That night, Li Xiuzhu invited Dean Lin to have dinner. At the dinner table, the two exchanged views on the recent controversy over mecha standards in the Federation. The acceptance data of the Federal Academy of Sciences and the Nutshell Mobile Company have all been handed over to the government. As for who the government will choose in the end, it is still a long-term struggle. However, from Dean Lin, Li Xiuzhu got some inside information and put down a lot of heart. As long as the Zihai MX of the Academy of Sciences can completely overwhelm Xiaobaihua of the Engineering Department in terms of technical parameters, he will take advantage of the situation outside the decision-making level. And doing some hands and feet, blowing the wind, it seems a lot more natural.
The children of the federal family have appeared generation after generation, but there are not many people who can really lead the moment in the society. Li Xiuzhu, as the first heir to the Tie Suanli family, this is the first time he has appeared on behalf of the family alone. Going deep into the political circle to attract wind and rain is related to the presidential election, and it is related to his own future. He naturally cannot allow his performance this time to obscure the crowd, or even become a laughing stock.
Today's Federal Academy of Sciences has been tied to the campaign chariot of the two candidates of Ross Medellin. Even if Li Xiuzhu has too many opinions on Lin Yuanhu, it is not convenient to express it at this time. After all, if the Academy of Sciences loses After the standard battle, the plagiarism turmoil can't be calmed down even if it wants to calm down. This will also have a negative impact on the presidential election. As a son and nephew, he will not be presumptuous to the leaders of the federal academic world at the dinner table. Vice black face, but really does not cater to the other party's interest too much.
Lin Yuanhu still had that revered, calm and unpredictable look on his face, and he didn't seem to be disturbed by the rumors accusing him of plagiarism. It is also true that he has been in the position of President of the Federal Academy of Sciences for so many years, which is much longer than the tenure of the presidents. This kind of big man will only smile and ignore the comments of ordinary people.
At the end of a tasteless dinner, Dean Lin received a promise from Li Xiuzhu to continue to support him, and Li Xiuzhu also received a guarantee from the Academy of Sciences that there would be no problem. The taste of the food did not taste much. , but both sides are quite satisfied with this contact.
Li Xiuzhu sent Lin Yuanhu out of the restaurant very politely, and walked towards the car outside the hotel's revolving door, showing respect like a real nephew.
The young and old, under the guard of the secretaries and subordinates, were about to leave the hotel when they saw six or seven people walking in from outside the hotel. Those people were young and wore very ordinary clothes. Gives a sense of calm and sophistication.
I don’t know how many dignitaries come and go in this high-end hotel. People are always busy. It is very normal to meet someone at the door of the hotel. The sense of incongruity caused Li Xiuzhu to slow down a bit. At the same time, he noticed a small-eyed man among the group of people, who looked familiar.
A strange color flashed in Secretary Lu's eyes, and he leaned into Li Xiuzhu's ear and said softly, "The man from the Nutshell Engineering Department, the man with small eyes is Xu Le."
Li Xiuzhu's eyebrows twitched, Ben was a little surprised, but he immediately thought that the Federation was going through a standard review, and the Nutshell would definitely send technicians over. The proud woman with a pair of spectacles smiled and said softly, "The people who came from the Nutshell Company this time seem to be quite young."
"Shang Qiu, a key figure in dual-engine technology." Secretary Lu said softly.
The surprise in Li Xiuzhu's eyes could no longer be calmed down at this time. He just admired the temperament and proud curves of the female engineer, but he did not expect this woman to be such an important person.
"Say hello to your father for me." Lin Yuanhu walked to the side of the car and said lightly, "At the same time, I told the Medellin Congressman that there is nothing to be afraid of in the federation. It's like going down a hill in the moon, so why be afraid of the wind coming from all directions?"
Li Xiuzhu smiled slightly and replied softly, but did not tell the other party that the boy the Federal Academy of Sciences hated the most was behind them at this moment. He lowered his body and held the old man's hand with both hands, showing great respect and kindness, and he could not see his disgust for the old man.
Magnolia went to go through the booking confirmation procedures, Xu Le sat on the sofa in the lobby, her eyes pierced through the mist, and she looked at the crowd beside the car outside the hotel. His eyes narrowed, the old man beside the car should be an extraordinary person in temperament, but who was the man who sent him out? She was born so beautifully, that she was on par with Shi Qinghai.
Shang Qiu sat next to him, took off the pair of black slippers on his feet, and stepped his bare feet under him casually, hugging his knees, looking really cute. These days, the technicians of the Nutshell Engineering Department have participated in four seminars on mecha standard technology in a row according to the government's requirements.
She followed Xu Le's gaze and said with a slight smile, "Do you know that big man?"
Xu Le shook his head.
"President Lin Yuanhu." Shang Qiu's smile added a hint of playfulness. He put his face on his knees, yawned, and said, "It's the person you've always remembered. I didn't expect you to know him at all."
That old man is the leader of the federal academia? Xu Le's eyes narrowed, he had seen enough big people in his life, but Lin Yuanhu was the first person he had to defeat, so his mood at this time was inevitably a little complicated. Since the old man is Lin Yuanhu, the identity of the handsome young man who sent the old man out of the hotel is naturally ready to be revealed. Apart from the eldest young master of the Li family, who else would have such a demon, with such a calm and calm aura.
He turned his head and looked at Shang Qiu, who was sleepy with his knees in his arms. He couldn't help shaking his head. In the lobby of a high-end hotel, she could be so calm and happy. If the company hadn't booked the room in advance, this hotel might have I'll blast these people out.
A pair of white and tender feet stepped on the edge of the sofa, and a broken leaf was stuck to the heel. Xu Le's eyes flickered slightly, and he saw the cheeks that were not powdery but were still pure and pleasant, and because of the posture at this time, he seemed to be oppressing The curve of the chest that keeps bouncing stubbornly.
He had to admit that Shang Qiu did have the ability to seduce people, but her brain was good enough, so she really didn't need to show off.
The Nutshell Company is the leading giant enterprise in the Federation. This time, when it comes to the competition for the new mecha standard, the company will naturally not be stingy in terms of funding. The twenty-fourth floor of the high-end hotel was all wrapped up.
The technical team occupied six of the rooms, the rest of the rooms were handed over to the security team sent by the White Water Company, and a few rooms were reserved for the soldiers brought by Major Lan Xiaolong, although I heard that the upper floors of the Nutshell Company , There are some objections to the Ministry of Defense sending personnel to protect the employees under their own names, but thinking of what the independent director did on that rainy night, they had no choice but to remain silent.
After the independent technical director left Hong Kong that night, he has been living in the hospital. The board of directors of the fruit shell has passed the resolution to remove him from the position of director. .
Xu Le ignored the future of the director. He stood by the window and looked at the square below the twenty-fourth floor and the presidential residence surrounded by blue in the distance. For the safety of the President's official residence, the height of buildings in this area of the Capital Territory is strictly controlled. It is said that the high-end hotel called Green Sun under his feet is the tallest building.
The battle for the new federal mecha standard will be concluded at the presidential residence tomorrow. Xu Le thought of this, and his mood became a little heavy. The battle for standards was not placed on the Ministry of Defense, nor on the Academic Committee. President Seagal was directly placed on the agenda of the office. What does this mean
After Bai Yulan knocked on the door, she came in, packed his clothes for him, made a cup of green tea, and walked behind him, followed his gaze, and knew what was on his mind, she said softly. : "After several discussions, the Academy of Sciences seems to be very confident."
At the seminar, the two parties did not set out specific technical parameters. Xu Le thought of the situation where Shang Qiu and those old professors were tit-for-tat at the meeting, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Shang Qiu's confidence lies in believing in her and his own abilities. , and where does the confidence and even pride of the Federal Academy of Sciences come from
"Their data is definitely better than ours." Xu Le said: "And they must have obtained Xiaobaihua's data from some source."
"No more confidence?" Magnolia handed him the tea and asked softly.
Xu Le took the teacup, looked at the tea swirling in the water like spring green leaves, and said after a moment of calm, "I just hope that the company's influence is strong enough, and Mr. President can give both parties a fair chance to compare."
"What is a fair comparison opportunity?"
"Of course it's a mecha battle." Xu Le lowered his head and took a sip of tea, feeling the fragrance of the slightly scalding tea, then turned to look at him and said with a smile: "MX is a new thing, I believe no one in the federation will You are more familiar with its handling than you, do you have any confidence?"
Magnolia bowed her head and was silent for a long time. He could only express his confidence by thinking about all aspects of everything. From the first MX test to this year when Xu Le took him into the Nutshell Engineering Department, every step of the new mecha , he saw it all, even participated in person, and provided a lot of experience reference for the technicians. What Xu Le said was not wrong. There is no pilot in the entire Federation who is more familiar with this new mecha than him.
"I have confidence, even if the ace pilot in the army comes over, it will be the same." Bai Yulan replied with her eyes lowered.
"The Zihai of the Academy of Sciences, the instantaneous output power may be higher than that of Xiaobaihua." Xu Le reminded him.
"Although I don't know what you've done, I think there must be a fatal problem with that Zihai." Bai Yulan raised her head, looked at him and said calmly, "As long as the pilot the academy is looking for is not Madman Li, then that's fine. ."
Xu Le nodded. He had also considered the question of the pilot. Madman Li's strength was terrifying, but the Li family and the Tai family in Philadelphia had always been on good terms. At this critical moment, it was impossible for Madman Li to get involved in this matter. come here.
Bai Yulan suddenly thought of one thing, frowned and said, "The point is, the Academy of Sciences may not necessarily agree to the request for a mecha battle, their data is dominant, and if only written comments are used, the new standard of the Federation is likely to use them. Yes, why do they need to do this?"
"It's up to them." Xu Le picked up the teacup and took another sip, thinking to himself, Secretary Shen's actions might have already started, and the battle against the Federation's new MX mecha must be imperative.
The autumn rains had an early break, and only a layer of light mist shrouded the streets and alleys of the Capital Special Administrative Region. The rest of the professors in the technical team obviously didn't sleep well, probably because they had been worrying about the standard-setting meeting all night.
On the contrary, Xu Le and Shang Qiu, a man and a woman, seem to be full of energy. Shang Qiu's confidence comes from what Xu Le said to him, and a kind of fanatical worship of technology. Xu Le... But he has no confidence at all, he just Believing in the influence of the Tai family on the Federation, he even vaguely guessed that the standard of the new mecha could not be determined at the meeting at the presidential residence today, but he would come up with a method to determine the standard. This is the easiest, most direct, and most effective way to slap the other person in the face.
The special car of the Nutshell Company picked them up from the hotel gate. After only five minutes of driving, they came to the outer edge of a large green lawn. Everyone got off the car and began to undergo strict security checks. It was transported into the presidential residence in advance by special personnel.
Xu Le was no stranger to seeing these Secret Service agents in black formal suits with white headphones in their ears. When he was with Tai Zhiyuan, he had seen a lot of them. When he thought of the importance that President Seagal attached to the Tai family, he was very concerned about today's standards. The confidence of the meeting has increased a lot.
Walking along the passage in the middle of the lawn to the official residence in the distance, the white presidential residence appears and disappears in the light mist, but there is no erratic feeling. Some are just the solemn sense of history and the shock of power. The façade is repainted every ten years, the color of the façade is voted on by the Citizens Network, and this decade happens to be white.
From time to time, black cars drove past the crowd. Xu Le, Shang Qiu, and the others stepped aside to give way. Looking at these specially-made luxury cars and the striking special grades on the cars, they knew that these people were specially here to participate. Federal bigwigs of the Standard Conference.
"Commander of the First Military Region, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Miles." Magnolia looked at the black military-brand car that had just driven past, and whispered beside Xu Le. He was from the Seventeenth of the First Military Region. The armored division is naturally very clear about the mount of this military boss.
Naturally, the cars of these big men do not need to be subject to external security inspections. Xu Le squinted at the cars that came out of the fog and then disappeared in the fog, knowing that the National Security Advisor, the heads of several military regions, and many big men have come. . At this moment, his previous confidence was suddenly shaken.
If these big figures in the Federation tend to adopt the standards of the Federal Academy of Sciences, will President Seagal care too much about Mrs. Tai's influence and the wishes of the Nutshell Company
He no longer thought about these things, but just looked at the cars slowly passing by, and the presidential residence that was getting closer and closer. Instead, he had some other emotions. This is the core of federal power. These people are big figures who embody the will of tens of billions of federal citizens. Back then, when he was on Donglin Bell Tower Street, how could he have imagined that one day he would enter the presidential residence and meet these people. Big people pass by
It was still very early to enter the presidential residence, and the meeting had not yet been held. The technical team of the Nutshell Company was arranged to wait in the lounge. Later, Shang Qiu was going to make the last concluding speech on their behalf, but she was just silent at this time. Eating small snacks on the plate.
"Are you nervous?" Xu Le clenched his fists lightly and looked at the oil paintings on the wall in the lounge. When he thought of these things, the past presidents of the Federation had seen with their own eyes, and even touched them with their own hands. , he is a person with an extremely insensitive sense of power, and he also feels a sense of the heaviness of history and the oppression of power.
"It's a little bit." Shang Qiu said vaguely, she was wearing a light blue formal suit today, which set off her lines very beautifully, "When I think of letting those politicians and generals listen to the lectures, I also need to put those complicated techniques It's a bit of a headache when the nouns are explained clearly."
"I thought you were as nervous as me because you were in the presidential residence." Xu Le smiled bitterly.
"I came here once when I was in the third grade of elementary school." Shang Qiu wiped the crumbs from his lips, looked at Xu Le's surprised expression, and explained with a smile: "The presidential residence is open to tourists once a week, what's so strange? of."
Xu Le scratched his head in embarrassment. He was an orphan from Donglin Region, so naturally he didn't know these things.
An official from the President's Office came to inform that Shang Qiu followed the other party into the conference room with the door closed. The members of the Nutshell technical team, including Xu Le, began to stare at the door at the end of the corridor in a daze. They didn't know what was going on inside and whether Shang Qiu's statement could be successful.
It didn't take long before Shang Qiu walked back with the computer in his arms. She sat beside Xu Le, shook her head, and said, "I can't see any signs."
"Then wait." Xu Le said.
No one would have imagined that this would be a whole day and a night. The biscuits in the President's official residence tasted really good, and the tea was an authentic specialty of the mountains. However, it was not a problem to always eat like this. Open the door, and have very bad thoughts in my heart.
Those big people have been discussing for so long without a result. You can imagine how intense the scene in the conference room was. He was very worried. If the federal government didn't even give Nutshell a chance to fight mechas, what else could he do?
"Everyone has seen the technical parameters." The national security advisor rubbed his numb eyebrows and said, "Zihai of the Federal Academy of Sciences has the overall advantage."
He looked at Mr. President sitting at the back of the office, smiled and said, "Khufu, we have given Nutshell Company enough opportunities."
President Seagal has always regarded the National Security Advisor as a teacher or a friend, but at this moment, when he heard the old man calling his name directly in front of the cabinet members, for the first time, he did not feel affectionate, but felt a trace of anger.