Chapter 645 A Big Headache
“I know what you’re talking about, and I’m very grateful to the organization for giving me this opportunity. But now that the exploration team doesn’t need me, there’s no need for me to stay here any longer.”
"Please let me go," Zhang Richeng said in a low voice, his attitude very firm.
Chen Feng had been observing coldly from the moment he started speaking, without saying a word.
He wanted to see if Zhang Richeng would actually leave the exploration team.
"I won't let you leave. You'd better stay here obediently!"
Zhang Ce was furious and slammed his fist on the table.
"I'm sorry, boss." Zhang Richeng's attitude remained unchanged, and he kept repeating the same sentence.
"Damn it, you bastard!"
Zhang Ce was furious, and the others were trembling and dared not speak.
After a long while, Zhang Ce finally caught his breath and, having no other choice, looked at Chen Feng.
"Or, let's go to Kari once, even if we set a time limit, and if we don't find anything after a certain period, we can come back?"
What can he do now? He can't discuss it with Zhang Richeng, so he can only discuss it with Chen Feng.
“I said at the time that my condition for joining the exploration team was that everyone had to listen to me. If they didn’t, then there was no point in me staying here.”
"You can go to Kari, do as you please, but I will withdraw." Chen Feng leaned back in his chair and spoke in a low voice.
However, his expression revealed that he was not joking, but serious.
"Bang!"
Zhang Ce slammed his hand on the table again, turning his head away to avoid looking at the two people.
Stubborn cowards, they're all stubborn cowards!
Can't one of you two back down? What are you trying to do? Are you both going to rebel?
"Meeting adjourned. We'll talk about this later!" Zhang Ce said angrily, leaving the scene immediately.
Chen Feng, on the other hand, looked indifferent. He stood up, placed his hands on the table, dusted off his clothes, and turned to leave.
The others looked at each other, none of them daring to leave the venue before these bigwigs departed.
Qi Minglin sighed, said nothing, and left with Li Guanghao.
Zhang Richeng raised his head, which had been lowered, and walked out of the scene with a calm expression.
"Uncle, what should we do now?" Qi Minglin said, her head throbbing.
"Who knows? I'm at a loss now."
"One is the top force of the exploration team, and the other is a hero who just helped the country find nearly 800,000 tons of rare earth."
"This is an extremely difficult decision for anyone," Li Guanghao said, taking a deep breath and looking into the distance.
"How about I try to persuade Brother Zhang again, or try to persuade Chen Feng?" Qi Minglin said, clinging to her last hope.
"Who do you think you can persuade? It seems that Zhang Richeng is determined to leave if he doesn't go to Kari this time. As for Chen Feng... ha, once he says something, no one can change his mind. Haven't you figured him out yet?"
"You'd have a better chance of persuading Chen Feng than you would persuade Zhang Richeng," Li Guanghao said with a wry smile.
Li Guanghao understood Chen Feng's personality perfectly.
He doesn't fuss over small things; tonight, four dishes or one dish makes no difference to him.
He wouldn't really mind if he slept on the floor.
But once he's made a decision, you can't touch a hair on his head; that's his rule and principle.
There might be people who could make him break his principles, but there are very few, and they are useless anyway, not even Zhang Ce.
"This is difficult."
Qi Minglin took out a bottle of baijiu from his pocket, took a sip, and tasted it.
“Zhang Richeng, too. He used to be a really good person. How could he suddenly act so recklessly? It’s really something,” Li Guanghao said, somewhat puzzled.
"Perhaps all capable people are arrogant. After all, Chen Feng stole all the limelight from him. Sometimes, if he doesn't say anything, I almost forget that there is such a person in the exploration team."
As Qi Minglin spoke, she glanced to the side and smiled when she saw that Zhang Richeng was not there.
"But he and that third of the exploration team are also a force our country cannot afford to lose."
“Chen Feng won’t stay with us forever. His heart is always with his family. He wouldn’t have come if the country hadn’t been in trouble this time,” Li Guanghao sighed again.
"What should we do then? Let's see what the leaders decide."
Qi Minglin was suddenly relieved that Zhang Ce was here, so she didn't have to rack her brains. Otherwise, with just these two people, she would have been driven crazy by the choice.
Zhang Ce returned to his tent, his face extremely grim. Now, if he had to choose, how could he choose? Both sides represented forces the country could not afford to lose.
He thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution, so he simply lay down on his pillow and prepared to take a nap. He was getting old and couldn't bear this kind of torment anymore.
And so, the exploration team spent the night in a somber atmosphere.
The next morning, Zhang Ce received a phone call.
He knew the owner of the phone very well; the owner was also one of the founders of the exploration team. Although the two were of equal rank, in a sense, the person making the call held a slightly higher official position than him.
"Hello, Brother Liu?" Zhang Ce answered the phone.
"What's going on? Is someone from the exploration team leaving? Is it that top student, Zhang Richeng?" Liu Jie asked, puzzled.
"How did you find out about this?" Zhang Ce asked, puzzled.
"How would I know? Someone told me. What's going on? Why has it become such a big deal?" Liu Jie asked, frowning.
"What happened? What happened? Yesterday it was like this..." Zhang Ce recounted the whole story.
"These two are really something. Chen Feng can't just give in a little. Anyway, we've already found two rare earth mines. A few months' delay won't make a difference. We can always come back later."
“Zhang Ce, Zhang Richeng, and those exploration team members are scientific research forces that we cannot afford to lose, you know that, right?” Liu Jie said meaningfully.
"Of course I know, but in the current situation, Chen Feng is also a force we cannot afford to lose!"
"Both are my flesh and blood, and I can't persuade anyone otherwise. How can I choose?" Zhang Ce retorted.
"Anyway, you can judge for yourself what achievements Zhang Richeng and his group have made. You know very well what they have accomplished."
“Once they leave, our geological exploration team may even face a gap in personnel.”
“Zhang Richeng can’t leave,” Liu Jie said, shaking his head.
"If he can't leave, then Chen Feng can leave?"
"If it weren't for Chen Feng, our country would still be in the embarrassing situation of having no rare earth elements. He is a hero of the country." Zhang Ce said, taking a deep breath.
“I didn’t say he wasn’t a hero, but in the current situation, Chen Feng can be brought back in a few months, but if Zhang Richeng leaves, he really can’t be brought back. Do you know how serious this is?” Liu Jie said, tapping his fingers on the table.
"Please come back?" Zhang Ce's laughter carried a hint of sarcasm.
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