After breakfast, all of them sat glassy-eyed and slow to react, as though their bodies were in their chairs while their souls drifted through the sky.
Seeing how dazed they were, Ji Yanzhi decided not to let them drive themselves. Three of them rode in Wang Mian's car, while the others got into his.
Ji Ting saw them off at the entrance to the Main Building. Shortly afterward, two people came out and said something to him.
Deng Luqing saw this through the car window and asked, "President Ji, those two are..."
Ji Yanzhi glanced back and said casually, "They're people the state sent to protect Ji Ting. He's going out to meet Director Chang at the 13th Institute shortly, and they'll accompany him."
Deng Luqing and the others had no capacity left for any more mental bombshells, but somehow, the hearts that had been working overtime in their chests all night suddenly settled.
If the higher-ups had sent dedicated personnel to protect him, Ji Ting's importance to the country was obvious. In that case, everything they had heard had to be true.
Good heavens. If they really managed to build a lithography machine, every one of them would have earned a place of honor in the imperial ancestral temple in ancient times.
"President Ji, I don't have any experiments on my hands. I can finish handing over my work tomorrow," Deng Luqing said first, once he recovered.
He had barely finished when Zhao Qi added, "I do have projects, but I'll definitely be faster than Wang Mian!"
Wang Bin, on the other hand, was in no hurry to declare himself. His voice was as calm as ever. "I can finish today."
Deng Luqing and Zhao Qi: ...What a monster.
Seeing their frantic eagerness, Ji Yanzhi said coldly, "It doesn't