Super technology leader

"Name: Tang Chao."

"Born on March 14th, 4695 of the Yellow Emperor's Era, 23 years old this year."

"Hometown: Zhang Village, West Town, Southern District, Zhending City, Jizhou Province, Tianxia Republic."

"Tang Chao's father is a math teacher at the town's junior high school, his mother is a language arts teacher at the same school, his third grand-uncle is the principal of the village's elementary school, his fourth grand-uncle is the principal of the town's junior high school, his third cousin is a physics teacher at the district's high school, his second aunt is a chemistry teacher at the city's high school, his fifth uncle is a university English teacher, his fourth aunt is..."

Inside a secret conference room, a young man in a suit was explaining the information to a group of big shots of varying ages. On the large screen behind him was an ID photo.

The photo showed a spirited young man with short hair, handsome features, and glasses, giving him a refined and restrained air. Next to him was his name – Tang Chao.

"Tang Chao himself graduated from Jiangkou University's School of Fine Arts with a major in Animation Design, a bachelor's degree, one year out of school, self-employed..."

As the young man in the suit was speaking, an elderly man with white hair interrupted, asking, "Wait, Xiao Zhao, you said he studied animation, a liberal arts student?"

Hearing the question, Xiao Zhao stopped and said, "Yes, Professor Zhang, Tang Chao is indeed a liberal arts student, or rather, an art student."

"That's what I'm puzzled about. An art student doesn't quite fit in with what we're discussing now, does he?"

"That's right, Professor Zhang. I'm about to introduce the relevant situation. Please be patient," Xiao Zhao said.

"Alright," Professor Zhang, realizing he was being impatient, waved his hand and said, "Continue. I just feel it's a bit unbelievable, a far cry from my expectations."

Having received permission, Xiao Zhao, seeing that the other big shots had no intention of speaking, switched to another PPT and continued.

"At 5:43 PM on May 23rd, 4718 of the Yellow Emperor's Era, an email titled 'Pictures of Core Components of the Long March 9 Main Engine' appeared in the Tianxia Aerospace Group's mailbox."

"At 5:44 PM, the email, after being intelligently filtered, was opened and read by a staff member. At 5:50 PM, the email content was reported."

"After communication between relevant personnel and experts from the Sixth Academy, it was confirmed that the email content was a core component of the YF130 rocket engine."

"From then on, all relevant personnel signed confidentiality agreements."

"After investigation, it was determined that the file was sent by Tang Chao, who made no attempt to conceal his identity."

"We contacted him immediately, but so far, he has not responded directly through any channel..."

At this point, another person couldn't help but interrupt, with a rather irritable tone.

"Is this Tang Chao a spy? Has he been taken into custody immediately?"

"Uh, Director Liu, please be patient and listen to me."

"Occupational hazard, don't mind me, continue."

The big shots' positions and expertise were not a problem, just a little impatient. But to be fair, Xiao Zhao had been just as bewildered when he first learned about this.

Initially, because Tang Chao didn't reply to any messages, the staff thought the same thing, suspecting him of being a spy or something similar. But what happened next began to veer wildly onto an unforeseen path.

Just as the supervisor was about to order someone to invite Tang for tea, he sent another email, containing another key component of the YF130 rocket engine.

Yes, Tang Chao didn't reply directly, but the emails kept coming.

When the Sixth Academy's experts saw the contents of the new email, they were shocked!

It was indeed another key component of the YF130 rocket engine, but their shock wasn't because of another 'leak of secrets,' but because the technology related to this component… the Sixth Academy hadn't even conquered it yet.

In other words, the Sixth Academy hadn't even built this core component, and hadn't even perfected the technology.

To put it in a somewhat inappropriate analogy, Tang Chao possessed YF130 rocket engine technology that was more advanced and complete than the Sixth Academy's.

This wasn't a matter of leaking secrets, but… they didn't even know what kind of problem it was.

Everyone had a question mark on their face, and the order to 'invite him for tea' was temporarily shelved.

Insufficient information!

No hasty actions!

Later, Tang Chao continued to send new emails, and the Sixth Academy's experts became increasingly excited, with experts from other academies joining in as well.

Because the subsequent emails weren't just about the YF130 rocket engine, but also about the YF90 rocket engine, the YF79 rocket engine, ultra-large diameter transition rings, ultra-large storage tanks, and even information on new materials related to various projects.

It touched on almost the entire Long March 9 project.

Although this information was fragmented, like a few unrelated pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, as long as the experts glanced at it, even just a glance, its impact was something outsiders couldn't understand.

Not to mention that this time, the experts could examine it carefully and repeatedly, and compare it with their own ongoing projects.

By now, it was already two o'clock in the morning of the next day. Forty-three minutes had passed since Tang Chao last sent an email. It was unknown whether he would continue to send emails, but everyone was waiting.

While studying the materials, the experts also unified their opinions.

"This information is very important. It concerns Tianxia's future voice in the international aerospace field, and even the future of the entire country. It has extremely important strategic significance."

"If possible, please obtain as much information as possible, and even establish a stable cooperative relationship with the other party."

With these words spoken by these national treasure-level experts, the basic tone of the matter was set.

Complete technology and data must be obtained, and the method of obtaining it needed to be carefully considered.

Establishing a stable cooperation was also right. The more friends Tianxia had in the current international environment, the better.

If the 'friend' wanted to be friends with Tianxia.

It was precisely because of this that the big shots in this conference room were summoned overnight, and Tang Chao's information was gathered here overnight.

Knowing the specific time, people, and events, the big shots were even more confused.

When they first learned the outline of the matter, the big shots had a psychological expectation, but now the real situation was too far from their expectations.

The conference room was quiet for a while, until Professor Zhang broke the silence first, asking, "Xiao Zhao, let's not talk about this young frien… uh, Tang Chao's school major, after all, we are in the information age now."

"And with so many elders in his family being teachers, it's not surprising that he didn't learn relevant knowledge at school. So, does he have any experience or expertise related to aerospace?"

Hearing Professor Zhang ask this, Xiao Zhao was visibly stunned, then manipulated the computer to switch the PPT. Many pictures of spacecraft quickly appeared on the large screen.

The big shots below couldn't help but nod. That's more like it. How could someone who could do such a thing really be a pure art student?

However, Xiao Zhao's next words let them know what it meant to 'stop guessing'.

"According to the information we currently have, Tang Chao was in the first grade when our country conducted its first manned space mission. His ideal at the time was to become an astronaut."

"Later, he may have felt that being an astronaut was too difficult, and since he also fell in love with painting, he went to study art."

"However, although he gave up his ideal of becoming an astronaut, he didn't give up his interest in this area. He continued to follow knowledge and developments in this area, and later expanded his interest to the field of science fiction."

"The screenshots displayed on the large screen are from a game called 'Kerbal Space Program', which is a relatively good aerospace-themed game that combines professionalism and entertainment."

"Tang Chao is a high-level player of this game and has some fame in this field. He is often active on a video website. Professor Zhang should be familiar with this website, it's called Bilibili. He has purchased both of your paid courses."

Professor Zhang nodded upon hearing this, looked at the others and said, "Yes, this website is good. Many young people are learning on it. I once said that this website is a 'university without walls'. I also do some national defense education and publicity work on it."

Then he looked at Xiao Zhao and asked, "Are you saying that this Tang Chao is a science and technology area UP master? Doing popular science and research on spacecraft, and using this game as a demonstration?"

"Uh, not really."

Xiao Zhao was a little embarrassed.

"Tang Chao's account is called 'Kerbal Navigator', with more than 10,000 followers. If you want to classify it, it can probably be classified as a game area or an animation area, but his works... well, to put it in a joking way, 'this game can even build rockets in his hands'. He is a very creative... game player."

After listening to Xiao Zhao, the big shots hadn't reacted yet, until someone said, "That's it?"

"That's his relevant experience in the aerospace field?"

Xiao Zhao nodded helplessly: "Yes, that's it."

The big shots: "..."