Reborn in the red age

"Mr. Ren, it's just a small matter, just a small matter. It's just a matter of building a few more buildings. You even called me specially to ask if two buildings are enough. If not, I'll add more for you."

"Lao Mou, given our relationship, building a house is no small matter. Don't worry, I'll leave you a building. What? One building is not enough? Okay, okay, I'll add another one for you."

"Principal Wu? Our school is still short of houses? No problem, no problem. I also graduated from our school. Other units may not care about it, but how can I ignore our school? Don't worry, just make a count and tell me the number of houses you need."

The news that Huaxin was preparing to raise funds to build houses spread quickly. Not only Hua Wei and Ningde who worked in the Huaxin Building heard about it, but even Peking University knew the news. President Wu called specifically and wanted to get involved and ask for a few buildings to help some of the school's employees solve the housing problem.

Whether it was Warwick, Nanfang or the school, they all had inextricable ties with Qingfeng Li, and it was hard to refuse them. In just a short while, they agreed to sell out several houses.

After hanging up the phone, Li Qingfeng rubbed his brows and asked He Guangqin beside him: "Have the results of the collective housing statistics come out? How many houses do we need in total?"

"According to statistics, a total of 5,864 people have signed up for the collective housing from Huaxin and Lemon, and 135 people from Feichi Automobile, making a total of 5,999 people," He Guangqin blurted out and immediately reported the exact number.

This number is not large and is within Li Qingfeng's expectations. The salaries of Huaxin and Lemon companies are high and the employees have money in their pockets. When they encounter such company benefits, as long as they are not really broke, they will sign up to take advantage of it.

"Five thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine. That number is easy to pronounce. How many buildings do we need?"

"I contacted Capital Urban Development. They can currently build up to 26-storey residential buildings. If they want to build 25-storey buildings, fewer buildings will be needed. Twenty-four buildings will be enough."

Qingfeng Li raised his eyebrows: "Twenty-four buildings? Are you talking about the houses in Fangzhuang Community?"

Fangzhuang Community is the earliest high-rise residential area in the capital and was also a wealthy area at that time. The house type is indeed outdated in the eyes of later generations, and everyone who lives there despises it.

But these days, it is a desirable modern residence, representing the highest standard of domestic housing at that time. Many celebrities and wealthy people have purchased property in this community.

"Yes, that's the type of building in Fangzhuang Community. Capital Urban Development is the developer of Fangzhuang Community and they have plenty of experience in high-rise buildings."

Li Qingfeng thought about it and felt that apartment types and building types would never be outdated. It would be fine as long as they met the building standards of the time. So he slowly said, "Since they are experienced, let's proceed based on this plan."

After a pause, he continued, "However, we cannot completely copy the model of Fangzhuang Community. We still need to optimize and improve it according to the actual needs of our employees and modern living concepts. We can refer to the high-rise buildings in Hong Kong and Japan to optimize the design of our collective housing community."

He Guangqin carefully recorded Li Qingfeng's instructions. After Li Qingfeng finished speaking, he asked, "What about the supporting facilities? Should we plan according to the conventional standards, or should we have higher requirements?"

“The supporting facilities must not be clichéd. We need to create a comprehensive, high-quality and unique residential community.”

"I see. In that case, the cost per square meter is much higher than that of ordinary collective housing."

"How much higher? At most, it's two or three hundred yuan more per square meter, which is nothing." As he said that, Li Qingfeng looked at his watch. It was already two o'clock, and it was time to get off work. So he stood up and said, "Okay, you arrange someone to contact them. It's almost time. I'm going to get off work."

"Okay, I'll do it tomorrow."

Before He Guangqin could finish his words, the office door was pushed open, interrupting He Guangqin's speech. Xu Yuanming walked in quickly with an unnatural expression, followed by two middle-aged men in short sleeves.

"Teacher Li, the person who leaked the information has been found."

He paused in packing his things and looked at Xu Yuanming in surprise. Didn’t he say he had given up? How did he suddenly find the person?

He put down the things in his hands, sat back in his chair, looked at Xu Yuanming and asked, "Didn't you say you gave up? How did you find it? Tell me in detail."

Speaking of this, Xu Yuanming looked a little embarrassed. He pointed at the two people behind him and said, "Well, we have to thank these two police officers. They never gave up, and today we finally had a major breakthrough."

After taking a glance at the two people behind Xu Yuanming, Li Qingfeng finally understood why Xu Yuanming had that expression.

At the beginning, they looked down on the police and thought that the mainland police were not very capable, so they seconded a group of people from Hong Kong to do counter-espionage work.

In the end, the people transferred here gave up, but the police from the mainland persevered and made a major breakthrough.

What a slap in the face!
Li Qingfeng cast his eyes towards the two policemen, stood up from the stool, and led everyone to sit on the sofa: "Thank you for your hard work, comrades, tell me what's going on."

"You are too polite. This is what we should do. Wearing this uniform, we should serve the people." The older policeman bowed slightly and continued, "We checked the bank deposit and withdrawal records of all Huaxin employees during this period and found no problems. So we changed our thinking and began to investigate the communication records of the employees, checking them one by one."

"As you know, we spent a lot of manpower and resources but got nothing. So we focused our attention on those who have studied abroad and have had contact with overseas people."

"We started a detailed investigation of them and found some clues from a public telephone in the community where Huaxin technicians lived. A public telephone near the community had multiple records of calling overseas numbers two months ago."

Li Qingfeng raised his eyebrows, secretly surprised. Well, it seems that the female detective is really capable.

Now, the person who leaked the information has been found within the scope of the targets she proposed.

I just don't know if this is just a blind cat catching a dead mouse, or if it's really just a sharp intuition.

"After finding this call record, we found the phone numbers of all Huaxin employees living near that area, and then checked the calls of these numbers in the past six months from the telecommunications department. After careful comparison, we found that one of the numbers had a direct contact with that public phone six months ago."

After listening carefully to the police's story, Li Qingfeng felt deeply moved. They had actually found a needle in a haystack. It really proved the saying that people leave traces behind. In this society, as long as you take action, you will inevitably leave traces that can be traced.

There is no such thing as a perfect case. It all depends on whether the police are serious and willing to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate. In the office, He Guangqin is the youngest, but also the most impatient.

Seeing that Li Qingfeng and Xu Yuanming did not ask who that person was, he could not help but break the silence first: "Two police comrades, who leaked the secret?"

The two policemen looked at each other without saying anything. Instead, they took out a file from their briefcases and placed it on the coffee table, motioning for them to go and look at it themselves.

He Guangqin picked it up and wanted to pass it to Li Qingfeng, but Li Qingfeng waved his hand and indicated that he should show it to Xu Yuanming first.

Xu Yuanming took the file with a serious expression and saw the suspect's photo and detailed information clearly printed on it.

When he saw the name above, shock flashed across his face. After reading all the contents in silence, he silently handed the file to Li Qingfeng.

After lighting a peony cigarette, Qingfeng Li still did not accept the file.

He Guangqin, who had been unable to contain his curiosity, took it and exclaimed after seeing the name on it: "It's him!"

Throwing the file onto the coffee table, He Guangqin looked at Li Qingfeng with an unpleasant expression and said, "Teacher Li, it's Xu Guangming."

When he heard this name, Li Qingfeng's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that the person who leaked the information was him.

Xu Guangming was one of the 24 overseas student engineers who returned to China with Li Qingfeng. When Li Qingfeng was in America giving these overseas students chicken soup, it was Xu Guangming who first responded to Li Qingfeng's call to return to China and was the leader who called on overseas student engineers to return to China together with Li Qingfeng.

After a long silence, Qingfeng Li slowly shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's really easy to say, the words come out as soon as the upper and lower lips touch, but it's not the same thing when it comes to the matter."

Xu Yuanming knew about Xu Guangming and what happened in America that year.

Seeing Li Qingfeng's ugly face, he looked at the two policemen hesitantly and asked tentatively: "Is this a mistake? I know Xu Guangming, a very down-to-earth young man."

The two policemen looked at each other, and the older one said seriously, "We understand your concerns, but at the moment, Xu Guangming is indeed the most suspicious person."

"but."

Xu Yuanming wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Li Qingfeng: "Alright, Old Xu, stop lying to yourself. The police comrade is right. Xu Guangming is indeed the most suspicious person."

"Alas, I really can't believe that Xu Guangming, who was full of passion and wanted to return to China to contribute to the country's science and technology, could do such a thing? It's only been a year, and..."

"People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs. You can know a person's face but not his heart. The words passed down by our ancestors make sense."

After extinguishing the peony in the ashtray, Li Qingfeng sat up from the sofa and shook hands with the two policemen one by one: "Comrade, thank you for your hard work and efforts during this period. No matter what the result is, your professionalism and perseverance are worthy of our respect. Next, we at Huaxin will cooperate with your work in all aspects. Just do what needs to be done."

"Mr. Li, you are too polite. It is our duty to safeguard the security and interests of the country and enterprises. We also hope to thoroughly investigate this case as soon as possible and bring all those involved in espionage activities to justice to prevent the country's scientific and technological achievements from suffering greater losses." The police also held Li Qingfeng's hand tightly and said solemnly.

After the two men exchanged greetings, the two policemen said goodbye to Li Qingfeng and said that they would present a formal arrest warrant in the afternoon to take Xu Guangming away for further interrogation and investigation. They hoped that Huaxin would make relevant preparations in advance to minimize the impact on the company's normal operating order.

Li Qingfeng expressed his understanding and gratitude for the police's advice, and then personally escorted them to the office door.

After staring at the closed elevator door for a while, Li Qingfeng turned around and returned to his office. Xu Yuanming and He Guangqin quickly followed.

"Teacher Li, since Xu Guangming came to Huaxin, he has been highly valued by the company and has been deeply involved in the company's projects. If he is the one who leaked the information, then we..." The three of them sat together to discuss countermeasures, and Xu Yuanming was the first to speak to break the silence.

Li Qingfeng waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. Whether it's the graphics card or the digital chip, it doesn't matter even if Xu Guangming sells them all. The main thing is the photolithography plant project. Does Xu Guangming know about the photolithography plant?"

"You can rest assured about this. The photolithography factory is an absolutely confidential project. At that time, no international students were allowed to have any contact with it. Except for the original photolithography machine R&D team brought by Professor Xu, the rest are technical talents trained and recruited by us ourselves. Moreover, the project group used code names to communicate within the company throughout the process. Xu Guangming may know the code name of the Kunlun Mirror Project, but it is absolutely impossible for him to know the specific situation of the Kunlun Mirror Project," Xu Yuanming assured Li Qingfeng, patting his chest.

Li Qingfeng nodded slightly, the expression on his face relaxed a little, and his depressed mood also eased a little.

After the discussion with Xu Yuanming, Li Qingfeng decided to follow IBM's example when it developed personal computers and disconnect the secret R&D project from the company's R&D base.

Immediately separate the lithography plant project from the Huaxin Building, find a place in the capital to establish an independent R&D center, and sever public ties with Huaxin.

Xu Yuanming had no objection to this and said that he would immediately look for a suitable site and relocate the lithography factory project team as soon as possible.

After listening to the reports from his subordinates, Director Luo of the Municipal Bureau immediately burst into laughter. He expressed his high recognition of their work results on the spot, saying that they were the pride of the police station and heroes who safeguarded national security and corporate interests.

All the face I lost at Huaxin because of that idiot some time ago has finally been earned back.

Director Luo has not been having a good time these days. The remarks made by the female detective were reported to the higher-ups by Xie Wanmin, the party group secretary of Huaxin. Director Luo has been scolded a lot these days, and the higher-ups are just short of pointing at his nose and calling him an idiot.

Now that the police under his command have successfully identified the suspect, this is undoubtedly a great turnaround for the police station. Chief Luo can finally stand up straight and feel proud.

He immediately issued an arrest warrant, put on his police uniform, called the reporters, assembled his troops, and personally led the team to Huaxin to arrest the criminal. (End of this chapter)