Xu Jianguo looked at Shi Zhen's back as he left in anger with an expressionless face, without any emotional fluctuation in his heart. People like this could no longer arouse his interest at all, and he didn't even have the desire to engage in a verbal exchange with him.
Turning around and lifting the canvas, he saw four large wooden boxes placed in the corner.
After opening the box and checking each item one by one, Xu Jianguo nodded with satisfaction, thinking that the 523 Institute was very efficient and had collected everything he needed so quickly.
After replacing the lid of the box and covering it with canvas, Xu Jianguo walked towards a door on the east side of the main house.
Walking around the milling machine and coming to the wooden door, Xu Jianguo arrived at the east wing, which was arranged as a study.
In addition to a set of desks and chairs, there is a solid wood square table about two meters long and wide in the middle of the room. There is a pen holder on the square table. Next to the pen holder are two wooden paperweights and several rolls of blank drawing paper, as well as various drawing tools such as compasses and rulers.
After Xu Jianguo walked around the simple workshop, he stood in front of the solid wood square table, spread out the drawing paper, pressed it with a paperweight, then took out a pencil from the pen holder and began to draw the design drawings of the two guns.
Time passed quickly and it was already noon. Xu Jianguo did not leave the workshop, but asked Du Yu to cook a big bowl of beef noodles for him through his mind. After eating, he continued to draw on the table.
In the cafeteria of the 523 Institute, Shi Zhen was having lunch with a few people around him.
"Director, who is that guy? Is he aiming for the position of deputy director?" one of them asked.
Shi Zhen shook his head and said, "I don't know. Anyway, it was the director who gave the order himself. And he came with documents from the headquarters. His background must be complicated!"
"So what? This is the 523rd. Who cares about his background? In the end, doesn't it all depend on his grades?" said another person.
"What Zhenghua said makes sense. As long as our research is successful, it doesn't matter how strong his background is!" Shi Zhen said.
Everyone nodded in agreement. Shi Zhen thought for a moment and continued, "Arrange a few people to keep an eye on him. Report any developments to me immediately!"
"Okay!" several people agreed, and then continued to eat with their heads down.
After lunch, Shi Zhen returned to his office in the small building, sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette for himself, and smoked silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
While working in the afternoon, Niu Zhenghua, who had eaten with him in the cafeteria before, came over and the two of them went outside the workshop and talked in a low voice.
"You said he didn't go to the cafeteria for lunch? He stayed in the house the whole time?" Shi Zhen asked.
"Yes!" said Niu Zhenghua.
Shi Zhen thought for a moment and said, "Keep watching him. I want to see what this kid can do."
"Director, do you think we should do something with the materials at night when he is not here?" Niu Zhenghua said.
"Don't act rashly, let's wait and see! Although I look down on people who come in through the back door, but after all, he and I are not enemies. Even if he is really aiming for the position of deputy director, we can't act rashly before he makes any achievements, so as not to leave any handle. So the method you mentioned is only a last resort!" Shi Zhen rejected Niu Zhenghua's proposal without even thinking about it.
"Okay, I'll listen to you! By the way, Director, you said before that he wanted to make a gun. Do you know what kind of gun it is?" Niu Zhenghua continued.
Shi Zhen shook his head and said, "At first I was just guessing, but now I'm a little unsure! Although the steel pipes, steel ingots, and basswood he wants are all materials for making guns, he also asked for optical glass, so I'm not sure what he will make."
"I don't think you need to be so pessimistic. Even if he can design the blueprints, if there are no workers to make the parts, then his idea will be just empty talk! Besides, the director is not here now, and you are responsible for dispatching all the technicians in our institute. You can control him with just a casual word, right?" Niu Zhenghua said.
"Well, what you said makes sense. Go ahead and tell the people in the other workshops that all the work of the technicians must get my approval!" Shi Zhen instructed.
"Okay, Director, I understand!" After Niu Zhenghua said this, the two separated.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, as the bell in the workshop rang, technicians and engineers walked out of the workshop in twos and threes and headed towards the gate of the institute.
However, the workshop behind the factory was still brightly lit. A young man looked at Xu Jianguo, who was still drawing on the table in the room. After looking at the time, he couldn't help but curl his lips, then turned and left, disappearing into the darkness in a short while.
After that person left, the main door of the workshop was opened from the outside, and Xu Yang, dressed in black, walked in.
"Young Master, all the people who were watching outside have left!" Xu Yang said.
Xu Jianguo straightened up, stretched, and said, "Got it!"
As the lights in the room were turned off, the whole room suddenly fell into darkness. Xu Jianguo first put Xu Yang and the drawings on the table into the space, then went to the outer room and put away the four large wooden boxes.
He turned around and looked, making sure nothing was left behind, then walked out, took out a padlock from the space, and locked the door.
Although this lock is useless, it is a necessity to protect against villains rather than gentlemen. He needs to create the illusion that there are valuables in the house. Only in this way can he attract the attention of certain people. As long as the other party dares to take action, he will give the other party a fatal blow.
After looking around and finding nothing unusual, Xu Jianguo flashed into the space and then returned home through the Tianji star position on the Seven Star Teleportation Array.
When he suddenly appeared in the yard, he immediately scared Xiao Hei who was lying in the yard. His huge body suddenly jumped out for a long distance, his face full of vigilance, and his body lay on the ground in an attacking posture.
When it saw that the person coming was Xu Jianguo, it immediately barked a few times, as if blaming him for scaring it. Then it stopped its attack mode and ran over with its big tail wagging.
After patting Xiao Hei's big head, Xu Jianguo took out a teething stick from the space and threw it to the animal to hold in its mouth, as a compensation for scaring it, and then walked towards the house.
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