The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 459 Interview
February 2th, the 8th day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year’s Eve!

Siheyuan.

Liu Tao finally returned home on New Year's Eve and had a reunion dinner with his family.

After taking control of Hong Kong's airlines, flights to the mainland were launched in 1983, initially to Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing. Now, flights have been added to major cities such as Hangzhou, Jinling, Kunming, Chengdu, Shancheng, and Jiangcheng.

Although there are not many flights, it has greatly facilitated travel.

Snowflakes were floating in the sky, a large pot was placed on the stove, and the aroma of mutton was wafting in the air.

There are so many people in the family, so it is impossible to cook. By the time I finish cooking, the food is cold.

There is no doubt that hot pot is the most suitable choice.

Wash the vegetables, wrap the dumplings, and blanch them directly when you are ready to eat.

In the middle of winter, mutton hotpot is undoubtedly the most suitable.

Buy your own lamb bones to make soup. When you are ready to cook, just put the thawed soup base into the pot and it will boil quickly.

Liu Hongying, Liu Honglei, Zhu Lin and others first served the children with meat, vegetables and dumplings. The only ones who needed to be fed were Liu Qingan and Liu Manhua. After today, they would be three years old, and four years old in terms of their lunar age.

Liu Tao's eldest son was five years old in terms of age, and six years old in terms of age.

In addition to the entire family, there is also a special person - Chen Nianzhen!

Chen Nianzhen was a little nervous and stole glances at Liu Tao from time to time.

During the winter vacation, Chen Nianzhen did not go home because she had to prepare for an interview.

She has officially graduated from Tsinghua University, and during the winter vacation, at Liu Ziyu's persuasion, she came to Liu Ziyu's home.

When Chen Nianzhen saw Liu Ziyu's house, she felt dizzy. She had never expected that Liu Ziyu's house would be so big.

Chen Nianzhen was just a child from an ordinary family. She passed the college entrance examination and was admitted to Tsinghua University with excellent results.

When she saw such a huge mansion, she immediately realized that Liu Ziyu's family background was extraordinary, far more than she had imagined before.

In the past, she only thought that Liu Ziyu's family was relatively wealthy and was one of the first to become rich.

But only then did she realize that this was more than just being relatively wealthy.

After watching "Journey to the West" broadcast on CCTV, she realized that the Queen of the Kingdom of Women in "Journey to the West" was actually Liu Ziyu's sister-in-law.

And now, she saw Liu Tao for the first time, the man who would interview her tomorrow.

Only by passing Liu Tao's interview could she become Liu Tao's student and study for a master's and doctoral degree.

Students always feel naturally nervous when facing their teachers.

This is a bloodline suppression.

There is no student who is not afraid of the teacher.

Liu Tao chatted with Chen Nianzhen in a friendly manner, which gradually made Chen Nianzhen less nervous.

In fact, the relevant departments have already conducted a thorough investigation into Chen Nianzhen’s situation.

As Liu Tao's student, I will be exposed to many confidential information, so the investigation will naturally be much more rigorous.

Chen Nianzhen's family is very ordinary, just an ordinary working-class family. Her parents are both middle school teachers. Chen Nianzhen has been an excellent student since childhood. She won the first place in the city in science in the college entrance examination and was admitted to Tsinghua University.

After entering university, Chen Nien-zhen studied very seriously and hard, often reading in the library until it closed.

His performance in computer science courses is almost catching up with Liu Ziyu.

About an hour later, Liu Ziyu took Chen Nianzhen to the living room to watch the Spring Festival Gala, while Liu Tao and the others continued to eat mutton hotpot and drink wine. In the living room, Chen Nianzhen held Liu Ziyu's hand and patted her chest with the other hand, "Ziyu, why didn't you tell me that your brother is Professor Liu Tao?"

"What's there to say!" Liu Ziyu said as a matter of course.

Influenced by her family since childhood, Liu Ziyu knew some things and never talked about her family with her classmates outside. Even when she went to listen to Liu Tao's lectures, she never told her classmates that he was her biological brother.

Liu Ziyu said: "Studying with my brother will definitely allow you to learn more knowledge than studying abroad. You know, last year, he only taught two students, both from Beijing University of Technology."

"We may only recruit two this year. You must seize the opportunity. If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever." Liu Ziyu knew very well how precious the opportunity to learn from Liu Tao was.

In terms of closeness, Liu Tao is definitely closer to Capital University of Technology.

Chen Nianzhen and Liu Ziyu had heard Liu Tao's lectures and knew that Liu Tao was a famous scientist, so they naturally knew how rare this opportunity was.

"Zi Yu, do you think I will have no chance and fail the interview tomorrow?" Chen Nianzhen couldn't help but get nervous.

The two of them have been living in the same dormitory since they entered university, with upper and lower bunks, and then they sat at the same table, and they have a very good relationship.

It was also because of their relationship that Liu Ziyu specifically asked Liu Tao for an opportunity.

Liu Ziyu said: "Don't worry, just do your best in the interview tomorrow. As long as you perform normally, there will be no problem."

The next day, around ten o'clock.

Listening to the bird house, it is winter now, so naturally there are no birds singing, it is very quiet here.

These days, Zhu Lin's store has also suspended business.

Liu Tao sat there, looking at Chen Nianzhen who had a nervous look on her face, and felt amused in his heart.

But it is understandable, as he was also a student and can understand this kind of tension.

At the beginning, it was an examination of professional knowledge. In the two papers he had set out before, Chen Nianzhen's score was only five points lower than Liu Ziyu's, so her historical knowledge was still very solid.

However, during this interview, Liu Tao conducted a more in-depth investigation.

After about an hour, Liu Tao had an idea in his mind. Chen Nianzhen had indeed been very hardworking and serious over the past two years and had a solid foundation of knowledge.

In addition to attending lectures, I also read a lot of professional books.

Otherwise, Chen Nianzhen would not have this knowledge just based on those textbooks.

Because Liu Ziyu often asked him for advice, Liu Tao was very familiar with their teaching materials.

"If you are required to hide your identity and go to the deep mountains and forests to serve the country, are you willing?" Liu Tao suddenly asked.

Chen Nianzhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "As long as the country needs me, I am willing to remain anonymous!"

A smile appeared on Liu Tao's face. He could tell that Chen Nianzhen's answer was sincere. Liu Tao was very satisfied with Chen Nianzhen's answer.

He hopes to cultivate someone who can contribute to the country, rather than someone who only cares about himself and then runs away to Europe and the United States.

The talents that we cultivated with great effort ended up becoming a tool for others.

Thinking back to his previous life, whenever Liu Tao saw top students from prestigious universities going abroad to study, then settling down in Europe and the United States, working overseas, and pointing fingers at the country and cursing it, he felt heartbroken.

No matter what, a nest of gold or silver is not as good as your own doghouse. Only when your country is strong and your motherland is prosperous and strong, is the greatest truth.

Liu Tao will do his best to train his students, and naturally he has high demands on them.

To be his student, talent is not enough. Talent and diligence are not enough. You also need to have good character.

The more high-end the talent, the greater the harm and loss caused if their character is bad.

(End of this chapter)