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October 6, 2011
A burst of ringing from the telephone pulled Zhou Ning from the small dark room. He exhaled and grabbed the phone.
"Hello, you've reached Zhou Ning!"
"Zhou Xiaozhou, why haven't you arrived yet?"
The sound of Xu Dayuan's voice instantly energized him. He moved the phone away from his ear and saw that it was only 7:30. Zhou Ning exhaled. He had drunk quite a bit last night and returned late, especially since he had a lengthy chat with Liu Yongxin, which had broadened his thinking.
"What's the matter, Xu Da? I drank a lot last night and I'm just heading out now."
"Heh heh, it's just that there's no one in your office at the Technical Division, and I was getting a bit anxious. I wanted to update you on our progress. That implant of the same model, specification, and batch number, there are quite a few sold domestically.