Starting from the deputy company commander of the Soldier Assault Team

After a pause, Zhang Anbang continued, "Especially since he graduated so many years ago, he has been researching programming. I've talked to him about similar topics before, and I'll call him when I get back."

"At that time, issuing a document in the name of the army group to coordinate their assistance for a period of time will be no problem at all. It can even be considered a joint research project between our two units."

"Haha," Chen Shi laughed heartily upon hearing this, "You kid, it seems that what Old Wang said was really right. You always like to prepare in advance and plan things out before you act, which is a good thing."

"Since you're all prepared, you can go ahead and get busy. I'll go to the army group headquarters in a bit. You can proceed as usual here. Make sure to talk to your classmate first, and as soon as the army group approves it, issue the document immediately."

"Yes, sir. Please take a look at the plan. I'll get back to work now."

……

As soon as he got back to his office, Zhang Anbang immediately picked up the phone on his desk and dialed a number.

Beep... Beep... Beep...

After several ringing sounds, a voice came from the other end of the receiver, "Hello."

"Hello, I'm looking for Commander Cui. I'm Zhang Anbang from the Training Department of the T Division of the C Group Army."

"Okay, comrade, just a moment, I'll transfer it to you right away."

After a few more rings, a familiar voice came from the other end of the line, "Oh, it's that busy Deputy Section Chief Zhang Anbang! What brings you to call me now? What instructions do you have?"

Zhang Anbang waved his hand habitually, though the person on the other end of the phone couldn't see it. "Stop, Hei Zi, don't try that on me."

I've contacted you several times in the past few months, and your words make it sound like I don't contact you unless necessary. Saying that really hurts my feelings.

Hei Zi's thick Northeastern accent came again, "No, no, no, don't do this to me. I'm not Gu Xiaonan. This won't work."

Let me tell you, even if you're heartbroken, even if your heart is as broken as dumpling filling, I won't feel anything, not at all, understand? If you have something to say, just say it. I'm busy coding right now.

"You have no idea, I still have five thousand lines of code waiting for me to review. The syntax is flawless, and the flow analysis seems without any loopholes, but it throws errors as soon as I run it. It's driving me crazy!"

"Ha ha."

Zhang Anbang laughed wickedly, "Boss, did you get the punctuation wrong again?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Shuai immediately became furious, raising his voice several octaves, "You little brat, who are you insulting? That was so long ago, why are you bringing it up again? Don't you feel ashamed?"

"How could a major, a full-fledged battalion commander, do something so low? It's completely unbecoming of your rank!"

Zhang Anbang recalled this incident from his memory. When he was a freshman in college, his teacher asked them to compile a small software program themselves.

When Cui Shuai finished writing the Chinese comments, he forgot to switch input methods and accidentally typed a comma. Those who know C will understand that the C programming language only recognizes English half-width characters.

If you go in at this point, something big is going to happen. It throws an error as soon as you run it, and to make matters worse, there are two symbols that look very similar in the hundreds of lines of code. It took Cui Shuai a long time to find them.

It took half an hour to troubleshoot the bug. He repeatedly checked the logic but couldn't find the error. In the end, Zhang Anbang helped him find the problem with the punctuation mark.

Eight years have passed in the blink of an eye, but he still gets worked up whenever the topic comes up.

Hearing Hei Zi's rather agitated words, Zhang Anbang held the microphone a little further away, "Identity, what identity? I don't even have an ID card, what are you talking to me about identity for?"

"Haha," Cui Shuai laughed too, "Alright, alright, everyone says the army trains people, and now I'm increasingly convinced. It's too obvious in you."

But you used to be the quiet type, the kind who wouldn't say a word for ages, and when you did, it was so sharp it was almost infuriating. Now your mouth is really venomous, both sharp and witty. Only your Gu Xiaonan can put up with you.

Aren't you worried about getting sacked or shot in the back while in the military like this?

Upon hearing this, Zhang Anbang's expression immediately changed. People usually insult others behind their backs, but this bastard was openly attacking them, deliberately exposing their weaknesses.

Zhang Anbang raised his voice several octaves, "You wicked thing, stop babbling! Let me tell you, I'm the kind of person who speaks eloquently, I know what it means to be secretly slutty, what it means to be both venomous and slutty."

"You're supposed to be a TEM-11 student now, how can you speak so rudely?"

Cui Shuai didn't understand what Zhang Anbang had said before, but his intuition told him it wasn't anything good. "You worthless bastard, what did you mean by that?"

Did you learn Hubei dialect from your wife? Let me tell you, don't curse me in dialect, I'll go back and ask my comrades what it means.

Besides, my Special Grade 11 skill is nothing compared to yours, Major General. Enough of this small talk, get to the point. I need to go back and find the bugs.

"Boss, that's a bit harsh of you. What do you mean by 'say what's wrong? Can't I call you to say hello if I don't have anything to say?'"

Besides, you're really taking things too lightly. You're a deputy battalion commander in Special Class 11, and you're still only worth 21 cents. When we graduated, I had a star more than you. Good grief, you've caught up now.

Cui Shuai's thick Northeastern accent came again, "You're kidding me. Not to mention that my treatment is only equivalent to a deputy battalion commander, which is not as good as your battalion commander's, I don't have any administrative power at all."

I currently only have three research interns working with me, which is not even a fraction of the number of people you manage.

And also, let me count on my fingers, the first time you called me was to ask me to help you buy some postcards and send them to you, you said you wanted to give them to the soldiers as souvenirs.

The second time, you asked me to mail something for you again. The third time, you asked me to find out if anyone knew anyone who could customize lighters. After you finished customizing them, you didn't forget to send me a few to use.

That was the fourth time. You bastard came here bragging that you have a girlfriend and asking me if I'd found one yet. I yelled at you for ages.

Then, at your fifth wedding, you asked if I was free to attend your group wedding. Most importantly, you said it didn't matter if I could attend, as long as I sent a gift. Seriously, can a human being say something like that?

"Really? I don't remember."

Zhang Anbang was determined to renege on his debt. As for this boss who worked in the capital city and had a wide circle of friends, it wasn't just him who was taking advantage of others; his fourth brother, who was far away in the Southeast Military Region, was also taking advantage of him.

The friendship between men is very simple. They might not see each other for a year or two if there's nothing going on or they don't have time, but if something happens, they can call each other without hesitation.