Great Power Technology

While the sedan project was progressing smoothly and Ye Zhou's work was getting smoother, on the other side, there was a person who was facing an unprecedented crisis.

Wen Xiao.

Since the Office of Strategic Analysis determined that the public opinion war surrounding Liming Aircraft was a complete failure, his status has also plummeted. After all, he only exists as a chess piece. Who will use him when the chess game has been lost? Hold it in your hand?

The gifts given to him by fate have begun to be gradually withdrawn at this time.

Wen Xiao was sitting on the sofa, with takeout boxes scattered messily on the coffee table in front of him. The drinks in the overturned drinks bottles had spilled out and dripped on the expensive floor.

The position of the leader of the research team has been eliminated, and today is the first and last day of his handover.

The Navigator project deprived him of his power within the project with astonishing efficiency. At this moment, he discovered that he was originally a dispensable person in the project team.

Did you really participate in research and development?

Are those results really related to you?

Why did I not discover this such a simple fact until now?

It's probably because the compliments from unknown sources have blinded one's own sanity and led to the illusion that "I am really important."

Now, the project is gone, the results no longer belong to him, and he has even lost access to the Pilot Project Experimental Base - where part of his hard work is still condensed, after all, he did bring his own thermal power. The research team has been conducting research for a period of time.

But now, all this hard work has been wasted.

What makes it even more difficult for him to accept is that he gave up Qinghua's key projects in order to enter the Navigator project. Now it is basically impossible to go back.

But he had to try.

If he cannot produce results, not only will he not be able to graduate with a doctorate, but his future development in scientific research may also be seriously affected.

Thinking of this, he took out his mobile phone, found a familiar number and dialed it.

When the call was connected, he said respectfully to the other end:

"Teacher Liu, I'm Wen Xiao, are you busy?"

Hearing his voice, the other end of the phone was silent for a second or two, and then responded in a tone that was both exaggerated and enthusiastic:

"Wen Xiao, what, are you not busy today? Did you remember to call me? Is everything going well over there?"

Wen Xiao smiled awkwardly. The other party didn't seem to know that he had been kicked out of the project team, and he didn't intend to tell it now.

Before the other party knows the facts, this is still a potential advantage for him.

"I'm not busy. Teacher Liu, I'm not busy anytime I call you. Where are you? Is your headache better? I bought you some Pien Tze Huang here. I heard that taking one piece occasionally can clear away heat and detoxify. , I will bring it back to you to try it out when the time comes.”

"Thank you very much, but this medicine is too expensive. You quote me the market price, and I will pay you according to the market price. By the way, my in-laws also want to buy it, so you might as well help me buy it together."

As soon as he said this, Wen Xiao knew that it was almost impossible for him to cheat.

The other party did not reject him, but followed his words and asked him to help bring medicine. This attitude of putting interests on the table was the most decisive rejection.

However, he didn't have much to do about it. He could only bite the bullet and continue:

"I'm not giving you any money, I'm just bringing you a little by the way. Talking about money will make you more points! By the way, Teacher Liu, how is the progress of our project now?"

"The progress is going very smoothly. It is estimated that the results will be available around June. You also participated in the early stage, and your name will be included by then."

Having names and having names on a list of key contributors are two completely different things.

But the good news is that the project won't end until June, so I should still have a chance.

After all, my skills are actually there. If I were allowed to go back, it would only be good for the project team and not harmful.

After clarifying this point, Wen Xiao continued to speak:

"It's like this, Mr. Liu. For me, the project is going quite smoothly and has produced some results, but I always feel that something is wrong. The results are not our own. It feels like working for others."

"So, I just thought that if everything goes well in the near future, I would like to return to our Qinghua project team. When is convenient for you, can you help me arrange it?"

After hearing this, the other person fell silent. After a few seconds, he answered:

"Wen Xiao, you also know that our project has a limited budget and a limited staffing. After you left, we have arranged staff to take over. Now if you want to come back, it will be overstaffed. I It’s really difficult.”

Wen Xiao frowned when he heard the other party's words.

The overstaffing and limited budget are just excuses.

When did Qinghua’s projects have limited budgets?

I just don’t want to let myself go back.

But why don't you want to go back? Is it just because of the things that happen online?

I don’t want it either! Who knew things would turn out like this?

What's more, scientific research is a matter of strength. Can such a trivial matter affect a project's decision on personnel selection?

"Teacher Liu, are you really not thinking about it anymore? If the staff is really full, then I will have no choice but to continue working here - in fact, I really want to go back and make some contributions."

"I also know that you want to contribute, but the reality is this. It doesn't matter, you still have a lot of time, and we still have a chance!"

Wen Xiao sighed helplessly. He knew that at this level, there was no need to worry about it.

However, Qinghua is not his only choice.

The worst case scenario is to go to other projects in the country. With so many projects, don’t you need yourself for any of them?

He opened the address book on his mobile phone, dug out the list of project contacts who had offered him an olive branch but were rejected by him, and started calling them one by one.

Two hours later, Wen Xiao angrily threw his phone onto the sofa.

There really wasn't anyone who wanted him.

The reasons they gave were all kinds of weird, including insufficient budget, too low a project level, and policy requirements that made it inconvenient to cooperate. In short, they just said, "No!"

how so.

Wen Xiao sat on the sofa holding his head, feeling that he had suffered a major blow.

He was clearly the pride of heaven before, but in just a few days, he has become a character that no one wants to accept.

What went wrong?

He couldn't understand.

After a while, he picked up his mobile phone and opened online banking. The amount on it still honestly showed the number 5.76 million, which gave him some comfort.

At least, the money was really made.

Even if it's not much, it's enough to keep him alive for a while.

But soon, his sense of security was broken. He received a call from Monte, who told him that because he broke the consulting contract, he needed to compensate the consulting party for a loss of 6 million yuan.

The money must be paid within 30 working days or they will take legal action to resolve the issue.

After hanging up the phone, Wen Xiao could no longer control his emotions. He kicked the glass coffee table in front of him and shattered it. Looking at the broken glass on the ground, his heart twitched in pain.

This time, there was no money left.

6 million, which is almost all the money he has earned in the past few months.

In addition to what he had already spent, he even lost more than 200,000 yuan.

Just when he was looking at his phone and wondering whether he should raise money to compensate or really bite the bullet and go to court, his phone rang again.

This time, it was Lin Xin.

Wen Xiao answered the phone excitedly. He remembered that he at least had a girlfriend.

"Hey, Xinxin."

"Wen Xiao, let's break up."

Lin Xin's tone on the other side was indifferent.

Wen Xiao was stunned for a moment. He had never thought that their relationship would end like this before, but he really didn't expect that this day would come so quickly and suddenly.

Not willing to give in.

He asked:

"Why? Give me a reason!"

"Ah."

Lin Xin sneered, and then gave him an extremely absurd and ironic reason.

"I don't like people who are not loyal to their country."