Jiang Si's conjecture was confirmed in her teacher's wife's subsequent remarks.
In fact, it's not just a concern.
At that time, the young couple had just gotten married, and they really didn't want their younger spouse to experience the regrets that their generation had gone through.
That afternoon, the teacher's wife talked about many things from the past.
"Officially, this year marks your master's tenth year at the Seventh Department, but in reality, he has been officially involved and responsible for some projects since the 1950s."
Fifties?
Huo Tingzhou and Jiang Si exchanged glances after hearing this. Their master and mistress had only been married for a little over twenty years.
Doesn't that mean they started living apart for a long time not long after getting married?
No wonder my master and his wife have never had children all these years.
The more she understood the efforts and sacrifices behind these things, the more Jiang Si felt that she did not deserve these honors.
After a pause, she looked up.
Since there were no outsiders around, Jiang Si asked directly, "Master, the reason you accepted me as your disciple and trained me with all your heart and soul was also part of the organization's plan?"
"Yes." Yu Baien readily admitted, but at that time he was unaware of the specific plans from above.
It was just that according to the requirements of the organization, some talents were discovered and trained to serve as reserve forces.
He looked at Jiang Si with an open and honest gaze and said, "My choice of you was based not only on organizational considerations, but most importantly, I saw your talent and inspiration in painting and design."
So that's how it is. Jiang Si now understood.
It is obvious that Yu Boen's coming here today is not just for his personal sake, but also for organizational reasons.
Regarding safety, he also made a solemn promise to the young couple.
One reason is the organization's emphasis on ensuring the safety of researchers.
On the other hand, he did not shy away from the fact that the Huo family was part of the reason.
It was not difficult for Jiang Si to understand this.
Those lurking in the shadows only aim to sabotage or hinder China's scientific research progress, but no one would be foolish enough to target the family of the top military leader in China.
Yu Baien's words dispelled Huo Tingzhou's last remaining concerns.
Jiang Si had no time to hesitate. In early April, she officially joined the Seventh Department as the leader of the First Design Group of the Overall Design Department.
Of course, before starting the job, the master and apprentice had already reached a consensus, and only then was the appointment letter issued.
After completing the entry procedures that day, Yu Boyen took Jiang Si to her design team to help her familiarize herself with the environment.
There are four groups under the General Design Department, among which the first group has the largest number of people and is responsible for the projects of their First Research Institute.
"That's all for today," Yu Baien said to Jiang Si. "I'll tell you more about the main projects the team is responsible for in a couple of days after you officially start working."
In fact, he originally wanted Jiang Si to join the First Research Institute and serve as assistant to the deputy chief engineer.
But after thinking about it, he decided to let Jiang Si go to the grassroots design team to gain some experience first.
After all, the assistant deputy chief engineer is at the director level, and those who can sit in this position must have at least a college degree or above.
Forcing her into this position might not be a good thing for her.
Jiang Si didn't have much of an opinion about this.
The work in the design team is related to her major, which she thinks is great.
However, when Master’s wife Fang Wenjun heard the news, she was somewhat confused.
Seeing this, Yu Boen explained, "I know you feel she's been wronged, but letting her gain some experience in the design team over the next two years is actually a good thing for her."
"It's better to wait until the time is right and we've made some tangible achievements before moving up the ladder than to wait in the dark for a while."
Fang Wenjun understood what he meant. Academic qualifications have always been a hard threshold for promotion.
This child has no shortage of ability, character, or background; the only thing lacking is education.
"If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have preferred to let her study at Tsinghua University for two years first."
Yu Boyen also thought so, but the problem is that Tsinghua University is no longer the same Tsinghua University as before.
He sighed, "This year our unit did assign a few worker-peasant-soldier students from Tsinghua University and Peking University, but they don't know anything."
"Upon inquiry, it was discovered that the university hadn't taught them anything in the past two years. In the end, we had no choice but to assign them to the logistics department."
He was too embarrassed to say how much he could learn in such a university.
Fang Wenjun sighed upon hearing this, "I wonder when universities will be able to teach and educate people properly like they used to."
"It should be soon," Yu Boen said. "For a country to develop, it needs talent and education. It won't continue in this state of chaos."
At the moment, he just wanted to do his best to comfort his wife.
Unexpectedly, her prediction came true. One day at the end of April, a major news item was suddenly published in the newspaper—
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