Upon hearing that, Minister Jiang immediately took the communicator. "Hello."
"Hello, Minister Jiang. This is Ji Ting."
Minister Jiang smiled. "I've heard a great deal about you, Chief Engineer Ji."
Both men knew that this call had only one purpose: to find out how things were going at Shili.
So Minister Jiang skipped the pleasantries and read out the list of supplies the state had allocated, item by item. He assured Ji Ting that there would be more, not less, than listed, and everything would arrive within two weeks.
"Experts and professors from thirteen fields and systems will be stationed at Shili, including Windchase Power's thermal management system team, the Aerospace Science and Technology Group's optical calibration team, and the National Supercomputing Center." After laying it all out, he gave Ji Ting a blunt assurance. "Whatever supplies you need, whatever people you need, we'll provide as much as it takes."
Huaguo was now rising like the morning sun. It had achieved self-sufficiency across entire supply chains in many industries, and had even claimed the Lithography Machine, what the West called the jewel in the crown of industry.
The United States still wanted to impose sanctions and monopolies to force Huaguo to bow its head, just as it had over a decade ago? That was pure fantasy.
After hearing him out, Ji Ting was about to explain his plan when Director Chang came in.
Director Chang signaled that he had something to say, so Ji Ting spoke into the communicator. "Minister Jiang, sorry for the trouble, but please give me a moment."
Then he looked at Director Chang, who stepped aside to let the senior official outside the door enter.
"Little Ji, Director Chang has told me about your proposal, but the higher-ups still feel it's too aggressive. We'll need to