RBCT Chapter 72 Demystification
Chapter 72 Demystification
Yu Zhen's honesty made Dean Tang and the others feel guilty.
That student, who had acted on his own initiative, actually tried to put Yu Zhen in a tough spot behind their backs by giving him a so-called impromptu quiz to test whether Yu Zhen truly deserved his title as the top scorer in the national exam.
Who gave them the audacity to humiliate a top scorer in the national college entrance examination like this?
Moreover, he is a cultural figure who is already famous both at home and abroad.
Instead of storming off, Yu chose to humble himself and stay, which already showed great consideration for the school's reputation.
There's an old saying, isn't there?
When you find the first cockroach in your house, congratulations! The dark corners of your home have already been invaded by an army of hundreds or even thousands of cockroaches.
Yu Zhen, who was personally ordered by his superiors and received assistance from the military, flew hastily to Beijing in a fighter jet, yet he was still treated so arrogantly and rudely by the school's reception staff.
A glimpse of the leopard in the tube can be seen.
They couldn't help but think of the entire literary circle in Beijing, especially in recent times, which has been subjected to an overwhelming barrage of negative attacks in newspapers and other media.
There are also long-standing bizarre and prejudiced perceptions of science fiction writing within literary circles.
Even this time, they were suddenly summoned to a meeting.
The ultimate reason was actually Zhang, the deputy head of the Shanghai government, who led a team to Beijing to petition the emperor, intending to restore Comrade Yu Zhen's reputation...
Only now did Dean Tang and the others truly realize this.
Their seemingly eager attitude of wanting to poach Yu Zhen, despite their apparent high regard for him, actually reveals a great deal of arrogance.
The scene became extremely awkward for a moment.
This matter seems to involve issues related to the academic atmosphere at Tsinghua and Peking Universities.
The military personnel stepped forward at the opportune moment, indicating that they had questions for Yu Zhen, thus giving Dean Tang and the others a buffer period. They apologized repeatedly and temporarily left the meeting room.
It seems they went to seriously discuss solutions.
After all, it was Zhong Nantang's guidance that emphasized cherishing a prodigy like Yu Zhen. Moreover, there were indeed serious problems within the school, and even within the entire literary circle of Beijing, and the society it represented, there was a widespread and severe cognitive bias towards conducting scientific research projects.
This is no longer just a simple matter of dealing with a student who acted on his own initiative.
"Student Yu, do you remember Wang Jin, the senior engineer at Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group?"
Comrade Yuan from the Beijing Aerospace Military Research Institute seemed to be trying to quickly build a closer relationship between the two sides.
The other party got straight to the point, mentioning a person's name.
Yu Zhen vaguely remembered, "Wang, the engineer from Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group? The one I met on the train from Shaanxi Province to Shanghai at the end of February this year? How come I only met this Engineer Wang briefly? And the one from the Military Research Institute...?"
Comrade Yuan, the representative from the Military Research Institute, smiled excitedly:
"Student Yu, we deliberately mentioned this Engineer Wang because we wanted to explain something to you."
Your science fiction stories have a huge impact far beyond the field of computer science.
Did you know? It's all because of those hand-crafted intelligent armed warships you created in "The Truman Show," and the concepts you mentioned in them...
Features like that "active phased array radar," shipboard vertical launch guidance unit, modular arsenal assembly, and canard radar stealth surface design...
Did you know that at our military research institute, these new military weapon design concepts have yielded encouraging results after nearly half a year of intensive research and development?
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Yu Zhen was truly taken aback.
The military technology details that I deliberately included in my novel actually provided significant inspiration to the military research department.
Upon further inquiry, it became clear why related military concepts were able to enter the research institute's field of vision so efficiently.
It turns out that all of this stemmed from more than four months ago, when the first half of his first science fiction work, "The Truman Show," had just been published. This engineer, Wang, at Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group had already treasured it, extracted and summarized many of the military design concepts involved, and then written a report and submitted it to the relevant unit.
"Student Yu, what I really want to say is that if the computer science major at Tsinghua or Peking University is really not suitable for you, coming directly to our military research institute might be a better choice."
Or how about this: if you come up with any novel ideas or visions for future military equipment in the near future, could you consider submitting your creative ideas to our Military Research Institute first? Our institute can reward you with appropriate compensation by publishing them as internal reference papers…”
Submit internal reference papers related to military research to the Aerospace Military Research Institute.
Assisting in the development of domestic military equipment...
Gee tut.
Yu Zhen was very interested. He blinked and suddenly thought of some super legends from another time and space, so he blurted out:
"Comrade Military Representative, what are your thoughts on the United States' Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)?"
"Huh? Yu, are you trying to say...??"
"Ha, I didn't say anything. I never even said that American astronauts successfully landed on the moon and that ten years ago they were already able to broadcast such a major space event live on terrestrial television networks, allowing the whole world to witness it simultaneously. How daring and capable they are, hahaha..."
Listen carefully to what is implied rather than what is said.
Upon hearing Yu Zhen's seemingly joking words, the military representative was even more impressed by the extraordinary nature of the young man before him.
In fact, the true nature of the Star Wars program has been a subject of long-standing conflict between the two Iron Curtain camps of the East and West. Today, at a higher level, a very clear and predictable understanding has gradually emerged.
The Americans are playing a game of open strategy, forcing their northern neighbor, the Soviet Union, to engage in an arms race.
Sooner or later, one side will be dragged down by open schemes and plunged into an abyss.
But the high-profile global live broadcast of the moon landing by the Americans ten years ago...
"Yu, do you actually believe that the American moon landing was fake?"
"Ha, at least without outside verification, the whole world has to hold its nose and believe it's true, including our northern neighbors. Just think about it, their military research circles, especially those involved in aerospace and lunar exploration, must be suffering and overwhelmed with all that seriousness..."
"Uh, that really makes sense!!!"
As the saying goes, a single word can awaken a person from a dream.
The military representatives were deeply shocked.
Before this, none of them dared to even consider this possibility, all because they were convinced by the fact that the Americans had successfully landed on the moon ten years earlier.
From the depths of my heart, it felt as if I were now shrouded by an invisible, intangible mountain.
Whenever the topic of tackling key military research challenges comes up, especially when setbacks are encountered, a deep-seated sense of frustration and powerlessness arises, which in turn leads to a subconscious, intense admiration for the United States and feelings of self-blame...
Anyway, once you're in that position, only you know what it's like to be in it!
But now, out of the blue, the global live broadcast of the moon landing ten years ago has appeared, which is also a concept of the US's overt strategy.
Looking back, I can't help but feel a chill.
In fact, it's a very simple principle. Since the Cold War and the Iron Curtain began, the two major camps, East and West, have been taking turns flexing their muscles in every field, showing off their strength in the most cutting-edge military fields.
Moreover, in terms of scientific research capabilities, our northern neighbor is in no way inferior to the United States.
Many years ago, our northern neighbor also had astronauts who successfully flew into outer space multiple times and conducted various lunar orbit experiments.
However, the only problem is that, even after ten years, our northern neighbor has still not been able to land a manned spacecraft on the moon.
Which link in the chain went wrong?
Domestic opinion generally leans towards the view that the scientific research capabilities of the northern neighbor have suffered a setback and suddenly fallen behind.
However, this perception stems more from a feeling of disgust towards a bad neighbor than from rational analysis and judgment.
Furthermore, who would believe that the United States would risk its national reputation to commit a national-level fraud that no one can disprove?