After visiting the newly established laboratory, the next step is to go to the McDonald's in the whole town of Windsor and enjoy a sumptuous junk food lunch. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Today is another weekend, just as the nearby mall "Alice" will be on sale again, and McDonald's is full of diners. The four girls searched for a long time before they found the only table for four in a corner on the second floor.

"In fact, I've been wondering, do investors and scientists know what they will research and what is the value of scientific research?"

After Sissi sat down, she didn't rush to nibble on her share of the Big Mac, but asked first: "It's okay if it's some purposeful enterprise labs, such as Intel developing the next generation of processors, or even Coca-Cola developing better Coke." But what if you can get something useful out of something like what you're doing, but if not?"

In the interval between her words, Alice had already eaten three chicken nuggets: "Therefore, scientific research is by no means something that can be built casually by small units, small enterprises, and small institutions. Of course, there are private scientists, but with a well-equipped laboratory and scientific research staff like ours, only the government and big conglomerates can do it. ”

As she spoke, she ate two more fries, and continued: "Needless to say, the kind of national laboratory that studies basic physics and basic chemistry." As far as enterprises are concerned, as long as a company is technology-oriented, it will have a corresponding R&D department. The only difference is that when it was small, it was just a small department like a 'research department', like our current 'technology department' at Cisco, but when the company reaches a certain size, this 'technology department' will of course expand according to the situation. Then for some enterprises, the so-called laboratory naturally appeared. ”

"To put it bluntly, it's a kind of subsidiary department,"

Maiya slowly pulled the chicken into strips: "When the company has spare money, throw it in, and if there is output, it will be rewarded." If it is not for the time being, it is a long-term investment, and if it has been continuously invested in a project without seeing a return, then according to the actual situation, the board of directors of these large companies will discuss and decide whether to close the project. Alice, am I right?"

Alice smiled and gave a thumbs up: "That's right, that's it!"

"But you're working on viruses right now. ”

Ashley suddenly interjected, her eyes sparkled at Alice, and she looked like "you are an insider": "Obviously I was a computer expert last year, and I took over the business of the Pentagon at the beginning of this year!

"Why don't I roll the sheets with you!?"

Alice glared at Ashley viciously, and swallowed the little half of the Big Mac into her mouth in one gulp, but she held back what she was going to say.

Taking advantage of this emptiness, Ashley rolled her eyes, and just dipped her fries in some ketchup, so she playfully picked the sauce with the tip of her tongue, and did not forget to wrap her tongue on the fries again: "Wow, Alice, are you sure you want to roll the sheets with me?" ”

Indeed, as she said, as soon as Alice finished speaking, Sissi was already choking. At this moment, with Ashley's words, before Alice swallowed the burger with a whin, she glanced at her mouth vigorously and looked at Ashley with disdain: "Stinky Bichi, let go of that poor fries, it's not an electric rod in your bedside table drawer, it's not an endless lick!?"

"Hiccup!"

The speeches that came one after another made Alice, who was eating and drinking, choked: "I said, let's change the subject......"

However, this topic doesn't seem to be going to end, and Maiya doesn't know what she was thinking just now, obviously wandering. At this time, he came back to his senses, first froze for a moment, and then looked at Ashley: "Electric rod? I remember that one of yours didn't leak electricity not long ago, and it can still be used?"

Good guy, when this sentence comes out, Alice has completely given up on eating.

Because a strange atmosphere instantly spread among the four of them.

Maiya apparently realized that she seemed to have said something she shouldn't have said, and Ashley looked embarrassed, looking around for the first moment she came back to her senses. Sissi didn't put on that classic stunned look again, but her face was extremely suspiciously red, and she seemed to be countless times more embarrassed than Ashley.

Even Alice was instantly out of words, at least for three or two seconds in this moment.

Her gaze looked unnaturally at Ashley.

Anyway, it's a sixteen-year-old girl, and she has known each other since she was fourteen years old, and Alice has witnessed Ashley's entire adolescent development. It can be said that that pair of model-like long legs not only attracted the attention of the opposite sex, but the so-called 21st century leg play series is no more than her. Whether it's a piece of one-in-one, or some other pose, this girl who either lives in sunny California or lives on the Mediterranean coast of Italy has almost no time when she doesn't show off her thighs, so ......

"Ahem. ”

In the end, it was Ashley herself who broke the silence, even though it was only for a few seconds: "Leaking electricity or something, everyone understands, I'm at that age." ”

So, is this a posture to silence everyone?

"So...... Alice, speaking of that handsome guy...... Ah, isn't it Professor Delov, I think you still have the title of technical advisor at Lockheed, right? It's been a few months, and I haven't heard you mention him much, nothing new?"

Silently, everyone laughed, and it was okay to forcibly transfer this topic, but Alice was of course happy to do so, and said: "Lockheed is a real large military enterprise, Ashley, and a member of the dignified completion consortium, do you think they will be short of people? Don't look at that kid did make this invitation to me, but unless it is a special juncture, or my overall social status has been completely improved, otherwise, how can anything happen in a short period of time?"

Speaking of Lockheed, it is of course impossible to say that Alice has no interest in it at all.

But as she immediately explained to Ashley, as a super old enterprise founded as early as 1912, when did it ever run out of talent? You know, for something like the military industry, as long as a certain product can be used forever, no one will be bored to develop new products.

On the one hand, military enterprises are also commercial enterprises, and making money is the first purpose. Unless there is customer demand or competitive pressure, no company will casually play with new product development.

In addition, the inherent properties of such a thing as ordnance determine that the older and more versatile it is, the longer it can live. If you want to say that the aircraft is still special, then when it comes to all kinds of firearms, which one is not enduring once it is finalized?

From an extreme point of view, even an old-fashioned Mauser rifle can kill people in street battles, isn't it? This does not mean that like airplanes, it is impossible for third-generation aircraft to even discover fourth-generation aircraft, and they can only be turned into fireworks or something directly outside the line of sight.

I was even more disposed of all kinds of military daggers......

Moreover, the research and development of a new type of ordnance is often very long, especially represented by aircraft. From the establishment of the project, to the start of research and development, to the release of the test machine, to the first test flight, to the continuous test flight, to the public appearance, to the final installation of the troops, and finally to mass production, this is a long and outrageous time.

The timeline of more than ten years, the military research and development of manpower and material resources, unless it is already the title of the chief designer of such and such a project, otherwise, the existence of individual employees is not important at all.

"It won't be long before, though. ”

Alice looked up at the sky at an angle of 30 degrees, rolled her eyes, and after making a posture looking forward to the future, she explained to a few friends: "You see, I don't know anything else, last year, the U.S. Department of Defense launched an 'Advanced Tactical Fighter' program, which aims to develop a next-generation air superiority fighter for the U.S. Air Force to deal with emerging global threats, replace the F-15, and comprehensively counterbalance the Soviet Su-27 in performance." ”

"The authorities issued a tender last year, and then Lockheed and Northrop Grumman were selected, and they are now competing to develop new fighters. In fact, not long ago, at the end of October, Oron Lockheed sent me an email saying that the company was going to start a 50-month demonstration and verification phase of the project to select the final aircraft model for delivery. ”

"That is to say......"

"Wait!"

Just as Alice's tirade was about to enter the next chapter, Maiya suddenly interrupted her in a high-pitched voice: "That Oren Lockheed actually told you all this kind of company secret!?"

"Hey, don't look at me for a long time I haven't been to Maryland, I'm also a technical consultant hired by him. ”

Alice said in an exaggerated tone: "Besides, this is a government contract for public bidding, and the relevant companies are hoping that the industry will know their achievements, so it is not a secret at all, right?"

"Well, I'm excited. ”

Maiya took a deep breath and let the other two girls laugh, she shook her head helplessly, "So you mean that it won't be long before Lockheed will be able to use you?"

"Eight or nine is not far from ten. ”

Alice drank Coke slowly, and said happily: "After all, this generation of fighters is going to focus on electronic warfare, and the programming of related systems, with me, will improve the efficiency countless times." ”

As she spoke, thinking that the great F-22 had begun the bidding stage, Alice's pretty eyes had already bent into crescents. (To be continued.) )