The middle-aged man beckoned, motioned for Hu Xiaomei to sit on a stool on the edge of the experimental table, and he himself pulled a stool to sit down, and then said with a calm face:

"Have you read Wanhua's progress report?"

Hu Xiaomei gently pinned a strand of broken hair that had slipped to the side of her cheek behind her ear, smiled and nodded:

"Look, it looks like it's going well."

"Hehe, Lin Hai is a talent!"

The middle-aged man's words were very meaningful, and Hu Xiaomei smiled:

"He's always been, I've always felt that way."

The middle-aged man glanced at Hu Xiaomei deeply, then raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, sighed a little tiredly and said:

"The people here don't think much of Lin Hai, and they are skeptical of his ideas, and besides, they can't let Lin Hai come here."

Hu Xiaomei shook her head vigorously:

"No, Lin Hai will never come here."

The middle-aged man nodded, of course he understood that if Lin Hai was so easy to handle, the Institute of Cultural Strategy would have circled Lin Hai a long time ago, and could he still make him want to be so free and easy now?

Hu Xiaomei looked at the middle-aged man and took the initiative to ask:

"They still want to continue Project One?"

The middle-aged man shook his head slightly:

"You should know very well that sometimes you have to go down the wrong path even if you know it's wrong."

Hu Xiaomei was speechless, Hu Xiaomei, who has been mixed up in the system for so many years, of course understands that this situation is really uncommon, to say that it is difficult to make a big turn of the ship, it is difficult to say that it is ugly, this is someone who wants to push you into the pit, at this time, if you plan to turn back and don't want to jump down, it is equivalent to admitting failure, which means losing everything.

On the other hand, if you just jump hard, maybe you can jump over? No matter how bad it is, isn't it possible to climb out?

It's not a chance, but what if it happens? It's better than being brushed off directly, and you don't even have a chance to fight.

This is officialdom.

It is clear that the person in charge of this project No. 1 does not intend to admit failure and be replaced.

Hu Xiaomei couldn't help but raise her hand and pinch the bridge of her delicate nose, she hated this kind of officialdom in her heart, but she couldn't change it, let alone influence other people's thoughts, so she could only sigh helplessly.

"Director, it's a shame to waste, not to mention that it's not just resources that are wasted, but more importantly, time."

The middle-aged man nodded:

"So I had the idea of starting anew, and I would rather spend more resources than waste time. Unless, you can come up with clear evidence that the planning of Project 1 will do more harm than good. ”

Hu Xiaomei frowned:

"Although I can't come up with clear evidence, but this time I went south, I witnessed some things with my own eyes, and the existence of gods is indeed very troublesome."

"You don't need to say much about this, don't others know, if the gods are really so easy to use, how can the two doors of Buddhism and Taoism not be used? The problem is, no one can pat their chests and promise that the gods transferred by Project One will infiltrate the real world. ”

Hu Xiaomei's lips moved, thinking of what Lin Hai said about the soul network, this kind of penetration is almost predictable, but the problem is that the statement about the soul network is also a hypothesis, unless the aliens explicitly give a statement, Lin Hai's hypothesis is always a hypothesis.

Sighing silently, Hu Xiaomei waved her hand and said:

"When I didn't say it, you asked me to come here just to talk about it? Are you going to arrange for me to move on to Project 2? ”

The middle-aged man shook his head:

"No, you better go back to the south, Lin Hai is still relieved that you look at me, this person is very important to us."

"I understand, so I'll go back today?"

"Well, there's something you need to investigate first."

Hu Xiaomei understood after a little thought:

"About the new terminal?"

The middle-aged man nodded:

"Yes, as far as I know, Lin Hai is a liberal arts student, right?"

Hu Xiaomei couldn't help laughing:

"Yes, he himself has been emphasizing this point to justify his poor common sense."

"Hehe, liberal arts student, but this liberal arts student has only been in office for more than a month, and he has taken out this new terminal, so we should resign from the science doctors here and replace them with some liberal arts doctors."

"Haha, you're joking, too."

"I don't think it's funny at all, Xiaohu, where do you think this new terminal came from?"

Hu Xiaomei pursed her lips, glanced sideways at the display screen on the wall and said:

"But I read that the report made it very clear that Lin Hai only put forward a concept, and the specific details were completed by Xuanyi and his development team."

"Concept? You ignored that list, right? As soon as Lin Hai took office, he gave Xuanyi a list, and as far as I know, the materials used in the new terminal are exactly the same as the list given by Lin Hai, that is..."

"Lin Hai has the finished product in his hand!"

Hu Xiaomei directly broke the conclusion that the middle-aged man didn't have time to say, and the middle-aged man nodded:

"Yes, Lin Hai has ready-made things in his hands, at least, he knows that this concept will definitely be able to make qualified products, so the question of the beginning of the road, where does his things come from?"

Hu Xiaomei raised her hand and pointed to the sky:

"His upline?"

The middle-aged man nodded solemnly:

"Yes, this is the only reasonable explanation, so the question arises again, why does Lin Hai's upline provide Lin Hai with this kind of thing? Isn't he or they worried about being sanctioned by the Covenant? ”

Hu Xiaomei frowned:

"This goes back to the old question, I haven't figured out why Lin Hai's upline is so interested in Lin Hai, and Lin Hai is not the illegitimate son of aliens, unless Lin Hai has something in him that makes aliens care very much."

The middle-aged man nodded:

"This problem is not only you, we have also been researching, but at present, we have not found anything on Lin Hai that is worth caring about by aliens, perhaps, it is worth caring about Lin Hai himself."

Hu Xiaomei was not surprised by this speculation at all, but nodded with a smile when she heard this:

"If that's the case, we should have a good relationship with Lin Hai, no, we will have to hold his thighs in the future, haha..."

The middle-aged man glanced at Hu Xiaomei:

"What's so funny about this, this possibility is also there, and that's one of the reasons why we decided to let you have a friendly relationship with him, and conversely, it's also one of your tasks, and we'd love to know the answer to that question."

Hu Xiaomei nodded:

"I want to too, I'll figure it out."

Speaking of this, Hu Xiaomei's heart suddenly moved, put away the smile on her face and asked with some seriousness:

"Director, does the reason for their questioning of Project Two have anything to do with this?"

The middle-aged man nodded:

"Yes, in fact, not only them, but also a little uneasy in my heart, if someone behind Lin Hai is actively promoting all this, then what is their purpose? Don't tell me that they are saints, and that they are so selflessly helping us so that we can get the benefits that should be ours but are taken by them. ”

Hu Xiaomei's brows furrowed, and then she quickly stretched again, and the corners of her mouth hooked:

"I can't answer that question either, but we'll never know the answer until we give it a try."

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment and said:

"Therefore, we will still promote the No. 2 project, and the intensity will not be smaller than the No. 1 project, it is nothing more than more investment, and we will not let Wanhua Company take the lead."

Hu Xiaomei smiled:

"Do you need me to put some obstacles in the way of them?"

The middle-aged man waved his hand:

"No need, if you do that, it will make Lin Hai's opinion of you worse, if there is such a need, there are so many people who do this kind of thing, and you don't need to make a move."

Hu Xiaomei nodded, and the middle-aged man continued:

"That's basically it, go back directly after you arrange the things in your hand."

Hu Xiaomei stood up:

"Yes, then I'll go first, that... What is the current status of the experimental objectives of Project 1? ”

The middle-aged man frowned:

"Don't you know discipline?"

Hu Xiaomei smiled bitterly:

"Of course I know, but his sister is still with me, what should I tell her?"

"Needless to say, she should know about the confidentiality regulations, and she has signed a consent form in advance. But... We're going to do whatever it takes. ”

Hu Xiaomei nodded silently, didn't say anything, and turned around and left directly.

......

In another layer of the laboratory, which is not very far from Hu Xiaomei, the white coat that Hu Xiaomei explained just now is sitting in front of a computer, looking at the data analysis results on the computer, and there are researchers in white coats sitting on his left and right, and there are several standing behind him, all of them staring at the same computer monitor.

"Head, judging from these data, it is far from a critical point, maybe their plan is not good at all."

The white coat was silent, and everyone had different thoughts, but seeing that he was silent, the atmosphere gradually became heavy.

It took a while for the white coat to reach out and click somewhere on the monitor:

"Judging from the data traffic fluctuation curve, as well as the instantaneous traffic peak, and the direction of the data set, etc., it is indeed far from the critical value, but don't forget, this so-called critical value is just an assumption we made based on the last situation, what if our so-called critical value is not accurate at all?"

Everyone was stunned, and a researcher on the right hand side of the white coat retorted with some disbelief:

"Head, although this critical value is a hypothesis, but it is not made out of thin air, according to our previous research results, as well as the conclusion of the last actual experiment, this critical value is still very valuable for reference, if the experimental data of Wanhua is close to this critical value, I won't say anything, but now they are far away, can't it be roughly qualitative?"

The one on the left also nodded:

"That's right, head, do you think they're on the right track? I mean, is it right to assume that the native wakefulness can be done in a short period of time? I'm not optimistic. ”

The white coat did not answer immediately, but was silent for a moment before speaking:

"Yes or no, it doesn't matter if you tell us."

"It's already been decided? What about the project we have..."

The white coat was silent for a moment before he spoke with some difficulty:

"They can start something else."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then their faces became not so good-looking, no one did not understand the meaning of this news, but compared to the white coat, although the hearts of others were also very uncomfortable, but they were not so disappointed.

For these researchers, what they have lost may be an opportunity to make a contribution, but this time they have lost, and they can fight for it back next time, unlike the white coat in the middle, what he lost may be the only opportunity to go further.