206: Chapter 207 Is this old man up to something? [Bonus Chapter with Update Request]

Director Qin Weiguo's attention was completely captured by the sample in his hands at this moment, seemingly not hearing the small interlude between Jiang Jing and District Mayor Zhao Wenhao at all.

He suddenly raised his head, looking at Engineer Liu with burning eyes: "Quick! Prepare for basic physical performance testing immediately! Density, preliminary hardness, high-temperature observation! Right now!"

His voice carried a trace of imperceptible trembling due to excitement.

"Yes! Director!" Engineer Liu reacted immediately and replied loudly. "The Laboratory is already prepared!"

Although he still harbored huge doubts in his heart, Director Qin's command and state made him dare not show the slightest negligence.

Director Qin Weiguo nodded, and surprisingly, he personally held the metal box, took a stride, and walked quickly towards the Laboratory direction.

Engineer Liu and several other core researchers immediately followed closely, and the group surged towards the advanced material testing Laboratory next door.

For a moment, only Jiang Jing, District Mayor Zhao Wenhao, and that silent Assistant Wang were left in the corridor.

Looking at the closed door of the Laboratory, listening to the faint, hurried footsteps and the sounds of various instruments starting up inside, District Mayor Zhao Wenhao's previously feigned composure finally couldn't hold up.

He leaned close to Jiang Jing, secretly nudged him with his elbow, lowered his voice, and his tone was full of anxiety and uncertainty:

"Hey, Jiang Jing! My dear Jiang! Give me the bottom line, is this thing of yours... is it actually reliable?"

"Don't bring out something that's just for show, or where the parameters don't match up! If this gets tested and turns out to be a defective product, or just some other ordinary material, I'll lose face completely!"

"Getting scolded would be the least of it; I wouldn't be able to show my face in this circle anymore!"

Jiang Jing glanced at him, his eyes filled with disdain, the expression as if saying, "Look at how pathetic you are."

"I say, District Mayor Zhao, you are a person of status after all, can you be a bit more steady?" Jiang Jing's tone was lazy.

"Put your heart back in your stomach. If I wasn't sure, would I have come all this way just to mess with you? Do I have nothing better to do? Wouldn't it be better to spend this time shopping with beautiful women?"

Being looked down upon by Jiang Jing like this, District Mayor Zhao Wenhao was not angry at all; instead, it was as if he had taken a soothing pill.

Right! With Jiang Jing's status and personality, how could he possibly joke about something like this?

The more relaxed and casual he acted, the more it proved he was confident!

District Mayor Zhao Wenhao let out a long sigh of relief, excitement and anticipation once again overcoming his nervousness.

He rubbed his hands together and began pacing back and forth outside the Laboratory door, stretching his neck from time to time to try and see the situation inside through the gap in the door, although he couldn't see anything.

Time ticked by second by second. Initially, one could still hear the sounds of routine operations inside the Laboratory, but gradually, the sounds began to fade, seemingly falling into an eerie silence.

This silence instead made District Mayor Zhao Wenhao even more anxious.

What happened? Was it tested incorrectly? Or did they encounter some difficult problem?

Just when he was about to lose control, a sudden, irrepressible, and extremely shocked exclamation came from inside the Laboratory!

"This... this is impossible!!!"

It was Engineer Liu's voice! The voice was sharp, filled with unbelievable shock.

Immediately after, more suppressed exclamations and discussions surged out like a tide!

"My God! The preliminary observation of the melting point is far exceeding 5000°C! And the structure is still this stable?!"

"Density! Look at the density! How is this possible?! It's even lower than the theoretically estimated optimal value!"

"Incredible!"

"Quick! Run the structural stability test under high-temperature conditions again! I suspect the instrument is malfunctioning!"

"The instrument is fine! The hardness measured by Old Zhang is also at a heaven-defying level!"

"This performance is at least thirty years ahead of the current world's highest public level! No! Maybe even more!!" An old researcher's voice trembled.

"A miracle! This is simply a miracle in materials science!!" Another voice added tremblingly.

Outside the door, District Mayor Zhao Wenhao's heart was pounding wildly.

It really succeeded!

He suddenly turned his head to look at Jiang Jing, his eyes filled with ecstasy and disbelief.

Jiang Jing just shrugged, his face still maintaining a calm expression as if to say, "It's just standard procedure, don't make a fuss."

At this moment, the Laboratory door was pushed open from the inside with a "bang."

Director Qin Weiguo walked out first, with Engineer Liu following behind him, carefully holding the metal in his hands.

Director Qin Weiguo did not look at District Mayor Zhao Wenhao; his gaze was like two solid lasers, instantly locking onto Jiang Jing.

Because of the excitement, the old man's cheeks were flushed with an unnatural redness, and his breathing seemed somewhat rapid.

He strode up to Jiang Jing, snatched off his reading glasses, his eyes burning with fanatical flames.

"Jiang Jing!" Director Qin Weiguo's voice was loud and clear, carrying the ecstasy of discovering a peerless treasure, "This material, and this complete production process, is it really something you managed to create in less than three days?!"

Jiang Jing felt a bit apprehensive being looked at by the old man's burning gaze, and subconsciously took half a step back.

He was too familiar with this look; it was just like the look a woman has when seeing top-tier jewelry or limited-edition handbags, but appearing now on a high-ranking military titan, it truly made one feel somewhat unnatural.

He secretly complained in his heart: This old man... he isn't really scheming something, is he?

Like dragging me off to some secret base, locking me up, and forcing me to do research every day?

My yacht, my beautiful women, my carefree life!

Although he was duty-bound to serve the country, this kind of researcher life where he lost his freedom was not the life he wanted!

"Uh... Director Qin," Jiang Jing deliberated his words, trying to make himself look both patriotic and in need of freedom, "When inspiration strikes, efficiency just gets a bit higher."

"Mainly, it was thinking about being able to solve some practical difficulties for the country and doing my part. As for the process, it's a bit of a trade secret, not very convenient to explain in detail..."

Director Qin Weiguo's eyes became brighter and brighter; that was a light that saw the hope of the country's future technological take-off!

Such a genius, such near-monstrous R&D capability, leaving him in the private sector to make commercial products is simply a waste of talent!

He should enter the country's core scientific research system, should be protected, and should be given the best resources and platform to overcome those critical fields that are currently being choked off.

At this moment, Xingchen Technology, Qianda Film, all of it was not worth mentioning in Director Qin Weiguo's eyes.

Only Jiang Jing, this person, his brain that cannot be measured by common logic, was the real treasure!

Director Qin Weiguo suddenly took a step forward, so excited that he even wanted to grab Jiang Jing's wrist.

Jiang Jing was so startled that he shrank back again.