Gu Zhiyuan remained calm, as if he had been waiting for this day for a long time.
He carried out a large pile of blueprints and drafts from the house, and calmly followed Lin Feng back to the machinery factory.
More than ten days later, Gu Zhiyuan appeared at the machinery factory for the first time.
He encountered many people on the road, and everyone looked at him with surprise, but no one came up to greet him.
As I walked away, I could still hear people talking: "Isn't that Gu Zhiyuan? How dare he come to the factory?"
"I heard that experts from the province wanted to meet with him, so you came here, right?"
"The experts in the province probably want to see who's so bold as to plagiarize, right?"
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Upon hearing this, Lin Feng wished he could go back and argue with the person on the spot.
Gu Zhiyuan stopped him, saying, "Why bother arguing with them! They're just opportunists!"
Lin Feng felt wronged for Gu Zhiyuan: "Several of those people made mistakes while following the blueprints, almost getting fired for serious errors. It was you, boss, who found a way to help them correct their mistakes and taught them step by step, saving their jobs! Now they're turning their backs on us! They're such ingrates!"
Gu Zhiyuan waved his hand, not taking these things to heart.
Experts from the province, factory leaders, and everyone in the design department, including Lin's father and Lu Kai, had been waiting in the small conference room for a long time.
After a few casual words, the union chairman, on behalf of the factory, reported the so-called investigation results to the provincial experts, including the time of submitting the drawings and the design concept. The final conclusion was that Gu Zhiyuan was the one who copied the drawings.
As soon as he finished speaking, Factory Director Wu Jie spoke up first: "Isn't it a bit too hasty to draw this conclusion? Comrade Gu Zhiyuan is an excellent comrade, a top student who graduated from Peking University. He was the main force behind the smooth progress of the A03 project! If others plagiarized, I think that's possible, but if Comrade Gu Zhiyuan plagiarized, there must be other reasons behind it, right?"
The union chairman's expression changed, and he forced a smile, saying, "But there can't be any mistake in the timing of the submission of the drawings! Comrade Lu Kai did submit the drawings five days ago, while Comrade Gu Zhiyuan submitted them five days later! The two drawings are 90% similar. It can't be that the one who submitted the drawings first copied the one who submitted them later, can it?"
Wu Jie smiled and said, "They're all in the same department and work together every day. Maybe they've borrowed from each other, or perhaps they just happen to share the same design philosophy?"
The union chairman immediately retorted: "The engineering design department has its own rules, and this is a competition. Naturally, our own drawings must be kept confidential. How could we possibly borrow from each other?"
For a time, both sides argued endlessly without reaching a conclusion.
The expert from the provincial heavy industry casually remarked, "In that case, wouldn't it be faster to have the two parties confront each other face to face?"
Factory manager Wu Jie immediately agreed, while Lu Kai hesitated slightly. Wu Jie's men then spoke with a sarcastic tone: "What, are you afraid to confront him?"
At this point, naturally no one would admit that they dared not.
The union chairman had no choice but to send someone to call Gu Zhiyuan from his home.
After Lin Feng took the initiative to go and call the people, everyone in the conference room fell silent, and the atmosphere became very tense.
After waiting for a while, the union chairman was getting impatient and muttered under his breath, "Why hasn't anyone come yet? Are they feeling guilty?"
Lin's father, who had been silent until now, coldly lifted his eyelids and said, "You've already sent everyone home. Doesn't it take time for them to come and go?"
The union chairman was speechless for a moment, and then fell silent.
After saying that one sentence, the expert from the provincial heavy industry did not speak again, but leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.
Finally, they heard footsteps, and everyone sat up straight with a start.
The door was pushed open, and Lin Feng walked in first, followed by Gu Zhiyuan who followed at a leisurely pace.
The experts from the provincial heavy industry looked him up and down. He was a young man with a commanding presence, calm and composed, showing no signs of panic or embarrassment. After entering, he nodded to everyone and stood to the side without saying a word.
The union chairman couldn't wait to speak: "Comrade Gu Zhiyuan, regarding your plagiarism of Comrade Lu Kai—"
"Don't make assumptions about things that haven't been determined yet!" an expert from the provincial heavy industry interrupted the union chairman.
The union chairman blushed and awkwardly stepped aside.
"Are you Comrade Gu Zhiyuan?" the expert from the provincial heavy industry asked in a gentle tone.
Gu Zhiyuan nodded: "Hello, I am Gu Zhiyuan!"
"What do you have to say about the fact that your and Comrade Lu Kai's drawings are more than 90% identical?"
Gu Zhiyuan only uttered one sentence: "The innocent will remain innocent, and the guilty will remain guilty!"
The expert from the provincial heavy industry smiled, took out two blueprints from his briefcase on the table, opened them, looked at them, and spread them out on the table, indicating to everyone: "The blueprints are right here, and the parties involved are right here too. Why don't you two talk about your blueprints in front of all of us? Who wants to go first?"
Lu Kai couldn't help but look at his father.
Lu's father gave him a look, signaling him to calm down.
Someone on the other end spoke up: "Naturally, Lu Kai came first; he submitted his drawings first."
Lu Kai glanced at Gu Zhiyuan, who remained calm and even took a step back, gesturing for Lu Kai to speak first.
Lu Kai's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, what he had thought was a sure thing suddenly felt uncertain, and he felt very uneasy.
However, he had memorized the blueprints perfectly over the past few days, so he wasn't intimidated at all. He stepped forward, took his own blueprints, and began to explain them confidently.
While explaining, he also pointed to the drawings with his finger to show everyone.
He didn't call it a combine harvester, but a combine, saying it was a direct translation from English. He then went on to explain its functions, and as expected of a design major, he did have some real skills, explaining it quite eloquently.
The leaders listened intently. If this product was really as good as Lu Kai said, that would be wonderful.
Even the experts from the provincial heavy industry listened intently, occasionally asking a few questions.
Lu Kai answered all the questions, and the expert nodded from time to time.
This boosted Lu Kai's confidence, and he became even more talkative.
By the time he finished explaining, an hour had passed, and it was almost time to get off work.
The union chairman, seizing the opportunity, chimed in: "I think Comrade Lu Kai's idea is excellent, and the design is great too. If it can be put into production, it will be a great help to the agricultural development of our province! Moreover, he explained it very clearly; even I, a semi-layman, understood it. This shows that he is truly familiar with and thoroughly understands the blueprints. No one but him could understand it so clearly—"
The expert from the provincial heavy industry didn't respond, but directly gestured to Gu Zhiyuan: "It's your turn!"
Gu Zhiyuan stepped forward, not to discuss the blueprints first, but instead placed the stack of draft blueprints he had been carrying on the table: "These are all the drafts I've created from the very beginning of the design to the final version—"
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