Great Power Technology

The first contact with Xiong Guo happened faster than Ye Zhou expected. That night, while he was still having dinner at Chen Hao's house, his superior informed him over the phone that Xiong Guo had formally requested an advance exchange. The main purpose is to obtain further project information and determine cooperation methods and conditions.

At the same time, the superior also responded to his suggestions.

You can mention it and fight for it, but don't have high hopes, and don't make it a necessary prerequisite for cooperation.

Seeing this reply, Ye Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

Indeed, it is extremely difficult to realize the request he made. This is not only because of the complex relationship issues mentioned by Chen Hao before, but also because of the important reason that the strategic significance of the place he wants is really great. Too significant.

Even if the natural ice-free port is excluded, Xiong Guo is unlikely to give up such a large area just to exchange for a seat in a project.

The price is too high. Without being able to see the true strength of the Nantianmen project, it is impossible for them to make such a self-destructive compromise.

However, it is better to fight for something than not to fight for it. Everything must have a beginning.

Only if such a request is made at the very beginning of the project, then as the project develops and the project benefits become higher and higher, further negotiations can be conducted on this basis.

Chen Hao also received a notice of advance communication, and he needed to prepare for this communication as much as Ye Zhou, so a Friday night that was supposed to be relaxing and leisurely was ruined, and the two of them went back to their respective homes to finish their work. Preparation work, the first exchange started on time at 16:00 the next day.

The communication was still conducted via video conference, but unlike the previous meetings that Ye Zhou had participated in, this time he did not show his face or even appear in the conference room.

Chen Hao will take his place and be responsible for speaking in the technical aspects, while he will provide remote command through real-time voice.

The main participants on the other side include Alexey, a veteran technical expert, and Sergey, the official in charge of administrative affairs. The rest are technology and platform support teams.

After the meeting began, the two parties involved first exchanged greetings according to etiquette. Then, as a representative, Chen Hao once again introduced the basic situation of the Nantianmen project and briefly mentioned some more detailed technical details that were not disclosed to the other party in the early stage. These details surprised the Xiong Fang technical team.

After listening to his introduction, Alexei frowned slightly and asked:

"Mr. Chen, we already have an understanding of the overall plan and goals of the project in the early stage. In fact, we are more concerned about the technical details you just mentioned, because only through these details can we evaluate the true situation of the project. That determines how much we can afford to pay.”

"I just heard you say - if the translation is correct - I heard you say that you have preliminary technology accumulation for the five sub-projects of the Nantianmen project. I would like to ask, these so-called technology accumulation , to what extent?”

Hearing Alexai's question, Chen Hao smiled friendly and replied:

"Mr. Alexai, please forgive me for not being able to give a specific answer to your question, because this is project confidential information and you have no right to know it before you officially join the project."

"However, in order to express our sincerity, I can reveal a piece of news to you here - or a judgment, that is, we judge that all technological breakthroughs in the Nantianmen project will be completed within 10 years, and the remaining 15 years, Just as time for actual production and equipment.”

"What??"

Hearing Chen Hao's words, Alexei's eyes widened.

Not only him, but all the technical representatives of Xiong Fang were also shocked.

The impact of this news was not even inferior to the impact when they first heard the details of the Nantianmen plan, because it completely subverted their previously preset psychological judgments.

10 years to complete all technological breakthroughs?

In the remaining 15 years, will the production equipment be completed? ?

That’s not what you said before!

As we all know, for such a large-scale equipment project, there are four completely different stages: completing technological breakthroughs, completing prototype design, completing test machine production, and completing equipment.

Among them, technological breakthrough and prototype design are the most difficult parts and take the longest time, accounting for more than 60% of the entire equipment cycle.

According to the wording in the previous communication materials, everyone believes that this 25-year plan only needs to complete prototype design, and at most it can complete the production of test machines.

But in the current meeting, the other party gave a completely different answer.

What they want to complete within 25 years is not just a conceptual design.

They really want those giant aircraft in the concept drawings to fly into the sky!

Alexey carefully recalled the details of the project in his mind, but the more he recalled it, the more incredible it became. He couldn't help but say:

"How do you plan to achieve this technological breakthrough? Well, starting from my own expertise, in what direction do you plan to increase the thrust of a single engine?"

"It's as simple as raising the combustion chamber temperature."

"...Mr. Chen, I'm not kidding, I mean, how do you plan to develop high-temperature resistant materials? This is the key!"

Chen Hao smiled slightly and replied:

"Sorry, this is confidential, no comment."

Alexei was stunned by his words. After a moment, he continued to ask with some reluctance:

"Okay, okay, this involves core technology, so I won't ask any more questions. Then I'll ask another question. How do you plan to complete your so-called ultra-large-scale simulation system? As far as I know, no one else has such a system. The government is also doing it - we are also doing it, but the problem is that the plan we have set is not just for 10 years."

"On the other hand, your goals are much more ambitious than ours, and you even have a strong artificial intelligence assistance system planned in it. I want to ask you, do you know the concept of how difficult it is to realize strong artificial intelligence?"

Chen Hao nodded. This was not really a technical question, so there was no need for him to ask Ye Zhou for help.

After a moment's pause, he answered:

"Mr. Alexai, believe me, although I am not a technical person, I am very aware of the difficulty of strong artificial intelligence."

"However, what we mention in our plan is special-purpose strong artificial intelligence, not general strong artificial intelligence. The difficulty of the two is not of the same order of magnitude."

"So, the answer I can give you is that it is indeed very difficult, but it is not impossible to achieve."

Alexei shook his head, he still didn't want to believe it.

"I can't imagine how you can pull it off."

Looking at his expression, Chen Hao knocked on the table a little helplessly, and then said:

"Of course, of course, everyone can't imagine what they haven't seen with their own eyes. This is the material basis of this world, isn't it?"

"It is actually very simple to solve your doubt. When you want to confirm whether there are whales in the sea, it is best to buy a ticket in person, and then go out to sea with our ship to have a look."

"Before you board the ship, there is no point in questioning whether we can catch whales. Such arguments are just a waste of everyone's time."

"Now, I want to ask you."

"We have a ticket to sail to the sea. This ticket is very expensive. Do you want to buy it?"