What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 696 Proving the Future (3800 monthly votes in August)

It is a complex mix of emotions, including reverence, accumulated friendship, gratitude, and curiosity, that gives rise to this feeling.

An Yu's behavior at the dinner table was almost explicit, which made Tang Wen somewhat puzzled but also touched him.

He believed he could handle romantic relationships very well and rationally, but the surging hormones in his early twenties clearly interfered with his judgment.

Both eyes were fixed on each other silently. Tang Wen felt his heart beating faster and faster until Guo Panpan turned her head first, seemingly suppressing a laugh, and said:

"You look like Tony Leung right now."

Tang Wen, having also calmed down, asked with some surprise:
"You mean my eyes are also very expressive?"

"No, the more you look into Tony Leung's eyes, the more affectionate they become, while you seem to be glaring at me, it's the complete opposite."

"You brat—"

Tang Wen pretended to pinch her, but she nimbly dodged and then lowered her hand.

The ambiguous atmosphere dissipated with a night breeze. After a brief moment of playful banter, the two parted ways. Tang Wen got into his car, rolled down the window, waved goodbye, and drove into the darkness.

An inexplicable emotion made him forget how he got home. He found the bedroom light on and pushed the door open. He then saw four ship girls sitting or lying around the bed, their heads close together. They looked at him at the same time as he entered, then turned back and whispered something.

"What are you discussing?"

His question went unanswered, but Kronstadt stepped past him and locked the door.

"I'm here to rest, what do you want?"

The next moment, he was ruthlessly pinned to the bed, his hands forced out in a gesture of surrender. Cheshire and Jean Bart each held down one of his arms, while Zhenhai looked down at him with a smile.
"Commander, we were discussing what to do if our husbands fall in love."

"Wait, let me explain!"

"Explanations are useless; mistakes must be punished!"

"Let me go! Don't tear it!"

……

Two days later

"The summary report has been sent to your email."

On the last day of Guo Panpan's summer internship, she noticed that Tang Wen seemed somewhat distracted, as if he were detached from worldly affairs, his eyes calm and indifferent.

The latter then came to her senses, checked her email, gave her a compliment, and then seemed to remember something before saying:
“It’s not safe for you to be alone as a girl without Yan Jing. I’ll have Daqiang drive you home.”

Has your salary been deposited into your account?

“Song Nan said you have a great talent for programming, so you don’t need to be too focused on school courses. The company often has outsourcing projects you can participate in.”

By the time Tang Wen realized he was acting like an overprotective father, Guo Panpan was already chuckling to herself, and then she laughed and shooed him out.

The moment I closed the door, I felt a little empty inside.

Is this what it feels like to be in love?

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a dull throbbing pain in his side, so he quickly stopped thinking and looked at the summary results in his email:
He instructed Song Nan to arrange for people to gather information on the attacks against Imperial overseas bases in July and August, especially those in areas related to Ben.

The reason for collecting these is that they are related to 9/11.

911/8 was clearly a premeditated attack. Among the many interpretations that have emerged since, one of the more convincing lines is that the attacks can be traced back to August of this year, when a certain bearded man organized and planned an attack on an Imperial overseas base. Because the Empire was in the midterm elections and underestimated the influence of extremist ideologies, its response to the attack was only lukewarm, leading the bearded man to believe that the Empire was weak and easily bullied, thus fueling his plans for a larger attack, ultimately resulting in the destruction of the World Trade Center twin towers.

While its credibility is uncertain, it is still necessary to pay appropriate attention.

Within two months, he collected information on about a dozen similar attacks. However, due to the limited information available at the time, the information obtained through public channels was not detailed enough, making it difficult for him to verify the claims.

After watching it several times, Tang Wen discovered that the Empire's response to the attack was either nonexistent or minimal. The most significant response was that they sent two F-16s to drop a few bombs, but the results were not confirmed.

That's too perfunctory. If I were the bearded old man, I would definitely get cocky.

Tang Wen stared at the document, lost in deep thought.

……

Tang Wen originally thought that it would take a long time for the commissioned training to be implemented, but Yan Jian came to his door with two boxes of things a few days later.

"Zhen'ao Nucleic Acid, Angli... No. 1?"

Tang Wen read the name on the gift box with a slightly confused look, and when he looked up, he saw Yan Jian's winking expression:
"Although you are a big entrepreneur and have plenty of money, a gift is still necessary when you visit... Zhenao Nucleic Acid is a microecological health product specially developed for women, this Angli No. 1... hehe."

"..."

If one Shi Juzhu falls, there will be thousands upon thousands of Shi Juzhus, right?
Television commercials are extremely harmful.

After mentally grumbling for a moment, Tang Wen still accepted the health supplements. After all, Yan Jian himself probably wouldn't even be willing to eat these things; it's a small gift but a big sentiment.

"Joint training is a good thing. We've drafted a set of rules these past few days. What do you think?"

Tang Wen glanced at the notes he had received and immediately sensed that there were highly skilled individuals within the navy.

This charter was initially drafted internally by the South China Sea Fleet, and it significantly modified the training procedures for ordinary sailors.
Normally, new recruits must first undergo pre-enlistment training at the local militia department to adapt to physical training and rules; at this time, they are not yet considered soldiers.

Then they were sent down to the military for cultural and skills training, to accumulate theoretical knowledge and to simulate shipboard situations.
Finally, there's shipboard training; only after completing all three stages can one be considered a true sailor.

In the joint training charter, the Goose City Fisheries Association will cooperate with the Goose City Armed Forces Department to undertake pre-service training tasks. However, unlike other training programs, the Navy will send instructors to conduct cultural and skills training during the pre-service training. Then, they will be sent to the Maritime Joint Defense Team's "sightseeing boat" and "simulated warship-style model" for "simulated adaptation training".

Although they received physical training, formal military rules and skills training, and even boarded the warships of the joint maritime defense force to conduct various training exercises at sea, the trainees were still in the pre-service training program of the Civil Armed Forces Department throughout the entire period. Their status was still not that of soldiers, because they were not assigned to the troops at all, and they were not even new recruits.

In this process, they are merely pre-service training personnel organized by the local armed forces department. Whatever happens or troubles arise during their training at sea on the ship with the maritime joint defense team, it is under the jurisdiction of Echeng and has nothing to do with the navy.

The pre-service training expenses were also covered by Goose City, with allowances and sea-going subsidies issued at the standard rate for regular sailors, and expenses incurred by the maritime joint defense team were also covered. As for how they would get reimbursed by the Navy, there were naturally channels available.

Tang Wen had no objection to this and readily nodded:
"No problem, we'll proceed as planned."

Yan Jian immediately breathed a sigh of relief:

"Alright, the first batch of 500 people has already packed their bags. When is it convenient to receive them?"

Tang Wen was taken aback: "So fast? Weren't you supposed to do three months of physical and academic training first?"

"This batch was recruited in the second half of last year. They have almost completed cultural and simulation training, and are just waiting to board the ship. There are simply no more slots available."

Tang Wen: "That's not right either, they're already new recruits."

"Oh, so these 500 people are all unqualified and have been sent back to the People's Armed Forces Department. They will be recruited again after retraining and passing the tests."

"..."

(End of this chapter)