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

Chapter 379: Starlight is all over Mars!
After the three of them came in, they looked fawning and smiling, as if they wanted you, Rawls, to kowtow to them.

Rawls had a cold face and didn't look good to them.

"Several experts just finished a meeting, why are they here? Is there anything else?"

"We apologize to you on behalf of all the experts. What we said at the meeting was indeed wrong. We hope you can forgive us."

"Please don't take our faults to heart. Don't bother with us."

Rawls had a gloomy face and remained silent.

Several experts said a lot of good things, but they still couldn't melt the iceberg of Rawls.

Rawls was extremely disappointed with this group of experts and was too lazy to listen to anything they said.

I also know that what these experts said is nothing more than a stopgap measure, and they don’t really think that way at all.

It's not a true apology. You might smile at them one moment and they'll start cursing at you the next.

Therefore, he will not give any good face to these experts now.

The experts talked until they were dry-mouthed, but Rawls did not respond at all. In the end, they returned empty-handed and left in disgrace.

The moment the door closed, Rawls could even hear them cursing him outside the door, which further strengthened his confidence.

You must never be nice to this group of people, let alone give in.

The experts did not relax. After failing the first time, they came to see Rawls again for the second time. Under their repeated attacks, Rawls could no longer bear it.

After all, he still had to rely on this group of experts and couldn't fall out with them. In the end, he reached a settlement with this group of experts.

However, he also made it clear to these experts not to expect him to be good to them.

He would treat them like other experts in the base. The experts dared not say anything now. It would be good enough if they could calm Rawls' anger.

Afterwards, everyone started their research again. Because Rawls had reconciled with them, he gave them some more time to research.

But all this time is still wasted, and the experts still have not produced any results.

Everyone was at a loss.

In the evening, Rawls, feeling depressed, went to find Professor Wang for a drink and asked him if he had any good ideas.

Professor Wang drank and shook his head. He had tried every possible method, but still could not solve this problem.

There is only one other way, and that is to ask Su Chen for help.

Only with Su Chen's help could they get through the difficult times.

But Professor Wang has never mentioned this method. How could he say it? They were the ones who drove Su Chen away. Is it possible to ask Su Chen to come back now?
Luo Zhiguo is the biggest obstacle.

What's more, Su Chen looked unhappy when he left, and it was obvious that he would not come again.

Rawls asked again: "Professor Wang, please help me think of a solution."

When Professor Wang heard what he said, he understood what he meant. He just wanted him to tell him about the method of inviting Su Chen and then get out of it.

But what can I do if I say it myself?
Whether Su Chen would help or not was no longer something they could decide. Maybe they could have convinced Su Chen in the past, but now it was absolutely impossible.

Seeing that Professor Wang had no reaction at all, Rawls asked again.

Professor Wang smiled helplessly, drank the wine in the glass, and said lightly: "I know what you mean, don't you just want to ask Su Chen for help?"

Rawls nodded silently and drank the wine in the glass.

He also knew that it would be extremely difficult to invite Su Chen to come out of retirement, but what other methods were there?

If they don't invite Su Chen to come out, their project will be ruined.

"No matter what, I still have to call Su Chen."

Having said this, Rawls smiled bitterly.

"I have to contact Luo Zhiguo first, and I don't know how that guy will mock me."

He rubbed his forehead and suddenly looked at Professor Wang.

Professor Wang immediately understood what he meant and nodded. "I see. For the sake of the base, what does it matter if he ridicules me? I will contact him first and see what he thinks."

Under the influence of alcohol, the two men became bolder and probably were no longer afraid of Luo Zhiguo's ridicule.

Arriving at the liaison office, the two contacted Luo Zhiguo.

Because it was night and Luo Zhiguo was already asleep, a soldier went to look for Luo Zhiguo and woke him up, and that’s how they got in touch.

When Luo Zhiguo heard that these two people were looking for him, he deliberately delayed time.

An hour later, he finally heard the two people's voices. Both of them spoke a little unclearly, and he thought they were sick or deliberately pretending in front of him.

"Why are you two talking so unclearly? Are you sick? If you are sick, take some time to rest. Why are you calling me so late at night?"

After Luo Zhiguo finished speaking, he added, "Okay, I'm hanging up."

He made a gesture as if to hang up, but didn't actually do it.

I could hear the two people on the other end of the phone were getting anxious.

"Don't hang up, please."

Rawls's plea for mercy made Luo Zhiguo feel a lot better.

Then Rawls continued, "I know that what happened last time was all our fault, but I still hope you can understand me."

"We both have the same identity. If it were you, what would you do?"

Rawls did not put forward his request immediately, but hoped to impress Luo Zhiguo and make him understand him.

As long as he understands himself, things will be easy with Su Chen.

Su Chen is a soft-hearted person. As long as you beg hard, he will definitely be willing to help. This is also what Professor Wang meant.

Luo Zhiguo sneered and remained silent.

He knew that there was nothing good about these two people calling him, wanting him to empathize with them and understand them, but who could understand Su Chen?

Why should Su Chen be wronged? Why should he be accused and abused by them?

I must vent my anger for Su Chen today.

When two people came to him, he basically understood what they were going to do.

Su Chen also said when they chatted before that although there were no major problems with the railway project, there was still a crucial issue that had not been resolved.

Given the abilities of Professor Wang and his colleagues, it would probably take some time to thoroughly study this issue.

Su Chen did not say that they could not figure it out. In Su Chen's eyes, there was nothing that only he could figure out.

He believes that Professor Wang and his team have the ability, and it is only a matter of time before they overcome the problem.

More than a month had passed, and he thought that Professor Wang and his colleagues had solved the problem, but who would have thought that they had not yet solved it.

Rawls said a lot of nice things, hoping that Luo Zhiguo could understand him, but Luo Zhiguo remained silent and became a mute. No matter what Rawls said, he just kept silent.

Rawls thought he had hung up the phone and called Zhiguo several times before Luo Zhiguo responded with a “hmm”.

Hearing that he was still listening, Rawls continued to talk about his grievances, and even started to cry as he spoke.

Luo Zhiguo remained unmoved, knowing that everything Rawls did was just pretense.
He wanted to see what other tricks Rawls could come up with.

Rawls tried his best but still failed to impress Luo Zhiguo.

He looked at Professor Wang helplessly and nodded at him reluctantly.

Now it all depends on Professor Wang. If Professor Wang can't convince Luo Zhiguo, they will be completely finished.

Professor Wang took on the important task and first greeted Luo Zhiguo.

Luo Zhiguo had a good impression of Professor Wang. When Professor Wang greeted him, he also said hello.

However, this "hello" made Professor Wang feel a sense of alienation.

They never said hello to each other before, but now one hello makes them strangers.

Professor Wang knew that it would be very difficult to convince Rawls, so after thinking for a long time, he asked, "Did Su Chen rest?"

"I took a break." Luo Zhiguo replied casually.

In fact, Su Chen hasn't rested yet. Su Chen has had nothing to do recently, so he reads until very late and usually rests after eleven o'clock.

"How is he doing lately? Is he still angry about what happened last time?"

Luo Zhiguo was silent for a moment, and said unhappily: "Although Su Chen has a good temper and is kind, how can he not be angry when encountering such a thing?"

"He wasn't angry before because he was generous and because you hadn't done anything particularly excessive. But this time you really went too far."

"Professor Wang, I respect you very much, so I don't want to say anything unpleasant. I also hope you won't say anything that makes me unhappy."

After saying this, all the words that Professor Wang had prepared were blocked on his lips, and he couldn't say anything.

After a moment's silence, Professor Wang continued, "Could you please call Su Chen over? We have something to discuss with him."

Luo Zhiguo immediately refused and refused to call Su Chen over no matter what, and he even hung up the phone.

Professor Wang quickly dropped the topic and turned his attention to Luo Zhiguo.

Asking Luo Zhiguo how he is doing recently, whether anything happened at the base, whether he is eating well, and whether he is sleeping well is like caring about his wife and children.

Luo Zhiguo was able to chat with them at first, but as the conversation went on he became a little impatient.

Because he had been chatting with these two people for two hours, he was clear about their purpose, which was to find Su Chen and ask Su Chen for help.

However, he would never disturb Su Chen. There was only one liaison room in the base. As long as he controlled the communication firmly, these two people would never be able to contact Su Chen unless they came to their base.

Rawls couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed Professor Wang's microphone and said to Luo Zhiguo loudly: "If you don't call Su Chen over, we will go to see Su Chen in person."

Luo Zhiguo laughed, not afraid of Rawls's threat at all, and said calmly: "Come on, I won't open the door for you anyway."

"I have already notified the guards outside. If they see you, they will stop you and they are not to tell Su Chen."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you one thing."

"I told the people in our base why Su Chen came back. Guess how they reacted?"

Professor Wang and Rawls's expressions suddenly changed.

If the people in their base knew about this, they would definitely have a bad feeling about me.

I'm afraid that if they go to the base again, no one will welcome them warmly, and they'll be lucky if no one beats them.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Luo Zhiguo decisively hung up the phone. He didn't want to chat with the two of them anymore.

Professor Wang and Rawls looked at each other, helpless.

The two men walked back while discussing what to do.

Rawls gritted his teeth and thought to himself: If there is no other choice, I can only go to the base. Even if I am not welcome there, even if I am ridiculed there, I must see Su Chen and I must invite Su Chen over.

He solemnly told Professor Wang his idea. Professor Wang pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's not important whether to invite Su Chen over now."

"As long as Su Chen is willing to help us, there's nothing wrong with letting him do the research in his own base."

Rawls nodded.

When he was about to reach the room, Rawls suddenly thought of someone, that person was Yuan Jingna.

"Why don't we contact Yuan Jingna?"

"I remember that Yuan Jingna's planting base also has communication equipment. Can we ask Su Chen for help through him?"

Professor Wang shook his head. How could he know? But there was a glimmer of hope, so they had to give it a try.

The two returned to the liaison room again to contact Yuan Jingna.

It was already past three in the morning when they contacted Yuan Jingna. Yuan Jingna was woken up and was very unhappy. She scolded the two of them.

At this moment, the two felt that Yuan Jingna's temper was even worse than Luo Zhiguo's.

After complaining for a while, Yuan Jingna finally asked, "How did you two have time to call me?"

"And it's so late, is there something important?"

Rawls smiled awkwardly: "Nothing important, I just want to ask if you slept well and how was your meal?"

Hearing the other party's perfunctory response, Yuan Jingna couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"You said I slept well or not. I slept well, but you disturbed me."

Rawls was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

Yuan Jingna said impatiently: "Okay, don't say these polite words in front of me."

"If you have any problem, just tell me. I will help you if I can."

"I can't help you, so don't make it difficult for me."

Rawls nodded silently and whispered, "I feel ashamed when I talk about this matter..."

"You also know why Su Chen left our base, right?"

Yuan Jingna was startled, then she understood Luo Zhiguo's intention and frowned and said, "You don't want me to help you invite Su Chen, do you?"

"I can't help you with this matter. You should go find Luo Zhiguo."

"If Luo Zhiguo is willing to help you, I can say a few words for you."

"If Luo Zhiguo doesn't want to, there's nothing I can do."

(End of this chapter)