Genius is just the threshold for me!

The next day was Monday.

The sky cleared further, and the howling north wind carried away the humidity, bringing a rare touch of dryness to Chengdu's persistently damp and cold winter.

"We're doomed! We're doomed!"

"Brothers and sisters, we're doomed!"

Lin Dong and Xu Qingling walked out of the residential area and waited for a while. Huang Qingyao and others also came out one after another. At this time, Li Tao ran out with his schoolbag on his back and let out a series of mournful cries.

"What? We're doomed?"

Zhang Yihao came out from the side and, hearing Li Tao's cry of pain, retorted, "Did you poop in your pants?"

"Stay-at-home order!"

"I was placed under house arrest this morning!"

Li Tao, his face contorted with despair, said, "My parents have jointly announced that for the time being, I can no longer go out to play outside except for going to and from school, I can't talk about anything related to the neighborhood or Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, I can't talk to strangers I don't know well, and I can't bring anything from outside back home..."

"Tch, I thought it was something serious."

Su Yue, who had been listening with curiosity, immediately scoffed and waved her hand, saying, "I received this stay-at-home order yesterday while I was having dinner."

Uncle Li and the others are too considerate. They should have told you last night, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to sleep.

"This must mean some important research and development project has started," Xia Ran said calmly, standing next to Huang Qingyao. "They're afraid we might be tricked into revealing some information or bringing back some espionage items."

"Then wouldn't that be like protesting too much?"

Li Tao's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief. "Are we openly announcing to the enemy that we're going to undertake a major project?"

"Brother Tao, if we don't do this, the enemy will know that the big project has started."

Lin Dong, with his hands in his school uniform pockets, said with a smile, "If the enemy were to have breakfast at the entrance of these units, they could analyze how many laboratories and test sites Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has, the working conditions of its personnel, and their overtime work, etc."

This is similar to how pizza orders near the Pentagon can indicate whether a military operation is about to take place.

The focus is on preventing leaks of information such as technical specifications, project progress, and project type, rather than preventing whether the project has been launched.

Unless the project remains at a closed base in the Northwest, it's impossible to hide whether it's started or not.

Modern intelligence gathering has long had a set of rigorous logical analysis methods.

By analyzing various power consumption patterns, employee attendance records, and even employees' micro-expressions, a wealth of valuable intelligence can be obtained.

A typical example is the Pentagon's late-night pizza orders, which always correspond to US military operations. This is a rather simple, easy question.

To be more precise, the CIA monitors the power consumption of the Persian cat in different areas to eventually pinpoint the approximate area of ​​the nuclear plant, and then conducts targeted searches to determine its precise location.

In addition, a lot of valuable intelligence can be analyzed by observing changes in the frequency of material transport vehicles, the depth of tire treads on these vehicles, fluctuations in metal or special material orders, and the "collective activities" of various high-end experts that disappear over several months.

Therefore, in most cases, the launch of some important projects often employs a strategy of feigning one step while secretly taking another.

For example, announce a large project of the same type and use this project to explain the changes in power consumption, materials, and personnel.

The most classic example is the J-10 modification project of the J-20 fighter jet.

By using a J-10 upgrade project, the enemy could conceal their efforts in developing the J-20 fighter jet. It wasn't until the J-20 was completed and in the air that the enemy realized they had been tricked.

The launch of the WZ-8 project, and now the launch of the J-16D project, were both covered up by other projects used by the covert operations and headquarters.

However, the enemy had just suffered a great loss from the "J-10 Modified" a few years ago.

Not long ago, the Hot Spicy 3rd generation achieved the remarkable feat of shooting down a Lightning fighter jet.

Nobody had high hopes for the concealing effect... they could only say they'd give it a try.

It would be best if it were effective, but as long as it prevents the leakage of information such as technical indicators, project progress, and project type, it would be fine.

"clear!"

Li Tao suddenly realized what was going on and said firmly, "That way, I'll keep my mouth shut as soon as I get out of here, and I won't say a single word about Cheng Fei!"

"And you can't bring anything back," Su Yue kindly reminded her from the side.

soon.

A day of campus life has come to an end.

After school in the afternoon, Li Tao and Zhang Yihao did not come back together. Instead, they took their passes and went to a nearby training camp to participate in training, target practice, and enjoy free meals.

As usual, Lin Dong and Xu Qingling went home first after school in the afternoon, walking in the lead.

Sensing the faint fragrance emanating from the girl, Lin Dong turned his head and asked, "Aunt Zhou is coming back from her business trip today. Have you packed your things?"

"I've packed my clothes. I've put the cup, toothbrush, and towel in your room. Could you please put them away for me so I don't have to unpack new ones next time?"

Xu Qingling responded with a smile: "But my mother came back after dinner. Aunt Xia told me to eat dinner before going back."

"Great! I'm already planning to come again next time."

Lin Dong immediately pulled out his phone, laughing, and said, "I'll say it again, I'm recording this and sending it to Uncle Xu!"

"Hmph, go ahead and record it. Next time he'll chase you away with a broom. Anyway, Dad won't scold me..." Xu Qingling snorted, but refused to say it a second time.

The two chatted and laughed all the way home.

7 PM.

After Lin Dong finished dinner, Xu Qingling sent him to the study, where Zhang Xiali and Xu Qingling cleaned up the dishes together.

At this moment, Lin Weiliang received a message, looked up and said to Lin Dong.

"Xiao Dong, your Uncle Xu and Aunt Zhou will be bringing Xia Tianqiang and his family over in a bit. I think his daughter is Xia Ran, and she's your classmate, right?"

"Xia Ran's family?"

Lin Dong paused, puzzled, and asked, "These Engineer Xia and Engineer He, if I remember correctly, one is from the Technical R&D and Assembly Department, and the other is from the Overall Design Department, right? Don't they need to work overtime?"

Once a research and development project is launched, the three core departments of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) will work overtime according to the project team's dynamic schedule, regardless of whether they have joined the project team or not. If necessary, they will work overtime throughout the entire process according to the peak overtime plan.

The purpose of this is to conceal the project R&D personnel among the many employees, and to achieve the effect of keeping the project team's R&D staff, especially the core staff, hidden in plain sight.

Otherwise, if all employees don't work overtime when the project starts, and only a small group of people are working overtime regularly, then there's a problem at first glance.

"Your Uncle Xu said it's about Engineer He being transferred, and he'll probably need my signature. He'll be here soon."

Lin Weiliang gave a brief explanation and then asked Lin Dong, "Are there enough people in the overall design and development department for the J-16D project?"

"Engineer He, Xia Ran's mother has been transferred to a different position..."

Lin Dong paused for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully and said, "If you want to transfer me, then transfer me."

They have to consider both the greater good and their own families. It's ultimately not good for their family if both members of the family are in core positions.

The overall design and R&D department hasn't experienced much turmoil, and personnel issues are relatively fine; they don't need another core researcher.

"Sure, we're engaged in military research and development, not a private enterprise. If our small family is stable, then everyone else can be stable too. It's good that you can think about things this way."

Lin Weiliang smiled with relief: "That way I'll sign the agreement later."

"Sign it."

Lin Dong nodded.

jingle--

Lin Dong and Lin Weiliang chatted for a while. Just then, the doorbell rang. Before Lin Dong could go out, Xu Qingling had already run to the door.

"Here it comes, here it comes."

Xu Qingling opened the door while cheering.

Upon seeing Xu Ziming and Zhou Xiaoyan, he immediately rushed towards Zhou Xiaoyan and gave her a big hug.

"Mother!"

"..."

Zhou Xiaoyan quickly reached out to catch Xu Qingling, hugged her, and patted her shoulder: "You're such a grown-up, aren't you afraid of knocking your mother down? Your classmate is right there."

My classmate?

Xu Qingling paused for a moment, then quickly released her grip and looked behind her, exclaiming in surprise, "Xia Ran?"

"Your Uncle Xia and the others have something to discuss with your Uncle Lin, so don't block the doorway here," Zhou Xiaoyan said, gesturing for Xia Tianqiang and He Ying to go inside.

At this time.

Lin Weiliang and Zhang Xiali also came out and invited everyone inside. The living room lights shone on the porch, and the bright white light overlapped the shadows of the people at the door.

Xu Qingling walked up to Xia Ran and asked curiously, "Uncle Xia, is there something you need?"

"My mother needs to be transferred to a different position, and it requires the signatures of two chief engineers."

Xia Ran didn't hide anything. Looking at the apron Xu Qingling was wearing, her eyelashes fluttered slightly as she asked curiously, "Aren't you going back tonight?"

"I'm going back tonight."

Xu Qingling nodded, and the two chatted as they went inside.

"Xia Ran, please sit down."

Just as the two went inside, Lin Dong came out carrying a pot of tea. He nodded to Xia Ran, indicating that she should come in and sit down.