“…… This high-performance alloy has completely broken through the blockade imposed on our country by Western countries, which can be said to be an epoch-making breakthrough. It has a wide range of applications and has broad prospects in the fields of scientific research and national defense. And according to the latest news, our experts have compared it with the same type of alloy in Western countries and found that its performance is basically the same, or even better!"

A group of people sat in the conference room, looking at the pictures on the screen and listening to the presenter.

"We all know that in recent years, the blockade of our country by Western countries has been quite severe. Some high-tech products, such as new chips, or advanced digital lathes, and even advanced metal materials, are severely restricted. In particular, some advanced high-tech products, such as aircraft engines, are kept secret. And some products that the West has mastered and manufactured decades ago, such as some aircraft engines, cannot be produced in China until today. One of the key factors is the material! We can't produce raw materials that meet the standards. I believe everyone can understand that without the development of materials science, other disciplines will stop moving forward after a certain period of progress, and we must stop and wait for materials science to catch up in order to continue to achieve results. We are in this awkward situation right now. ”

The speaker breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Comrades may not know much about this...... Taking knives as an example, the tool material is slowly improving step by step with the development of smelting technology. For example, most of the tools of early civilization in history were made of bronze. Without advances in bronze smelting technology, bronze knives would not have been possible. After the development of bronze knives, the next can only wait for a long time, waiting for the continuous improvement of the level of smelting technology, and the spread and promotion of iron tools, so that people can develop from bronze knives to higher level iron knives. In fact, the principle of the two is exactly the same, but iron is stronger, less expensive, and much better than bronze. With the development of the times, ordinary iron products are now slowly developing to steel products and high-carbon steel products. The power and cost of modern metal swords have increased much compared to ancient times. However, as the material developed into ironware, the cutting tool was greatly expanded. In 1783, the French invented the milling cutter, and in 1892, the British made taps and dies...... By 1868, with the further development of smelting technology, people could smelt some metals with high melting points, so the British made alloy steel containing tungsten. This was followed by another 30 years, when the Americans invented high-speed steel. Another 30 years later, the Germans invented cemented carbide. All of this history, as well as the actual scientific and technical capabilities of the W City Iron and Steel Plant, which we have just mentioned, tell us very clearly that the manufacturing processes and metal formulations involved could never have been developed by themselves. ”

"Wait," someone in the audience raised their hand. "I've heard that the study of alloy formulations is very lucky, and it's not impossible to be lucky. Although the steel plant in W City said that the scientific research strength is very weak, it is not nothing. Considering their historical accumulation, it is possible to suddenly get lucky. ”

"You're right," the presenter on the stage made an approving gesture. "The recipe is likely to be right after a few trials. However, the process cannot appear out of thin air, and it is necessary to carry out trial production, continue to invest, fail, invest, fail, and try repeatedly to summarize the best process. Not for a few years or more, that's unthinkable. In fact, the process is summed up, and it is not good. Because the relevant things are still blank in China, you need to start over. Therefore, it is necessary to entrust the equipment manufacturer to research the special equipment required for the production of this alloy manufacturing. The equipment is developed, and then a special plant is built, and then the production line is set up, and this process is several years. After the production line is completed, special equipment for manufacturing alloys can be produced. When the manufacturing equipment is installed in place, then everything is complete and can be industrialized. That is to say, after a series of processes, from the discovery of an alloy formula to production, even if all the processes are smooth and unhurried, seven or eight years is at least. Of course, I have already said in detail about the situation of the steel plant in W City, and their equipment and processes can never be developed by themselves. It must be mature craftsmanship and technology from the outside. ”

"However, even if it is the introduction of advanced foreign equipment and technology...... No matter how he introduced it, even if it wasn't a very formal channel...... It should all be within the scope of the government's permission, and in fact I think this practice can even be secretly encouraged. ”

"Yes, it does, but it involves what we said earlier...... We couldn't find the origin of this equipment for the production of advanced alloys! Yes, it was not imported. Customs could not find any relevant records. It is impossible for such a large device to be disassembled into small parts and shipped back to China piecemeal. So this is not destined to be imported normally. The old workers at the factory made it clear that they had previously made technical changes to the equipment – but they couldn't tell who was installing and commissioning the new equipment. It only took a month or two before the equipment was installed and put into production. However, the production process technology is very simple, just a little guidance from the factory director, and the relevant skilled workers quickly master the use of the equipment. ”

"Is that the man the head of the factory who doesn't know where?" someone asked.

"Yes, a mysterious person who has no idea where he came from. In fact, we can't even be completely sure of his name, except that we know that his surname is Gao. Limited information suggests that his name is likely to be Takamori, but this is not certain. But this senior plant manager has extremely strong management ability, and is obviously a professional manager in the metallurgical industry...... He can manage a steel mill just by using mobile phones, communication software, cameras, etc...... It's just a strange person. According to the information we have gotten, the director of the factory is about 50 years old, with a pointed chin, an oval face, short hair, slightly gray hair, and a standard Mandarin mouth, not like the second and third generations of overseas Chinese, but more like overseas Chinese. But there was so little information that it was impossible to determine the exact identity of this man and where he was. ”

"So, these two people were originally ......" With the action of the presenter, the screen around him changed the picture and became a photo of two people. "Once again, it's on our radar. ”

"Sources have previously provided intelligence that the two men are likely to be linked to a large transnational smuggling syndicate. The presenter said. "Moreover, it is very likely that this smuggling syndicate is related to the large-scale triad vendetta in W City before. ”

The venue was filled with smoke. Although everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health, in fact, cigarettes are still a good thing to relieve anxiety and stimulate inspiration. Especially to develop dependence, I can't even think about it without a cigarette.

"This is part of the material we got from the police about the 'XXX Extraordinarily Large Homicide'. It was a classic underworld vendetta, and the dead were all male...... There were a large number of weapons on the scene, including firearms, controlled knives, ......" changed again on the screen. "According to the police deduction, the method of committing the crime was very rough, basically killing all the way through the gate, killing everyone at the scene, and then setting fire to the body. This is the deceased Jin XX, presumed to be the leader of a criminal syndicate with forces all over the province...... These are photographs of corpses, with obvious marks of slashing with sharp weapons and bullet hits...... A large number of shells can also be found at the scene...... According to police speculation, the victorious side should have eight to ten highly trained armed men, possibly with several casualties. However, no suspicious records of the wounded were found in the hospitals within the city limits of W City. ”

Underworld vendetta is different from ordinary murder, that is, it can be covered up to a certain extent. Although such cases are regarded as vicious internally, they have very little impact on society, and they are not as sensational as a child trafficking case. Because the general public can't empathize with the death of underworld personnel, on the contrary, they will have the simple idea of "it's better to die".

In that case, it was also reported that the two men might have a close relationship with the case. Although the police did not consider this possibility in the end, it brought the two people into the police's field of vision. ”

Someone let out a lighthearted laugh. How could such an upright businessman who was engaged in business be involved in such a vendetta? The vendetta of the underworld involved such transactions as casinos, protection money, smuggling, and narcotics, and they were very profitable but had no technical content and only legal risks.

If you really have the ability to make money, who is willing to take the risk of fighting and killing?

“…… However, based on the information we have so far, they do have something suspicious. This person," the picture changed, and Ren Jian's head and full body portrait appeared on the screen. "When I introduced that batch of antiques just now, I have already introduced it in detail, Ren Jian, a native of W City, does not have any record of going abroad...... As I said earlier, he is still very young, and he has only graduated from the local university in W City for two or three years...... But he is the owner of the steel plant in W City, and the director of the factory Gao was appointed by him. There is no evidence that they have met, so it is likely that they met online. But even by the standard of a stunned young man, he appointed someone he knew on the Internet to help him manage the factory...... It's also a little too frivolous. ”

"And this one, I also introduced it when I was in charge of Gu just now, Lu Wu. Again, the picture changed. "It's not a local, it's from a western province or city...... Ren Jian's classmate stayed in W City after college. On the surface, he does not have a job, but in the registration of the investment company, he and Ren Jian are the only two shareholders and business partners...... His university life was lackluster, ordinary and simple, and after graduation, he failed to get a job in the civil service and did not find a job in the first place...... But just such an ordinary college student who graduated in the summer and failed the civil service exam suddenly spent millions in the autumn to rent a yacht and go to sea. ”

An exclamation rang out.

“…… There is reason to think that the batch of antiques that appeared in W City was brought by him on a yacht. As for where it came from and how it came from, it is a complete mystery...... It's this yacht, a ship charter company in W City. This is a very common model among yachts, note that it does not come with any salvage diving equipment. It is also impossible to refit, and if there is a modification, the shipping company will definitely find out at the first time. ”

In this era, it is really a society without privacy. As long as the country is willing to spend effort, it will definitely be able to restore all your every move in ten years. Of course, from another point of view, it can be understood that Lu Wu had neither relevant concepts nor corresponding resources at that time.

"We can only infer that he went somewhere on the sea and got a lot of porcelain. This can only be, and must be, given to him by a certain person or a certain group. And the money from the sale of antiques ...... It is the capital of two people to set up an investment company. Relying on this, they were able to buy the Iron and Steel Plant in W City! Note that they have equal shares! Normally, if there is only Lu Wuyi in this matter, it is obvious that the distribution of Ren Jian is extremely unreasonable. ”

“…… It is easy to see that Ren Jian should be the contact and organizer, and Lu Wu is the specific executor. As for Director Gao...... He should be involved. Otherwise, there is no way to explain this production equipment that I don't know where it came from! And this, except for the equipment...... Recently, Ren Jian has sold a number of industrial-grade high-purity precious metals ......"

"To sum up, judging from various indications, these two people should be agents of a foreign smuggling syndicate, and they are highly consistent with the information in our hands. Yes, so far, their smuggling has been helpful and beneficial to our country. In addition, our evidence is still not very strong and little is known about the group. We don't know their purpose. So for the time being, it's not appropriate for us to take any direct measures. However, according to the relevant instructions from above, we should strengthen the monitoring of this enterprise, and at the same time require all relevant departments to strengthen the quality appraisal of alloys......"

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Somewhere far away, Deputy Director Chen received a phone call while he was in the car. The phone call was very short, and the two sides spoke no more than three or five sentences, less than ten seconds.

"Hey," he said, putting down the phone. I wanted to call the leader, but I thought about it and gave up. Ultimately, the NSS people chose to observe for the time being rather than act decisively...... Although there is nothing to blame in itself, it makes him feel helpless as a promoter behind it. It's really hard to do. In the final analysis, although there is no risk in promoting the development of things through intelligence guidance and behind the scenes, it is easy to have this feeling of being anxious but unable to do it.

Without clear evidence, the criminal investigation experts in the task force will not link Lu Wu with the murder case; if there is no action to endanger the state, the state security department will adopt a conservative bystander monitoring strategy even if it detects an abnormality...... Neither path will work immediately. Maybe it's time for a trick. Let Lu Wu shake himself and make mistakes.