Great Power Technology

The second round of negotiations came as scheduled, but in this meeting, the other party's performance was much more positive than the last time.

The two sides have reached some useful consensus. In order to show our sincerity, we have also used our cards to stop the decline of international crude oil. However, if we want oil prices to return to the previous normal level, we still need to continue long negotiations.

However, both parties actually have relatively consistent expectations regarding the final outcome of the negotiations.

In terms of agriculture and biochemistry, the other party will transfer an objective amount of technology and disclose some confidential information acceptable to both parties. In terms of finance, the other party will include those companies in the exemption list and guarantee that they will no longer be subject to Swift limit.

This will greatly improve the independence of our international trade and allow many transactions with certain special countries that would otherwise have been impossible to be completed smoothly.

And those benefits sold in the energy market?

As Ye Zhou said, those are just the last sunset of the fossil energy industry. Although they are still huge in scale, they are insignificant compared to the newly rising sun.

While the meeting was still in progress, domestic new energy vehicle companies were the first to react. With the patent authorization from the General Technical Office, they released their own next-generation new energy vehicle design plans based on sulfur silicon battery technology. Due to the power redundancy of high-density batteries, some companies have even begun to play tricks on traditional trams.

For example, the most typical technology that is already mature in the mobile phone market is reverse charging.

This originally trivial function has become more confident at this point in time. Comments on it on the Internet have also changed from their previous ridicule and disdain, and have begun to boast about the car manufacturer's foresight.

It's as if they already knew that there would be a breakthrough in battery technology, so they developed this technology in advance.

Ye Zhou felt a little funny at this reaction from netizens, but he was not free enough to expose it.

Let the business affairs be left to the businessman. For him, there are more important things to do.

He put down the pad in his hand and looked at Chen Hao sitting opposite, and asked:

"So the outcome of this negotiation has basically been decided, right? Have we achieved our expected goals?"

"We have basically achieved it. There are still quite a few breakthroughs in the agricultural field, especially in terms of improved seeds, cultivation technology, and genetic selection technology. If they can all be absorbed, it will have a relatively beneficial impact on our staple food production."

"How do we judge whether the technology they give us is authentic? Are there risks?"

"There are definitely risks, so the technology must also go through preliminary screening - we can still do this. Although we are a little behind them overall, we still have the basic judgment."

"That's no problem."

Ye Zhou nodded reassuringly, tilted his head back slightly and stretched, and then continued to ask:

“Have the people for the quantum computer project been selected?”

Chen Hao glanced at Ye Zhou with a wry smile and replied:

"I've been telling you for a week. It's only been four days and it's really not that fast. But the long list has been decided. The next step is to enter the short list."

"The main thing is to do the review and background investigation. This takes time. The level of confidentiality you require is so high. It will take at least two or three weeks to completely organize it."

"What, you have some free time during this time?"

Ye Zhou nodded.

Compared with the previous time at Liminghang, he was indeed much more leisurely during this period.

I am still absorbing the relevant knowledge of quantum computing, and there is no need to rush to start a new simulation. Most of the previous projects have entered a stable operation stage.

There is no need to patrol the production workshop every day, and there is no need to explain technical details. You only need to keep an eye on one or two key people and let them inform you of the progress.

This made him feel the feeling of being a leader for the first time - but he also knew that this way of working was short-lived. As long as new technologies emerged, he would have to enter the cycle of "technical evangelist" again. middle.

After a moment of pause, Ye Zhou answered:

"I've been a bit idle recently. Everything is going well with Qilian. The C949 fuselage modification is almost completed, and Qilian will be on board for test flight soon. I basically don't need to do anything with the WS-20. I have technical guidance from the Sanchi Research Institute. This is enough. This is originally a modification project, and this time with the technology transfer from Mao Xiong, the adaptation of the three-rotor structure is also very smooth. It is estimated that it will be ready for trial operation or even onboard in two or three months. "

"So, there's really nothing I need to do in those areas."

Hearing Ye Zhou's words, Chen Hao nodded.

"That's okay. You try to lower your work intensity first, and you have to get used to this intensity in the future. This is a healthy way of working."

"If you really feel like you want to find something to do, I have something I can do for you."

"What's the matter?"

Ye Zhou asked curiously.

"Some time ago, you said you were going to build an individual soldier exoskeleton. In fact, the Ordnance Group has already finished this project. The only problem is insufficient battery capacity. However, after the advent of sulfur silicon batteries, this problem has been solved."

"So during this period, they replaced the battery of the existing active mechanical exoskeleton, extending the battery life by nearly 6 times, and basically reaching usable standards."

"About two weeks ago, this mechanical exoskeleton started strength testing."

Hearing the news, Ye Zhou opened his eyes wide in surprise.

He had known for a long time that there was a mature active mechanical exoskeleton in China, so he proposed this project direction in the first place. However, he did not expect that the weapons group would move so quickly.

This is army equipment, and it costs money to upgrade to a new version.

As we all know, the domestic army is the poorest branch of the military. Every year when celebrating the New Year, they have to pull 59 or even captured MK.E.B tanks from the history museum to make videos crying about poverty, for fear that the budget allocated to them will be less the next year.

But this time, suddenly he stopped hiding it?

Thinking of this, he said:

"The Army has also started to get rich. How many did it make in the first batch?"

"More than 400 of them have been put into testing."

"That's really rich. I used so much just for testing. How about it? Is it easy to use?"

Hearing Ye Zhou's question, Chen Hao suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, he replied with a troubled face:

"What do you say about this thing?"

"It's easy to use. First of all, the load capacity of individual soldiers has been greatly improved. In the past, our limit was to carry one 40-gun fire per soldier. Now if we add a special pylon, carrying two or three is not a problem."

"Artillery work is much simpler. Carrying artillery shells is basically not considered physical labor."

"Then after experiments, after equipping the exoskeleton, the firepower configuration of a combat team can be doubled compared to the current stage - anyway, it means more explosives and more bullets."

"The mechanical exoskeleton is pretty good for treating lack of firepower phobia. The only problem is..."

"What is it?"

Ye Zhou asked impatiently.

From what Chen Hao said just now, he didn't hear anything wrong.

Because it's too expensive?

This is not a problem.

A larger load capacity, a richer weapon configuration, and more powerful individual firepower, aren't these enough to offset the disadvantage of being expensive?

Or is there a change in training difficulty?

After all, the design of the mechanical exoskeleton takes ergonomics into consideration and will not design some counter-intuitive and counter-logical operation methods.

He looked at Chen Hao doubtfully, waiting for the other party's answer.

Chen Hao coughed and hesitated for a moment before answering:

"Let's put it simply."

"The mechanical exoskeleton is very easy to use and very labor-saving."

"But the problem is that after removing the exoskeleton, many of our soldiers will no longer be able to walk."