The staff member who spoke earlier seemed to be shocked by Su Mingge's performance. He couldn't even focus on what his superior was saying.
However, Su Mingge was different. After praising Duan Hengye, he sat up straight as if nothing had happened and picked up the wine glass on the table again. He listened to the speech on stage while slowly sipping the dark red wine in his glass.
Overall, Duan Hengye's speech could be described as "shocking" in the mecha research community. Although what he said was true, if it was anyone else who said it, they would be regarded as unqualified.
After this speech, not only the guests, but even the reporters who were interviewing them also sensed that something was different. The nature of this conference was an industry discussion, but anyone with a bit of common sense knew what mecha represented to the Empire.
It was the symbol of the Empire's strength and the wind vane of the future of the Galaxy.
In addition, Duan Hengye's identity was also very sensitive. He was not only a "scientist orphan raised by the Royal Family", but also the Marshal's spouse. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that Duan Hengye's speech could be seen as a signal in many industries.
Although this event wasn't broadcasted live, the media didn't dare to miss any details. Not long after Duan Hengye's speech ended, the most watched news program in the Galaxy began its live broadcast. Unlike the original opening ceremony announcement, this time the news program purposely left out a large amount of time to broadcast Duan Hengye's speech.
The situation on Ti Zexing gradually stabilized, but since the Royal Family hadn't left yet, the important members of the military naturally remained.
When the news was broadcasted, it was exactly one o 'clock in the afternoon on Ti Zexing. Duan Hengye, who had been in meetings for the entire morning, saw the time and finally opened his mouth to "release" the staff members around him. Just as everyone was leaving, Meng Jinhuai habitually turned on the screen and began to watch the Galaxy's news.
A robot slowly walked over and placed a cup of coffee on Meng Jinhuai's table. The marshal lowered his head and picked up the cup. He stirred the drink inside while listening to the news broadcast on the screen.
Meng Jinhuai was very busy. Multitasking was a skill that he had to master. After so many years, he had already developed the habit of watching the news during his lunch break.
Sitting on Meng Jinhuai's left was General Yu Xinlan, who had just rushed over from Nan zhuxing. After all, Meng Jinhuai was the Empire's Marshal. He couldn't stay in Ti Zexing forever. After he left, Yu Xinlan would be fully in charge of the affairs here. This incident was a little complicated, and there were many things that needed to be done.
Because Yu Xinlan had just arrived, he did not leave immediately after the meeting like the others. Instead, he continued to organize the newly received information on his optical computer.
Although the empire had been relatively peaceful recently, the work of the military was still very heavy. Yu Xinlan hadn't rested for even half a minute after arriving at Ti Zexing. Now that he was tired, he couldn't help but be distracted as he organized the meeting information.
Just as Yu Xinlan was about to finish the work at hand and was about to pack up and leave, he suddenly heard a familiar name appear on the news.
"… At the Mecha Research Conference held at Amro University, the president of the Yeti Empire Mecha Research Institute, Duan Hengye, gave the opening speech." The host on the screen said. Although it was still the traditional broadcasting tone, Yu Xinlan could hear a hint of unconcealable excitement in the other party's words. Not to mention the host, even the sleepiness on her body was instantly reduced by a lot.
Unlike Yu Xinlan, who had a stronger reaction, Meng Jinhuai didn't have any special reaction after hearing Duan Hengye's name. He stirred the coffee in his cup as he continued to study the report on the other screen. It was as if the news was just a normal background noise.
In fact, during the meeting just now, Meng Jinhuai had already received the news. He already knew that Duan Hengye had been called up to the stage by Wen Mujia to give an unplanned speech.
The host quickly introduced the main flow of the meeting. Then, Duan Hengye appeared on the screen. Yu Xinlan had already finished organizing the documents and stood up from her chair. When she saw the familiar figure on the screen, she couldn't help but pause. Then, she temporarily stopped in her tracks.
Although their relationship wasn't good, it couldn't be denied that Yu Xinlan had known Duan Hengye for some time and was somewhat familiar with him. Now that Duan Hengye was about to start speaking, Yu Xinlan suddenly realized something.
As the director of the Mecha Research Institute, Duan Hengye's IQ was definitely not to be questioned. But even so, in her own subconscious, she often outlined Duan Hengye as an empty vase. [This is too strange …]
If this was in the past, Yu Xinlan definitely wouldn't be interested in studying Duan Hengye. But after the attack, she slowly began to change her view of him.
Yu Xinlan saw Duan Hengye's strong aura on the screen. He glanced down and said, "For a long time, the mecha research in the Galaxy was in a state of stagnation."
Like everyone else present, Yu Xinlan immediately realized that something was amiss when he heard this. She gently put down the things in her hands and stood in place to listen carefully. Next to Yu Xinlan, Meng Jinhuai finally looked away from the other screen.
For the first time, the general began to seriously watch the afternoon news, instead of listening to it as background music.
Ti Zexing's afternoon, time seemed to have frozen.
Duan Hengye's impromptu speech wasn't long, but the amount of information and the introduction of his personal thoughts was frightening.
When the news moved away from the Anluo Auditorium and began to broadcast other content, Yu Xinlan, who had been standing in the same spot, finally woke up from his daze and turned to look at Meng Jinhuai.
"Duan … Duan Hengye?" Even though Yu Xinlan hated Duan Hengye, she had never talked to her boss so directly about him. But after watching the news today, Yu Xinlan finally couldn't hold it in anymore.
She didn't ask the following question, but Meng Jinhuai understood what Yu Xinlan meant. Meng Jinhuai nodded and said, "Duan Hengye has changed a lot."
When Yu Xinlan heard Meng Jinhuai's words, she looked at the screen again and sat back down at the conference table.
Like Meng Jinhuai, she came from a military family, and she was a few years older than him. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the two of them grew up on the battlefield at the same time.
Yu Xinlan was Meng Jinhuai's confidant, and she was one of the few people who knew about Duan Hengye's identity. So when she heard the general's words, she naturally stopped and began to wait for the general's analysis and explanation.
However, what Yu Xinlan didn't expect was that Meng Jinhuai didn't do what she expected. He didn't carefully and seriously analyze the undercover's movements, but instead, he said something extremely subjective.
"If Duan Hengye was a puppet of the royal family before, now I finally see his original appearance little by little …" Meng Jinhuai picked up the coffee from the table again, took a sip, and continued, "Duan Hengye could've hidden himself during the attack on Planet Selector and waited until the end to reap the benefits. He could've even killed me during the chaos. "The general's words were a bit ruthless – not only to the military, but also to himself.
As a member of the Empire's military, Yu Xinlan, of course, worshipped Meng Jinhuai like every other soldier in the Empire and regarded him as a god. So after hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Yu Xinlan couldn't help but open her mouth to refute. However, when she saw the other party's relaxed appearance, she swallowed her words.
Although she didn't want to believe it, Meng Jinhuai was right. Duan Hengye really had the ability and opportunity to kill him, but the other party gave up on this opportunity.
Seeing Yu Xinlan standing there silently, Meng Jinhuai turned off the screen and continued, "Since he wants to get rid of his puppet identity, why don't we wait patiently for the moment when he breaks out of his prison?"
As an insider of these matters, Yu Xinlan had always understood that although Duan Hengye had plotted to kill the general, he had a special identity. Based on this incident alone, once Duan Hengye's identity as a spy was exposed one day, according to the Empire's special laws for scientists, he could completely avoid the death penalty.
When the time came, the military would most likely secretly control Duan Hengye and ask him to conduct mecha research for them. Yu Xinlan also understood that although the military had a way to control Duan Hengye, involuntary research wouldn't be as successful as free research.
If Duan Hengye was really controlled by the Empire for some reason, waiting for him to break free of his shackles seemed like a good choice.
But … could Duan Hengye really do it?
Yu Xinlan couldn't help but cast a suspicious look at Meng Jinhuai. Seeing this, Meng Jinhuai smiled and said, "When necessary, I'll help him."
Help him break free from his shackles.
After the opening ceremony and dinner, it was already late at night at Amro University.
Although he hadn't been pulled up to speak for a long time, Duan Hangye felt worshipful gazes from all directions every minute and every second during this event. Fortunately, the original owner of this body was rumored to be "cold", so other than a few familiar colleagues, no one came to talk to him.
It wasn't until Duan Hengye returned to his residence that he finally let out a sigh of relief. He casually threw his suit to the side, then sat on the sofa and began to think about life.
The conference would last for three days. According to the schedule, there should be a public lecture in the morning and the conference would officially start in the afternoon.
Although Duan Hengye was often called a workaholic, he wasn't a robot. He looked at the schedule and decisively decided — — he would skip the public lecture tomorrow morning and attend the conference in the afternoon.
This was the benefit of being a leader in the industry. As long as Duan Hengye didn't want to, no one could force him to attend.
Recently, from Nan zhuxing to Ti Zexing, there had been no end to the incidents. Putting aside the physical exhaustion, just the psychological pressure alone was enough to make a normal person collapse.
When Duan Hengye finally returned to his room, he sat on the sofa for a long time and didn't want to get up. Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, the robot in the room very considerately brought a blanket over.
Duan Hengye covered himself with the blanket and waves of sleepiness hit him. Feeling the comfortable sofa under his body, Duan Hengye thought that he might as well just sleep here tonight.
The man who was half lying on the sofa rubbed his eyes. At this time, he saw his optical computer suddenly flash.
Too many things had happened recently, so Duan Hengye reflexively became nervous when he saw the optical computer flash. But after a few minutes, he still got up and picked up the optical computer.
It was a message from Su Mingge.
Seeing the sender, Duan Hengye couldn't help but be surprised. He knew that unlike his former rival in love, Wen Mujia, Su Mingge wouldn't go so far as to trick him. But before he opened the message, Duan Hengye had a vague premonition in his heart — in short, for Su Mingge to send him a message in the middle of the night, it definitely couldn't be anything good.
Sure enough, when Duan Hengye opened the message, the first thing he saw wasn't Su Mingge's message, but the other party's official invitation to the conference.
The flow of every research conference was basically fixed. On the morning of the first day, they would invite important guests to participate in a public lecture. It wasn't until he opened this message that Duan Hengye realized that the person who had received the invitation this year was Su Mingge.
But of course, the other party's message wasn't as simple as a notification … Su Mingge wrote in the message that he felt that Duan Hengye's speech today was very meaningful. Just as he said, the mecha research industry needed to circulate information, and more importantly, it needed to popularize basic knowledge. Compared to Duan Hengye, Su Mingge felt that he wasn't a good candidate for a public lecture.
… The tone of this message was very sincere, so much so that Duan Hengye had the misconception that the person who sent the message wasn't Su Mingge himself.
In fact, before he sent this message to Duan Hengye, Su Mingge had already explained this matter to the conference's officials in advance.
To be able to successfully invite Su Mingge to participate in a public lecture this year, the conference's relevant officials were already very excited. And when they heard from Su Mingge that he intended to invite Duan Hengye to replace him, the officials immediately wrote a long, enthusiastic letter to Duan Hengye.
Although it was a last-minute event, Duan Hengye's interest was piqued after reading the long letter. Su Mingge was right — this public lecture was indeed a good opportunity. Not only was it a good opportunity to spread the knowledge of mecha, but it was also a good opportunity to win a safe bargaining chip for himself in the future.
Duan Hengye wasn't a person who liked to hesitate, not to mention that a basic public lecture was ridiculously easy for him. So after reading the long letter, Duan Hengye directly confirmed the invitation on the Star Web, then let out a long sigh and stood up from the sofa.
His vacation plans were ruined once again.
The past few days had been very busy, so Duan Hengye didn't have the time to carefully investigate the public lecture. So what he didn't know was that the conference's official website had already posted the notice that Su Mingge would be in charge of this event. Because it was late at night, the official website's interface didn't update the main speaker.
This public lecture was held in one of Amro's large classrooms. After all, Duan Hengye had some teaching experience, so he wasn't afraid of lecturing at all. But what he carelessly neglected was how nervous the others would be when they saw Professor Duan appear here so early in the morning …
The teachers in charge of this public lecture were all from the Mecha Department. Although most of them had more or less interacted with Duan Hengye before, in their hearts, the three words "Professor Duan" were still sacred.
Duan Hengye was still wearing a black suit. Just like every time he gave a lecture, he sat on a hovercraft and arrived at the lounge. Unlike the usual quiet scene, when he stood at the door, he saw that there were people everywhere. In addition to the Amro teachers, the Star Web staff in charge of the live broadcast of the public lecture were also busy in the lounge.
Seeing this tense situation, Duan Hengye didn't want to disturb everyone's work. While everyone was working, Duan Hengye walked along the silver wall of the lounge and directly walked to the small room at the entrance of the classroom, waiting for the event to begin.
Duan Hengye was Amro's guest professor. His identity information had already been uploaded to the school's Star Web. Su Mingge was different. He was only a guest of this conference and didn't have much authority to move around. If he entered the lounge, the system would automatically notify the staff inside.
Time passed by slowly. There were less than ten minutes left until the event began. After the last on-site confirmation, the previously incomparably busy lounge finally quieted down. In this silence, the staff suddenly realized something very frightening — why hadn't Su Mingge arrived yet?
Although Duan Hengye didn't have any experience in public lectures, his common sense told him that he should communicate with the staff before going on stage. Therefore, when the lounge became chaotic again, Duan Hengye walked back to the lounge after calculating the time.
In front of him stood a staff member in a blue suit. At this moment, the person was anxiously searching for something with a photon computer. At this moment, the staff member suddenly felt someone gently patting his shoulder.
"What?" The man with his back facing Duan Hengye clicked his tongue. Then, somewhat impatiently, he shook off the hand on his shoulder and turned around.
"…"
"Hello …"
"Duan … Professor Duan?" After seeing Duan Hengye, the staff member couldn't help but open his mouth wide. Then, he couldn't help but throw away the photon computer in his hand. Although the photon computer had a floating function, the staff member was obviously frightened by Duan Hengye just now. The photon computer didn't have time to set up the floating function before it fell heavily to the ground.
The metallic photon computer fell. The sound was extremely ear-piercing, attracting the attention of everyone in the lounge.
Then, everyone noticed Duan Hengye who appeared out of nowhere.
Two minutes later, the live broadcast began on time. In the corners of the universe, hundreds of millions of screens lit up at the same time. Immediately afterward, people discovered that the main speaker of today's public lecture wasn't Su Mingge, but Duan Hengye!
At the same time, ordinary people weren't the only ones watching the public lecture. On the starship leaving the selection planet, Meng Jinhuai, who received the notice a few hours ago, also turned on his screen on time.
Unlike the audience who simply wanted to "watch the public lecture", Meng Jinhuai was here to watch Duan Hengye.
On the screen, Duan Hengye bowed slightly to the camera. Then, he turned around and began his work for the day. From the corner of his eye, he saw a screen in the corner showing the number of viewers in real time. The moment he turned around, the number of viewers had already exceeded the 10 billion mark. It was far more than the total population of Earth in his previous life.
This was destined to be a far-reaching event.
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