Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

It couldn't be helped. A person as outstanding as Qin Yang would be the center of attention wherever he went.

Hearing this, Xu Zhiqiang's heart skipped a beat. While picking up food, he said, "Of course! This Engineer Qin is truly amazing!"

"Engineer Xu, do you know Engineer Qin well?"

"Of course. A few months ago, I went to Factory 960 with Section Chief Yang and others to inspect their gun-making techniques. I stayed at their factory for a while and heard about Qin Yang's past. I was so shocked that my jaw dropped."

"Tell us about it! Quickly tell us!" Wu Hao, a base staff member eating at the same table, was very interested.

So, Xu Zhiqiang recounted Qin Yang's glorious deeds over the past few months.

Before March, Qin Yang was still a good-for-nothing youth in the factory. Flies, stink bugs, rats, and Qin Yang were the four pests of Factory 960! The turning point came when Qin Yang tried to steal a gun and was hit on the head with a spade by Yang Wangcai! After waking up from being knocked unconscious, he suddenly became awesome!

Qin Yang claimed that he stole the gun to study air guns. A person who had never touched a machine tool created an air gun overnight, and then personally promoted it, making the Lion Brand air gun a bestseller nationwide!

Qin Yang went abroad at his own expense for an inspection and brought back five million US dollars in foreign exchange!

When the higher-ups wanted to imitate a sniper rifle, Qin Yang designed an even more awesome sniper rifle without seeing a sample gun—no, two of them!

When the higher-ups requested the creation of a light machine gun, no one in the entire industry dared to take on the task, but Qin Yang accepted it. As a result, the weight was less than twenty-five kilograms, exceeding the mission requirements!

Is this still a human? This is simply a god!

"Engineer Qin is really amazing!" Wu Hao, listening to these introductions, was very admiring, his eyes practically sparkling with adoration.

"Amazing? Who's really amazing is still unknown."

Xu Zhiqiang didn't say it explicitly, but it was enough. Everyone quickly understood: what ability could a reckless youth who often brought eggs to school have? Obviously, someone was planning it behind the scenes! That person was his old man!

"He, how could he do this?" Wu Hao, who always had clear likes and dislikes, took half a minute to react, and his face immediately turned extremely ugly: "We're working on military projects, and there can't be any falsehoods. We can't let such a swindler fill the ranks!"

"Hey, Haozi, calm down, don't be impulsive! That Engineer Qin already has a lot of prestige. He's sitting and drinking with Leader Yang and Old Wang. We can't afford to offend someone like that."

"Engineer Qin, we're benefiting from your presence tonight, allowing us to have wine. I'm raising a glass on behalf of everyone at our table to express our gratitude."

"Today is just a small drink. When it's time for finalization, we'll drink openly," Qin Yang also raised his glass. "Come, let's have one."

After finishing a glass of wine, Wu Hao should have left, but instead, he grabbed the wine bottle on the table and started pouring wine into his glass again.

Yang Zhenhua's face turned ugly. This Wu Hao usually seemed honest, law-abiding, and obedient, but now, for the sake of a few sips of wine, he was being so shameless! However, he was embarrassed to get angry in front of Old Wang and Qin Yang.

"Engineer Qin, this second glass of wine is my individual toast to you. You're not old, but your research and development capabilities are really strong. I, Wu Hao, now know that there are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens!" Wu Hao said, "Even if I started learning knowledge from my mother's womb, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to compare to you."

"Wu Hao, did you start talking nonsense after drinking a few sips of cat pee?" Yang Zhenhua couldn't help but say, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Leader Yang, don't be angry. Brother Haozi, how did you know about my deeds?" Qin Yang asked with a smile.

"Of course, I heard it from Engineer Xu."

With one sentence, he sold out Xu Zhiqiang! This Xu Zhiqiang was really stupid enough to instigate an honest person to cause trouble for him, only to be betrayed by the honest person.

Old Wang's face also turned ugly as he looked towards Wu Hao's table, watching Xu Zhiqiang's back. Xu Zhiqiang also realized that something was wrong and quickly lowered his head to shovel food into his mouth, eating quickly, intending to slip away as soon as he finished.

"Engineer Xu, that's not right of you. My deeds are glorious enough, but I'm usually very low-key and don't want to talk about these things. You had to publicize them for me. Everyone will worship me to death in the future, which isn't good. Humility makes people progress. I'll become arrogant this way."

Xu Zhiqiang couldn't pretend anymore. He turned his head and squeezed out a smile: "Engineer Qin, I know you don't care about fame and fortune, but I just can't control my mouth. After all, your deeds are too awesome. I always want to promote them, so I can feel honored too. Sorry, sorry."

These surface words sounded grand, but the despicable intentions couldn't be hidden from clever people. Yang Zhenhua glared at Xu Zhiqiang sharply, very dissatisfied. This Xu Zhiqiang was too bad, actually encouraging his subordinates to be pawns!

However, he couldn't get angry at this time.

"Okay, don't mention this matter again in the future, so as not to affect our normal testing," Yang Zhenhua said, suppressing his anger.

"Let's explain a few words to everyone," Qin Yang said. "Actually, even I myself am curious about how I could have such outstanding achievements. I was always mediocre before, but one day, I got hit on the head with a spade, and I immediately became enlightened. Whatever I want to do, I can do it. Perhaps this is the so-called genius. Engineer Xu, you will never understand the realm of a genius. I actually prefer to be an ordinary person."

Qin Yang's pretense was first-class at this time, a kind of loneliness of a genius without opponents, a kind of invincible loneliness, just like Dugu Qiubai in The Return of the Condor Heroes.

Xu Zhiqiang was almost disgusted to death. The world of a genius, he didn't understand?

Xu Zhiqiang hated him so much that he gnashed his teeth, while Wu Hao took it seriously: "Engineer Qin, you are indeed a genius! Can you reveal some secrets to us?"

"Get out!" Yang Zhenhua couldn't bear it anymore.

Engineer Qin's genius was in military research and development, not being a soothsayer or a prophet!

"Okay, let me think. Oh, right, on the last business trip, I felt that the Middle East was not peaceful. I'll make a prediction, and a war might break out there."

"Might?"

"Yes, today is the 21st, and tomorrow is the 22nd. I'll make another bold guess that the war will break out tomorrow. For our military industrial enterprises, this will be good news. We can sell arms and make big money! Take your Factory 296, for example, selling millions of Type 56 assault rifles won't be a big problem."