Chapter 34:

The appearance of Duan Hengye made the audience quiet. Although all the people who came to this meeting were among the best in mecha research, it did not mean that everyone would not be curious about Professor Duan's private life.
Duan Hengye quickly reacted after realizing that he was swayed by Wen Mujia. Now, whenever I make any "special actions", it is considered appropriate for the other party. Duan Hengye hehe silently in his heart, and then nodded towards Wen Mujia very politely. Before everyone could react, he turned and quickly walked towards the hall under the guidance of the robot.
His movements were smooth, and he disappeared in front of the opponent in only two seconds.
This pillar-free banquet hall has a huge indoor area. Unlike the lively scene at the entrance, many people have already sat in their seats inside the hall, quietly waiting for the opening ceremony for a while. Just now I saw Duan Hengye entering the venue, and those who were already seated also stood up. After seeing them, Duan Hengye nodded very politely, and then was introduced by the robot to the seat reserved for him in the afternoon.
The mecha conference has been in preparation for a long time, and the seats for the opening banquet have already been sorted according to the status of the comers in the academic world. However, due to Duan Hengye's sudden arrival, the staff took the time to adjust the seats at the first few tables without too much trouble.
This was the first time Duan Hengye, the dean, came to attend the meeting, but many people in the Yetian Empire Mecha Research Institute were regular visitors to this meeting. After Duan Hengye sat down, he found that there were many familiar faces around him. After seeing that they came, everyone was secretly looking here.
The average life span of people in the interstellar age is much higher than that of the earth, and aging is naturally delayed indefinitely. Some of the highly qualified researchers in the academy, although they look young, are actually older than Duan Hengye. When he didn't come, all the staff were sitting there with a serious look. But after Duan Hengye came over, everyone became nervous as if they had seen the class teacher.
Looking at their nervousness and reminiscing about everyone's age, Duan Hengye suddenly felt a point or two of pressure...
Finding that his arrival had destroyed the harmonious atmosphere here, Duan Hengye was actually somewhat helpless... After thinking about it, he simply picked up the retro paper flow sheet on the table and looked at it pretentiously. Seeing Duan Hengye lower his head, the atmosphere of the surrounding tables finally became a little more harmonious.
These researchers are afraid of Duan Hengye, but there are people who are not afraid of him.
When the conference was about to be held, the chair beside Duan Hengye was finally slowly pulled away. Su Mingge, the deputy dean of the Yetian Empire Mecha Research Institute, the most important guest of the conference, finally returned to his place slowly with a glass of wine.
Logically speaking, Su Mingge, who was squeezed out of the first place, should be angry. But the magic is that after he came, he only politely greeted Duan Hengye, then put down the wine glass, and cast his eyes forward. Just like the two are just ordinary colleagues, they can't see the tit-for-tat when they were in the courtyard.
The host of the opening ceremony is the vice president of An Luo University, and his research is also related to mecha. However, he is obviously a leading figure in another industry, and he has seen all kinds of big scenes. But when he really stood on the stage and saw Duan Hengye who was ten meters away from him, he suddenly became nervous again.
After clearing his throat, Vice President An Luo stepped onto the stage and began to speak according to the pre-written manuscript. Although he was trying his best to relax, as soon as Yu Guang saw Duan Hengye, he couldn't help but start stumbling. Although this meeting will not be broadcast live, the media is still collecting footage and preparing for the evening news.
He may not be able to tell if he is far away, but if he is a little closer or looking through a monitor, he can find that his state is wrong at this time.
Standing on the side of the stage, Wen Mujia looked at the people on the stage with her arms folded, and after a while turned around to take a look at Duan Hengye.
To be precise, Wen Mujia knew Duan Hengye too well because he once regarded the other party as a love rival. When we met at the military headquarters last time, Wen Mujia vaguely felt that Duan Hengye had some changes, but now seeing the other party and his colleague Su Mingge getting along, Wen Mujia finally confirmed how he felt.
Taking a certain time as the node, earth-shaking changes occurred in Duan Hengye's body.
Dean An Luo's speech was not long, and after he finished speaking, he hurried off the stage. Then, Wen Mujia, who was the sponsor of this event, stepped onto the stage. Duan Hengye glanced at the paper flow sheet that had just been placed on the table with some suspicion...This sheet did not say that Wen Mujia was going to be on stage.
Then Duan Hengye slowly moved his gaze back to the stage, he intuitively felt that the other party's on stage was somewhat related to him. Sure enough, from standing up, Wen Mujia's sight fell on Duan Hengye.
Not only Duan Hengye himself, everyone around him noticed this. And Su Mingge turned his head even more directly, and began to observe Duan Hengye's reaction in an upright manner.
Under the gaze of the people around, Duan Hengye looked directly into Wen Mujia's eyes, and neither of them had any intention of avoiding their eyes.
"...Good evening everyone." Seeing Duan Hengye looking at him, Wen Mujia finally said, "Today is the day of the annual Interstellar Mecha Conference. As the organizer of this event, I am very grateful to all The guests are here. And everyone must have discovered that this time, the dean of our Yetian Mecha Research Institute, Professor Duan Heng Ye Duan."
After saying this, Wen Mujia smiled and stretched out his hand to signal to Duan Hengye, who was sitting directly in front of him, and then continued: "As everyone knows, Professor Duan has done a great job on the current mecha research. Contribution. And today I have the honor to invite him to participate in this opening ceremony. The organizers of the conference and...I myself are very much looking forward to Professor Duan’s coming on stage and sharing with you his views on the future development of the industry."
Sure enough, Wen Mujia was waiting for him here.
The atmosphere at the venue became extremely tense for a while. Everyone knew that Duan Hengye appeared temporarily in An Luo today, and there was no speech or speech on the flow sheet.
After all, those present are members of the upper class of the empire. Even if they are not curious about the scandal, many people have heard of Duan Hengye and Wen Mujia's black face gossip. Seeing this scene, although Duan Hengye's reaction could not be seen sitting behind, everyone couldn't help feeling nervous.
Wen Mujia's words have already fallen, but Duan Hengye is still sitting there steadily, seemingly not wanting to move at all.
As time passed, Wen Mujia's smiling face slowly retracted from the stage. He stared at the opponent, ready to speak again. However, at this moment, Duan Hengye finally stood up. He straightened his collar and walked slowly to the corridor.
Maybe there is only one person left on the scene who is not too big to watch the excitement... That is Su Mingge.
After Duan Hengye stood in the corridor, the silent hall once again heard the sound of a small stool rubbing against the floor. Following the prestige, it turned out that Su Mingge turned and tilted his neck to look at Duan Hengye.
According to Su Mingge's understanding of his colleague, Duan Hengye has two possible reactions after hearing Wen Mujia's words-one is to speak on stage, and the other is to turn around and leave.
In fact, if the person standing in the hallway was the original owner, he might indeed walk out of the hall without giving Wen Mujia any face. But the person standing here is indeed Duan Hengye. Under everyone's attention, he finally turned and walked onto the stage.
Seeing that Duan Hengye had really come, Wen Mujia raised her eyebrows in surprise, then let go of the center of the stage, and clapped sideways to the opponent.
An Luo's banquet hall looks very "retro", but it has a little bit of technology in the details. The hall was already silent now. After Wen Mujia's abrupt applause sounded, it was caught by the loudspeaker and dispersed to the corners of the hall.
Immediately after him, bursts of applause finally pierced the silence-the scene at this time was inexplicably called Duan Hengye, reminding him of the first day he entered the book.
Duan Hengye stepped onto the stage, bowed gently to everyone, and then stood up straight. In fact, at this moment, compared to Duan Hengye on the stage, the people on the stage are more nervous.
Whether or not they work in the Yetian Empire Mecha Research Institute, at least everyone is a peer. In people's impression, Duan Hengye has never spoken in public. It's not that he has no confidence in Duan Hengye's eloquence, but no matter how he looks at it, he is not like a person who is good at speaking in public.
The people in the audience waited nervously, but Duan Hengye on the stage was not affected at all. He glanced down and said: "First of all, thank you very much for the invitation to the conference..." After hearing these words, he stood. Wen Mujia raised his eyebrows very obviously. Obviously he didn't expect that Duan Hengye would take the initiative to mention this.
It cannot be denied that Wen Mujia asked Duan Hengye to come to the stage today, but he did not expect him to speak, and even looked at it with the mentality of "watching a good show". But unexpectedly, Duan Hengye gave him a surprise when he spoke.
After standing on the stage, Professor Duan, who usually seemed alienated, was unexpectedly calm.
"For a long time before, the research on one of the interstellar mechas was in a stagnant state." When Duan Hengye spoke, he threw out such a highly lethal sentence. While everyone was thinking in silence, he continued: "Although we have made a stage of progress on the surface, in fact everyone can feel it. This generation of mechas is not much compared to the previous generation. improvement."
Although he had not prepared before, Duan Hengye's speech speed did not slow down. It can be seen that he had already thought about this issue carefully. However, after this sentence was said, no one in the room cared about the state of his speech, but all paid attention to the next content with bated breath.
Although some people are reluctant to admit it, everyone in the mecha world knows that almost all of the upgrading work of this generation of mecha was done by Duan Hengye alone. And what he said just now, from a certain point of view, is not only beating himself in the face, but also beating the entire industry in the face.
...It turns out that Professor Duan usually doesn't speak, is it so cruel when he speaks?
Duan Hengye, who didn't understand, looked surprised, while Su Mingge, who had twisted the stool just now, slowly turned it over. He did not expect that Duan Hengye would tear off this fig leaf in front of almost all colleagues in the industry who can be named. Leave no feelings.
Su Mingge couldn't help but began to look forward to his colleague's next speech.
Without leaving too much time for everyone to think, Duan Hengye continued: "There are many reasons for this result. From the perspective of the entire industry, the biggest problem is the poor communication of information..."
After hearing this sentence, Su Mingge couldn't help laughing suddenly. As the vice-president of the research institute, he knew that Duan Hengye had a lot of credit for himself in the "bad information exchange". Unexpectedly, this person would really just give the problem to Chi today. Throw it out naked.
Seeing Su Mingge suddenly laughed, a colleague from the research institute nearby couldn't help but glanced at him, then whispered, "Su Yuan?"
"It's okay." Su Mingge smiled and waved his hand and said, "I'm laughing at our dean who is really handsome today."
"..." When hearing his words, the staff member even forgot to listen to Duan Hengye's speech. He couldn't help turning around and staring at Su Mingge. If I heard it right, Su Mingge is...praising Duan Hengye?
Wait, is Su Mingge right or wrong?