On October 6, the joint Hua-De Laboratory was officially established in the experimental building of Qingbei University's medical school.
Officials from the Ministry of Commerce and university administrators attended a brief inauguration ceremony.
The Chinese Side also gave a warm welcome to the engineers who had traveled from the De Side.
Professor Qi and Zhou Yuanhang were both present.
But to her surprise, Mike was not leading the De Side's team.
When she had left De Country, Mike had explicitly told her he would come to Hua Country himself to take part in the research project.
After the ceremony, Song Ning asked the De Side's staff about Mike, only to be told:
"Oh! His father, Kurt, has run into some trouble! Mike will come once he's dealt with it!"
"What... happened to Kurt?"
"We don't know the details! But Kurt is always running into trouble! It can't be helped! Too many people have their eyes on him!" came the reply.
Song Ning could only leave it at that.
As the project leader, she then led the team members through the project planning.
She already had a clear plan in mind.
Once the plan was ready, she broke down the assignments according to each Laboratory participant's strengths.
They only needed to proceed according to the schedule.
She would choose an appropriate point in that schedule to reveal the key information needed for the breakthrough.
In short, they would overcome the technical hurdles within three months.
She would keep her word.
At lunchtime, she went to the medical school cafeteria with Lao Qi and Zhou Yuanhang.
She had only meant to invite Lao Qi, but he had casually invited Zhou Yuanhang along.
There was no helping it. The three of them knew one another best among the Laboratory staff.
The cafeteria was