"Okay, I'll be right there."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Jin drove to the commercial aircraft manufacturing company where his dad worked (referred to as "Shang Fei").
…
Half an hour later.
Since unauthorized personnel were not allowed to enter the company, Chen Jin saw his dad, Chen Gang, waiting anxiously at the entrance of the company.
"Dad, why are you looking for me?"
Chen Jin stopped the car by the roadside and got out. He asked Chen Gang, who was walking quickly towards him.
"This way …"
Chen Gang put his arm around Chen Jin's shoulders and pulled him to the flowerbed behind the rockery. He lowered his voice and said, "Let's talk here."
Chen Jin's mind was filled with question marks. He did not know why his dad was so mysterious.
He looked into Chen Jin's eyes and asked, "Son, I'm going to ask you one last time. Where did you get the watch you gave me?"
"Dad! Didn't I tell you? I bought it from a street vendor. How many times do you want to ask me? "Chen Jin did not want to answer this question anymore.
"Where is the stall? Which street did you see it on?" Chen Gang was still unwilling to give up. He wanted to get something valuable out of him.
"I think it was near Zhong Hai Garden Road …" Chen Jin tried to recall.
"Son, can you help me find the owner of the street vendor? You have to find him! "
"What?!"
Chen Jin stomped his feet. "Didn't I tell you? People move around. They don't set up stalls in one place. It's impossible to find the owner."
"You still have to try. Son, the owner of the street vendor is very, very important!"
"I …"
It was just a street vendor. What was so important?
Chen Jin could not understand why his dad was so obsessive. He would not stop until he found the owner of the street vendor.
Chen Gang explained to him why he had to find the owner of the street vendor.
"Son, did you know that the watch you gave me two months ago wasn't some nameless domestic imitation watch at all. It was a top-notch high-tech watch with extremely high accuracy when it transmitted time …"
There was a miniature cesium atomic clock embedded in the watch. Even if it ran for 100,000 years, the error would not be more than one second!
"The industrial processing technology contained in that watch is beyond our understanding."
"Even if our country develops for another 30 years, we may not be able to create such an atomic clock. The value it contains is unimaginable!"
Chen Gang was getting more and more excited. "That watch has great reference value to our country's industrial development. Even if we don't have the technology to make that watch, if we can get a few more, we can do reverse engineering and reference. It will definitely be a great help to our country's industrial technology!"
What?
After listening to his dad, Chen Jin was stunned.
It was just an ordinary watch. How could there be such a big secret in it?
It could even affect the future development of Z country's technology.
Extremely valuable?
This made Chen Jin's heart flutter.
He wiped the saliva that his father had sprayed on his face with his hand and asked curiously, "Then … Dad, is that watch valuable?"
Money?
Chen Gang was stunned by his strange way of thinking, but he immediately nodded and said, "Valuable, very valuable!"
"How much is it worth?"
"It's worth at least hundreds of thousands, or even millions!"
"Just one million? What if it's sold at a higher price? Can it be sold for ten million? "
"It should be possible. If I were the leader, I'd buy a few watches no matter how high the price is … Hey, what are you talking about? Kid, I'm talking to you about serious business! "
Chen Gang shook his head violently. How could the value of that watch be simply measured by money?
Then, he grabbed Chen Jin's arm and said solemnly, "Son, I'm counting on you! Help Dad look for him. Help me find that stall owner! If you can find that person, you'll have done a great service to the country! Everyone will thank you! "
Chen Gang's face was full of sincerity, and his tone was pleading. He hoped that Chen Jin would agree to his request and help him find that stall owner.
Chen Jin nodded at his dad's words.
He knew his dad's character. Like many of the older generation who came from the revolutionary era, he was very patriotic. He had a passion for serving the country and a drive to contribute to it.
In this day and age, there were not many people like him.
To be honest, although his dad was the deputy chief engineer of the aircraft's key equipment at Shang Fei, his monthly salary was only slightly more than ten thousand. Including the special subsidies from the country, his salary was only slightly more than twenty thousand.
This salary was only slightly higher than the average level in Shang Hai City.
Compared to those celebrities and actors who could easily get 80 million or even 100 million, his salary was not even worth mentioning.
Of course, there were also many private companies who offered him millions of annual salary and benefits such as houses and cars to poach his dad from Shang Fei. But he was unmoved and rejected all of them.
Because in his dad's heart, he had a dream of building a large domestic aircraft.
Although Chen Jin was not very interested in his dad who often criticized and educated him, in his heart, he was a hero.
Therefore, in response to his dad's earnest request, Chen Jin had no choice but to say, "Okay, Dad, I'll try my best to help you find him. If I find him, I'll inform you. If I can't, don't blame me. Shang Hai City is so big, and there are so many people here. It's normal to not be able to find him, right?"
"Yes, son, you're right. Just try your best. If you can't find him, it's God's will. You can't force it."
Chen Gang adjusted his mentality. His son was right. There was a high probability that the stall owner could not be found in such a vast sea of people. The probability of finding him was very small.
He even planned to use his weekend off to personally search for the stall owner based on Chen Jin's description of him as "thin, weak, and shifty-eyed" to increase the probability of finding him.
He could only blame himself for not having much influence. If his position was higher, he might be able to use his connections with the Public Security Bureau and use their big data surveillance system to search for information on all the stall owners in Shang Hai City. The results of that search would be much better than searching blindly.
"Dad, I'll drive around and look for him now. You go back to work first. I'll call you if there's any news."
"Okay, don't just focus on looking. Be careful on the road."
"Got it."
Chen Jin waved his hand, got into the BMW I, and started the engine.
Then, he would drive the car around Shang Hai City, or drive around aimlessly.
He didn't even glance at the roadside. He had no intention of searching at all.
Nonsense, there was no such thing as the stall owner. Where could he go to find him?
He could only drive around aimlessly and take a few photos to report back.
His face was filled with endless bitter smiles.
He muttered, "I played dumb for so many days. I didn't expect Dad to find out.
If I knew this, I wouldn't have given him that watch. I could have given him something else.
Sigh! It's all my fault for not being thoughtful enough to see the problem with the watch. I almost gave myself away. "
Fortunately, his acting skills were on point. His dad was fooled by him and did not see any problem with him.
After all … Chen Jin had fought wits and courage with his mom for so many years. His acting skills could not be said to have reached perfection, but it should be no problem for him to beat those little fresh meats on TV. Life was just acting.
After a few big circles in the city.
It was past 9 PM when Chen Jin finally returned home, travel-worn.
He took out the photos on his phone and said, "Dad, I've looked everywhere possible. I really can't find the stall owner."
"Oh, okay. Let's go tomorrow."
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