A professor's rebirth: I entered Tsinghua University in 1977.

Comrade Yuan finally left angrily.

Tan Dexi had this kind of temper. If he said he had to go back to the factory, he had to go back. No matter how hard Comrade Yuan tried to reason with him and present the facts, he just kept silent and refused to budge.

Comrade Yuan was so angry that he was fuming and left in a rage, leaving behind a few words.

"Tan Dexi, don't be so arrogant. Without Butcher Li, who would eat plucked pigs?"

Without you, Tan Dexi, I really don’t believe that there is no one else in the entire province who can develop this kind of artillery.

Old Man Tan didn't care. He nodded to Liu Chuan, slowly left the director's office, went to the health room, and continued to explain math and physics problems to the two students.

To put it bluntly, he mainly taught Liu Hongyi.

Ai Xiaoyu basically studies on her own now.

Her humanities scores were better than her science scores. If, as Liu Hongyi said, the country resumes the college entrance examination one day, she plans to apply for humanities.

Liu Hongyi was very sensible and did not ask why Tan Dexi was called to his father's office. The jeep from the provincial capital and the two well-dressed military officers were seen by many people.

I guess it must be some secret mission.

The old man couldn't help but ask, "Hongyi, if I let you go back to Qingshan Machinery Factory with me to live for a while, would your parents agree?"

"Don't worry, I'll pay you a salary and consider you a junior technician."

It was clear that the old man truly loved this student. He was intelligent, studious, and extremely polite. Every time Tan Dexi came over, Liu Hongyi would bow to him, quite in the spirit of ancient times.

Don't let the old man's quiet demeanor fool you; despite being on the farm for so long and not talking much, he actually has his own set of standards. He's not really the kind of person who's cold and unapproachable.

Such a truly knowledgeable and powerful person naturally has a unique style of doing things.

Liu Hongyi smiled and said, "My mom might hesitate, but my dad is a very principled man. As long as it's for the country, he will definitely agree. Teacher, do you have a new mission?"

"Don't ask that."

Tan Dexi said calmly, looking confident.

Things happened just as Tan Dexi had expected. A day later, Comrade Yuan, who had left in anger, brought his assistant and drove a jeep to Yanggou Cadre School, exhausted.

This time, Comrade Yuan's attitude was much better.

Also brought some gifts.

There were two cans of malted milk, two boxes of exquisite pastries, a large bag of White Rabbit candy, and a few apples in a nylon net bag.

This is what it looks like to ask for help.

Liu Chuan personally took action again and invited Tan Dexi to the director's office.

As soon as Tan Dexi entered, Comrade Yuan and his assistant stood up quickly, straightened their backs, raised their hands to their eyebrows, saluted Tan Dexi, and said loudly, "Hello, Chief Engineer Tan!"

Tan Dexi showed a faint smile on his face and nodded.

"Chief Engineer Tan, the situation is this. We've consulted Director Duan—oh, that's Comrade Duan Weimin, your old classmate... Director Duan has instructed us to invite you to our institute to complete this research assignment. Your salary will be the same as you received at Factory 576... Of course, it's only for the duration of your work."

Comrade Yuan used honorifics politely.

Tan Dexi snorted and said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Old Duan is always so calculating. What's going on? Are you afraid that our 576th Factory will steal the credit for your research institute's achievements?"

Comrade Yuan was immediately embarrassed. "Well, Chief Engineer Tan, you misunderstood. Director Duan definitely didn't mean that... The main thing is, this task was won by our institute. Without the approval of our superiors, we dare not transfer it to other units..."

"Humph, your institute clearly can't complete this mission, yet you're still trying to get it done? What are you trying to get?"

Tan Dexi didn't give him any face at all.

Now that you have come back and your attitude has changed drastically, what does this mean?

This means that without Butcher Tan like me, you would really only be able to eat plucked pigs!

After hearing this, even the usually straightforward Liu Chuan felt a little embarrassed. Old Tan was really good at offending people. He was on par with Ai Gaofeng.

"I've been classmates with Duan Weimin for so many years, how could I not know what kind of personality he has? He's targeting me, Tan Dexi. Okay, go to your institute if you want. It's a national scientific research mission anyway."

"But let's be frank. Once we get to your institute, as long as it's about this project, you have to obey me. No one can interfere, including Duan Weimin."

"Otherwise, let Duan Weimin find someone else."

"Okay, okay, no problem, no problem..."

Comrade Yuan had obviously received some kind of authorization, and he agreed repeatedly and nodded.

As long as this "old man" is willing to go to the institute to help complete the task, everything else is a small matter. Just agree to it first.

Moreover, even if others want to intervene, they cannot.

I don’t understand!

"Also, I told you I'd bring someone with me to be my assistant. Have you reported this to Duan Weimin?"

This is what Tan Dexi is thinking about.

Liu Hongyi is the most talented student he has ever taught over the years.

Comrade Yuan hesitated and asked cautiously, "Chief Engineer Tan, what kind of person is this?"

When it comes to research tasks, he really doesn't dare to agree to them carelessly.

Asking Tan Dexi for help was already an exceptional case. If Duan Weimin hadn't known Tan Dexi well enough, he would rather fail to complete the task than take such a big risk.

“My student, here, is the son of Director Liu Chuan. Don’t worry, he’s only sixteen years old and a student at Chuzhou No. 1 Middle School. I guarantee there won’t be any problems.”

Comrade Yuan was immediately relieved, but then he said with some doubt: "Chief Engineer Tan, why do you have to bring him? We can help you with assistants in the institute."

"What do you know?"

Tan Dexi retorted to him without any hesitation.

"Who in your institute can compare to the students I brought up myself?"

Comrade Yuan was choked again and was speechless.

This old stubborn man!