After returning from the nursing home, Chen Nian always felt uneasy.
Time.
Time is the greatest enemy.
Before, he had never thought about using any method to "extend lifespan" because he felt that it would be some kind of blasphemy against his predecessors before the technology matured.
But now, he really hopes there is a way to keep them alive longer.
There are too many things that I want them to see.
There is still so much future that I want them to experience.
Unfortunately, they couldn't wait too long.
This is probably the fate of heroes.
After lighting the spark, the bones were buried in the burning land. If future generations want to see them again, they can only see them in the fire.
But fortunately, the flame never went out.
Chen Nian breathed a long sigh of relief and left a new note in his notebook:
Even if the fire will eventually go out, keep the flame burning!
He closed the notebook and glanced at the time. It was already noon, and the sun was scorching outside the window. He subconsciously pushed open the window and stretched his hand out of the window to feel the heat of the sun.
At this moment, he truly realized how fast time was passing.
It seems that not long ago, he was wearing thick clothes and drinking New Year's Eve drinks with a few friends in his room. In the blink of an eye, it was time to spend the summer vacation again.
Thinking of this, he called several friends one by one and asked them about their summer vacation arrangements.
On the one hand, Wang Jiancheng is assisting the Yujing project, and on the other hand, he is toying with his passive mechanical exoskeleton with sufficient scientific research funds. He is so busy that he will naturally not rest.
Qiu Mai's project has not made much progress, but there are many things to do, so he plans to go back to school for a week or two before returning to school.
As for Li Xiang?
After officially entering the intelligence department, Li Xiang's work became even busier. Even weekends became a luxury, and rest was impossible.
As Chen Nian expected, he chose to stay in school.
However, when talking about the reasons, he was still secretive and unwilling to disclose them.
Maybe I should find an opportunity to bring him into the Spark team?
Judging from the report of the last public opinion offensive, Li Xiang's talent is extremely amazing.
He even put forward corresponding strategies before the experienced bosses could react, and also predicted the opponent's trump card.
His superiors spoke highly of him, and he was indispensable for being able to turn the situation around.
Such a person is exactly what the Spark team lacks.
After all, although Spark is still an organization marked by a "technical capability center", it is obvious that Spark's goal must be to transform into a "coordinating center" and "decision-making center", which means that for the outside world, especially Anticipating the enemy is also extremely important.
Therefore, dragging Li Xiang into Xinghuo is not actually a back door.
It should be said that he fought for it himself.
Chen Nian couldn't help but find it a little funny. When this brother first came here, he still had great ambitions to build the F-22, but he was overtaken by him. By chance, his ability tree was completely distorted.
It's a different approach.
Thinking of this, Chen Nian picked up the phone again and called the manager Chen Guo.
After the call was connected, he said bluntly:
"Professor Chen, I would like to come in personally and ask for your opinion."
"Who do you want? Just tell me and I'll make arrangements."
Chen Guo answered without hesitation.
"Li Xiang, do you think it's okay?"
"Huh? Who told you? Did you receive the news?"
Chen Guo's voice on the opposite side was a little surprised, while Chen Nian was baffled.
"What's the news? Do you want him to come in?"
"Yeah, the Intelligence Department just mentioned it to me. It hasn't been 24 hours yet. I'm still thinking about it. I originally wanted to ask your opinion. You didn't know? Is it a coincidence?"
Chen Nian nodded subconsciously and replied:
"Yes, I just thought of it - I called him just now to ask him about his summer vacation arrangements."
"That's good, that's good."
Chen Guo said with a sigh of relief.
In fact, Chen Nian also guessed what he was worried about.
It was simply because they were afraid that there would be problems with internal confidentiality, and someone would provide Chen Nian with information that should not be provided at this point in time.
Of course, as the soul and core of Xinghuo, Chen Nian has 100% right to know. What he is worried about is just the anomaly of the so-called "information channel".
To put it simply, Chen Nian can ask at any time, and he can speak at any time.
But the information must not leak out without Chen Nian asking or him telling.
After a moment of pause, Chen Guo continued:
"Then let me make arrangements. We have actually been considering this issue for some time."
"He had closer contact with you, and at the very beginning, you know, he had more information."
"So actually we have been thinking of ways to restrict him, and now it would be the best way to directly make him one of our own."
Hearing his words, Chen Nian hummed and replied:
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."
"No trouble, no trouble. By the way, where are the other people? Wang Jiancheng? Qiu Mai?"
"Let's not use them for the time being. Wang Jiancheng himself is in the Yujing project team, so there is no need to worry about confidentiality."
"As for Qiu Mai, I feel like she is not qualified to enter Starfire yet. Can she train for a while longer?"
"Okay, let's test the waters with Li Xiang first. Should we contact him? Or should you tell him yourself?"
As soon as this question came up, Chen Nian hesitated.
If we follow the normal process, the organization must first go through a comprehensive review, and then Li Xiang's superiors will come out to talk to each other first, talking about things such as "I want to put more burdens on you" and "The organization trusts you very much". "If there is an opportunity for advancement, do you want it?" or something like that.
Then, according to Li Xiang's personal wishes, the organization department will make arrangements and handle the specific processes.
But now
Spark's organizational structure is rather special. To use the words of the era I came from, it is relatively flat.
The process of decision-making, appointment and dismissal is relatively simple. As long as the two hard indicators of review and ability can be passed, it is basically a matter of one sentence for anyone to be appointed.
Therefore, whoever is responsible for this is not so sensitive.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Chen Nian still spoke:
"Follow the normal process. He is still young after all. You need to give him time to think about it."
"If you really enter the Starfire, there will be many things you can't help yourself with."
Chen Guo on the other end of the phone laughed.
"What you said is as if you are old."
"Okay, then I will arrange for the organization department to contact him. After the matter is settled, I will arrange for you to meet with him?"
"We are all one of our own, so there is no need to hide it. Let's give him an internal first-level authority, right?"
"Don't worry, this is not a back door, as I said, it's mainly to facilitate our management of him."
"clear."
Chen Nian nodded, and the two discussed some more details before hanging up the phone.
At this time, Li Xiang still didn’t know that his own destiny would usher in a huge breakthrough.
A few days later, in an office outside NPU.
Li Xiang sat quietly in the middle, looking slightly nervous.
Just two days ago, he was called to the office by Hu Likai. After a lot of clichés, he finally told him that his superiors had other arrangements for his work and would contact him after passing the review in the near future.
After hearing this, Li Xiang's heart was in suspense.
According to his superficial understanding of the system, when a leader says something like this, there are generally only two possibilities.
Either that or he's going to be promoted.
Or, I'm going to kick you out.
Although my recent performance has been good and the feedback from my colleagues has been very positive, I am only a college student after all, and it is often inconvenient for me to work.
Therefore, Li Xiang really didn't dare to decide whether he wanted to be promoted or not.
The only basis he could use to assist his judgment was the mysterious smile on Hu Likai's face when he informed him.
To be honest, if it's not a good thing, even if he laughs, it shouldn't be like this, right?
After walking out of the office confused, Li Xiang was in fear for five days. When he almost couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to ask Hu Likai for clarification, the result finally came.
Just this morning, he was finally notified, and after a series of security checks, he was taken to the office.
Later, specialized staff brought him a series of confidential documents, and he signed more than a dozen of them just for signatures.
After all the documents were signed, the real business hadn’t even begun.
According to the staff, he needs to further confirm his wishes and make sure that he is really willing to give up some of the conveniences of his personal life, give up the fame, fortune and prestige that might have been easily obtained, and even give up part of his social identity and status for this job. interpersonal relationships.
This was definitely not an easy choice to make, especially for a young man like him.
However, when the staff mentioned the fields they were involved in and the projects they had been responsible for before, Li Xiang hardly hesitated and immediately raised his hand and firmly expressed his intention.
There is no other reason, just because the opportunity in front of him is really too great.
The organization that provided him with this opportunity was too powerful.
J-22, J-20B, DF-17
I have heard about these projects for a long time, and even personally participated in intelligence work about them. Although I was only responsible for some relatively simple and relatively marginal matters, the shock I received was absolutely indescribable.
And now, the organizations running these projects have actually extended an olive branch to themselves.
Does this still need to be considered?
The option of "rejecting" has already been crushed to pieces by myself and thrown into the trash can!
What an honor this is
Before that, he often doubted whether he had taken the wrong path, whether he should be like those classmates, concentrating on scientific research and working hard to further his studies in the technical field.
But on the other hand, he knew clearly that his talent in scientific research was actually not high.
If you insist on taking that road, the final result is likely to be lost to everyone.
Therefore, he chose the "intelligence" route.
But in fact, the results never seemed to be as good as he imagined.
Therefore, when facing his classmates and friends, he has always been somewhat inferior.
Needless to say, Chen Nian is a genius and can definitely be called a representative figure among this generation of students.
Following Chen Nian, Wang Jiancheng also developed the Yujing AI system and even input it to the military.
Although Qiu Mai has no achievements yet, she is constantly exploring and making small breakthroughs. One day, after accumulated accumulation, she will burst into amazing light.
And what about yourself?
If I don’t mention my work in the intelligence department, then I can be summed up in one word:
Inaction.
But it's fine now.
Now I have finally taken that step. Although I am not in the field of scientific research, it is enough to be on an equal footing with several others!
Thinking of this, Li Xiang couldn't help but feel happy.
He was somewhat looking forward to what would happen in the future.
According to Chen Nian's development path, they will definitely be able to work in this core organization in the future.
By then, he will already be an old man in the organization.
When Chen Nian comes in, I might be able to greet him in person, and then say to him with a face filled with relief:
Hey bro, I've been waiting for you for a long time
A smile appeared on his face, and at this moment, the office door finally opened.
"Li Xiang, your review passed."
"Welcome to Starfire."
Li Xiang stood up suddenly and quickly held the hand extended by the staff.
Only then did he learn that the original name of this organization was Spark.
"Thank you for the organization's trust. I will work hard in the future and live up to it."
"No need to be polite."
The visitor interrupted his speech, and then said with a smile:
“In Spark, we don’t have so much red tape within the system and everything is results-oriented.”
"As for the specific situation of this organization, someone will introduce it to you later."
"The logistics department will contact you, just wait and feel at ease."
"Now, you come with me first, we have arranged an interview for you."
After saying that, the man let go of Li Xiang's hand, turned around and walked out the door, gesturing for Li Xiang to follow.
Li Xiang took two steps quickly, feeling a little confused.
He asked:
"Leader, can you reveal what the interview is mainly about?"
The man hesitated for a moment and replied:
"Nothing special, just a meeting."
"Are you meeting my leader?"
Li Xiang continued to ask.
".To meet our leader."
Our leader!
Li Xiang's heart skipped a beat. He knew the meaning of this word very well.
In any organization, no matter how simple the structure is, different modules have different divisions of labor and different leadership systems.
And the man in front of him obviously cannot belong to the same system as himself.
But he said that he was going to meet "our leader", which meant that the person he wanted to meet was really a big leader!
What kind of treatment is this!
Can a new member meet with the big boss as soon as he comes in?
Li Xiang couldn't help but feel a little proud.
In any case, at least from this point of view, my ability is definitely recognized!
He followed the man slowly, and the two walked through the corridor and passed several sentry posts before finally reaching their destination.
It was an unremarkable room.
The man knocked on the door, and a man's voice came from inside.
"come in."
A bright light flashed in Li Xiang's mind.
He suddenly felt that the voice was somewhat familiar.
But at this time, the door had been pushed open. He didn't think much, took a deep breath, and finally straightened his shirt, then opened the door and walked in.
But the moment he looked up and saw the man in the room, he suddenly froze on the spot.
"What the hell??"
"Chen Nian?! Why is it you??"
Chen Nian smiled slightly and replied:
"You didn't expect that, did you?"
"I've been waiting here for you for a long time."
