might worry about his replacement.

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Am I right?

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Well, Wenjie is a suitable candidate.

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She studied electronics,
and computer science,

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and she's also got expertise
in radio astronomy.

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A very suitable, all-around candidate.

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It can't be her.

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Why can't it be her?

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Expertise can be improved over time.
Attitude is the key.

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Wenjie is very responsible,
and she's yearning to improve herself.

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I can guarantee you
she'll soon outshine Liu in expertise.

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Wenjie, neither I nor Weining

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obsesses about people's past
and ignores the change in them.

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I promise we'll assess you
in a fair and objective way.

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I disagree.

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Why do you disagree?

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She's unfit to enter the core
of Red Coast.

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Can we stop talking about the past?

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Even Chairman Mao says
we should see things dialectically.

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We can't fix our eyes on her past
and ignore the changes in her.

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I think Wenjie's been performing
very well since her arrival.

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Gi... Give us the room.

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Her problem is not a small one.

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Well...

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You were the one
who insisted I move her here,

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but now you refuse to put her to work.
What the heck are you playing at?

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Yeah, I got her here,
but I only want her for maintenance.

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She's unfit to enter the core
of Red Coast.

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Why?

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She made mistakes.

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Yang Weining, even I, the political
commissar, have no worries about that.

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Why are you concerned about it?

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I think Ye Wenjie is suitable for it.

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Although
Political Commissar Lei and Yang Weining

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had a wide divergence of opinion,
eventually, I still took Liu's place.

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Transmission document number: 27.

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none.
none.

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You've come.

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The organization has made a decision.

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From here on out,
Liu's position will be yours.

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You'll be in charge of the core work
of the Transmission Department.

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You need to keep it up,
and stay meticulous and responsible.

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I'll caution you once again.

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Stay out of things
you shouldn't meddle in,

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- especially the kind that...
- Report.

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Chief Engineer Yang.

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I've heard.

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Our leaders had a meeting
and deliberated on it.

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You're now a cadre.

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I need to get to work.

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Wenjie.

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Political Commissar Lei.

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They told me you applied
for entry into the reference room.

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I did.

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I need to look up the models
of some machines.

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I've told the security

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you may go to the reference room
whenever you want.

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Thank you for your trust,
Political Commissar Lei.

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For the moment,
it's just the cybernation unit

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of the transmission system.

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We need to open it to you step by step.

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I understand.

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- Yes.

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Why do you want to look up these models?

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Lately I've come to know
many core contents,

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so some questions arose in my mind.

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This is an important
confidential project of our country,

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but the devices here are too outdated.

264
00:24:19,540 --> 00:24:21,660
Take the Transmission Department's
computers for example.

265
00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:23,100
Although there are three of them,

266
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all of them are even more primitive
than DJSC30.

267
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They're even still using

268
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cumbersome magnetic core memory
and paper input tape.

269
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They're too heavy,

270
00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:35,860
and their longest uptime
did not exceed 15 hours.

271
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I also checked Red Coast’s
targeting system.

272
00:24:38,180 --> 00:24:41,660
Its precision is very low,
probably not even on par

273
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with that of an artillery cannon.

274
00:24:48,340 --> 00:24:56,980
I understand your worries, but our country
is in the early stage of construction.

275
00:24:56,980 --> 00:25:00,220
To be specific, it's like a child.

276
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Everything is waiting to be taken up.
Just like the northern tree farm.

277
00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:06,860
The objective conditions
are undeniably poor,

278
00:25:06,860 --> 00:25:09,580
but we have to strive
when conditions are good,

279
00:25:09,580 --> 00:25:12,740
and when conditions are poor, we have to
improve the conditions and then strive.

280
00:25:12,740 --> 00:25:15,860
We need to overcome all obstacles
and work miracles.

281
00:25:15,860 --> 00:25:20,460
This is all we need to do in Red Coast.

282
00:25:21,060 --> 00:25:22,820
I understand.

283
00:25:22,820 --> 00:25:25,820
I'll try my best.

284
00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:29,580
Go. Get to work.

285
00:25:55,860 --> 00:26:02,540
♪ In the blue sky float white clouds ♪

286
00:26:02,540 --> 00:26:09,460
♪ Below the white clouds run horses ♪

287
00:26:09,460 --> 00:26:16,140
♪ I swing my horsewhip
and the crack travels far and wide ♪

288
00:26:16,140 --> 00:26:23,100
♪ Countless birds take flight ♪

289
00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:29,900
♪ If someone asks me ♪

290
00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:36,740
♪ What this place is ♪

291
00:26:36,740 --> 00:26:43,620
♪ I'll proudly tell him ♪

292
00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:50,500
♪ This is my hometown ♪

293
00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:57,300
♪ People here love peace ♪

294
00:26:57,300 --> 00:27:04,620
♪ And their hometown ♪

295
00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:12,100
♪ Singing about my new life ♪

296
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Wenjie.

297
00:27:15,140 --> 00:27:16,500
Political Commissar Lei.

298
00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:21,540
Wenjie, how long have you been working
in the Transmission Department?

299
00:27:21,540 --> 00:27:24,620
43 days.

300
00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:27,860
You have a very good memory.

301
00:27:27,860 --> 00:27:31,140
By now you’re pretty familiar
with the Transmission Department.

302
00:27:31,140 --> 00:27:34,900
This is Red Coast's principal part,
and also its offensive component.

303
00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:40,340
I'd like to hear your views
of the system as a whole.

304
00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:46,180
Go ahead, speak your mind.

305
00:27:46,180 --> 00:27:50,180
Political Commissar Lei, I'm just responsible
for maintenance and repair.

306
00:27:50,180 --> 00:27:54,300
As for Red Coast's overall condition,
including its operation and targets,

307
00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:56,140
I know nothing about those things.

308
00:27:56,140 --> 00:27:59,660
I'm not allowed to know.

309
00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:03,020
Your awareness is impressive,

310
00:28:03,020 --> 00:28:05,140
but it's also important
to be practical and realistic.

311
00:28:05,140 --> 00:28:09,260
If you do have something to say,
you may just say it.

312
00:28:09,260 --> 00:28:12,460
There's nobody else around.

313
00:28:17,820 --> 00:28:20,580
The principal part
of the transmission component,

314
00:28:20,580 --> 00:28:26,780
when you come down to it,
it's just a radio transmitter.

315
00:28:28,620 --> 00:28:31,900
That's one way to put it.

316
00:28:32,420 --> 00:28:37,940
Wenjie,
do you know about microwave ovens?

317
00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:43,780
They are a luxury plaything
of the capitalist West.

318
00:28:43,780 --> 00:28:48,060
Food is heated by the energy generated
from absorbing microwave radiation.

319
00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:50,900
At my previous research station,
in order to precisely test

320
00:28:50,900 --> 00:28:55,220
the high-temperature aging
of certain components, we imported one.

321
00:28:55,220 --> 00:29:00,820
After work, we would use it to bake potatoes
or warm mantou-bread.

322
00:29:00,820 --> 00:29:03,340
It’s very interesting.

323
00:29:03,340 --> 00:29:10,220
The inside of the food heats up first
while the outside remains cold.

324
00:29:10,220 --> 00:29:15,900
Actually, Red Coast system
is a giant microwave oven,

325
00:29:27,380 --> 00:29:36,620
and its heating targets
are the enemy’s space vessels.

326
00:29:36,620 --> 00:29:39,260
If we can apply microwave radiation
at a specific power level

327
00:29:39,260 --> 00:29:41,660
of one-tenth of a watt
to one watt per square centimeter,

328
00:29:41,660 --> 00:29:46,460
we’ll be able to disable or destroy
many electronic components

329
00:29:46,460 --> 00:29:53,660
of satellite communications,
radar, and navigation systems.

330
00:29:58,260 --> 00:30:00,820
I see.

331
00:30:00,820 --> 00:30:04,140
It's different
from what you thought, right?

332
00:30:05,020 --> 00:30:08,500
Though Red Coast system
is just a radio transmitter,

333
00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:10,700
it's not a conventional device.

334
00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:13,780
If its transmission power
reaches 25 megawatts,

335
00:30:13,780 --> 00:30:15,740
that'll be really staggering.

336
00:30:15,740 --> 00:30:18,900
This is not just more powerful
than all communication transmissions,

337
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:21,540
but also all radar transmissions.

338
00:30:21,540 --> 00:30:23,180
That's right.

339
00:30:23,180 --> 00:30:26,900
Red Coast relies on a set
of gigantic capacitors for energy.

340
00:30:26,900 --> 00:30:29,700
Because the power requirements
are so high, its transmission circuits

341
00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:33,500
are also entirely different
from conventional designs.

342
00:30:33,980 --> 00:30:37,820
Now I understand the purpose
of such ultrahigh power in the system.

343
00:30:37,820 --> 00:30:44,380
But emission from the system
seems to be modulated.

344
00:30:44,380 --> 00:30:45,540
Yeah.

345
00:30:45,540 --> 00:30:49,580
However, the modulation is unlike that used
in conventional radio communications.

346
00:30:49,580 --> 00:30:53,340
The purpose isn’t to add information.

347
00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:04,780
It's to use a kind of
shifting frequencies and amplitudes

348
00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:11,540
to penetrate possible shielding
deployed in the space by the enemy.

349
00:31:11,540 --> 00:31:16,660
Of course, those are still experimental.

350
00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:19,860
I see.

351
00:31:19,860 --> 00:31:22,940
Thank you, Political Commissar Lei.

352
00:31:25,860 --> 00:31:30,300
Recently, two target satellites
were launched from Jiuquan.

353
00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:32,460
We launched an effective attack
with Red Coast system.

354
00:31:32,460 --> 00:31:35,220
It was a complete success.
The targets were destroyed.

355
00:31:35,220 --> 00:31:38,500
Temperature inside the satellites
reached nearly a thousand degrees,

356
00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:44,740
and all instruments and photographic
equipment onboard were destroyed.

357
00:31:44,740 --> 00:31:47,700
In future wars,
Red Coast can effectively strike

358
00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:51,420
at the enemy’s communication
and reconnaissance satellites,

359
00:31:51,420 --> 00:31:54,860
like KH-8, the principal spy satellites
our opponent is using right now,

360
00:31:54,860 --> 00:31:56,900
as well as the KH-9,
which are about to be launched.

361
00:31:56,900 --> 00:32:02,740
Of course, the low-orbit spy satellites
are even more vulnerable.

362
00:32:02,740 --> 00:32:06,260
If necessary,
we even have the capacity to destroy

363
00:32:06,260 --> 00:32:12,020
the Skylab station that the West
plans on launching next year.

364
00:32:13,860 --> 00:32:16,980
This is Red Coast.

365
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:19,820
You've come.

366
00:32:23,220 --> 00:32:26,260
Wenjie, give us some privacy.

367
00:32:28,420 --> 00:32:30,980
Yes.

368
00:32:47,660 --> 00:32:50,700
Why did you tell her this?

369
00:32:51,380 --> 00:32:54,140
Does she even believe it?

370
00:32:54,140 --> 00:32:57,020
She believes it.

371
00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:00,180
What's the point?

372
00:33:00,180 --> 00:33:05,140
It's very risky
to disclose such information to her.

373
00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:10,620
I know Ye Wenjie is indeed problematic,

374
00:33:10,620 --> 00:33:14,740
but she is also very competent,
and she's got motivation.

375
00:33:14,740 --> 00:33:17,860
She overshadows many people in the base.

376
00:33:17,860 --> 00:33:20,300
What do you think we're doing here?

377
00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:23,980
We need to make achievements.

378
00:33:24,220 --> 00:33:28,380
Of course, we'll be doing it
for our country.

379
00:33:48,340 --> 00:33:51,820
You picked me.

380
00:33:52,540 --> 00:33:58,060
It was you who brought me to this base.

381
00:34:01,780 --> 00:34:03,660
But you're too artless.

382
00:34:03,660 --> 00:34:07,420
I can stay here for the rest of my life,

383
00:34:08,260 --> 00:34:14,660
but even to this day,
you still don't trust me.

384
00:34:17,020 --> 00:34:25,780
Sometimes,
trust can drag you into an abyss.

385
00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:19,260
The next day, I was transferred
out of the Transmission Department.

386
00:35:19,260 --> 00:35:26,060
I thought I'd never be able to
enter the core of Red Coast again.

387
00:35:26,060 --> 00:35:29,940
So it was Chief Engineer Yang
who transferred you?

388
00:35:29,940 --> 00:35:32,180
But it couldn't be.

389
00:35:32,180 --> 00:35:34,860
In principle, Political Commissar Lei

390
00:35:34,860 --> 00:35:37,260
had way greater powers
than Chief Engineer Yang.

391
00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:42,020
After all, a political commissar
has the final say on all important affairs.

392
00:35:42,020 --> 00:35:47,180
Obviously,
Lei Zhicheng made a personal decision

393
00:35:47,180 --> 00:35:49,500
to tell me the Red Coast's true purpose.

394
00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:55,220
I was really very grateful to him
for the trust he placed in me,

395
00:35:55,220 --> 00:36:04,340
because trust was a luxury I dared
not even wish for at that time.

396
00:36:06,220 --> 00:36:10,500
Maybe Chief Engineer Yang
was a somewhat prudent guy.

397
00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:12,340
That was what I thought.

398
00:36:12,340 --> 00:36:18,620
I felt Yang Weining was nothing more
than a typical intellectual of the period.

399
00:36:18,620 --> 00:36:27,420
I found his actions understandable,
but we became estranged from each other.

400
00:36:27,420 --> 00:36:30,460
Fortunately, Political Commissar Lei
trusted you.

401
00:36:30,460 --> 00:36:32,140
Yeah.

402
00:36:32,140 --> 00:36:34,500
I feel he's a serviceman.

403
00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:39,020
He had a soldier’s frank
and forthright manners.

404
00:36:40,060 --> 00:36:49,940
In fact, from then on,
everything changed.

405
00:36:52,940 --> 00:36:54,940
What happened next?

406
00:36:54,940 --> 00:36:57,740
When time gets involved,

407
00:36:57,740 --> 00:37:02,540
the line between right and wrong
becomes blurry.

408
00:37:02,540 --> 00:37:04,940
Take Lei Zhicheng for example.

409
00:37:04,940 --> 00:37:11,980
I learnt much later
that all he told me was a lie.

410
00:37:11,980 --> 00:37:14,940
A lie?

411
00:37:15,740 --> 00:37:18,700
About the true purpose of Red Coast?

412
00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:22,220
The true reason they built Red Coast

413
00:37:22,220 --> 00:37:28,780
was far more important and complicated
than he said it was.

414
00:37:29,340 --> 00:37:32,540
And far more incredible.

415
00:37:34,260 --> 00:37:38,220
Wasn't Red Coast for reconnoitering

416
00:37:38,220 --> 00:37:42,340
and destroying enemy countries'
communication satellites?

417
00:37:47,580 --> 00:37:51,380
The true value of Red Coast...

418
00:38:00,260 --> 00:38:08,940
Sorry, Wang, about this part,
I cannot tell you yet.

419
00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:14,020
I understand.

420
00:38:14,020 --> 00:38:16,180
Sorry, Ms. Ye.

421
00:38:16,180 --> 00:38:20,740
I asked too many questions,
but I'm very grateful to you

422
00:38:20,740 --> 00:38:24,180
for telling me
so many interesting past events.

423
00:38:24,180 --> 00:38:27,100
Thank you.

424
00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:30,500
Red Coast was a giant microwave oven?

425
00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:32,620
Then why did they keep it secret?

426
00:38:32,620 --> 00:38:34,620
Professor Ye didn't say
it's a microwave oven.

427
00:38:34,620 --> 00:38:37,460
It's your job to find out what it was.

428
00:38:37,460 --> 00:38:40,060
I know. I know.

429
00:38:40,060 --> 00:38:41,620
The archives are still classified.

430
00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:45,180
Chang has been rushing them,
and I've been rushing Chang.

431
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:51,420
Have you noticed this doubtful point?

432
00:38:51,420 --> 00:38:54,580
Yang Weining.

433
00:38:54,740 --> 00:38:57,140
What about him?

434
00:38:57,140 --> 00:38:59,140
Yang Dong.

435
00:38:59,140 --> 00:39:02,580
Yang Dong's surname was also Yang.

436
00:39:04,540 --> 00:39:06,300
I was too embarrassed to ask her.

437
00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:07,900
I can't believe this.

438
00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:10,060
You are too thin-skinned.

439
00:39:10,060 --> 00:39:12,780
Do you still remember
how I interrogated you that day?

440
00:39:12,780 --> 00:39:15,500
I saw the look in your eyes
when you saw Yang Dong's picture.

441
00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:18,220
Your eyes just lit up.

442
00:39:18,220 --> 00:39:20,740
What did I say? I said "You know her?"

443
00:39:20,740 --> 00:39:22,980
You know her?

444
00:39:22,980 --> 00:39:27,580
You don't know her,
but want to know her?

445
00:39:33,020 --> 00:39:34,060
Don't overthink it.

446
00:39:34,060 --> 00:39:35,020
I'm just telling you

447
00:39:35,020 --> 00:39:37,420
a cop must not overlook any detail
when looking into a case.

448
00:39:37,420 --> 00:39:38,660
I'm not a cop.

449
00:39:38,660 --> 00:39:39,460
I know.

450
00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:42,820
But it's the same thing, isn't it?

451
00:39:44,740 --> 00:39:46,940
Did you solve the problems in the game?

452
00:39:46,940 --> 00:39:48,820
I kind of made some progress.

453
00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:52,820
But about the flying stars,
Professor Ye doesn't know much either.

454
00:39:52,820 --> 00:39:54,820
Flying stars?

455
00:39:54,820 --> 00:39:56,980
I think I...

456
00:39:56,980 --> 00:40:00,260
You read it only this morning.

457
00:40:06,460 --> 00:40:07,940
Yeah.

458
00:40:07,940 --> 00:40:11,700
Sha Ruishan gave us this paper.

459
00:40:18,020 --> 00:40:20,540
Do you know who wrote it?

460
00:40:20,540 --> 00:40:22,060
Who?

461
00:40:22,060 --> 00:40:25,300
Yang Dong's mother.

462
00:40:26,060 --> 00:40:28,980
Ye Wenjie.

463
00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:53,860
Stellar Structure and Evolution.

464
00:40:53,860 --> 00:40:56,420
Professor Ye recommended this book
to me.

465
00:40:56,420 --> 00:41:00,460
She said she quoted a lot
from this book when writing this paper.

466
00:41:00,460 --> 00:41:02,940
I need to find this book
and read it asap.

467
00:41:02,940 --> 00:41:06,460
I'll take this paper with me
and do some research.

468
00:41:06,460 --> 00:41:07,540
I've got to go.

469
00:41:07,540 --> 00:41:10,100
Alright.

470
00:41:20,260 --> 00:41:24,860
Are you more suspicious
of Ye Wenjie now?

471
00:41:24,860 --> 00:41:33,900
At first I just felt she took
Yang Dong's death too calmly.

472
00:41:38,980 --> 00:41:41,860
Her life remained completely unchanged.

473
00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:50,900
She accepted the turkey theory,
helped Wang Miao observe cosmic flicker.

474
00:41:50,900 --> 00:41:54,780
She encouraged Wang Miao
to follow Copernicus's example.

475
00:41:54,780 --> 00:42:00,380
She's also an astrophysicist,
who wrote a paper about flying stars.

476
00:42:00,380 --> 00:42:04,780
Just now Wang Miao said
that in the Red Coast Base,

477
00:42:04,780 --> 00:42:07,980
she loved to see the sun,

478
00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:13,060
but she's got nothing to do
with the Frontiers of Science.

479
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:22,340
It strikes me that she is the biggest
questionable point.

480
00:42:53,580 --> 00:43:00,340
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

481
00:43:01,060 --> 00:43:07,180
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

482
00:43:08,540 --> 00:43:14,900
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

483
00:43:15,820 --> 00:43:22,060
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

484
00:43:23,140 --> 00:43:29,860
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

485
00:43:30,580 --> 00:43:36,500
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

486
00:43:37,940 --> 00:43:44,060
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

487
00:43:45,340 --> 00:43:51,380
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

488
00:43:52,700 --> 00:43:59,380
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

489
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:06,380
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

490
00:44:07,540 --> 00:44:14,100
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

491
00:44:14,820 --> 00:44:21,220
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

492
00:44:22,180 --> 00:44:29,100
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

493
00:44:29,620 --> 00:44:35,460
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

494
00:44:36,940 --> 00:44:43,540
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

495
00:44:44,460 --> 00:44:50,300
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

496
00:44:51,780 --> 00:44:58,460
♪ I've seen things
you people won't believe ♪

497
00:44:59,180 --> 00:45:04,980
♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

498
00:45:06,420 --> 00:45:13,540
♪ I've known the future
you people won't think of ♪

499
00:45:13,900 --> 00:45:17,620
♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

500
00:45:17,620 --> 00:45:24,940
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