Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

#133 - First Dawn Project Leader

Fang Guangqi was persuaded.

He poured himself another glass of wine and then downed it in one gulp.

"Mr. Ren, if you haven't confirmed the candidate for optics, I would like to recommend myself!" Fang Guangqi said in a rough voice.

Wine is a good thing, it can embolden people. Fang Guangqi is not very courageous. If it were a normal time when everyone was sitting neatly in the office to discuss things, Ren Zhong might have to spend a lot of effort to achieve this effect.

But today, there was wine, good news, plus Ren Zhong's heavy news of huge expenses and the eight key optical equipment.

Combining various reasons, even a middle-aged man like Fang Guangqi, who has always been steady, felt his blood boiling.

"Of course, Professor Fang, the Dawn Project welcomes you to join. Your name will be remembered by future generations for being the first leader of the Dawn Project." Ren Zhong poured Fang Guangqi another glass of wine, then raised his glass, "Let us toast to the official start of the Dawn Project!"

The next day, Fang Guangqi woke up in the morning, feeling a little hazy. The various things of yesterday appeared in his mind, somewhat bizarre and unreal.

"Lao Fang, you drank a lot yesterday. That Mr. Ren helped you back. Can you drink less next time?" Madam Fang said with some reproach.

"Madam, if we move to the northern border area, would you be willing?" Fang Guangqi suddenly asked.

"What? Lao Fang, what's wrong with you? Are you crazy?" Madam Fang came over to try to touch his forehead, "Or is the alcohol still affecting you?"

"I would rather not wake up, otherwise, I open my eyes to annoying things." Fang Guangqi thought of the pile of troubles at his school. Now students and teachers have begun to enter hard times. However, even if life is not satisfactory, everyone can still endure it, but the authorities' measures from time to time stimulate the students quite a bit. Many times, anger can no longer be suppressed.

"Lao Fang, the rice and flour prices rose again yesterday, but your salary didn't increase. It looks like life is getting harder and harder." Madam Fang complained casually.

Before the war, as a professor, Fang Guangqi lived a very good life, basically supporting his wife and children without worrying about food and clothing.

But now, the country is in dire straits, and the decline in his salary as a professor has been so rapid that it can be described as a straight-line drop. Although the salary is still 350 yuan per month, what he received before the war was a full amount of silver dollars. Now it is legal tender. Compared with silver dollars, the net value of these 350 yuan is only about 13.6 silver dollars. The family's food, clothing, and expenses are all on it, so it would be strange if life were good.

Even so, if it weren't for Ren Zhong's temptation, Fang Guangqi could still persevere. After all, the whole family can still eat their fill now, which is much better than most people.

But Ren Zhong's eight pieces of equipment came out, like a cat's paw scratching his heart, making Fang Guangqi unable to bear it. He didn't care about being remembered in history, but as a scientific researcher, being able to produce leading products in this era, regardless of where Ren Zhong got the information, in China, this is something he dreamed of but couldn't get.

This is a milestone achievement in domestic optics.

If this opportunity is missed and cannot be realized in his own hands, it will definitely be a major regret in his future life.

"Madam, I'm serious. If we move the whole family to the border area, will you come with me?" Fang Guangqi suddenly grabbed Madam Fang's hand seriously and said solemnly.

"Is it because of what that Mr. Ren said yesterday?" Madam Fang, being intelligent, guessed the truth from a little bit of clues.

"Professor Fang, it seems you have decided. These are the post stations where you can get help along the way. Here, not only is food, drink, and accommodation free, but you can also get their extra help, such as reporting news. Whether it's students or colleagues you can take away, you can take them directly, and they will make proper arrangements." Ren Zhong smiled and handed him a piece of paper with supply stations along the way.

"In addition, I have one more thing to trouble Professor Fang with. If I remember correctly, Professor Fang should still remember that outstanding student named Wu Jianxiong. She should have obtained a doctorate in America now. I have some things here. Please write a letter to tell her that if she wants to understand the complete part of those materials, she can come to the border area to find them."

"Are you talking about that physics genius, Wu Jianxiong, who is as good as any man?" Fang Guangqi did have an impression. Although several years had passed, she still left a deep impression on him.

"Yes, it is this heroine. We have several topics in physics that require her professional knowledge. If she is willing to return to China, we hope to hand them over to her."

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After Ren Zhong finished speaking, he took out more than a dozen pages of English materials.

"Fermi Theory..." Fang Guangqi could naturally understand English, but as the saying goes, every profession is like a mountain. After reading it for a while, he felt that the professional theories inside were completely incomprehensible, but roughly it was discussing some serious difficulties in Fermi Theory, and there were some speculative ideas, but this part was vague. Like the optical materials given to him, the information was obviously censored.

"Professor Fang just needs to simply tell Mr. Wu the research purpose and research method and funding guarantee of the Dawn Project." Ren Zhong said, "If she decides to come back, please send a telegram to our Eighth Route Army Office in the accompanying capital or someone familiar to Professor Fang, and then tell us, and we will arrange an escort route from Hong Kong Island to the border area."

"I am of course willing to introduce her personally." Fang Guangqi nodded and said, "If such a talent can join this project, I believe it will play a great role in promoting it. I'm just a little curious, what is the benefit of such pure theoretical research to the Dawn Project that Mr. Ren said?"

Fang Guangqi didn't see anything unusual about Fermi Theory. Of course, for him, theoretical physics was still a bit too far away.

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