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Chapter 164 Seminar Presentation!

The day after attending Gao Xuanyi's birthday party, Jiang Chengcheng applied for a long leave from the school and took a helicopter arranged by the state to an uninhabited sea area.

Looking at the brand-new experimental base in front of her, Jiang Chengcheng couldn't help but sigh, "China truly deserves to be called the infrastructure powerhouse. To achieve this level in such a short time, probably only China can do it!"

However, the government has assigned her a lot of people for this project. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages, and Jiang Chengcheng can no longer only think about herself as before.

When she arrived at the location of the seminar at the experimental base, as expected, most of the people sitting inside were professors over fifty years old, and even the youngest had probably already earned a doctorate.

When Jiang Chengcheng walked in wearing a black coat, everyone turned around at the sound of her voice. Seeing Jiang Chengcheng's slightly immature face and age that needed to be determined, the senior professors were all dumbfounded.

Now that we're all stranded on an island, we can't have gone the wrong way, can we?

The group looked at each other in bewilderment, until a slightly younger person broke the silence.

"Little sister, you were also assigned to this research? I thought I was the youngest! Now it's all over, I've lost my spotlight!" The man feigned pain on his face, his words quite humorous, which eased the strange atmosphere among the crowd.

"Hmph! The country is really not as good as it used to be. I finally made up my mind to come back from America to teach, but they assigned me to do some impractical research, and even made a baby work with me!" The originally relaxed atmosphere became tense again because of this sudden sarcastic remark.

The speaker was an elderly man in a suit with gray hair and an arrogant expression.

Given Jiang Chengcheng's usual temper, she would definitely have gone up and confronted the other party so badly that they wouldn't recognize her own parents. However, considering that they would still be cooperating in the future and would run into each other again, she couldn't make things too difficult for General Manager Li, so she simply chose to ignore him.

She believed that with Commander Li's methods, he would never tell such a large project to untrustworthy people!

The man was also concerned about saving face. Seeing that Jiang Chengcheng ignored him, he just snorted and didn't say anything more.

After the meeting began, everyone looked around, trying to figure out who the chief engineer was.

They had been curious before. In previous years, the chief engineer would notify them in advance when developing a project, but this year was different. Everyone came, but the chief engineer did not show up for a long time.

"Hey! Who's the chief engineer for this year? Why hasn't he come out yet?"

"I don't know, but with so many big names here, the chief engineer must be a leading figure in his field, right?"

"I think it's more than that. Everyone sitting in the audience is a leader in some project. I bet the chief engineer is at least a veteran!"

"Stop talking! You're making me so excited I'm about to faint! Working on a project with such a veteran, and with so many troops stationed around, it can't be some kind of groundbreaking research that will go down in history, right?! The last time I saw this kind of setup was when they were developing the giant mushroom, wasn't it?"

"A giant mushroom seems unlikely, doesn't it? That was a revolutionary invention for China, a game-changer across centuries! How could it possibly appear so easily?"

"Hey! Look! Someone's gone up there!"

As everyone was discussing the matter, Jiang Chengcheng, sitting in the audience, took a deep breath, composed herself, and slowly walked to the front of the stage.

Looking at so many big shots sitting in the audience, people she had only seen on her phone in her previous life, it was impossible for Jiang Chengcheng not to be nervous at all when giving a speech to them.

But she knew that she was no longer the same person she had been in her previous life. She had embarked on a completely opposite path, and retreating would only lead to utter failure. She had no other choice!

Jiang Chengcheng adjusted the microphone in her hand, coughed twice to test the sound quality, and before she could start her speech, the old man spoke again with an angry expression.

"What are you doing! Get down here right now! The chief engineer will be furious if he sees this! This is not a place for a kid like you! The country's education is getting worse with each generation! Someone come and pull him down right now!"

Seeing the old man's excited expression below the stage, Jiang Chengcheng felt that if he hadn't been using a cane, he might have jumped onto the stage and shoved her off!

Jiang Chengcheng wasn't angry when she heard the old man's words. She calmly tapped the microphone twice to make sure there was no problem with the sound, and then her deep and powerful voice rang out from the stage, echoing throughout the entire seminar hall.

"Hello everyone, I'm sure you're all wondering why I'm here and why the chief engineer isn't here yet."

As soon as I walked in, this old gentleman seemed to have a problem with me? Do you think the country is not what it used to be, and has fallen to the point of having to employ child labor, so you're standing up for me?

"Haha, not really. After all, the country probably chose me not because of my abilities, but because of my cost-effectiveness. No big company doesn't like young, cheap labor, and I'm not particularly talented, but I can probably work '996' for another 70 years or so." Jiang Chengcheng looked at the tense atmosphere below the stage and made a small joke to ease the tension.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh at Jiang Chengcheng's humor. The old man stopped struggling and instead glared at Jiang Chengcheng with his fierce eyes, watching to see what tricks she was up to!

"Just kidding. But!"

Jiang Chengcheng changed the subject at this point, her gaze sweeping over the crowd below the stage before she continued speaking in a strong and resonant voice.

"I cannot agree with what the old gentleman said. Isn't it a good thing that the country's scientific researchers are becoming younger?"

Every industry needs an injection of fresh blood to thrive!

To put it bluntly, only elderly people who are nearing the end of their lives experience a decrease in cell turnover!

We faced the same situation decades ago!

At that time, due to our own inadequacy, when powerful enemies invaded, we could only use the bodies of young men to resist the artillery fire from afar!

Then the young men were almost all gone, followed by the women! Then the elderly! Then the children!

But we were powerless to do anything about it at the time!

At that time, there were no infants crying within a hundred miles of the land!

And I believe... that's not the ending that we, the people sitting here, want to see for China!

Why am I here?

Because I have the ability to lead the next generation of Chinese people to stand proudly among all nations and once again stand at the top of the world!

Centuries ago, the Song dynasty, even after a single reign, failed to reclaim the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun!

Is it that they don't want to?

No! It's that they can't! They don't have the ability!

There's one saying that's always been true: If you fall behind, you'll be vulnerable to attack!

And so are we!