Spark

"So VOSTA LMG has made no substantial progress since it entered the arena? What are they doing during this time?"

Chen Nian asked suspiciously.

"Most of the time I was fighting against the bad rules in Vietnam."

"It is said that they have just punished a group of corrupt elements, and some were even shot on the spot—however, the effect of this is very limited, because the root of the problem is not the bottom-level executors they arrested."

"For a project as big as a sand dredger, there are so many departments in charge. Under their system, do you think it can be guaranteed that no one will not lend their hand?"

"As long as someone reaches out, it's not something a military region can handle."

"In my opinion, their sand dredger project is actually dead - when it's launched, it's better not to sink into the water."

Hearing Chen Guo's words, Chen Nian nodded with lingering fear.

He is not thankful for Vietnam's failure, but for the decision his side made a few years ago.

Admittedly, given the current domestic environment, it is actually impossible to be 100% upright, and there is room for improvement in many areas.

But at least we've built a foundation.

Our military has not been corrupted. As long as we maintain this point and gradually start reforms, many things will be reversed.

This is something he has seen with his own eyes.

In the next ten years, many things will change, and some people who used to be unscrupulous will also get the punishment they deserve.

History always develops in a spiral, and what we need now is just more patience.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian said:

"Then if that's the case, we don't need to pay too much attention to the progress of VOSAT LMG, right?"

"Before I considered whether to take some action against them. Now it seems that we don't need to do it at all-they will play themselves to death."

"Indeed it is."

Chen Guo nodded and replied.

"However, what we should push is to push as soon as possible. If we sail against the current, we will retreat if we don't advance. Once the pressure starts to drop, it will easily lead to collapse."

"So I can only go to the end. If I want to rest, I can only wait until the end of the project."

"The frontline staff are working very hard."

Chen Nian said with emotion.

"They would have worked harder without you."

Chen Guo looked serious and spoke solemnly.

After pausing for a moment, he continued to speak:

"Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about when we started J-10."

"The wind tunnel blows again and again, and the design changes again and again."

"What was the most painful thing at that time? It wasn't the heavy workload, nor the physical exhaustion, but the mental fatigue."

"I can't find my way. Every day when I open my eyes, I think that I owe a lot of data and have to run. The anxiety is really indescribable."

"It's much better now, everyone knows what they want to do and has clear goals."

"Moreover, after working every day, there are results."

"If it used to be a donkey hanging a carrot in front of his eyes, no matter how hard he traveled, he couldn't eat it. At least now, the carrot is placed on the side of the road, and he can eat it after walking a few steps."

Chen Guo chuckled, and said jokingly:

"But now, our donkey is carrying heavier loads."

"Would you like to slow down the pace a little?"

Chen Nian asked with a frown.

In fact, during this period, he also clearly felt that the pace of technological iterative development was a bit too fast.

There are several major projects running in parallel, and everyone in the entire Spark team is very busy going around if I want to add some new small projects.

Many times, when I suddenly wanted to call Chen Guo in the middle of the night, he still answered in seconds.

This proves that his sleep and rest time are seriously insufficient.

You can tell by the dark circles on his face.

And if he is the overall person in charge, let alone others.

Especially those front-line engineers who are mainly responsible for technology implementation, maybe many people have been squeezed to the limit.

——

Not only human resources, but also all kinds of resources have approached the upper limit of balanced development. There is no sign of the surplus of basic resources such as steel and coal that should have appeared in 2006.

The reason is simple, these resources are completely drained by various projects of the Spark team.

From a resource optimization perspective, this seems like a good thing.

But if you consider the endogenous potential of the industry and the subsequent industrial upgrading that will have to be carried out, this is not so good.

Now the economic situation of the entire China is like a nouveau riche, and it seems to be a private enterprise that grows wildly at the start-up stage. If the speed of "upgrading" cannot keep up with the speed of "making money", maybe one day there will be a collapse of nodes.

At that time, no matter how advanced your technology is and how powerful your background is, you will not be able to save the avalanche-like situation.

There are lessons learned for such a thing, and it is impossible for Chen Nian to watch it happen.

Chen Guo noticed Chen Nian's worried expression, and after thinking for a while, he answered:

"There is no need to talk about 'slowdown' just yet."

"However, objectively speaking, there are major hidden dangers in such a reckless development, and we are also discussing this issue internally."

"Basically, everyone's views are more consistent."

"That is, after this maritime crisis, we need to shift from military industry to civilian use as soon as possible, and upgrade basic industries."

"I don't know if you are interested in participating. Of course, we don't force it. If you want to focus on military industry, we have no problem at all."

"It's just that the professionalism you showed in the high-speed rail matter made everyone look forward to it."

"I definitely want to participate."

Chen Nian replied firmly.

"However, where are we going to start?"

"One trick is popular all over the world. It's nothing fancy, it's just infrastructure."

"Roads, bridges, ports, electricity, resources, water conservancy, and real estate. Of course, there are also relatively new infrastructure activities, such as communications, that must be done."

Chen Nian looked at Chen Guo in surprise, and couldn't help asking:

"The layout of the communication is proposed now?"

In his impression, it will take many years before the "new infrastructure" of communication is officially included in the strategic goal.

"Or else?"

Chen Guo asked a little strangely.

"Prepare for a rainy day, many things should be done sooner rather than later."

"From the current situation, we have too many communication no-man's lands, which will cause serious differentiation in economic development. In some cases, the consequences will be even more serious than the consequences of traffic differences."

"Understood."

Chen Nian nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

However, in his heart, there was already some admiration vaguely.

It seems that this country has always been extremely sober about its own destiny.

Although they talk about the "five-year plan" every year, in fact, the plan has been implemented for at least 20 years, and it may even be 30 years later.

With such a long-term perspective, he also felt a kind of solidity.

The leader is not just myself.

At least now, he can say frankly "My way is not alone"

After chatting with Chen Guo, Chen Nian looked at his schedule and found that there were not many arrangements for this afternoon, so he calmly paddled for half a day.

——

Of course, his so-called paddling actually refers to the course content of self-study material interface science.

Compared with the heavy scientific research tasks, studying now has become a kind of relaxation for him.

After half a day of 4 hours of study, his number of source points increased by 0.11 points, and now, his number of source points has reached the "peak period" of 8 points.

From his "task manager", at present, his daily average source point increment has broken through to 0.25 points, and his efficiency has been further improved.

Solving some relatively basic technical problems is basically not difficult.

However, with such an increase in the source point, it is still far from being able to touch the "near future" technology.

You know, even if it is a quantum computer that has been realized more than ten years later, if he wants to analyze it now, he still needs a full 300 source points.

Although he can save two years to click out this technology tree, it is actually very low in terms of efficiency and cost performance.

So, don't be too impatient.

Steady and steady, laying out the basic technology, waiting for the source point income brought by the fission effect to further increase, and then slowly exploring forward, is the most practical and effective path.

Chen Nian put away the system interface, turned around and went out to the cafeteria, ready to fix dinner for himself.

It's his routine—mostly for the pleasure of feeling like a college student.

In the cafeteria, he unexpectedly discovered that he ran into an acquaintance again.

Wang Jiancheng.

This kid has rarely appeared since he joined the Yujing project team. Judging from Chen Guo's feedback, he is also very busy.

But looking at his leisurely look now, maybe the project has come to an end?

Chen Nian stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder. Wang Jiancheng turned his head in doubt, and then his expression immediately turned into surprise.

"Senior! I was looking for you!"

Chen Nian smiled and asked:

"Why are you looking for me? The project is not busy anymore?"

"Don't be busy, don't be busy, there are already phased results, and the follow-up things can't be rushed. 611 is doing it, and I'm in charge of helping."

"It's not as simple as a strike, is it?"

Chen Nian said jokingly.

In fact, he knew the situation better than Wang Jiancheng himself.

Now in the Yujing project team, although Wang Jiancheng cannot be regarded as the No. 1 person, he is also the absolute core.

No one knows the basic principles of convolutional neural network algorithms better than him, and he has a unique advantage in system optimization.

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Wang Jiancheng smiled and did not answer, but asked instead:

"Senior, when I joined the group before, they said you would come too, but I've been working for so long, and I haven't seen you once."

"Did you really go? They wouldn't be lying to me, would they?"

Chen Nian quickly shook his head and replied:

"No, I'm not in charge of the same module as you, it's just that I didn't meet."

"Actually, all the results of your work will be shown to me - don't you guys engage in bee colonies? The test is from our group."

Hearing this, Wang Jiancheng finally felt relieved.

The bee colony design is the core of the Yujing project, and it is impossible for people who are not in the group to know, which also proves that Chen Nian is indeed in the group.

The two didn't meet, it's just that the division of labor is different.

"Then I'm relieved. If they want me and don't want you, I'm really sorry."

Seeing Wang Jiancheng's sincere expression, Chen Nian didn't say much, just patted him on the shoulder and gave him a positive look.

After sitting down, Chen Nian continued to speak:

"Now that the Yujing project has basically come to an end, what do you plan to do next? Apply for special classes? Publish papers?"

"Well! These must be done!"

Wang Jiancheng nodded and said:

"However, I have other ideas."

"What do you think?"

Chen Nian looked at him curiously, and a thought came to his mind:

This kid pretends to be imaginative all day long, and this time Yujing 01 can be said to be his first successful practice.

Now that he has tasted the sweetness, he will not go further and further down this road.

Before this thought had time to turn around in his mind, sure enough, Wang Jiancheng's next sentence directly confirmed Chen Nian's guess.

"I want to be a robot!"

".robot?"

"To be precise, it is a military drone armor."

"Senior, look, we already have Yujing 01, which is considered a rudimentary artificial intelligence. If we can continue to develop on the basis of rudimentary artificial intelligence, one day, we will be able to create a robot with autonomous combat capabilities!"

"By that time, our soldiers don't even have to go to the battlefield in person, let alone fill the gap in equipment with their lives."

"Just send a group of mechanical soldiers to the front line, and we'll just sit in the rear and take command!"

Hearing his words, Chen Nian couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Don't you think your idea is too far away from reality?"

"yes!"

Wang Jiancheng didn't feel wrong at all, but replied:

"It's because it's too far away from reality, so we have to take it step by step."

"In my opinion, to build a robot, the first problem to be solved is nothing more than the problem of mechanical structure, power system, and energy system."

"The mechanical structure is the best solution. The power system needs to rely on the development of the motor, not to mention the energy system. If there is no progress in the battery, there is no need to think about it."

"So, my goal is simple."

"Build a passive mechanical exoskeleton first!"

"Then, on the basis of the exoskeleton, climb up the technology tree step by step."

"One day, the real T-50 will appear!"

Wang Jiancheng said seriously.

Chen Nian couldn't help but rubbed his forehead.

In fact, the idea of ​​a mechanical exoskeleton has been thought of before, but now, the basic technology is too weak, and the combat effectiveness of the exoskeleton itself is actually limited, far inferior to a strategic bomber.

Therefore, this direction was finally abandoned by Chen Nian.

But now that Wang Jiancheng mentioned it, Chen Nian felt, maybe, it's not impossible?

After all, someone has to explore the boundaries of technology.

I don't want to do it myself, and the government doesn't have the resources to do it, so since he wants to do it, let him try?

If it does come out, that would be a great thing.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian nodded.

"Just do what you want, you don't have much to do anyway."

"However, you still have to be calm and don't lose the basic things."

"Don't worry senior, I know it well!"

Seeing Wang Jiancheng's expression, Chen Nian's heart suddenly moved.

He secretly thought:

Perhaps, in the next few decades, many miraculous "black technologies" will be born in the hands of this young man.