Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 1052 World Advanced Technology Research Institute
Conference room on the top floor of the administration building at Shenzhen Peace College.

"I'm saying this one last time!" Vice Dean Deng said solemnly into the microphone, looking at the image of the Shanghai conference room on the projection screen:

"The application requirements for the second Genius Training Camp are set by the Peace Group. If you want to help the Japanese islanders apply, go and communicate with the Peace Group. Our Peace Academy will not act as a mouthpiece."

In the conference room in Shanghai, someone immediately chimed in, "Vice Dean Deng, I heard that General Manager Chen of the Peace Group is currently staying at your Shenzhen Peace College."

"How about this? Help us arrange a meeting with Mr. Chen so we can talk to him in person!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the meeting rooms in the five cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen fell silent.

Seeing that Shenzhen didn't want to deal with the request from Shanghai, Elder Yang, who was presiding over the conference room in the capital, changed the subject and said, "Registration is a small matter. You can discuss it by phone after the meeting."

"Next, we need to re-discuss the issue of building the 'World Advanced Technology Research Institute' proposed by Consultant Zhang."

"Elder Yang!" someone interjected from the conference room in Shanghai, "Didn't we vote against this research institute before?"

Old Yang said calmly, "I just received the news this afternoon. Consultant Zhang said that since the mainland is unwilling to build this research institute, he will build it in Hong Kong!"

The host in the Huadu conference room hurriedly said, "Mr. Yang, Guangdong Province has always supported Consultant Zhang in establishing this research institute. Please convey to Consultant Zhang that we will fully support him!"

"Western Sichuan will also give its full support!" The host of the Sichuan conference room, contrary to his previous attitude, succinctly cast his vote in favor, causing whispers to circulate among the Shanghai conference room attendees, who were puzzled as to why Sichuan had changed its mind.

"Before the meeting, I consulted with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the aerospace industry," Professor Yang said calmly. "They also agreed that Consultant Zhang would lead the establishment of the World Advanced Technology Research Institute!"

Three to one vote: in favor of Zhang Heping establishing the World Advanced Technology Research Institute!

It's worth mentioning that during the previous vote, the Chinese Academy of Sciences was the most vocal in its opposition!

Such a dramatic change at this point forces Shanghai to re-examine this issue.

"Excuse me, Mr. Yang!" the host of the Shanghai conference room asked, "Is it because Consultant Zhang has some new invention?"

Logically speaking, given the substantial investment of the Peace Group in Shanghai, they shouldn't be so resistant.

However, there's a saying: "Your position determines your perspective!"
No matter how much money the Peace Group invests in real estate and factories in Shanghai, it has little to do with the research institutions in Shanghai.

But Zhang Heping's proposal for the World Advanced Technology Research Institute to incorporate some mainland research institutions is a big deal!

This involves not only issues related to staffing and compensation, but also some personnel changes.

Looking at the leadership of Shenzhen Peace Academy alone, Deng Xiaoping and Qian Xuesen were both top technical experts.

If Zhang Heping were to recruit them, would those administrative staff without technical skills still be able to hold onto their current positions?

"Confidentiality regulations, don't ask what you shouldn't ask!" Old Yang replied calmly, then continued, "Let's discuss the location of the headquarters for the World Advanced Technology Research Institute first!"

"Shenzhen Peace Academy is not suitable; they involve too many classified technologies!" The host of the Chengdu conference room said preemptively. "The World Advanced Technology Research Institute will definitely launch multinational collaborative research projects in the future. It's impossible to prevent foreign experts from entering the institute then."

The host of the Huadu conference room said in a deep voice, "The World Advanced Technology Research Institute—just from the name, you can tell how many world-leading classified technologies it involves."

"In particular, once this research institute is established, it will most likely encompass research projects from the Shenzhen Peace Academy."

"If we don't locate the headquarters of the World Advanced Technology Research Institute in the heavily guarded Shenzhen Peace Academy, are we going to choose another location and increase the number of guards to ensure secrecy?"

Deng, the host of the conference room at Shenzhen Peace Academy, said, "It would be best to ask Dean Zhang what he thinks about this, and see if he has time to go to the headquarters location you have decided on!"

It is no secret that Cheung Wing-ping owns a mansion on Victoria Peak in Hong Kong Island, guarded by a large number of bodyguards.

If they wanted Zhang Heping to give up his life on Hong Kong Island and go to other parts of the mainland to conduct research, Shenzhen or the capital would be possible, but Sichuan or Shanghai would definitely not be an option, and Huadu never even considered competing with Shenzhen.

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The reason the matter of the World Advanced Technology Research Institute is being brought up again is mainly because Zhang Heping did something extraordinary that afternoon!

He actually repaired the alien spaceship underground at Sanxingdui and successfully started it up!

Yes, an alien spaceship!
The reason some people have been preventing Zhang Heping from obtaining access to the Sanxingdui underground base is because of this thing!

Zhang Heping was able to stay at the Sanxingdui underground base for more than two months without going home because of this thing!

"With current technology, we can only repair the spaceship's levitation device!"

In the illusion created by Zhang Heping using the Ruomu Divine Tree, Zhang Heping led all the researchers from the underground base to fly in the air, surrounding the alien spaceship in the center that had been dismantled into a pile of scattered parts.

"This is the core of the spaceship. I suspect it's a dark energy power unit!" As Zhang Heping's voice rang out, the spaceship parts in front of everyone expanded and spread out to the periphery of the crowd, leaving only one large gourd-shaped black device.

A young female researcher raised her hand and asked, "Professor Zhang, what is the basis for your conclusion that this power device uses dark energy as its power source?"

“Talking about intuition might be too idealistic!” Zhang Heping explained slowly, “Then we can only speculate from the side!”

"First, the Fusang Divine Tree absorbs magma from underground, regularly producing ten controllable nuclear fusion energy balls."

"The energy contained in those ten miniature suns is enough for us to send 100 rockets into space right now, but that spaceship, which possesses that much energy, didn't leave Earth. Why?"

An older researcher interjected, asking, "Does Professor Zhang think that the energy generated by the Fusang Divine Tree is insufficient to support this spaceship's interstellar flight?"

"It's not flying, it's leaping!" Zhang Heping waved his hand, and a colorful long stick, as thick as a bowl and 5 meters long, flew back from the outside and attached to the back of the gourd device.

Then, a transparent, pointed object, like glass, was attached to the other end of the colorful stick, with the pointed end facing outwards.

According to Zhang Heping, one of these two items is a quantum conversion device, which is used to convert the spacecraft and its internal people and objects into quantum states.

The other is the quantum cluster jump device, which is used to launch a spacecraft that has been converted into a quantum state to its destination!
As for the function of that dark energy power device, it is said to annihilate matter and antimatter to generate dark energy, which is then collected.

Zhang Heping waved away the other two devices that couldn't be activated without dark energy, then looked at the large gourd and said, "I'm telling you all this because I want to tell you that if the dark energy power device is real, it can't be tested on Earth."

One senior researcher questioned, "Professor Zhang, how can you be so sure that the energy released when matter and antimatter annihilate is dark energy?"

"I will try to verify this in space experiments later. Right now, it's just speculation!" Zhang Heping was too lazy to explain and asked impatiently, "Otherwise, what do you think this device is?" He had been here for more than two months, and most of his time was wasted on explanations, and some time was spent waiting for external parts to be sent over. The actual time he spent using it for hanging up the device was less than a month.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, he wanted to finish his research here as soon as possible and go back before the holiday.

In addition, the levitation device on this spaceship could be improved. If it were used on a car, it would bring to life the hovercars from science fiction movies of the past.

As for the World Advanced Technology Research Institute, Zhang Heping originally had no hope. After all, it involved too many research units. If he were to become the director of the institute, how would the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences feel?

However, after Zhang Heping used his spiritual power to guide the small sun generated by the Fusang Divine Tree, successfully powering the spaceship's levitation device and maneuvering the spaceship to levitate 1 meter off the ground, the news was quickly reported to the capital.

Then, Zhang Heping received a call from Hua Lao, asking him whether he still wanted to establish the World Advanced Technology Research Institute.

That said, the so-called Ruomu, Fusang, and Jianmu divine trees are most likely devices on alien spaceships.

Zhang Heping speculated that the alien spaceship was taken off the ship after it ran aground on Earth and was unable to leave.

As for the subsequent history, further research by archaeological experts on the ground is needed.

In any case, their current archaeological discoveries haven't allowed Zhang Heping to activate any cheat codes.

After some discussion, most people felt that the headquarters of the World Advanced Technology Research Institute was most likely located in Shenzhen Peace Academy.

After all, once the research institute is established, it will need to consider training the next generation of researchers.

The initial positioning of the Peace Vocational Training College was somewhat low; to put it bluntly, it was only intended to train workers with relatively high professional skills.

Anyone with even a little research talent was snapped up by the labs below to work as an assistant!
Therefore, considering that Zhang Heping could not abandon his wife, children, and such a large group of businesses for research, transforming Shenzhen Heping College into a world-class advanced technology research institute is currently the best solution.

Even if future research projects involve international collaboration, they can be placed in the research institutes below.

Peace Aerospace Company, located on the Dapeng Peninsula, chose to conduct collaborative research at the Northwest Space Exploration Base because it did not want Japanese, European, or American companies to infiltrate its operations.

Counting the time, it has been one year and ten months since Japan, Europe and the United States merged the International Space Station program into the Tiangong Space Station program hosted by Peace Space.

Those foreigners persevered despite the harsh winds and sandstorms of Northwest China in order to acquire the aerospace technology!

Therefore, leaks can be avoided in the future by finding ways to prevent them.

The most urgent task is to preserve the new technologies that Zhang Heping acquired at the Sanxingdui underground base!
For this reason, Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, and Mrs. Zheng all brought their families to the Shenzhen Peace College to spend the Spring Festival there.

……

Outside the virtual learning dream computer room of Shenzhen Library.

Wearing gold-rimmed glasses, Roy observed the young men and women who had come to participate in the assessment, and then said to his pretty female colleague next to him, "Xu Ning, what do you think?"

"You've known Zhang Bei for so long, and you should be able to tell from him and his family that they are all very easy to get along with!"

"Sister Yi!" Xu Ning, with her fair skin, suddenly blushed slightly. "You're relatives, so you probably won't notice."

"As an outsider, I always felt that their family was too high up for me, and that I was not good enough for Zhang Bei!"

Li Tong, a short, chubby girl with a slightly baby-faced look, leaned closer and said with a smile, "Sister Yi! If Xu Ning gives up, do you think I have a chance to win over Zhang Bei?"

"I don't know!" Roy chuckled. "There are so many beautiful actresses in Hong Kong! But Zhang Bei hasn't taken a liking to any of them. Maybe he just likes the kind of girl who grows on you?"

Xu Ning, standing next to her, turned pale and nervously re-examined Li Tong's appearance, figure, and fashionable clothes, and couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Tong, is this outfit new? This is the first time I've seen you wear it!"

Li Tong laughed and said, "Hehe! I bought it on Zhongying Street. I'll take you shopping there next time."

Roy touched the black and white checkered jacket Li Tong was wearing and smiled, "It's wool, it must be expensive!"

After speaking, Luo Yi glanced at the simply dressed Xu Ning with a complicated expression, wondering why this girl, if she had taken a liking to Zhang Bei, hadn't dressed up like Li Tong had.

Even peacocks know to display their plumage to attract mates, so how can a human be outdone!
"Honey, I'm here to relieve you!" Zhang Yi approached with three colleagues, smiling broadly as he asked, "Any candidates who have been holding on for a long time?"

"Not yet!" Roy smiled as he took the bag of snacks Zhang Yi handed him, distributing them to Xu Ning and Li Tong as he asked, "What about Hong Kong? Have any foreigners stayed?"

Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "The public relations manager of the Peace Group revealed to reporters the secret to replenishing nutrition while distracted. Now we just need to see if there are any talented people among those foreign teenagers."

"It's hard to say!" Li Tong said while tearing open the bread packaging. "We've known the trick for a long time, but besides the director and Sister Yi, who else can actually multitask successfully?"

Zhang Yi, the director of the brain-computer interface research team, gestured to the tall, thin young man next to him, "He Zheng also succeeded this afternoon!"

"Xiao He!" Li Tong was about to take a bite of her bread when she heard this, so she immediately put it down and asked, "How did you do that?"

He Zheng smiled and said, "I had some prior experience with brain-computer interfaces, and with the guidance of the director and Teacher Zhang, I was able to open my eyes while using the gaming helmet today, even though I was multitasking."

Xu Ning said enviously from the side, "Director, now that Xiao He can multitask, will he be able to wear glasses like you guys?"

Zhang Yi frowned and said, "We'll have to wait until my third uncle comes back to discuss this. We can't be sure about it now."

Roy comforted her from the side, "Xiao He, don't worry, continue to train your mental strength with the game helmet. To be honest, Zhang Nan and Zhang Nian are also using game helmets to train their mental strength."

Zhang Yi didn't want Luo Yi to reveal too much about his third uncle's family, so he urged her, "Wife, you should go back first. The driver and bodyguards are still waiting for you outside."

"Honey!" Before leaving, Roy leaned closer to Zhang Yi and asked, "Is Zhang Bei at home or in the biological brain lab?"

"He's in the basement!" Zhang Yi grabbed Roy and whispered, "If you're going to take people to find him, you'd better ask for his opinion first. I feel like he's been a bit tired lately; I wonder if it's because he's been expending too much mental energy!"

“Understood!” Roy smiled. “I’ll talk to my aunt first, and she’ll definitely agree to let Xu Ning go.”

"Sister Yi!" Li Tong said, her cheeks puffed out as if she had mustered up all her courage, with a piece of bread in her mouth. "I want to go too!"

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(End of this chapter)