Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 522 Three Spots in the Youth Talent Cultivation Program! (First Update!)

After uttering this threat viciously, Guo Song slowly turned his head like a robot, gradually shifting his gaze towards Lin Yi.

Their eyes met, and Lin Yi immediately raised his hand: "I'll pay you back, I promise!"

"Pay it back immediately after the project is finished, then you're still a grandson!"

The faces of the people from the nearby research institute also darkened when they heard such a guarantee. They had been working at the institute for many years and had heard such guarantees countless times, to the point that they were tired of hearing them.

But every time they lent someone out so easily, they had to rack their brains to get them back. If it weren't for their organizational connections, they might not even be able to get them back.

Seeing that no one was agreeing, Guo Song slammed his hand on the table and said, "It's decided!"

"Next, let's discuss who should do the testing!"

Lending people is a thankless task.

But the testing, that's where things get interesting.

In an instant, several army representatives and representatives from the group companies that housed the research institutes all raised their hands:

"Director Guo, this task should be handled by our research institutes of the China Ordnance Industry Group! Our subordinate research institutes have been working on tanks for decades, and we even dismantled a Soviet T-72 back in the day. This task must be done by us, and we must dismantle it thoroughly."

“I think this task should be done by our equipment group. We lack this kind of experience. It just so happens that Xiaomi Heavy Industry has a prototype. A prototype is just right for us who lack experience.”

"If you lack experience, don't come!"

"We're all green recruits on the fourth-generation tank. If you can come, why can't we?"

The two sides argued more and more fiercely, and then they started revealing each other's secrets.

"Back when you were dismantling the T-72 tanks, you borrowed more than a dozen people from us. Decades have passed, where are they now?"

"You have the nerve to say that? You borrowed a lot of materials from us back then. Where are those materials? The finance office has them on file!"

"Bullshit, we borrowed it from the research institute!"

"We borrowed it from the research institute too!"

"I didn't hold it against you for poaching our people last time, but you dare to come out and make trouble now!"

"Can that be called poaching people? That's called the free flow of talent!"

"Your director doesn't wash his feet!"

"Your director doesn't shower!"

Seeing that the people on both sides were getting increasingly ruthless, Guo Song's face darkened, and he slammed his right hand on the table.

boom!
A loud bang broke the argument between the group.

The two glared at each other, then plopped down in their seats. Once the crowd quieted down, Guo Song, sitting in the main seat, spoke with a grim face:
"Alright, two cars, one for each of your two companies."

"I have only one requirement: test the limits of performance. If you can't, I'll kill you all."

"Next topic: report on the progress of each department and the budget requests you have prepared."

The topic suddenly shifted to the budget application. Lin Yi, who was taking notes, froze, quickly looked up, and curiously stared at Guo Song, pointing to himself with his right hand in confusion.

[Should I participate too?]

Before Guo Song could reply, Leng Yun, who was next to him, quietly raised his left hand and waved gently towards the door.

Upon receiving the signal, Lin Yi quickly packed his things, crouched down, and left through a small door to the side.

After standing in the corridor for a short while, Leng Yun also came out through the small door.

Upon seeing Lin Yi, he asked bluntly, "Where did you learn those underhanded tricks from?"

Lin Yi grinned, revealing a set of bright white teeth, and said innocently, "Online!"

"Are these available online?"

"Yes! Back when America was vying for supremacy with the Soviet Union, they used underhanded tactics against Cuba to try and attract Cuban talent. The Cuban leaders at the time simply opened up visas, granting Cuban citizenship to anyone, regardless of their background, and then sent them to America. I'm just using the same tactics."

Leng Yun knew this history, and he knew more than Lin Yi, so he swallowed the rest of his words.

He coughed lightly, placed his hands on the railing, gazed into the distance, and casually asked:
"As the CEO of a company, what kind of scenario do you envision for the future development of the world?"

"You're asking me, old man? I'm just a kid in my early twenties. I've eaten less rice than you've eaten salt. How would I know?" Lin Yi widened his eyes, pretending to be innocent and naive.

Unfortunately, he was slightly taller than Leng Yun, so when he tried to act cute, Leng Yun had to lift her head, which made his attempt at being cute not very successful.

Leng Yun didn't respond to his cute act; he turned around and leaned against the railing.

"Technology, military, humanities, economy, any of them are fine."

"Tell me your thoughts!"

"Well... actually, I mainly wanted to throw out some ideas to get the ball rolling, because these contents have been analyzed in a comprehensive way by a very professional think tank, but the analysis is based on known information. If unknown information is involved, the results of the analysis will be seriously biased."

"So I'd like to hear the thoughts of someone as intelligent as you who's been out and about."

Lin Yi blinked again and continued to act cute: "Then I'm even less capable. I only know a little bit about technology and have a basic understanding of human relationships. As for other things, I really don't know anything."

"Alright!" Finding that she couldn't get anything out of Lin Yi, Leng Yun sighed and continued to look into the distance.

After watching for only a few minutes, he suddenly spoke again: "Do you think it's possible for America to split?"

"America? No way!"

"Then do you think it's possible for Europe to unify?"

"Who will unify them? Russia? Or America?"

"So tell me, are there aliens on the moon?"

"How would I know? Maybe? If there really are aliens, and we catch them, what would you do to them? Spray them with a leather whip dipped in salt water? Or whip them with a leather whip dipped in chili peppers?"

"Why not dismember him by five horses?"

"Maybe aliens don't have limbs?"

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye as Leng Yun intermittently questioned him and Lin Yi gave his erratic answers.

The small door behind the two opened, and the people attending the meeting came out one after another. After greeting Leng Yun, they left one after another.

The small door closed, and a short while later, Guo Song came out from the main entrance.

Seeing the two people standing in the corridor, he first smiled at Leng Yun, then smiled at Lin Yi and said, "Come with me to the office, I have something for you."

Hearing Guo Song call his name, Lin Yi, who was worried about how to get away, felt as if he had heard celestial music. He bowed deeply to Leng Yun, turned around, and ran happily towards Guo Song.

Guo Song's series of actions made him feel a toothache. Just as Lin Yi was about to approach, he quickly distanced himself and then turned to walk towards his office.

Back in his office, Guo Song sat down in a chair, tapped his teacup with his finger, and waited for Lin Yi to take the teacup to make tea before asking with a smile:

"Are you afraid of Leng Yun?"

"It's not that I'm afraid!" Lin Yi placed the brewed tea in front of Guo Song, sat down on a chair beside him, and whispered while scratching his head:

"This Chief of Staff Leng is talking strangely, his words are incoherent and I don't know how to answer him." "He's testing you to see if you're hiding anything."

"That's it!"

"Alright, stop pretending. We're all seasoned foxes, no need for this ghost story." Guo Song took a sip of his brewed tea, then pulled out his keys, opened the second drawer on his right, and slammed a brown paper bag onto the table.
"This is for you!"

"What is this?" Lin Yi reached out and took it, but did not open it immediately.

The kraft paper bag was very thin. As soon as he picked it up, he guessed from the feel that there were about 10 sheets of A4 paper inside.

Ten or so pages of A4 paper, what good stuff could that be?

"Open it and you'll find out!" Guo Song still didn't say what was inside, but focused his attention on the tea, blowing on it to cool it down while taking small sips.

Lin Yi closed his eyes, took a breath, and slowly opened the kraft paper bag, pulling out A4 paper.

However, when he saw the title on the A4 paper, he was completely dumbfounded.

[Registration Form for the 2011 Youth Talent Development Program]

With a glare, he quickly pulled out the A4 paper.

There were a total of 9 pages, three pages per set, and three sets in total. They were casually clipped together with paperclips. If it weren't for Guo Song's signature and stamp at the bottom, one would really suspect that Guo Song was just using them to amuse a fool.

On the other side, Guo Song had finished his tea. He looked up and saw the suspicion on Lin Yi's face. He put down his cup, placed his hands on his lower abdomen, and said gently:

"This thing was originally supposed to be handed to you by Lao Zhu himself, but Lao Zhu has been at the shipbuilding industry these past few days and hasn't had time to come over."

"So I'll hand it over to you."

"Today is December 16th, and you need to submit this form before December 30th."

"Once you submit the form, you won't need to do anything else; someone else will take care of it."

“I know you don’t care about the spots in the youth talent development program, but as an elder, I still want to remind you that you should keep one spot for yourself and give the other two to others.”

“Go and get some training, even if it's just going through the motions, it will help you in the future.”

"At the very least, it will allow me to become a familiar face in academic circles."

"The rest is fine. After you go back, quickly arrange the work, manufacture the tank parts, and then contact the China Ordnance Industry Group and the China Equipment Group to have their people install them with you."

"Then here is this form. Remember, submit it before December 30th."

With a snap, Lin Yi stood at attention in front of Guo Song, giving a perfect salute:
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Alright, head back early! Be careful on the road!"

"Then I'll head back first!" Lin Yi crouched down and slowly left Guo Song's office with the documents in his hand.

He closed the door, straightened up instantly, took out the three documents from the brown paper bag, looked at them carefully, and then put them back.

He pulled the string of the brown paper bag tight, then hummed a song and skipped downstairs to catch the assembly line vehicle to head to the airport.

On the way to the airport, he called Ji Shuangshuang again and asked her to call everyone who was outside back.

In the corridor outside Guo Song's door, Leng Yun watched him leave happily. Only after the vehicle he was in disappeared from sight did the staff officer from the General Staff Department push open the door to Guo Song's office and enter.

As soon as he walked in, he blurted out, "This kid is something else!"

"Huh?" Guo Song was studying the power system in Lin Yi's plan when he suddenly heard such a nonsensical remark, and he was completely stunned.

After pausing for two seconds, he realized who Leng Yun was referring to, nodded, and focused his attention back on the documents:

"He's definitely not simple!"

"Who in their family could possibly make something like this?"

"So, after all that probing, did you find out anything?"

"Is this kid a monster that has become a spirit? Or some kind of super robot created by a mad scientist? A humanoid Gundam? A Chobits? A Transformer in disguise?"

The questions were all irrelevant, making Leng Yun's temples throb. He walked to the water dispenser with a cold face and made himself a cup of tea.

He returned to Guo Song with the tea, sat down, rolled his eyes, and asked:

"Can you watch less of this nonsense?"

This remark displeased Guo Song, and he glared at him:

"What do you mean by 'a complete mess'? This is a literary author's most intuitive vision of the future of science fiction. You don't know anything about it; all you know is conspiracies and tricks."

"Tell me, what exactly did you figure out?"

"I didn't see anything!" Leng Yun shrugged naturally and frankly told the result of his probing for a long time.

He drank half of the tea in his cup, then looked up, revealing a bitter expression, and said:

"The only thing I can see is that other people's children are always more outstanding than my own."

"My kids used to seem alright, but now that I've compared them to others, I don't even want to admit they're my biological children."

"If they were even half as good as Lin Yi, I'd be incredibly grateful."

"I need to go to the temple to burn incense!"

After hearing his teasing, Guo Song waved his hand dismissively:
"It's alright, I'll tell your wife tomorrow that you don't want to admit that the children in your family are your biological children."

"Let me see if a fight breaks out in your house."

Thinking of the unrest at home, Leng Yun suddenly gripped her cup tightly: "You're a real beast!"

"generally!"

…………

At Suzhou Airport, listening to the airport announcements, Mao Xiaofei turned around and shouted to Cao Bin:
"The tourists are coming out. Look at the VIP lane."

Cao Bin tilted his head, his eyes scanning the VIP passage like searchlights. There weren't many people in the VIP passage. After looking for a while and not seeing Lin Yi, he turned back to ask Mao Xiaofei:
"Why would my senior brother suddenly call us and ask us to come pick him up?"

"Isn't it usually Liu Yongqiang?"

Mao Xiaofei was looking at the passage for ordinary tourists. There were so many people that his eyes were blurry, but he still couldn't see Lin Yi come out.

He simply whispered a reply: "Senior brother must have his reasons for doing this. Don't ask, just do it."

“That’s true!” Cao Bin blinked and looked up at the VIP passage again.

This time, after watching for only a short while, Lin Yi dragged a suitcase and walked out of the VIP passage with two people from the security department.

Upon seeing the two people at the station entrance, he pointed to the exit:

"Let's go, get in the car first, and I'll give you both something good after you get in."

Twenty minutes later, Cao Bin sat in the driver's seat, Mao Xiaofei sat in the passenger seat, and two security guards flanked Lin Yi in the back seat.

After fastening his seatbelt, Lin Yi took the brown paper bag out of his briefcase, took out two registration forms, and handed one to Cao Bin and the other to Mao Xiaofei.

(End of this chapter)