Who would still be a social slave when they are so rich?

"Hey Chen, can you sit down and eat something first? You've been pacing back and forth for seven or eight minutes, and my eyes are getting blurry!"

Seeing Xiao Chen pacing back and forth in the office, Su Chen, who was eating dinner, finally couldn't help but put down his chopsticks and remind him again.

After leaving the testing area of ​​the research base, they went straight to the park building and Su Chen's private office.

As expected, after learning about the oblique detonation engine and the Baidi project, Xiao Chen's restless heart never stopped. He was excited the whole way, slapping his thigh from time to time and muttering things like "This is so great".

Once in the office, he became completely absorbed in his own world, pacing back and forth, ignoring Su Chen, Chen Fei, and the others as if they didn't exist.

Upon hearing Su Chen's words, Xiao Chen abruptly stopped, waving his arms with a flushed face, "I...I can't calm down!"

"Old Su, how can I sit still? A space fighter with an average speed of Mach 16.8! Do you know what that means?"

Xiao Chen rushed to the desk in a few steps, placed his hands on the table, leaned forward, and stared intently at Su Chen: "This means that we will have an absolute advantage in the aviation field in the future, and will no longer be bullied by others. The domestic strategic landscape will also be rewritten!"

"Even though our strength at sea is relatively weak at present, we can still be invincible with the White Emperor Aerospace Fighter. We won't have to suffer that helpless and humiliating feeling anymore. How can I not be excited!"

Seeing Xiao Chen's eyes slightly reddened with excitement, Su Chen's previously helpless expression turned serious.

There aren't that many people in the world who can truly empathize with someone else's feelings. Just like I can't understand how excited Xiao Chen must be right now.

After a moment of silence, Su Chen slowly stood up, walked to the tea table beside him, poured two cups of tea, pushed one of them in front of Xiao Chen, and sighed with a hint of melancholy, "Sigh~ If I had known you would be so 'out of control,' I wouldn't have brought you to the Zhengdao Park!"

Xiao Chen picked up the teacup in front of him, feeling the slight warmth from his fingertips, and took a big gulp. The warm tea cooled his agitated heart a little, but his eyes still sparkled with excitement.

"Not bringing me? If you don't bring me, I'll make you furious when I find out!" Xiao Chen put down his teacup and glared at Su Chen, annoyed.

He was well aware of Su Chen's little tricks and knew that it was for his own good, to calm his agitated heart.

"But then again, you've probably been hiding this for a long time, haven't you?" Xiao Chen looked at Su Chen with an expression that said, "If I'm not mistaken, the reason you got the relevant qualifications for the military industry from the old man was because you have such advanced technology in your hands."

"And you were talking about a drone project!" Xiao Chen rolled his eyes at Su Chen again. "Whose drones can fly into near space? If you put in a little more effort, are you going to enter the aerospace field and build space warships?"

"Hehe~" Su Chen smiled innocently and said half-jokingly, "It's not impossible. Maybe in two or three years, I can build this space warship. Then I'll take you directly to the moon."

Hearing this, Xiao Chen was amused by Su Chen's words and immediately laughed and scolded, "Get lost~ Flying to the moon? Why don't you just say you'll just claim land in outer space? Then you'll be the landowner of the entire Milky Way. Isn't that more impressive than those world-class conglomerates or centuries-old families?"

These unintentional words caught Su Chen's eye. He knew his own situation; he possessed the complete technology of the Luan Bird Space Mothership, so it wasn't impossible to achieve a leap to the moon.

If that day ever comes, I imagine I could plant the Yunmengze flag on the moon, build a lunar base there, open a lunar travel route, and realize interstellar travel that can only be seen in science fiction movies.

"Brother Chen, you know what, you're really something." A strange light flashed in Su Chen's eyes as he half-jokingly followed Xiao Chen's words and said, "Your idea is really good. How about I claim a piece of land on the moon and build a lunar base, and make you my base commander?"

Su Chen responded with a standard international greeting gesture, "You're dreaming, kid. Tell me when you actually achieve it, and maybe I'll reconsider."

After a brief, casual conversation, Xiao Chen regained his composure and his expression turned serious again. He leaned forward slightly and lowered his voice: "Old Su, let's get serious. What are you planning to do with the White Emperor?"

"You know how important this thing is. If even a tiny bit of information is leaked before it's successfully developed, it will cause you a lot of trouble."

Finally, Xiao Chen's tone became more serious, and his expression turned solemn. "The bigger the tree, the more the wind will blow. This saying is not just a saying. Even in China, there is competition."

"Hmm?" Su Chen raised an eyebrow and gave Xiao Chen a deep look. He originally thought that Xiao Chen would report the matter of Bai Di to his superiors or Old Master Xiao, but he did not expect that Xiao Chen would instead tell him to keep it a secret.

Seemingly seeing through Su Chen's thoughts, Xiao Chen immediately explained, "You need to know that there are no secrets in this world. The more people who know, the greater the chance that the secret will be leaked."

"If I report the Baidi project to higher authorities, the higher-ups will definitely gather some top experts to conduct relevant research, even if it's only on a very small scale. Who knows how many eyes it will attract?"

"You have to understand that there are quite a few people in China eyeing the lucrative engine market. Some research institutes and military industrial groups have dedicated their entire lives to engine development, investing massive amounts of resources, yet their progress has remained virtually unchanged!"

Xiao Chen's voice also became much softer, as if afraid that others would hear, "You quietly created this epoch-making thing, which is tantamount to smashing someone's rice bowl and ruining their future!"

"It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark!" Xiao Chen couldn't help but sigh. "I'm afraid some people will stab you in the back. Although I know it won't do you much harm, it might make you feel disgusted!"

"Furthermore," a cold glint flashed in Xiao Chen's eyes, "there are also those people we've planted outside. Although we've been conducting thorough internal investigations, there are still some who have slipped through the net. If word gets out about the Baidi project, your Zhengdao Industrial Park will likely never have a peaceful day again."

If this attracts the attention of certain individuals or forces abroad, technology theft and sabotage would be child's play; they might resort to extreme measures to directly target Su Chen, the person behind the scenes.

"Therefore, I plan not to report the Baidi Project to the higher-ups for the time being, and I won't even tell the old man. I just hope that you can manufacture the experimental machine in the shortest possible time!"

After a pause, Xiao Chen continued, "I will stay in the Zhengdao Park for the time being, and I will leave after the White Emperor is successfully created!"

Xiao Chen had his own reasons for staying at the Zhengdao Park. He wanted to witness the moment when the Baidi Aerospace Fighter took off, and of course, he also wanted to prepare for its future deployment.

Being in a good position, he had the advantage of his relationship with Su Chen. Therefore, the first batch of White Emperor aerospace fighters to roll off the production line would have to meet Xiao Chen's needs first.

Su Chen was aware of what Xiao Chen had said, but the White Emperor was bound to appear eventually; it was just a matter of time.

As for those universities and military industrial groups, Su Chen didn't take them seriously. He knew that many of them were using huge sums of money to do shady things, so he decided to take advantage of the White Emperor's influence to clean them up.

"Brother Chen, are you really sure? Are you planning to stay in the Zhengdao Industrial Park for a while? This could be a month or even half a year. Won't that interfere with your work?" Su Chen didn't want Xiao Chen to stay here. What would he do if he really stayed?
Surely they wouldn't just stay in the park with Xiao Chen and wait for the day the White Emperor is revealed, would they?

"I've been free lately!" Xiao Chen immediately understood after saying that and laughed, "You don't need to worry about me. Just go wherever you want to go."

Hearing this, Su Chen clicked his tongue and couldn't help but think to himself, "I don't believe you for a second. If I really left Xiao Chen to go have fun, I'd probably get a call from him halfway there."

After all, Xiao Chen wasn't very familiar with anyone in the park besides Xiao Peng, and he knew even less about the research base. If he spent all his time in the lab, wouldn't that be delaying the experts' research?

After thinking for a moment, Su Chen replied, "Brother Chen, there's no rush for the Baidi project. We were talking about going sea fishing before, so let's relax a bit during this time. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen pondered for a moment. He knew that he couldn't be of much help by staying in the park, but it was definitely impossible for him to leave.

"Okay~ Let's do it your way. Anyway, the park isn't far from the Bohai Sea, so we can go sea fishing to relax!"

Seeing that Xiao Chen had agreed, Su Chen didn't want to continue the conversation and quickly invited him to sit down and eat.

Speaking of food, Xiao Chen suddenly felt a surge of hunger, and his stomach growled loudly, which was particularly clear in the quiet office.

Su Chen, Chen Fei, and the others in the office burst out laughing, and Xiao Chen also felt his face turn red.

……

After dinner, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. Su Chen escorted Xiao Chen back to his room and then returned to his office, waving to Xiao Peng…

"Go and call Professor Li, Professor Wen, Professor Wu, and Old Man Chen to my office. Tell them I have something important to discuss with them!"

Xiao Peng paused for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded and left the office.

Su Chen leaned back lazily on the sofa, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, and casually tossed the pack onto the table. He looked at Chen Fei beside him and said, "Fei, later you should contact the boats for fishing trips from Zheng Island. It would be best if they were big and comfortable."

Su Chen didn't want to suffer. He went sea fishing to enjoy the fun of fishing. If he had to find a small boat, he wouldn't be able to enjoy it, and even lying down would be a luxury.

Chen Fei nodded silently to show that he understood, and then walked to the tea table next to him to make tea.

After waiting for about five or six minutes, the office door suddenly opened, and Xiao Peng led Professor Wu and the others in.

"Professor Wu, you've arrived. Please have a seat here!" Su Chen said, pointing to the empty single sofas next to him.

As soon as Professor Wu and the others sat down, Chen Fei brought over several cups of tea. He placed one in front of each of the professors and Su Chen, then stepped aside and gave Xiao Peng a look. The two of them then quietly left the office, closing the door behind them.

Su Chen picked up his teacup, took a sip to moisten his throat, glanced at the professors, and then slowly said, "I called you all here so late mainly for two things!"

"The first thing is about the Baidi Project!" Su Chen said, then looked at Professor Li Qiwen sitting opposite him and asked, "Professor Li, how long will it take to build the first prototype of the Baidi Aerospace Fighter?"

"One week! We can complete all the final assembly in a week at most!" Li Qiwen replied excitedly.

"A week?" Su Chen's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard Li Qiwen's time. He hadn't expected it to be so fast!

“That’s right, just one week!” Li Qiwen nodded firmly.

In his original plan, it would take at least another month for the test machine to be fully assembled.

However, he underestimated the industrial strength of the park. With various top-notch industrial machine tools and advanced material technologies, Baidi's component manufacturing speed was exceptionally fast. Before the engine test, all components had been manufactured, and even many backups were made. Now, all that remained was component performance testing and final assembly.

If it weren't for ensuring the quality and performance of each component, he could have assembled the White Emperor Space Fighter in just two days.

"Good!" Su Chen nodded in satisfaction, a smile of approval on his face. "Professor Li and everyone else have worked hard!"

“Mr. Su, this is not just the achievement of a few old guys like us, but the result of the concerted efforts of dozens of researchers!” Li Qiwen replied with a serious expression.

Wen Zhanpeng, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement.

They didn't feel they had contributed much to the Baidi project. The project's rapid success was entirely due to the technical data, which was so comprehensive that even the smallest screw was perfected.

Whether it was Li Qiwen, Wen Zhanpeng, or those dozens of researchers, they all understood that they were standing on the shoulders of giants.

Hearing this, Su Chen nodded in satisfaction. He was quite pleased with Li Qiwen's attitude. Li Qiwen was not complacent about this small achievement and was able to recognize his own position, which Su Chen found most commendable.

This demonstrates that project leaders like Li Qiwen and Wen Zhanpeng are trustworthy.

"I look forward to the first roar that the White Emperor will unleash upon the world in a week!"

Su Chen paused, tapped his fingers lightly on the sofa, then changed the subject, his tone becoming serious…

"As for the second matter..." (End of Chapter)