Secretary Qin picked up the phone, listened for a while, and then hung up.

He suddenly stood up. "Let's go, the people who invested in building the school are here. Let's go take a look together."

Upon hearing this, the other branch secretaries immediately got up and followed him out.

Old Party Secretary Lin squinted his eyes and followed behind at a leisurely pace.

Building a school was a big deal, and the news quickly spread to all the villages.

A large group of people gathered under the big banyan tree at the village entrance, all discussing the construction of a school.

Some people even went to see the land where the school would be built.

After returning to the village, Lin Ziyan went straight to Grandma Lan's house.

When Lin Jun returned, he helped her bring the design drawings for the international shipbuilding competition.

"Are you really okay with not going with Lin Jun?" Lu Yunshen saw her return and went over to take her cloth bag.

Lin Ziyan shook her head, "I'm busy. My uncle sent someone over, so I can't be of much help even if I go."

The two of them went into the study in the inner room together.

Grandma Lan was already waiting for them in the room, along with a professor from Peking University who had rushed over from Beijing.

"Old Wu, this is my last disciple, Lin Ziyan."

"This is Professor Wu, the dean of the Peking University Design Institute."

Grandma Lan introduced the two of them.

She was skilled in warship design, but had little experience in cargo ship design.

Lin Ziyan: "Hello, Professor Wu."

Lu Yunshen made tea for the group. He didn't know much about cargo ship design, but he stayed here because he planned to use the design drawings.

He wondered why his aunt had rejected the cargo ship design.

At the same time, I had some vague suspicions...

Professor Wu nodded, his expression serious and his face expressionless.

"Ayan, quickly bring out the design drawings." Grandma Lan was a little excited.

This design must be pretty good to have made it into the award list.

Lan Qingyue had been itching to see it for days. She had originally planned to wait a week before seeing it, but she never expected to be brought back suddenly.

She was afraid that Lin Ziyan's design would be changed, so she deliberately didn't look at her final draft.

Later, after hearing that the design drawings had been rejected, I regretted it.

Lin Ziyan opened the design drawings and arranged them by number.

When Professor Wu looked at the first picture, his eyes were indifferent, and he felt a little disappointed.

The first picture is an overall view, showing the cargo ship in its entirety.

Grandma Lan didn't pay attention to him, but skipped the first picture and started looking at the pictures from the back.

Her hand trembled slightly as she looked at the last picture.

This ship would be perfect if it could be converted into a warship.

Thinking this, Grandma Lan immediately took out a piece of paper and drew a simple diagram.

"Have a cup of tea first." Lu Yunshen handed the tea to Lin Ziyan.

Professor Wu didn't even look up, as if he couldn't hear what they were saying.

He was thinking about maximizing space utilization, simplifying complexity, using the latest engine to solve the power problem, and what this satellite navigation was.

Professor Wu became increasingly excited, and his initial disappointment was long forgotten.

The people in the study each had their own thoughts.

Lin Ziyan whispered to Lu Yunshen about the parts issue. Regardless of whether the design would win an award, she would build it.

Lu Yunshen's eyes darkened slightly. "The parts manufacturing machines that Herbert Group sold last time have already been completed. They should be ready to use."

He only glanced at the design drawings, but he could already tell that it was an ocean-going cargo ship.

"These parts can be used..." Lin Ziyan wrote down the model numbers of several parts.

The two were talking in hushed tones, completely unaware that when Lu Yunshen mentioned Herbert's machine, Professor Wu suddenly looked up at them.

Grandma Lan heard it too, and she also heard Lu Yunshen mention the part model number later.

Professor Wu and Grandma Lan exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock.

Their team has been researching that machine for almost five years, but without any progress.

The institute's top management even wanted to buy the machine to study it, but various German companies claimed to restrict exports.

They sent people to inquire and found out that these companies were unwilling to export machines because they were afraid that the parts would not fetch a high price.

"The machine you're talking about is the 211-P?" Professor Wu's voice trembled.

Lu Yunshen, "..."

He had a feeling of being watched, and Professor Wu's eyes lit up...

“Herbert Group’s 211-P,” Lu Yunshen replied.

In fact, the highest specification of this machine is manufactured by Maiwei's machinery factory, but it is not exported.

"How did you buy it? Where is the machine now?" Professor Wu was so excited that he was incoherent.

"You've already produced the spare parts?"

He continued to ask.

Grandma Lan said, "Old Wu, stay calm."

"Can machines really grow legs and travel abroad from within China?"

Lu Yunshen received a stern look from his grandmother and briefly explained the process of purchasing the 211-P machine.

"So the machine is now at the shipbuilding factory?" Professor Wu took a sip of tea, trying to calm himself down.

He knew about the shipyard; it was located near the village.

Lu Yunshen: "Yes, the parts have been produced and are currently being tested."

Professor Wu, "..."

Grandma Lan looked bewildered, shook her head at Professor Wu, indicating that she was unaware of the situation.

Lin Ziyan then remembered that a warship currently under construction had been halted because they couldn't import this crucial component.

This was something described in modern ship design books; she only glanced at it and knew what type of part it was.

…

At this moment, at the gate of a compound in Beijing.

Lu Cheng was stopped at the gate of the compound because she did not have a pass.

The pass she used before had long expired.

“Ms. Lu, you can make a phone call and have someone come out to pick you up,” the head of the security department suggested.

He was newly appointed and did not know Lu Cheng.

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