Chapter 2949
Stay out of it? Impossible!
Chapter 2949 Stay out of it? Impossible!
"Okay, let's get busy."
"Xiao Huang, you guys stay at headquarters for now, don't wander around."
Perhaps because he had been sitting for too long, Old Qin felt his back was starting to hurt. He got up, rubbed his back, and after speaking to everyone, walked out.
Seeing that there was nothing more for them to do, the others got up and walked out, offering words of comfort as they passed the three. However, the three were heavy-hearted and sullen.
Once only the three of them and Xiao Feng remained in the room, Chief Designer Huang suddenly covered his face with his hands, tears streaming through his fingers.
"Director Xiao, I'll take the blame if anything goes wrong this time."
Liu Bin clenched his fist and stood up. "It has nothing to do with anyone else."
Wang Feng glared at Liu Bin and said, "Don't try to be a hero, you bastard. Do you think you can handle this?"
Liu Bin stared down at the other person, but then heard Wang Feng say, "If anyone should be carrying this burden, it should be me, the director. Can you, a team leader, even handle it?"
Liu Bin was taken aback, then said angrily, "You surnamed Wang, if I hadn't voluntarily stepped down, would you have become the director?"
Wang Feng wasn't angry. "My appointment represents my ability, the support of the people, and the recognition from my superiors."
"You have to admit it."
"you"
Liu Bin was so angry he couldn't speak, but he pointed at the other person and said, "In short, I'll take responsibility for this!"
"Stop talking!"
Xiao Feng glanced at Liu Bin, then at Wang Feng. These two guys seemed to be bickering, but he could feel the bond between them, like that on the battlefield.
Then, shaking his head and laughing, he stepped forward and said, "Hey you guys, don't be so discouraged, okay?"
"This makes us look really bad."
The three of them were stunned.
The young man who left the logistics department led the team back to their base.
As soon as I entered, I saw Gu Yuan sitting in the room, smiling broadly.
Seeing this, the young man sat down opposite him with a disgruntled expression, picked up the teapot on the table and poured it into a cup. The dark liquid flowed out, along with the aroma of coffee.
"Looks like we've been thwarted?"
Gu Yuan said with a grin, "Since I entered this place and gained the favor of my superiors, I have been determined to make a name for myself."
He then met many like-minded people here, which made him feel that he was not alone on his path.
Therefore, he often expressed his views in articles, praising and criticizing the revolution. Every time he saw his articles published, he felt an indescribable sense of pride.
Now, he can finally put this pride into practice.
All of this is thanks to that person's high regard.
We should all thank that person for their support and guidance.
Under that person's guidance, he discovered that he could do even better, do more for the country, and contribute more to the revolution.
From that time on, he found another goal in life.
And they took action to achieve this.
What does it mean to "suffer a setback"?
"Gu Yuan, watch your mouth. We're both team leaders, don't act like you're superior."
The young man said indignantly, but Gu Yuan across from him was not angry. He picked up his coffee cup, took a sip, and then smiled and said, "We've already succeeded over there."
"The other party admitted that there were problems with the nuclear reactor."
"The breach has been opened; the plan continues."
Gu Yuan said casually, then looked at the young man opposite him, "You better not hold us back."
Upon hearing this, the young man put down his coffee cup. "Don't worry, I, Chen Bo, am not a child. I don't need you to tell me what to do."
Gu Yuan smiled and said, "I'm not pointing fingers."
"I just feel that our goal this time is not simple."
When the target was mentioned, the young man named Chen Bo fell silent.
They were only two or three years older than their target, but the achievements the target had made were worlds apart from their own current state.
It is precisely because of this huge gap that they are full of enthusiasm.
"The other side is a ferocious beast, and what we need to do is put a bridle on this beast and put it in the hands of the people."
Gu Yuan spoke slowly, and Chen Bo nodded silently.
Just as the two were drinking coffee in the room discussing how to tighten the bridle, in the next office, Director Yao was also holding a coffee cup, standing by the window quietly looking at the dark green ivy outside the yard, lost in thought for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking.
The coffee in his cup was steaming, but unlike the others, his coffee was sweet, while the coffee in the other two cups was sour.
He originally preferred bitter drinks, but after experiencing more things, he changed his opinion.
The so-called bitterness and sweetness are entirely tastes experienced from different perspectives.
Why suffer when you're clearly on the winning side?
He used to endure hardship even when he couldn't, but later he realized that he could eat sweets, so why was he deliberately making things difficult for himself?
From that moment on, he felt he needed to make a change.
Even if you can't make a sharp turn, you should still gradually change course.
Like this time, the person above originally wanted him to oversee this matter.
After understanding the cause, process, and the other person's thoughts, he gave up the idea of getting involved.
It's important to understand that while the ultimate target of this matter was the Second Ministry of Machine Building, it also affected the person in the Ninth Ministry.
Based on his years of experience, encounters, and lessons learned, he has proven that anything involving the Nine Departments will ultimately not end well.
Either an accident occurs during the investigation, which could lead the investigation astray and even cost the investigators their lives.
Or the final investigation results will be completely different, and they will end up shooting themselves in the foot.
In short, in his view, the further away one is from anything related to the Nine Departments, the safer it is.
So this time, he used the excuse that he hadn't finished his work to get out of it.
As for whether the higher-ups have any opinions about him, it doesn't matter.
Now that things have come to this, he is no longer a political novice and has seen things clearly.
The nation's strength is growing steadily, and the revolution and construction are progressing smoothly.
It's no longer their era.
So the other party handed the task over to a few 'energetic' young people.
To be honest, he really wanted to remind that person to thoroughly investigate the situation before using these people, lest they be turned around and killed by the other party again.
This is not the first time something like this has happened.
But some people are just stubborn and refuse to learn from their mistakes.
"The only lesson that people learn from history is that they don't learn from history."
He held his coffee and spoke leisurely, then walked back to the table and slowly sat down.
After finishing his sweet coffee, Director Yao tapped the table, pondering the pros and cons of the matter.
After a moment, Director Yao's expression became firm.
Pick up the phone and make the call.
"Hello, I'm looking for Elder Qing."
Nine parts.
As usual, Yang Xiaotao was working diligently on the numbers at the table, his pencil occasionally leaving an Arabic numeral. He would pause for a moment, and when the system remained silent, he would continue writing.
Inside the room, Liu Lixue no longer had the desire to look Yang Xiaotao in the eye.
As the elders in my family said, it's better for the nine departments to remain still than to make any moves.
And things did indeed develop as the elders had said; no matter how much trouble there was outside, no one dared to provoke the Ninth Department.
Lou Xiao'e, on the other hand, has become melancholy lately.
Liu Lixue knew that she was worried about Ji Xiang.
Ringing~
The phone on the table rang, and Liu Lixue quickly answered it; it was the security guard at the door.
After listening for a while, Liu Lixue said to Yang Xiaotao, who was busy, "Director Yang, Tong Xiaolong and Secretary Tang are coming. They've already arrived at the gate."
Yang Xiaotao put down his pencil and, hearing the two approaching, knew they were there to convey Qing Lao's message.
"Let them in."
"Go directly to the small conference room."
After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, he got up and walked towards the small conference room. Liu Lixue said something on the phone, then got up and went downstairs to greet him.
A short while later, Liu Lixue led the two to the outside of the small meeting room. However, to their surprise, Tong Xiaolong did not go in but stood at the door.
Seeing this, Liu Lixue did not go forward. After greeting Tong Xiaolong, she returned to her office.
In the small conference room.
Yang Xiaotao sat to one side, and Tang Mingyue came in and sat in the lower seat.
"Tea? Or plain water?"
"Just some plain water!"
Yang Xiaotao knew something was amiss when he saw that Tong Xiaolong hadn't come in. He then picked up the thermos and poured two glasses of water. "Are the commander and the eldest sister alright?"
"That's good. The commander is now eating one and a half steamed buns per meal, and the eldest sister is doing well too."
As Tang Mingyue finished speaking, she added, "It's good that he's awake."
Yang Xiaotao smiled and said, "Xingxing is a lovable kid. He performed the best in the competition in Hong Kong last time."
Yang Xiaotao started lying through his teeth, and that's exactly how Tang Mingyue saw it.
A wise child is better than his mother.
How could she, as a mother, not know what Xingxing looks like?
It's fortunate that it wasn't in the courtyard house, otherwise, if the little ones had gotten together, they could have turned the courtyard house upside down.
Even so, the crabapple blossoms in the West Garden were still quite damaged by this kid.
"Let's get down to business."
Tang Mingyue suddenly changed her expression and said in an annoyed tone.
Yang Xiaotao didn't know what was going on. Who wouldn't want to hear outsiders praise their child? Why did he change his expression like that?
However, he didn't ask any more questions and started listening to Tang Mingyue's serious business.
"I've come to convey Elder Qing's message."
"Someone is fanning the flames behind the recent events."
After Tang Mingyue finished explaining everything, Yang Xiaotao fell into deep thought.
He wasn't completely unaware of everything during this period.
Although no news has been spread through the Nine Departments, with Xiao Wei around, nothing can be kept from him.
What he didn't expect was that there were really people who didn't learn their lesson and weren't afraid of making things worse.
Since the other party wants to play, then let's play along.
I've been spending all my time figuring out the materials for the natural gas pipeline, so it's time to find something to do and clear my head.
Seeing that Yang Xiaotao was lost in thought, Tang Mingyue reached out and gently pushed Yang Xiaotao's hand, saying, "The commander asked me to tell you that this matter must be handled with utmost care."
"It's best to stay out of it and not get involved."
"The leader already has a solution and will definitely keep the nuclear power plant running, so you don't need to worry about that."
"Oh, and this time, we owe everything to Director Yao for tipping us off."
Tang Mingyue explained the situation again, and only then did she realize that she had been holding Yang Xiaotao's hand the whole time.
Then quickly pulled it back.
Yang Xiaotao was unaware of this, but found it somewhat amusing that it was Director Yao who tipped him off.
Good heavens, this is like recruiting the enemy's 'close advisors'! From now on, they'll know exactly what's going on.
How can we fight back against that guy?
A smile appeared on Yang Xiaotao's face, and he suddenly found the matter increasingly interesting.
Tang Mingyue was slightly disappointed to see that Yang Xiaotao did not care about her actions just now, but when she thought about the relationship between the two of them, she felt that this was fine.
"I've finished talking, I should go now."
Tang Mingyue got up to leave.
Yang Xiaotao stood up as well, saying, "I'll see you off."
Tang Mingyue nodded.
Upon exiting the door, Yang Xiaotao saw Tong Xiaolong and went up to greet him.
Haven't seen you lately, been busy?
Yang Xiaotao nodded, "The project conference is about to start, and we haven't even finished getting the materials ready yet. We're swamped with work."
"The West-East Gas Pipeline? I've heard about it. That's quite an achievement."
"Even the commander said 'good' three times after he found out!"
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. You can ask Secretary Tang if you don't believe me."
“Then I believe you. Go back and tell the commander that we will definitely complete the mission.”
"Row!"
The three chatted as they walked downstairs, and then Yang Xiaotao watched them drive away.
When he returned to his office, Yang Xiaotao picked up the phone immediately and said, "This is Yang Xiaotao. I need to speak to Guan Zhiyong."
Soon, Guan Zhiyong's voice came from the other end of the line, "Director Yang, this is Guan Zhiyong."
"Director Guan, come to headquarters. I have a mission."
"it is good."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Xiaotao said to Liu Lixue, "Xiaoxue, go and inform the comrades from the Alloy Research Institute to have a meeting in the main conference room."
"it is good."
Liu Lixue left quickly.
Then Yang Xiaotao walked to the table and, using the table as cover, took out the production technology data for zirconium alloy. "Xiao'e, go and print five copies of this data."
Lou Xiao'e looked suspicious. Could it be that General Yang had successfully produced the alloy material?
"it is good!"
Lou Xiao'e agreed, and when she took the materials, she specifically glanced at the name: zirconium alloy?
Is this the material used to transport natural gas?
With excitement in her heart, Lou Xiao'e quickly went to find a photocopier to copy the documents.
Yang Xiaotao sat on the table, while Xiaowei returned from outside the window.
"Master, they're calling again to ask about the situation."
Yang Xiaotao was not surprised when Xiao Wei told him what she had heard.
He can sit back and act as if nothing happened, but Li Hongfeng and Yang Youning can't.
I call almost every day to inquire about the progress of the matter.
Incidentally, Xiao Wei also overheard the gist of it.
Based on the information gleaned from Xiao Wei, combined with what Tang Mingyue had just said, Yang Xiaotao was able to deduce the entire sequence of events.
First, when the Jiaolong submarine returned from its voyage, the crew members felt unwell, and after inspection, it was determined that there was a radiation leak.
Secondly, the matter was quickly amplified, and after getting to the bottom of it, the Second Ministry of Machine Building, which designed the reactor, was found.
Then, they found the original designers, who were from the logistics department, and asked them to prove that it was made by the Second Ministry of Machine Building.
Of course, based on the information revealed by Director Yao, Yang Xiaotao is absolutely certain that the other party may have ulterior motives.
Finally, it's clear that the other party is intentionally escalating the situation.
First, they brought up the tragedy at Kosaka Castle.
The tragedy at Kosaka Castle was caused by cesium-137, and these people, from who knows where, said that cesium-137 could be found in the reactor, and then used safety as an excuse.
Then, the incident of thirteen people being injured only emboldened the other side.
As for the other party's ultimate goal, according to Director Yao, there are two.
One primary, one secondary.
The main goal was to control the nuclear power plants of the Second Ministry of Machine Building, and to supervise their production progress, funding, and materials.
This is clearly jealousy; they want to grab the benefits!
Reputation is secondary.
After all, the construction of nuclear power plants will bring huge hidden benefits, and those who play a role in them will all benefit.
The other party has a clever little scheme, but did they ask for his consent?
Although the Second Ministry of Machine Building helped with the construction of this nuclear power plant, it was actually funded and owned by the Ninth Ministry of Machine Building.
If you're going to reach out for something and not even greet your host, is that polite?
No?
Then don't blame your master for being disrespectful.