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

Actually, Jiahao isn't just bragging.

His mentor, Yang Hewei, does indeed hold a pivotal position in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

He is only in his early forties this year, but he has already participated in four key national projects.

He participated in three of them as the head of the design studio.

He is also the youngest academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

It is widely expected that Yang Hewei will become a leading figure in China's aviation industry within five to ten years.

and.

Yang Hewei did indeed value Jiahao highly.

Because academicians like him, theoretically, no longer need to teach.

However, upon hearing that the students in this year's elite class were of very high quality, he personally selected a particularly talented student to mentor.

Professor Yang actually reaped the benefits of being young and energetic.

He distinguished himself in his early twenties and dedicated the best twenty years of his life to the country.

Therefore, he knew.

The twenty years from age 20 to 40 are not on the same level as the twenty years from age 50 to 70.

Although the time span was the same, the contribution was doubled.

He also wanted to select a chosen one from among the top students at the university and patiently nurture him.

This would allow him to be like himself, holding an important position and contributing to the country in his early twenties.

Zhou Jiahao is the chosen child.

……

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics has been incredibly busy these days, with Yang Hewei constantly shuttling between the school, Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group, and home.

There is no other reason.

The Yunji project has just been approved, allowing for further preliminary research.

This means the project can finally be moved from idea to paper.

Yang Hewei served as the director of the First Design Office, responsible for the overall coordination of the entire machine, a significant responsibility.

He further subdivided the design into six groups, each responsible for configuration, performance and task analysis, weight and center of gravity, reliability, interface coordination, and standardization management.

Professor Yang's group basically grasped the core direction of the entire project.

But at this moment, what's giving Yang Hewei the biggest headache isn't the design aspect.

It was a task personally assigned to him by the project's chief engineer.

"Old Gong, what are you busy with?"

come back to the office.

Yang Hewei saw his old colleague Gong Jianping, who was in charge of the configuration group, angrily typing on the keyboard, and became somewhat curious.

Gong Jianping was still seething with anger: "Director Yang, these students these days are outrageous! I'm going to write an explanation to the academic affairs office and get one of them expelled!"

Done.

Tap tap tap, continuing to type.

This scene left Yang Hewei somewhat bewildered.

Lao Gong is actually considered a very kind person in the project team.

How outrageous must a student be to make him this angry?

But then again, decisions made in the heat of the moment are not necessarily correct.

So Yang Hewei advised, "Students make mistakes, that's normal. Why don't you give him a chance?"

Gong Jianping: "No, even though several days have passed, I still can't get over it. It would be a disgrace to our university not to expel a student like that!"

"I'm just wondering why they didn't respond when I called the academic affairs office the first time."

"I urged them several more times to investigate the student's disciplinary violations and expel him, but nothing happened."

"It seems they don't take it seriously, so I have no choice but to write the situation report myself."

Yang Hewei nodded absentmindedly: "If you want to fire me, then go ahead, but stop for a moment, I have something to discuss with you."

Upon hearing this...

Gong Jianping's hand suddenly stopped.

No matter how you put it...

Yang Hewei was his direct supervisor.

He looked up and asked, "You're back from the meeting? What did the chief engineer say?"

"Things on the project are still the same."

"The chief engineer has approved the air intake design and asked us to provide the flying wing design as soon as possible."

"But the chief engineer gave me a difficult problem today."

Gong Jianping's interest was piqued: "What difficult problem?"

"The chief engineer asked us to come up with a completely different overall system design."

Gong Jianping's heart skipped a beat.

The Yunji project took more than two years from conception to approval.

Over the past two years, the various design teams have reached a certain degree of compromise.

They unanimously agreed that the existing plan was the best, which is why they finally submitted it to the higher authorities for approval.

Now that the project has been approved, we should be focusing on implementing the plans on the blueprints.

Why is there another debate about which direction to take?

"A completely different plan? The higher-ups aren't satisfied with our current plan? They're going to overturn it entirely?" Gong Jianping asked anxiously.

"No, no, no, it's my fault for not explaining myself clearly."

Yang Hewei explained.

"The second option will not be mass-produced, and it will not even be put into the laboratory."

"At most, it's just making a model to show off."

Gong Jianping: "Why is that?"

Yang Hewei: "It's a secret."

Gong Jianping was somewhat displeased: "Then you might as well not say anything. When I ask you, you say it's a secret."

Yang Hewei chuckled: "I said—for the sake of 'secrecy'!"

Gong Jianping: "Why don't I understand?"

That's right.

Yang Hewei recounted the story in detail.

"The chief engineer received a guidance letter from the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Confidentiality."

"They say the US is paying close attention to our project lately, and is deploying forces everywhere to spy on us and gather information."

"There was a lot of pressure to keep this project confidential."

Gong Jianping nodded in agreement.

He also knew that there had been a breach of confidentiality regarding this project before it was officially approved.

This led to external forces knowing about the existence of similar projects very early on.

Now that a project team has been established, those with ulterior motives will definitely keep a close eye on it.

Moreover, this project was jointly led by Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group and Northwestern Polytechnical University, involving a wide range of stakeholders and posing significant challenges to maintaining secrecy.

"What does that mean? Does it mean we need to change our plan?"

Gong Jianping didn't quite understand.

"It doesn't make sense to completely scrap the plan just because of confidentiality issues."

"Tsk! Old Gong, how come you still don't understand?"

Yang Hewei was a little resentful.

"The superiors want us to come up with a second plan to confuse the enemy."

The main point of the meeting was this one thing.

Moreover, the chief engineer issued the order, requiring Yang Hewei's First Design Office to complete it.

Passive measures to prevent leaks are definitely necessary.

However, the project was so large that even the most meticulous plans can have oversights.

After all, this project is very large and involves many people.

In that case, we might as well take proactive measures.

"Our superiors asked us to come up with a plan. It doesn't need to be very detailed, just roughly correct."

"Then let those scoundrels mistakenly believe that this is the legitimate plan, and divert their attention."

"In this way, the pressure on the project itself will be less."

Gong Jianping suddenly realized: "It's a strategic deception!"

Yang Hewei nodded: "That's one way to understand it."

"Brilliant! The chief engineer always has the best ideas."