Chapter 35:

The staff who spoke just now seemed to be frightened by Su Mingge's performance, and could not even listen to the words of his boss on the stage.
But Su Mingge was different. After praising Duan Hengye, he sat upright as if nothing had happened, and raised the wine glass on the table again. Immediately after listening to the people on the stage, he slowly tasted the dark red wine in the glass.
In general, Duan Hengye's speech can definitely be described as "amazing" in the mecha research community. Although what he said was true, if this sentence was spoken by anyone other than him, it would be considered disqualified.
After this speech, not only the guests at the meeting, but even the reporters who interviewed, smelled a different breath. The nature of this conference is an industry discussion, but anyone with a little common sense knows what mech represents for an empire.
It is a symbol of the empire's hard power and a weather vane for the future of the interstellar. In addition, Duan Hengye's identity is also very sensitive. He is not only an "orphan of a scientist raised by the royal family", but also the marshal's spouse. It is not an exaggeration to say that Duan Hengye's words can actually be regarded as signals by many industries.
Although this event will not be broadcast live, the media still dare not miss any details. Not long after Duan Hengye's speech ended, the news program with the highest ratings in Interstellar began to be broadcast live. Different from the original briefing of the opening ceremony of the conference, this news program deliberately spared a lot of time and put up all Duan Hengye's speech.
The situation on Tize star gradually stabilized, but since the royal family has not left yet, the important members of the military will naturally stay here.
When the news was broadcast, it happened to be one noon on Tize Star Standard Time. Duan Hengye, who had already had a morning meeting, saw the time reminder and finally "released" the staff around him. As everyone left, Meng Jinhuai habitually turned on the light screen and began to watch Interstellar News.
A robot slowly walked over and put the already brewed coffee on Meng Jinhuai's table. The Marshal lowered his head and lifted the cup. While stirring the drink inside, he listened carefully to the news broadcast on the light screen.
Meng Jinhuai's work is very busy, and one mind and two uses are the skills he must master. After so many years, I have developed the habit of watching the news during the lunch break.
Sitting on the left hand side of Meng Jinhuai was the admiral Xin Lan, who had just arrived from the Southern Stars. After all, he was the marshal of the empire, and Meng Jinhuai could not stay at Tize Star forever. After he leaves, Yu Xinlan will be solely responsible for the affairs of this side. This incident is a bit complicated, and there are many places to be handed over.
Because of the reason why Yu Xinlan had just come here, after finishing the meeting, Yu Xinlan did not leave directly like others, but continued to sort out the newly received information on Guangnao.
Although the empire has been relatively peaceful in recent times, the military's work is still very heavy. Yu Xinlan hadn't rested for half a minute after arriving at Tizexing, and now she was sleepy, she could not help but start wandering while sorting out the meeting materials.
Just when Xin Lan was about to finish the work at hand and was about to pack up and leave here, he suddenly heard a familiar name appear on the news.
"...At the Mecha Research Conference held at Anluo University, Duan Hengye, Dean of the Yetian Empire Mecha Research Institute, gave an opening speech." The host on the light screen said. Although it was still the traditional tone of the broadcast, Yu Xinlan was stunned that she could hear one or two points of excitement that could not be concealed from the other party's words-not to mention the host, even her sleepiness was instantly lessened.
Unlike Yu Xinlan, who reacted more strongly, after hearing Duan Hengye's name, Meng Jinhuai had no special performance. While stirring the coffee in the cup, he lowered his head to continue studying the report on the other light screen, as if he completely treated the news as ordinary background sound.
In fact, Meng Jinhuai had already received the news during the meeting. He had long known that Duan Hengye was called to the stage by Wen Mujia to give an unplanned speech.
The host quickly introduced the main process of the meeting, and then Duan Hengye appeared on the light screen. Yu Xinlan had already sorted out the papers and stood up from the chair. After seeing the familiar figure on the light screen, she couldn't help but stop, and then temporarily stopped walking outward.
Although the relationship is not good, it cannot be denied that Yu Xinlan has indeed known Duan Hengye for some time, and is barely familiar with him. Seeing that Duan Hengye was about to start speaking, Yu Xinlan suddenly reacted to something
As the dean of the Mecha Research Institute, Duan Hengye's IQ is absolutely beyond doubt. But despite this, in her subconsciousness, she often sketched Duan Hengye as a vase with nothing in her heart. This is too strange...
If it were put before, Yu Xinlan had absolutely no interest in studying Duan Hengye. But after the attack, she slowly began to change her mind about the other party.
Yu Xinlan saw that Duan Hengye's aura on the light screen was strong. He glanced down below, and then said: "For a long time before, the research of interstellar mechas was in a stagnant state."
Like everyone on the scene, Yu Xinlan immediately realized something was wrong after hearing this sentence. She gently put down the things in her hands, stood still and began to listen carefully. And beside Xin Lan, Meng Jinhuai finally moved his gaze away from the other light screen.
For the first time, the marshal began to take the noon news seriously, instead of using it as background music.
In Tize Xing's afternoon, time seemed to freeze.
Duan Hengye's improvised speech is not long, but the amount of information and the introduction of his personal thoughts in it are scary.
Until the news footage was removed from the Anluo Auditorium and began to broadcast other content, Yu Xinlan, who had been standing still, turned around and looked at Meng Jinhuai like a waking dream.
"Duan...Duan Hengye him?" Although Yu Xinlan hates Duan Hengye, she has never communicated with her boss about each other's issues so frankly. But after reading this news today, Yu Xinlan finally couldn't help it.
She did not ask the following words, but Meng Jinhuai understood the meaning of Yu Xinlan's second sentence. Meng Jinhuai nodded and said, "Duan Hengye has changed a lot."
Upon hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Yu Xinlan glanced at the light screen again, and then sat back at the conference table again.
She was born in a military family like Meng Jinhuai, and she was a few years older than the other. It's not an exaggeration to say that the two grew up on the battlefield almost at the same time.
Yu Xinlan is Meng Jinhuai's confidant, and one of the few people who knows Duan Hengye's identity. So after hearing the words of Master Marshal, she stopped very naturally and began to wait for the other party to analyze and explain the matter.
But what Yu Xinlan did not expect was that Meng Jinhuai did not do what she expected. He did not carefully and seriously analyze the dynamics of the undercover, but said a very subjective remark.
"If Duan Hengye was a royal puppet before, now I finally see his original appearance bit by bit..." Meng Jinhuai took the coffee from the table again, and he continued after taking a sip. "In the case of the attack on Tice Star, with Duan Hengye's skill, he can actually hide by himself and wait until the end to reap the benefits of the fisherman. Even he is completely able to take advantage of the chaos and kill me." Master Marshal said Some of them are not merciful-both to the military and to themselves.
As a member of the Imperial Army, Yu Xinlan of course also worked with every army in the Empire. People worship Meng Jinhuai the same, and treat each other as gods the same. So after hearing what Meng Jinhuai said just now, Yu Xin couldn't help but want to refute. But seeing the other person's leisurely and relaxed appearance, she swallowed her own words again.
Although he didn't want to believe it, what Meng Jinhuai said was correct. Duan Hengye really had the ability and opportunity to kill him, but the opponent gave up this opportunity.
Seeing Yu Xinlan standing there in silence, Meng Jinhuai turned off the light screen and continued: "Since he intends to get rid of his status as a puppet, we might as well wait patiently for the moment he breaks through the cage."
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As an insider of these things, Yu Xinlan has always understood: Although Duan Hengye had committed the murder of the Marshal, who called him special. Only by virtue of this incident, after Duan Hengye's undercover identity was revealed one day, he could completely escape the death penalty in accordance with the imperial special laws against scientists.
At that time, the military will have a high probability of secretly controlling Duan Hengye and request the other party to conduct mech research for himself. Yu Xinlan also understands that although the military has a way to control the opponent, the progress made in involuntary research will not be as great as free research.
If Duan Hengye was really controlled by the royal family because of some unspeakable hiddenness, waiting for him to break free of the shackles seemed a good choice.
But... is Duan Hengye really okay?
Yu Xinlan couldn't help casting a suspicious look at Meng Jinhuai. Upon seeing this, Meng Jinhuai smiled and said, "I will help him when necessary."
Help him break free from the shackles on his body.
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After the opening ceremony and the dinner, An Luo University was late at night.
Although it didn't take long to be pulled up to speak, Duan Hengye felt worshipful gazes from all directions every minute and every second during this event. Fortunately, the rumors of the original owner "Gao Leng" are out, except for a few familiar colleagues, no one came to talk to him today.
Duan Hengye was relieved until he returned to his residence. He put his suit aside very casually, then slumped on the sofa and began to think about life.
The seminar has a total of three days. According to the schedule, tomorrow morning should be an open class activity, and the topic will be officially launched in the afternoon.
Although often referred to as a workaholic, Duan Hengye is not a robot after all. He glanced at the schedule, and then made a decisive decision-to skip the public class tomorrow morning and wait until the afternoon to attend the meeting.
Being a leader in the industry has such benefits. As long as Duan Hengye is unwilling, no one can force him to attend.
In the recent period of time, from the Southern Stars to the Tize Star, the big and small events have not stopped in a day. Physical exhaustion is fine, just talk about psychological pressure, if it is placed on an ordinary person, it should have caused him to collapse.
After finally returning to the house, Duan Hengye sat on the sofa for a long time and did not want to get up. Seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time, the robot in the room took the blanket over very intimately.
Duan Hengye put on a blanket, and the sleepiness came to him, and he felt the comfortable sofa under him. Duan Hengye thought that he would not just sleep here tonight.
The man half-lying on the sofa stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes. At this moment, he saw that the light brain he put aside suddenly flickered.
There are so many things that have happened recently that Duan Hengye will be reflexively nervous when he sees the light brain for a long time. But after a few minutes, he got up and picked up Guangnao.
It turned out to be a message from Su Mingge.
Seeing the sender, Duan Hengye couldn't help being a little surprised. Even though he knew that he was different from his former rival Wen Mujia, Su Mingge shouldn't pit him. But before opening the message, Duan Hengye still had some vague premonitions in his heart-in short, it would definitely not be a good thing for Su Mingge to send him a message in the middle of the night.
Sure enough, as soon as Duan Hengye clicked on the news, the first thing he saw was not Su Mingge's message, but the official invitation letter forwarded by the other party.
The process of each research conference is basically fixed. In the morning of the first day, they will invite important guests to participate in open class activities. It was not until I clicked on the news Duan Hengye that Su Mingge was the one who received the invitation this year.
However, the other party sending this to him is of course not as simple as a notification... Su Mingge wrote in the message that he thinks Duan Hengye’s speech today is very meaningful. Just like what he said, the mecha research industry needs information circulation, and more. Popularization of basic knowledge. Compared with Duan Hengye, Su Mingge feels that he is not a good candidate for public lectures.
... The tone of this news is very sincere, and even Duan Hengye has the illusion that the person who sent the news is not Su Mingge himself.
In fact, before sending this news to Duan Hengye, Su Mingge had already explained this to the conference officials in advance.
The person in charge of the conference is already very excited to be able to successfully invite Su Mingge to participate in the public class activities this year. And after listening to Su Mingge that he planned to invite Duan Hengye to replace him, the official immediately wrote a enthusiastic thousand-word long letter to Duan Hengye.
Although it was a temporary announcement, Duan Hengye became interested after reading the long letter. Su Mingge is not wrong, this public class is indeed a good opportunity. It is not only a good opportunity to popularize mecha knowledge, but also a good opportunity to win security chips for the future self.
Duan Hengye is not a person who likes to hesitate, not to mention that a basic public class is not simple for him. So after reading the long letter, Duan Hengye directly confirmed the invitation letter on Xing.com, then took a breath and got up from the sofa.
The vacation plan was once again ruined.
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The other day was very busy, Duan Hengye had no incident to learn more about the public class activities. So what he didn't know was that the official website of the conference had already hung up the notice that Su Mingge was in charge of this event. Because of the temporary replacement late at night, the official website interface did not update the presenter.
This public class was held in a large classroom in An Luo. After all, he had some teaching experience. Duan Hengye was not afraid of the lecture at all. But what he accidentally overlooked was how nervous other people would be when seeing Professor Duan appear here early in the morning...
The teachers in charge of this public class are all teachers of the Mecha Department. Although they have had some contact with Duan Hengye before, in their hearts, the sacredness of the three words "Professor Duan" is slightly discounted. Did not fight.
Still in a black suit, Duan Hengye arrives in the lounge by himself in a levitator like every time he goes to class. It was different from the usual quiet scene. Standing at the door, he saw that there were people everywhere now. In addition to An Luo's teacher, the Star Network staff who will be responsible for the live broadcast of the public class are also busy in the lounge.
Seeing this nervous state, Duan Hengye didn't want to disturb everyone's work. Taking advantage of the work of everyone around him, Duan Hengye walked along the silver wall of the lounge and walked directly to the small room at the entrance of the classroom, waiting for the activity to begin.
Duan Hengye is An Luo's guest professor, and his identity information has already been posted on the school's star network. But Su Mingge is different. He is only a guest of this meeting and does not have too high activity authority. If you enter the lounge, the system will automatically notify the staff inside.
Time passed by, and there were only less than ten minutes left before the activity started. After the last on-site confirmation, the busy lounge was finally quiet. In this silence, the staff suddenly discovered a very terrible thing-why hasn't Su Mingge come now?
Although he has no experience in public classes, Duan Hengye's common sense still told him that he should communicate with the staff before going on stage. Therefore, when the lounge was messed up again, Duan Hengye, who had calculated the time, walked back again.
In front of him stood a staff member in blue, who was looking for something anxiously with his light brain. At this moment, the staff suddenly felt that someone had to pat his shoulder gently.
"What are you doing?" The man with his back to Duan Hengye "tsk" for a while, then some impatiently shook the hand on his shoulder and turned around.
"..."
"Hello there……"
"Duan...Professor Duan?" After seeing Duan Hengye, the staff member couldn't help but grow his mouth, and then couldn't help throwing away the light brain in his hand. Although the optical brain has a levitation function, the staff was obviously shocked by Duan Hengye just now, and the optical brain fell heavily to the ground before he could set the levitation.
The light brain made of metal fell, and the sound was extremely harsh, and the attention of the entire lounge was attracted.
Then everyone found Duan Hengye who didn't know when it appeared.
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Two minutes later, the live broadcast started on time, falling in the corners of the universe, and hundreds of millions of light screens lit up at the same time. Then people discovered that the speaker of today's open class was not Su Mingge notified on the official website, but Duan Hengye!
At the same time, the people who watched the open class were not only ordinary people. On the starship that left Techostar, Meng Jinhuai, who was notified a few hours ago, also turned on the light screen on time.
Unlike the audience who just came to "watch the open class," Meng Jinhuai came to see Duan Hengye.
Duan Hengye on the light screen bowed gently to the camera, then turned around and started today's work. In his peripheral vision, a corner light screen was showing the number of people watching in real time. At the same time he turned around, the number of people had already broken the tens of billions mark-far more than the total population of the earth in the previous life.
This is destined to be a far-reaching event.