Chapter 145: Not One, But Three

At this tense moment, Minister Zhao finally couldn't help but stand up: "Fellow leaders, experts, I think we need to calm down. Although Chief Engineer Li speaks a bit directly, he has indeed made outstanding contributions to the country. Perhaps..."

"Perhaps what?" the Military Representative interrupted coldly, "Perhaps he really has some special status that allows him to be above state organs? What exactly is his background? Why has he been able to overcome so many technical difficulties in just a few months?"

This series of sharp questions pointed like a dagger at the Hexin, leaving Minister Zhao speechless for a moment.

The conference room fell into a terrifying silence once again, and everyone's gaze was fixed on Li Mingyuan, filled with suspicion, anger, and even a trace of fear.

The atmosphere in the conference room grew increasingly tense, but as Li Mingyuan looked at the furious faces before him, he felt unusually calm.

As a transmigrator, he had long anticipated this day would come.

The Military Representative stood up and stared down at Li Mingyuan: "Young man, you may not understand the situation you are facing. This is a national strategic asset, not your private toy!"

A middle-aged expert from the Academy of Sciences also said coldly: "Chief Engineer Li, your talent is indeed admirable, but please do not forget, without the country's support and the platform of the Rolling Mill, could you have achieved what you have today?"

The representative from the Ministry of Industry was even more blunt: "We have checked your file; a few months ago, you were just an ordinary international student in Mocheng. In just a few months, where did you learn so many cutting-edge technologies? Don't tell me you are self-taught!"

This one sentence resonated with the others, and voices of questioning rose one after another in the conference room.

"The country cultivated you, and now the country needs this technology, yet you want to monopolize it?"

"This is typical ingratitude and arrogance!"

"I'm afraid he has been eroded by the capitalist ideology of individual heroism!"

Facing the overwhelming accusations, Li Mingyuan just sat quietly, his expression so calm it was almost indifferent.

This further infuriated the leaders and experts present.

Minister Zhao couldn't watch any longer; he stood up to mediate: "Fellow leaders, fellow experts, I think there must be some misunderstanding here. Chief Engineer Li is a person who considers the overall situation; he must have his own considerations..."

But his words failed to quell the public anger.

The Military Representative even hinted at the possibility of launching an investigation into Li Mingyuan: "Such important technology must have its source clarified!"

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly dire, Minister Zhao hurriedly announced a ten-minute recess, then pulled Li Mingyuan into a small conference room.

"Mingyuan, why are you doing this?" Minister Zhao stomped his feet in anxiety, "What good does it do you to offend so many people? Don't forget, we are part of the country, and technology always belongs to the country!"

Li Mingyuan sat in his chair, looked at the anxious Minister Zhao, and suddenly smiled: "Minister, what do you think I am doing this for?"

Minister Zhao was stunned: "This... how would I know what you are thinking? But I know that if this continues, you will get into big trouble!"

Li Mingyuan stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the busy workers in the factory: "Minister, do you trust me?"

"Of course I trust you! But this isn't a question of trust; this is a matter of principle!"

"Very well," Li Mingyuan turned around, a mysterious light flashing in his eyes, "If I tell you I have a bigger plan, will you support me?"

Minister Zhao frowned: "What plan? Another new invention?"

"Not one, but three," Li Mingyuan took a stack of blueprints out of his briefcase, "These are what I truly want to do."

Minister Zhao skeptically took the blueprints, opened the first page, and froze after just a few glances, his hands beginning to tremble slightly: "This... what is this?"

"Design blueprints for a Primitive Computer," Li Mingyuan replied calmly, "Based on Vacuum Tube technology, capable of performing basic mathematical operations and logical processing."

Minister Zhao's eyes widened, and he scrambled to flip through the complex blueprints; although he couldn't understand the specific content, his intuition told him this thing was far more important than a Vacuum Tube.

"Wait, there are two more sets of plans here?" Minister Zhao discovered the blueprints were divided into three parts.

"Yes, the second set is a New Radar System, and the third is a Fire Control System."

Minister Zhao's hands shook even more violently, and he could barely hold the blueprints: "These... did you design all of these?"

Li Mingyuan nodded: "They are all based on Vacuum Tube and Transistor Technology. If the technology is dispersed to various units, it will not only delay the research progress but may also lead to each unit acting on its own, unable to form a complete system."

Minister Zhao stared blankly at Li Mingyuan, as if seeing this young man for the first time.

After a long while, he took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind: "Alright, I will go back with you and show these to them. I hope they can understand your intentions."

When the two returned to the conference room, the atmosphere remained tense.

Seeing that Li Mingyuan still had a calm face, the representatives of the three parties assumed he still refused to compromise, and their expressions grew even uglier.

Without waiting for them to speak, Li Mingyuan placed the three sets of blueprints in front of the representatives of the Military, the Academy of Sciences, and the Ministry of Industry, respectively.

"Please look at these first, and then decide whether you still want to forcibly split the Vacuum Tube technology."

The Military Representative frowned and picked up the blueprints in front of him, intending to just glance at them, but when he saw the content on the pages, his expression instantly froze.

His eyes rapidly scanned every detail on the blueprints, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

"This... this is..." His voice was hoarse, and he could barely utter a complete sentence.

The old academician from the Academy of Sciences and the representative from the Ministry of Industry were also successively stunned by the content of the blueprints; the room fell silent, with only the sound of paper turning.

Li Mingyuan explained calmly: "What I have in my hands is not just Vacuum Tube technology, but the complete design plans for these three key systems."

Li Mingyuan walked to the projection screen, adjusted the lighting, and then displayed the first set of blueprints—the detailed design of the Fire Control System.

"This is the Automatic Fire Control System I designed," his voice was calm, but everyone in the military delegation couldn't help but sit up straight.

"It consists of three Hexin subsystems: the Target Detection and Tracking subsystem, the Ballistic Calculation Subsystem, and the Weapon Control Subsystem."

The first page of the blueprints showed the overall architecture of the entire system, with clear lines and detailed annotations; even a layman could see that this was an exceptionally precise device.

The military's technical experts narrowed their eyes and carefully studied every detail, their expressions shifting from suspicion to shock:

"This... this doesn't look like a conceptual design, but rather engineering blueprints that have already undergone detailed calculations."