Reborn in 2011, I am the chief designer of aerospace.

"Dear students..."

After a long while, once the staff had finished setting up the projector, Li Ang finally cleared his throat and spoke.

He understood the eagerness of the people in the audience, so he didn't want to torment them any longer, and instead smiled warmly and said:

"First of all, I would like to thank General Manager Liang and the three chief engineers for taking a day out of their busy schedules to score everyone's first round of assessments."

"The report card is in my hands right now. It is the average score after being scored by four instructors. It is an absolutely fair, just, and credible score. There is no behind-the-scenes manipulation or bias."

"For every error in the 500-page test data package, in addition to finding the error point, you also need to analyze the possible consequences and provide a reasonable solution. Only if all three are reasonable can you get 10 points."

"Unfortunately, in the first round of assessment, only 11 students achieved a perfect score of 40, therefore, there are currently 11 students tied for first place!"

"The rankings will proceed sequentially from 12th to 80th..."

"According to the summer camp rules, the bottom 7 in each round will be eliminated immediately. Currently, the 7th from the bottom is Liu Hao from Chongqing University, with a total score of 15 points. Anyone below this score will unfortunately be eliminated..."

After Li Ang briefly read out the results, Chang Jian, who was standing next to him, showed a surprised expression:

"A perfect score is 40? Did I hear that right?"

Song Xingye nodded calmly, "You heard me right, a score of 30 is indeed not a perfect score."

Holy crap!

Chang Jian stared wide-eyed, speechless. "Weren't there three mistakes in total? Where did the extra 10 points come from? Were they for neatness, or were they a favor from the instructor who just liked me?"

"Unfortunately, neither is true."

Before Song Xingye could explain in detail, his mentor Li Ang had already projected the report card onto the screen.

The audience erupted in uproar.

First place, 40 fuel points, Xu Zhe from Tsinghua and Peking Universities.

First place, 40 fuel points, Cao Que, University of Birmingham.

First place, 40 fuel points, Guo Yanyang from Beihang University.

First place, 40 fuel points, Song Xingye, Shanghai Jiaotong University.

……

Below is a series of ties for first place.

Chang Jian's gaze followed the report card downwards, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He excitedly tugged at Song Xingye's sleeve: "Haha, 29 points! I actually got 29 points! Two answers got full marks, and only one answer lost 1 point!"

Song Xingye congratulated him with a smile: "Congratulations to Chairman Chang on successfully passing the first round."

Then, Chang Jian said incredulously, "Our dorm is really amazing! Three out of eleven students got first place. What's going on? Is there really a 10-point mark for handwriting? Your handwriting is terrible, it's not much better than mine..."

Song Xingye rolled his eyes in displeasure: "Your personal attack is a bit vicious."

Soon, Li Ang, the instructor on stage, revealed the answer.

He said with a sly look on his face:

"Students, the first round of assessment mainly tests your composure, big data sensitivity, and extreme attention to detail."

"Of course, in addition to the three errors I told you about in advance, there is also a very inconspicuous 'ghost data' hidden in this 500-page test data package, which is the fourth error! If you don't dig carefully, you will easily miss it."

"Unfortunately, no matter how many tweaks you make to the data packet, this fourth error will always appear at the end."

"If you are fortunate enough to successfully identify the first three logical errors or data discrepancies and provide satisfactory answers, you may relax and ignore the rest."

"Even if you continue watching, you certainly won't feel as pressured as before. After all, I only told you there were three mistakes, and as students, you subconsciously chose to believe the authority..."

At this point, looking at Li Ang's smug smile, everyone understood.

We'd been tricked!

Of course, it wasn't Li Ang who was playing tricks; the culprits were the four old men sitting on the stage, who together looked to be over two hundred years old.

General Manager Liang, barely suppressing his mischievousness, forced a rare smile and said:

"Students, this fourth question is your first lesson. From now on, you will no longer be students who only know how to solve problems."

"When you join the group in the future, you will be facing an unknown universe. There will be no answer keys, no teachers highlighting key points, and no one but yourself will be responsible for the results. Therefore, you must abandon the problem-solving mindset of your student days and dare to question everything!"

"The willingness to question is a hidden requirement in the first round of assessments. Li Ang said there were only three mistakes, so there were three? Don't you have your own subjective judgment? Are you just going to be led by the nose?"

As he spoke, the smile on General Manager Liang's lips hardened. "Don't think this is intentionally making things difficult for everyone. Having the courage to question everything is a basic quality of an aerospace professional. Every tactic has a history of painful lessons!"

At this point, Mr. Liang stopped there and said no more.

Next, Li Ang read out the names of the eliminated participants again, asking them to go back to their dormitories to pack their luggage and return their temporary meal cards, passes, and access cards the next day. Then the meeting adjourned.

"They haven't mentioned a word about the second round of assessment. What will the second round test?"

After Li Ang and President Liang left, Chang Jian scratched his head and muttered to himself.

"Given the pattern of the first round of assessments, I wonder what kind of tricks they're up to in the second round."

Song Xingye raised an eyebrow. "Maybe... the second round of assessments is already underway?"

"Huh? Don't scare me!"

Chang Jian nervously looked around, even staring suspiciously at the camera above his head, and muttered under his breath:

"Damn, these old men are too demanding... The key is, they actually got 11 perfect scores on such a demanding test! Are you guys devils?!"

Song Xingye simply smiled faintly, neither confirming nor denying.

A devil? Maybe.

Those who manage to break through the fierce competition of the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) and become undergraduates at key universities are already among the elite, one in a hundred.

These elites then go on to take postgraduate entrance exams and pursue doctoral degrees, going through layers of filtering, and only a few in ten thousand have made it this far.

Who among their peers wasn't a prodigy? Wasn't the role model in their parents' eyes, the neighbor's child? Wasn't the top scorer in the city or province during the college entrance examination?

And there are 80 such outstanding individuals among those present!

Therefore, it is perfectly normal for 11 people to get full marks in the first round of assessment.

Song Xingye, as one of them, certainly didn't get in because of any special advantage; he truly earned his place through hard work and ability.

After finding the first three errors, he quickly noticed the fourth one. At first, he was doubtful for a while, wondering if something was wrong.

Based on his extensive experience, he was certain that there was indeed a fourth error in this 500-page test data package!

Song Xingye also realized that this was a small test set by General Manager Liang.

The only time he actually cheated was probably at the last minute. Just to be on the safe side, he scanned the documents with his "Fault Prediction Eye" to make sure there wasn't a fifth problem waiting for him before he dared to submit his work.

The only thing that surprised Song Xingye now was the behavior of his roommate, Chang Jian.

This guy doesn't seem to be as 'all show and no substance' as I imagined; he actually has some skills.

Only one point was deducted for three answers, so it seems that in addition to running the student council, you were also quite diligent when you were in school.

……

As the bottom seven students left the residential compound with their suitcases, only 73 students remained who gathered in the meeting hall every day.

The days that followed seemed to enter some strange cycle.

Li Ang didn't mention the second round of assessments at all, and every day without fail, he would take everyone on a bus to travel back and forth between headquarters and the Nanyuan assembly plant.

I also visited the Tangjialing Space City, a newly built space hub by Dongyu Group. It is also the location of the Jingzhou Space Flight Control Center and the Astronaut Team, mainly carrying out manned spaceflight and deep space exploration missions.

However, they only went inside for a short while. Li Ang spent most of the time taking them to Nanyuan, seemingly enjoying having everyone stay in the front-line workshops.

Song Xingye gradually figured out a bit of the trick, so he tugged at Chang Jian's clothes and whispered, "Stop looking around, observe more, learn more, and ask more questions."

Chang Jian was completely bewildered: "What are you going to learn?"

"It's practical experience on the front lines. Although we don't know what the second round of testing will be, these past few days of being sent to the final assembly plant for no reason didn't happen for no reason. Do you think these old foxes have nothing better to do?"

Song Xingye stopped there, and Chang Jian could only nod.

as predicted.

After visiting for four consecutive days.

On the morning of the fifth day, as everyone habitually changed into their lab coats and dust caps, lazily preparing to begin another day of "slacking off"—

Li Ang announced with a smile that the second round of assessments had officially begun.