100: Back at the Dalyan Shipyard, the construction speed of nuclear submarines has increased again!

In an instant, humble voices echoed in the isolation control room, and everyone's attitude towards Lin Qi directly soared by several levels once again!

Elder Huang smiled and nodded.

To be honest, he was really worried that Lin Qi would take all the credit, especially in front of everyone, ignoring the contributions of others.

Just as Lin Qi himself said, although he was the primary contributor to this matter, if it weren't for everyone's painstaking efforts to help...

This matter would probably still be indefinitely delayed.

"Elder Huang, since the reactor issue has been resolved, it's time for me to leave," Lin Qi said to Elder Huang, looking at the reactor which had just completed its stability test and was now waiting to be cooled down before being dismantled to remove the fuel rods.

"After all, so much time has passed! We don't know what the situation is like with the submarine!"

Originally, Lin Qi had told Xu Zhongzhi that the nuclear submarine would be built in half a year, and although that time hasn't passed yet, the majority of it has.

Considering that the construction of a nuclear submarine tests welding technology even more than a destroyer, any slight flaw could create a source of noise.

Therefore...

It was almost visibly certain that the construction time for this nuclear submarine would have to be extended.

It might even be extended until the New Year!

For Lin Qi, who always pursued efficiency, such a delay was barely tolerable, but if he could try to shorten the extended construction period on this basis...

It would still be better to shorten it as much as possible.

"Is that so...?"

Elder Huang sighed.

Just like Liu Qianxian's expression when Chief Engineer Lin suddenly announced he wanted to research destroyers, Elder Huang couldn't help but be filled with emotion at Chief Engineer Lin's impending departure.

There was no other way.

Chief Engineer Lin was simply too outstanding.

As the saying goes, heroes cherish heroes.

For people like Elder Huang and Liu Qianxian, a student like Chief Engineer Lin was the perfect successor in their hearts!

If possible, they would definitely try every means to keep him by their side and, before they passed away, hand over everything to him!

But...

"Alright!"

"In that case, let's have dinner tonight before you leave! After all, you've been here for so long, and we haven't really had a proper meal together!"

Food is the paramount necessity of the people.

For people of Longguo, eating is absolutely not a small matter; too many important things are accomplished at the dinner table.

Chief Engineer Lin nodded.

He didn't refuse.

Soon.

As the news spread, all the researchers' faces were filled with reluctance and emotion.

But just as Elder Huang said, Chief Engineer Lin, this golden carp, was not a creature of the pond; the towering Dragon Gate and the vast sky above were where he was meant to go!

Now, although everyone was incredibly reluctant, they could only offer blessings, hoping to leave a good impression in Chief Engineer Lin's heart.

And have the opportunity to continue rising in the future.

Of course, while Chief Engineer Lin knew all these things, he wouldn't deliberately favor a particular person or group.

That wasn't Chief Engineer Lin's style.

Moreover, what he was most concerned about now was only the transportation time of this nuclear reactor and the construction progress at Dalian Shipyard.

The next day.

Looking at the armed soldiers standing inside and outside the Nuclear Energy Institute, and then at the fully enclosed military box trucks being loaded with parts,

Chief Engineer Lin nodded and said to Elder Huang, Jiang Chen, and others beside him, "Well then! Elder Huang, everyone, I hope to see you again!"

"Good!" Elder Huang smiled, "We will definitely have more chances to meet later!"

"I've even thought about it: if you don't come to see me, I'll take the initiative to come to you!"

"At that time, I'll be a researcher for you, just watching how you research those novel things!"

Chief Engineer Lin: "......"

Smiling and shaking his head, Chief Engineer Lin was full of helplessness.

The person in front of him was the "Father of Nuclear Submarines"!

One of Longguo's top scholars.

If such a person were to be a researcher, while theoretically nothing was wrong with it, in reality, it would definitely leave countless people dumbfounded!

"Hahahaha! Alright, alright! I won't tease you anymore. Be careful on your way, and I await the good news of your nuclear submarine's successful trial!"

Chief Engineer Lin nodded emphatically.

Waving to everyone again, Chief Engineer Lin and Shen Wanyue got into the military jeep and then drove towards the gate of the Nuclear Energy Institute.

Under normal circumstances, for safety, Chief Engineer Lin would naturally return to Dalian with the convoy.

But it was obvious that the convoy carrying the nuclear reactor components would not travel too quickly.

They would basically proceed at fifty or sixty miles per hour.

The journey from Jingdu to Dalian, if nothing unexpected happened, would take the convoy three full days!

This was simply too much of a waste of time.

To return to Dalian Shipyard earlier and understand the situation, Chief Engineer Lin and Shen Wanyue simply took the jeep and headed back first.

Maintaining a speed of over a hundred miles per hour on the highway, Chief Engineer Lin and Shen Wanyue quickly arrived back at Dalian Shipyard by seven o'clock that evening.

Seeing the lights brightly lit in the enclosed factory building where the O58 was originally built, Chief Engineer Lin frowned but didn't say much.

After all, to catch up with international advanced levels as quickly as possible, one must put in more effort and energy than others.

Moreover, unlike private enterprises in later generations where overtime pay was not given, at this moment, employees in national key project teams could all receive overtime pay.

Although it was only double pay, this was already considered quite good treatment.

At least much stronger than the outside world at the same time.

"Chief Engineer Lin?!"

"Who? Chief Engineer Lin?"

"My goodness! Chief Engineer Lin is really back?"

......

After changing clothes in the changing room and reappearing in the enclosed factory building, the workers who were busy working first paused, then immediately burst into excited shouts.

Chief Engineer Lin smiled and waved to everyone, quickly arriving at the work area where operations were underway.

Because the segmented shipbuilding method was adopted, even if the progress of the nuclear reactor compartment was slow, it did not affect the construction of other parts.

Looking at the nearly completed sections in various areas of this large factory building, Chief Engineer Lin nodded repeatedly and smiled:

"Everyone has worked hard!"

"I originally thought the construction period would be significantly delayed, but I didn't expect it to be not much different from what I had originally planned?"

"All the credit for this goes to everyone."

"After this project is over, not only will I treat everyone to a meal, but I'll also talk to Director Xu about increasing your salaries!"

"Really? That's great!" Eating was secondary; only a raise in salary was truly tangible.

For a time.

The workers' enthusiasm grew even higher.

Even Chief Engineer Lin was infected by this atmosphere and picked up a welding torch to help weld the ship plates.

If it had been before, seeing Chief Engineer Lin make such a move, workers would definitely have come forward to stop him.

After all, letting a second-generation individual who was just there for show do such a thing was practically threatening the reliability of Longguo's military equipment!

But now...