The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 1009 - 978: Picking People Up, A Difficult Task

Chapter 1009: Chapter 978: Picking People Up, A Difficult Task

Because Qi Xiaoyan was going to participate in this year’s Spring Festival, everyone started quietly cheering for Qi Xiaoyan.

Jiang Wenwen directly designed three outfits for Qi Xiaoyan, so that the most suitable one could be chosen depending on the stage situation; He Tiantian and Qi Xiaoyan together picked out songs.

Tang Qian was responsible for sponsoring the Spring Festival Gala in Yanjing, while Qi Zhengmin returned to Nan City to discuss the matters of advertising fees with Qi Zhenghan, including the matters of the commercial, which had to be perfected and aligned with current aesthetic tastes.

Qi Zhenghan placed great hopes on this news and immediately decided to take charge of the commercial himself, while leaving the matters in Yanjing to He Tiantian, Qi Zhengmin, and Tang Qian.

Thanks to the sales of last year and this year, Qi Zhenghan had quite a surplus of money for advertising. One could imagine, there would be a dramatic increase in sales next year, and it seemed that the production situation should be adjusted from now on; perhaps the current production line would no longer meet next year’s demands.

On hearing this, Qi Zhenghan made an immediate decision. If the sponsorship was settled there, he would immediately order two more production lines from abroad to cope with next year’s sales increase.

In the blink of an eye, it was the eve of the National Day on October 1st.

He Tiantian was very excited because both Grandpa Qi and Third Grandma Qi were coming to Yanjing.

He Tiantian personally drove to pick them up, holding a big sign, standing at the exit, eagerly waiting.

"Grandpa, Grandma, over here." He Tiantian had sharp eyes and as soon as she spotted the familiar figures at the turn, she saw them.

This time, the people escorting Third Grandma Qi and Grandpa Qi were Secretary Qi and his son Qi Rongjun.

"Tiantian, you’ve already come to pick us up," Third Grandma Qi said with a smile, "Let’s hurry up...

Seeing Third Grandma Qi so cheerful, Old Man Qi shook his head and chuckled, saying, "Alright, watch your step, don’t trip now."

Getting on in years, yet she still thought she was a young girl.

"Hehe!" Third Grandma Qi laughed, "My body is still in great shape, and my legs are nimble!"

After picking up Third Grandma Qi, Grandpa Qi, and the others, they went straight home.

On the way, He Tiantian had Zhang Ning drive, saying, "Grandpa, Grandma, are you hungry? The food is already prepared at home. Brother Yingjie was supposed to come to pick you up, but I wanted to see everyone sooner, so I rushed over."

"You, the older you get, the more impatient you become," Third Grandma Qi laughed, "You can’t be like this in the future. Just let the driver come!"

He Tiantian sat next to Third Grandma Qi, holding her arm, and said, "I just missed you, Grandma!"

Hearing He Tiantian’s words, Third Grandma Qi felt very pleased, and looking at the surrounding buildings and scenery, she said, "It’s only you who knows how to sweet-talk. This year, I’ll stay here a bit longer. It’s been more than ten years since we last came to Yanjing, so much has changed."

In fact, so many changes had occurred over just a few years.

After the reform and opening up, Yanjing City changed every single day.

"Yes, Grandma, Grandpa, after you’ve rested well, I’ll take you around Yanjing for a good time," He Tiantian smiled. To make it easier for Third Grandma Qi to get around, He Tiantian had already bought a wheelchair through Zhao Huanhuan.

When they arrived at home, Huo Yingjie came out holding a child to greet everyone and invited them to eat.

After eating, Huo Yingjie didn’t have time to accompany the elders, since he had to go to the research institute because there was a critical step that he had to attend and observe the reaction.

"Tiantian, I’ll leave the elders at home to you for now. I’ll head to work and then come back as soon as I finish," Huo Yingjie said with a smile, being the Chief Engineer Huo; sometimes his duties were inevitable.

During the summer vacation, Huo Yingjie had put much effort into shifting his holiday period.

The higher-ups’ attitude towards Huo Yingjie was clear: taking leave was possible, but the project must proceed continuously and flawlessly without any issues.

"You go ahead, the house is in my care," He Tiantian said with a smile, "We had such a long holiday recently, you better work hard now, otherwise it wouldn’t be fair to that much vacation time."

"Yes," Huo Yingjie said with a smile, and got into Zhang Ning’s car to go to the institute.

In the institute, all the employees were working according to the instructions previously given by Huo Yingjie.

Zhou Yuanchao was observing intently from outside the glass vessels.

When Huo Yingjie arrived, everyone greeted him with their eyes, since they were all dressed in protective suits with hoods and masks.

Huo Yingjie was dressed in the same manner; even though only his eyes were visible, anyone could immediately recognize Huo Yingjie’s tall figure and spirited eyes.

Huo Yingjie walked over and carefully observed, then let out a sigh.

This task should be completed very soon.

This was an important material applied in new-type fighter jets, and from the moment he received the project, Huo Yingjie had used complex formulas to calculate and select several formulas.

However, the previous ones had all failed, and only the last one remained. He hoped it could be completed soon; otherwise, Huo Yingjie would need a lot of time to calculate.

It’s not that the calculations were very difficult, but without computers, only with pens, draft papers, and abacuses, the calculation speed was extremely slow. Oh, how he missed the fast computers of future generations.

It seemed he had to speak to the relevant departments about equipping them with an independently developed supercomputer.

With a supercomputer, Huo Yingjie could improve efficiency by several times, even carrying out dozens of projects simultaneously.

As long as there were projects, Huo Yingjie was confident in completing them.

Employees of the General Material Research Institute lived daily in passion and excitement, often inspired by the joy of success, added to which were generous salaries, bonuses, two days off each week, and two long vacations each year.

Even while they were busy working, they could also rest well.

Everyone closely monitored the experimental subjects, not daring to breathe heavily.

At that moment, probably only Huo Yingjie appeared very calm.

Time passed second by second.

Finally, after half an hour, the experiment ended. The results matched all the project requirements perfectly, and since these tests were conducted in three groups simultaneously without any problems, they could now be seen to be reliable.

Unless unexpected, such tests would continue to be conducted in dozens more groups, but they had already overcome all difficulties, adopted unprecedented methods in material technology, and pioneered a new field.

By the afternoon, the complete report had already been delivered to Huo Yingjie’s desk.

Huo Yingjie personally took action and secured the report, along with some materials produced, together with the samples made in the laboratory, which were escorted by fully armed military police and delivered to the weapons research base.

The researchers were delighted, finally a time to relax.

Huo Yingjie personally treated everyone to coffee, tea, and pastries as a form of employee appreciation.

"We see everyone’s hard work," Huo Yingjie said with a smile, "The research funds were not fully used, and the upper management has agreed that the savings could be used as bonuses."

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