The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 503 - 474 Outdoor Test, Explosion_1

Chapter 503: Chapter 474 Outdoor Test, Explosion_1

Five minutes later, Huo Yingjie had already taken his seat at the head of the conference room.

The crowd was anxious, but those who were older wore an even more embarrassed look on their faces.

In the past, they might have said Huo Yingjie was impetuous due to his youth, but now while he was still young, he also had the capital to be impetuous—his outstanding work. Completing so many tasks in such a short time, he deserved everyone’s respect.

Huo Yingjie saw that everyone had arrived, contemplating the future collaboration.

Huo Yingjie wasn’t thinking about how he could perform later on, as this time the impact on him was rather significant, and he was somewhat dispirited and reluctant to work.

However, Huo Yingjie did not wish for the team he led to be criticized.

Huo Yingjie looked around at the ten or so people present and nodded slightly, "Let bygones be bygones, I don’t want to mention the past, and I hope you don’t dwell on it either. What’s most important is the future! I only look at the work process and the outcomes, I won’t interfere with anything else."

Seeing Huo Yingjie speaking in this manner, the crowd felt somewhat relieved, as long as it was not a matter of settling scores after the fact.

After assigning tasks, everyone dispersed.

While some wanted to ingratiate themselves with Huo Yingjie, he went straight to his office. He had divided the previous tasks and wouldn’t be involved. Whether Leader Chen did well or poorly, Huo Yingjie didn’t want to deal with it; he just needed to complete the tasks at hand for the new district.

The new project was quite simple, Huo Yingjie already had it listed, then handed over the list to two groups of people for them to work on.

Huo Yingjie had already given tips, and if these people still could not complete the tasks, he didn’t know what to say.

Most of the time, Huo Yingjie stayed in the office, no longer working as hard as before, which is why, after just a few days of eating well, drinking well, and sleeping well, he had gained some weight.

A contented heart leads to a gain in weight!

"Boss, seeing that you’re not downcast, I can finally be at ease," Zhou Yuanchao said. He felt indignant for his boss internally, but his power was too limited to help.

Huo Yingjie picked up two apples, washed them, and gave one to Zhou Yuanchao, "Have some fruit. By the way, how are things on your end?"

Actually, Huo Yingjie already knew the major developments there; he had already read Leader Chen and Cheng Hui’s memories. However, he wasn’t clear on how the people below were doing and needed to get some information from Zhou Yuanchao.

Zhou Yuanchao smiled bitterly, "Apart from Chengzhi, who still remembers your kindness, the others have all gone to curry favor with Leader Chen. Whenever Leader Chen encounters a problem, they all swarm to help him solve it. Now in the group, only Chengzhi and I are relatively free."

"Haha, those people are just our colleagues, they do so for work, and there’s no need for you to feel dejected," Huo Yingjie comforted, "At least you still have Chengzhi!"

"Alas, I can only comfort myself like that," Zhou Yuanchao thought with dissatisfaction. The boss was so good to them, but couldn’t change the cold reality when the boss was gone!

"Alright, is your work still going smoothly?" Huo Yingjie asked, "Have they made any changes to our previous scheme?"

"Not for the moment, but it’s uncertain in the future," Zhou Yuanchao said, "During today’s meeting, that Leader Chen was full of big talk and brimming with vigor, probably getting a bit swollen-headed. According to this pace, problems are likely to occur down the line."

"Haha, just waiting for him to mess up," Huo Yingjie chuckled, "Yuanchao, keep an eye out and inform me promptly if anything happens."

"Got it, Boss," Zhou Yuanchao said.

Actually, Huo Yingjie also knew that Zhou Yuanchao wouldn’t be able to get any useful information, but he didn’t want Zhou Yuanchao to harbor grievances every day, affecting his future prospects.

Time passed swiftly, and a month and a half had gone by.

In this period, Huo Yingjie received some intermittent information. Leader Chen and Cheng Hui had indeed made changes to the original scheme.

If taken individually, there might not be problems; but when integrated to form a missile, several small pieces of data could potentially have a huge impact.

The summer heat was intense and very dry.

Huo Yingjie received a project, its final testing phase to be conducted outdoors.

Huo Yingjie applied early and as scheduled, took his team outside for testing.

The testing went smoothly and was expected to be completed by noon.

While Huo Yingjie was busy, Leader Chen’s group also began their outdoor testing.

Leader Chen, knowing that Huo Yingjie was conducting tests in another location, specifically instructed Cheng Hui to be careful.

However, man proposes, God disposes.

Mechanical debris landed not far from where Huo Yingjie and his team were located.

The Little Rotating Turtle instantly activated a protective barrier around Huo Yingjie, but due to the short time frame and the sheer force of the large apparatus on the outside, Huo Yingjie collapsed on the spot, injured and unconscious.

As for the others, without the protection of Little Rotating Turtle’s barrier, four workers died on the spot, and the rest suffered serious injuries.

Leader Chen’s data showed that everything was normal, yet they failed to receive any explosion data. Slowly, he began to realize that something was amiss.

At the same time, the rescue team received the message and arrived immediately, witnessing such a scene made some young doctors vomit on the spot.

"Hurry up, there are more injured!" a doctor found someone still breathing and quickly called for others to check.

This was a tank testing ground, and the nearby crater, clearly caused by an exploding shell, was evident.

But this wasn’t what the medical staff needed to focus on; their duty was to attend to the wounded as quickly as possible.

Huo Yingjie’s condition was relatively good; even though he was unconscious, he had many wounds, none of which were fatal.

Once at the hospital, emergency surgery began immediately.

Upon receiving the news, Director Qian was so shocked he collapsed onto the ground.

The accident resulted in the deaths of four scientific research staff, four workers critically injured, and three others slightly injured.

It was only after the assistant’s reminder that urgent arrangements were made to investigate what had happened exactly.

Given the gravity of the situation, Director Qian stood up trembling and hurried to investigate the specifics of what had transpired.

However, the results he obtained nearly caused him to break down!

The device that caused the explosion was the latest experimental machinery.

While Huo Yingjie was conducting an outdoor experiment, so was Leader Chen. What should have appeared at the target location was instead off by over thirty degrees, crashing into the testing area where Huo Yingjie was present.

Not to mention how terrible such an accident was, just the fact that the missile’s precision was so poor, forget about hitting the enemy’s target, it could have fallen on their own people’s heads.

If it were something else, Director Qian might have been able to cover up for that big shot, but now there was no need, because it simply couldn’t be covered up.

Director Qian reported directly to the security department, knowing that this incident could not be concealed and had to be pushed out to minimize the harm.

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