Chapter 177: Successfully Hoodwinked the Americans

Across the ocean, the United States, Langley, a place covering over two hundred mu.

Its appearance is no different from that of an ordinary business park, surrounded by trees and vegetation, but once you get close, you'll find the security measures here are very strict.

A cross-shaped revolving door, an identity verification system……

This is the headquarters of the famous CIA!

There are two buildings in total; the eastern one is somewhat old, built in 1961, while the western one is new. Both buildings are hidden among the trees, making them hard to observe from the outside. Around them is a huge parking lot, forming an open area; anyone trying to sneak in will be detected in advance.

At this moment, in the western building's office, a spirited bald-headed old man sat in his chair, listening to his subordinate's report.

"According to intelligence from France, that certain person went to the East, and besides being interested in the East's 155mm howitzer, they also reached an agreement with the East to develop armed helicopters……

Upon hearing this, he raised his head; the gaze behind his glasses was extraordinarily shrewd, hard to imagine it coming from the eyes of a man nearly seventy years old.

William-Joseph Casey, born in 1913, during World War II formed a close friendship with the then sixty-year-old William-Joseph Donovan, the father of American intelligence, and served as the head of the European division, mainly gathering intelligence on Germany.

After the war, he participated in the Marshall Plan; in the 1960s he joined Nixon's campaign, but unfortunately he clashed with then Secretary of State Kissinger and left the political center.

In the 1980s, he was a key member of Reagan's presidential campaign team, earning great merit for Reagan.

So, after Reagan took office, old Casey finally got his wish, becoming CIA director and even qualifying for a cabinet seat, setting the record for the oldest person to hold that position.

Everyone thought this multimillionaire, having had no contact with intelligence work for decades, was too old, but the facts proved that once he took office, he began to realize his former ambitions, recalling dismissed agents, increasing funding, and leading the CIA to rival its 1960s heyday.

In 1987, his health deteriorated, forcing him to resign as CIA director, and that May he went to meet his Maker.

Now he is energetic and pays attention to many things; if that certain person were to sneak off to the East, he wouldn't miss it—instead, it would only make him more suspicious, and now he has suddenly realized the truth.

"So they wanted armed helicopters; actually, we've been overly cautious about that certain person. We can open up supplies a bit—what we can give to Langtuo can also be given to that certain person. F-15 fighter jets can continue to be exported, and this Cobra armed helicopter can also be sold……

He merely felt it a pity, clearly aware that those who lean toward David's side would not tolerate that certain person's military becoming too strong; various obstructions would only make that certain person resentful, which is detrimental to America's overall Middle East strategy.

"However, their vision could be better—the East only managed to catch up to the West's low-end level by importing French Dolphin helicopter technology; now, how could we import from the East?"

"It's all because those Easterners are too good at bluffing……

Then his subordinate gave a rundown of rotors, engines, and the like, and the last doubt in William Casey's mind vanished.

"Well, if that's the case, who knows how many years it'll take them to succeed in development? We don't need to worry about them. The cooperation between that certain person and the East has had its intelligence rating downgraded by one level. This Qin Miao, however, is worth keeping a close eye on—if he ever comes to the Western world, especially to our United States, we could make contact; if we win him over, it would be greatly beneficial to us.

"Yes. Next up is the hostage crisis negotiation with Langtuo, which is currently progressing smoothly……

The Middle East has always been a thorn in the side of Americans! But William Casey believes he has a way to solve the problem!

The capital of that certain person.

Inside the palace, gleaming with gold and brilliance, King Hassan listened to the Sultan's introduction, his eyes shining with vigor.

"Good, good, good, this Qin is indeed our best friend, helping us out a lot! I have no objections to any of the trade items; next, we need to hurry up and sign the contract with them to formalize the deal!

"Yes." The Sultan nodded: "In a week I'll set out again, but this time…… if we continue to make things public as before, it's likely to arouse outside suspicion……

The key is that the interval is too short!

"Isn't Walid supposed to be doing business with the East?"

The Sultan's eyes lit up: "Not bad, this is a good excuse!"

Ha Gong Da, Department of Civil Engineering.

In 1920, the year Ha Gong Da was founded, it established the Department of Railway Construction; two years later it became the Department of Railway Construction; seven years later it became the Department of Civil Engineering; by 1959, when the national academic departments were adjusted, the civil engineering category was split off, forming the dedicated Ha Cheng College of Civil Engineering, while Ha Gong Da's own architecture discipline was incorporated into the Department of Civil Engineering.

"For the development of Ha Gong Da, we believe we currently need to build at least six teaching and research buildings, four specialized laboratories, and four dormitory blocks," said the renowned old professor Zhao Jiujiang of the Department of Civil Engineering: "So during this period, our third- and fourth-year students have designed all these buildings and even completed the models……

The school's development cannot be separated from the construction of its buildings, especially specialized classrooms and lab sites, which must be expanded to meet demand; as for the dormitory blocks…… just look at how many married teachers are still living in single faculty housing, and you'll see how urgent this need is.

Anyway, the school now has money—what needs to be built must be built!

"Qin Miao, what do you think of our design?"

"Well, I actually don't know much about this either." Looking at something like a future real-estate model, Qin Miao expressed humility: "But…… I do have a few simple ideas, such as: could our teaching buildings have enclosed corridors connecting them all, so that in winter, when attending class, everyone wouldn't have to run outside; they could walk inside the enclosed corridors, which would also be warmer.

This is the heated corridor of future Ha Gong Da—no need for overcoats, not even sweaters; in winter you can go back and forth wearing just a single layer!

"Under this corridor could perfectly be the heating pipes; that way we could even do away with radiators, as the heat emitted by the heating pipes would be sufficient.

Everyone nodded in agreement: "Hmm, yes, let's revise the design!

"Qin Miao, what do you think of the design for our dormitory building?" Professor Fan Naiwen, holding the blueprints, pointed them out to Qin Miao.

"Dormitory building……" Qin Miao originally wanted to say he had no ideas about the dormitory building, but in the next moment he realized: they'd definitely assign him a unit in there!