Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 654 is now available! Defense Robot
Hu Jiangshan readily agreed.

It's clear that Professor Zhao Ruijing is very interested in electromagnetic rail launchers.

Despite her age, Zhao Ruijing is not a conservative; she has a very active mind and is open to new things.

Moreover, Zhao Ruijing is currently advocating for the construction of an asteroid defense system. If they can actually build an electromagnetic orbital launcher, it would be extremely advantageous.

Zhao Ruijing added, "By the way, if you have a funding gap for research and development, you can also apply for subsidies from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and we will conduct an evaluation."

Hu Jiangshan was overjoyed: "This is great news, Professor Zhao. To be honest, my funds are really tight."

"Okay, when you arrive, we can sit down and chat together."

Hu Jiangshan agreed, chatted with Zhao Ruijing for a few more minutes, and then hung up the phone.

Hu Jiangshan breathed a sigh of relief, secretly pleased. It seemed he had officially entered the big circle of national aerospace.

I am invited to attend some important meetings.

Of course, this is also inseparable from Hu Jiangshan's strength.

If Hu Jiangshan didn't have strong technical skills and the ability to implement solutions, he probably wouldn't have gained the recognition of big names like Zhao Ruijing and Jiang Shuhua.

Soon, Hu Jiangshan received an email.

Hu Jiangshan didn't bring his computer with him, so he just used his phone to check it out.

It was an invitation, issued in the name of the National Space Administration.

This conference appears to be of a very high standard, as it states that experts from the aerospace field both domestically and internationally will be invited to participate in discussions and share their insights.

However, the specific topic of the discussion was not written down, perhaps it was a free discussion.

Forget it.

Hu Jiangshan didn't plan to dwell on this matter any longer; he'd deal with it once they got to the capital. Now was the time to enjoy life.

A moment later, Liu Zixia opened the door and entered the private room, her face full of smiles, looking very charming.

"Busy working?"

"Yes, I'm done. Thank you for waiting, Mr. Hu."

"No rush, we have plenty of time."

Next, the two started playing cards.

The next day, Hu Jiangshan got up very late.

There's nothing I can do, I went too wild last night and my body is completely drained.

Fortunately, Hu Jiangshan was young and strong, and recovered quickly. After sleeping in, he was full of energy again.

Hu Jiangshan has already called Zhou Yuezhu and asked her to book a flight to the capital for the day after tomorrow.

These past two days, Hu Jiangshan plans to make some preliminary preparations, because this aerospace industry conference is quite important to him.

Zhao Ruijing made it clear that she wanted to hear Hu Jiangshan's insights and plans regarding the electromagnetic rail launcher.

Given this, it would be unreasonable for Hu Jiangshan not to prepare some clear professional information.

This was not a difficult task for Hu Jiangshan, since he had already prepared some information when he submitted the land reclamation plan to the Hong Kong government.

Although the occasion is different now and the content of the materials is slightly different, they can be used with a little modification.

Furthermore, electromagnetic orbital launch pads are currently a rarity across the entire planet, and many aerospace research institutions don't even have a basic concept of them.

Even most experts in the aerospace field believe that the so-called electromagnetic catapult rail launcher is a fantasy and has no chance of being implemented.

Hu Jiangshan casually tossed out some items that were nothing short of divine artifacts, guaranteed to amaze everyone present.

In addition, Hu Jiangshan has one more thing to do.

Previously, Hu Jiangshan designed and manufactured dozens of security and defense robots in the facilities on Tenglong Island.

Hu Jiangshan was too busy recently and didn't have time to deal with this. Now it's time to send these robots out to work.

Land reclamation projects are very important. Without basic protection for Tenglong Island, it is easy for people to take advantage of loopholes and cause damage.

If something goes wrong, it will be a big deal, and Hu Jiangshan doesn't want to take that kind of risk.

With an extra layer of protection and an extra layer of safety, Hu Jiangshan can feel more at ease when he goes on business trips.

This matter involves the island's security and defense, so we really need to inform Yu Sheng and A Wang in order to prevent them from being startled by the robot and thinking that aliens are attacking Tenglong Island.

Hu Jiangshan arrived at the Special Tools Design and Manufacturing Center by electric vehicle and went directly to the finished product warehouse.

The defensive robots designed earlier have indeed been manufactured.

There are two rows of defense robots, with ten robots in each row.

When Hu Jiangshan designed these things, he put in a lot of effort, and the design process was quite complicated.

After all, Hu Jiangshan has many requirements for defensive robots, covering a wide range of functions.

In particular, the robot's mobility is an extremely important metric.

Moreover, the manufacturing cost of each defense robot is also very high, so twenty robots were manufactured first to test the waters. If any problems arise later, further improvements can be made.

These defense robots are ingeniously designed. Their upper bodies are completely human-shaped, while their lower bodies are much more complex. They can move in tracked mode or switch to bipedal mode, making them adaptable to a wide variety of terrains.

According to Hu Jiangshan's previous design, these robots could move at a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour, and even up to 80 kilometers per hour in extreme conditions, although they would consume more electricity in extreme conditions.

It's no exaggeration to say that unless the villain who sneaks in is Superman, he absolutely cannot escape the pursuit of these defense robots. Moreover, they can move to the scene of the incident at an extremely fast speed, like divine soldiers descending from the sky.

Even more outrageous, these defense robots can also dive if necessary.

In theory, they can stay safely underwater for about half an hour to forty minutes.

Of course, defense robots cannot stay underwater for long periods of time. After all, they are not like cleaning robots that work underwater, which are specifically designed for diving. There are still considerable limitations.

Hu Jiangshan carefully inspected the robot's appearance and found that there were basically no problems. It was all made using 3D printing technology, and the precision was far superior to existing advanced industrial 3D printers.

Hu Jiangshan went to the control panel and used unified commands to start all the robots.

The defense robot's masks were all lit up, receiving defense information, and all its components were functioning normally.

Hu Jiangshan smiled slightly; these guys could get to work.

Meanwhile, at the main office building on Tenglong Island.

As mentioned earlier, the office building looks exactly like a giant alien spaceship, which is very futuristic.

Anyone who visits Tenglong Island for the first time and comes to this office building will invariably be amazed by its design.

Such architecture is quite rare in this era.

More importantly, this office building is of top-notch quality, surpassing all existing office environments on Hong Kong Island. It's also highly automated, equipped with over a dozen cleaning robots, minimizing the need for cleaning staff. Currently, most departments on Teng Lung Island have moved into this office building.

For example, some staff members from the space launch site, and even people from the semiconductor department, have offices here.

The logistics management department of Tenglong Island is stationed here.

Logistics management is a very large department on Tenglong Island. The current supervisor is Yusheng, and the deputy is Awang.

These two were among the first to follow Hu Jiangshan in conquering the country; they were meritorious officials, and their character had been tested. Of course, they should be given important positions.

Of course, the two of them did a really good job, doing their best and being very responsible.

Yu Sheng and A Wang both cherish their current lives and jobs, so even if they have some selfish motives, they would not do anything to harm Jiangshan Group or Tenglong Island, for fear that Hu Jiangshan would find out and fire them.

That would be like picking up a sesame seed and losing a watermelon—a losing proposition.

At this moment, the logistics management department is holding a meeting, and the attendees are all middle and senior managers within the department.

The topic they were discussing at that moment was the shortage of manpower in the security department.

The logistics department currently has nearly 200 people, which is still relatively insufficient for such a large department, and the shortage of personnel is quite severe.

However, Yu Sheng and A Wang dared not recruit too aggressively.

Because Tenglong Island is not an ordinary company; the things on the island are quite special, with many confidential facilities.

If the personnel are too diverse, the risk becomes too great.

Previously, a mole was discovered at the space launch site, which almost caused great damage to Tenglong Island.

Although it wasn't the responsibility of the logistics management department, we should still learn from this lesson and not just casually hire people with unknown identities and ulterior motives.

At this moment, a man named Wang Ping'an said, "Although we need to be cautious in recruiting employees, we can't be too slow. The manpower shortage is too serious now. How can a security team of only a few dozen people be enough for such a large island?"

Others nodded.

"Yes, Tenglong Island is too big. It's a medium-sized island. The current manpower is only enough to patrol the important facilities, and it's not enough to cover the whole island."

"We should hire more security personnel to avoid too many loopholes."

"If you ask me, with so many facilities on the island, it's impossible to patrol them all. If any bad guys try to sneak in, we can't stop them."

Yu Sheng and A Wang exchanged a helpless glance.

They are aware of these problems, but they can't find a solution right now.

Ah Wong whispered, "Brother Yu Sheng, how about we establish a long-term partnership with a security company in Hong Kong Island and have them send people over to provide support regularly?"

Yu Sheng shook his head: "That's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. Their security company personnel aren't necessarily reliable either. Besides, they're a mixed bag. You know what they used to do. Some of them were even street thugs. They're really unreliable."

"...That's true."

Ah Wang used to be a spirited young man. He knew people who worked in security companies and knew their situation best. It could be described in four words: a mixed bag.

Yu Sheng thought for a moment and said, "I think we should continue our recruitment efforts, but this is a long-term solution that can't address the immediate problem. Everyone should be prepared that this issue will persist for a long time and cannot be resolved in a short period of time."

The crowd nodded silently, looked at each other, and discussed among themselves, as if this was the only way to resolve the issue.

Actually, this isn't the first time this issue has been raised; it's been discussed several times already, but each time it takes a long time to reach a conclusion.

The security team is indeed expanding, but because the requirements for members are too strict, the expansion is very slow. Generally speaking, there are only one or two new people per month, and at most three people have reported for duty.

Just then, Yu Sheng's phone rang.

Yu Sheng frowned, wondering who would be calling at this moment. He took out his phone and his expression immediately changed. It was his boss, Hu Jiangshan, calling.

Yu Sheng said, "You guys chat first, I'll take this call and be right back."

Next, Awang chaired the meeting and chatted about some unimportant topics.

A moment later, Yu Sheng returned.

After the meeting, Yu Sheng called out to A Wang, Wang Ping'an, and several other security personnel.

"Come with me to a place."

Ah Wang asked, "Brother Yusheng, where are we going?"

"The boss just called and asked us to look at some things that might help alleviate our security team's manpower shortage."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering what solution the boss had in mind. Could the boss suddenly bring in a hundred or so people?
That would indeed solve the problem, but it's not realistic.

The boss isn't a god; he can't conjure soldiers from beans.

But since the boss said that, there must be some explanation, otherwise he wouldn't have let them go.

A moment later, the group walked out of the office building, boarded an electric vehicle, and drove along the coastal highway.

Wang Ping'an sat in the back, chatting quietly with one of his subordinates.

This subordinate's name was Zhang Agui. He was a local from Hong Kong Island. He was a nice person, but a bit talkative. He was one of the people that Wang Ping'an brought over.

Zhang Agui asked, "Where are we going?"

Wang Ping'an said, "Just now, Mr. Yu Sheng said we should go to Tiger Cliff Restaurant."

"Huh? What are we going to Tiger Cliff Restaurant for? To eat?"

"What do you want to eat? The boss wants us to come over."

Zhang Agui's eyes lit up: "I know, the people the boss brought are eating at a Xi'an restaurant, right?"

"Alright, that's enough. When you see the boss later, observe more and talk less, understand?"

Zhang Agui chuckled: "I'm just curious about the boss; I've never seen him before."

Wang Ping'an was also a newly recruited middle-level manager. He had never met Hu Jiangshan before, so he was quite curious about this boss.

That being said, surely the boss wouldn't go so far as to play the role of a feudal lord by lighting the beacon fires, would he?

Although Wang Ping'an knew that his boss was a rich second-generation, he didn't think it was that outrageous.

Soon, we arrived at the Tiger Cliff Seaview Restaurant, and the electric shuttle bus stopped in the parking area.

It's not mealtime yet, but there are still quite a few employees eating in the restaurant, about half full.

Yu Sheng asked everyone to wait outside while he went inside to find the boss.

Just then, Zhang Agui suddenly saw something and opened his mouth wide: "Look, look over there, what are those things? Robots?"

Everyone looked in the direction Zhang Agui was pointing and were surprised to see that there were indeed robot-like things, and there were many of them.

(End of this chapter)