A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

One machine department.

The dismantling work is underway, and the entire building remains brightly lit.

The aviation, weaponry, tank, radio, and shipbuilding industries were all transferred to the Third Ministry of Machine Building. However, due to the sudden rise of transistor computers, the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building (Ministry of Radio Industry), which would not appear until the latter half of 63, showed signs of appearing earlier than expected.

At this moment, several bigwigs gathered together to discuss this matter.

"Minister Xia! An urgent telegram from Elder Li!"

"Get in!"

"Xia Heizi! There's something you need to help me with!" Hearing Li Changfu's urgent words, Minister Xia didn't care that his nickname had been overheard by the others.

"Don't rush! Tell me slowly. Is it that the project needs support? Let me tell you, you've got a lucky call. Right now, the leaders from the Second Ministry of Machine Building, the Third Ministry of Machine Building, and even the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building are all here! If all else fails, I'll go ask them for some help?"

The senior leaders then launched into another round of banter, saying that the First Ministry of Machine Building was the eldest brother, and it was one thing not to give them a share of the assets, but how could they possibly try to take money back?

Well, someone else might have understood Minister Xia's hidden meaning, but who was on the other end of the phone?

Li Changfu didn't care about any of that. Since everyone was there, he figured they could listen together. "After you listen, you all get back to work!"

"As long as you're all here, I'm too lazy to report to each of you individually!"

"Listen up! My son discovered that they've planted spies in some journal articles! They're deliberately leading us astray!"

"what?"

Tell me more~

The more they listened, the more serious the leaders' expressions became, and the closer they leaned in. There was no way around it; there was only one receiver, and the one in the conference room, having been through so much, was practically on the verge of going on strike.

In order to hear voices, the heads of the four top leaders naturally huddled together.

"Is there any evidence?" Minister Xia frowned after listening to the report.

"Getting evidence is easy! Just pick a book title, have the diplomats go to their library, and that'll be the answer! Besides, when has my kid ever missed a chance to say something he said!"

"Stop your wrangling and get this done! Think about how many comrades are holding their books and believing them without a doubt? They'd rather believe they're not doing a good enough job than question whether what they're saying is actually fake!"

"There are a few idiots from the machine tool factory right in front of me, still pulling their hair out!"

"Tell Old Liu, who's in charge of the machine tools, not to blame the comrades at the machine tool factory. All the information he found is utterly shoddy! If you want to blame someone, hang yourself on the city wall first!"

After saying that, Li Changfu hung up the phone and leisurely led Engineer Wang and the others out to rest.

I can't die like this before I even have my grandson.

Wait, no, shouldn't I call him great-grandson? But the little brat is just an apprentice!

Forget it, let's just discuss it separately. Anyway, the issue of the author's seniority in this book has already been criticized to the point of no return.

……

"Professor Li, so you're saying that the data and research direction in those documents were all a lie?" Engineer Wang followed Li Changfu silently for a while, then looked up and asked.

"It's hard to say; we'll have to see the verification results from our comrades outside. But I think, nine times out of ten... I haven't seen how you guys did it; that structure is unusable?"

"Anything that can't be used by us, no matter how good, is worthless!" Li Changfu said rather rudely as he walked ahead.

Engineer Wang lowered his head again: Was it really a mistake? Two years! I spent a full two years on that automatic progression system, solving one problem as it arose, solving two as they appeared…

In the end, was it all for nothing?

Suddenly, Engineer Wang roared at the sky, "Ah! I'm not reconciled!"

Then, under the dim light of a nearby streetlamp, he picked up a twig and started drawing lines on the snow.

"The connecting rod passes through the main shaft, then through the bevel gear, woohoo~~~ This gear is one I redesigned; its meshing surface can withstand the corresponding..."

"Now, let's look at this hat wing structure... Waaaaah~~~ I designed this hat wing too, Mr. Li. You see, it's because it looks like a hat from the Song Dynasty that I called it a hat wing structure. It can~~~"

"Waaaaah~~~~ I've designed it this far, it'll work, it'll work! We just need to solve the last problem, and then the rest will survive!"

"But I just can't seem to draw this last step..."

"I can't draw it! I'm so stupid!"

As he spoke, Engineer Wang began to pound his own head with his fists: "What use are you? What use are you!"

The people behind him quickly grabbed him to stop him from harming himself.

Seeing Wang Gong's seemingly insane state, tears welled up in Li Changfu's eyes.

Tears can really freeze.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Li, I know your apprentice is a genius. Please hand over my drawings to him and let him take a look. He can definitely help me! He definitely can!"

"If this structure is successfully implemented, the performance index of machine tools can be improved by 6 percentage points! It can also be used to upgrade old machine tools. It's really useful..."

Wang Gonghua went from squatting to kneeling, crawled a few steps on his knees on the snow, and hugged Li Changfu's leg tightly, refusing to let go.

"Alright, alright~~ I'll let that kid see. Get up, get up!"

……

It's still the office building of the Ministry of Machine Building.

After a long silence from the meeting room, Secretary-General Lin carried in several cups of tea, wanting to see what was going on.

Uh... what did I just see?

When did these top leaders become so close?

Minister Xia held the microphone to his left ear, while the head of the Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building was pressed against Minister Xia's right hand. Further back, there were the heads of the Minister of the Third Ministry of Machine Building and the proposed Minister of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

Secretary-General Lin felt a slight pain in his eyes, so he lowered his head, deftly placed the tray on the table, and quietly withdrew.

Click~~

The soft sound of the door closing startled the group.

The Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building spoke first: "I think this matter needs to be thoroughly investigated! My old Deng also reported a while ago that their calculation results were inconsistent with the data provided by the alliance in the early stages!"

The newly appointed Minister Huang of the Third Ministry of Machine Building was also pondering something behind the two men: "I've also encountered this situation. The chief engineer of an engineering project reported to me that the data we obtained was too high. We just can't figure out how to make such a big black carp... cough cough cough."

Minister Huang coughed a few times to stop talking, as if he had said something he shouldn't have.

His cough had a significant effect; the two ministers in front of him were sprayed with spittle all over their necks.

Hey guys, what's going on? I was wondering why my shoulders felt so heavy!

Minister Xia put down the phone and glared at the others.

The group then realized their behavior was somewhat inappropriate, and awkwardly dispersed, each using tea as an excuse to cover up their embarrassment.

"Stop dawdling! Make the call. Didn't you hear Li Tufei say the sooner the verification, the better? You from the Second Ministry of Machine Building go first. You have more documents. Take out the originals and compare them with those in our library and archives!"

"Old Huang, you know the area around the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Call those offices that are open during the day and tell them to verify this as soon as possible!"

Everyone nodded, and Minister Huang grabbed the phone in the small conference room and used it first.

The other two ministers had to go outside to find a phone.

I don't know what happened to Minister Xia, but he suddenly laughed after thinking about it, and muttered to himself something like, "I have a big baby at home."

Minister Huang listened to him, speechless, and curled his lip. Had Old Xia gone mad? The most frequently imported books lately have been those on industry…

Wait, no, I heard Li Changfu say something about "bastard" earlier, "bastard"~~

My precious baby? My little one?

Ouch~~ My darling, I want one too! There's a newly established ministry, could we…

Minister Huang glanced sideways at Minister Xia, who was smugly enjoying himself, feeling a strong sense of illicit activity.