The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 209: Touching interests is harder than touching souls

"Comrade Zhipeng, I am completely on your side."

"I think you have a valid point."

"The so-called basic scientific research is really useless and is just making up the numbers."

"I think basic scientific research should be directly cut off in our country."

That night, after the discussion, He Zuoxiu came to Zhang Zhipeng and spoke to Zhang Zhipeng with a flattering look on his face.

Hearing He Zuoxiu speak, Zhang Zhipeng felt a little bored.

This He Zuoxiu is just an opportunist and a wallflower.

Wherever the wind blows, he falls.

Now that Zhang Zhipeng is in power, he is trying his best to please and flatter him.

Zhang Zhipeng just said that basic scientific research and applied scientific research can complement each other, and there is no contradiction between the two.

And He Zuoxiu is so radical that he thinks that he can directly kill all the basic science.

This is also to demonstrate He Zuoxiu's determination and strong stance on innovation in the scientific community.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled lightly and said: "Basic science is the foundation, and applied science is based on basic science."

"How can it be completely cut off?"

"No matter what we do, we must consider it carefully."

"You can't just ignore it if you get hot-headed. This is absolutely not allowed, you know?"

At the end of the sentence, Zhang Zhipeng's face looked very serious.

He Zuoxiu was shocked.

He quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Comrade Zhipeng is right in his criticism. I really didn't think that much just now."

"Then do as you say."

In this way, Zhang Zhipeng drafted a guiding document on how basic scientific research and applied scientific research can coexist harmoniously and complement each other.

In the evening, Zhang Zhipeng returned to his room. He had just gone to wash up and wanted to sit down and read the guidance document he had just compiled when there was a knock on the door.

Generally speaking, late at night, even if there are visitors who want to come to see Zhang Zhipeng, they will be turned away by the bodyguards outside the door.

Since you can knock on the door, it means that the person coming is relatively close.

Zhang Zhipeng went to open the door.

Gao Yang smiled and nodded to Zhang Zhipeng: "Comrade Zhipeng, I want to report something to you."

Zhang Zhipeng asked Gao Yang to come in.

"Is it about Liu Yan?" Zhang Zhipeng asked with a smile.

Gao Yang nodded and said, "Haha! Comrade Zhipeng is really smart."

"Yes, it is indeed about Liu Yan."

"We quietly checked the room where she lived."

"As a result, we actually found a satellite phone in her room."

"Ordinary people don't need this thing."

"Generally speaking, only traitors who have been bribed will have satellite phones with them. They mainly use them when communicating with foreign countries."

Satellite phones have different calling frequencies than regular phones.

It also doesn't go through base stations on the ground.

Therefore, as long as there is no deliberate interception, such calls cannot be blocked at all.

Zhang Zhipeng took a breath, smiled and said, "It seems like a really big fish."

Gao Yang said: "Relevant departments will not take action for the time being."

"However, we will definitely step up close surveillance on her."

"Look at who frequents her."

"Maybe, it's possible to kill a net."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "So, now you can eavesdrop on her calls?"

Gao Yang smiled and said, "Yes, we have installed a listening device in her satellite phone."

"As long as she contacts abroad, we will know immediately."

"I can say that she is already meat on the chopping block."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and nodded and said, "Very good."

"Our opponents, they have no bottom line."

"They will do whatever it takes."

"While we welcome those talents who come back from outside, we must also remain vigilant."

Gao Yang nodded and said, "Yes, you are absolutely right."

"We have opened the door to the country, and while introducing talents, there must also be many people with ulterior motives coming in."

"But that's not important. After careful screening, we will be able to find those who have sold their souls."

……

That night, Liu Yan was restless.

After she returned to the room, she had been thinking nervously.

When she came to attend this meeting, she had already received the task.

This task requires her to get close to Zhang Zhipeng no matter what.

At the same time, he gained Zhang Zhipeng's trust.

If Zhang Zhipeng could be bribed and allowed to leave at some point in the future, it would be a major event that would shock the world.

Liu Yan actually didn't want this task.

After she came back, she just wanted to live quietly.

She just wanted to do scientific research and forget everything in the past.

However, that is obviously impossible.

Those devils will not let her go.

As long as she disobeys, they have a hundred ways to ruin her reputation.

So, these days, she is very nervous.

She was tempted to refuse to do things according to those people's assumptions.

But she didn't dare.

"what should I do?"

After she returned to her room, she sat down on the chair and began to think painfully.

If she takes the initiative to cut off contact with those people, I believe those guys will soon expose her to the relevant Chinese departments.

But what if she continues to sell her soul to the devil?
It will definitely not end well in the future.

Just then, the satellite phone she had hidden in her suitcase rang.

Liu Yan heard the unique and soft vibration.

She quickly opened the suitcase and picked up the satellite phone.

Her hands were shaking a little.

She didn't want to take the call.

However, it is definitely not possible not to answer.

She finally answered the phone.

"What's going on? Didn't I ask you to call me on your own initiative?" A deep voice sounded.

Liu Yan was shocked.

She whispered: "Sorry, I, I'm trying hard to fulfill my mission."

"It's not going too well at the moment."

"There are a lot of security personnel around the other party."

The sinister male voice said coldly: "In other words, it is impossible for you to seduce him?"

The sound was like the wind blowing from hell.

Chilling.

Liu Yan smiled bitterly: "Yes."

The man asked: "Can I still find another chance to get close to him?"

Liu Yan said: "I, I don't know, in short, it is difficult."

Liu Yan was so frightened that her face turned pale.

The man said: "I don't care what you think of, just hurry up and get close to him and implement the second plan."

"If you can't buy it, then destroy it!"

Liu Yan shuddered.

"Why are not you talking?"

"What on earth are you thinking about?"

The man's voice became more and more fierce.

Liu Yan could only say: "I, I will try my best to finish it."

The man said coldly: "It's not about working hard, it's about being absolute!"

"After completing the mission, someone will pick you up immediately, and you will be able to go to a safe place soon. Don't worry about this."

Liu Yan could only say: "Okay."

"I, the power gets the job done."

The man said: "This attitude is not good!"

Liu Yan hurriedly added: "I promise to complete the mission! Even at the expense of my own life."

The man then said with satisfaction: "Remember what you said today."

"Get started as soon as possible!"

After ending the call, Liu Yan fell into endless panic again.

What she didn't know was that her call had been eavesdropped by Gao Yang.

At this time, it was already midnight.

After Gao Yang eavesdropped on the call, his expression became serious.

His mission is to protect Zhang Zhipeng's safety.

Once the other party wants to break through this bottom line.

Then, he must take action.

However, he didn't want to take action yet tonight.

Then put this woman under surveillance first.

Now, the night is already deep.

It's better to wait until tomorrow morning and tell Zhang Zhipeng what he heard tonight.

This night was destined to be a sleepless night for Liu Yan.

She was anxious.

She was nervously thinking about what she should do next.

Take action on what those guys ask?

Liu Yan felt that her chances might not be too great.

Because Zhang Zhipeng didn't trust her at all.

It was difficult for her to get close to Zhang Zhipeng.

If he approaches suddenly, it may arouse suspicion even more.

How to do?
She tossed and turned all night long.

Occasionally, if I fall asleep for a while, I will have a terrible nightmare.

She woke up from the nightmare, already covered in sweat.

She thought a lot, a lot.

She thought about her childhood and teenage years.

She also had great ideals.

She also dreams of becoming a talent useful to the country and the nation.

God!

Why has she reached this point?

Why did she associate with those terrible devils?
No! She must not be confused any longer.

She had to make changes.

She was going to tell Zhang Zhipeng the truth.

Of course, she also knew that once she told the truth, she would probably lose her current status.

Because no one will reuse a traitor who has been a traitor.

But even so, it’s a good thing, right?
Thinking like this, Liu Yan finally made up her mind.

She opened her eyes wide and looked out the window. She was waiting for the dawn to come as soon as possible.

At 5: in the morning, the sky outside the window was already bright.

Zhang Zhipeng slept for a few hours and he was full.

He wakes up in high spirits.

After washing up, Zhang Zhipeng did all push-ups in the room, one set of twenty.

After exercising, I feel more relaxed and happy.

Zhang Zhipeng was about to turn on his computer to prepare the agenda for today's meeting when the phone rang.

It was just over 5:50 at this time.

Zhang Zhipeng glanced at the caller ID and saw that it seemed to be an insider.

He picked up the phone and put it to his ear.

A tired woman's voice sounded from the microphone: "Comrade Zhipeng, I am Liu Yan."

"I struggled all night and decided that I must confess something to you..."

Liu Yan told on the phone how after she went to study abroad in Amei, she was targeted by someone with malicious intentions, how she was framed by the other party, and finally had to choose to cooperate with the other party.

She became a tool in the hands of the devil.

She was later sent back to China to perform a mission...

After Zhang Zhipeng listened to Liu Yan's story, he felt very uneasy.

He didn't expect that Liu Yan would choose to confess.

When she was telling the story, her voice was hoarse and full of tears.

It can be seen that she is also very sad and painful.

She was also a girl with a dream.

However, fate played a big joke on her.

However, Zhang Zhipeng did not trust Liu Yan gullibly.

Who knows if she has other tricks up her sleeve?

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Comrade Liu Yan, you are very brave to tell the truth."

"Don't worry, our country will give you a chance to change your ways."

"There is a saying: avoid past mistakes to avoid future ones, treat illnesses and save lives."

“If there is something, correct it and if there is nothing, encourage it!”

"You may have done something wrong, but as long as you really correct it, you can still stay where you are and contribute to the country."

"We still have room for people."

"It's not like Ami, where it's all black and white. If you stand with them, you're their opponent."

Liu Yan said gratefully: "Thank you, Comrade Zhipeng."

"The only thing I'm glad about is that I haven't done anything too wrong."

"I haven't even circulated a confidential document."

"But even so, I did something wrong. I hope the organization can give me a chance to change my ways."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Wait with peace of mind. If I say you will be fine, then nothing will happen to you."

After saying that, Zhang Zhipeng hung up the phone.

Just at this moment, Gao Yang knocked on the door and came in.

When he saw Zhang Zhipeng put down the phone just now, a look of vigilance immediately appeared on his face.

"Comrade Zhipeng, who called?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and recounted Liu Yan's call to confess her identity and ask for forgiveness.

After Gao Yang listened, he said: "Comrade Zhipeng, we eavesdropped on her phone call yesterday with someone who controlled the situation remotely... She is a dangerous person."

"We must not trust people who have received systematic training."

"What I want to say is that she is most likely looking for an opportunity to get close to you under the guise of confession, and then take action."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "There is such a possibility."

"You go and interrogate her properly."

"Let's see if we can dig out some clues. Ami's gang of malicious guys must have weaved a big network in the country."

Gao Yang took the order and left.

Liu Yan was quickly taken away for questioning.

Of course, this is not an arrest.

Tell her to ask her to cooperate with something.

In the morning, Zhang Zhipeng first read out the guidance document he summarized and compiled on how basic scientific research and applied scientific research can coexist harmoniously and complement each other.

Later, he expressed his thoughts on some institutional innovations in domestic scientific research and promotion of teacher serial titles.

He said that the reason why today's scientific research is dominated by Britain, the United States and the West is mainly because the West has created an academic scientific research system.

Through promotional packaging, Lizufang has captured the most authoritative academic journals, award systems, scientific research ranking systems, etc. in their own hands.

The scientific community in China is equivalent to being integrated by Lizufang.

China's huge team of scientific workers are creating a large number of valuable papers every day, but all of them are written in English.

And by doing this, we are actually making a contribution to the West.

This makes Western scientific hegemony more stable.

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Comrades, we have worked so hard to produce so many scientific research results, but in the end we made wedding clothes for others."

"Do we really like being taken advantage of?"

"Many of us are complaining that we are too behind in the field of scientific research and are always being overpowered by the lizards."

"Many of us even belittle ourselves and think that we will never catch up with Lizugata."

"But what I want to say is that we have made very rapid progress in scientific research in recent years."

"We have made very good developments and breakthroughs in many high-tech fields."

"We have gradually begun to lead the development of world technology!"

"In this case, I think: If we continue to be led by the lizard scientific community, it will definitely not work!"

"We have to build our own system!"

"We want to become a new center for scientific research and development in the entire world!"

"It is out of such an ambition that I sincerely hope that the entire scientific community will take action."

"We need to develop a system for professional title promotion and domestic science award evaluation."

"We can no longer attach as much importance to SCI papers as we did in the past, and we can no longer regard foreign academic journals such as Nature and Science as our guide."

"When calculating scientific research scores for domestic professional title promotions, we can no longer continue to count papers published in famous foreign journals as the only one, and a natural or scientific paper will determine life!"

"This is absolutely untrue!"

As soon as Zhang Zhipeng finished speaking, there was a buzz of discussion.

Obviously, a large number of scientific and technological workers do not agree with Zhang Zhipeng's views.

They firmly believe that publishing papers in nature or science is an inevitable step to becoming a world-class scientist.

If you don't publish papers in these most high-end and top-notch world journals, you will definitely not be recognized by the Western world.

If it is not recognized by the Western world, how can it establish its position in the world's scientific community?

Therefore, many scientists who came to attend the meeting were angry.

The commotion grew louder.

Zhang Zhipeng stopped talking. He stopped and looked at the place where the commotion was the worst.

There, there were several returned scientists with angry expressions on their faces.

One young man among them was even banging his fist on the table.

Banging your fist on the table is definitely a serious provocation.

This young man's name is Wu Ketian.

I am over 30 this year and am a physicist.

He is now teaching at Qingda University. He has only been back for more than half a year, and now he has been promoted to professor.

He is an expert in semiconductors.

He has published an independent author paper in Science, a top journal.

It is precisely because of this paper that he has a high reputation in the country.

He was also held in high esteem.

After coming back, his treatment was extremely high, even no lower than abroad.

Moreover, he also enjoys scientific research funding of up to tens of millions every year.

Zhang Zhipeng stopped speaking, and the commotion in the audience finally calmed down.

But Wu Ketian was still roaring.

"What?! Do you want to continue to close yourself off?"

"Why do we have to build our own system?"

"Aren't we backward enough?"

"Zhang Zhipeng, what are your intentions?"

Wu Ketian was very angry.

Because he felt that his vital interests were encountering a major crisis.

He has another important paper that is likely to be published again in Science soon.

This is a major achievement he contributed after returning.

He also thought about using such a paper to continue to make waves in the country.

He didn't even take Zhang Zhipeng seriously.

He felt that he was much more powerful than Zhang Zhipeng.

Zhang Zhipeng has been praised so highly, but until now, he has not even published a single article in a top foreign publication.

Can this be called a top scientist?

Wu Ketian thought to himself, you can't handle the top foreign journals yourself, and then you directly ban others from publishing papers in them?
Isn't this too shameless?
Is it possible that you want to block all other people’s ascending channels?
Zhang Zhipeng looked coldly at Wu Ketian, who was still yelling.

He didn't say a word, just looked at Wu Ketian yelling with a slight smile.

Wu Ketian was not afraid at all.

He thought, if Zhang Zhipeng puts on small shoes for me, then I will leave here right away!

He continued to yell for a few more words, then stopped angrily.

Before stopping, he said to Zhang Zhipeng: "I'm not afraid of you!"

"In the worst case, I'll go back to Amei."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled lightly and said, "You don't have to be afraid of me."

"No one has to be afraid of me."

"You can come and go freely in China, and you don't have to make such a fuss if you want to leave."

"I want to reform the selection system for professional title promotion and scientific awards because I think this is the best for the country."

“Journals like Natural Science must not be overly praised!”

"In my eyes, they are just ordinary academic journals!"

"You have to remember that if your results are really great, no matter which journal you publish them in, they will be great! It will cause a sensation!"

"The reforms I want to make today are mainly to shake the West's technological hegemony!"

"If we can't overthrow their technological hegemony, then we don't want to achieve real rise!"

"Comrade Wu Ketian, since you have chosen to come back for development, you should share weal and woe with this country!"

"Instead of being furious when your own interests are touched a little bit!"

Zhang Zhipeng slapped Wu Ketian unceremoniously.

Naturally Wu Ketian couldn't bear it.

He stood up suddenly.

A scientific researcher sitting next to him tried to hold him back but failed.

Wu Ketian looked at Zhang Zhipeng sitting on the rostrum and said: "First of all, you must understand one thing: science has no borders!"

“We must let go of the barriers that limit our self-development!”

"Secondly, now that the order has been formed, we cannot destroy the order! We must work hard to learn to do our things well under the current scientific order."

"Third, you are not touching my interests alone! You are touching the interests of thousands of scientists!"

Zhang Zhipeng blew into the microphone and said with a smile: "Have you finished speaking?"

Wu Ketian sat down with a sigh of relief.

He ignored Zhang Zhipeng.

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "What a science without borders!"

"Then you should also know the last sentence, right? Science has no borders, but scientists have their own motherland!"

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