The staff who spoke just now seemed to be frightened by Su Mingge's performance, and couldn't even listen to the words of their boss on stage.
But Su Mingge was different. After praising Duan Hengye, he sat up straight as if nothing had happened, and raised the wine glass on the table again. Then, while listening to the speeches of the people on the stage, he slowly tasted the dark red wine in the glass.
Overall, Duan Hengye's speech can definitely be described as "amazing" in the mecha research community. Although what he said was true, if it was said by anyone other than him, it would be regarded as ineligible.
After this speech, not only the guests, but even the reporters who were interviewing smelled a different atmosphere. The nature of this meeting is an industry seminar, but anyone with a little common sense knows what mecha means to an empire.
It is a symbol of the empire's hard power and a weather vane of the future interstellar direction. Besides, Duan Hengye's identity is also very sensitive. He is not only an "orphan of a scientist raised by the royal family", but also the spouse of the marshal. It is no exaggeration to say that Duan Hengye's words can actually be regarded as a signal by many industries.
Although the event will not be broadcast live, the media still dare not miss any details. Not long after Duan Hengye's speech ended, the news program with the highest ratings in Interstellar began to broadcast live. Unlike the original briefing on the opening ceremony of the conference, this time the news program deliberately set aside a large period of time, and put all Duan Hengye's speech on it.
The situation on Tize Star gradually stabilized, but since the royal family has not left, the important members of the military will naturally stay here.
When the news was broadcast, it happened to be one o'clock in the standard time of Tizexing. Duan Hengye, who had already held a morning meeting, saw the time reminder, and finally opened his mouth to "release" the staff around him. Just as everyone was leaving one after another, Meng Jinhuai habitually turned on the light screen and began to watch Interstellar News.
A robot walked over slowly and placed the coffee that had already been brewed on Meng Jinhuai's table. The Marshal lowered his head and lifted the cup. He stirred the drinks inside while listening to the news broadcast on the light screen.
Meng Jinhuai's work is very busy, and it is a skill that he must master. After so many years, I have developed the habit of watching the news during my lunch break.
Sitting on the left of Meng Jinhuai was the general Xinlan who had just arrived from Nanzhuxing. After all, he was the marshal of the empire. Meng Jinhuai couldn't stay at Tizexing all the time. After he leaves, Yu Xinlan will be fully responsible for the affairs here. This incident is a little more complicated, and there are many places that need to be handed over.
Because of the reason for coming here just now, Yu Xinlan did not leave directly after the meeting like others, but continued to organize the newly received information on Guangnao.
Recently, although the empire has been relatively peaceful, the work of the military is still very heavy. Yu Xinlan didn't rest for half a minute after arriving at Tizexing, and now she was sleepy. While sorting out the meeting materials, she couldn't help but start to lose her mind.
Just when Xinlan was about to finish the work at hand and was about to pack up and leave here, he suddenly heard a familiar name appear on the news.
"... At the Mecha Research Conference held by Anluo University, Duan Hengye, Director of Yetian Empire Mecha Research Institute, gave an opening speech." The host on the light screen said so. Although it was still a traditional broadcast tone, Yu Xinlan could hear a bit of excitement that could not be concealed from the other party's words - not to mention the host, even her sleepiness was instantly reduced a lot.
Unlike Yu Xinlan who reacted more strongly, Meng Jinhuai did not show anything special after hearing Duan Hengye's name. While stirring the coffee in the cup, he lowered his head and continued to study the report on the other light screen, as if he completely regarded the news as an ordinary background sound.
In fact, Meng Jinhuai had already received the news during the meeting just now. He had long known that Duan Hengye was called to the stage by Wen Mujia to give an unplanned speech.
The host quickly introduced the main process of the meeting, and then Duan Hengye appeared on the light screen. Yu Xinlan had already sorted out the documents and stood up from the chair. After seeing the familiar figure on the screen, she couldn't help but pause, and then temporarily stopped walking out.
Although the relationship was not good, it was undeniable that Yu Xinlan had known Duan Hengye for some time, and was barely familiar with him. Seeing that Duan Hengye was about to start speaking, Yu Xinlan suddenly realized something—
As the dean of the Mecha Research Institute, Duan Hengye's IQ is absolutely unquestionable. But despite this, in her subconscious, she often sketches Duan Hengye as a vase with nothing in her heart. This is so weird...
If it was in the past, Yu Xinlan would definitely not have any interest in studying Duan Hengye. But after the attack, she slowly began to change her views on the other side.
Yu Xinlan saw that Duan Hengye had a strong aura on the light screen. He glanced down and said, "For a long time before, the research on Interstellar's mecha was in a stagnant state."
Like everyone at the scene, Yu Xinlan immediately realized that something was wrong after hearing this. She gently put down what was in her hand, stood there and began to listen carefully. Beside Yu Xinlan, Meng Jinhuai finally took his eyes off the other light screen.
For the first time, the marshal began to read the noon news seriously instead of using it as background music.
In the afternoon of Tizexing, time seemed to freeze.
Duan Hengye's impromptu speech was not long, but the amount of information in it and the introduction of his personal thoughts were terrifying.
It wasn't until the news camera was removed from the Anluo Auditorium and other content was broadcast that Yu Xinlan, who had been standing there, turned around and looked at Meng Jinhuai as if he had just woken up from a dream.
"Duan... Duan Hengye?" Although Yu Xinlan hated Duan Hengye, he had never communicated with his boss about each other's problems so directly. But after reading the news today, Yu Xinlan finally couldn't help it.
She didn't ask the following words, but Meng Jinhuai understood the meaning of the second half of Yu Xinlan's sentence. I saw Meng Jinhuai nodded and said, "Duan Hengye has changed a lot."
Hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Yu Xinlan glanced at the screen again, and then sat back at the conference table.
Like Meng Jinhuai, she came from a military family and was a few years older than the other. It is no exaggeration to say that the two grew up on the battlefield almost at the same time.
Yu Xinlan was Meng Jinhuai's confidant and one of the few people who knew Duan Hengye's identity. So after hearing the words of the Marshal, she stopped very naturally and began to wait for the other party's analysis and explanation of the matter.
But what Yu Xinlan didn't expect was that Meng Jinhuai didn't do what she imagined. He did not carefully and seriously analyze the dynamics of the undercover agent, but instead said something extremely subjective.
"If the previous Duan Hengye was a puppet of the royal family, now I finally see his original appearance little by little..." Meng Jinhuai took the coffee from the table again, and after taking a sip, he continued, " Duan Hengye can actually hide himself from the attack on the Tize star, and wait until the end to take advantage of the fisherman. Even he can completely kill me in the chaos." The marshal said these words Some are ruthless - both to the military and to themselves.
As a member of the Imperial Army, Yu Xinlan is of course also with every army in the Empire. People worship Meng Jinhuai alike, and they regard each other as a god. So after hearing Meng Jinhuai's words just now, Yu Xinlan couldn't help but wanted to refute. However, seeing the relaxed and relaxed appearance of the other party, she swallowed her own words again.
Although he didn't want to believe it, Meng Jinhuai was right. Duan Hengye really had the ability and opportunity to kill him, but the other party gave up this opportunity.
Seeing Yu Xinlan standing there silently, Meng Jinhuai turned off the light screen and continued, "Since he intends to get rid of his puppet status, we might as well wait patiently for the moment when he breaks through the cage."
…
As an insider of these things, Yu Xinlan has always understood that although Duan Hengye once murdered the marshal, who called him a special identity. With this incident alone, after Duan Hengye's undercover identity was revealed one day, according to the empire's special decree against scientists, he could completely escape the death penalty.
At that time, there is a high probability that the military will secretly control Duan Hengye and ask the other party to conduct mecha research for him. Yu Xinlan also understands that although the military has methods to control each other, the progress made by involuntary research will not be as great as that of free research.
If Duan Hengye was really under the control of the royal family because of some unspeakable concealment, waiting for him to break free from the shackles seems to be a good choice.
But... Can Duan Hengye really do it
Yu Xinlan couldn't help but cast a suspicious look at Meng Jinhuai. Seeing this, Meng Jinhuai smiled and said, "When necessary, I will help him."
Help him break free from the shackles on his body.
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After the opening ceremony and the dinner, it was late at night at Anro University.
Although it didn't take long for him to be pulled up to speak, during this event, Duan Hengye was feeling adoring gazes from all directions every minute and every second. Fortunately, the rumors of the original owner being "Gao Leng" are out. Today, apart from a few familiar colleagues, no one came to talk to him.
It wasn't until he returned to his residence that Duan Hengye breathed a sigh of relief. He threw his suit aside very casually, then slumped on the sofa and started thinking about life.
The seminar will last for three days. According to the schedule, tomorrow morning should be an open class activity, and the topic will be officially launched in the afternoon.
Although he is often called a workaholic, Duan Hengye is not a robot after all. He glanced at the schedule, and then made a decisive decision - skip the open class tomorrow morning, and wait until the afternoon to attend the meeting.
Being an industry leader has such advantages. As long as Duan Hengye is not willing, no one can force him to attend.
During the recent period, from Nanzhuxing to Tizexing, events of all sizes have not stopped for a day. Physical exhaustion is not a problem, just talking about psychological pressure, if it were placed on an ordinary person, he would have collapsed long ago.
After finally returning to the house, Duan Hengye sat on the sofa for a long time and did not want to get up. Seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time, the robot in the room brought the blanket over very considerately.
Duan Hengye covered him with a blanket, and bursts of sleepiness came towards him. After feeling the comfortable sofa under him, Duan Hengye thought that he might as well just sleep here tonight.
The man half-lying on the sofa stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes. At this moment, he saw that the light brain he had put aside suddenly flashed.
There are so many things that have happened recently that Duan Hengye will be conditioned reflexively nervous when he sees the flash of light in his brain for a long time. But after a few minutes, he still got up and picked up the light brain.
It turned out to be a message from Su Mingge.
Seeing the sender, Duan Hengye couldn't help being a little surprised. Although he knew that he was different from his former rival Wen Mujia, Su Mingge should not cheat him. But before opening the message, Duan Hengye still had some vague premonition in his heart - in short, Su Mingge sent him a message in the middle of the night, it would definitely not be a good thing.
Sure enough, as soon as Duan Hengye opened the news, the first thing he saw was not Su Mingge's message, but the official invitation to the conference forwarded by the other party.
The process of each research conference is basically fixed. On the morning of the first day, they will invite important guests to participate in open class activities. Duan Hengye didn't know until he clicked on this news that the person who received the invitation this year was Su Mingge.
But the other party sent this to him, of course, it is not as simple as a notification... Su Mingge wrote in the message that he thinks Duan Hengye's speech today is very meaningful, as he said, the mecha research industry needs information flow, and more basic spread of knowledge. Compared with Duan Hengye, Su Mingge felt that he was not a good candidate for public lectures.
... The tone of this message was very sincere, and even Duan Hengye had the illusion that the person who sent the message was not Su Mingge himself.
In fact, before sending this news to Duan Hengye, Su Mingge had already explained this matter to the conference officials in advance.
The relevant person in charge of the conference was very excited to be able to successfully invite Su Mingge to participate in the open class activities this year. And after hearing Su Mingge say that he planned to invite Duan Hengye to replace him, the official immediately wrote an enthusiastic thousand-word letter to Duan Hengye.
Although it was an event on a short notice, after reading the long letter, Duan Hengye also became somewhat interested. Su Mingge is right, this open class is indeed a good opportunity. Not only is it a good opportunity to popularize mecha knowledge, but it is also a good opportunity to gain security chips for your future self.
Duan Hengye is not a person who likes to hesitate, not to mention that a basic open class is too simple for him. So after reading the long letter, Duan Hengye directly confirmed the invitation letter on Xingwang, then let out a long sigh and stood up from the sofa.
Vacation plans have been scuppered again.
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The other day was very busy, and Duan Hengye had no time to learn about the open class activities. So what he didn't know was that the official website of the conference had already posted the notice that Su Mingge was in charge of this event. Because of the temporary replacement in the middle of the night, the official website interface did not update the speaker.
This open class was held in a large classroom in An Luo. After all, he had some teaching experience. Duan Hengye was not afraid of the lecture. But what he accidentally overlooked was how nervous others would be when seeing Professor Duan appear here early in the morning...
The teachers in charge of this open class were all mecha teachers. Although they had more or less contact with Duan Hengye before, in their hearts, the sanctity of the word "Professor Duan" was not at all discounted. Neither hit.
Still wearing a black suit, Duan Hengye arrived at the lounge on the hoverboard just like every class. Different from the usual quiet scene, standing at the door, he saw that there are people everywhere now. In addition to An Luo's teacher, the staff of StarNet who were in charge of the live broadcast of the open class were also busy in the lounge.
Seeing this tense state, Duan Hengye didn't want to disturb everyone's work. While everyone around was working, Duan Hengye walked along the silver wall of the lounge and walked directly to the small room at the entrance of the classroom, waiting for the activity to start.
Duan Hengye is An Luo's visiting professor, and his identity information has long been passed on to the school's Star Network. However, Su Mingge was different. He was only a guest of this meeting and did not have too much activity authority. If you enter the lounge, the system will automatically notify the staff inside.
Minutes and seconds passed, and there were less than ten minutes left before the event started. After the last on-site confirmation, the busy lounge just now finally quieted down. In this silence, the staff suddenly discovered a very terrifying thing - why hasn't Su Mingge come yet
Although he had no experience in public classes, Duan Hengye's common sense still told him that he should communicate with the staff before taking the stage. Therefore, when the restroom became chaotic again, Duan Hengye, who had calculated the time, walked back again.
In front of him stood a staff member in blue, who was anxiously looking for something with a light brain. At this moment, the staff suddenly felt that someone would tap their shoulders lightly.
"What?" The man with his back turned to Duan Hengye said "tsk", then impatiently threw off the hand on his shoulder and turned around.
"… "
"Hello… "
"Duan... Professor Duan?" After seeing Duan Hengye, the staff member couldn't help but grow his mouth, and then couldn't help throwing away the light brain in his hand. Although Guangnao has a suspension function, the staff was obviously frightened by Duan Hengye just now, and before Guangnao could set the suspension, it fell heavily to the ground.
The optical brain made of metal fell, and the sound was extremely harsh, attracting the attention of the entire lounge.
Then everyone discovered Duan Hengye who appeared out of nowhere.
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Two minutes later, the live broadcast started on time, and in the corners of the universe, hundreds of millions of light screens lit up at the same time. Immediately afterwards, people discovered that the speaker of today's open class was not Su Mingge as notified on the official website, but Duan Hengye!
At the same time, the people watching the open class were not only ordinary people, but Meng Jinhuai, who had received the notification a few hours ago, also turned on the light screen on time on the starship that left Tize.
Different from the audience who simply came to "watch the open class", Meng Jinhuai came to see Duan Hengye.
Duan Hengye on the light screen bowed slightly to the camera, then turned around and started today's work. From the corner of his vision, he saw that a light screen in the corner was displaying the number of real-time viewers. Just as he turned around, the number of people had broken through the tens of billions mark—far surpassing the total population of the earth in the previous life.
This is bound to be a far-reaching event.