novelraw Chapter 1025: Dad Jiang Was Indeed Detained
Chapter 1025: Dad Jiang Was Indeed Detained
Nathalie Quinlan raised an eyebrow, reined in her gaze, and approached the man who was talking to someone, calling out politely, "Mr. Wafford."
Jackson Wafford looked almost the same as the last time she saw him. Seeing her, he greeted her warmly and enthusiastically, "You’re here, Nathalie Quinlan."
After he spoke, he took a moment to add, "Wait for me a second."
"Sure." Nathalie Quinlan casually found a corner to stand in and wait for him.
Apart from Jackson Wafford, there were a few other people in the office whom Nathalie Quinlan had not met before. Judging from their attire, all were quite formal, dressed in blue overalls, and regardless of gender, each had their hair neatly combed, without a hair out of place, very rigid.
At this moment, everyone’s complexion was pale, and their facial expressions were exceptionally stern; besides Jackson Wafford, not a single person in the office looked her way.
"Bang!" A man with a square face and salt-and-pepper hair slammed his hand down on the desk, visibly upset and angrily said, "They just can’t stand the sight of our research team developing the chip, so they slander Professor Zachmann and the others for stealing their technology, detaining them over there; it’s absolutely outrageous!"
Chips?
Nathalie Quinlan raised her eyebrow and pursed her lips without saying anything.
The president of Tsinghua University glanced in her direction with a worried frown, massaged his temples, and addressed the agitated man, "Mr. Heburn, don’t be anxious, we have the evidence to prove that our research was independently developed. As long as we bring the evidence over..."
"It’s not that easy." Another woman, who was nearly fifty, stepped forward with a look of helplessness, "It’s not a place you can just go to whenever you want. I’ve sought Lincoln Hoffman’s help, hoping to inquire through him about the Red Alliance and see if we could retrieve our people from them. However, Lincoln Hoffman refused to assist. Mr. Zachmann just called to say that his granddaughter also wasn’t willing to seek out Lincoln Hoffman. Our path has been blocked."
Stanley Zachmann was attending an academic exchange on behalf of Tsinghua University’s research team, but an issue arose during the conference.
Chip technology has always been dominated by foreign entities, and this time, they showcased their independently developed microchip technology at the academic conference.
The results were that the attending international team accused them of stealing research outcomes and detained the entire team, including Stanley Zachmann, demanding they hand over the microchip technology.
Audrick Zachmann went there but couldn’t resolve the issue.
This was a tricky situation.
After all, it wasn’t in their own country. Despite their anger, there were rules in the Illegal Zone, and their current plan was to bring the evidence there to prove their innocence.
It was a good idea in theory, but the Illegal Zone wasn’t accessible to just anyone.
To go there, they needed something specific.
Without it, none of them could get there!
Jackson Wafford fell silent, his brow furrowed deeply, unable to think of a solution for the moment.
The Illegal Zone - only The Ninth Institute had contact with it within the country. Apart from Lincoln Hoffman who previously knew people in the Red Alliance, they could only turn to one person—Amadeus Yancey.
He was wondering whether or not to seek out Amadeus Yancey for help.
Just then, the girl quietly waiting in the corner suddenly spoke up, "What you all need, I have it."
Whoosh—
Several pairs of eyes in the office simultaneously looked towards her in astonishment.
Nathalie Quinlan lifted her head; her face under the brim of her hat was delicate and young, just a student. Whether it was her clothes or her age, she didn’t appear to be someone significant, just an ordinary girl.
Of course, she happened to be rather strikingly beautiful.
"Do you know what we want?" An irritable professor couldn’t help but speak up, his tone quite unfriendly, mainly due to the bad mood he was in.
Jackson Wafford hurriedly intervened to smooth things over, "Nathalie Quinlan is a new student at Tsinghua University this year, she doesn’t know what we’re discussing. She came to see me for a matter, I’ll go out and speak to her afterwards."