hsntnovel Chapter 820 Let's ride the donkey first and then find the horse
Chapter 820 Let's ride the donkey first and then find the horse
The plane landed at D City Airport, which is now under control; all unauthorized aircraft are prohibited from taking off and landing.
Professor Ji's plane had been approved and registered before takeoff, which is why it was able to land smoothly.
Ground staff directed the plane to its designated parking spot, then boarded a vehicle to evacuate. The cabin door opened, and Professor Ji and Director Liu stepped off the plane one after the other down the gangway.
Behind the two, another person carrying two boxes came out. It was Meizhen's brother, Dr. Garu, the scapegoat and person in charge of the ERP project.
As soon as the three of them got off the plane, they saw a black Dongfeng Peugeot parked not far away, with a conspicuous special pass on the inside of the windshield.
Needless to say, this car was specially prepared for them.
Director Liu and Professor Ji walked to the car, one of them getting into the passenger seat and the other opening the rear door.
Dr. Garrut carried two suitcases, opened the back door, placed them on the seat, and then returned to the driver's seat to drive.
The vehicles passed smoothly all the way, and all checkpoints and patrol units allowed them to pass after seeing the special pass.
Dr. Garrut drove to a street next to Happy Castle, parked at a random spot, and then got out to get his suitcase.
Before getting out of the car, Director Liu, who was in the passenger seat, felt that the special pass was too conspicuous, so he casually took it off and put it in the glove box on the passenger side. Then he followed Dr. Garu toward the ERP research lab.
The three walked into Happy Castle, with Dr. Garru carrying the case as he led the way and unlocked the doors.
Only when the last door opened did the ERP research lab finally reveal its true nature, where Meizhen had been waiting for her all along.
Although Professor Ji is the nominal head of the ERP research lab, he has never actually been to the lab. Director Liu is even less of a visitor, as he was just transferred there.
Therefore, the two were both surprised and delighted, but they did not know that the ERP research lab was now just an empty shell, and the most core components had been transferred away.
As soon as she entered, Dr. Garu warmly introduced them to Meizhen: "These two are Professor Ji and Director Liu. You've met them during the video conference."
Mei Zhen greeted the two leaders very politely.
Professor Ji was still immersed in the visual impact of the base, while Director Liu had already come to his senses and exchanged a few pleasantries with Meizhen.
After exchanging pleasantries, Director Liu noticed that Professor Ji was still looking around, so he nudged him with his elbow.
"Old Ji, are you really getting dementia? That young lady greeted you, why didn't you even say a polite greeting?"
Professor Ji then realized what had happened and quickly apologized to Meizhen.
Meizhen said she didn't need it, but her gaze turned to her brother, Dr. Garu, with a look of doubt in her eyes.
Dr. Garrut's expression was complicated. He didn't reply to her, but instead placed the box he was carrying on the table.
"Professor, Director Liu, please sit down and let's talk."
Dr. Garru pulled out a chair and gestured for it to be pulled up, and Director Liu quickly pulled Professor Ji over to sit down.
Meizhen went over and sat down next to Dr. Garu. As soon as she sat down, she immediately asked, "Brother, why did you suddenly come to D City?"
"Oh, us..." Dr. Garrut was interrupted by Professor Ji before he could finish speaking.
"Oh no! Something terrible has happened, a really big one."
Upon hearing this, Meizhen's heart skipped a beat; her ominous premonition seemed to have come true.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault for being an incompetent old man..."
Professor Ji's sorrowful expression angered Director Liu, who raised his hand to stop Professor Ji.
"Enough, Lao Ji, say something useful, or shut up and let me do the talking."
Director Liu was clearly angry, and he was trying his best to suppress it.
Meizhen looked at Professor Ji, then at Director Liu, and finally turned her gaze to Dr. Garru, hoping to get an answer from her brother.
Dr. Garru still did not give a reply, but simply gestured for her to wait a moment.
Sure enough, Professor Ji sighed a short while later and began to explain the whole story.
"Sigh, let me explain."
Professor Ji swallowed hard and explained, "The situation in D City had just calmed down when the leaders suddenly organized a meeting for us. Apart from the two of us, the others who attended were people from various units involved in the armor research and military research institutes."
At the meeting, the leader pointed out how we should respond if the same thing happened in City D in other places, and whether we could come up with a plan. This question came from the leader's superior.
Professor Ji turned to look at Garu and asked, "Isn't it obvious that they're coming for us?"
Dr. Garu said helplessly, "Yes, but we can't escape it either. Right now, apart from one private research institute, all the other units that are researching armor have made no progress. Only we have developed a relatively complete application model."
"That's right, we were lucky, we found it, and then some people got jealous, weren't happy, and wanted to steal our spoils, so I just..."
Professor Ji was very agitated and was about to say something trivial when Director Liu nudged him away with his elbow.
"Shut your beak."
After reprimanding Professor Ji, Director Liu put on a smiling face and continued to explain to Meizhen.
"At that time, other units only knew how to complain. After they had said enough, the leaders stood up and said that in order to deal with possible future crises, the higher authorities required all units to unite and overcome difficulties at all costs, and to produce a mass-producible and powerful suit of armor as soon as possible."
At this point, Director Liu paused, then couldn't help but sigh:
"This is simply a pipe dream. We can't even replicate a single suit of armor right now, mass production is a long way off, and the power is even more uncertain. In any case, it's impossible to achieve the effect they envision in the short term."
"Everyone knows about this, but no one talks about it." Professor Ji casually picked up the conversation and continued, "But I had to say something and tell the truth. Once the truth was revealed, everyone was speechless."
"Yes, after Lao Ji finished speaking, the meeting room was quiet for several minutes. Finally, the leader pointed out that we still have to get on the road first, and find a horse after we have a donkey. We need to integrate the resources of various research institutes and share and build together."
That's what they say, but what they really want is to steal our research results. Some of them can't produce any results, and some institutions don't report their progress; they're all just waiting to copy our work.
boom!
Professor Ji slammed his hand on the table, startling Meizhen.
"It's not just copying homework; they even set up a special armor research committee and pretended to choose a new headquarters in Hope City, saying they wanted to borrow our Light and Shadow Stones and Summoners to cooperate in the research."
Furthermore, they've set their sights on our training pool of potential recruits, wanting to borrow them for some kind of field test. They even created an expert testing team for them, bringing all those people into it. Isn't this blatant robbery?
Meizhen smoothed her chest and asked softly, "And then what? Did you agree?"
Professor Ji's face darkened, and he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "Sigh~ What can I do if I don't agree? The higher-ups urgently need an answer, and they've provided this method; it's not up to us to refuse."
"Actually, it's not Lao Ji's fault. The leader brought up the issues with the answers already in mind. He had planned it all out long ago. All we can do is try our best to keep what's rightfully ours," Director Liu said helplessly.