Chapter 67: Where is the evidence?

Washington D. C., Senate Office Building, hearing room dedicated to hearings.

The long oak table was covered with a dark green tablecloth, the Stars and Stripes and the national emblem hung behind the senators' seats, four CBS television cameras were aimed at the witness stand, and the public gallery was packed with reporters from major newspapers.

Huang Yunji also stood in the public gallery, very worried for Lin Ran. As the editor-in-chief of the Americas Chinese Daily, it wasn't strange for him to care about this matter, right?

This was the first time for a Chinese-American in the White House.

Not only was Huang Yunji at the scene, but Zhou Shukai was also present.

The hearing was presided over by Vice President Lin Deng, with senators from both the Donkey and Elephant parties sitting on both sides.

Among them, the main attackers were Elephant Party Senator Thales Bridges from New Hampshire and Elephant Party Senator Barry Goldwater from Arizona.

Lin Ran wore a gray suit, wore gold-rimmed glasses, and had his Parker pen and draft paper placed in front of him.

Of course, besides him, the other person being questioned today was the new NASA Administrator, James Webb.

The Webb Telescope, which NASA later spent huge sums of money to build, was named after him.

James Webb spoke first:

"The accusations from the senators regarding Professor Randolph Lin lack evidence and are entirely built on the basis of so-called possibilities and associations.

Professor Lin is one of the most famous masters in the contemporary field of mathematics, and his research direction spans multiple fields. With his participation, it can help us narrow or even overtake our main competitor in the aerospace field..."

The technical assessment report written by NASA was placed on every senator's desk.

After his statement ended, Thales Bridges asked:

"Professor Lin has never shown his talent in the aerospace field; there is no overly close connection between mathematics and aerospace."

"Professor Lin has extraordinary talent in the aerospace field that is no less than his mathematics. The following will be narrated by NASA intermediate engineer Haynes and John Morgan, CEO of NASA supplier General Aerospace."

Haynes and John Morgan were brought in to serve as witnesses for Lin Ran's side at this hearing.

Both sides narrated Lin Ran's insight and ability in the aerospace field.

John Morgan also specifically brought Jim Chamberlin along.

"The person beside me is the chief engineer of General Aerospace, and also the chief aerodynamics expert for the Maple Leaf Country's CF-105 fighter jet, Dr. Jim Chamberlin. He will provide supplementary explanations for everyone."

If there was anyone present who couldn't wait for Lin Ran to become the White House Special Assistant for Aerospace Affairs, John Morgan definitely counted as one.

He pushed all the chips he could use onto the poker table. In order to fight for the position of head of the Morgan family, Randolph belonged to a staunch ally he had P-ed with. With various factors superimposed, how could John Morgan not work hard?

"General Aerospace's moon landing proposal ranked first among 14 suppliers in the internal expert evaluation at NASA. This proposal was led by Lin, and those behind us included companies like Boeing, Glenn Martin, General Dynamics, and Lockheed.

Lin's ability in the aerospace field far exceeds mine; whether it is theoretical models or engineering design, the proposals Lin put forward tend to be perfect."

Barry Goldwater seemed to have found a gun:

"Just now, whether it was NASA engineer Haynes or General Aerospace engineer Chamberlin, both proved Randolph's ability in the aerospace field.

As everyone knows, aerospace is closely related to missiles. In the past, Qian, who worked at the California Institute of Technology aerodynamics laboratory, returned to Cultural Huaguo and developed ballistic missiles for Cultural Huaguo.

According to American intelligence, Cultural Huaguo completed a short-range surface-to-surface missile test launch last September. The test launch of this missile reached a world-advanced level, and in the assessment of the Soviet Russian side, it was even considered to have reached the world's number one level.

Recently, the Soviet Russian side announced a 300 million USD interest-free loan to Cultural Huaguo, as well as a series of industrial project aid, which is considered to be in exchange for part of Cultural Huaguo's advanced surface-to-surface missiles.

Randolph Lin returned to Xiangjiang to serve as a visiting professor last July, and Cultural Huaguo's world-leading short-range surface-to-surface missile completed its test launch in September.

Just now James Webb mentioned that Lin is the most famous master of contemporary mathematics. We highly suspect that Professor Lin provided unique ballistic missile algorithms to the Cultural Huaguo side, enabling them to make a leap in missile technology.

Before this suspicion is ruled out, I do not believe Professor Lin is qualified to hold a sensitive position like Special Assistant for Aerospace Affairs."

Lin Ran laughed out loud: "Sorry, if I really had this ability and wanted to help Cultural Huaguo, why would I return to America?

If I could help Cultural Huaguo create the world's first short-range ballistic missile in one month of returning to Xiangjiang, wouldn't that mean other missile R&D personnel aren't doing their jobs?"

The reporters at the scene burst into laughter.

Because the reporters were not only from the Elephant Party side but also from the Donkey Party side, and the Donkey Party reporters were naturally happy to see the Elephant Party senator get snubbed.

Lin Ran wore a smile, while inwardly he was sighing. On one hand, he sighed that in this era, Cultural Huaguo couldn't keep its advanced technology even if it had it, and on the other hand, he sighed that at least they had managed to secure the interest-free loan in USD and some industrial projects.

For the current Cultural Huaguo, a 300 million USD interest-free loan was really not a small number.

Lin Ran only hoped that he told Cultural Huaguo that sea power is greater than land power, as well as the container revolution, and that they could realize it.

If they could realize it in advance, just taking this 300 million USD interest-free loan and investing in ports in Xiangjiang through gloves would be enough to make a fortune; even tripling it in three years would be conservative.

After knowing this good news, Lin Ran was even more composed at the hearing.

After Huang Yunji finished listening to Lin Ran's defense, none of the white reporters present believed Randolph was related to Cultural Huaguo's short-range missiles, but he had a hunch that this matter was very likely related to Lin Ran.

"Lin, it's not your turn to speak yet; this is a questioning!

I didn't say it was all your credit; my meaning is that Cultural Huaguo being able to make this missile number one in the world in a certain aspect and possess unique value is related to you.

This point was also proven in Haynes's narrative. The entire NASA only calculates to the third term of the Earth's gravitational perturbation formula, but you can deduce to the fifth term.

This kind of cutting-edge technical breakthrough must rely on top-tier talent. Without a doubt, Lin, you are such a talent.

That is why we seriously suspect you are related to Cultural Huaguo, indirectly transporting valuable technical information to Cultural Huaguo through teaching in Xiangjiang."

After Barry Goldwater finished speaking, James Webb retorted: "Just like what I said at the beginning, the accusations from the senators regarding Professor Randolph Lin are entirely built on the basis of so-called possibilities and associations.

Regarding what you said about Randolph being related to Cultural Huaguo's missile R&D, besides the so-called timeline coincidence, do you have any other evidence?" ===== CHAPTER 68 =====