The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 517 Give Him Face

"You've made me feel much better now," the student said shamelessly. "It's just that I'm missing from the football field. Otherwise, we would have scored a few goals. But for the great rejuvenation of the nation and the people, I have to reluctantly give me up."

Liu Hua laughed and scolded, "You scoundrel! I don't even see you exercise more than a few times a year. The less you there are, the more gaps there are in our defense. Who knows, we might concede a few more goals."

"Teacher, you can't say that. I was once known as the Batistuta of the Physics Department."

Liu Hua nodded: "Do you know why people call you the Batistuta of the Physics Department?"

"why?"

"Because you, like Inzaghi, like to stand still in the penalty area."

The student argued, "Batistuta was always a target man, an opportunist, wasn't he?"

"He's a target man, you're a target man. There's a fundamental difference between the two. Batistuta looks for opportunities to score, while you just stand there like a pillar once you're in the game."

"I'm pretty good too, I scored several goals back in the day," the student said with a smile. "But teacher, you know Batistuta? You watch football too?"

"Do you really think I'm an old-fashioned person?" Liu Hua chuckled. "I occasionally watch the top five European leagues, but I prefer basketball. Our football is hopeless. You may think this national team is bad now, but twenty years from now, you'll find that this national team is the best ever."

"Teacher, please don't say that. I'm still hoping to watch the games in the future. If this is the best national team we've ever had, then there's no hope for the future."

"Give it up," Liu Hua said with a smile. "People who do scientific research aren't in good health. If you keep watching football, I'm afraid you might have a heart attack one day."

The nationwide celebration of football came to an abrupt end, and fans no longer want to talk about it, because it only brings tears to their eyes, and time is running out for us fans.

Liu Hua was still carrying out his research as usual when Sun Guangming suddenly came to Di Jun's laboratory with a smile on his face and said, "I have some good news for you."

"What good news?"

“You’ve been blacklisted by the Americans.” Sun Guangming said with a smile, “I just received the notification today that the Americans have added your company to their blacklist.”

"Why?" Liu Hua asked, puzzled. "Our company has a pretty good relationship with the Americans. The transactions for carbon fiber and graphene have never stopped. They were just bored, so they added me to their blacklist."

"It is said that, according to unreliable sources, Brain Beauty knows that the power system of our new generation of 10,000-ton main warships was designed and manufactured by you."

"You added me to your blacklist over such a trivial matter?"

Sun Guangming said with an exaggerated expression, "This is a minor matter. According to the data we have released, the power system you designed is stronger than the most powerful warship power system that the United States currently has. It is enough to make them wary."

"Making a fuss out of a molehill."

Sun Guangming nodded: "It is indeed making a mountain out of a molehill, but if they knew that you also designed our Y-55 naval gun, they probably wouldn't be so nonchalant about it now."

"It's just a naval cannon, what's the big deal?"

Sun Guangming shook his head: "Isn't it just a naval gun? There are too many problems to solve for the destroyers in the world that don't have 155mm naval guns. There are also recoil issues, and so on. These are all obstacles to the installation of 155mm naval guns on ships." What Liu Hua didn't know was that in his previous life, up until 2025, only three types of warships in the world were equipped with 155mm naval guns.

The first one was the Zumwalt-class destroyer. Although it was equipped with this naval gun, it had many problems, and the Zumwalt itself also had issues. Later, it was directly abandoned by the United States.

Another example is the German F124-class frigate, which was launched last year. It was originally intended to be equipped with a 155mm naval gun, but it was abandoned just before entering service due to recoil issues.

Finally, only our country truly developed the 155mm naval gun system in 2025, making it unique in the world.

Liu Hua shook his head: "The Americans have already added me to their blacklist, and they're still calling it a trivial matter? What would be considered a serious matter then?"

"The Americans added you to their blacklist quietly, without making it public, and they're supposedly playing dumb about it."

Liu Hua asked, puzzled, "What do you mean? What does 'pretending to be stupid' mean?"

“According to our inside information,” Sun Guangming said, “Because Brain Beauty cannot do without your graphene, carbon fiber, solar panels, wind power and other products, they have only added Dijun Company to the blacklist, without mentioning you at all, while the transactions with Taiyi Group continue as usual.”

"Isn't this just burying your head in the sand?" Liu Hua said with a smile. "What's the point of him adding it? Anyway, my Dijun Group won't do business with him."

“The US is the world’s number one superpower now, so it won’t protest,” Sun Guangming said with a smile. “But to express its dissatisfaction, it will add you to the entity list.”

"This is like taking off your pants to fight a tiger, shameless and reckless, or like taking off your pants to fart, completely unnecessary."

Sun Guangming shook his head: "I don't know, but he's definitely going to take his pants off and he's willing to lose all face."

Liu Hua put down the experimental equipment in his hand and asked with a smile, "Should I issue a statement to express my indignation and protest against this bullying behavior by the Americans?"

"Come on, you should be secretly happy. They say they'll add you to the blacklist, but they haven't actually done anything about it. Look at how many years Persia has been sanctioned. Everyone in the world knows how miserable they are."

Liu Hua chuckled and shrugged: "So, according to you guys, I just have to swallow this bitter pill?"

"You didn't lose out at all. You've saved face for the Americans and made it easier for them to back down."

Liu Hua retorted bluntly, "I'm a parent who spoils his child, and you expect me to give him face?"

"Alright, stop being so angry," Sun Guangming advised. "We're not confident of defeating the Americans yet, so don't be so hard-hearted for now. Just give me some face."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "I was just joking with you. I know he's just going to blend in with the crowd. I'm just giving him face."

Liu Hua has backed down, but the South China Daily in Hong Kong has revealed the matter.

The reporters at the South China Daily were quite dedicated; they conducted a very detailed investigation and disclosed all the information they could access.

Looking at the news in the newspaper, Liu Hua muttered to himself, "This wasn't my doing. Let's see how you Americans save face now."

(End of this chapter)