Chapter 294: Actual Combat (9) Battle
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The U.S. government, together with a number of countries, initiated a resolution at the United Nations Security Council to restrict the use of military robots, in order to limit and hinder the development of China's military robots.
Of course, it is actually aimed at the Qilin Wings, after the previously announced Qi Na was a wanted criminal, Gao Qinglin, Min Rui, Lin Hui and others were included in the blacklist.
Although Lisa was not blacklisted, she was more nervous and worried than they were.
She believes that if it continues to develop at such a pace, it will be a huge pressure on the future development space of Qilin Wings.
Although it is only a suppression of military robots, there are already officials and scientific and technological personnel who have publicly said that artificial intelligence will endanger the survival of human beings.
These remarks were also very popular in the past, but there is no doubt that they were just some people or groups with bad intentions who spread rumors out of thin air and maliciously slandered them.
However, the official voice, coupled with the deliberate guidance and manipulation of public opinion, has caused people to worry, which in turn has gradually triggered a wave of protests.
Although there is a certain degree of control over public opinion in China, ordinary people still have a large amount of foreign information transmitted into China through various channels out of concern for their own safety.
All of these have influenced people's favorability of the unicorn wings.
In a few places, the business of the Kirin bubble tea shop has been significantly affected. Lisa used all kinds of tricks to spread word of mouth, but in the general environment, these carving insect skills could not affect the overall situation, and what worried Qi Na finally came on the day when the dragon raised its head.
German machine tool manufacturers have stopped cooperating with the Kirin Wings and even with other domestic businesses.
That is, there are no problems with the currently completed order, but the new order will no longer fulfill the contract.
Existing orders for services and parts will be fulfilled by the machine manufacturer, but no new orders for parts and services will be accepted.
Machine tool manufacturers are reluctant to do this, but they are coerced by the general environmental trend, and they have no choice.
In order to make up for their apologies, the manufacturer provided some additional technical parameters of the accessories and reuse experience. It can also be regarded as a sign of their apologetic hearts.
Cooperation with German machine tool manufacturers was interrupted, and without the supply of new machine tools, how could the supply of military robots be completed.
Feeling an indescribable resentment, he couldn't help but say to Lisa and Jain, "I should have gone to the United States first and dismantled their core network first." β
This kind of witticism is said now, and it doesn't help.
Ye Tingfei, a military representative, kept urging Qi Na to mass produce as soon as possible, and Qi Na scolded them for dismantling the stage more often than they helped.
Ye Tingfei heard that the supply of German machine tools was suspended, and said disapprovingly: "Then use domestic machine tools, what are you afraid of?" Our cutting-edge products may be a little worse, but based on this precision, it is always feasible to do some redesign and make some surplus. β
He said simply, and then Qi Na ordered two of the most advanced machine tools and equipment in China, which were easy to debug, and the parts produced had a huge impact on each other, and there were even obvious bugs. Not to mention, the machine lacks stability.
Qi Na muttered, "Waste of money." β
He clearly felt that the funds were slipping, especially the funds for the construction of the data center and the factory in Asakawa were flowing like water, and the pressure was huge, and out of instinct, he was too afraid of problems with cash flow.
Kirin Wings is known for its mechanical arm has always been a profitable sector, but the overall is still a loss, the reason is naturally that the development cycle is protracted, the cost is huge, in addition to self-sufficiency, tens of billions of bank loans, at the end of last year, the critical period of Suzaku robot development, funds are almost dry. At that time, it was a back-to-back battle, but fortunately it happened.
After that, the military's order solved all the problems, but their customers were too single, in addition to the military, there were only the first foreign orders for 1,000 Suzaku robots, and these exchanged funds supported the Kirin Wings.
It's not that they are unwilling to mass-produce Suzaku robots and apply them to the civilian market, in fact, they have received orders of more than 10,000 units only in full and in advance, you know, the unit price of each unit is more than 1.5 million, and the order of 10,000 units means 15 billion, which is enough to solve many problems.
But the scale of their factory is only so large, last year's first batch of 1,000 Suzaku robots, in the stop of all the mechanical arms, all the resources together, before the Spring Festival, nearly a month of busy work, barely completed the order.
And now the orders of the mechanical arm have to be satisfied, the Qinglong robot has to be produced, and the Suzaku robot cannot be sloppy, so it can be confirmed that it is impossible to support these orders with full overtime.
Time flies to May, the weather is getting hotter, the production problem has not been solved for a long time, not even a trace of eyebrows, Qi Na is worried, Lisa also began to call the police, funds are tight, Qi Na began to plan to sell the data center, of course, this is just a joke, he wants to rent and sell the data room, from life online to exchange a sum of money back to deal with the turnover.
And Lisa was urging Ye Tingfei to pay the second payment, and Ye Tingfei replied to the interview.
When Qi Na heard Lisa's report, she felt a little uneasy in her heart, and said to Lisa: "Forget it, let's prepare with our hands." Zheng Xiumin's side, I raised some money and came over, and when I saw Ye Tingfei, I also squeezed some oil. β
Lisa listened to what he said interestingly, and although she was faced with a difficult problem, she couldn't help but smile.
Ye Tingfei took a military transport plane from Beijing that night and returned to Ningnan.
Qi Na and Lisa are waiting for him.
Ye Tingfei didn't expect to see Qi Na, and was a little surprised, but quickly understood that Qilin Wings was now facing tremendous pressure.
When Lisa urged him to fulfill his promise as soon as possible, to pay the second instalment of the first order, and to pay the first instalment of the second order.
Ye Tingfei spread his hands: "We are all acquaintances, and I tell you very frankly, it is impossible now, at least until you have to deal with five thousand robots, we can only put the payment on the agenda." β
Qi Na said dissatisfiedly: "Now there is a problem with production capacity, you are clear, and the reason is not ours, but at the national level, how do you let us solve it?" β
"I can't help it, I'm telling you the truth." Ye Tingfei smiled bitterly: "This is the request of the superiors, and as for matters in the diplomatic field, we don't have much ability to intervene." β
"If you all have this attitude, then I can respond very well: you don't want to take another robot from me, and don't think about taking the parts from me for a thousand robots that have already been delivered." Qi Na was furious.
βAlexοΌβ Lisa whispered to him. This hasn't been talked about for three minutes, but you can't just turn your face like this.
Ye Tingfei lowered his head: "I have always taken the two of you as friends, I am willing to help the two, if the two of them think that I have a problem, I am willing to transfer." β
He also got a little angry and started to lose his temper.
Lisa hurriedly said: "Brother Ye, don't worry, Alex don't get excited, this matter is definitely not something that the three of us can solve, if you can, Brother Ye, see if you can help us make an appointment with General Hong and promote the solution of the problem through him." β
Ye Tingfei glanced at Lisa, glanced at Qi Na, and said, "Actually, I have a suggestion. β
"What a suggestion." Looking at Ye Tingfei's hesitant and mysterious appearance, Qi Na and Lisa were a little curious.
"Let's prove the strength of the Qinglong robot again." Ye Tingfei stared at Qi Na with wide eyes. His eyes exuded a chilling ferocity.
It turns out that many elders in the temple are also full of uneasiness about robots and artificial intelligence, and some people even ask the authorities to guard against the Qilin Wings.
Therefore, not to mention the 5,000 robots that did not supply the order in full, even if the supply was full, the fear of the unicorn wings in the temple would force the authorities not to pay the order contract on time.
Not to mention the second order.
Hearing Ye Tingfei say this, Qi Na apologized to him for his rude attitude just now, and he said: "Listen to your introduction, in fact, I have an idea, I think it is the lobbyists from abroad who have affected the temple. β
Ye Tingfei nodded, there was no doubt about it, but he didn't want to discuss these issues, and continued: "Recently, our ally Pakistan has been losing ground in the battle against the extremist terrorist organization Black Moon Regiment, and the United States is still dealing with the 2IS organization, exhausted, and only promised to dispatch drones at the right time to carry out one or two air strikes, and nothing else." β
"Almost half of Pakistan is now in ruins, the Black Moon Regiment has caused many humanitarian disasters, and the army of the Black Moon Regiment has been under the capital of Pakistan. International public opinion is watching here, and the only one who can save Pakistan is the United States, which rejected them. Ye Tingfei continued: "Pakistan has already made a request for military intervention to us. β
He paused for a moment and asked Qi Na word by word: "General Hong wants to use the Qinglong Robot Corps, now I will ask if you can provide technical support." β
The Qinglong Robot Corps has previously delivered more than 100 units, except for two operations, it is only conducting routine exercises, and the military's R&D organs are still analyzing the data of previous operations, and the entire combat system is still only on paper.
This made General Hong and the others very disappointed, and at this juncture, they could only hope that Qi Na could come forward, cooperate with his combat system, and the Blue Dragon Regiment, plus the thousand robots that will be delivered, with the newly developed and a small number of trial production weapons, as well as modified equipment, can effectively assume responsibility, then the whole situation will undergo subtle changes.
First of all, the decision-making level has a lot of room for maneuver, if the Green Dragon League wins, then this is a matter of course, and for the Green Dragon League, there is more capital and the authorities to call for the return of what belongs to them - that is, to get back the contract money, in order to solve the urgent need. And if the Blue Dragon Regiment loses, it will be a disaster for the Qilin Wings, but it will not be a disaster, because there is still a civilian market to be tapped. In addition, the decision-making level also has an excuse to maneuver.
Qi Na quickly sorted out the context of this, and was about to speak, when he suddenly thought of another benefit: if the Qinglong Regiment wins, then the United States may not be able to blame the military combat robots.
This is also an excellent opportunity to publicize and communicate with the US side.
So after glancing at Lisa, Qi Na nodded heavily.