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

Several new assistants were clearly unconvinced.

Are you two performing a double act here?

There is no doubt that they believed that Tan Dexi had taught Liu Hongyi in advance and was deliberately trying to intimidate them.

They all acknowledge that Tan Dexi is very capable.

As the chief engineer of Factory 576, Old Tan is a top-notch figure in the entire military industry system of Jingjiang Province.

He is also Duan Weimin’s classmate.

If he wasn't so awesome, Director Duan wouldn't have been so eager to invite him from Yanggou Cadre School.

But if you say that a sixteen-year-old high school sophomore can be more awesome than them, then that’s bullying.

After all, they all went to college, even if it was a workers, peasants and soldiers university, they were still college students after all.

Do you know how amazing college students are these days?

Tan Dexi was too lazy to care about their little tricks. Didn’t the old man know whether they were acting in a double act or not?

With your level, is it necessary for me to play tricks on you?

Without saying a word, the old man walked to the blackboard, erased the previous problem, and wrote a new equation.

"There are still fifteen minutes left, start now!"

After reading this question, Duan Weimin felt a little better.

Well, fifteen minutes is barely enough, Director Duan is still quite confident.

The problem is that Mr. Tan was not testing him!

This time, the questions were much simpler, and all four of them began to write down their answers. Zhang Chenghai was still the fastest, barely finishing his solution within the allotted time.

The other three had only written half of it and got stuck at the end.

Tan Dexi was too lazy to comment and asked, "What schools did you all graduate from?"

The four hesitantly announced their school names. Only Zhang Chenghai was from Jingjiang University, and Jin Yunfeng was from Daning Institute of Technology. The other two were from ordinary local colleges and junior colleges.

“How’s your English?”

The four people looked at each other, and no one dared to say a word.

In those days, foreign languages ​​were absolutely equivalent to incomprehensible books, mainly because of the severe shortage of teachers. Unlike later generations, English was directly a junior high school course, and even some primary schools and aristocratic kindergartens taught English.

The extent of its popularization was simply incomparable to what it is now.

For workers, peasants, and soldiers, the only chance of acquiring proficiency in a foreign language was if they were majoring in foreign languages ​​or were exceptionally hardworking and ambitious. But this possibility was truly slim.

After a while, Zhang Chenghai stammered, "Teacher Tan, I, I understand a little bit, but not much..."

Tan Dexi said to Liu Hongyi, "Liu Hongyi, copy a random passage from the document you translated yesterday and let them try it out."

"Okay, teacher!"

Liu Hongyi agreed, picked up the blackboard eraser, erased the equation, and started writing in English.

There was no need to read the original text of the material. I just wrote a paragraph based on my memory, the simplest one.

Now even Duan Weimin looked at Liu Hongyi with admiration.

Apart from anything else, his beautiful blackboard writing and fluent English writing alone are enough to stun most of the researchers in their research institute. Even the experts invited from outside do not seem to be as at ease as Liu Hongyi.

Just kidding, Professor Liu is a very particular person.

When he was a teacher at Chuzhou Institute of Science and Technology, he was a recognized academic authority and the first person in the entire Chuzhou Institute of Science and Technology to be promoted to a second-level professor.

As for first-level professor, don’t even think about it.

It was tailor-made for the academicians of the two academies.

The ceiling for non-academicians is second-level professor.

Liu Hongyi's blackboard writing was directly used as a model by other teachers.

This time, all four of them put pen to paper and were able to translate a little. Zhang Chenghai translated the most, about half of the text. And grammatically, there were basically no major problems.

The other three could only barely translate a small part.

Tan Dexi didn't discourage them further, and said to Duan Weimin, "Old Duan, it seems your institute has had some tough times these past few years..."

Tan Dexi was very clear about the previous strength of this research institute.

Duan Weimin complained immediately, "Isn't it? Oh, Old Tan, you don't know how much I've worked to maintain this structure. I've already done my best to keep these few people here. Please take care of them for a while, so that we can leave some seeds for our institute."

Tan Dexi agreed, giving a rare moment of agreement: "That's the truth. We researchers ultimately have to rely on our academic achievements. We can't just slack off and produce nothing."

"Well, let me divide the work."

"Zhang Chenghai, you will follow Liu Hongyi and serve as his assistant. First, work with him to translate all the English materials. If you don't understand something, just ask him directly or look it up in the dictionary. You can leave the technical terms blank; I'll handle them."

"Also, if you have any questions about mathematics, you can ask him for help."

Several people suddenly felt embarrassed.

Zhang Chenghai was already the best among them, but when he came to Tan Dexi, he was only qualified to be an assistant to his elementary school student. This was still a nice way of saying it, but in fact, Zhang Chenghai was just asked to be a student of Liu Hongyi.

Zhang Chenghai is like this, what else can the three of them do?

Tan Dexi ignored their embarrassment and continued, "You three, follow me. I'll assign you some work within your capabilities. I'll also give you two hours of tutoring every day. Your professional knowledge is so far behind. If you don't work hard, how can you take on the responsibility? You can't even complete the most basic design, let alone innovate."

The three of them stammered in agreement.

Duan Weimin was overjoyed.

Old Tan may have a quirky temper, but he's also a genuine person. When he preaches, he truly teaches, never hiding anything, and certainly not showing any bias.

Zhang Chenghai and the others, if they follow Lao Tan and study hard for a period of time, even if they cannot become independent talents, they will at least be able to complete the basic tasks.

However, Duan Weimin was still a little worried and said, "Old Tan, I really have to thank you very much... But, will this affect the progress of this project?"

He took the initiative to obtain this project from his superiors. If he cannot complete it on time, it will be difficult to report to his superiors.

It is really difficult to choose which is more important, cultivating talents or completing tasks.

Tan Dexi glanced at him and said calmly, "Old Duan, since I promised you this project, what are you worried about?"

Duan Weimin was immediately relieved and said with a laugh, "That's right, how could I not trust you, Tan Dexi?"

"You all must follow Teacher Tan closely during this time, and... Xiao Liu, study hard. No matter what tasks Teacher Tan assigns you, you must obey unconditionally. This is an order. Do you understand?"

Facing his subordinates, Director Duan became dignified and solemn again.

"Yes, understand!"

Four researchers in military uniforms stood at attention and saluted.