Smith said awkwardly, "I know that it sounds like a strange thing, but I really think that there's nothing better for us to do now. The White House has already given us such a big battle, so we cannot declare failure in less than a day, right? If we did, in the eyes of the White House, how different would we be compared to a bunch of useless people, then?"
Roger wanted to cry, but he had no tears, and he said," Smith... we are all scientists, and asking scientists to d o such metaphysical things is not professional at all..."
Smith said, "There's no other way. We just have to bite the bullet and do it. Otherwise, what else should we d o?"
At this time, a researcher with Oriental features mustered the courage to speak up, "Mr. Rogers, I suggest that it would be best for us to go to Aurous Hill for a field trip and an on-the-spot investigation. We can then bring back several environmental samples to be studied such as the air, groundwater, surface water, the rainfall there, and so on."
When Rogers saw that the person looked rather Oriental, he asked curiously, "You're Oskian?"
"No. I’m Japanese."
Roger asked again, "Do you think that we need to go through so much trouble to visit the local area?"
The man replied with a serious expression, "I did microbial research and development in Japan for many years before I immigrated to the United States. A t that time, Japan’s economy was booming, and everyone from all walks of life was imitating excellent products overseas, not only in the automobile industry, optics, steel, medicine, and others, but even i n the wine-making industry!"
As he spoke, the man continued explaining, "At that time, many Japanese distilleries had commissioned u s to help them reverse-engineer the European and American whisky as well as the Oskian Moutai wine s o that we could imitate it. It was very simple to imitate the Western whisky, and we had a breakthrough after not too long. Not long after that, the quality and taste o f Japanese whisky then exceeded those of the European products and won over a large market share. However, we failed to imitate the Oskian's Moutai wine.”
Roger asked him, "Why? Is there anything special about Moutai wine?"
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