I ask you to design equipment, but you do science fiction for me?

Chapter 377 New additional conditions!
Other experts were also discussing the matter and were very dissatisfied with Rawls's words.

Rawls placed his hands on the podium, smiled at them, nodded silently, but disagreed in his heart.

That sounds good, but how much time have I given you and what have you figured out?
If it weren't for Su Chen's secret help, I'm afraid your research would still be in the preliminary stage.

He originally wanted to tell others about Su Chen's secret help, but he still kept it to himself.

"Okay, you guys are ambitious, and I'm very happy too."

"But you can't just talk about it."

"Tell me the truth, how many more talents will it take to solve this problem?"

"We can't delay it for a year or two. If we delay it until Mars explodes, that would be too inhumane."

The experts were filled with hatred and cursed Rawls in their hearts.

But what Rawls said is true. We must give it some time and cannot keep dragging it on.

But they didn't know how long it would take. They spent ten days at first but still couldn't solve the problem.

Now Rawls gave them such a time order again.

Everyone turned their eyes to Professor Wang, thinking that it was Professor Wang's turn to speak.

Under the gaze of everyone, Professor Wang stood up helplessly, gave them a bitter smile, and then said to Rawls: "Give us another month."

Everyone thought about it silently. Although one month is not a long time, it is long enough and they cannot ask for more.

They looked at Rawls worriedly, wondering whether Rawls would agree.

Rawls was silent for a long time, then nodded helplessly, stretched out a finger, shook it and said seriously: "I will only give you one month."

"If we still haven't figured it out in a month, think about the consequences."

At the end of his speech, he slammed the finger he had raised onto the table. The pain made the corner of his mouth twitch slightly. He quickly put his hand back to his leg and rubbed it vigorously with his other finger to soothe the injured finger.

I thought the meeting was over, and Rawls thought so too. Everything that needed to be said had been said, and the rest depended on their efforts.

But just as he turned to leave, one of the experts suddenly stood up, looked at Rawls and said, "I know you think that if we drive Su Chen away, it will have an impact on the entire base. I know you value Su Chen very much."

"But I want to tell you that the result will be the same whether Su Chen is there or not."

"Whether we succeed in our research or not, whether we have solved the problem or not, it is not up to Su Chen to decide."

"Even without Su Chen, we will be able to solve this problem."

"With Su Chen, this problem may not be solved."

Rawls didn't listen to what this person said at all. When this person mentioned Su Chen, he knew that this person would definitely not say anything good.

Others also began to express their thoughts, meaning that it didn’t matter whether Su Chen was there or not, and their base did not need to rely on Su Chen.

Rawls stared at them silently. He was about to go down, but then he slowly turned back and returned to the podium, staring at them with a cold face.

"Do you feel that the research you have done in the past period of time was all achieved through your own efforts?"

When everyone heard what Rawls said, they knew he had something else in mind, and their faces immediately turned extremely ugly.

Could it be that the previous research is related to Su Chen?
The experts immediately became unhappy, and some even almost cursed Rawls.

This guy is so dishonest. In order to please Su Chen, he actually said that their research results were done by Su Chen.

Although Su Chen was at the base some time ago, he did not participate in any research. How can it be said that the previous results were related to Su Chen?

Rawls, what do you mean?
"Su Chen didn't participate in the research before, but from what you said it seems that we were able to succeed because of his help."

"I hope you can explain this matter clearly, and don't quietly transfer the results of our hard work to others."

When Rawls heard this, he got angry. Who do these people think they are? What do they think of themselves as?

Do you really think you are so great?

Just when he couldn't help but tell the truth, Professor Wang at the side quickly stood up and pulled Rawls away.

He went up to the podium and chatted with the crowd for a few minutes. After calming the group of people, he calmed Rawls.

Rawls had a gloomy face and ignored what Professor Wang said.

If it weren't for Professor Wang's intervention, he would have made the matter public and made this group of people proud.

When they learned that their research was entirely done with the help of Su Chen, let’s see what they said and what their faces looked like.

"You shouldn't have stopped me." Rawls finally said this to Professor Wang, and his voice was so loud that everyone could hear it.

Everyone knew that Rawls seemed to have a secret to tell, but was stopped by Professor Wang. As for what the secret was, everyone had some vague guesses, but they were unwilling to admit it.

No one asked Professor Wang, and no one asked Rawls.

They knew very well that if they questioned Rawls, he would tell the secret.

When that time comes, what should they do?
They are too embarrassed to see anyone, so now they can only pretend that they know nothing and continue with their research.

As long as the current problem is solved, Rawls will probably not say anything, and the secret will be stillborn.

As long as they don't say it out loud, they can pretend that nothing has happened and enjoy all the honors with peace of mind.

However, things always go against one's wishes.

They had a good idea, but they could never solve the problem.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and the experts are so anxious that they are running around like ants on hot pot. Now no one is doing research anymore.

Because there were less than three days left before a month, they knew very well that even if they studied day and night, they would not be able to come up with anything in these three days.

Because they have used up a month's time without making any progress, with another three days left, what discoveries could they make?

Everyone has given up at this moment. They have given up hope and admitted that they are incompetent. Some of them just lie down in the dormitory and fall asleep, and no matter how they are called, they won't wake up.

In order not to give them any excuses, Rawls basically did not visit them for the past month.

If I go there, these experts will make excuses and ask what are you doing here and why you are affecting our work.

Now he didn't go, he wanted to take a look at this group of experts for no reason.

Can it be researched out?

If they couldn't figure it out, Rawls decided to ridicule them severely.

Except for Professor Wang, no one else has stopped researching. Professor Wang knows there is little hope, but as an expert, he cannot give up.

Even if the chances were slim, he would continue his research. As long as he was alive, he would figure out the problem. One month later, Rawls arrived. When he came to the laboratory, he found it empty. There was only an old figure standing in a corner studying something. No one else was there.

Rawls immediately exploded, kicked over the table in front of him, and walked up to Professor Wang with a cold face.

"Professor Wang, where are the others?"

"Give up." Professor Wang sighed. He didn't know what to say at the moment, let alone how to persuade Rawls.

Rawls gnashed his teeth and said to a soldier behind him, "Tell them to hold a meeting immediately. No matter what they have to do, put it aside. Everyone should be in the meeting room within an hour."

"If anyone doesn't come, get out of here immediately."

In less than an hour, most of the experts arrived, but one of them did not come.

This expert had been very arrogant before, but now he has finally behaved himself. He hid in the room and refused to come out. The soldiers called him twice, but he still did not come out, saying that he was sick.

Upon learning that the expert did not come, Rawls was so angry that he slammed the table, called four soldiers and told them: no matter what method you use, you must bring the person here, even if he is dead, you must carry the body here.

Seeing Rolls' rage, everyone at the scene remained silent.

Everyone knew that Rawls would never end this matter easily today and would definitely ridicule them severely.

Professor Wang sat in the front row, not saying a word, silently watching everything happening before his eyes, feeling a sense of sadness in his heart.

Ten minutes later, the expert came in, carried by two soldiers, cursing, and was obviously very dissatisfied with the soldiers' rude behavior.

When he saw Rawls, he seemed to have found his backbone, and shouted at Rawls: "Rawls, look at what they are doing, is this how you treat our experts?"

Rawls smiled coldly, waved his hand, and asked the two soldiers to leave.

He stared at the experts in front of him and said, "This is how I treat you."

"Do you remember what you said before? Do you have anything to say to me now?"

"I've given you a month. Now I want your research results. I want to know whether you have solved the problem."

Just this sentence.

The question left everyone present speechless.

Rawls pointed at the expert who had just arrived not far away and said, "I asked you to come to the meeting, why didn't you come?"

"I am sick."

The expert didn't realize the seriousness of the problem yet and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Rawls nodded silently and said, "Okay, since you are sick, I will let you go back to recuperate."

Having said this, he looked at the soldier standing at the door and said, "Send him back to Base No. 3."

As soon as these words were uttered, the expert was completely dumbfounded.

Not long ago, he had just driven away Su Chen from Base No. 3 and offended Luo Zhiguo.

If he were asked to go back to Base No. 3 now, no one would want him.

He was thinking of waiting until this matter was settled and then returning to Base No. 3 after two years. By then, there would probably be no problems.

But unexpectedly, Rawls actually wanted to send him back.

He immediately rushed to Rawls, glaring at him and shouting, "You can't send me back. I was seconded here by you. Didn't you say I would be seconded for several years? Why are you sending me away now?"

"Aren't you sick? Our medical facilities cannot treat you, so we can only send you back."

"I'm not going back. I'm fine here. I'm just suffering from a minor illness. I'll be fine after a few days of rest."

"You have no chance."

Rawls said indifferently and waved his hand.

Two soldiers rushed up and took the expert away.

Then, he silently stared at the group of frightened experts in front of him, grinned, and asked someone to bring the communication equipment over.

No one knew what he was going to do.

In front of the experts, Rawls answered Luo Zhiguo's call and turned on the loudspeaker.
"Luo Zhiguo? I'm in a meeting with this group of experts and I have something to tell you."

Luo Zhiguo on the other end of the phone was puzzled and asked: Why are you calling me when you are meeting with experts?

He didn't ask, but he was very clear that his conversation with Rawls could definitely be heard by other experts.

At this time, Rawls said: "An expert just fell ill. I invited him to the meeting, but he refused to come."

"The medical facilities at our base are not good, so I plan to send him back to your base. I wonder what you think."

Luo Zhiguo was silent for a moment. Although he didn't know what happened over there, he had already made a plan and would never let this group of experts come back. His voice immediately turned cold.

"I'm sorry, our base already has enough manpower, and he is on secondment. It's not the right time yet, so our base cannot accept him."

When the experts heard Luo Zhiguo's words, a layer of cold sweat appeared on their foreheads.

He said that he couldn't keep them because the time was not right, but in fact everyone knew that Luo Zhiguo didn't want them anymore.

Even if the secondment is completed, I'm afraid I can't think of going back.

At this moment, they suddenly felt like they had fallen into an abyss and regretted what they had done.

"Is there no room for negotiation?" Rawls asked again.

Luo Zhiguo sneered, "There is no room for negotiation."

"When they drove Suchen away, there was no room for maneuver."

"I'm not afraid to tell you that even after the secondment, I won't let them come back. This group of people will be handed over to you from now on. You can do whatever you want with them."

After saying this, Luo Zhiguo hung up the phone.

The experts were so frightened that they were in a panic. Some of them had already begun to beg for mercy from Rawls, while others were still unconvinced and cursed Luo Zhiguo.

Rawls found that this group of people were still talking nonsense at this time, and some were even blaming Luo Zhiguo and Su Chen.

Totally unaware of my mistake.

He slammed the table angrily, and the group finally quieted down.

(End of this chapter)