What does it mean to get a perfect score on the college entrance exam but then go missing?

"Old Yang, do you think that in this world, might makes right out of reason and justice?"

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Gong Jianping fiddled with the ballpoint pen in his hand, looking utterly dejected.

Yang Hewei couldn't stand his stubbornness: "We're almost fifty years old, let's stop with this angry young man act."

"No way! This is too much!"

No one paid any attention to Gong Jianping.

He himself talked on and on.

"Do you remember the student I was going to complain about last time?"

"I went to the principal, and the principal actually protected him, saying that if I complained again, he would fire me?"

"Tell me, is this even reasonable? I'm a full professor, for goodness' sake!"

Yang Hewei was somewhat incredulous: "Did the principal really say that?"

"Hmm, just think, how much power does this child have behind him?"

Hearing this, Yang Hewei's worldview was also somewhat challenged.

Yang Hewei dared not even imagine what kind of power was behind the person who could so easily get the principal to dismiss a full professor.

Moreover, he knew very well what kind of person Principal Shuguo was.

For a moral exemplar from the entire school to say such things in public, that child must have reached the ears of Heaven, the true Heaven.

"So Lao Gong, you need to be more careful and stop getting angry over such useless things."

"I've learned my lesson and I'll never act impulsively again."

Gong Jianping nodded.

"By the way, how's your student project going? I haven't seen your students coming over to chatter lately."

"Because the project has ended."

Yang Hewei explained.

"The students have already completed the fake wind tunnel test, and the data has been handed over to the security department."

"So the student group had nothing to do."

Gong Jianping asked seriously, "Then how did you explain it to the students?"

"Explain what?" Yang Hewei asked, puzzled.

"The project has come to an abrupt halt; you have to say something, right?"

Gong Jianping was more considerate than Yang Hewei in this respect.

Although the project is fake.

But the students' efforts were real.

After the wind blows, their favor will only increase, not decrease.

But Yang Hewei no longer needed them, leaving them aside without giving them any explanation.

"Children at this age are the most sensitive."

Gong Jianping advised.

"It's very discouraging for them to have a project come to an abrupt end halfway through, and it might even cause them to lose interest in scientific research."

"So I think you should find a reason to call a meeting with everyone."

"Just say there's a problem with the wind tunnel data, or that the budget won't be approved, or something like that."

Yang Hewei nodded repeatedly: "Old Gong, you're so thoughtful. I'll give them some advice in a couple of days."

As they were talking.

Both of their phones received a text message at the same time.

The channel is encrypted.

The message requires the recipient to arrive at the Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group conference room at 2 PM.

Yang Hewei and Gong Jianping looked at each other, feeling a little heavy-hearted.

Needless to say, it must be Yunji's business.

……

1:40 PM.

More than twenty people had already gathered in the conference room of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group.

The core members of each design studio are present, and there is more than one person among them.

After entering, Yang Hewei and Gong Jianping greeted their colleagues one by one.

Although we were in the same project team.

However, due to the sheer size of the Yunji project, they hadn't met all of their design team members.

This time, Gong Jianping shook hands with everyone and then roughly counted them.

There are a total of nine design studios.

If there are no unforeseen circumstances, this should be a family photo.

He just didn't know what all this commotion was for.

One fifty-eight.

The project's chief engineer, Academician Zhao Changhong, is the deputy general manager and chief engineer of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group.

He is extremely busy and his time is very precious.

So the moment he entered the room, he got straight to the point.

"Two things, one good news and one bad news."

"Which one should we listen to?"

There was a half-second silence in the meeting room.

Although they are all leading figures in their respective fields.

But compared to Chief Designer Zhao, who became an academician at the age of forty, they were just greenhorns.

No one dared to speak.

"Since no one's saying anything, I'll start with the bad news."

"Yunji's latest proposal has been rejected."

"The Air Force believes that our proposed solution will not significantly improve combat effectiveness."

"But the research and development cycle and costs are very high."

"In short, it's not cost-effective."

In an instant.

A somber atmosphere enveloped everyone.

The process of Yunji's project initiation was tortuous.

Even after the project was approved, things didn't go smoothly.

The previous version of the design was the culmination of collaboration between eight design studios.

Even so, it still failed to catch the eye of the Air Force.

This task is really too difficult.

This means that the Yunji project has returned to square one, starting from scratch.

"Fortunately, the proposal was rejected, but the project was still approved."

"I think the Air Force is right."

"Now that we've started exploring entirely new aircraft, we need to be bolder."

"We need to explore the near space."

"Now, for this project, everything needs to be scrapped and started from scratch. We need to liberate our thinking."

"Do you understand?"

Everyone responded in unison, "Understood!"

"Hmm! Very good."

"Stop looking so gloomy."

"There's also good news."

"Please welcome Section Chief Sun from the Confidentiality Bureau of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for an announcement."

The words fell.

Sun Xiang slowly walked in from outside the door, humbly bowing his head to greet the assembled dignitaries.

The experts in the audience all looked puzzled.

Why would someone from the Security Bureau be present at an academic conference?

Amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd.

Sun Xiang slowly began, "It's like this."

"Based on the intelligence we have obtained from our inside sources."

"Last night, the Pentagon held an emergency war situation meeting in North America."

"Leaders from the Air Force, CAI, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Grumman, Raytheon, and General Dynamics all participated."

"The pizza index soared that night."

"Later, Air Force One reportedly flew over the Pentagon lawn as well."

"The meeting lasted for five hours that day, which is quite high-level."

Everyone who heard Sun Xiang's description was somewhat incredulous.

Meetings at the Pentagon are common.

However, holding such sudden, emergency meetings is not common.

The last two times the pizza index surged, they both launched a war.

Gong Jianping astutely observed, "Those attending are all people related to the aviation industry. Are they planning something big for the Air Force?"

Sun Xiang nodded.

"That's right, according to intelligence."

That evening, all parties reached an agreement and launched the Air Force's top project, codenamed CAA.

"This project belongs to the next-generation air combat cluster."

"Developed jointly by several aerospace industry giants."

"The total investment over the entire cycle is estimated at $600 billion."

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Six hundred billion US dollars!

Almost all the major players in the aerospace industry were involved.

The decision was made personally by the President.

This means that the US has launched the Air Force's cornerstone project, and the arms race has begun directly!

Wouldn't that be bad?

Gong Jianping immediately raised his hand and asked the most profound question.

"No! Could such a large-scale operation be good news for us?"