After sending William Stillman away, John walked downstairs alone and knocked on Charlie's lab.

The laboratory was as messy as ever, Xia Li buried herself in a pile of documents and designed an intelligent system, and when she saw that it was John, she looked up and smiled at John.

"Zeng...... Great-grandfather, what's the matter?"

"No, I just came to see you. John asked, walking over to Charlie and sitting down, pointing to a computer screen he couldn't read. "How's it going?"

"It's going well! When the lithography machine is developed and the super chip I need is made, this intelligent system can be launched. ”

"Well, IBM is already doing the lithography machine, but it will take time, and you have to be patient. John replied.

"I understand, I've decided to go to IBM Labs in a few days to personally guide them, so it might be faster," Xia Li nodded.

"It's up to you, but don't get too tired. ”

"Yes. ”

"Oh, by the way, who made the drawings that Dani just brought?" Xia Li remembered the drawings that she had just verified.

"William Stillman, how is the thing he designed, and is he eligible to participate in Project Phantoms?"

"It's him!" Xia Li suddenly realized. "The magazine he designed is very good, the idea is right, the reloader is also good, but limited by the current technology, I helped him change it a little, the efficiency of the reloader can be improved a lot, it will not take more than two minutes to replace the magazine of a fighter, and if it is equipped with an intelligent system, it will not take more than one minute. But what he designed is already strong for this era. ”

"Have you heard of him?" asked John.

"Of course!" Xia Li nodded. "William Stillman, the third director of the Ark Project, entered the Ark Project after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the first president of the National Academy of Science and Technology, and had a high talent for spacecraft, power plants, and shipboard weapons, laying the foundation for these disciplines, especially the National Academy of Science and Technology he founded, which trained a large number of scientific research talents for the United States. ”

"So good?" John was surprised, and at the same time solved his doubts.

John has always wondered why William Stillman is so powerful, but why didn't he hear about it in his previous life, it turned out that after graduating, he went directly to District 51 to play high-end projects, and he didn't involve ordinary projects like now, so John didn't hear about it.

"How do you feel about having him participate in Project Phantom?"

"Very good! Although his technology is backward for the Phantom Project, he has a super forward-looking, unbridled imagination, especially in the research and development of weapons, as long as the future technology is irrigated to him, he will definitely be able to show his talent. "Charlie is very optimistic about William Stillman, a person may be limited by technology, but not by thought.

"Okay, then it's decided, when he finishes the Y23 project, let him join the Phantom Project, and then you can train him well, so that he can also share a lot of work for you. ”

"Okay!"

Xia Li nodded.

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John restarted the Y23 project and invested $100 billion, which surprised the top brass in the north and south, some supported and some opposed, mainly because Loma was worried that Y23 would grab the order. In the end, even the old Rockefeller called directly to inquire.

"JK, I heard you're going to start the Y23 project from scratch?

Old Rockefeller's voice on the phone was gentle, but John heard some displeasure.

"I find the new generation of air combat system developed by William Stillman useful and helpful to increase our air and space superiority and anti-missile capabilities, so I feel it is necessary to restart, but it will not affect the Y22 and Y35 programs. John replied.

"We have invested more than $70 billion in the new generation of fighters, and there is no need to invest another $100 billion in a new system. The old Rockefeller replied that the main reason was that he didn't want to pay for $100 billion, and the northern government would have to pay $50 billion. The government of the North is not as rich as the government of the South.

"$100 billion is a lot, but compared to national security, air and space superiority, and the next generation of air combat systems, this money is actually not much, and it is worth it. If the government of the North does not participate, and the government of the South does not force it, we in the South will pay for the $100 billion. John replied.

Old Rockefeller fell silent after listening to John's words, and after thinking for a long time, he finally spoke. "We will support this project in the north, but with so much money invested, I must see that it is worth the money, otherwise don't blame the north for withdrawing at that time. The old Rockefeller actually didn't want to participate, but he was afraid that the project would really succeed, and when the time came, the south would be equipped with fighters with better performance, and the north would be embarrassed. So even if he doesn't want to, he has to take it, which is considered to buy insurance.

"Of course, you can withdraw at any time if you are not satisfied with the finished product, but I am sure you will be satisfied. John smiled.

"I hope so!" the old Rockefeller hung up the phone, and the Y23 project was officially launched.

After the heads of state of the north and south decided to start the Y23 project, the Ministry of National Defense approved the project, the Ministry of Finance allocated funds, and the two Y23s that had accumulated dust in the warehouse were re-transported to the laboratory, waiting for the day when they spread their wings and soared and became kings.

The Y23 project was re-established, which was a big event, which would change the air combat system of the United States, but the United States media did not report on this matter, because the Y23 project was a desperate plan, and only the high-level leaders of the North and South knew that all the content related to the Y23 plan was not allowed to be leaked, and even the places related to Y23 in government documents were crossed out with a black pen.

And the United States media, although they didn't get the big news like Y23, they got another.

The Propaganda Department of the Federal States of the Southern States set up a national media department at John's request, and after submitting it to the National Council for approval, this information was officially released to the public.

The United States media focused on the incident, after all, it was the first time in the history of the United States that a national media department had been established to control the throat of the country.

In addition, the State Council has also issued regulations on the management of the national media.

Private media and media companies must be supervised by the Propaganda Department, and must obtain a license from the Propaganda Department to open them.

As soon as this executive order came out, it detonated the media industry, and although the media groups in the United States were not happy, they could only accept it, and if they did not accept it, they would be delisted.

But the European media group is not afraid, their base camp is in Europe, so the European media group criticized this policy, saying that the southern government set up a national media department to control the country's throat, wash the ground for the government, and deprive the people of the right to know. And what is said that the United States is no longer a democracy, but has become a dictatorship.

These media conglomerates are not crying out for freedom and the people, they are retaliating against John for revoking their rights to operate and publish in the United States, all for profit.

However, John is too lazy to pay attention to them, the media is not regulated, it is a disaster for a country, there are too many unscrupulous reporters, there are more newspapers made up for money, and there are those vulgar TV programs, so they must be regulated, and whoever does not obey the management will be closed, this article is not negotiable.