Dawn.
The sound of the ocean tide not far away rose and fell, making the already quiet night even more tranquil.
Meng Hao's office.
The rustling sound of flipping through hand-drawn draft papers was exceptionally jarring.
Meng Hao tried his best to suppress the frantic beating of his heart, lest he reveal his nervousness.
William meticulously flipped through the hand-drawn draft papers for a full ten minutes.
During this period.
Meng Hao, who was holding back from taking deep breaths, had fine sweat beading on his palms.
"I have to say."
"Your draft plan drawings are absolutely beautiful."
"More beautiful than the draft papers of any drawing assignment staff I've seen in the military!"
William did not stint on his praise, showering Meng Hao with countless beautiful words.
"Look, these lines are so powerful..."
"And the exterior of this vehicle, it's simply magical..."
"And this perfectly square thing, I know, that must be the idle speed governor, it's so cool..."
"..."
William spent over ten minutes flipping through the draft papers and nearly another ten minutes boasting about Meng Hao.
However.
His narration seemed to miss the point entirely.
What idle speed governor? That was a composite lithium battery.
Also, didn't the huge propeller on this vehicle arouse any suspicion?
Even going so far as to praise the beautiful lines, come on, this is a research and development draft, why praise the lines?
Suddenly.
A bold thought popped into Meng Hao's mind.
Could this William not understand the draft papers at all?
Meng Hao subconsciously asked.
"Uh."
"You can actually understand the design draft papers?"
"Did you also work at a US military research and development institution?"
William paused.
His eyes darted guiltily more than ten times, as if he were debating whether to tell the truth.
Finally.
He chose to tell the truth.
"Hey."
"Dear Meng."
"Don't laugh at me."
"I've never attended a single day of research and development institution... as for my military rank."
William pointed to the insignia on his shoulder.
"It was also arranged by my old man through connections, saying I should come here to gain some experience for future promotions!"
Damn it.
Meng Hao was on the verge of cursing in his heart.
So,
This kid was a white monkey wearing glasses, pretending to be educated.
This guy.
He couldn't understand what was drawn on these papers at all.
However, to curry favor with him, he deliberately looked serious and flipped through the papers for more than ten minutes.
This feeling.
Meng Hao could understand.
It was really hard on him.
Back in middle school, he had seen many underperforming students pretend to look at incomprehensible textbooks just to appease the teacher.
And this guy.
He stared with dry eyes for more than ten minutes here, and then racked his brain for the few vocabulary words he knew, showering them upon Meng Hao.
Just for this extremely professional way of flattering him, Meng Hao was somewhat touched.
After a thousand alpacas stampeded through his mind.
Meng Hao's mindset finally relaxed.
He let out a long breath.
At least he didn't have to worry about this kid understanding his drawings anymore.
As for him taking the drawings away, that was even more impossible.
But for insurance.
Meng Hao still gathered the drawings from the desk and put them in the safe box beside him... These safe boxes were completely mechanical, without any electronic devices, so Meng Hao didn't have to worry about them being stolen and browsed.
"To be honest, although you haven't attended much research and development institutions, your grasp of scientific research technology is quite precise..."
"What you said just now is very close to my R&D ideas, why don't you come work as my assistant..."
"I think, with a little training, you'll definitely be a good R&D talent in the future..."
Meng Hao was a person who knew how to repay kindness, and would return a drop of favor with a gushing spring.
This William had been flattering him so much.
He naturally had to reciprocate with a well-timed compliment.
As expected.
Receiving praise from Meng Hao for the first time.
William was very happy.
"Actually, it's just that my old man thinks I'm hopeless..."
"In fact, most of the time, I'm quite witty..."
"As for being your assistant, forget it, I've had a headache looking at those technical drawings and parameters since I was a child. I'd rather be your logistics captain, that's good..."
This William kid.
Knew his limits.
And understood social etiquette.
In the future, he would definitely make progress.
It's a pity.
He was not in the same camp as him.
Otherwise, he would definitely pull this kid over and make him head of the operations department at Huarong Technology.
"Mm."
"After this new energy vehicle is developed, I will fill in your name in the section for the second R&D author, how about that?"
Meng Hao blinked.
Half out of sincerity, and half to appease William, he suggested with a hearty laugh.
"Wow?"
"Really?"
"Then I'll gratefully accept."
William rubbed his hands excitedly.
Who was Meng Hao?
He was a R&D talent highly valued by Lieutenant General Tommy and the entire US Capitol.
If he could get a second author credit from Meng Hao, it would be like being plated with 24k pure gold... especially since he was originally here for the sake of gaining experience.
Seeing Meng Hao earnestly and meticulously put the drawings into the safe, not guarding against him at all, and setting the password.
William was a bit confused.
"Brother Hao."
"This research center is protected by an entire US military base outside, why are you being so careful?"
Meng Hao raised an eyebrow.
Pretending to be profound.
"Preventing at night and day, but you can't prevent a thief from within!"
"Even if this military base is as solid as gold, you can't guarantee there are no bad people within the ranks."
Meng Hao's words.
Were loaded with meaning.
William, being as smart as he was, immediately understood.
Indeed.
Who knew if that Bruce would try something sneaky.
If Meng Hao's research results were stolen, then his credit as the second author would be gone.
"Brother Hao."
"You're truly a meticulous person."
"Indeed, it needs to be kept safe. Don't worry, I will never leak the safe's password!"
Meng Hao was laughing inwardly.
This William.
His father was really right about him.
He was a genius at flattery and seduction.
When it came to managing relationships, this guy was a top talent.
But when it came to serious matters, this guy was easily fooled.
Meng Hao remained poker-faced.
After locking the design drawings, he smiled at William.
"By the way, it's so late, why did you come to find me?"
William rubbed his hands.
"Brother Hao, have you forgotten?"
"After seeing Miss Luna off today, I told you I would arrange a gambling boat, shall we go relax?"
"You haven't eaten all afternoon either, let's go have some drinks, some food... and also, eat some more?"
"As you say in your Great Xia, 'Food and lust are human nature!'"
Good heavens.
This guy, who was into gambling, drinking, and drugs, was already arranging extra activities for Meng Hao so quickly.