Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 269 - 269 49 Team

269: Chapter 49 Team 269: Chapter 49 Team “Mr.

Voigt?”

Tao Enhai wasn’t quite sure he had actually called out just now.

He felt that he should have called out quite loudly.

Thankfully, the people in the private room didn’t all turn to look at him; otherwise, Tao Enhai might have died of embarrassment.

Yawgmoth turned around.

He glanced at Tao Enhai: “Hello.

Have you decided in which direction you would like to go?”

He seemed to have more or less listened to what Xiang Shan said.

“Ah, this…

I’m not familiar with the company’s operations…

entirely at the organization’s arrangement…” Tao Enhai said nervously, “Also, your Chinese is really good.”

“Well, I’ve been studying it for ten years now,” Yawgmoth nodded.

“However, choosing a research project is still up to you,” another voice came from Yawgmoth’s side, apparently the same person who had been talking to him earlier.

It was an African female, quite sturdy in build, around the same age as Yawgmoth, but her facial skin looked rougher due to exposure to sun and wind.

But Tao Enhai shuddered: “Ms.

Endebile?”

Niyaguti Endebile, born in a small African country, immigrated to the Federation with her parents at the age of six, later got into Harvard Medical School, and was a year older than Yawgmoth Voigt.

The two got married while at university.

However, it seemed that after around 30 years, the couple divorced due to their relationship reaching an endpoint.

After the divorce, there had been rumors about “Yawgmoth Voigt plagiarizing his ex-wife’s paper.”

But afterwards, they declared to the media that they had just happened to conduct similar research on the same project at the same time.

After clearing up the misunderstanding, they shared their research progress and, with the help of this project, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recent years.

Although rumors persisted that Yawgmoth Voigt had used his government background at the time, exercising public authority to silence Niyaguti Endebile, a rare female scientist.

[In fact, to this day, some radical activists see this as persecution of women or ethnic minorities, an indelible stain on the reputation of this great scientist]

However, seeing that these two could sit in a private room enjoying Peking duck together suggested that those rumors were probably unfounded.

Niyaguti introduced, “At Superman Enterprise, the research department splits a large project into many small projects, using an information management system to coordinate the progress of different projects.

Researchers can decide which project to participate in based on their interests.

After applying to the project manager and getting permission, they can also leave the current project and join another one.

It is very flexible and free.

You can think carefully about what you want to do next.”

Tao Enhai nodded in awe and gratitude.

Before today, he never thought he could so easily become part of a conversation between two Nobel laureates.

——But then again, do Nobel Prize winners really come to Quanjude for company dinners?

Tao Enhai thought, feeling a bit dizzy.

“Those matters can wait until tomorrow to tell Dr.

Tao.

After all, who remembers the specific projects without standing in front of the system management interface?” Another woman squeezed in.

It was the one who had been singing earlier, the one with white hair…

or was it pale gold?

She extended her hand to Tao Enhai in a friendly gesture: “Hello, Dr.

Tao.

My name is Ingrid, Ingrid Granat.

It is a pleasure to meet you.”

——Finally, a name that isn’t so intimidating…

but she might be from another field…

“Hello…” Tao Enhai extended his hand.

He instinctively withdrew, but the lady quickly grabbed his hand and shook it twice before letting go.

Niyaguti added, “Inga is a key figure in the field of cognitive science, she’s also one of the best linguists on Earth.”

Ingrid shrugged, “Transformational-generative school.”

Truth be told, Tao Enhai didn’t understand the term.

But, it must be some academic school.

After that, most of the people in the private room came over to greet him.

He met outstanding engineers, evolutionary psychologists, geneticists, and more.

About a dozen people in this large private room, most came over to greet him on their own initiative.

A few sitting in the corners were also pushed over by others.

These people belonged to different fields.

But Tao Enhai noticed something.

Several of them were linked to the “United Nations University Institute for Civilization Studies.” In other words, at least a third of the people here had been selected to research aliens.

One person who left a deep impression on Tao Enhai was a young man who didn’t speak Chinese and had a strange English accent.

His nasal sounds were so heavy that Tao Enhai could hardly tell he was speaking English.

In the end, only with Ingrid’s interpretation on the scene did he find out that this guy was a Russian named Anatoly.

The reason Tao Enhai was impressed was that Yawgmoth made a special introduction, “This guy’s talent is beyond his era.”

He did indeed say that.

Anyway, in the following minutes, Tao Enhai remained in a dazed state.

He felt as if he had wandered into the territory of some kind of herding monster.

Everyone eating in this private room was a big shot famous in their respective fields…

——Can I really find my own value in this company…

Tao Enhai couldn’t help but think.

He tried to move his chair unnoticeably.

And then he bumped into Xiang Shan’s right hand.

Xiang Shan was holding a pair of chopsticks, pinching a small slice of salted duck liver.

He was in the midst of criticizing how mediocre the duck liver was, and how unworthy the place was when Tao Enhai’s bump made Xiang Shan’s hand twitch, almost poking the duck liver in another person’s face.

However, the woman decisively opened her mouth and ate the duck liver by her mouth, diffusing the awkwardness.

Tao Enhai quickly apologized, “I’m sorry…”

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“It’s fine,” the woman said vaguely, “I don’t think it’s as mediocre as you say…”

The second half of the sentence was directed at Xiang Shan.

The woman seemed to be in her mid-to-late twenties.

Her accent was soft, indicating she might be from the south.

Xiang Shan showed a look of disgust: “Is your tongue numb?

Isn’t your hometown known for salted duck?

How can you justify such a comment to the people of Jianghuai?”

The woman swallowed the duck liver: “I’m not from Jinling.” Then she turned to Tao Enhai: “Hello, nice to meet you, Doctor Tao.

I have seen your work on the news.

I admire your medical ethics.”

“Oh, it’s just my duty,” Tao Enhai reached out his hand.

After the commotion just now, he seemed to have unconsciously managed to perform this gesture naturally.

The woman shook his hand: “Let me introduce myself, my name is Zhu Xinyu, and I’m the company’s CIO (Chief Information Officer).”

Xiang Shan interjected: “By the way, she’s the one who took my private car today, which is why we had to take the subway here.”

Zhu Xinyu turned and gave him a pat: “That’s my private car too, thank you.

And I left you a message; Inga and the others took up the spots.”

Xiang Shan shrugged his shoulders and said to Tao Enhai, “So you see, leaving work on time is quite important.”

Tao Enhai apologized again: “I’m sorry, that was my fault.

It’s my first day here, and I was unaware of the company’s protocol.” He looked again at Xiang Shan and Zhu Xinyu: “So, the two of you are…?”

Zhu Xinyu said, “He’s my partner.”

Xiang Shan nodded.

Tao Enhai smiled: “You two seem really affectionate…”

His attention lingered on Zhu Xinyu for a few seconds.

She was a few years younger than the others.

She would have been even younger during the era of the United Nations Institute for Civilization Studies.

Such a young age for a scholar was quite remarkable.

Tao Enhai couldn’t resist asking: “Did you two…

meet at the Institute for Civilization Studies?”

Xiang Shan wore a nostalgic expression: “Ah, that.

Even earlier than that.

The Rama Project…

um, I can’t remember if that’s been declassified yet.

Sorry, an old classified project I was involved in.”

“Rama Project” was a new term to him.

It wasn’t in Xiang Shan’s resume.

Judging by the timeline, it must have been after he left Tsinghua University and before he became the director of the institute.

“Classified project?” Tao Enhai couldn’t contain his curiosity: “You two met under such…

such unique circumstances?”

“Can’t say too much.

She was a security consultant for some agency at the time,” Xiang Shan shrugged.

Zhu Xinyu narrowed her eyes, then curled up, hugging her arms, and put on an expression of a difficult past: “Speaking of meeting, it was indeed quite special…

This guy, on the very first day we met, came with a group of people and pinned me down on a bed…”

Very dramatic.

Tao Enhai was startled, and his chopsticks almost fell to the ground.

Xiang Shan remained unfazed: “Yeah, as a public servant leading a team to rescue a wayward girl, that was the only time in my life.” After saying that, he specifically turned to Tao Enhai and added: “Doctor Tao, it’s just a joke, don’t take it to heart.”

Tao Enhai nodded.

He could tell it was some kind of private joke between the two.

He guessed that what they said could be taken literally, but they had chosen to phrase it in a crude manner.

But what was the truth?

Xiang Shan pushed a small bottle of craft beer towards Tao Enhai: “Anyhow, Doctor Tao, as for work, you can think about that tomorrow.

For today, consider it a welcome party for joining the company, so eat, drink, and be merry!”

Tao Enhai looked at the small bottle of craft beer in front of him and nodded.

He had seen hope for recovery, had come to such a special company, and joined such a joyful, idealistic team…

What else did he need to think about?

He picked up the bottle of beer.

……………………………

Xiang Shan opened his eyes.

In a daze, he heard a voice beside him saying, “Nameless Hero, our business here is concluded, and I must return to my underground lair.

Until we meet again.”

With that, the person turned and left.

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