Chapter 422: Quite Conservative

"Pretend, pretend." Professor Qin tugged at Lin Xiangnan's sleeve and squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

Even though he and Professor Huang didn't like each other, they were in the same circle and often ran into each other. They mocked each other in the newspapers, but when they really met offline, they still smiled when they greeted each other.

Professor Qin pretends all the time, and when he appears on TV, he becomes even more pretentious.

When he started recording the program, Professor Qin had already made up his mind that if anyone had a different opinion later, he would smile and refute gracefully.

Now is not the time to compete for research funds or professional titles and benefits, so it is better to leave a way out.

Not only Professor Qin thought so, but Professor Huang, who was the same age as him, also thought so.

So Professor Huang was mocked by Lin Xiangnan's expression, but he tried not to get angry. He smiled and asked Lin Xiangnan, "Xiao Lin, your expression seems to indicate that you have a different opinion. If you have any opinion, you can raise it."

"You asked me to say this." Lin Xiangnan straightened his back immediately.

Professor Huang was talking just now and she didn't want to interrupt him. But now that the other party has given her the opportunity, Lin Xiangnan will not be polite.

She said bluntly, "I have different opinions on the points you just mentioned..."

Professor Huang said that it would take at least 50 years to catch up with the United States. Lin Xiangnan gave examples one by one to prove that he was wrong.

She first talked about the projects she was working on, saying that she would catch up with Britain and the United States in three to five years and become a world leader in ten years. Then she talked about the projects of Professor Wang, Professor Qin and other units. In ten or twenty years, if they couldn't catch up with the United States, they would be able to catch up with other developed countries...

Lin Xiangnan definitely didn't know the inside information of the confidential project. She only talked about the projects that had been reported in the news and some well-known large projects. Lin Xiangnan perfectly estimated everyone's completion time based on the progress that had been reported and the information she knew later.

Although the things that an individual produces in two or three years may not seem significant, when combined together, they will amount to a big change. In twenty or thirty years, China's changes will be earth-shaking.

Lin Xiangnan spoke with high confidence, but right after he finished speaking, Professor Huang poured a basin of cold water on him.

"You are talking about the most ideal state. Do you know how many projects were cancelled last year and this year? You sound nice when you say that results will be achieved in two to three years. Some projects took two to three years, but in the end, many of them failed to be launched."

Professor Huang shook his head and said, "It's fine if you only talk about the direction of your research, but you even want to judge my major. And you say we can make a breakthrough in five years? Who will make the breakthrough? You?"

"Then it must be you." Lin Xiangnan replied directly: "If you don't do your job, how can you expect others to do it for you?"

"I said I can't make a breakthrough within five years. Even if I work myself to death, there may not be any result." Professor Huang could no longer maintain his composure and became furious.

We have to do what we should do, but we don't have the confidence. Foreign technology is severely blocked, and it is really difficult to make a breakthrough in China. Both strength and luck are indispensable.

Even though he has trained more students in the past two years and has more manpower available, Professor Huang does not have the confidence to set a deadline for himself on the TV show.

But Lin Xiangnan dared to do it. Not only did she set a time for herself, she also made big promises for others.

This radical statement made Professor Huang so angry that he could not help but scold: "If you want to look forward, just look forward to yourself. Don't look forward for us together."

Lin Xiangnan retorted, "I am looking forward to the new China. Who is looking forward to you? To put it bluntly, even if you retire, there are still so many colleagues who are rushing forward one after another. With so many people working together, is it difficult to catch up with Britain and the United States?"

While the camera was filming, Lin Xiangnan started arguing with Professor Huang on the spot.

At this moment, Professor Qin suddenly understood Professor Wang's feelings.

The child is a good kid and has strong abilities, but he likes to make trouble too much and never calms down wherever he goes.

But Professor Qin is a radical. Even though she thinks Lin Xiangnan is too radical and the pie he paints for him is too big, she still stands firmly on Lin Xiangnan's side.

"I think there is nothing wrong with what Xiaolin said. According to the development speed in the past two years, I will definitely make a major breakthrough within five years. By then, some of the projects that were shelved before will definitely be brought up again. As for you..." Professor Qin did not finish his words and shook his head slightly.

Hearing this, Professor Huang gritted his teeth and cursed, "How arrogant! The current technological level of the United States has surpassed ours by several decades. We are riding bicycles to catch up, and they are driving cars ahead. You tell me you can catch up?"

"We can catch up!" Lin Xiangnan said confidently.

From the very beginning, the two sides were at odds with each other, and the atmosphere was full of tension.

A program introducing military equipment was turned into a science program by both parties. Every time a weapon was introduced, Professor Huang would explain the more advanced equipment from abroad, what was advanced about it, and how thick the technical barriers were... Lin Xiangnan would explain the domestic research and development situation, what technological breakthroughs had been made in the past two years, and how long it would take for this type of weapon to be improved...

Ma Gaofei did not stop them and allowed both parties to speak freely.

This is the reason why he invited both parties. Listening to experts arguing is much more interesting than listening to street uncles talking about military affairs.

As the argument went on, the two sides directly threw papers and data at each other, and both sides had sufficient arguments.

Even if I don’t understand it, I still think it’s reliable.

Once the program was broadcast, the effect was incredible. After the quarrel on TV, there were several more quarrels in the newspapers. The leading figures of the radicals and conservatives were almost fighting on TV, and there was no reason for the other supporters to remain calm, so they all came out to speak and fight.

It’s just that the radicals are few in number and cannot compete with the conservatives. Lin Xiangnan even used a pseudonym to write articles, but he couldn’t turn the tide.

In the offline debate, the conservatives had the upper hand because they had more people. They won the argument, but they didn't have a good attitude towards Professor Huang. They blamed him for not being able to compete with Lin Xiangnan on TV, which suppressed their momentum.

But Professor Huang didn't know all this, because after the show, Professor Huang was so angry that he didn't want to hear any news about Lin Xiangnan.

But less than a month later, he heard the news that Lin Xiangnan had made a major breakthrough in the radar project he was researching.

"Didn't she say it would take two or three years to make a breakthrough? What's going on? Did she step on dog shit?" Professor Huang was a little unconvinced and went to a friend for confirmation.

"Wasn't that on the show? Lin Xiangnan said that her remarks on the show were actually quite conservative." At this point, the friend's expression became a little strange. "Anyway, Lin Xiangnan said that she is a conservative. If we only look at the facts, she said that one month was two or three years, which seems to be quite conservative."