University of Science and Technology, President Liu’s Office.

"Dr. Duke, this is Professor Li Fengchao of the Ninth Academy. The next one is Director Sun Hong. Today they have something to talk to you. Do you think the time is convenient?" Principal Liu pointed to two strange faces and said to Duke.

"Hello you guys." After Duke greeted him politely, he looked at Principal Liu in confusion. Today, Principal Liu said that there was an urgent matter to negotiate, but unexpectedly, Principal Liu came in a hurry. Principal Liu just introduced two strangers to know him.

"Professor Li Fengchao is engaged in special industry research, so there should be some questions to discuss with you. Do you think you are looking for time to communicate with Professor Li Fengchao?" It seems that what Professor Li is studying is not simple. Duke's mind quickly turned to search for who the Ninth Academy is, and even President Liu was reluctant to mention it directly.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Duke's mind. Could it be that Nine Courtyard? With this suspicion in his heart, Duke's face immediately showed a look of surprise.

"The Ninth Hospital is a meritorious research institution, and of course the confidentiality is also very high." As if he was solving Duke's doubts, President Liu explained a few words with a smile. Although it was still very obscure, Duke confirmed that the Ninth Hospital was the Ninth Hospital he guessed in his heart based on President Liu's tips.

No, this is really one of the few research institutions with the highest level of confidentiality in China. There is nothing good to come to him. Thinking of this, Duke was secretly alert, and he really didn't dare to get involved in this matter.

Duke is now trying to stay away from matters that are highly confidential about the country.

"I don't know what happened to you when you are looking for me? But I made it clear in advance that if it involves state secrets, I will not participate. Now I may need to go abroad to deal with various matters in the company at any time and cannot comply with domestic security and confidentiality regulations." Duke saw that these two people were from mysterious institutions and had vaguely guessed some clues, but these things were something he didn't want to get involved at all.

Principal Liu smiled bitterly and spread his hands to the two guests that he could do nothing. Of course he knew Duke's principle. Some projects were invited to participate in Duke before, but Duke refused to drop all those who had confidentiality requirements. However, these two insisted on talking to Duke, so today's meeting was met.

"Principal Liu, do you have a quieter room here for talking about things?" Seeing that Duke was more vigilant, Professor Li Fengchao also looked at Director Sun Hong helplessly, sighed inwardly and said to Principal Liu. They originally planned to take Duke to a place where they are in their own place to discuss in detail, but today, looking at Duke's appearance, it is obvious that this plan will not work.

"Yes, I have a VIP conference room here. It has always been opened only when our school leaders have VIPs coming, and they are not open to use them on weekdays." Principal Liu said with a smile. As a deputy ministerial-level unit, it is naturally impossible to have such a dedicated conference room.

"Dr. Duke, this is true. We noticed that you have extremely profound attainments in nuclear reaction research, which solved the world-class research problem of natural nuclear reactor formation. We originally planned to invite you to participate in some of our related research projects, but now it seems that this is somewhat different from your own wishes, so we don't need to mention this."

When only Professor Duke, Li Fengchao and Director Sun Hong were left, Professor Li Fengchao said straight to the point. "Then we want to ask another question. I heard that you have participated in the optimization of the MIT nuclear reaction simulation program at MIT. I wonder if this is a fact?"

After saying that, Professor Li Fengchao looked at Duke with great excitement, his eyes full of tension and complex emotions intertwined with expectations. Director Sun Hong, who was on the side, stared at Duke's every move indifferently.

As soon as this question was raised, Duke was mentally prepared and his heart beat suddenly accelerated. Fortunately, from the outside, Duke still looked calm. This fact is of great importance. Whether to say it or not, Duke weighed the pros and cons rapidly in his mind.

"I have optimized the operating system of the MIT Titan ii supercomputer, and I have indeed used nuclear reaction simulation programs to do many experiments, but I have no chance to participate in the optimization of this nuclear reaction simulation program." Duke thought about it for about a few seconds and decided to deny it.

After hearing Duke say this, Li Fengchao's expectant look immediately became extremely disappointed. He subconsciously exchanged glances with Director Sun Hong. The latter shook his head gently, not knowing what to signal, which made Li Fengchao suddenly change a new topic.

"We also have a supercomputer system, which happens to use the crashilinux system architecture. When will Dr. Duke have time to come to us to optimize it on the spot? I know that Dr. Duke is very busy, but Dr. Duke is already familiar with this system. I believe that it will not take much time for Dr. Duke.

There is nothing to keep in our department about this matter. Dr. Duke has already feedbacked the results to Cray. It is just that Cray has kept this thing secret and is willing to upgrade the system they sell themselves. We cannot get this improvement." Li Fengchao warmly invited.

"I have handed over some fragments of this improved source code to Principal Liu. It is said that the Lingnan Supercomputer Center has adopted this improvement. You can contact Principal Liu and the Lingnan Supercomputer Center." Duke continued to urge.

To be honest, Duke really doesn't want to get involved in this extremely mysterious Ninth Courtyard, and Duke can't afford to get involved in it. Now he can hide as far as he can.

Li Fengchao did not expect that his request would be rejected by Duke. This small detail shows that Duke does have deep misunderstandings and prejudices about confidential research institutions.

"If we can promote SAL to acquire Feihong Co., Ltd., can Dr. Duke consider conducting limited research and development contact with the Ninth Hospital?" Sun Hong suddenly spoke. "We know that the province has great resistance to SAL's acquisition of Feihong Co., Ltd., and if Dr. Duke agrees, we are willing to come forward to promote the acquisition of Feihong Co., Ltd. and SAL."

When Duke heard that the other party was so energetic, he couldn't help but be more vigilant. He could handle Governor Ma in the province, and ordinary people obviously did not have such great ability. Sun Hong must have relied on saying this, otherwise things like this would be easy to expose them.

To suppress Governor Ma, we must naturally send out powerful central personnel. Duke was surprised when he had entered the vision of central personnel.

However, the greater the power the other party showed, the stronger the resistance in Duke's heart. Such a high-level competition can determine the final result of the competition from a director's mouth, which shows that the powerful central person has a strong authority to Director Sun Hong.
Chapter completed!