Chapter 46

"Where is Liu Suo...?"

"Don't worry, our project is at a critical moment..."

"It's critical. You said it was a critical moment half a month ago, and now you are critical every day."

In the Xichang Base Research Institute, Liu consciously pulled the phone away from his ears to avoid being bombarded by the ringing sound.

This is no longer like this for a day or two, but for the past half month, he has been like this almost all the time.

Liu Suo talked and laughed, then hung up the phone with a grimace. He regretted standing in front of Nie Yuntian.

"Gong Nie, Uncle Nie, how long are you going to tie me up?" Liu Suo breathed out softly, then took out his phone and called Nie Yuntian.

To be honest, he couldn't bear it anymore. Being a grandson every day, how could he bear it?

"You have to resist even if you can't bear it. The project has just entered a critical period."

Nie Yuntian was a little anxious, and he said seriously on the phone.

"What's the use of being a key to me every day? The people at Chengfei Research Institute are like crazy. They call me every day and criticize me every day."

"Just wait and see, Chu Ze has a rare opportunity for the Fat Tiger heavy-lift launch vehicle."

Nie Yuntian's voice couldn't help but become a little weaker, but his tone was still firm.

He cherishes this opportunity so much. Ten years ago, Fat Tiger crashed in the desert. It was the darkest moment for all Chinese astronauts.

That day attracted much attention, but became the laughing stock of global spaceflight.

Nie Yuntian still has a clear image in his mind. The teacher stood on the command platform and watched with trembling eyes. The fireball fell to the ground. Also falling was his teacher's heart and the beliefs of many astronauts.

Since then, many people have become ill, including his teacher, who is now confined to a wheelchair.

Eight years ago, Nie Yuntian took over the path his teacher had failed to take and continued to move forward.

"Gong Nie, if it doesn't work, you can leave Chu Ze to them for a few days." Liu Suo rubbed his brows with a headache.

Liu Suo naturally knew Nie Yuntian's thoughts. If he could withstand it, he would definitely withstand it, but now he really can't.

According to the meaning of the Chengfei Research Institute, the current Chengfei Research Institute is thinking of copying things and bringing them to fight. To be able to force the people of the Chengfei Research Institute to do this means that the matter is really serious.

"Leave it to them. What if they are like us and refuse to pay back." Nie Yuntian's eyes were blank and he spoke with some worry.

“…..”

Liu Suo's face was stunned and he looked at Nie Yunfei speechlessly.

It seemed that Nie Yuntian still knew what he had done.

Feeling this strange gaze, Nie Yuntian couldn't help but lower his head a little and remained silent.

It shows that you are the leader and you think of ways to solve problems.

Seeing this, Liu Suo sighed lightly and spoke in a deep voice.

"You come to my office again in the afternoon and go do your work first."

"OK."

Nie Yuntian nodded, turned and left the director's office.

But Liu Suo sat on the chair with a headache, rubbing his eyebrows.

Judging from Nie Yuntian's intention, he was determined to keep Chu Ze, but he didn't want to keep Chu Ze, but he had to be able to keep him.

The pressure now faced by Chengfei Research Institute is indeed too great.

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afternoon.

Nie Yuntian was obviously sensitive to time. He walked into Liu Suo's office almost at the right time for work.

Seeing Nie Yuntian's arrival, Liu Suo didn't say anything. He just sat on the sofa where the guests were waiting and pointed to the position on the sofa.

"Liu Suo...I still have something to do..."

Seeing this, Nie Yuntian couldn't help but urge him to speak.

But Liu Suo was a little unhurried and pointed at the phone, just when Nie Yuntian was a little puzzled.

At this time, the phone vibrated and the ringtone rang.

"Liu Neng, what do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do?"

"Obviously Chu Ze was invited by our Chengfei Research Institute to provide technical support. The Academy of Sciences asked him to go to your place to provide support. But what's the matter with you, not letting Chu Ze leave?"

The person on the other end of the phone spoke very rudely. He was obviously not the person who called in the morning, and his tone was directly cursing.

The anger in the voice was clearly heard by Nie Yuntian and Liu Suo in the office, even through the phone.

"Chu Ze is now from our Xichang Research Institute." Liu Suo glanced at Nie Yuntian sitting opposite and said in a deep voice.

"You're farting. Chu Ze is not from your Xichang Base Research Institute, nor is he from our Chengfei Research Institute. He is from NPU. He is here to provide technical support to our two units. Why are you holding people back there? I don't think so either. I'm too lazy to argue with you. I have already reported what you did to the Academy of Sciences. You have seriously affected the progress of our Chengfei project. "

"I kindly negotiated with you before, but if you don't communicate well, okay, I want to see how important your project is, so that I can keep Chu Ze from leaving."

There was an angry voice on the other end of the phone. When Liu Suo and Nie Yuntian heard the words, they looked at each other subconsciously.

Just as he was about to speak, a 'beep' sound came from the phone and the phone was hung up.

For a moment, Liu Suo and Nie Yuntian had an ominous premonition.

"They asked the Academy of Sciences?" Nie Yuntian was a little unsure whether he heard correctly, so he raised his head to make sure.

Liu Suo was speechless for a moment and acquiesced to Nie Yuntian's words.

"Can't they afford it?" Nie Yuntian was anxious for a moment and complained uncontrollably.

As soon as these words came out, the corners of Liu Suo's mouth twitched.

He didn't know whether others could afford it, but he knew that he was in the wrong.

After all, Chu Ze went to the Chengfei Research Institute to conduct research much earlier than he came to the Xichang base. China itself has a first-come, first-served policy.

It’s no wonder that Cheng Fei now goes directly to his parents.

Liu Suo was speechless for a moment, but Nie Yuntian was uncontrollably worried.

"What is the probability that they will ask the Academy to take away Chu Ze?" Nie Yuntian said with concern.

What he was concerned about was obviously not the question of whether to find the parents, but the question of whether Chu Ze would stay or leave. This was the key.

Chu Ze's role is really important to the Fat Tiger heavy-lift launch vehicle project team.

"What do you think?" Liu Suo shook his head and asked, his meaning clearly expressed in his attitude.

"That won't work. It's a critical moment now." Nie Yuntian suddenly became anxious and stood up.

Liu Suo looked at Nie Yuntian with a very serious face: "Tell me the truth, at what stage we have reached now, whether Chu Ze is indispensable."

In fact, Liu Neng also had a headache. The Chengfei Research Institute was determined to win Chu Ze. After this incident, it was impossible to keep Chu Ze. But to fight for Chu Ze's use time, he had to make a good confirmation. Chu Ze What is its specific role?

"That's so critical. Now Chu Ze has studied multi-level ignition and is conducting single ignition tests."

When it came to the project, Nie Yuntian spoke clearly and clearly. After a slight pause, he spoke again:

"As long as the multi-level ignition is completed and the attitude control is improved, it can be applied to the rocket."

"Maybe give Chu Ze another month to complete the research on multi-level ignition. I have also divided a group of people into attitude control and are conducting research. It can be regarded as simultaneous progress, because we have accumulated experience in this aspect before. With experience, it’s not difficult to implement.”

"It's nothing more than making some minor adjustments, and the adjustments to the rocket structure are not major. We can enter the experimental stage quickly, within a month at the earliest, and only two months at the earliest."

When it comes to Chu Ze's research progress, Nie Yuntian obviously knows it very well.

"Can we enter the experimental launch stage in one or two months?"

Liu Neng's eyes lit up. He had been listening to what Nie Yuntian said before, but Liu Neng was not a real front-line scientific researcher after all.

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He is just an academic scientific research manager. In terms of technology, Nie Yuntian and he are equal in martial arts and literary skills.

After hearing what Nie Yuntian said, Liu Neng had an idea.

"Do you want to start an experimental rocket launch?" Liu Neng's heart moved and he thought about Nie Yuntian's words carefully.

Although it was just a progress statement, he was still keenly aware of something.

"Yes, that's my idea." Nie Yuntian nodded vigorously.

But as soon as the words left his mouth, he was interrupted by Liu Neng.

"What's right? You know what you're talking about? This project hasn't even been established yet, and you're just thinking about launching an experimental rocket. Do you think I will agree? Do you think the higher ups will agree?"

Liu Neng spoke a little speechlessly, look what kind of tiger and wolf words he said.

Even before the project has been established, we are considering an experimental rocket launch. This is simply treating the process as nothing.

Liu Neng's harsh words were met with Nie Yuntian's silence.

It also brought the atmosphere in the entire office to a freezing point.

After a long time, Nie Yuntian finally said quietly:

"If we don't do this, Fat Tiger will still have to wait." Nie Yuntian looked unwilling.

Nie Yuntian carefully calculated the development time of the Fat 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle and found that he became the person in charge of this project 8 years ago.

Including the seven years of working on projects with his teacher, he spent a full 15 years almost spending the best part of his youth on heavy-duty launch vehicles.

Among them, although some results have been achieved, the most fundamental purpose of the project has not been successful.

China still does not have its own heavy-lift launch vehicle. The absence of a heavy-duty launch vehicle means that there is a qualitative gap between the strength of China Aerospace and the aerospace powers.

The heavy-duty launch vehicle is Nie Yuntian’s long-cherished wish, and it is also the long-cherished wish of his teacher.

If he proceeds step by step, Nie Yuntian will have no hope of success in the next five years.

But now there was an opportunity to fulfill his long-cherished wish, and Nie Yuntian didn't want to think about it so much.

All he has to consider is the possibility of success of the project. On this point, Nie Yunfei has judged that based on the current progress, the feasibility is very high.

Nie Yuntian saw this possibility, just like a climber seeing the top of the mountain within reach. Even though his body was exhausted, Nie Yuntian didn't want to give up the opportunity to climb to the top.

You can't give up such an opportunity.

"This is not a joke." Liu Neng's face was very serious.

"I know, but I'll give it a try."

"You know what it means if you fail after this attempt."

"Very clear."

Nie Yuntian nodded vigorously again.

Liu Neng was silent, because in his eyes, Nie Yuntian was like a gambler.

But Nie Yuntian was a gambler, Liu Neng was not. Liu Neng was seriously thinking about the possibility of this project, not just from the perspective of success.

At the same time, he was also considering the consequences of failure.

In the office, there was endless silence.

It was not Liu Neng who broke the silence, but Nie Yuntian.

"For the Beidou satellite to be launched next, we can put this project on Beidou, and if it fails, I will bear all the consequences. After all, this is the result of my willful behavior." After Nie Yuntian spoke, his attitude was very clear.

If you are willing to support, I will do it, and if you are not willing to support, I will still do it.

"Too crazy, I need to think about it, don't mess around." Liu Neng shook his head and decided to change, but the result was uncontrollable.

If it succeeds, it's fine. If it fails, not to mention that his and Nie Yuntian's positions will inevitably change, the impact is more than that. The entire international public opinion situation must be considered.

Just like the failure of the Fat Tiger launch, it set back the entire Chinese aerospace industry for ten years.

The consequences are too great....

Liu Neng has to be cautious, otherwise, the situation created by the efforts of the entire Chinese aerospace personnel may be destroyed by his decision.

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Academy of Sciences.

In an office.

At this time, Guo Zhongjie lowered his head and looked at a report seriously, frowning slightly.

"This report from Dean Zhang..." Guo Zhongjie looked up in confusion and looked at an old man sitting at the desk in front of him.

"It means literally that the Chengfei Research Institute and the Xichang Base are going to fight." The old man's tone was full of helplessness.

"Why?"

Guo Zhongjie smiled bitterly. He had been to both places and had a deep impression of some of the people there. If they fought...

Just thinking about it, Guo Zhongjie felt that the picture was a bit too outrageous.

"Xichang Base wants to set up a project, the first-stage booster recycling project for aviation engines. Here are the relevant materials." The old man did not explain too much, but handed a piece of information on hand to Guo Zhongjie.

Guo Zhongjie took it, lowered his head and looked at it carefully. After about ten minutes, he looked up with some disbelief.

At this moment, Guo Zhongjie understood why Chengfei and Xichang Base would fight.

One wanted to develop high-performance fighters and major projects currently under discussion, and the other involved heavy-duty launch vehicles.

In Guo Zhongjie's view, the importance of the two is actually comparable. High-performance fighters can enhance defense capabilities, while heavy-duty launch vehicles can enhance China's image and strategic value.

Even to a certain extent, without considering the projects under discussion, the strategic value of heavy-duty launch vehicles is higher.

Because it can send heavier satellites into space, and greater weight means more functions.

"Is this project very likely?" Guo concluded in a tone of disbelief.

It was he who suggested that Chu Ze go to Xichang Base for technical support.

Originally, according to Guo Zhongjie's idea, Chu Ze was so talented in engines, so maybe he could help Xichang Base.

But Guo Zhongjie had never thought that Chu Ze's help would come so quickly, and he directly proposed a new solution.

And this solution was also approved by Xichang Base.

In the field of rockets, Guo Zhongjie believed that he was far less professional than the researchers in Xichang Base.

Guo Zhongjie looked a little shocked, and then looked at the complaint submitted by Chengfei, which was full of accusations of how Xichang Base acted hegemonically.

Even the behavior of Xichang Base was labeled as Eagle Sauce by Chengfei Research Institute.

From the complaint, Guo Zhongjie clearly felt how angry Chengfei Research Institute was.

Researchers are intellectuals, but they made intellectuals like this.

If Guo Zhongjie hadn't seen this application report, he really felt that Xichang Base was not a human being.

But after reading this complaint, Guo Zhongjie understood Xichang Base a little.

"Director Zhang, you asked me to come here to coordinate?" Guo Zhongjie put down the complaint and application materials.

"Yes, the research on the fifth-generation aircraft is basically done. Chengfei is in charge, and other research institutes are assisting. The heavy-duty launch vehicle is very important, but the demands of Chengfei Research Institute must be respected. After all, it uses the Tianyi turbojet."

Director Zhang also rubbed his eyebrows with a headache. Now his biggest worry is that Chu Ze has only one.

If he could separate them, he wouldn't have such a headache.

"Okay."

Guo Zhongjie nodded in response.