"Giving the equipment team more of a jolt is a good thing. Working behind closed doors makes it easy to lose touch with reality. Look at this strength-testing machine. It's only gone through three versions, so how could they think it was good enough already? It can't even measure someone's punch. It's a completely substandard product."
"The same goes for those special-alloy weapons. They all look passable, barely adequate, but in practice, there are plenty of problems that still need improving."
"We're researchers. We have to keep our feet on the ground. We'll be sending so many people to the moon in the future. We can't afford mistakes at any stage," Elder Zhong said with a smile.
"You're right, Elder Zhong. I'll assign people and arrange the improvements right away." Liu Chengdong listened humbly beside him, like a student who had done something wrong. It was obvious that he held this former director in tremendous awe.
"Mm. Ideally, follow Chen Jue's suggestions and build a set of testing and training equipment tailored to him. For the lunar equipment later on, we should listen more to what these young people have to say, too."
"The future belongs to young people like you! An old man like me won't stay here getting in the way." Elder Zhong gave a few more instructions and some words of encouragement to Chen Jue, feeling that the young man before him had truly exceeded his expectations. Finally, hands behind his back and face glowing, he strolled out of the training grounds, evidently very satisfied with Chen Jue's string of performances that day.
In Elder Zhong's eyes, with a Special Grade candidate like Chen Jue around, the first step of the Homeland Project could clearly be taken on solid footing.
Liu Chengdong instructed several staff members to