189: Chapter 189 Old Zhou's Unusual Behavior!

Xu Hao sighed.

"Secretary Wang, notify the finance department of Xu's Heavy Industry to allocate funds for disaster relief."

"Since we cannot go to the front lines for disaster relief like our people's soldiers, we should at least contribute our own strength!"

He had not expected this rainstorm to be so severe.

As the chairman of Xu's Heavy Industry, he had the obligation and responsibility to shoulder his social duties.

Moreover.

Jiang City was his hometown.

Wang Qian nodded and immediately went to make arrangements.

The rainstorm in Longdu lasted for an entire day.

It only began to subside at dusk.

Because of the heavy rain, the air had become damp.

The heavy rain that swept across the entire Long Kingdom also slowly stopped.

It seemed as if the hole in the sky had been patched up.

Jiang Province, Gui Province, and other regions began post-disaster reconstruction work.

The supplies donated by Xu's Heavy Industry were distributed to the front lines of the disaster relief efforts immediately.

Xu Hao had stayed in Longdu for a few days.

The work related to nuclear technology had temporarily come to an end, and the projects at the Nuclear Technology Research Institute were back on track.

He planned to leave Longdu.

Before he left, Professor Du Zhongshu gave him repeated instructions.

"Engineer Xu, you must keep the matter of the journal paper in mind."

"This is an opportunity for you, and also an opportunity for the Long Kingdom."

"There is a very high possibility that you will be selected for the Nobel Prize in Physics this time!"

Professor Du Zhongshu looked very solemn, and Professor Qian Wenwen chimed in from the side:

"That is right, Engineer Xu. You must take it seriously; this is a rare opportunity."

"Although the Long Kingdom's technological level has improved gradually in recent years, we rarely have international awards that we can show off."

"This time, it depends on you."

Xu Hao smiled bitterly but nodded anyway.

"Rest assured, you two. After I go back, I will start working on the paper and publish it in an international journal."

Xu Hao did not mind their nagging.

He knew that they were doing it for his own good and were thinking of him.

On the contrary, Xu Hao was quite grateful to Professor Qian Wenwen and Professor Du Zhongshu.

Upon learning that Xu Hao had no experience in publishing papers, they had even given him special tutoring over the past few days.

The older generation always has a selfless affection for the younger generation.

Waving goodbye to the two professors, Xu Hao and Wang Qian took a private plane back to Changxing Shipyard.

The shipyard was the same as it had been a few days ago, without much change.

The only difference was that some places on the island had been flooded by seawater.

Xu Hao sat in Zhang Weizhi's car, looking at the scenery outside through the window.

The flower beds on both sides of the road were covered with a lot of marine debris—plastic bags, foam, dead fish, dead shrimp, and so on; it had everything.

If the windows had not been closed, the nauseating stench would have likely rushed in.

Xu Hao frowned.

Looking through the rearview mirror, Zhang Weizhi saw the expression on Xu Hao's face and explained:

"Engineer Xu, in the few days you were gone, a super typhoon hit Changxing Island and blew all the marine debris up onto the land."

"Even the road we are driving on now was flooded by seawater; it only receded slowly last night..."

This typhoon came inexplicably and without any warning.

Less than half an hour after the Long Kingdom Meteorological Observatory issued the forecast, the typhoon quickly made landfall on the island.

Fortunately, the residents on the island had experience in preventing typhoons, and the buildings on the island had not been constructed with shoddy materials.

They withstood the typhoon, and no casualties or property damage occurred.

"Was this typhoon that strong?" Xu Hao was slightly startled.

One had to know that the road they were driving on was nearly five hundred meters away from the coastline.

The seawater had actually reached this far?

"Yes," Zhang Weizhi nodded.

"But the shipyard did not suffer much loss, and the workers all returned to the port in time to take shelter."

Xu Hao nodded.

Before long, they returned to the shipyard.

In the following days, Xu Hao went about his usual routine, going down to the workshop every day to answer questions and build the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier with everyone.

Three months passed like this.

The construction of the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier proceeded in an orderly manner, and the main structure was basically half finished.

All tasks were carried out one by one according to the original plan, and no trouble was encountered.

During these three months, Xu Hao also completed the writing of several papers on new materials.

He successively submitted them to journals like Nature, Science, and Advanced Materials.

After submitting them, Xu Hao did not pay attention to them anymore.

Whether he could win the Nobel Prize or not, he actually did not care very much.

Anyway, if he really wanted to win an award, those ultra-cutting-edge technology products in his system...

Any one of them would have the caliber of a Nobel Prize.

Xu Hao was sitting in his office at this moment, calming his mind and thinking about his future plans.

Currently.

The Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier was proceeding in an orderly manner according to the plan; if there were no surprises, it would be completed in a few more months, and then it would undergo sea trials.

Then there was the J-35A carrier-based aircraft.

Director Guo Fan had not yet informed him of the specific filming start time, so Xu Hao planned to find a time to ask.

After that, it was the issue of the system upgrade.

Currently, the system progress bar had reached 6.2834852%, and it was still a long way from 100%.

After the last lecture, Xu Hao discovered that imparting knowledge to others could increase the progress bar.

And then... there was no then.

The system did not inform him of any other ways to increase the progress bar, which made Xu Hao feel somewhat helpless.

He always felt that the system seemed to be brewing something big.

It seemed that imparting knowledge was only the slowest path to upgrading.

It seemed more like triggering certain conditions would upgrade it faster.

Xu Hao could not figure out why, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

"During this time, Professor Zhou Xuemin hasn't seemed to pay attention to the aircraft carrier. Is he too busy?" Xu Hao suddenly thought.

In the past, Professor Zhou Xuemin would almost call him every few days to follow up on the progress of the aircraft carrier.

But in this recent period, Professor Zhou Xuemin did not seem to have made a single call.

"I didn't talk to him last time I went to Longdu; it's a good time to call him now and report on the recent work progress."

Thinking of this, Xu Hao picked up his phone and dialed Professor Zhou Xuemin's number.

The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered on the other end.

Xu Hao frowned.

"No answer?"

He hung up the phone, planning to call again in a while.

About half an hour later, just as Xu Hao was about to call again, the phone on the desk rang.

Picking it up to look, it was indeed Professor Zhou Xuemin calling.

Xu Hao smiled and answered.

"Hello, Professor Zhou Xuemin, I called you just now, but there was no answer."

Xu Hao said.

Professor Zhou Xuemin's voice came from the phone.

"Oh, I was in a meeting just now and was not allowed to answer the phone. Xiao Hao, is there something wrong?"

Professor Zhou Xuemin's tone was a bit anxious.

"It is nothing else, just reporting to you about the recent work progress..."

Xu Hao briefly told Professor Zhou Xuemin about the recent construction work.

Professor Zhou Xuemin nodded.

"Alright, no problem. As long as you are grasping the overall direction, that is fine."

Professor Zhou Xuemin said absent-mindedly.

After chatting briefly for a few sentences, Professor Zhou Xuemin hung up the phone in a hurry.

Looking at the dark phone screen, Xu Hao had a puzzled expression on his face.

"What kind of meeting is it, to be so urgent?"

Xu Hao looked confused.

Professor Zhou Xuemin's reaction was very strange.

Logically speaking, he should have been very concerned about the progress of the Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier.

Why did it sound like there was something even more important distracting him just now?

"Could it be that something has happened?"

Xu Hao frowned deeply.

He thought about it, but had no clue.

Shaking his head, he simply stopped thinking about it.