"So VOSTALMG has not made substantial progress since it entered the market? What the hell are they doing all this time? ”

Chen Nian asked suspiciously.

"Most of the time I was battling the bad rules on the Vietnamese side."

"It is said that they have just executed punishments against a group of corrupt elements, and some have even been shot dead on the spot – but the effect of this is very limited, because the root of the problem is not the low-level executors they have arrested."

"With such a big project and so many departments in charge of the sand dredging ship, under their system, do you think you can guarantee that no one will not reach out?"

"As long as someone stretches out their hand, it is not something that a military region can handle."

"In my opinion, their dredging boat project is actually scrapped – when it's time to get into the water, it's okay not to sink into the water."

Hearing Chen Guo's words, Chen Nian nodded with palpitations.

He rejoiced not in Vietnam's defeat, but in the decision he made a few years ago.

It is true that with the current domestic environment, in fact, it is not 100% clean and upright, and there is room for improvement in many fields.

But at least, we built a foundation.

Our army has not been corrupted, and as long as we maintain this and gradually carry out reforms in the future, many things will be reversed.

It's something he's seen with his own eyes.

In the next ten years, many things will change, and some people who were once unscrupulous have also been duly punished.

History is always spiraling upward, and all we need now is more patience.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian opened his mouth and said:

"In that case, we don't have to pay too much attention to the progress on VOSATLMG, right?"

"I've thought about whether or not to take some action against them, but now it seems that we don't need to do anything at all-—— they will play themselves to death."

"That's true."

Chen Guo nodded and replied.

"However, what we need to push is to push it as soon as possible. Once the pressure begins to decrease, it is easy to cause the consequences of collapse. ”

"So I can only go to the end, and if I want to rest, I can only wait until the project is over."

"It's hard work for the front-line staff."

Chen Nian said with emotion.

"They'd have worked harder without you."

Chen Guo's expression was serious, and his tone was solemn.

After a moment's pause, he continued:

"Don't say anything else, let's just say that when we did the Annihilation of the Ten."

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

"What was the most painful thing at that time? It's not a lot of work, it's not physical exhaustion, it's mental exhaustion. ”

"I can't find my way. Every day when I wake up and think that I owe a lot of data to run, the anxiety is really indescribable. ”

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

"And after every day's work, there are results."

"If in the past, a donkey hung a carrot in front of his eyes and couldn't eat it no matter how he hurried, at least now, the carrot is placed on the side of the road, and you can eat it after walking a few steps."

Chen Guo smiled and said slightly teasingly:

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

"Would you like to slow down a bit?"

Chen Nian frowned and asked.

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

There are several major projects in parallel, and whether I want to add some new small projects to come in, everyone in the entire Spark team is busy.

Many times, when he wanted to call Chen Guo on a whim late at night, he still answered in seconds.

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

You can tell it from the dark circles on his face.

And this is true for him as the overall leader, let alone others.

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

Not only manpower, but also resources in all aspects have approached the upper limit of balanced development, and there is no sign of the surplus of basic resources such as steel and coal that should have occurred in 2006.

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

This seems like a good thing from the point of view of resource optimal allocation.

But if we take into account the endogenous potential of the industry and the subsequent industrial upgrading, this is not very good.

Now the economic situation of the whole China is like a nouveau riche, and it is like a private enterprise that has grown savagely in the grass-roots stage, if the speed of "upgrading" cannot keep up with the speed of "making money", maybe one day, there will be a collapse node.

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

There are lessons to be learned from the past, and it is impossible for Chen Nian to watch it happen.

Chen Guo noticed Chen Nian's worried look, and after thinking for a moment, he replied:

"There is no need to talk about 'slowdown' for the time being."

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

"Basically, everyone's views are relatively unanimous."

"That is, after surviving 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're interested in participating. Of course, we don't force it, if you want to focus on the military industry, we have no problem at all. ”

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

"I'm definitely going to be involved."

Chen Nian replied categorically.

"But where are we going to start?"

"One trick is eaten all over the world, there are no bells and whistles, it is to engage in infrastructure."

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

Chen Nian looked at Chen Guo in surprise and couldn't help but ask:

"The layout of the communication is now proposed?"

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

"Or else?"

Chen Guo asked a little strangely.

"It's better to plan ahead, and many things should be done sooner rather than later."

"As things stand, we have too many no-man's land for communications, which can cause serious differentiation in economic development, and in some cases, the consequences are even more serious than the difference in transportation."

"Understood."

Chen Nian nodded and didn't ask again.

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

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

Although the "five-year plan" is said every year, in fact, the plan has been implemented for at least 20 years, and may even be 30 years from now

From such a long-term perspective, he also felt a sense of steadiness.

The leader is not only himself.

At least now, he can calmly say "I am 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, by paddling, he is actually referring to the content of the self-taught material interface science course.

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

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

Judging from his "task manager", 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, such a source point increase, if you want to touch the "near future" technology, it is still far behind.

You must know that even if a quantum computer 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 could have saved up for two years to point out this technology tree, it was actually very low in terms of efficiency and cost performance.

So, you still can't be too impatient.

The most effective path is to roll out the basic technology, wait for the source income brought by the fission effect to be further improved, and then slowly explore forward

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

It's his routine – mainly to feel the joy of feeling a college student.

In the cafeteria, he unexpectedly found that he had met an acquaintance again.

Wang Jiancheng.

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

But look at his laid-back appearance now. Presumably the project has come to an end?

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

"Senior! I'm looking for you! ”

Chen Nian smiled and asked:

"What are you looking for me? Running out of projects? ”

"I'm not busy, I'm not busy, there are already phased results, and the follow-up things are not in a hurry, 611 is doing it over there, and I'm responsible for getting started."

"It's not as simple as fighting, is it?"

Chen Nian said teasingly.

In fact, he knows more about the situation 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 rhetorically:

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

"Did you really go? They're not going to fool me, are they? ”

Chen Nian hurriedly shook his head and replied:

"No, I'm not the same module you're responsible for, I just didn't encounter it."

"Actually, the results of your work will be shown to me—aren't you guys swarming? The test was done by our group. ”

Hearing this, Wang Jiancheng finally put his mind at ease.

The design of the bee colony 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 wanted it and I didn't want you, I really wouldn't want it. ”

Looking at Wang Jiancheng's sincere expression, Chen Nian didn't say anything, just patted him on the shoulder and gave him an affirmative look.

After sitting down, Chen Nian continued to speak:

"Now that the Yujing project is basically over, what do you plan to do next? Applying for a special class? Sending papers? ”

"Hmmm! These are definitely things to do! ”

Wang Jiancheng nodded and said:

"Still, I have something else in mind."

"What's the idea?"

Chen Nian looked at him curiously, and a thought vaguely popped up in his heart:

This kid's mind is full of whimsical things, and this 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 on this road

Before this thought could go around in his mind, sure enough, Wang Jiancheng's next sentence directly confirmed Chen Nian's guess.

"I want to do robots!"

"Robots?"

"Military drone armor, to be exact."

"Senior, look, now we already have Yujing 01, this is a primary artificial intelligence, if we can continue to develop on the basis of primary artificial intelligence, one day, we can create a robot with autonomous combat capabilities!"

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

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

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

"Don't you think you're too far away from reality?"

"That's right!"

Wang Jiancheng did not feel wrong at all, but replied:

"It's because it's so far away from reality, so we have to take it one step at a time."

"I think that if you want to engage in robots, 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, under the premise that the battery has no progress, there is no need to think about it."

"So, my goal is simple."

"Let's get a passive mechanical exoskeleton first!"

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

"Someday, the real T-50 will appear!"

Wang Jiancheng said with a serious face.

Chen Nian couldn't help but hold his forehead.

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

Therefore, this direction was finally abandoned by Chen Nian.

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

After all, there is always someone to explore the boundaries of technology.

He doesn't want to do it, and the official doesn't have the resources to do it, so since he wants to do it, let him try?

If it does, it's a great thing.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian nodded.

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

"Still, you have to be calm and don't throw away the basics."

"Don't worry, senior, I know it in my heart!"

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

He thought to himself:

Perhaps, in the next few decades, many magical "black technologies" will be born in the hands of this teenager