"Damn, the tractor factory never stops, does it?"
"That Lin guy is like he's on an aphrodisiac, developing more new tricks in a few months than we do in ten years. He rolls out new rockets and shoots them off without even testing, and now he's talking about recovery? Is this how we do aerospace?"
"If you ask me, the young ones need to taste some hardship..."
At Institute 8, He Tang and the leaders of Institute 6 hid in the office to watch the live broadcast of the New Yuan 1B launch.
Both were quite resentful, one with his cornerstones dug out by Lin Ju, the other with a project that got sideswiped and was being crushed in cost.
They were originally discussing the cost control issues of the YF100 after its minor modifications with CZ-9, but since they stumbled upon the launch broadcast, they simply joined the online audience, sneakily dissing Lin Ju all the while.