A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

The car proceeded smoothly, thanks to its license plate number and relevant permits.

"Jiang Gong, we've arrived. Get off the bus!"

The badge warrior turned his head and kindly reminded Jiang Xia, who was still immersed in thought.

"Alright! Since I'm already at the Ministry of Machinery Industry, I might as well apply for the electricity-free refrigerator. Hey, sir, I forgot to ask on the way here, why is the Ministry of Machinery Industry in such a hurry to contact me? I've already entrusted our deputy factory director with the application for my project!"

Jiang Xia put away his notebook while curiously looking out the window.

"The deputy factory director? You mean him?" The badge warrior pointed to the annex of the building.

The building is divided into small rooms, some of which even have iron doors.

Huh? This isn't the Ministry of Machine Building, is it? Where have I ended up here again?

Little Dumb Hair felt a sudden, inexplicable panic as he was removed from his familiar surroundings. "Ugh, if I'd known it would be like this, I shouldn't have sent Old Wang out!"

Take a closer look at the plaque in front of the building.

The Second Ministry of Machine Building? Oh, thankfully, we didn't leave Beijing. You know, during the Lunar New Year, Jiangxia has to go to pay respects to our ancestors. Grandma doesn't care about anything else, but when it comes to ancestor worship, she can't be careless.

As the person in charge of Jiangjia Village, the ancestral worship ceremony would be incomplete without Jiang Xia...

"Xiao Jiang, help!"

With tears welling up in his eyes, Li Huaide stretched out his arm and waved it through the iron gate.

Waaaaah~~ Xiao Jiang is truly my savior! Knowing I was in trouble, he rushed to my rescue! The confidentiality agreement was just too much!

Huh? What kind of car is Xiao Jiang riding in? Could it be...?

Li Huaide's eyes widened instantly, becoming as big as copper bells.

Wow! I've really hit the right spot! You know, the owner of this car is someone even his father-in-law has to bow to with utmost respect!

Thinking of this, Li Huaide's chubby hands swung even more vigorously.

"Heh, even if you know Xiao Jiang, you won't be allowed to leave until you've memorized these confidentiality rules!" Secretary-General Liu from the Ministry of Machine Building was also in this small room. Compared to Li Huaide's tearful eyes, Secretary-General Liu seemed rather relaxed and even had time to observe the vehicle Jiang Xia was riding in.

Wow, this Xiao Jiang actually got out of that car! He's got connections! Even the minister only stood in front of that car for a while during his report.

Fortunately, I was quite friendly at the time, and this kid isn't one to hold grudges...

Jiangxia looked in the direction of the sound and found it somewhat amusing.

Li Huaide was standing on the other side of an iron gate, desperately waving his chubby paws at himself. His fat face was pressed against the iron bars, making him look like a prison break-crasher.

"Uncle Li? Didn't you go to submit your project proposal? What are you doing here?"

Jiang Xia remembered that the horizontal plaque at the entrance clearly said it was the Second Ministry of Machine Building. Didn't Li Huaide go to the First Ministry of Machine Building to apply for a project? How did he end up here?

Stepping into the small room, I was surprised to see that there were quite a few people inside. Not only was Secretary-General Liu from the Ministry of Machine Building, but there were also several unfamiliar faces.

The room was brightly lit, and a group of people were reciting something from a small, not-so-thin notebook.

The previously calm crowd was stirred up by Jiang Xia's address of "Uncle Li".

Secretary-General Liu pointed to Jiangxia who was approaching, and then to Li Huaide.

"You're such a jerk."

This deputy factory director brazenly submitted a project application with a bunch of classified documents, forcing us to relearn the confidentiality rules again. Ah, one wrong step can lead to endless regret!

As he spoke, he glanced at the people behind Li Huaide.

These colleagues were all "victims" of the projects that Li Huaide reported.

It's important to know that the Ministry of Machinery Industry now has a specific application process. The days of barging into the minister's office and demanding the signing of a project approval document are long gone.

(Yes, that's right, I'm talking about you two, Jiang Xia and his apprentice!)

For an audit to be conducted, there must be a designated person in charge.

Secretary Liu was the provisional head of the project review office of the Ministry of Machinery Industry.

Originally, he was somewhat idle, but when he saw the pile of project review documents that Li Huaide had submitted, he was quite excited.

It's important to know that the Ministry of Machinery Industry's project review process is now extremely rigorous, and some factories that are quite self-aware have simply stopped submitting applications for related projects.

This has led to a rather quiet "review department." Some colleagues even claim that if ten projects pass the review this year, they'll be incredibly lucky.

The implications of a secretary-general being suddenly appointed as the head of such a working group are self-evident.

Some ill-intentioned colleagues leisurely brewed tea, waiting to see Secretary-General Liu make a fool of himself. But today, the arrival of Li Huaide from the steel rolling mill, carrying a stack of project applications, greatly pleased Secretary-General Liu. In his mind, no project application from Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill had ever failed.

Not to mention the "fine tradition" of the master and apprentice at the steel rolling mill, who were used to submitting supplementary application forms only after a project had been successful.

Judging solely from the project application, the master and apprentice duo at the steel rolling mill produced a document with standardized formatting, detailed content, and meticulously crafted drawings. Such an application was perfect for their reviewers; they didn't need to scrutinize it carefully before submitting it directly.

Hmm? Why do you mention formatting specifications?

That's obvious. The latest project application form filling guidelines issued by the Ministry of Machinery Industry are actually based on the previous application forms submitted by Jiangxia and his apprentice.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were the ones who set the standards.

And so, Secretary-General Liu gave the green light to the steel rolling mill's project application, simply registering the project name and submitting it all the way through.

The reviewers, seeing the string of "based on," understood who had written these applications. Naturally, no one wanted to spoil the mood.

Ultimately, an application that might take others a week to process arrived at the minister's office this afternoon.

Unfortunately, this high efficiency came at a somewhat unfortunate time.

At that moment, the minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building happened to be visiting.

The curious Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building glanced at the submitted project applications and joked with Minister Xia, saying that this year, all the projects from their Second Ministry of Machine Building were truly impressive, unlike the First Ministry of Machine Building, which had made the most mistakes...

Minister Xia immediately retorted that the aviation sector had already been separated from the First Ministry of Machine Building, and this mess should not be attributed to them. Moreover, with a hint from Secretary-General Liu, Minister Xia generously allowed the minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building to continue reading.

Ok?

"An excavating machine based on the principle of a multi-degree-of-freedom robotic arm"

Oh, so this is the excavator that's been making headlines lately. It's not bad.

The Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building nodded as he looked at the project name.

Keep reading, hmm? This is the final report for Project 301?

That's not bad; at least the Second Ministry of Machine Building's flying biubiu can use it. Especially the fuel storage tank, which should have seen significant improvements in weight and sealing level.

"Research on improved four-cylinder engines?"

With the success of the small steel cannon as a precedent, it's not surprising that relevant personnel are carrying out in-depth reforms to it.

But when the Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building looked at the last line of the project form, it read, "A simple method to improve the isotope abundance by layering through centrifugal force after the elements are gasified."

With a loud "Awooo~~", he jumped up.

"Xia Heizi! You son of a bitch, how dare you intercept my project?"

Minister Xia paused for a moment, then looked at Secretary-General Liu.

Secretary-General Liu immediately explained, "Minister, this is the general outline submitted by the steel rolling mill. The final product of this simplified method is a washing machine!"

As he spoke, Secretary-General Liu took out a sketch of a washing machine that Jiang Xia had drawn based on Li Huaide's ideas and showed it to the Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building.

"washing machine?"

The Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building sneered repeatedly: "Then explain to me what the 'elements' here mean?"

The eyes of the two ministers turned to him simultaneously, and Secretary-General Liu broke out in a cold sweat.

"Um, this element means dirt, right? Increasing its abundance is like the dirt being washed out of the washing machine and floating on the surface..."

This wasn't something Secretary-General Liu made up; he actually consulted Li Huaide, and that's what Li Huaide said. As for where Li Huaide, a junior high school dropout, got his explanation from?

Needless to say, it must be Jiangxia.

Based on his absolute trust in Jiangxia's business capabilities, Secretary-General Liu believed without a doubt what Li Huaide had relayed.

The Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building laughed immediately upon hearing Secretary-General Liu's explanation.

You guys are really something else! This is top-secret information, and you've managed to turn it into civilian machinery, huh?

So, after the Minister of the Second Ministry of Machine Building and Minister Xia of the First Ministry of Machine Building whispered a few words to each other...

The group of people were taken directly to the Second Ministry of Machine Building by the badge warriors for a security check!

"Tsk, Uncle Li, I told you to read more books, and now look what happened, you've led Uncle Liu into this mess!" Jiang Xia couldn't help but chuckle as he listened to what had happened.

Li Huaide was extremely frustrated: "Hey, that's really what I think!"

"Abundance and all that, isn't it just bubbles? You roll them up in a washing machine, and the bubbles increase, isn't that what abundance and all that means?"

Jiang Xia was stunned. So, it seems that it really is true!

If the project title hadn't specified that it was based on the abundance of specific elements, Li Huaide's explanation might have actually gotten away with it!

Just then, the secretary from the Second Ministry of Machine Building came to pick them up personally. "Secretary Jiang, don't worry about them. They just need to memorize the confidentiality rules perfectly, and then we can let them out. They're all intellectuals; they'll memorize them quickly!"

"Let's hurry upstairs, the minister and his colleagues are waiting for you!"

Well, Jiang Xia looked at the others. Well, apart from Li Huaide, it wasn't really a difficult task for them to memorize this little book.

But Li Huaide is different. Not to mention understanding the meaning of the rules, he probably can't even recognize all the characters.

"Uncle Liu, could you help my Uncle Li? If not, I'll get him a dictionary."

"No problem! Comrade Jiang Xia! Helping our friends in Geming is our duty! In order to achieve... I, from the Project Review Department of the First Ministry of Machine Building..."

A middle-aged man who had been standing inside suddenly rushed to the window, put his arm around Li Huaide's shoulder, and made a series of promises to Jiang Xia, repeatedly saying his name as if afraid that Jiang Xia would forget.

Jiang Xia politely thanked him, patted Li Huaide's chubby hand, told him to memorize the regulations, and then followed the secretary upstairs.

As for that person's name, well, he helped Li Huaide, not himself, so Jiang Xia felt no guilt about not remembering the person's name.

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Second Ministry of Machine Building, Confidential Office.

"So, Comrade Jiang Xia, are you sure that the gas centrifugation method is so much better than the gas diffusion method?"

"The single-unit concentration coefficient is more than 100 times that of the gas diffusion method? Where did you come to this conclusion? If it's just speculation, it's not very respectable."

"Comrade Jiang Xia, although you are relatively young and have ridden in the old man's car before, the old man said that we must be realistic, especially after the recently convened People's Congress... The higher-ups pointed out that we must proceed steadily and surely at this stage..."

Jiang Xia was somewhat annoyed. Where did this person come from? He kept finding fault with everything he said, even going so far as to spout off grand principles.

Pshaw! Trying to reason with me? I could talk you to death!

I've already told her that the equipment has only undergone mechanical design; the finished product hasn't been produced yet. But this centrifuge was designed and manufactured based on the data provided by Professor Deng. Although that data was calculated, it's all accurate and reliable!

Little Dai Mao was a little angry. All along, the people he had encountered were the kind of people who were selfless and devoted to the public good. Even Li Huaide, that old codger, would not hold back in mechanical production.

But this woman in front of me is clearly making a personal attack!

"First of all, you're wrong about the very first point; that's called the single-stage concentration factor!"

"Besides, you're absolutely right! I'm not qualified to participate in this design!"

Jiang Xia shook his head, his ahoge (a stray hair on his head) swaying gently. "I've spoiled you all! If Master hadn't called, hmph!"

"Boss! Do I need to go down and memorize the confidentiality rules?"

Seeing Jiang Xia stand up and say he wanted to quit, the woman waved her hand dismissively, "Go ahead, go ahead, one general rule and 87 detailed rules, not one can be missed!"

"Young man, you should be more humble. Don't think you're so great just because you rode in an old man's car..."

He kept rambling on and on, his words like an old woman's foot-binding cloth—long, tedious, and unpleasant.

Of course, Jiang Xia didn't have the patience to listen to the whole thing. She quickly took a few steps back and gently closed the door.

Tsk tsk, is the Second Ministry of Machine Building a female leader?

I hadn't paid attention to this before. Luckily, I belonged to the First Ministry of Machine Building, or I would have gone crazy sooner or later!

As I walked down the stairs, just as I reached the corner on the second floor, a figure pulled me inside from the side.

"Shh! Don't shout. Let that old woman finish showing off. It was you who provoked her by getting out of that old woman's car."

Jiang Xia suppressed a gasp and looked up at the middle-aged woman.

so beautiful!

"you are?"

"Oh, you can call me Teacher Zehui. I was supposed to be talking to you, but that old woman interfered... Tch!"

Teacher Zehui shook her head in dissatisfaction, "This is your own family, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

Jiang Xia was dumbfounded. What?!

These two women today are both quite remarkable!