398: Chapter 848 Going abroad? Of course!

General Li tucked his cigarette behind his ear, looked at Zhao Yang, and his tone became a bit more serious than just a moment ago.

"If you join, no one would dare to treat you like a regular classified personnel. As long as you don't leak secrets voluntarily, there will absolutely be no problem. I mentioned this to you before, but I never clearly explained the restrictions. Today, I can tell you clearly: if you join the WS-15 research group, you won't be restricted in your travels, and you won't be restricted in external exchanges.

Your research group will still operate as usual at Peking University, and all your business activities at Spark Technology will remain unaffected. There is only one condition: core technical parameters and test data must go through an encrypted channel under your control; they cannot be placed on the public internet. That is all."

After hearing General Li's words, Zhao Yang fell silent for a moment. He certainly understood the weight of the term WS-15.

The j-20 is still using an engine from the Tsar State, and its thrust, thrust-to-weight ratio, and supercruise capability have always been bottlenecks.

So much so that the j-20 cannot unleash its theoretical combat capability at all. Not only that, but production capacity is also affected by the engine, making large-scale production almost impossible.

If the WS-15 can achieve a breakthrough, this bottleneck will cease to exist, which is of great significance to national defense security. He looked up at General Li and said, "I can help with the development, but I won't join the group in the early stages. Give me the data and parameters, and I will conduct research independently. Open up the supercomputing resources to me as well. When I finish the preliminary modeling and need further communication with the research group, we can then integrate everything."

"No problem."

General Li agreed without hesitation.

"After I go back, I will immediately have someone organize all the current research and development materials regarding the WS-15 and send them to you, including some basic data accumulated during the development of the WS-10. It should be helpful for your R&D work."

"Mm."

Zhao Yang nodded.

Just as he was about to end this topic, he suddenly thought of something, hesitated slightly, and asked, "General Li, I might need to go to Seoul next year to attend the International Congress of Mathematicians. Would that be okay?"

General Li was stunned for a moment, then a wide smile broke out on his face, and he reached out and patted Zhao Yang heavily on the shoulder.

"Of course you can! You finally figured it out? The security department will do everything to ensure your safety; there won't be any problems. You being willing to go out and about is a good thing for the entire Long Country academic community.

For the past two years, you've locked yourself in the country, and countless people outside have been watching your every move, with all sorts of rumors flying around. This time, if you stand on the podium in Seoul in person, those rumors saying you are isolating yourself will naturally collapse on their own. Someone will specifically coordinate the detailed security plan with Wang Hai when the time comes. You can rest assured and do your own thing; leave the rest to them."

Zhao Yang nodded and didn't say much more on this topic. The two of them stood and chatted for a few more minutes. General Li said he had to rush back to the ministry for a meeting, turned, and got into the off-road vehicle.

Zhao Yang watched the car drive out of the base gate, then told Wang Hai to drive to the Spark Technology headquarters.

People were coming and going in the front lobby of the Spark Technology headquarters building, and several supplier representatives who had come to discuss cooperation were sitting on the sofas in the waiting area, flipping through brochures.

Zhao Yang went straight to the top floor via the VIP passage on the side. Chen Haifeng's office door was half-open, and the sound of him on the phone came from inside. He was speaking very fast, and one could tell he was handling several things at the same time.

Zhao Yang knocked on the door frame. Chen Haifeng looked up and saw it was him, then said something to the other end of the phone.

"You send this proposal to the legal department for review first; I'll reply to you later."

Then he hung up the phone, stood up, and looked at Zhao Yang.

"Boss, why did you come here in person? You didn't even give me a heads-up so I could have someone clear out a conference room."

"Just passing by. Came to see how things are going on your end."

Chen Haifeng picked up a report that had just been printed from the desk and handed it to Zhao Yang, speaking as he flipped through it.

"The production license for the Foundation Establishment Pill has been approved. The Drug Administration opened a green channel, and all approval processes are being handled as expedited. The factory is currently stocking up. The initial production volume was scheduled based on conservative estimates, but the pre-orders from distributors across the country have already far exceeded this number."

He finished and added another sentence.

"Also, the special order from the military is already in the contract stage, and the quantity is even higher than what was previously discussed. In addition, the cooperative investment agreements reached with several university laboratories have all been implemented, and the first batch of equipment, including cryo-electron microscopes and high-precision mass spectrometers, has been shipped."

Zhao Yang flipped through the report and put it on the table.

"After this batch of equipment arrives at the port, prioritize allocating it to the joint laboratory of Peking University and Tsinghua University. Distribute the rest according to the previously determined allocation plan. Is the Outstanding Employee Award Ceremony today?"

"Yes, it's in the large conference room downstairs. People from various departments should all be there by now."

Zhao Yang followed Chen Haifeng downstairs. The large conference room was full of people. In the front row were the outstanding employees selected by each department, and in the back rows were their colleagues. The Host was reading the list, and every time a name was read, a burst of applause sounded from the audience.

Zhao Yang stood at the side of the stage waiting for the process to finish, then took the microphone.

"The scale that Spark Technology has today does not rely on any single person's individual ability, but on the fact that employees in every position are doing their best to push their duties to the extreme. The company will continue to provide everyone with a better R&D environment, better benefits, and more growth channels."

After the meeting, several outstanding employees stayed behind to take photos with Zhao Yang. Zhao Yang shook hands with the first few people, then suddenly paused.

Standing on the right side of the third row, Zhao Shiyu was wearing a dark blue work jacket, her hair tied in a low ponytail, and she was holding an outstanding employee certificate in her hand. She saw Zhao Yang's gaze land on her, her eyes flickered slightly, but she didn't take the initiative to greet him.

After Zhao Yang finished taking photos with the other employees one by one, he said to Zhao Shiyu, "Please stay behind."

The people in the conference room gradually dispersed, leaving only the two of them. Zhao Shiyu stood in place, the certificate in her hand rolled into a cylinder by her, then unfurled, then rolled up again.

"Why are you at Spark Technology?"

Zhao Yang looked at Zhao Shiyu and asked curiously.

Zhao Shiyu looked up, looked at Zhao Yang, and replied.

"I am currently a graduate student at Tsinghua University, working in the field of chip design. My mentor, Professor Zhou, has a cooperative project with Spark Technology's chip department, mainly focusing on the front-end design of a new generation of mobile processors.

Our project team spends half the time in the Tsinghua University laboratory and the other half here at Spark doing joint debugging."

"I am one of the few students at Tsinghua University who possesses a Spark Technology intern employee badge, and I have devoted all my spare time to this."

As she spoke, Zhao Shiyu pursed her lips slightly and added.

"I didn't expect to be selected as an outstanding employee."

"Not bad! Hearing you say that, it is enough to show your excellence!"

Zhao Yang smiled.

"Truly worthy of being the most outstanding student at Changcheng No. 1 High School!"