Meanwhile.
Beijing.
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In a conference room, several higher-ups of the Chinese Academy of Sciences were in the middle of a meeting. Just as everyone was frowning, they received a call to report the good news.
"What?"
"The algorithm problem is solved?"
"Great! That's great! "
"Good job, Old Chi and the others!"
"Well done! They must be rewarded! "
"Two months! I finally managed to gnaw it down! "
"Who made it? Didn't you say that all the authoritative mathematicians in the country were stumped? "
"Old Xu, you went on a business trip a few days ago, so you still don't know, right? They invited Zhang Ye over. "
"Zhang Ye? No wonder. I was wondering who could be so capable. "
"This is also a confidential matter among the higher-ups. Everyone, pay attention."
"What about the awards in the future?"
"Let's note it down for Professor Zhang first. We'll calculate it together when the time comes."
"Alright, let's do that."
…
The next day.
In the morning.
There was a thriving atmosphere in the research institute. The algorithm that had been stuck for two months had finally made a breakthrough. All of their work could be restarted.
Zhang Ye had also woken up early in the morning, but there wasn't much for him to do anymore. He went for a jog, had breakfast, and sang his usual song, "Tears Behind Prison Bars," before going around the various departments. His mind was filled with thoughts about the commutation of his sentence. The higher-ups had already received the latest news, so they responded very quickly. Fellow Chi and the others reported it to them on the same day, and they received a reply on the same day. They had even faxed a temporary document to them. In recognition of Zhang Ye's outstanding contribution to the country's major projects while he was serving his sentence, the relevant departments had approved and verified by the relevant leaders to have his sentence reduced by six months and seven days.
He didn't know how it was calculated, but there were zeros and whole numbers.
But to Zhang Ye, the earlier he could get out of here, the better.
A certain department.
Zhang Ye strolled in.
"Professor Zhang."
"Professor Li, are you busy?"
"Yes, I'm working on an extension project."
"Did you encounter any trouble?"
"Ah? I didn't see any. "
"It's going well, huh?"
"Yeah, it went very smoothly."
Zhang Ye curled his lips and said, "Alright, then it's fine."
Professor Li and a group of researchers looked at each other.
There was a research office next door.
Zhang Ye turned a corner and came over.
"Professor Chen."
"Aiya, Professor Zhang is here?"
"Did you encounter any difficulties?"
"Ah? No? "
"No?"
"Yeah, after the algorithm is done, everything is as smooth as a horse galloping across a vast plain."
"Nothing happened?"
"Ah? Are you hoping for something to happen to us? "
Nonsense!
If you guys don't get into trouble, how can this bro reduce his sentence!
Zhang Ye smacked his lips. "It's good that you're fine. I was just concerned about you guys."
For the entire morning, Zhang Ye visited all of the departments. The first thing he said when he went in was, "Did something happen?" Many of the researchers didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but they did not dare to offend Zhang Ye. They all knew that this master's temper was not very good, and he would often act on his whims. No one could really grasp his pulse.
In the end, Fellow Zhou could not stand it any longer and quickly called Zhang Ye to his office for a talk.
Fellow Zhou said earnestly, "Professor Zhang, what are you doing?"
Zhang Ye curled his lips. "What's the matter?"
Academician Zhou smiled bitterly and said, "I can understand that you want to do more for the country, but we've just overcome a difficult problem —"
Zhang Ye corrected him, "It's not 'we,' it's me."
Fellow Zhou said in exasperation, "Right, it was you who helped us overcome a difficult problem. At this time, everyone is very motivated. How can you be pouring cold water on everyone every day? It's affecting the morale of our comrades as well. The follow-up application of the algorithm hasn't been officially launched yet, so there's nothing for you to work on for now. But you can still do something else, like — right, it's almost the new year, and everyone definitely won't be able to go home this year. We'll have to spend the new year at the research institute, so we'll have to organize a gala as usual. Why don't you direct it?"
Chi Xue also came over at this moment.
Zhang Ye rolled his eyes. "I'm not free."
Direct a gala?
How could he be so free!
Chi Xue laughed and said, "Uncle Zhou, you're asking an executive director of the Spring Festival Gala to direct our research institute's internal Spring Festival Gala? Aren't you scolding us? "
Fellow Zhou thought about it and agreed. "It's indeed like using a cannon to kill a mosquito."
Chi Xue said, "But in our research institute, Professor Zhang and I, who are in the field of mathematics, can't really help much other than the algorithm-related aspects."
Zhang Ye said, "Anything else is fine too."
Fellow Zhou laughed. "We're mainly working on physics research projects here. It's not that I'm looking down on you, Professor Little Zhang, but you really can't help us in this area."
Zhang Ye said, "That might not necessarily be the case."
Chi Xue gave a wry smile.
Fellow Zhou also smiled and shook his head. He pulled open a drawer and took out over a dozen stacks of documents. "Alright then, you can have a look at them. These are all the projects that the research institute has been piling up in recent years. Some of them have already failed and have been put on hold indefinitely. Some of them have not made any progress yet and are still being tackled. Take a look at which projects you can help with. They're all physics or experimental research projects. You'll understand once you have a look. "
Zhang Ye flipped through them.
"No. 23 (Unnamed) Gravity Experiment"
"Quantum Experiment (58th)"
"No. 5 Radar Measurement Project"
And so on, so on.
What were all these!
Zhang Ye rolled his eyes!
Fellow Zhou smiled and said, "How is it?"
Zhang Ye picked one up. "How much can I reduce with this?"
Fellow Zhou was taken aback. "How much can I reduce with this?"
Zhang Ye said, "Reduce my sentence."
Fellow Zhou said, "Ah? Who knows? "
Zhang Ye said, "Roughly how much?"
Fellow Zhou said, "We can't do the Quantum Experiment ourselves. It requires the cooperation of many institutions to conduct research on it. If you can get it done, it'll definitely reduce by quite a bit."
Zhang Ye took out another one. "How much can I reduce with this?"
"Pfft." Chi Xue burst into laughter. "Professor Zhang, this is the first time I've heard of a project that can reduce a person's sentence by a certain number of years. You really can't do any of these projects. Besides, they're not projects that can be completed in a year or two."
Zhang Ye did not listen. "This bro just wants to go home early right now. I don't care about those. I'll give it a try first. What's the most difficult project that you guys have here? The one that reduces my sentence the most. It's the one that shocks the world when it's done and then gets released the next day with a reduced sentence! "
Shock the world?
And get released the next day?
Fellow Zhou and Chi Xue looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.
Seeing that Zhang Ye was not giving up, Fellow Zhou could only say, "We do have the project that you're talking about. Alright, let me show it to you." Saying that, he rummaged through a drawer and found a thick project book. He placed it on the table and said, "This is it. If you can get it done, I'll reduce your sentence by however many years you want!"
Zhang Ye exclaimed, "It's that awesome?"
Fellow Zhou smiled and said, "Yes, because this is something that the country urgently needs right now. Moreover, no one in the country has been able to get it done for so many years."
Zhang Ye flipped open the book and was stunned.
Chi Xue smiled. "How is it?"
Fellow Zhou also smiled and said, "Do you understand now?"
They thought that Zhang Ye had been scared silly.
Actually, the reason why Zhang Ye was stunned was that this project sounded really familiar!
"New Generation Fighter Engine Manufacturing."
It sounded familiar!
It sounded really familiar!
He felt like he had heard this name somewhere before?
Zhang Ye was stunned. Then he remembered that he had gotten something like this a long time ago at the Lottery Draw, didn't he? At that time, he felt that this skill was useless and even complained that rather than giving him an "engine manufacturing" skill, it would be better to give him an "excavator repair" skill. He thought that he would never get to use this lousy skill in his lifetime. But never could he have expected that after such a long time, he would actually get to use it?
He had such a skill!
And he had even tried many of them before!
In an instant, Zhang Ye's spirits were lifted. It was as though he had been injected with stimulants!
Zhang Ye said, "This is it!"
Fellow Zhou was speechless.
Chi Xue rolled her eyes.
They thought that Zhang Ye was joking with them, but little did they know that Zhang Ye really knew how to do it!
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