"What is so serious?" Zheng Linong asked in a somewhat joking tone.
"It is indeed very serious." Gao Fan put away his relaxed expression during the previous chat and said seriously, "When I was in the United States, I met two strange people."
Next, he introduced his encounter with Penglai and Aaliya to Zheng Linong. He couldn't say that he actually recognized Penglai as someone decades later and then realized
The identity of these two people is not simple. It is only said that they felt something abnormal about each other during the contact.
Hearing what Gao Fan said about such a thing, Zheng Linong's face became solemn. He thought for a moment and asked: "You are worried that they have a special mission, but you are not an official of an important domestic department.
, why do they need to waste time on you?"
Regarding this question, Gao Fan actually has an answer, and this answer also comes decades later. He said: "These days, I am also thinking about this matter. The time they contacted me was about the time when the Hutch Group agreed
The time when the loan was provided to Canghua Technology and Trade, or in other words, the time when Hatch Group recognized my ability and believed that I had investment potential."
"Are you saying that the U.S. secret service will attack all Chinese young people with potential?" Zheng Linong asked.
"Exactly." Gao Fan said, "I guess their idea is to cast a wide net. As long as they have potential, they will contact them and throw some bait. As for whether the other party will bite the bait, they don't care.
"This kind of thing does not cost them much. And as long as one person out of ten people succeeds, or even one person out of a hundred people succeeds, it is also a huge gain for them."
"Your guess is not unreasonable." Zheng Linong said. He thought for a while and then asked: "When you told me this matter, do you want me to alert the relevant departments, or do you have other ideas?"
Gao Fan said: "It would be best if Minister Zheng could report this situation to the relevant departments so that they can be more vigilant about similar things.
"However, personally, I regard Minister Zheng as the representative of the organization. If something like this happens, I must report it to the organization as soon as possible."
"It's very good that you are so sensitive." Zheng Linong nodded happily, "I will tell the relevant departments about this for you and ask them to arrange someone to come and learn the details from you."
Gao Fan's meaning is very clear. If Penglai and Aaliya are figures from the American special department, Gao Fan's contact with them will be a hidden danger for Gao Fan. Maybe someone will take this at some time.
This incident serves as a handle for Gao Fan.
Gao Fan said that he regards Zheng Linong as a representative of the organization, and telling Zheng Linong about this matter is equivalent to reporting the matter to the organization. If someone makes trouble for it in the future, the organization can clear his name.
Many officials who are much older and have much higher positions than Gao Fan are not aware of this kind of thing. It is really rare for Gao Fan to be able to do things so thoughtfully at such a young age.
Just as he said this, footsteps were heard in the corridor. Gao Fan glanced at Zheng Linong, stood up and opened the door, and saw Wu Zhefu walking from the corridor, followed by a man in a white coat.
He should be a waiter in the cafeteria.
The two of them each held two lunch boxes in their hands, and the aroma of dumplings came out of the lunch boxes.
With Wu Zhefu present, Zheng Linong and Gao Fan naturally stopped talking about Penglai, and instead talked about some current domestic affairs. Zheng Linong did not treat Gao Fan as a child, and even seriously sought Gao Fan's opinions on some issues.
After dinner, Gao Fan declined Zheng Linong's offer to send him a car to take him back to school and said goodbye.
When Gao Fan took two buses and returned to Peking University, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. All the classmates in the dormitory had returned from the library, and they were all surprised and happy to see Gao Fan.
Gao Fan distributed the souvenirs he brought back from the United States to everyone, which naturally caused a fuss.
That night, the sleep-talking meeting in dormitory 449 lasted until two o'clock in the morning. Everyone was really worried that there would be classes the next morning, so they didn't dare to continue chatting. However, after everyone stopped talking, they tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep.
There are quite a few of them.
Early the next morning, the students all hurried to the cafeteria to eat, and then went to the classroom for classes. Gao Fan slept in and wandered to the Academic Affairs Office of the Chemistry Department at around nine o'clock.
"Hello, Sister Zheng."
Seeing Zheng Xiuhua, the academic secretary of the department, who was sitting at the desk and immersed in work, Gao Fan greeted her with a smile. In fact, Zheng Xiuhua was a few years older than Gao Yiping, and the students called her Grandma Zheng behind their backs.
"Huh?" Zheng Xiuhua raised her head, a little confused. When she saw clearly who the student standing in front of her was, she pretended to be angry and cursed, "It's you, Gao Fan, big or small!"
"No way, Sister Zheng will always be 20 years old in my mind." Gao Fan complimented the old lady eloquently. He knew that Zheng Xiuhua liked this style.
"Why are you back? Did you suddenly remember that you still have a student ID card from Peking University?" Zheng Xiuhua asked Gao Fan with a fake face.
"How can I not? I have never forgotten for a moment that I am still a student in the Department of Chemistry." Gao Fan expressed his loyalty, "I just came back from the United States. Yesterday I went to the Ministry of Chemical Industry to report my work to Minister Zheng. Today I came to the department to listen to Mr. Zheng's work.
That’s the teacher’s instruction.”
"You have moved Minister Zheng out, how can I dare to lecture you?" Zheng Xiuhua said, "That's right, Gao Fan, you have already gone to the United States. Did Minister Zheng arrange for you to go to the United States with a delegation for inspection?
?”
Gao Fan then introduced the Hutch Group and other things to Zheng Xiuhua. After listening, Zheng Xiuhua nodded and said: "Teacher Hai came back from your Maolin last time and talked about what you were doing there.
Several leaders still speak highly of the work you do.
"Teacher Hai said that the projects you are working on are all chemical engineering projects. Your foundation is very solid and your level is no less than the graduate students in our department."
"The department doesn't want me to go directly to graduate school, right?" Gao Fan asked.
"You have a good idea." Zheng Xiuhua scolded, "Director Teng said that no matter how high your level is, you still have to study step by step. You can continue to apply for exemption, but you still have to come back every semester to take the exemption exam. If you fail the exam,
You have to go back to class conscientiously."
"Yes!" Gao Fan agreed simply.
It is very rare for the department to tolerate him not attending classes for an entire semester. Asking him to come back every semester to take the exempted examinations is also required by the rules and regulations, and he cannot be too pushy.