129: Chapter 129 Finally, I became a hands-off manager!

Lin Mo did a quick mental calculation and found his schedule packed to the brim.

There was the Luan Bird carrier for the second phase of the Nantianmen Project and the second-generation Xuan Nu, the Kunpeng submarine carrier and the Kunlong Submarine for the first phase of the Penglai Project, the Kunlun Generation II armor and the first-generation civilian modifications for the second phase of the Classic of Mountains and Seas Project, the overall planning for his large-scale comprehensive scientific research center, and the launch of the Yanhuang Project...

Every single one of these tasks required his personal push.

Since Project Houyi had already started smoothly and everyone was familiar with the ropes, he might as well let go and hand it over to these big shots in the Huaxia nuclear physics community!

"Huh?" When Lin Mo finished his last sentence, Xiang Guangming looked completely bewildered.

The people present were stunned at first, and once they realized what was happening, they immediately became anxious.

"No, that won't do! Chief Designer Lin, you can't leave!"

"You are our backbone; if you aren't here, how could the second phase of the project possibly proceed?"

"Academician Xiang is unreliable, absolutely unreliable—only you can do it!"

Everyone chimed in, their sense of crisis hitting its peak.

It wasn't that they didn't trust Xiang Guangming, but compared to Lin Mo, Xiang Guangming was at most at the level of a kindergarten senior class graduate—and of course, their own levels were only that of the junior class...

Letting a senior class child lead a group of junior class children in developing third-generation nuclear fusion? The mental image was too beautiful; they'd better stop joking like that!

"My mind is made up." Lin Mo shook his head and said with a smile.

"The three major projects—Nantianmen, Penglai, and the Classic of Mountains and Seas—are all waiting for me to take the lead. You will have to rely on yourselves for the second phase of Project Houyi!"

Everyone continued to try to persuade him, but this not only failed to change Lin Mo's mind, it actually made him more determined that he could no longer be deeply involved.

He had originally intended to wait until the second phase was underway before leaving, but looking at the situation, he couldn't stay for even another minute.

If he stayed any longer, these people would all be ruined!

It wasn't the others' fault; it was mainly because Lin Mo, this human-shaped "external brain," was just too damn useful...

Lin Mo began to provoke them: "Everyone here is a senior expert in the Huaxia nuclear physics community."

"A few days ago, I already prepared all the technical data for the second phase of the project; it's even more detailed than the first phase!"

"Even if some junior researchers were brought in, I reckon they could pull it off."

"If you all don't even have this much confidence, it's simply a disgrace to the nuclear physics community!"

Lin Mo's provocation left everyone looking at each other, and no one dared to speak up again.

With things put this way, what other choice was there? Whether they could do it or not, they had to bite the bullet; it wasn't about the food, it was about the dignity!

After the meeting ended, Lin Mo returned to his office and spent several hours organizing the technical data he had prepared days ago onto a secure USB drive.

After handing it to Xiang Guangming, Lin Mo said with a smile: "Academician Xiang, I'm leaving everything to you!"

Xiang Guangming took a deep breath and nodded solemnly: "I will certainly live up to Chief Designer Lin's trust!"

With Lin Mo, the backbone, leaving, and his original partner lying in the hospital, it was indeed an unprecedentedly major challenge for Xiang Guangming, who was now on his own.

After dinner, Lin Mo returned to his office, where the staff had finished setting up the video connection for a video conference with the Supreme Military Region.

As soon as the video connection was established, Chief Designer Bai Yannian immediately asked.

"Comrade Lin Mo, I just received news that Comrade Chongfeng has been rescued by you?"

Because his work was extremely complex and multifaceted, Chief Designer Bai Yannian had returned immediately without stopping after leaving the hospital ward yesterday afternoon to direct and deploy various reform tasks.