Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Emerging from the Jianguo Hotel, the driver of the 212 said, "Little Qin, this time things are getting strange. By sheer coincidence, a British reporter was on the same flight. He originally intended to come to our Orient to report on the progress of social development, but he's been following us since he got off the plane. He even followed us during meals. Later, when we came out, the taxi we arranged picked him up and followed us to Institute 625. Now, there's no need for special arrangements. This British reporter should be able to put two and two together."

"Sheer coincidence? Brother Lin, this is the result of arrangements by our relevant departments. Now, even if Steigerwald jumps into the Yellow River, he won't be able to clear his name. He'd better stay here obediently," Qin Yang said. "Westerners still tend to view us with tinted glasses. They'll associate ordinary things with something special."

"Won't this make him hate us?" Guan Qiao still found it hard to believe.

"Of course not. He should be grateful to us. We're protecting him at a crucial time," Qin Yang said confidently.

"Sold off and still helping them count the money?" Guan Qiao exclaimed, "President Qin, you really have some good tricks up your sleeve. I'm afraid of you."

The next day, at the Jianguo Hotel, Qin Yang and the others came again to pick up the German expert.

"Dr. Steigerwald, please get in the car. We're going to Capital University to give a report."

Following Qin Yang's words, Lu Feng quickly opened the car door. Lu Feng, who was just along for the ride, also came along. Although he hadn't learned any technology in the past few days, he was still in a daze. But it was enough to know that these were all welding experts. He admired these theoretical people very much.

In the 212 car, Dr. Steigerwald asked, "You must all be welding experts too, right? When it comes time to give the report, will you be speaking?"

"You're here to give the report, so of course, you'll be the one speaking. After you've finished your report, we'll settle your report fee," Qin Yang said.

He was reminding the other party that they were paying him to come, so he shouldn't think about slacking off.

Dr. Steigerwald smiled and said nothing.

At Capital University, a certain lecture hall was filled with students.

The students at Capital University were all the pride of heaven. Now, the last class of the New Three Sessions happened to be seniors, so among them, in addition to younger faces, there were also some slightly older people. Young people in their late teens and middle-aged people in their thirties and forties sat together listening to the lecture, which was also a phenomenon full of the characteristics of the times. Their eyes were all the same, filled with a thirst for knowledge.

The arrival of the German expert made them very excited. Even those who were not engineering majors came to listen in. And Dr. Steigerwald was indeed a good teacher, explaining everything in English in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. A burst of enthusiastic applause rang out from below.

Welding Tree

The report was wonderful. When it ended, Dr. Steigerwald looked at Qin Yang again, "Can you give me a summary?"

Guan Qiao next to him was stunned, and just as he was about to replace Qin Yang, he heard Qin Yang nod, "Thank you, Dr. Steigerwald, for bringing us such a wonderful report. He spoke very well. Now, I'll give everyone a brief summary. Among them, Dr. Steigerwald talked about friction welding technology. In fact, this is equivalent to our ancestors' drilling wood to make fire."

Guan Qiao was immediately stunned. President Qin, is this appropriate? This is the most prestigious university in the country. Are you just summarizing and concluding like this?

The pride of heaven below were stunned, listening blankly to Qin Yang's introduction.

"Dr. Steigerwald also talked about the superplasticity of materials. This thing is like our Lanzhou ramen. We should have a special Lanzhou ramen window in our university, right? Have you ever seen the ramen inside?"

Qin Yang said it in Chinese, but someone next to him translated it to Steigerwald. The university didn't lack people who knew foreign languages. Instead of English, a German translation would do.

Steigerwald's mind was full of question marks. He knew about drilling wood to make fire, but what the heck were Lanzhou ramen and sugar blowing?

The lecture ended, and everyone dispersed. Steigerwald still looked at Qin Yang with a suspicious expression.

"Dr. Steigerwald, how about we have lunch in the university cafeteria today? I'll take you to see the Lanzhou ramen."

Inside the cafeteria, Steigerwald stared wide-eyed, watching the master chef's performance inside the window. He held a piece of dough in his hand, stretched it open, shook it up and down, and stretched it longer and longer. Then he folded it in half and stretched it again. After repeating this several times, the original piece of dough became thin noodles, which were then put into the pot by the master chef.

"Dr. Steigerwald, how is my analogy?"

"Similar, it's so similar! It's a pity that there is no ramen in Europe, and I have no way to use such a vivid analogy to make a report when I go back."

Go back? Can you still go back? Qin Yang complained in his heart, but said, "That's easy. Now that our Orient has opened its doors, many Chinese restaurants will open in Europe, and our Lanzhou ramen will also appear in Europe, and may even be more popular than Italian pasta."

Steigerwald nodded, and then thought of something, "What about sugar blowing?"

"After eating ramen here, I'll take you to stroll around the streets outside. You'll know when you see it with your own eyes."

So, Steigerwald's afternoon was spent shuttling through the streets of the capital, experiencing the unique culture of the Orient.

Guan Qiao slowly understood that Steigerwald was going to stay in the Orient in the future, so of course, he had to make him like the Orient first.

"Here we are, this is where they sell sugar figurines." Qin Yang took Steigerwald to walk around and look at many stalls. He didn't find someone selling sugar figurines until the sun was about to set.

Steigerwald's eyes lit up, watching the peddler operate.

He saw the peddler first take a little hot sugar syrup with a small shovel, rub it in his hands. He didn't know what he had smeared on his hands, but it wasn't sticky at all. After he finished rubbing it, he held one end in his mouth and blew bubbles, quickly put it in the wooden mold, and blew hard again.

"That's right, this is indeed similar to superplastic forming!" Steigerwald became excited. Oriental food is so interesting, and it contains many profound truths!

The two were talking, and time passed slowly. The peddler opened the wooden mold and took out the sugar figurine inside. It was a beautiful goldfish, golden in color and lifelike in shape.

"So interesting! I want to stay in the Orient for a while longer!" Steigerwald said, "What else can this sugar figurine be made into?"

"Well, the most interesting thing is Monkey Dumps."

This kind of talk is a bit inappropriate in English, and Steigerwald didn't understand it, so Qin Yang asked the peddler to do it again.

The main body of Monkey Dumps is a monkey. After the monkey is made, a small hole is knocked on the monkey's back and some sugar syrup is poured in. When eating, a small hole is poked in the monkey's butt, so that the sugar syrup slowly flows out, and a small glutinous rice bowl is used to catch it below.

Steigerwald looked at the Monkey King squatting on the glutinous rice bowl and couldn't help but sigh that this Monkey Dumps was so lifelike.

Qin Yang handed over a small spoon, "Come on, try it. The color and shape are similar, but the taste is definitely different."

"It's not good, it's not good!" At this moment, Lu Feng ran over in a panic, "Something happened!"

"What's the matter?"

"Look at this newspaper." Lu Feng took out the all-English version of The Times, and the photo on the front page headline was a photo of Steigerwald and several people eating.