HKUST, Office of President Liu.

"Dr. Duke, this is Professor Li Fengchao of the Ninth Academy, and this is Director Sun Hong next to him, the two of them have something to talk to you about today. Do you think the time is convenient or not? Principal Liu pointed to two unfamiliar faces and said to Duke.

"Hello." After Duke politely said hello, he looked at Principal Liu very suspiciously, today Principal Liu said that there was an urgent matter to negotiate, but he didn't expect to come in a hurry, Principal Liu just introduced two strangers to him.

"Professor Li Fengchao is engaged in special industry research, and there should be some issues to discuss with you, do you think you can find a time to communicate with Professor Li Fengchao?" It seems that Professor Li's research is not simple, Duke's mind turned quickly, searching for where this Ninth Academy is sacred, and even President Liu is reluctant to mention it directly.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Duke's mind, could it be the Nine Courtyards? With this suspicion in his heart, Duke's face immediately showed a look of surprise.

"The Ninth Academy is a meritorious research institution, and of course the degree of secrecy is also very high." As if to solve Duke's doubts, Principal Liu explained a few words with a smile, although it was still very vague, but Duke confirmed that this Nine Courtyard was the Nine Courtyard that he guessed in his heart according to Principal Liu's prompt.

No, this is really one of the few research institutions with the highest level of secrecy in China, and there is nothing good about finding him, thinking of this, Duke is secretly vigilant in his heart, he really doesn't dare to mix blindly in this matter.

Matters concerning the high secrecy of the state, Duke is now trying to stay away as much as possible.

"I wonder what the hell is going on with you two looking for me? However, I would like to state in advance that if it involves state secrets, I will not be involved, and now I may need to go abroad at any time to deal with various matters of the company, and I will not be able to comply with the domestic security and confidentiality regulations. Duke had already vaguely guessed some clues about the two of them coming from the occult agency, but he didn't want to get involved in them at all.

Principal Liu smiled bitterly, and stretched out his hands to the two guests to show that he could not do anything, of course he knew the principle of Duke, and invited Duke to participate in some projects before, but for those who had confidentiality requirements, Duke refused them all. It's just that these two insisted on talking to Duke, which is why today's meeting took place.

"Principal Liu, do you have a quiet room here that is suitable for talking about things?" Seeing that Duke was more vigilant, Professor Li Fengchao also glanced at Director Sun Hong helplessly, sighed secretly and said to President Liu, they originally planned to take Duke to a place of their own for a detailed discussion, but looking at Duke today, it is obvious that this plan will not work.

"Yes, I have a VIP conference room here, which has always been open when our school leaders have VIPs coming, and it is not open for use on weekdays." President Liu said with a smile that as a vice-ministerial-level unit, it is naturally impossible not to have this kind of special conference room.

"Dr. Duke, yes, we noticed that you have a very high level of attainment in nuclear reaction research, and solved the world-class research problem of the formation of natural nuclear reactors, and we originally planned to invite you to participate in some of our related research projects, but now it seems that this is somewhat different from your own wishes, so we don't need to mention this again."

When only Duke and Professor Li Fengchao and Director Sun Hong were left, Professor Li Fengchao said straight to the point. "Then we want to ask another question, I heard that you are at MIT, and you have participated in the optimization of MIT's nuclear reaction simulation program, I wonder if this is a fact?"

After speaking, Professor Li Fengchao looked at Duke very excitedly, his eyes full of complex emotions of nervousness and expectation. Director Sun Hong, on the side, stared at Duke's every move indifferently.

As soon as this question was raised, Rao is Duke was mentally prepared, and his heartbeat still accelerated suddenly, but fortunately, from the outside, Duke still maintained a calm appearance. The stakes are so high that Duke weighs the pros and cons sharply in his mind whether to say it or not.

"I have optimized the operating system of the MIT Titan II supercomputer, and I have indeed done a lot of experiments with a nuclear reaction simulation program, but I have not had the opportunity to participate in the optimization of this nuclear reaction simulation program." Duke thought about it for a few seconds before deciding to deny it.

Hearing Duke say this, Li Fengchao's expectant eyes immediately became extremely disappointed, and he subconsciously exchanged glances with Director Sun Hong. The latter shook his head slightly, not knowing what to signal, so that Li Fengchao suddenly changed a new topic.

"We also have a supercomputer system, which happens to be the Craylinux system architecture, when does Dr. Duke have time to come to us to optimize it on site, I know that Dr. Duke is very busy, but Dr. Duke is already familiar with this system, and I believe that Dr. Duke will not need much time.

There's nothing to keep secret about this in our department, and Dr. Duke has fed back the results to Cray, but Cray keeps it a secret and only wants to upgrade the system they sold themselves, and we can't get this improvement. Li Fengchao warmly invited.

"I have already handed over some fragments of the source code of this improvement to President Liu, and it is said that the Lingnan Supercomputer Center has adopted this improvement, so you can contact President Liu and the Lingnan Supercomputer Center." Duke continued.

To be honest, Duke really doesn't want to mess with this extremely mysterious Nine Courtyard, and Duke can't afford to mess with it, so now he can hide as far as he can.

Li Fengchao did not expect that his request would be rejected by Duke, and this small detail shows that Duke does have a deep misunderstanding and prejudice about the secret research institution.

"If we can facilitate SAL's acquisition of Feihong's shares, can Dr. Duke consider making a limited R&D connection with the Ninth Academy?" Sun Hong on the side suddenly said loudly. "We know that there is great resistance in the province to SAL's acquisition of Feihong shares, and if Dr. Duke agrees, we are willing to come forward to facilitate the acquisition of Feihong shares and SAL."

As soon as Duke heard that the other party's energy was so great, he couldn't help but be more vigilant in his heart, being able to settle the governor of the province, ordinary people obviously don't have such great ability, Sun Hong dared to say this, he must have some fear, otherwise it would be easy to be debunked if something like this happened.

In order to subdue Governor Ma, it is natural to dispatch the powerful people in the center, and Duke was surprised when he had entered the field of vision of the central people.

However, the greater the strength shown by the other party, the stronger the resistance in Duke's heart, such a high-level competition, being able to determine the final result of the competition from the mouth of a division chief, shows that the central powerful person is not weak in the authorization of Director Sun Hong.