Nine years have passed, Wan Changchun is still the same as back then, even the appearance has not changed, this is the reason for the development of science and technology, and the second is that Wan Changchun, who has been teaching in the university for many years, has maintained a good attitude and living habits, after returning to the university, Wan Changchun has been serving as a professor, although according to his qualifications, even if he directly serves as the principal is not an exaggeration, but the fame and fortune of Wan Changchun still likes to be a simple teacher, and takes students to do some topics on weekdays, and lives a very leisurely life.

Li Xiao had seen Wan Changchun back then, not to mention that as a student who graduated from Shimen University, Wan Changchun was his veritable "ancestor" of Li Xiao. What's more, the relationship between the two is not only this, don't forget that Li Xiao works at the Mars base, and Wan Yi also went to the Mars base a few years ago for professional reasons, and he is still a very good friend with Li Xiao.

In Tian's hometown, he actually met Lin Dong and Wan Changchun, which was a surprise for Li Xiaoke, holding Wan Changchun's hand, Li Xiao greeted him very well, but Meng Lin on the side was a little confused, for Wan Changchun, Meng Lin had dealt with him, and he didn't know who this old man was, but whether it was Tian Lao or Lin Dong, Meng Lin certainly saw the attitude of respect for this old man, and when Li Xiao introduced Meng Lin, Meng Lin hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Who would have thought that when Li Xiao mentioned Meng Lin's name, Wan Changchun suddenly said, "Meng Lin? Have you worked with Xiao Su before? ”

Meng Lin was stunned and nodded repeatedly, and at the same time asked Wan Changchun if he knew Su Yichen?

As soon as he said this, everyone present burst out laughing, especially Li Xiao, who was even more out of breath with laughter. To say that everyone here, except for Lin Dong, who is most familiar with Su Yichen is Wan Changchun, not to mention that Wan Changchun was Su Yichen's teacher back then, how could he not know him?

"What are you laughing at?" Meng Lin didn't understand why everyone was so happy when he asked this, so he couldn't help but ask again.

"You stupid boy!" Li Xiao patted Meng Lin on the shoulder and whispered in his ear: "Wan Lao was Director Su's teacher back then. Do you say they know each other? ”

"Ahh Meng Lin's old face couldn't help but blush, who thought that he would make a joke when he asked casually. But it was precisely because of this that he understood why everyone respected Wan Changchun so much, this old man was actually Su Yichen's teacher, you must know that in Meng Lin's heart, although Su Yichen is the same as the eldest brother, in fact, Su Yichen is the teacher who really guides him to the path of science. From this point of view, his relationship with Wan Changchun is actually very close.

"Wan Lao...... I....... Meng Lin blushed and apologized to Wan Changchun, but Wan Changchun smiled and waved his hand: "Don't listen to their nonsense, I just gave Xiao Su a few lessons back then, and in fact, to say that his teacher should be Professor Luo, it's a pity that Lao Luo is ...... Ay....... ”

Speaking of this, Wan Changchun sighed, and Lin Dong saw that the teacher sighed for the past and hurriedly persuaded a few words. Without mentioning this, several people sat down separately and chatted casually.

Li Xiao and Meng Lin came to visit Tian Lao today. Of course, if you want to ask about the situation of Xia Tian Lao, Tian Lao is straightforward, after listening to their greetings, he immediately smiled and nodded and admitted that he had stepped down as dean, and this situation has been approved by the committee, and Tian Lao will no longer be the president of the Federal Academy of Sciences at the beginning of next month, and he will completely retire from his position.

"How is it so fast?" Li Xiao didn't expect it to be so soon, and asked subconsciously.

Tian Lao laughed and said: "It's not slow, if it weren't for the new dean's procedures and the completion of the process, I would even want to retire now." The matter will not be disclosed to the public for the time being. The committee also took into account the reason for the smooth transition, you two boys, don't yell at me outside. Otherwise, I'd have to come to this snail's house with a lot of people. ”

Li Xiao and Meng Lin understood what Elder Tian meant, Elder Tian disliked these contacts the most, and this matter was not only for the former Chinese, but also for Western countries, not to mention that Elder Tian had worked as president of the Federal Academy of Sciences for so many years and made such contributions to the Federal Academy of Sciences. Once the specific time of his resignation is announced, there will definitely be a lot of people who come to visit Tian Lao.

"Tian Lao, ...... you retire?" Meng Lin asked on the side.

Tian Lao smiled and first looked at Wan Changchun and Lin Dong beside him, and then pointed to the endgame that was still over there: "What else can I do as a retired old man?" Learning from Wan Lao and Lao Lin is not to go to school to be a teacher, or simply plant flowers and grass at home. Then I played chess with an old friend or something. But, I still want to walk around when I have the opportunity, and I can't go anywhere after all these years, but it makes me bad, by the way, I remember that Xiao Li is at the Mars base, right? Meng was at Pluto Base before? Maybe one day I, an old man, will be interested in getting a spaceship into space and going to these two places to have a good time. ”

Everyone immediately laughed, especially Li Xiao and Meng Lin raised their hands in favor of Tian Lao's decision, if Tian Lao really wanted to go to the two places to visit, it would be very easy for them to make some arrangements for Tian Lao as they were working in the past, not to mention that with Tian Lao's identity, the federal government would definitely fully cooperate.

After saying a few more words, Tian Lao suddenly asked Li Xiao and Meng Lin about their current work, and the two of them briefly reported their work, including the ongoing topics at hand.

When they spoke, Tian Lao obviously listened very carefully, and even Wan Changchun and Lin Dong listened very carefully. After listening, Tian Lao seemed to be thinking about something, and after thinking about it, he set his eyes on Wan Changchun and Lin Dong.

"They are all good seedlings, and their majors are also right, and the direction of research is also very good." Wan Changchun smiled as an elder and said a word.

Then Lin Dong also laughed, and he pointed at Wan Changchun: "I said Lao Tian, the teacher has promised me that this student still needs to ask?" Besides, Xiao Li and Xiao Meng are not outsiders, and they are suitable candidates for them to participate in that project, both in terms of ability and technology and security. ”

Li Xiao and Meng Lin on the side were confused, and they didn't understand what the three of them were talking about, but they heard something from Lin Dong's words, such as a project or something, was it intended for them to participate in an important topic? Thinking of this, the two of them were a little excited, and at the same time, they were a little apprehensive and expectant.

When Tian Lao listened to Lin Dong's words, he thought about it a little, and then uncovered the mystery. He told Li Xiao and Meng Lin that there is an important project to be carried out by the Federal Academy of Sciences soon, and Tian Lao, who is currently the dean, is responsible for the preparation of this project team. In other words, this will be Tian Lao's last important job as president of the Federal Academy of Sciences.

Now, Tian Lao told them to prepare them and transfer to the project team anytime and anywhere. As for their current jobs and research projects, they will be adjusted within the Academy of Sciences, and once they enter the project team, it will be a long period of research work, so the two must be mentally prepared.

"Of course no problem!" Li Xiao and Meng Lin replied in unison. At the same time, I wonder what kind of project this is so important.

Because the specific situation of the project is not convenient to disclose, but for Li Xiao and Meng Lin, who have been selected, Tian Lao still revealed some things slightly. The project is due to Su Yichen, who is in space, and the Federal Academy of Sciences received information from space a few months ago, which was transmitted back from the Pioneer spacecraft, which is far away from the solar system. The information content mentions that the Pioneer spacecraft accidentally found a damaged spaceship when passing through a small galaxy, and this spaceship is a cosmic civilization much higher than the Earth civilization, although the spacecraft is seriously damaged, but after careful search and research, the Pioneer spacecraft still got many valuable things from the spacecraft. It took several years for these things to be transmitted back to Earth through intergalactic communication, and thus obtained by the Federal Academy of Sciences.

The core part of this project is the information transmitted by the Pioneer spacecraft, through which the Federal Academy of Sciences will solve the higher scientific mysteries, which, if successful, will greatly promote the development of Earth technology and Earth civilization.

When they heard that it was this answer, Li Xiao and Meng Lin were already so excited that they couldn't help themselves, as a scientist and a scientific research worker, what news could be better than this news?

Not to mention. They actually learned about the Pioneer spaceship, and couldn't wait to ask Su Yichen about them. However, Tian Lao's knowledge of Su Yichen's situation is also limited, and the communication across galaxies takes a long time and distance, which means that the information they receive is lagging behind, and now they can only confirm that the Pioneer spacecraft, including all the people on it, is smooth when sending the information, as for what happens later, this will only be known when the Pioneer spacecraft transmits information next time.

The next day after visiting Tian Lao. Meng Lin hurried back to the branch after finishing his errand, and this time he came to the headquarters of the Federal Academy of Sciences and unexpectedly got a valuable opportunity, which made Meng Lin very happy. Not long after returning to the branch, an order from the headquarters of the Federal Academy of Sciences came over, and he hurriedly handed over the project at hand. After saying goodbye to Tang Wei again, Meng Lin rushed to the headquarters of the Federal Academy of Sciences again, and as for his family to set off later, Tang Wei naturally helped.

Back at the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences, Li Xiao had been waiting for a long time. Unlike Tang Wei, Li Xiao used to work at the Mars base, so when Tian Lao decided to use them to join the project team, Li Xiao's vacation ended, and he temporarily stayed at the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences to assist Tian Lao in preparations.

The Federal Academy of Sciences has a strong mechanism and a very strong scientific research team, this project team can be said to be the largest project team since the establishment of the Federal Academy of Sciences, looking at everything in the project team, Li Xiao couldn't help but think of the work of the Northwest Base that year, maybe only the project part of the 781 Center can be compared with this.

Three weeks later, the project personnel were in place one after another, and the project team was successfully established. This also marks the successful completion of Tian Lao's last important work as dean, and in the future, the project team will be directly responsible for the new dean, that is, Dr. Elena, and Tian Lao's last stick has finally been handed over.

Today is the last day of Tian Lao's time at the Federal Academy of Sciences, and by tomorrow he will no longer be the president of the Federal Academy of Sciences, but an ordinary old man or professor.

After retirement, Tian Lao has made his own arrangements, he will serve as a visiting professor at Shimen University and several other universities, and when he has time, he will go to the university to teach students classes, and even take a few graduate students, grow flowers and grass on weekdays, and even go fishing and play chess.

But in addition to these, Tian Lao also has his own arrangements, that is, as he said, after retirement, he plans to go around a few places first, such as the moon base, Mars base and Pluto base, in the past, due to busy work and some other reasons, Tian Lao has not been able to make the trip, and now he has completely retired, and he can finally realize this dream.

Not only Tian Lao, but also Wan Changchun and Lin Dong, these three old guys have already discussed, and they will be ready to leave the next day after Tian Lao retires, so in the past month, Wan Changchun and Lin Dong have lived in Tian Lao's house, playing chess and chatting on weekdays, or discussing with each other about traveling to various bases, looking very interested.

Looking at everything familiar in his office, he picked up a ceramic ornament on the table, this ceramic Da Fu was specially given to him by Tian Lao's grandson, it has been placed on his desk from the northwest base to the current Federal Academy of Sciences, and so many years have passed in a blink of an eye.

"Wrap this up and be careful not to break it." After playing with it in his hand for a while, Tian Lao handed it to the secretary who was helping him sort out his personal belongings, and the secretary hurriedly agreed to take it carefully with both hands, and then found a box, which was padded with a sponge inside, and then wrapped in paper outside.

Tian Lao's departure is equivalent to the passing of an era, although the retirement was proposed by Tian Lao himself, but when he waited until this moment, Tian Lao was inevitably a little sad. Standing at the window, looking into the distance, the more than ten years of the Federal Academy of Sciences are almost vivid, not only the Federal Academy of Sciences, including its predecessor Northwest Base, these are all Tian Lao's hard work and efforts. And now everything will be handed over to younger and more capable latecomers, for whom Tian Lao is full of hope.

"Tian Lao, the Academy of Sciences has prepared a farewell party for you, what do you think ......?" The secretary asked as he sorted out his things.

Tian Lao frowned slightly: "Didn't you tell them not to do it?" What kind of farewell party, these formalisms are really boring, wouldn't it be better for me, an old man, to go quietly? ”

The secretary smiled and said, "That's what I said, but do you think, so many scientists in the academy must have a chance to express their feelings for you over the years, right?" If you don't let them visit and say goodbye to you, and you don't let them have a farewell party, they don't feel good, do they? Besides, this farewell party was set by Dean Elena, and she asked me to tell you to go anyway. ”

"This little girl ......." Tian Lao couldn't help but shake his head, don't look at Tian Lao's unsmiling appearance on weekdays, in fact, the reason why he didn't want to see everyone do anything when he left was that he was worried that he would be emotionally excited, people's hearts are flesh and blood, he couldn't have no feelings for the Academy of Sciences and his colleagues in the Academy for so many years, it can be said that the Academy of Sciences is his home, and all the scientists and researchers working here are like his relatives.

But now that Dr. Elena said so, Tian Lao couldn't shirk anymore, just when he was hesitating whether to go, the intelligent communication device on his wrist suddenly lit up, Tian Lao thought that Dr. Elena was calling him to say goodbye, he hesitated before he connected, but who would have thought that just after listening to a few words, Tian Lao's face suddenly changed. (To be continued......)