If it were someone else, Director Gu really wouldn't bother giving him that much attention.
It's like there was a pile of excrement on the ground, and he insisted that you taste it to see if it's excrement or not.
But this young man, Ye Qingshan, holds him in high regard, so giving him a little attention is not a big deal.
He must make him understand that when faced with a wall, he should turn around.
Taking Ye Qingshan to the laboratory, Director Gu asked the staff to start preparing, following Ye Qingshan's design plan to conduct the tests.
This time, the test preparation would take about four hours.
Ye Qingshan sat there, waiting patiently.
He couldn't believe he was wrong.
He had to prove that the mistake wasn't his, but the world's!
During the preparation, Director Gu went out to take care of other matters.
He only came back after the test had started.
As expected, this time the test ended quickly, and the lab report that came out was quite shocking.
"Take a look yourself."
After reading the report, Director Gu threw it at Ye Qingshan and let out a somewhat annoyed sigh.
Ye Qingshan took the report and reviewed it.
Immediately, he lost all confidence.
"Was there a problem with the test?"
He asked instinctively.
"Little Ye, why are you so stubborn? Even the greatest people have failures. You must recognize where your mistake lies."
Director Gu, a bit upset, began to scold him.
It was clear that there was a problem, so why insist on hitting a wall?
This was the first time Director Gu had scolded Ye Qingshan in that tone.
To avoid bothering Director Gu further, Ye Qingshan lowered his head and said, "Okay, maybe I got my hopes up too much. I'm sorry, Director, for causing you trouble."
"It's no big deal. Research requires perseverance, but you mustn't become obsessed. You need to understand that."
Director Gu patted Ye Qingshan on the shoulder and spoke seriously.
Ye Qingshan nodded, although it was hard to know what he truly thought.
"Don't worry about this. Go back to your previous project, keep working on what you were doing."
Director Gu told him again.
Upon hearing that the director wanted him to abandon the project, Ye Qingshan's face froze.
He had entered this project hoping to seize the opportunity to make a name for himself.
If he abandoned the project, wouldn't he be wasting the opportunity the organization had given him?
"Director, please give me another chance. This time I will focus and learn from the seniors. I just want to contribute something to my country."
He said with a sincere expression, making everyone believe that he truly loved his country.
Director Gu was still quite pleased with his attitude.
He smiled and shook his head: "It's not necessary. I'm not rejecting you because you're stubborn, but because this project has already made a significant breakthrough."
"A breakthrough?"
Ye Qingshan's face slightly changed. Had it really progressed without him?
"Take care of your own business, don't worry about this anymore."
Director Gu was always very strict with what he said; he never mentioned things he shouldn't.
Moreover, he had only received that information the night before.
A large company from Su Hang had contacted the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
They sent their research results on machine tools.
Although the information was still a work in progress, a key breakthrough in the technology had already been achieved.
The toughest problems were already solved.
The remaining issues, for the top leaders of the Academy, would take no more than one or two months to resolve.
After Director Gu left, Ye Qingshan stayed in the same place, still not believing what he had just heard.
A breakthrough in machine tool technology in such a short time in China?
No wonder, in recent years, China had experienced continuous rise, which made his grandfather more and more worried.
After leaving the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ye Qingshan felt somewhat disoriented.
An opportunity for rapid advancement had slipped through his fingers!
When he got home, Ye Qingshan checked the house, making sure there were no cameras or monitoring devices.
Then, he turned on the computer and accessed the darknet again to contact the organization.
When his contact, Ye Qizi, called him, Ye Qingshan received the notification immediately and connected with Ye Qizi by phone.
Because of their father-son relationship, Ye Qizi was responsible for coordinating with Ye Qingshan.
"What's going on, Qingshan? Is there something urgent you need?"
Ye Qizi asked after confirming the call.
Normally, Ye Qingshan was only contacted passively, to minimize the risk of being discovered.
"There's something urgent I need to confirm, the documents the organization gave me last time might have a problem."
With a grim face, Ye Qingshan began to report in detail.
Upon learning that the documents had a problem, Ye Qizi frowned and said:
"Send me the documents first, I'll have someone review them. In theory, there shouldn't be a problem with this."
Every time they communicated, the cost and risk were enormous.
Such a simple mistake shouldn't have occurred in the most prestigious intelligence department of the United States.
"Okay, I'll send them immediately, these documents are really ruining me."
Ye Qingshan quickly sent the design he had in hand. Something told him that something was off with all this.
If the documents really had a problem, at what point in the process did the error occur?
If he didn't clarify this, he feared that his identity would be exposed.
"Don't worry, our security is something you already know well."
Ye Qizi tried to calm him down on the other side of the line.
"A temporary defeat doesn't have to be something negative. Now you're in the spotlight, it's better to lower your profile a bit. Not everything is always easy."
"I know, but I can't help feeling frustrated."
"Don't rush, your plan is just beginning. Remember how Han Xin endured difficulties in silence, you're still far from that."
"Dad, you're mistaken, that was Jing Ke, not Han Xin."
"Okay, maybe I got confused, but still, you're a very educated young man."
While they were talking, in the U.S. intelligence department, the design sent by Ye Qingshan was already being reviewed.
Upon discovering that the design was different from the one sent previously, the intelligence officials were stunned.
They immediately decided to launch an operation to detect infiltrators in the city of Mingzhu.
Even if they had to destroy the entire intelligence system in Mingzhu, they would find the traitor.
When Ye Qingshan heard that there was an infiltrator, cold sweat ran down his back, and he began to pray in his mind that his identity hadn't been exposed.
He could sacrifice a lot for the rise of his family, but he couldn't allow his identity to be discovered before he had achieved something.
Just when Ye Qingshan was distressed, he suddenly heard the voice of the system again.
"A new mission has been published: win the championship in the free diving competition in the sea within a month. The prize is the EUV lithography machine design 1/2. Please, host, do your best to complete the mission."
Upon hearing the system's voice after so long, Ye Qingshan didn't understand why, but he felt a strange sense of weakness.
That feeling made him uncomfortable, as if every time he failed a mission, the system was also affected.
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