While the two were talking, they had already arrived outside the old man's office.
Chen Jin walked up and knocked on the door, and the old man's voice was heard from inside.
Upon hearing this, Xu Jianguo nodded at Chen Jin, pushed open the door and walked in.
At this moment, the old man was still concentrating on a document on the desk as usual.
Xu Jianguo did not say anything to disturb them, but closed the office door and walked to the desk and stood there.
About five minutes later, the old man picked up the pen and made some annotations on the document. After screwing the pen cap on, he looked up at Xu Jianguo and said with a smile, "Are you here?"
"Yes!" Xu Jianguo agreed with a smile.
"Go, there's new tea over there, go make two cups!" The old man said, pointing to the cabinet not far away.
"Okay!"
While Xu Jianguo was making tea, the old man closed the folder in front of him, stood up, walked over to the sofa, and sat down.
A moment later, Xu Jianguo came over with two cups of hot tea, placed the cups on the coffee table, and then sat down obediently.
For the next ten minutes, neither the grandfather nor the grandson spoke, and from time to time bursts of "slurp" sounds could be heard in the office.
After half of the tea in the cup was drunk, the old man put it down and said, "How are things going recently? Do you have any urgent projects?"
"Not yet. All the projects I'm responsible for at the Military Industry Institute and the 937th are proceeding in an orderly manner. There's nothing urgent that needs to be resolved." Xu Jianguo put down his teacup and spoke.
The old man nodded and continued, "Okay, go back and pack your things. Next week, go abroad with your Grandpa Zhao!"
"Ah? Going abroad? Where to?" Xu Jianguo asked in surprise.
"The country of Magnesium has invited us to go there for military exchanges!" said the old man.
"Wow, have the Japs from Magnesium changed their nature? Are they so kind?" Xu Jianguo said disdainfully.
When the old man heard Xu Jianguo's words, the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, and he said, "Jianguo, believe it or not, if you pick up an ordinary citizen on the street in our country and tell him this news, I guarantee that what he says will be exactly the same as what you just said. What do you call this? This is called vigilance. No one knows the moral character of the Chinese better than us. After all, whether in North Korea or Vietnam, they didn't take advantage of us. So this time they suddenly sent us an invitation letter. If you say there is no other ulterior motive behind it, no one will believe it!"
Xu Jianguo frowned slightly and said, "Grandpa, since we already know what the other party is up to, why should we go?"
"Haha, precisely because we don't know what they are up to, we have to find out. Although doing so is risky, it is better than knowing nothing!" The old man said, with a glimmer of wisdom in his eyes.
After a moment of thought, the old man continued, "But we're not completely unprepared. According to the information sent back by the people stationed by the National Security Bureau in Magnesium, the ultimate goal of the Magnesium people this time is very likely related to you!"
"Is it about me?"
"Yes! To be more precise, it should be related to your research project!"
"You mean the lithography machine and the chip?"
“That’s right!”
"That's possible. From what I've learned, the military competition between Magnesium and Su has reached a fever pitch. If one side wants to surpass the other, it can only achieve a revolutionary technological upgrade, but this brings up another issue: economics. Judging from Sulian's current situation, they want to upgrade and even want to buy chips from us, but they don't have the money. Magnesium, on the other hand, is different. The last thing they lack is money. The problem is, when our lithography machines and chips first came out, the Magnesian devils were the first to jump on the bandwagon, and we clearly rejected their purchase request. So, I suspect this military exchange is a sham, and their real purpose is to show goodwill and purchase chips from us."
The old man nodded, his eyes showing approval, and continued, "So, if we don't agree, is it possible that they will do something desperate?"
Xu Jianguo thought for a moment and said, "I can only say that they must have thought about it, but they may not dare to do it!"
"Oh? Why?"
"Well, don't forget I'm from the military industry. No one knows our country's current military strength better than me. Don't underestimate the Magnesians, who have aircraft carriers, submarines, and mushroom bombs, but we have them too, and our technology is just as advanced. It's just that we know how to be low-key. We're not as boastful as the Magnesians, who drive around the world in their aircraft carriers all day, as if they're afraid others won't know what they have. If they really dare to play dirty with this, the worst that can happen is we'll just flex our muscles. They say the Magnesian navy is the strongest on Earth, but from what I know, that's all old news!"
After hearing this, the old man couldn't help but burst into laughter. He raised his hand and nodded at Xu Jianguo and said, "I didn't expect that you are so well-informed!"
Xu Jianguo smiled innocently and said nothing.
But he was thinking: How could he not be well-informed? Not to mention the technical information provided by Magnesium, Parrot, and Xu Shisi, the various military and industrial data brought back from the Sulian alone amounted to hundreds of types.
I really thought that he had figured it out in recent years and wanted to be a carefree salted fish. He would accompany Arya to the United States every few days. Whenever he thought of it, he would go to the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom, and even Germany. Among them, he went to the United States the most frequently. Not counting the times he accompanied Arya, he had been there twenty or thirty times.
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