Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2050 Today is different from the past

"Yang Xiaotao? No, absolutely not."

As soon as Hao Pingchuan finished speaking, Zheng Chaoyang immediately refused.

Yang Xiaotao’s importance now is no less than a shipyard.

I didn't think much of it before. After all, there are many "experts" in the country, and one more or one less won't make much difference.

But now, after the fermentation of the Red Star Spirit and the spirit of innovation, what Yang Xiaotao represents is a behemoth.

Using Yang Xiaotao as bait was possible in the past, and even Yu Zecheng did it last time.

But now, if you let Yu Zecheng try it again, even if the superiors don't shoot him with guns, the people from the machinery factory will chase him for ten blocks.

"I'm not done yet."

Hao Pingchuan had expected Zheng Chaoyang to oppose so resolutely. He was not angry, but said, "I'm not talking about him."

"Old Hao, just speak frankly."

Bai Ling asked.

Hao Pingchuan slapped his hands on the table and said proudly, "There is more than one engineer in this machinery factory, Yang Xiaotao."

"The person I'm talking about is the director of the R&D department of the machinery factory, Zhang Guanyu."

"When the time comes, I will pretend to be him and say that Yang Xiaotao led the team to make it, and I will bring people to the Shanghai Shipyard to help supervise the construction. This way, I will have both the background and the reason."

"If the enemy doesn't believe me, I will go in with the blueprints, close the door, and start production inside."

Hao Pingchuan said with a smile, very satisfied with his plan.

Bai Ling put the blueprint away and said, "I think it's a good idea. This way, nine of the nine are fake and one is real, and it will be the most difficult for the enemy to distinguish them."

"More importantly, this time the Red Star Machinery Factory is backing it up, so the enemy is very likely to believe it."

"You should know that our knife fish speedboat was designed and manufactured by Yang Xiaotao of the Red Star Machinery Factory."

Zheng Chaoyang nodded slowly, "Old Hao, it's OK. After going to the Forbidden City, your abilities have improved."

Hao Pingchuan smiled proudly, "Do you think I followed you all the way just to see the scenery?"

"It is said that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles!"

"Come on, now that the plan is set, let's hurry up."

Zheng Chaoyang couldn't stand Hao Pingchuan's boasting, so he urged him to act quickly.

Hao Pingchuan laughed and ran out of the office.

In the room, the two remaining people waited for Hao Pingchuan to leave, then suddenly laughed together.

"It's better this way. Old Hao can take the initiative."

Zheng Chaoyang smiled, Bai Ling nodded, and then looked at Zheng Chaoyang nervously.

"Have you really decided?"

Zheng Chaoyang nodded solemnly, "I was the one who proposed this matter, so I have to complete the last step."

"Be careful."

Bai Ling said softly that being in this position, there were some things they could not refuse.

All she could do was to make him feel at ease.

"Don't worry, I'm not someone that even the devil can take away."

"It's fine."

Bai Ling pursed her lips and nodded gently, "I believe you will come back."

"That's necessary."

Zheng Chaoyang smiled, picked up his hat, turned and left the office.

In the room, Bai Ling looked at the impressionist painting in her hand and couldn't help but smile.

At noon, Hao Pingchuan hurried over. Zheng Chaoyang was busy arranging personnel and defending the shipyard. When he saw Hao Pingchuan come in, he picked up the kettle on the table, turned it on and started drinking.

"I said you haven't drunk any water before, can your stomach handle this?"

"How old you are!"

Hao Pingchuan finished drinking from the kettle, wiped his mouth, and then said, "I went to ask for tickets to Sijiu City, and guess who I met?"

"Who? Your lover?"

"Bah, bah, bah, can you please think of something normal!"

"They are from the machinery factory, the Red Star Machinery Factory."

Zheng Chaoyang asked hurriedly, "What's going on? Explain it clearly."

Hao Pingchuan found a chair and sat down, then said, "I have also met that person twice, and he looks familiar."

"This time I ran into them at the station, so I went up to ask them, and it turned out to be them."

"The other party also recognized my identity and told me the situation."

"This time, the security department of their machinery factory came here to carry out a mission to escort a group of experts and professors to Sijiu City to help."

"I'm coming back in a hurry, planning to take this opportunity to infiltrate the experts and wait until we get to the machinery factory."

"As for the rest, I'll come back when you've made all the arrangements. What do you think?"

Zheng Chaoyang quickly went over it in his mind, then nodded, "Okay, that's it."

"Where are they now?"

"At the Biocenter Research Institute."

"Walk."

The two of them didn't even bother to eat and just got in the car and drove over.

"Hello, Captain Liang!"

At the research institute, when Zheng Chaoyang brought Hao Pingchuan, it was time for dinner.

When Liang Zuoxin heard what the guard said, he immediately stood up to greet him.

Jiang Dayong and Director Bao also came over to see what was going on.

At the very least, nothing can happen here.

"Captain Zheng, Captain Hao."

Liang Zuoxin immediately laughed when he saw the two men, and then smiled at Jiang Dayong and the other man, "These two are old acquaintances!"

Then he looked at Zheng Chaoyang and the other man and said with a smile, "Let's eat together!"

"Do not…"

"Okay!"

Zheng Chaoyang looked at Hao Pingchuan sitting in an empty seat with an awkward expression.

"You are welcome!"

As he said this, he sat down next to Liang Zuoxin.

"Oh, this pig-killing dish would be better if we had some pickled cabbage!"

"Tsk tsk, what a big piece of meat! Is this the New Year celebration at your institute?"

Hao Pingchuan put a piece of pork on his chopsticks and threw it into his mouth, but his eyes were looking into the bowl.

"This is what Captain Liang brought. It's just right for a snack!"

Jiang Dayong explained with a smile while Hao Pingchuan started eating with big mouthfuls.

When other people saw this, they didn't bother to say anything. There is a big difference between sharing a table with ten people and twelve people, especially since this guy has a physique that shows he is a big eater.

After dinner, Liang Zuoxin, Zheng Chaoyang and Hao Pingchuan sat aside.

This is not the first time he has dealt with these two people. They would not come here for no reason. There must be something going on.

Zheng Chaoyang had no intention of hiding anything and immediately told everyone about the situation he was facing.

After all, this matter still needs the help of the machinery factory. At least we have to spread the word, otherwise even our own people won't believe it, how can we deceive those shrewd guys?

After Zheng Chaoyang finished telling the story, Liang Zuoxin didn't think it was a big deal.

On the contrary, he understood the difficulties encountered by Zheng Chaoyang and his team. He also knew a lot about what happened in Sijiu City some time ago.

All in all, the two sides are in the same industry, and it is necessary for them to secretly avenge their enemies and unite against them.

"Don't worry, we will cooperate well when we go back this time!"

Liang Zuoxin said and then looked at Hao Pingchuan, "But, Old Hao, your physique is not suitable for being a technician!"

Hao Pingchuan immediately looked at Zheng Chaoyang, "Look, Lao Liang can see that it's not working, but you insisted that I go!"

"Then change someone?"

Zheng Chaoyang said softly, and Hao Pingchuan immediately shook his head, "That's not necessary, at most, I can just wear glasses!"

Liang Zuoxin laughed when he heard this. "Do you have any specific plan on how to arrange this?"

Zheng Chaoyang regained his composure and said, "We just thought of this idea, and we haven't come up with a specific plan yet."

"However, it's almost the end of the year and we can't delay any longer."

Hao Pingchuan also nodded, "It's the New Year, everyone wants to have a comfortable year."

Liang Zuoxin took out cigarettes and shared them between the two men, then became curious about the situation at the shipyard.

"What's in there that makes the other party so afraid?"

"I heard earlier that they were producing speedboats? The kind that are equipped with torpedoes?"

Zheng Chaoyang and Hao Pingchuan looked at each other, and then Hao Pingchuan took the initiative to say, "I have been staying in the shipyard for some time, and I also understand some of the conditions inside."

"That's not the place to make speedboats."

"That's a very big ship, at least as big as ten speedboats."

Liang Zuoxin took a breath of cold air, and then became excited again.

"Really?"

"Really? I've been in there for more than a month, watching over it every day. How could I not know?"

"What caliber?"

"The keel has just been laid, how would I know?"

"Then, then..."

Liang Zuoxin was a little excited and didn't know what to ask.

Zheng Chaoyang understood a little bit, so he explained in a low voice, "I think the meaning above is to lay the foundation first, from small to large, and use this to practice!"

"So it should be a destroyer?"

Liang Zuoxin listened and made some guesses. As for other larger ships, he didn't dare to think about it.

Although domestic steel production continues to increase, and even due to the popularization of converter technology, steel output has shown a linear growth, all walks of life in the country need steel, and the gap is still huge.

For steel monsters like battleships, one or two is fine, but if there are too many, it will definitely affect other industries.

Moreover, if there are too many, they can’t afford to support them.

"I think it's a cruiser."

"Could it be a battleship?"

The topic of the three people suddenly turned to the discussion of ships, and they were very interested and enjoyed it.

Although the three of them are from the army, it does not prevent them from understanding the navy.

Especially in Shanghai, the once foreign-style buildings and the Huangpu River have become other people's backyards because there are no ships of their own.

Hence how much they desire a powerful fleet.

The three chatted for a while, and finally Zheng Chaoyang drove away alone, while Hao Pingchuan followed Liang Zuoxin and acted as a guard in the team.

Wait until we get to the machinery factory before starting work.

"Captain Liang, have a safe trip."

"Lao Wang, be careful on the road and call me back when you get there."

"If you have any problem, please tell us. We will definitely help if we can."

At the entrance of the research institute, everyone shook hands and said goodbye.

"Director Jiang, thank you."

Liang Zuoxin held Jiang Dayong's hand. Although the two sides met for a short time, they had a very pleasant conversation.

"Captain Liang, we are one family so please stop talking behind each other's backs."

"Yes, I was being hypocritical."

"Director, when we're done here, you can come over too."

Wang Guangmei said sincerely that he could see that the atmosphere in the institute was a bit weird recently.

Especially after he came back, many people looked at him with strange eyes.

If those newcomers looked at him like this, he wouldn't think anything of it.

If you are not envied by others, you are a mediocre person.

But he felt uncomfortable when the old people who had worked with him for several years looked at him like this.

Could it be that I am really jealous of him?

Or have these people changed?

"Okay, if I have a chance, I'll go."

Director Bao had a kind face. He held Wang Guangmei's hand and reminded her, "When you go to Sijiu City, you must take good care of our people!"

"You can see the current situation."

Director Bao lowered his head and spoke in a low voice, his expression filled with reluctance and helplessness.

Wang Guangmei felt uncomfortable watching this.

They all have a passion for life.

In order to overcome the problems of culture temperature and humidity, this old director did not sleep for three days and three nights, and finally collapsed on the laboratory table due to exhaustion.

Even when I was in the hospital, I was still concerned about the research progress.

Such a person, just because he went to study abroad, actually...
"I know."

Wang Guangmei kept all the words in her heart.

"Don't worry, as long as you can complete these studies, it doesn't matter where you are."

"Besides, I am very satisfied that you can make this choice."

"Director!"

"Let's go, let's go, don't waste time."

"It's not like we won't see each other again."

The director said this with a smile, and Wang Guangmei thought the same.

"Then, take care."

"Well! Don't worry, we are waiting for your good news."

Wang Guangmei nodded, then looked at her colleagues behind her, said goodbye to them one by one, and then got on the truck of the automobile factory.