Chapter 192: It’s All About the Screenwriting

“She reported that Du Qiu said there was an important research project he hadn’t completed, and once it was done, he would return to the country.”

Fang Tianji immediately asked, “Didn’t this girl ask what project Du Qiu is working on?”

“She mentioned that Du Qiu never discusses his research projects with her, and it wasn’t appropriate for her to pry too much.”

The elder asked, “Could there be a possibility that this Li Shennan is the leader of a certain power? They invaded and took control of the United States’ satellites, and then coincidentally saved Du Qiu.

Du Qiu could be working for them now to repay their assistance, perhaps he has promised to complete a particular project before returning to the country?”

Old Song’s eyes lit up as he said, “Chief, your speculation may very well be possible. We have been trapped in a misunderstanding, always assuming Li Shennan could be Du Qiu, but we never considered this possibility.”

Fang Tianji added, “That’s right, this would explain why Li Shennan’s Iron Guard Security would take action to rescue the medical team and later offer aid during the Ebola virus epidemic.”

Old Qian joined in the jest, “Maybe Dr. Du Qiu is being held in soft detention by them, and that’s why he can’t return home.

Old Fang, if this is really the case, can your military think of a way to rescue Dr. Du Qiu?”

Fang Tianji immediately replied, “That’s definitely not a problem. It’s only after collaborating with Dream Technology that we realized their robotics technology is absolutely top-notch.

Our in-system experts are far behind their research staff, and those who took part in the joint development said they’ve made significant technological advancements.

Most crucially, Du Qiu still played a pivotal role. Dream Technology later overturned the original design and put forward an improved plan that was said to be provided by Du Qiu.

The latest test results show that this scheme absolutely crushes the US military’s combat robots. With these combat robots, our soldiers could shed much less blood.

The world’s technological development is changing rapidly every day, and I feel we need to further increase private enterprises’ participation in our military-civilian integration development strategy.”

The leading elder agreed, “That’s right. We’re opening up more and more to foreign capital, and for some areas, we need to accelerate opening up to domestic private enterprises.

Don’t be afraid of the impact on our military-industrial enterprises. The wolf at the door may just invigorate some military enterprises, preventing them from becoming rigid.

Our military-civilian integration policy has already made significant advances in national defense construction. Just look at the blossoming results since the space sector has opened up.”

Old Song, frowning, continued, “Chief, from what Old Fang mentioned, Dr. Du Qiu indeed maintains a channel of communication with Dream Technology.

Under these circumstances, it’s highly possible that Du Qiu is unable to return due to a threat or implicit control by the forces of Li Shennan.

Of course, there’s also the possibility that Dr. Du Qiu has already joined them.

This force also has notable strength; they’re able to maintain extremely close relations with the Tanga Federation government, and their previous actions in South Sudan evidently show they have tight relations there too.

This recent incident in Seychelles is also somewhat related to them.

Our intelligence indicates that the desalination plant in Seychelles, although nominally built with aid from the Tanga Federation, was in fact built with the help of Li Shennan’s Dream Technology.”

Fang Tianji asked, “What kind of company is this Dream Technology?”

Old Song explained, “Dream Technology should be the important core enterprise of the organization. The company was originally a German company and is now multi-national.

From public records, the main research and development center is in Germany, and they do OEM work for various well-known brands.

Their OEM factories are spread across our country, Asan country, Parthia, Rus country, Southeast Asia, and other places.

By the way, the chairman of Dream Technology, Rein Leinar, once served as a visiting scholar at Shanghai University in Magic City of our country, and he is quite familiar with Dr. Du Qiu, having once been a technical consultant at Dream Technology in its early stages.

There’s also that President Mu Weini’s son, Hao Ren, who is a good friend of both Du Qiu and Rein Leinar. This is another reason for me to mention the alternative possibility.”

Old Qian suddenly spoke, “Perhaps it is for this reason that Li Shennan and his team went to rescue Dr. Du Qiu after his accident and brought him to the Tanga Federation.”

Old Song nodded, “Looking at the timeline, the establishment of Dream Technology’s industrial park in the Tanga Federation coincides with Du Qiu’s disappearance.

Initially, we speculated that Li Shennan might be Du Qiu in disguise, but since this person rarely shows his face, we didn’t have sufficient evidence.

Now it seems that the Chief’s speculation might be more logical, otherwise, we can’t explain how Dr. Du Qiu could mysteriously disappear from the GIA’s pursuit without any help abroad.”

The leading elder waved his hand and said, “Alright, we need Old Song and the intelligence team to diligently uncover the truth of the matter. Let’s not discuss it any further.

Regarding the Tanga Federation’s mistaken sinking of the Asan country’s warship, our general principle is that we hope both parties will sit down and negotiate a peaceful resolution.

Both sides are at fault here, and we can give Asan country a message that we are willing to mediate the peace talks.

Old Qian, you will go as my special envoy, first to the Tanga Federation and then to Asan country, to get both parties to sit down for negotiations.

Old Fang, since your military’s aircraft carrier fleet happens to be in the Indian Ocean, you might as well visit some old friends and not let the Tanga Federation feel the cold.”

Both Old Qian and Fang Tianji nodded in agreement.

The elder then looked at Old Song and said, “As for Dr. Du Qiu, Old Song, you’ll reach out to him directly through the young lady from the Ning family. If he isn’t restricted in his actions, the homeland welcomes his early return!

If he’s concerned about safety, he can wait until the aircraft carrier fleet arrives in the Tanga Federation and return with the fleet.”

Old Song responded, “Understood. This time the arrangements will be meticulous to ensure Dr. Du Qiu’s successful return to the homeland.”

As the secret meeting footage of several major countries finally came together and was broadcast on the big screen at the base, Du Qiu watched one by one with interest.

The cunningness of the Americans, the craftiness of the Asan country, the wild imagination of the Tang Country…

It was indeed a thrilling spectacle, giving Du Qiu a more nuanced understanding of a nation’s high officials as a group.

He hadn’t expected that using a high-fidelity robot to impersonate Li Shennan and set a trap for the GIA in South Sudan would, in turn, lead the senior officials of the Tang Country to play screenwriters, spinning an exciting thriller.

After mulling it over, Du Qiu started to look forward to the idea of returning home on an aircraft carrier.

However, this would undoubtedly prevent the Americans from making any rash moves, which might bury hidden dangers.

Perhaps he should set up a situation to let the GIA show their hand, so when the time comes for retribution, it will be all the more satisfying.

No, no, he’s learning bad habits from these politicians.

Du Qiu laughed at himself with a bit of self-derision.

“Star Ocean, keep a close eye on all the military movements of the Asan country and sell the intelligence on our website at the right time; hold off a bit until the Asan country’s deployments are nearly complete, then make it public.”

“Understood, sir.”

“Keep a close watch on the GIA’s East Asian Division, including the residences of all their action team members. We need to know as soon as they make a move.”

“That’s not a problem, sir. Infiltrator II has already been deployed, and with their current counter-surveillance technology, they won’t find it for a while.”

“I see only the East Asian footage has been sent by nanobugs; it looks like Infiltrator II hasn’t been able to penetrate where their meeting was held.”

“Yes, sir, many countries have secretive locations that are not easy for Infiltrator II to enter. The meetings in the US and Asan country took place at the leaders’ locations, which have long been infiltrated by Infiltrator II.”

“No rush, let’s take it slow. The asymmetry of information we currently possess is already sufficient for us to handle all kinds of emergencies.”

“Sir, there’s a situation I need to report to you.”

“What’s the matter?”

“Recently, a female celebrity who was very close to Liang Weimin has been in frequent contact with Yu Donghua, and Yu Donghua has already quarreled with his wife over this.”

Du Qiu was taken aback and said, “The big fish, this fat guy, is also looking for an extramarital affair? You mentioned her closeness to Liang Weimin; could it be Yan Liusu, the one who was blocked by Sun Xiaofei?”

“That’s right. It’s her.”

“Has she shown any other unusual behavior, such as trying to spy on technology intelligence from Wisdom Technology?” Du Qiu’s first thought was whether the other party could be a spy sent by someone.

Star Ocean said, “No, her interactions with Yu Donghua have all been quite normal. We were originally going to deploy a first-generation Infiltrator on this woman, but her home and car are equipped with the anti-paparazzi system you developed earlier, sir.

After the incident with Liang Weimin ended, we stopped tracking her. Do you think we need to deploy Infiltrator II now?”

Du Qiu stroked his chin and said, “The way you put it, her background seems very clean, no spy suspicions, right?”

“That’s correct. All the information I’ve found shows no trace of her having any contact with known intelligence personnel. However, she is indeed very close to some high-profile figures.”

“Uh, it seems like she’s a socialite. Big fish is really confused this time.”

Du Qiu pondered for a moment and then said, “With my return, malicious actions against high-ranking officers of companies like Dream Technology and Wisdom Technology are bound to happen.

I can’t be passive like before; deploy Infiltrator II on all high-ranking families and friends who are in close contact.”

“Understood, sir.”

“Anyone who shows malice toward my people, they all must be eliminated this time.”

Du Qiu calmly watched the frozen frame of the Asan country’s Prime Minister Morhan on the big screen. He was no longer that doctor who had just started his venture.

After everything he’s been through, his heart has hardened.

Besides, Du Qiu was still considering leading the people of Blue Star into the stars, and who knows how many tough barriers he would encounter on that road ahead.