"Maotai more than fifty years old?"
"Wouldn't a bottle easily sell for over a million out there?"
"Elder Zhong was actually willing to part with it?"
Chen Jue was surprised to hear that, too.
"More than that! Maotai over fifty years old is now going for four or five million a bottle!"
"And you can't find any for sale even at that price!" As Liu Chengdong spoke, he raised his wrist and tapped his smartwatch, enlarging a Maotai auction news article he had searched up and projecting it before them.
The headline read, "Maotai fetches astronomical price of 10.7 million yuan for a single bottle." Scrolling down revealed a photo of the old bottle of Maotai and its auction transaction record.
"Tsk, tsk! It can even project straight into the air. This watch is so useful. Old Liu, you've got to get me one soon." Chen Jue had little interest in expensive liquor like this, but he did offer a few words of praise for the smartwatch's practicality.
"Leave it to me. Once we've seen Academician Huang, we'll go collect one from logistics."
"Right now, this watch can only be used within the base. It has a location lock, so most of its functions get disabled once you leave. Otherwise, I would've shown it to you ages ago," Liu Chengdong explained.
The two chatted on the shuttle about changes and amusing incidents at the base, and soon the vehicle arrived outside a square building with a white curtain wall.
They scanned through access control and entered the building, where a long glass corridor ran alongside a series of partitioned square areas.
Each area contained different medical equipment, from familiar Magnetic Resonance Imaging and CT Chest X-ray machines to blood glucose, blood oxygen, and blood pressure monitors. There were also