Era: I have a two-world door

Chapter 663, Deception

Zhang Zongyao was also taken aback for a moment.

"Jinhua, Lao Gao, Liu Cheng... why is it you guys?"

Liu Jinhua shook her head: "I don't know, we were arrested... then someone rescued us and brought us here. Teacher, what are you doing here?"

Everyone else was talking at once.

Zhang Zongyao listened there, then nodded slightly.

He looked at Li Sichen beside him and said, "Mr. Li, I'll take them to take a shower first. Could you get them something to eat later?"

Li Sichen smiled and nodded: "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, the food is on its way. You can take a shower first, and then we can chat after you've eaten. You know where the clothes are. You can go find some suitable clothes first. If none of them fit, tell me the size, and I will send some more over."

Zhang Zongyao agreed, and then said to the crowd, "Come with me!"

He has been living here for about ten days and has already figured things out.

Although everyone had many questions, now was not the time to discuss them; they would ask them more carefully later.

And they really are too sloppy now.

Upon arriving at the storage room, everyone began searching for clothes that fit them according to their sizes.

Outerwear, underwear, socks, and shoes are all available.

They mostly wore casual clothes.

The woman's clothes were kept in another room.

Zhang Zongyao was most familiar with the place, so naturally he made the arrangements there.

Each room in the dormitory has a shower, and all toiletries are provided.

……

The group of people took a refreshing shower.

They changed into matching loose-fitting casual clothes before coming out.

The people who came out afterward went to the second floor.

library.

There is a large library here, filled with many books.

"teacher!"

Liu Jinhua came over and saw many people engrossed in reading. Although she was curious, she held back her curiosity.

"Teacher, what are you doing here?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zongyao sighed and said, "I don't know the specifics. I was locked up and didn't eat for many days, and those people..."

She recounted what had happened to her.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "When I woke up, I was already on Hong Kong Island. What about you?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Jinhua frowned and said, "We're in a similar situation. Everyone has faced similar circumstances and is in mortal danger..."

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Teacher, do you think it's possible that outside forces lured us here?"

Zhang Zongyao nodded slightly: "That possibility cannot be ruled out, but I have been here for more than a week and there has been no sign of such a thing, nor have they said they would send me away. They just told me to rest here and wait for further notice."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jinhua pondered for a moment.

The two chatted for a while longer, and it was impossible to tell who had brought them there.

Liu Jinhua looked at the others.

A wave of curiosity washed over him: "Teacher, what are they looking at?"

These people all look so hungry and thirsty, which doesn't make sense!
Zhang Zongyao laughed and said, "You'll see for yourself."

Liu Jinhua walked over curiously.

"Professor Liu, take a look at this book."

Lost in thought, someone handed her a book.

These are the people in their department.

Curious, I took it.

He was immediately drawn in and quickly looked up at Zhang Zongyao: "Teacher, these... these are books on integrated circuits, analog circuit development, memory construction and packaging reliability analysis, how... how do they have these things?"

They had received some books before, and this was one of them.

They were absolutely shocked.

Those who treasured this book were classified as confidential.

They haven't even fully grasped the basics of those books.

To conduct experiments, it is necessary to purchase a large number of equipment and instruments, and also to establish one's own wafer fab.

A wafer fab costs more than two million US dollars.

By the time they got into trouble, it hadn't been approved.

Zhang Zongyao looked at the library and said, "You'll understand if you look at the other books."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jinhua hurriedly went to look at other books.

I don't know if I don't see it, I'm startled when I see it.

Many of the books here are classified as confidential.

Because there are also scholars in China who have just returned from abroad, and they have never seen these things in academia.

Having these things not only makes the research very meaningful.

Moreover, it is of great significance for teaching and cultivating relevant students.

……

Wang Qingsong arrived at the location and went straight inside.

At this moment, Li Sichen was directing people to move the food into the cafeteria.

"Ah Xuan!"

Seeing him approach, Li Sichen greeted him.

Wang Qingsong hummed in agreement and chuckled, "How were those people when they came over? No resistance, right?"

Li Sichen thought for a moment and said, "It's alright! But these people seem to be in a very low mood."

Hearing this, Wang Qingsong nodded slightly: "I know. I'll contact Shirley and have someone come over to examine them. But there's one thing: medical staff are not allowed to have any unnecessary communication with patients."

With more people coming in the future, it won't be possible for Shirley to come alone.

This will only reduce communication between the two sides.

Li Sichen agreed: "Okay, I understand. I'll go call them down for dinner."

Wang Qingsong naturally followed.

Upon arriving at the library on the second floor, I found a group of people engrossed in reading.

Even if you're completely engrossed, you'll still have to endure a long and tiring journey.

I still went to eat with them.

Wang Qingsong looked at Zhang Zongyao and smiled, "Mr. Zhang! Your mission has begun."

"A...mission?"

Zhang Zongyao opened his mouth wide.

Wang Qingsong said with a smile, "That's right, otherwise why would we have asked you to come over? You go and eat first, and we can talk about other things after you've eaten."

We'll use these people, even if it means deceiving and bluffing!
Zhang Zongyao hesitated for a moment, then decided to go eat first.

Wang Qingsong was very busy today and didn't even eat.

Then we went to the cafeteria.

With Zhang Zongyao present, and seeing how polite everyone had been along the way, the group felt at ease enough to eat.

As for the rest, do you want to know?

no way!

Wang Qingsong followed and looked at the food.

It's alright. They're all aluminum lunchboxes, with two meat dishes and three vegetable dishes inside, plus a soup on the side.

Rice is unlimited, and soup is unlimited.

"Have you eaten yet? Want to eat together?" She asked with a smile, looking at Li Sichen beside her.

Li Sichen smiled and nodded: "Okay! We'll eat here. Their food is all cooked in a small kitchen, so it tastes pretty good."

Wang Qingsong nodded.

The two of them each took a lunchbox and went to the side.

I wasn't with anyone else.

The two sat down at a table, and Wang Qingsong said, "More and more people will be coming here in the future, so we need to take care of the canteen. We'll pay them their wages in Hong Kong dollars, and deduct any expenses they need from their wages."

With more people, it will be impossible to handle everything properly.

You'll still get paid, and you can buy whatever you want to eat or spend money on whatever you want.

Moreover, each of these people has different abilities, so their salaries cannot be the same.

He can't possibly run a communal dining system!

That's impractical.

Li Sichen thought about it for a moment and nodded slightly: "Sure! Anyway, you can buy a lot of things in the park."

"Ok!"

Wang Qingsong nodded slightly.

Moreover, with the increasing number of people, it's impossible for him to imprison them all here.

Going out occasionally is still very necessary.

The two ate their meal, chatted, and discussed their future plans.

Li Sichen was still very busy; she left after finishing her meal.

There will be people specifically assigned to clean this area.

……

After everyone had eaten, they were given time to chat.

More than an hour later, Wang Qingsong finally called Zhang Zongyao and Liu Jinhua together.

"Academician Zhang, Professor Liu, I've called you two together today because I have something to tell you. We've received news from the mainland that they want to purchase a high-performance mainframe computer, but we don't have the channels. As you know, this is one of the projects embargoed by COCOM, and it's one of the top-ranked ones."

Therefore, we need you here to study mainframe computers and related technologies.

"Mainframe computer?"

Liu Jinhua blinked upon hearing this.

Wang Qingsong nodded and smiled, "You're from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, so someone among you should know about this."

He even suspected that Liu Jinhua definitely knew.

Sure enough, Liu Jinhua's eyes still looked somewhat strange.

Seeing this, Wang Qingsong said, "I know you must have some suspicions about me coming here suddenly, wondering if I'm some kind of foreign spy."

Seeing that the two remained silent, he continued, "Academician Zhang, think about it, if I were a foreign spy, would I be able to send such high-level information over there? Besides this, I believe there are many other things that you also know about. I also got the CNC machine tools over there."

Your task now is to develop a mainframe computer. The United States sold mainframe computers abroad in 1965. If I were a spy, would I need you to bother researching this?

Of course, the situation in mainland China is special right now, and many people are unable to protect themselves, and official orders are not being effectively communicated.

If you don't believe us, then there's nothing we can do.

Both of them were surprised to hear that he was the one who arranged for the CNC machine tool.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences also has CNC machine tools, mainly for researching machine tool systems, since machine tool factories have dedicated research institutes.

"Did you also make the CNC machine tools?"

Wang Qingsong nodded and said, "Yes!"

Liu Jinhua and Zhang Zongyao looked at each other.

He then said, "Then tell us first! We don't have any information on how mainframe computers are developed."

Seeing this, Wang Qingsong said, "You don't need to worry about that. Whatever equipment or mainframe computer parts you need, we'll find them for you. After it's completed, the mainframe computer will be secretly sent to the mainland."

Perhaps some of you will be able to go back with us then.

I also made a big promise there.

Liu Jinhua was tempted upon hearing this, but he was still worried about Wang Qingsong.

We decided to stabilize him first.

"Can we talk about this?"

Wang Qingsong nodded slightly: "Alright, you two discuss it. I'll wait for you outside! This isn't urgent. I have something else to do."

After saying that, he left.

……

After everyone left, Liu Jinhua turned to Zhang Zongyao and asked, "Teacher, what do you think?"

Zhang Zongyao thought for a moment and shook his head: "Actually, I can't tell whether what he said is true or false! At least for now, it doesn't seem to have any malicious intent."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jinhua nodded slightly and said, "Teacher, you should know that it was my suggestion to purchase a mainframe computer, but nothing ever came of it. After the incident, the matter was never brought up again."

What he said must be true.

And he's right about one thing: if they just have us build mainframe computers, it doesn't really make much sense; it will only teach us more.

The United States already has mainframe computers; there's no need for this extra step.

Zhang Zongyao nodded slightly, deep in thought.

He then said, "The situation on the mainland is indeed not very good. Scientific research has almost come to a standstill. Now that we are here, we cannot let our knowledge fall behind. We can still use it when we go back in the future."

Liu Jinhua pondered for a moment.

He said, "I've read the books in the library, and they are incredibly important. If we can absorb everything here, it will greatly advance the technology in the mainland."

Zhang Zongyao thought about it and agreed: "Yes! What we learn is what we own. Before Qian** returned to China, he was also doing experiments in a laboratory in the United States! Why can't we? If we learn the knowledge, and have the opportunity to leave here in the future, we can also contribute to our motherland."

Seeing this, Liu Jinhua hesitated for a moment and said, "Teacher, actually... if there is an opportunity, we can pass on the news that you are here. Perhaps they will release you under pressure. This is a big deal!"

Hearing this, Zhang Zongyao smiled wryly and said, "I'm too old to bother with all this. Of course, the main reason is that we can't be sure that this place was set up by spies."

What if we're being forced to conduct research here because of the complex situation on the mainland?

Liu Jinhua paused for a moment.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Alright then! But we two can't make a decision on this. I'll discuss it with the other comrades and see what they say before considering communicating with them!"

Zhang Zongyao agreed upon hearing this.

After all, this is no small matter.

……

After Wang Qingsong came out, he first called Shirley.

Tell her to bring people over this afternoon to give these people a medical check-up.

Then I called Song Wenqing.

"Mr. Li, you were looking for me?"

"Well, Mr. Song, I have some thoughts about the mainframe computer you mentioned before. Do you have time to come to the industrial park so we can talk about it?"

After Wang Qingsong finished speaking, there was no sound from the other end.

After a long while, Song Wenqing's voice finally came through.

"Okay, Mr. Li, I'll go over there first. Please wait for me."

Then hung up the phone.

Wang Qingsong hung up the phone, pondered for a moment, then left the compound and waited for Song Wenqing at the gate, ignoring the people there.

The reason he asked Song Wenqing to come over was...

Naturally, he was using the other party's name to get these researchers to do things for him.

However, he wouldn't tell Song Wenqing what these people were doing in the factory area.

He didn't want to be hunted down by people from the mainland.

You should know that what he did was extremely serious.

(End of this chapter)