Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Ren Zhong would not and could not interfere with the affairs of the institute's security and intelligence departments, and he did not have that much experience, so he just let it go after listening to it. He did not make a fuss about the current security system for this reason. In Ren Zhong's view, the current security system was already tight enough, and completely achieved the physical isolation of the entire R&D environment from the personal living environment.

Ren Zhong was not unaware of the main world's isolation measures for nuclear safety, which isolated all core R&D personnel from the outside world, without any contact with their families. It was as if they had disappeared from the face of the earth for many years.

In most projects, Ren Zhong does not agree with this approach.

Ren Zhong is still willing to believe in the integrity of the vast majority of scientists and does not throw the baby out with the bathwater, so as to change the relatively relaxed security system and make the lives of researchers as normal as possible.

However, Li Hu, the head of the security department of the Liming Research Institute, was not as calm as Ren Zhong after such a big mistake. After becoming furious, he began to conduct an internal investigation without sleep.

As an old man who has always followed Ren Zhong, Li Hu has always been responsible for the security and confidentiality of the institute. Although he is in the Liming Institute, his current level is very high and he holds a special position. When necessary, he can even mobilize local armed forces at any time to strengthen security at the locations of more than a dozen large research bases across the country under his charge without prior reporting. He only needs to report the specific process afterwards. This is his duty and authority.

The Liming Research Institute is very special. Only Li Hu, who has always followed Ren Zhong, can gain Ren Zhong's unconditional trust and be given unlimited authorization for security work.

In fact, the security directors of all the major bases are basically Li Yunlong’s direct subordinates. Each of them holds a high-level position in the local garrison to ensure that the base of the Dawn Research Institute is safe.

Li Hu was furious, and the security department, which was already highly vigilant, began to take full action.

There is no good way to do this job, other than to comprehensively screen all personnel who may have access to this information.

This is a daunting task for the security department. There are now tens of thousands of people in chip-related research departments, and there are about hundreds of people who are directly qualified to access the core work of chip design. There are also related departments that are strongly related to these tasks and have cooperation with the chip design research laboratory, such as downstream units of chip production, and personnel related to chip testing. There are hundreds of people each, and the total number is more than a thousand.

Frankly speaking, it was like finding a needle in a haystack to screen out the suspects in a short period of time. In addition, this work could not be done in a big way, so as not to cause unnecessary panic within the institute and alert the enemy, so Li Hu had to conduct the investigation quietly.

Seven days later.

"Seven of the suspects now are those who returned from overseas?" Ren Zhong received the secret investigation report given by Li Hu. According to the current investigation results, there are more than 7 researchers from the Xishan Base who have been to Xiangshan in the past month, including more than ten who are related to chip design. Among them, the seven most suspicious ones are those who returned from studying abroad.

Since they generally have a doctoral degree and are in their prime age of 30s and 40s, they have a very high status in the project team. They have access to the core information of the chip project team and are even one of the key designers.

Ren Zhong frowned, this was going to be a tricky matter.

It’s not that the project cannot go on without these people, but judging from the current project situation, chip design has no end. According to the production generation, research generation, and pre-research generation, several project teams have to develop in parallel almost at the same time to maintain the rhythm of updating a generation every year and a half, leaving competitors no possibility of catching up.

For example, the 8086 project team now has to take care of a castrated version of the 8088 sub-project, and the next-generation pre-research 80286 project team needs a large number of people to expand in order to cope with the order of magnitude expansion of the design workload. Because the later the chip design, the more complex it is.

There are quite a few people in the project team who have studied abroad. Even among the core members, Ren Zhong can count that the proportion of overseas personnel accounts for at least 4%.

Ren Zhong didn't believe that they were all the leakers. After all, according to the selection and training of core research backbone personnel, they had to go through several rounds of tests before they could be promoted to core positions.

However, the results of Li Hu and his team's investigation were not impossible, and Ren Zhong would not doubt that there was really someone who leaked the information here.

However, how to deal with it so as not to cause any disturbance in the project team? Ren Zhong closed his eyes, tapping the table while thinking.

Li Hu sat there motionless. He knew the seriousness of the matter and understood Ren Zhong's dilemma.

From a young soldier who followed Ren Zhong step by step to become the security chief of the entire Liming Research Institute, Li Hu learned not only things about intelligence, but also learned culture bit by bit under the influence of Ren Zhong. He obtained a university diploma through his own efforts and completed a comprehensive course in management.

Because of this, Li Hu had a deep understanding of Ren Zhong's management ideas and the management system of the Liming Research Institute, and then based on the special circumstances of the Liming Research Institute, he improved the entire security system bit by bit.

In China and even in the world of Sword, there is no other research institute with a security system as special and effective as that of the Liming Research Institute.

Because so far, there have been very few significant leaks.

This is also why Ren Zhong did not rush to take action after hearing about the chip leak.

Not only is the workload of checking these things huge, but Ren Zhong also has strong confidence in his own security system and does not question the effectiveness of the entire system because of this incident.

"You can observe these suspects from all aspects, but don't alert the enemy before you get the evidence." After thinking for several minutes, Ren Zhong opened his eyes and said to Li Hu.

"There won't be any problems with security inside the research base. Everything will be done according to the current rules and regulations. There's no need to make a big fuss over this matter. We'll just need to re-evaluate the loopholes in the current system to see if we can prevent anyone from taking anything out."

"We will now set up another level of isolation for the hierarchical management system of the core design department. In the core data research laboratory, only computers will be allowed to store and carry out work. For all paper-related links, dedicated personnel will manage paper and printing equipment. The core chip data obtained by the testing and production departments will be converted from paper drawings to computer electronic files. All computers in the chip industry chain will be managed in accordance with the top-secret equipment management regulations, with two people and two posts."

The incident had already happened, and Ren Zhong was thinking about the possible loopholes. What he could do now was to try his best to prevent anyone from taking out a piece of paper from the research base. In this way, the possibility of a large-scale leak would be relatively small.

"In addition, for the arrangement of personnel who take a rest, we will add a three-day desensitization period for the base's internal apartments after they are laid off, organize entertainment activities and sports events, and give each researcher a full opportunity to relax before taking a rest." Ren Zhong thought of a possibility, but did not say it clearly. He knew that he did not have the ability to travel between the two worlds, even if it was a seamless connection, but it did not rule out the ability of some people to remember everything they saw, so he added such a link to disturb them. The base itself has daily leisure places for double or single rooms. For researchers who need to work for a long time inside the base, these can completely relieve their worries. They eat in a unified cafeteria and live in apartment-style rooms.

Theoretically, it is entirely possible for the entire base to work seamlessly 365 days a year. Of course, Ren Zhong knows that everyone has their limits and that such long-term work is not sustainable, so he does not agree with it. Instead, he has regular vacation plans and can arrange vacations within the project based on the progress of the project.

But it seems that there are still loopholes in this thing, so it is important to fill this gap as much as possible.

Li Hu understood Ren Zhong's intention immediately and nodded. He also knew that under the current security system, the possibility of taking anything out from inside was very small. There was no pocket on the work clothes. Even if there was no one monitoring the changing room, it would be difficult to take anything out under such circumstances.

Ren Zhong's desensitization period has blocked the loopholes of wanting to use memory to bring out content with the brain. In the future, this entertainment and sports project will not be optional for researchers, but mandatory projects. People who want to use memory to bring out things will be disturbed by the activities arranged within 3 days. I am afraid that most of the remaining memory content will soon be forgotten.

Qin Chu sensitively discovered that there seemed to be eyes around him staring at him intentionally or unintentionally.

He was a little panicked inside.

Ever since the information was delivered to Xiangshan Arhat Hall, Qin Chu has been a little worried.

Although he has not been questioned so far, nor has he noticed any changes in his surroundings (he has not received any announcement of the new researcher vacation desensitization system), Qin Chu, who has something to hide in his life, is naturally sensitive.

So Qin Chu felt it as soon as the scouts sent by Li Hu to monitor these suspects followed them.

After all, he was the most suspicious one on the list of seven. He had access to documents and had experience in going to Xiangshan. In addition, he studied in North America in the 40s and liked to travel around during his vacations. After checking the list, Li Hu listed Qin Chu as the top suspect.

Because there is no surveillance measure in the world of Bright Sword now, no one knows who Qin Chu met or what he did during his travels. Among the suspects on the list, Qin Chu disappeared from everyone's sight for the longest time.

Moreover, he majored in electronics and had a thorough understanding of chip design. He was a key member of the project team and could be said to have basically mastered the core design of the 8080 chip.

Theoretically, it is not impossible for Qin Chu to redraw the chip design.

Li Hu not only keeps Qin Chu under surveillance, but also informs the intelligence personnel in North America, asking them to re-investigate Qin Chu's life trajectory in North America through Mr. Situ's channels.

After several days of observation, when Qin Chu finally confirmed that he was being monitored, he panicked. He had no plans to travel, but he hurriedly applied to the base for a vacation to Hong Kong.

He didn't know if he could still successfully get to this special place in Xiangjiang, but as a key member of the project, Qin Chu knew very well that he had to apply before leaving, otherwise he would probably be arrested at the station.

Even if he had a car, Qin Chu would not dare to drive away unless it was absolutely necessary. After all, the best way for him to get out now was to enter Hong Kong and then flee through Hong Kong.

However, when Qin Chu applied for the trip, new information came from Mr. Situ's intelligence assistance that Qin Chu had a wife and children in North America!

He was once married in North America, but when he returned to China, Qin Chu completely lied about this issue.

In this way, Li Hu almost determined the target, but seeing Qin Chu's application, Li Hu decided to play the long game and approved Qin Chu's travel report. However, he secretly mobilized his colleagues in Hong Kong to start a strict deployment of this matter, preparing to catch all the agents who were going to meet Qin Chu in one fell swoop.

No one can take advantage of Todai without paying the price!

Hong Kong.

This is one of the world's busiest international container ports, both in the Sword World and the Main World. It provides more than 300 international container liner services every week, connecting nearly 500 destinations around the world.

If Qin Chu wanted to escape, Hong Kong would be the most ideal place, because here, everything was operated in accordance with the international free port mode, and there were many ways to get out. Any international cargo ship could take a few people in and out without anyone noticing.

Due to the need to maintain huge foreign trade cargo, after regaining sovereignty, Dongda still placed the management rights of the Hong Kong Free Port in the hands of the port area. This led to the proliferation of domestic and foreign companies in Hong Kong, which not only supported dozens of shipping companies, but also made Hong Kong the leader in re-export trade and finance in Dongda. For this purpose, a special economic zone was established in the neighboring mainland areas to undertake production from Hong Kong, making the neighboring areas of Hong Kong and Lingnan the most active economically developed areas in Dongda. It has achieved industrialization decades ahead of the main world and absorbed tens of millions of working people from the mainland of Dongda.

This is the huge benefit that Ren Zhong has brought to the development of Lingnan after copying the experience of the main world and making suggestions.

Now it seems that at least Staff Officer Ye is very pleased with this good situation.

Qin Chu took a direct train to Hong Kong and wandered around the city for two days. On the third night, he quietly went to Clearwater Bay.

Standing on the Budai'ao Pier, Qin Chu looked out at the sea anxiously. It was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

According to the agreement, the person who picked him up here will take him to an international cargo ship and then sail across the ocean to North America. (End of this chapter)