The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 477 - 448: Blinding Trick, Getting What One Wishes For_1

Chapter 477: Chapter 448: Blinding Trick, Getting What One Wishes For_1

The person Zhou Yuan Chao despised the most was that bald fatso, who had a superficial understanding of everything and he had no idea how the man had snuck in. Previously, he had even written a chemical formula wrong, provoking a great deal of laughter.

Zhou Yuan Chao was about to retort, but Huo Yingjie stopped him.

Verbal sparring was just a waste of saliva—it felt good in the moment but was truly pointless!

"Sit down first," Huo Yingie instructed Zhou Yuan Chao, speaking calmly, "If you don’t want to sign first, that’s fine too. I’ll submit these two reports to the superiors. Although it’s taboo to do this, the greediness of your actions is so unseemly, it’s become unbearable for us young people."

Seeing Huo Yingjie’s composed and dauntless demeanor, Leader Chen felt irritated inside, but Huo was right: they had indeed plagiarized Huo Yingjie’s theoretical calculations. The report he had handed in was mostly supported by the same theory Huo Yingjie had submitted.

If he didn’t sign and Huo Yingjie made a fuss, the next time he submitted a report that cited Huo Yingjie’s work, he must credit the source, or else he would be still the one to lose face.

"Fine, I’ll sign!" Leader Chen said sullenly, taking out a fountain pen and signing both documents.

"Don’t forget to write the date," Huo Yingjie reminded softly, not wanting to leave such a big loophole for Mr. Chen.

After gathering the two sets of materials, Huo Yingjie smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Leader Chen. We will definitely follow the instructions of the group."

After the meeting was over, Zhou Yuan Chao smiled bitterly and said, "Boss, now we finally don’t have to be scolded anymore."

"Just that would be letting those people off too easily," Huo Yingjie scoffed coldly. They had stolen his property, didn’t even acknowledge it, and they had the nerve to insult him.

Some things were tolerable; this was not.

From now on, he would make Mr. Chen embarrass himself in public.

Half a month later, the experiment was completed, and the results were exactly the same as the previous report Huo Yingjie had submitted.

When submitting his own report, Huo Yingjie had Little Rotating Turtle use a sleight of hand, clamping the two reports together, and sending them all up.

After this incident, no one discussed Huo Yingjie or Zhou Yuan Chao again.

Zhou Yuan Chao, just thinking about it made him happy.

In his happiness, Huo Yingjie ate more, and he seemed to have put on a little weight compared to before.

Time after time, Huo Yingjie employed the same strategy.

Although the higher-level leaders were more concerned with the reports of team leaders, they also occasionally checked the reports from the ordinary staff below.

Upon several spot checks, out of five times, Huo Yingjie’s report would be pulled up three times.

When Director Qian saw the proposals put forth by Huo Yingjie, he was stunned, they looked somewhat familiar.

Then he took out Leader Chen’s report for comparison: eighty percent of it was content from Huo Yingjie’s report; the remaining twenty percent were some unimportant things.

If one borrows the correct methods and ideas of someone else, one ought to annotate it below. Leader Chen’s report had annotations from team members, but Huo Yingjie’s name was conspicuously absent.

After all, eighty percent of his report was the same as Huo Yingjie’s!

Looking at the signature and date that Leader Chen had entered on the report, he sensed something fishy!

He then pulled out all the reports from Huo Yingjie and Leader Chen, checking the dates. In the earlier ones, Huo Yingjie’s report contained only the group’s task list and not his own insights.

But later ones did!

This inevitably made Director Qian think more deeply.

After discreetly inquiring about the situation, he suddenly understood!

Later, Director Qian carefully reviewed each of Huo Yingjie’s reports and then had someone pull up the past records of Huo Yingjie and Zhou Yuanchao.

Apart from being a bit younger, their achievements were notably outstanding.

Young people have more agile minds and a strong sense of innovation—they are two talents that are hard to come by!

Thus, with the intent to cherish talents, not to waste them, and to avoid conflict with Leader Chen’s team, Director Qian directly transferred Huo Yingjie and Zhou Yuanchao to the anti-tank missile team and appointed Huo Yingjie as the team leader and Zhou Yuanchao as the deputy leader. He also transferred six other young people who were unfulfilled in other teams.

Huo Yingjie and Zhou Yuanchao were surprised when they received the transfer order.

They had previously been working on heavy tanks, and now they were going to research anti-tank missiles, which was quite a leap.

It was akin to the relationship between a spear and a shield.

The anti-tank missile was like the spear, and the heavy tank was like the shield.

However, no matter where they went, it was certainly better than staying in the previous group, where they felt frustrated.

Moreover, Huo Yingjie was now a team leader, and no matter what he did, at least he could decide on the direction and progress of the research.

Thus, under Leader Chen’s insincere pretense, Huo Yingjie and Zhou Yuanchao left the heavy tank project team and moved directly to the anti-tank missile team.

Huo Yingjie was adept at materials and crafting intricate components, and Director Qian let him leverage his expertise.

"Director Qian, is it just the two of us?" Huo Yingjie looked around the newly tidied office with a hint of distress.

With just him and Zhou Yuanchao, and such a heavy task load, they surely would be exhausted!

"Heh, lad, don’t worry, six more people will be coming shortly. You’re all young. You need to use your imagination and creativity to strive to complete the mission early and bring glory to the country," said Director Qian, encouraging Huo Yingjie and Zhou Yuanchao.

"Thank you, Director Qian," said Huo Yingjie. "We will make every effort. It is our lifelong pride to be a part of this project."

Director Qian nodded and said, "You were wronged in the previous group."

"As an individual, I don’t feel wronged, but what I cannot bear is that I could save a lot of manpower and resources, yet I still have to see them wasted. After all, the country has paid a great price for national defense. As a party member, I should save for the country and avoid unnecessary wastage."

"If only everyone thought like you," Director Qian said, patting Huo Yingjie on the shoulder. "Now that I have established a new team for you, once the personnel are in place, I will personally assign you tasks. I hope you won’t let me down."

"Yes, Director Qian, we will give our all to complete the tasks," Huo Yingjie saluted.

Just then, six young people entered one after the other.

Some looked happy, others had sullen expressions; at one glance, it was clear each had their own story.

Director Qian saw the newcomers and said, "All of you young people, the oldest no more than twenty-three, are very talented individuals from your former units—otherwise, you wouldn’t have been recommended here. You might not be used to it here, might not be content. Now that I have pulled you out to form a new team, I hope you dare to think and act, to innovate continuously, and to achieve results soon. This is your team leader, Huo Yingjie, and the deputy leader, Zhou Yuanchao."

The six were talented individuals, but being young, they were rather proud, and not a single one spoke.

Huo Yingjie knew that in order to win their respect, he had to produce results.

"Perhaps you are not convinced, so I won’t say much else. We’ll let our future work do the talking, and everyone will respect ability," Huo Yingjie said, not angered by their attitude.

He guessed that these people had it even tougher than he and Zhou Yuanchao had before; they were all in the same boat, so Huo Yingjie wouldn’t make things difficult for them.