Director Zhang poured out all the words he had been holding in his heart for a long time in one breath, feeling a little tired. He sat down and said patiently: "Xiao Chen, we have been dating for six or seven years, right?

"When you returned to the mainland from Xiangjiang, you were still a little childish. I almost watched you grow into a wise and mature group boss step by step. I feel sincerely happy."

"Since your Infinite Company settled in South China City, it has made breakthroughs in so many industry technologies and created so many jobs. I want to thank you for these. I am telling you these things in the hope that you can think about things.

It’s time to be more comprehensive.”

"I know you are a bit of an idealist, but this is how society is. If you really want to change it, you have to give us some time."

"In everything, consider your feelings above."

"I can't protect you forever. Next year, I may have to be transferred..."

"Why so fast?" Chen Weidong opened his mouth wide and asked in shock.

He thought that Director Zhang could stay at least a few more years, but he didn't expect that he would be transferred out so soon.

"Yes! The superiors have already talked to me. South China City is developing too fast now, and I can't always stay here." Director Zhang nodded slightly, feeling a little emotional.

He did not tell Chen Weidong that he was actually going to be transferred a few years ago, but considering the development momentum in South China and the achievements of Infinite Company, they have been unable to find a suitable replacement to act as a smoothing agent.

Now that we have a suitable candidate, we can no longer hold back.

Otherwise, this is unfair.

Chen Weidong felt a little disappointed, but he was still happy for Director Zhang's promotion.

"By the way, that guy is also leaving. He asked me to convey a message!" Director Zhang paused, lowered his voice, and said with a solemn expression.

"What?" Chen Weidong was a little surprised.

"He said that when people get old, it's time to retire. He asked me to tell you: Thank you!" Director Zhang's throat was also shaking rapidly.

Chen Weidong suddenly felt a little ashamed.

Many times, in everything he does, he first protects his own interests.

He just did something for the country within his ability, but he was flattered to receive such a high evaluation.

Director Zhang saw that his expression was a little dazed, and he also asked everyone to sit down.

"Our industry has developed to this point. To be honest, there is still a big gap between us and the West. However, we are confident that we can catch up with this gap within more than ten years. This is the common belief of all our Communist Party members."

"Recently, our new fighter jets have taken to the sky. Due to the improvement of precision processing technology, our submarine's silent ability has also been greatly improved. With your help, our chip development capabilities are also advancing by leaps and bounds.

, I believe that within a few years, it will break through the micron mark and enter the double-digit nanometer world."

"So, as long as we continue to work hard, we can expect to catch up with Western technology, instead of being just out of reach as before."

"But this creates a new problem, one we've never encountered before."

"What's the problem?" Chen Weidong raised his head and looked directly into Director Zhang's eyes.

When he came this time, he definitely didn't just want to preach to himself. He must have really encountered some difficulties and hoped that Infinite Company could make a contribution.

Director Zhang looked into his eyes and said slowly: "The possibility of us catching up with the Western world is getting bigger and bigger, and it is hoped that it will become a reality within ten to fifteen years. In the past, many times we have

I was copying my homework, so I didn’t think about anything else.”

"The question is, when we catch up with Western technology, how do we develop?"

"We should..." Chen Weidong blurted out subconsciously, then stopped abruptly.

Although he returned to 1996 from 2046, in his memory, it seemed that he only needed to go on step by step like this.

But, is this enough?

The path of science is full of misdirections. When you think this path is a good one and you are full of energy and devote yourself to it, in the end, you may find that it is a dead end.

When you go back, you find that other countries have already gone a long way on the right path and achieved considerable results.

Then we will fall into another painful experience of catching up with other people's technology.

Finding a correct path for scientific and technological development is a difficult problem that scientists around the world cannot answer.

Director Zhang put this difficult problem on himself. Do you really think he is an omnipotent god?

Chen Weidong was silent for a long time, shook his head and said: "I can't do it. No scientist in the world can solve this problem."

"There are no shortcuts in science. Overtaking in a corner is just using another technology to achieve a breakthrough. Only through continuous exploration and countless failures can we find a relatively correct path."

"Although I really want to tell you the right way to go, I don't have the ability. I'm not a god. Moreover, even a god himself probably doesn't know which way is the right way."

Director Zhang was a little disappointed.

When Huaxia Technology has reached this stage, the gap between it and Western technology is already within reach.

He urgently hopes that domestic technology can move forward a little further. It is best to surpass Western technology and then strive to run to the front and leave the opponent far behind.

But in reality, technological development is extremely difficult.

Even if it is a project that others have achieved results, if you want to repeat others' results, you still need to go through countless experiments.

Among them, failure will be the main theme, and success will probably only occur a few times.

For example, in order to discover an alloy formula, researchers need to conduct tens of millions of repeated experiments. This workload is so huge!

Therefore, if they cannot surpass their opponents at key points, no matter how hard China's scientific and technological workers work, they will only be repeating the path of others.

Within ten years, we can expect to catch up with foreign technological levels, but what should we do after we catch up?

Others can pretend they don't know about this issue, but in his position, he has to think about it seriously.

Private enterprises represent innovation and vitality.

As China's leading technology company, Infinity Company has unparalleled advantages over state-owned enterprises. The word "efficient" can be seen everywhere in their business.

After much deliberation, he found that only Infinite Company could take on this important task.

They have created countless miracles, and many impossible tasks were finally overcome one by one.

How he hoped that Chen Weidong would smile and tell him: "What's so difficult about this?".

Then, he came up with a complete set of solutions, as confident and calm as before.

However, the reality made him sober up. Chen Weidong was also a human being, and he also didn't know what to do.

"You have such strong R&D capabilities..." As soon as Director Zhang said this, he smiled bitterly, shook his head, and stopped.

Everyone knows that there are no shortcuts in science. If you say so, you are forcing others to do something difficult.

After seeing off Director Zhang, Chen Weidong faced the transparent glass of the floor-to-ceiling window and meditated for a long time without saying a word.

He looked out the window at the majestic buildings of Infinite Company, but what appeared in front of his eyes were the words Director Zhang held tightly to his hand before leaving:

"We will encounter this problem within ten years at the earliest, so I hope you can do your best! On behalf of the domestic science and technology community, I'm begging you!"

Chen Weidong's heart was extremely heavy.

How can I find the "shortcut" within ten years...
Chapter completed!