Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2463 Qualification Trials

In the living room, Yang Youning started to make tea and pour water in a familiar manner, and then introduced Yang Xiaotao. After all, this was also what the three girls were most interested in.

Although the three of them were listening, they kept looking towards the kitchen.

Among them, Li Aiyuan, who has a more outgoing personality, is the most lively. Looking at the furnishings in the house, especially the photos hanging on the wall not far away, he suddenly shouted, "I remember, Yang Bu, I saw it in the newspaper at home."

"Oh, that's right, it's the newspaper about Innovation and Learning from the Red Star. At that time, the teachers in our sports school even promoted it specially."

Li Aiyuan said with wide eyes and joy, then reached out and pulled Wang Zhenzhen's arm, "Captain, this is Yang Xiaotao, a great hero."

"I still have his newspapers on the wall at home. What my parents tell me the most is that they want him to study hard!"

"I'll be asking for an autograph later. My sister and brother will be jealous when I get home."

He was a little excited as he spoke, and his hands were restless.

Wang Zhenzhen had some impression after hearing what she said, but she had been living in the countryside for the past two years and didn't know much about what was happening in the city. Seeing Li Aiyuan like this, she frowned and said, "Yuanyuan, pay attention to your image."

Li Aiyuan nodded immediately after hearing this, but he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.

"The great hero cooked for us. My parents would be jealous if I told anyone about it."

"Hahaha!"

Wang Zhenzhen shook her head helplessly after hearing this.

Qiu Aihua also explained to Yang Youning, "She is the youngest in our team. She is quirky on weekdays, but her playing skills are still very good, especially her first pass is the best."

After hearing Qiu Aihua introduce herself, Li Aiyuan quickly said with a smile, "I'm not the best in technique, Sister Zhenzhen is the best. Even the men's team can't catch up with that hook shot."

Hearing this, Yang Youning was even more delighted and exclaimed that he had found a treasure this time.

Just looking at the expressions of several people, especially Li Aiyuan's eyes looking towards the kitchen from time to time, he couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Thinking back to those days, I was also young and energetic.

They chatted for a while, and then the Taoist priest and Mr. Ye came back and walked into the house one after another. They saw three big trees standing up, and they were both stunned.

Yang Youning hurriedly introduced them and then they sat down again.

After the three knew their situation, they were very polite to them.

The old Taoist understood the three people's purpose, stroked his beard unconsciously, and then began to practice the Wuliang Tianzun routine.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat."

"We have distinguished guests coming today, so I specially added some dishes."

Yang Xiaotao brought the food to the table with a smile. Seeing this, Wang Zhenzhen and the other two hurried to help.

Then Yang Xiaotao asked everyone to sit down.

Seeing the table full of delicious dishes, the three girls were afraid to pick up their chopsticks.

"Don't be so formal, Director Yang just told me about your situation!"

Hearing this, the three of them immediately pricked up their ears.

Li Aiyuan clenched her fists and was very nervous.

Before coming here, her parents had analyzed the situation with her and her first choice now was to be a worker.

This is also the best choice for many young people right now.

And being able to enter the Nine Departments, especially the Nine Departments of the Forty-Nine Cities, is the best!

This concerns their future!
The three of them were a little nervous, but seeing Yang Xiaotao smiled, "Our Ninth Department has just been established, and we really lack any sports projects to show off!"

"Since Director Yang thinks you can set up this platform, then I am willing to give you this opportunity!"

"I also hope that you can hold on and make the Nine Departments proud of you!"

When the three heard Yang Xiaotao say this, they immediately pursed their lips, at a loss as to what to do.

Li Aiyuan even had tears in her eyes, and the other two were also excited.

Wang Zhenzhen suddenly stood up with a serious expression.

"Minister Yang, thank you, thank you so much!"

"In the past two years, after we disbanded, we dreamed of returning to the training ground. I..."

“I want to play ball!”

“We must play well!”

Qiu Aihua and the other person also quickly stood up, "Director Yang, thank you!"

"On behalf of the sisters, we sincerely thank you!"

As they spoke, the three bowed to the two men. Yang Xiaotao quickly stepped forward to help them up, "Don't do this!"

Yang Youning also advised, "Once you join our Nine Departments, you will be a family!"

"Your honor is the honor of the Nine Departments!"

After talking for a while, everyone finally sat down.

Yang Xiaotao sat at the main seat and invited several people to eat. After seeing the Taoist priest and Mr. Ye eat a little, he stood up and left.

Then Yang Xiaotao said to Yang Youning, "How are you going to arrange them?"

Yang Youning was not polite. He picked up the ham with chopsticks and started eating, chewing it. He felt very satisfied. Yang Xiaotao's cooking skills were amazing. Probably none of the chefs at the headquarters could compare to him.

"As for me, I plan to assign them to the Propaganda Department of the headquarters."

"No matter what, it represents our nine departments, right? It is also our external influence!"

After saying that, everyone looked at Yang Xiaotao.

"I have no opinion!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Yang Xiaotao say these four words.

"but!"

Everyone's heart was lifted again.

"The volleyball team must be formally established, not only to cope with this Olympics, but also to develop sports in the future, and the women's volleyball team must be well built!"

"Personnel management, venue equipment, material supply, training, nutrition, etc. all require good planning!"

"My opinion is, if you want to do it, do it the best you can."

"Formalism and short-lived enthusiasm, we don't engage in that."

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Yang Youning immediately understood what the other party meant. This meant real investment!
Yang Youning looked at Wang Zhenzhen, "Captain Wang, please tell us what you think. If you need anything, just ask!"

The three girls were just pondering the meaning of Yang Xiaotao's words. When they heard Yang Youning asking Wang Zhenzhen, they calmed down and quickly replied, "Director Yang, Director Yang!"

"We still have a lot of people on the volleyball team, and we were training at the sports center before!"

"But later they were disbanded, and I don't know what happened to the equipment!"

"If we can find a venue and some equipment, we can train!"

Wang Zhenzhen said seriously, and Qiu Aihua also added, "We can also call up people from other teams. Now we have contacted seven of them. They were all the main players in their previous teams..."

Li Aiyuan sucked the chopsticks in her mouth, "And the coach!"

The three of them hurriedly explained the situation, and Yang Xiaotao and Yang Youning listened on the side.

"Correct!"

Wang Zhenzhen smiled, "Coach Luo from our former national team is in Qidu now, we can contact her! Her offensive tactics are amazing."

"besides…"

The three of them became more and more excited as they talked. Yang Xiaotao and Yang Youning could only nod their heads continuously to show that they had heard and understood. But in fact, they were completely confused.

"That's it!"

Yang Xiaotao finally had to interrupt the discussion of the three people, otherwise the meal would have lasted until midnight.

The three of them reacted quickly when they heard Yang Xiaotao speak, then lowered their heads and remained silent.

"Then, Lao Yang, you should take charge of this matter and try your best to boost the volleyball team."

"It's best to check with your superiors about the Olympics."

Yang Youning nodded immediately after hearing this. This was something he was in charge of, so whether it was good or bad, it had something to do with him. In that case, he might as well do it himself.

"Okay, leave this to me."

With Yang Xiaotao's approval, Yang Youning naturally decided to go for it.

"Okay, let's eat quickly, the food is getting cold."

Yang Xiaotao greeted a few people, and the three girls picked up their chopsticks and were no longer reserved.

After dinner, the three girls insisted on helping to clean up. Yang Xiaotao did not refuse. He chatted with Yang Youning about the Olympics and then became a hands-off boss.

"Thank you, Commander."

At the entrance of the alley, Yang Xiaotao sent the four people out, and Wang Zhenzhen expressed her gratitude to Yang Xiaotao again.

Yang Xiaotao waved his hand and smiled, "If you want to thank me, then show your true ability and strive for a good result."

The three girls nodded immediately after hearing this, "Yes, we promise to get good grades."

After seeing them off, Yang Xiaotao returned home, went to the study, took out the design drawings, and started working again. The annoying summer slowly faded away, and time came to August.

However, as August began, the weather in the city became more irritable.

Everything was fine when I went out in the morning, but after lunch, the sky became gloomy, and there was a strong wind and heavy rain with thunder and lightning.

Fortunately, the rain stops when I get off work, but most of the time, things don't go as I wish.

It felt like it had been raining all through late summer.

During this period, Yang Xiaotao has been busy with the design of trains.

However, there was also activity in other areas.

Shu Xingbei and Xu Pengcheng have become members of the Ninth Department.

At the beginning, Lu University reacted strongly because the Ninth Department not only poached Shu Xingbei, but also poached Xu Pengcheng, a hero who had contributed half his life to Lu University, which made the president of Lu University very unhappy.

However, the series of cooperation reached with Lu University later made the president happy again, and he even called Li Hongfeng to ask if he needed any other help.

You know, their Lu University is no worse than any other university in the city.

In this regard, Yang Xiaotao can only say that cooperation is needed, and very much needed.

As for how to cooperate, that will depend on future arrangements.

No matter what, the friendship between Jiubu and Luda was established.

The two entered the Ninth Department, and their families were arranged, so they had no worries.

As a result, the Nine Departments added two more research topics.

The reason why it is a topic and not a project is because the two felt that they were new to the place and not suitable for it.

As a result, the Solar Cell Research Institute added a satellite phone research and development project.

The Ordnance Research Institute added a photocopier project.

By the way, this photocopier project is the main subject of Xu Pengcheng’s research at Shandong University, and now it has become the ninth project!
In addition, Yang Xiaotao also went to check the manufacturing status of the Desert Eagle.

Overall, it's going well.

As for research in other areas, it is also proceeding in an orderly manner!
Especially in the production of calculators, after a period of rush work, 10,000 units for the Alliance have been produced and shipped smoothly, and the only thing left is Camel's order for 50,000 units.

Of course, during this period France also sent people to learn how to produce calculators and successfully registered the patent.

Yang Xiaotao also heard from Mr. Qin that they seemed to have a lawsuit with the United States over patent registration.

I don't know the exact situation, but I heard that a factory registered in France sued a factory in the United States because the factory plagiarized the patented calculator technology.

No one knows what the outcome will be, but this incident has served as a reminder to Mr. Chen and others that if new domestic technologies cannot be kept confidential, they must be prepared to be "plagiarized".

At the same time, because of this incident, President Peng made a special trip to the Ninth Department to check on the production status of the Desert Eagle.

After Yang Xiaotao took him around and spent the whole afternoon reporting in the office, Mr. Peng left.

Here, Yang Xiaotao was busy and confused, and Yang Youning was also very busy.

First, he was so busy with the women's volleyball team, and then with the Olympics, he wished he could do the work of two people.

Just at this time, a group of people were sent over from the Northwest Red Star Machinery Factory, saying they were coming back to participate in the Olympic selection.

What made Yang Youning even more unable to refuse was that the person who recommended these people was President He.

Does he dare to refuse?
I definitely wouldn’t dare.

In the morning, at the ninth department, on the playground.

A group of athletes were exercising, many familiar people were chatting and laughing, and some were doing warm-up exercises silently on the side.

But deep down, everyone was somewhat nervous.

Today, the nine departments are holding the Olympic qualification trials here, which is to bring together the players who have registered this time and the players who have been invited to compete.

Then the best will be selected from the best nine teams to compete for the opportunity to participate in the Olympics.

At the same time, this will also be an opportunity to determine whether they can stay at the headquarters.

If you perform well, you can become an athlete of the ninth department.

From now on, the nine divisions will "attack the city and capture the stronghold".

But if you don't perform well, then you will go back to where you came from.

The surrounding area was filled with people watching.

Among them were technical personnel from the research institute, production workers in the workshop, logistics staff, and some family members. Each of them held a small stool, carried a water bottle, and watched the first nine sports events with enthusiastic discussions.

In the middle of the playground, a group of female athletes who were obviously taller than them gathered together. There were quite a few of them, more than twenty in total, but they were all around twenty years old.

There was a middle-aged woman standing in front of them, scolding everyone in a stern tone.

"Do you think that without any competitors, you will definitely win this time?"

"Have you forgotten the pain you felt when you left during the disbandment?"

"Do you guys still want to play ball?"

The middle-aged woman kept questioning, and even the other people around her left quietly after hearing it, for fear of encountering an unexpected disaster.

"Coach, no, we always want to play."

Wang Zhenzhen, as the captain, shouted loudly, and the girls around her shouted together, "Coach, we want to play."

There was a flash of excitement in the middle-aged woman's eyes, but it was suppressed deep in her heart.

"If you want to play, then bring out the attitude you have in training."

As he spoke, he picked up the notebook in his hand and looked through it carefully. Many of the names on it were unfamiliar, and many familiar people were still unknown.
But she believes that as long as she works hard, it is only a matter of time to surpass the past.

"Today is their tryout, but it is also our training day. I hope everyone can show the fighting spirit of the women's volleyball team, not be afraid of hardship, and complete all the training."

"Ok?"

"Row!"

Shouting in unison makes the whole playground more lively
Papapa

Suddenly, applause broke out and everyone looked towards the podium. They saw a group of people led by a young man walking up to the podium and then waving to the people around them.

The applause was even louder at this moment.

"Old Yang, you won't let us sit here all day, will you?"

Yang Xiaotao, Li Hongfeng and others were sitting on the podium and asked Yang Youning who was standing beside them.

"No need, you just show up, and then the competition starts, and then you can go."

Yang Youning said that he had lost a lot of weight after being busy for nearly half a month, but his face looked more energetic.

"Then let's get started."

Li Hongfeng urged him on, and Yang Xiaotao became a hands-off boss, and the documents on his desk were never thoroughly cleared.

"it is good!"

Yang Youning didn't beat around the bush and said that today's task was very heavy and he had to hurry.

Therefore, under the auspices of the Logistics Department and the Security Department, the 9th Ministry of Machine Building's Olympic Games selection competition officially began.

Then, one project after another began to take place.

The starting gun sounded from time to time on the playground, and cheers and cheers rang out all around.

On the rostrum, Yang Xiaotao suddenly saw a group of children running after the athletes outside the field. Among them was a boy he looked particularly familiar to, and he immediately started looking for him in the crowd.

Sure enough, outside the playground, Ran Qiuye and Cui Ping were seen standing together, each holding a little kid.

Papapa

At this moment, applause sounded from all around, and a young man was seen raising his hands to thank everyone. Yang Xiaotao took a look, and Yang Youning beside him quickly introduced, "This is the first-class athlete I found from the sports school. His name is Lin Qingfeng. He is 23 years old this year, and his best time is 11.05 seconds."

Before Yang Xiaotao could say anything, Liu Huaimin nodded and said, "No wonder the gap between them and the second place is three or four meters."

Yang Youning smiled complacently, "I carefully selected this one, maybe I can win a prize at the Olympics."

Liu Huaimin, Li Hongfeng and others nodded after hearing this.

Only Yang Xiaotao withdrew his gaze from the young man and shook his head calmly, "It was only eleven seconds. If you want to win a medal, it should be within ten seconds at least."

Hearing this, Yang Youning and the others looked at each other, then turned around to watch the game.

Listen, within ten seconds, is this human language?
How can a person run so fast?
Forget it, I shouldn’t say this to this guy.

Suddenly, Xu Yuanshan came over from the back row and said, "Xiao Yang, I remember you are very strong. Do you want to try weightlifting?"

"If that doesn't work, you can always throw the shot put."

As he spoke, he pointed at a group of people not far away who were lining up to throw shot put.

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Guodong and Chen Gong also started to make a fuss, and even Yang Youning looked over.

He mentioned this as well.

All the old people in the steel rolling mill knew that Yang Xiaotao had extraordinary strength. It was a fact recognized by the entire factory.

Yang Xiaotao shrugged with a little regret on his face after hearing this, "Boss Peng said last time that we should stay in the city and not go anywhere else."

Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to the playground again.