Proposal

(A collection of messages from certain distant constellation.)

Dear creature on Earth,

Your research plan was discussed in our constellation. The only thing we want is to see a more sustainable project. Can you please change the proposal to a 10-year plan?

Sincerely, et cetera.

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(A letter that this unfortunate existence on Earth wrote but did not have the courage to send out.)

Dear alien,

If our great country cannot even fix up the agenda for the coming 18th National Congress (共產黨第十八次全國代表大會) two weeks later, I believe the only person in my planet who could write a detailed 10-year plan is Cai Bo-Li (蔡伯勵).

Sincerely,

Your humble servant on Earth