161: Chapter 161 Big Shots Gather for Inner Court Discussion!

It didn't take long before Dragon Elder's special car stopped at the entrance of The Compound.

The guard personally stepped forward to open the car door, held the edge of the frame, and respectfully invited Xu Hao out of the car.

"Engineer Xu, please!"

He extended his hand, turned to the side to gesture for him to proceed, his face full of respect.

Xu Hao returned the smile and then walked towards the inside of The Compound.

When Xu Hao appeared in the inner courtyard of The Compound, Dragon Elder, who had been staring at the entrance, saw him immediately.

Seeing this, he sat up from his recliner in a flash and walked quickly to meet him.

The speed was so fast that it was slightly startling.

It was hard to imagine that this was the speed of a man over seventy years old.

"Haha, Xiao Hao, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

"Come, come, don't just stand there, sit down, sit down."

Dragon Elder affectionately took Xu Hao's arm and sat him down in front of the tea table.

He also invited Professor Zhou Xuemin and the others to take their seats.

Seeing Dragon Elder so enthusiastic, Xu Hao was slightly stunned.

But after a moment of thought, he understood what was going on.

In fact.

When Dragon Elder's guard personally came to his residence to invite him over, he had already roughly understood the reason.

Nine times out of ten, it was because Professor Zhou Xuemin and the others had already discussed the design scheme for the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier and had informed Dragon Elder of the results.

Otherwise, Dragon Elder certainly wouldn't have invited him back to The Compound after only one day.

And he even had his personal guard send a special car to fetch him.

Few people enjoyed such treatment.

Xu Hao joked, "Dragon Elder, you're making such a grand and formal display, it makes this young man feel quite uneasy!"

He did not refuse, sat down next to Dragon Elder, and politely accepted the tea handed to him by Dragon Elder.

"Bah, what's there to be uneasy about? We're like family..."

Dragon Elder said happily.

The Commanders of the Five Major Military Regions and Naval Commander Ding Lei, who were standing to the side, were already stunned by everything happening before them.

Especially Naval Commander Ding Lei.

Since when did Dragon Elder become so kind and easy to talk to, like a grandfather?

You have to know, when they came to report their work to Dragon Elder, he was either stern-faced and sparing with his words, or he would knit his brows and severely criticize their work.

Like the situation today, at least they had never seen it, nor had they ever enjoyed such treatment.

Naval Commander Ding Lei was even more curious.

He had seen this young man yesterday, along with Professor Zhou Xuemin.

Today, he was actually invited here personally by Dragon Elder; who exactly was he?

Naval Commander Ding Lei frowned.

Could he be the descendant of some local provincial leader?

Naval Commander Ding Lei shook his head, dismissing the thought.

Even if he were the descendant of some local provincial leader, Dragon Elder would absolutely not treat him with such enthusiasm.

Dragon Elder was an elder who was very strict with the younger generation.

"Then who could it be?"

Naval Commander Ding Lei kept asking himself.

At this time, he dared not ask.

If he happened to make Dragon Elder unhappy, he would be scolded again.

Fortunately, after Dragon Elder chatted with Xu Hao for a few sentences, he finally remembered the Commanders of the various military regions who were standing there.

The Commanders of the Five Major Military Regions finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to themselves, "You finally remembered us."

Dragon Elder gave a light cough, then stood up, looked at everyone in the inner courtyard, and his expression became a bit more serious.

"I called you all here today because there is a matter to announce."

After a pause, Dragon Elder's voice became a bit more impassioned.

"I have decided to overturn the plan to build the fourth conventional-powered aircraft carrier and instead build a Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier!"

As soon as the words fell, Naval Commander Ding Lei immediately frowned.

As expected.

Just as he had thought before, Dragon Elder had gone back on his word.

He still couldn't let go of the idea of a Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier.

Naval Commander Ding Lei made a move to persuade him, but was interrupted by Dragon Elder raising his hand.

"I know what you want to say!"

Dragon Elder looked at Xu Hao, his face full of smiles.

"The core technology of the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier you are worried about has already been completely conquered by Xiao Hao."

"Furthermore, Xiao Hao has already produced the entire design scheme for the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier!"

When he said this, Dragon Elder's hunched back straightened up quite a bit.

The smile spread from the corners of his mouth to his face, and then reached his eyes.

He seemed to have become a dozen years younger.

After hearing Dragon Elder's words, Naval Commander Ding Lei was stunned at first, his heart shocked.

Then, he shook his head, his heart relaxing quite a bit.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"There are many designs for Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carriers, and the core technologies within them have been worked on by shipyards and aircraft carrier design teams for decades without progress; it is absolutely impossible to break through so easily!"

Naval Commander Ding Lei denied it repeatedly.

The technology of a Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier is too vast and too complex.

Even the USA's scientific research team of thousands of people took decades before they launched the first Nimitz-class Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier in 1972.

Other countries, including the Dragon Country, have been researching for decades and still cannot break through the relevant core technologies, especially nuclear reactor technology.

Now they are telling him.

The technology for a Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier has been broken? And by one person!

Naval Commander Ding Lei absolutely did not believe it!

This was simply impossible.

Dragon Elder's expression changed instantly.

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, he was clearly very dissatisfied with Naval Commander Ding Lei's words.

"Naval Commander Ding Lei, why do you think that what others cannot do, we cannot do?"

"Do you look down on the strength of the Dragon Country's scientific researchers that much?"

"Do you like to boost others' morale and crush your own so much?"

Dragon Elder scolded.

Then, he solemnly introduced Xu Hao to Naval Commander Ding Lei.

"Let me introduce you, this is the Chairman of Xu's Heavy Industry, Xu Hao."

Xu Hao stood up from his seat and smiled at Naval Commander Ding Lei.

Naval Commander Ding Lei was stunned.

He did not expect that this was the Chairman of Xu's Heavy Industry who was talked about by countless scientific researchers and officers and soldiers.

He was too young!

However, he still stepped forward to greet him.

"Engineer Xu, hello! I have long heard of your reputation, but I failed to recognize you; my apologies!"

Naval Commander Ding Lei said apologetically.

Counting it up, this was his second time meeting Xu Hao.

After learning Xu Hao's true identity, the look Naval Commander Ding Lei gave Xu Hao held a bit more respect.

Not to mention anything else, the fact that Xu Hao developed the Powered Exoskeleton Mecha, a sharp weapon for the military, was enough to make him respect him solemnly.

Not to mention.

And the A-225 Transport Aircraft and the H-20 Strategic Stealth Bomber, those two aerial overlords.

Naval Commander Ding Lei did not look down on Xu Hao at all because of his youth.

Geniuses are often not to be measured by age!

But even so, he still did not believe that Xu Hao had truly conquered the technology for a Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier.

After all, it is understandable to design and develop military products like Transport Aircraft and bombers.

But to say he independently developed a Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier, that was...

Xu Hao also walked forward, shook hands with Naval Commander Ding Lei to greet him, and then returned to his seat.

Because he saw that Naval Commander Ding Lei seemed to have an unshakable disbelief that he had designed and developed a Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier.

As for specifically why, Xu Hao did not know.

Dragon Elder looked at the expression on Naval Commander Ding Lei's face, and his dissatisfaction deepened.

"You still don't believe it?"

Dragon Elder demanded.

Naval Commander Ding Lei did not speak.

But not speaking meant that he still could not believe this fact.

"Hmph, a stubborn mule!"

Dragon Elder flicked his sleeve and sat back down on the bench, then said to Professor Zhou Xuemin:

"Xuemin, let our Naval Commander Ding Lei take a good look at the design scheme!"

"Let him see Xiao Hao's true strength."

"And let him know that what others cannot do, Xiao Hao can; the technology others cannot break through, Xiao Hao can!!"

It could be seen that Dragon Elder was somewhat angry at Naval Commander Ding Lei's performance.

So much so that the air in the entire inner courtyard seemed to have cooled down quite a bit, and everyone fell silent.