Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 83 Nuclear Fuel Trading

In a parking lot in the suburbs of Vancouver, Wei Jiang hung up the phone and looked at Zhang Gang's contact information stored on his phone.

Overall, the communication process went smoothly.

The thorium-based reactor technology and DSS091 alloy formula were successfully transferred, and a stable communication channel was unexpectedly established with the official authorities of Tokyo University.

Of course, there is another point that is very important to Wei Jiang’s next plan, which is to finalize the nuclear fuel acquisition deal with the Dongda officials.

"Directly equip nuclear energy. The starting point of the new equipment is high enough."

Compared to Wei Jiang manufacturing new equipment on his own, relying on official resources is a quick way.

Nuclear fuel is a strictly controlled item in any force. After all, it has weapon properties. If someone gets it and uses it to make mushroom bombs, the consequences will be disastrous.

It was only because Wei Jiang had handed over so many key cutting-edge technologies that he dared to ask the authorities for this.

Wei Jiang no longer cares about installing power batteries on new equipment.

Ever since he realized the advantages of nuclear energy in terms of energy, Wei Jiang has had higher vision.

The new equipment uses DSS091 alloy, the weapons use laser weapons, and the energy source must not be bad. Only nuclear energy can match the new equipment configuration.

"go home."

"Send me to the gate of the community and continue driving the car at night."

"Understood, owner."

Wei Jiang leaned back in the seat and the Wuling mini started automatically.

After the vehicle had been driving for a few minutes, Wei Jiang picked up his cell phone and turned it on.

The higher the official level he came into contact with, the more cautious Wei Jiang became.

Wei Jiang saw nothing wrong with admitting that he was responsible for the attack in Hawaiian waters.

Having military force at hand can enhance the deterrent power of the Red Star identity, no matter how legitimate the cooperation between the two parties is.

In the future, when negotiating with higher-ups, the authorities will certainly pay special attention to Red Star’s opinions.

After more than half an hour, Wei Jiang returned home, said hello to his father and cousin, and went back to his room.

After lying in bed for more than ten minutes, looking at the current affairs news on the website, Wei Jiang confirmed that Dongda was indeed under considerable pressure recently.

Foreign aircraft have appeared frequently in the waters off Dongda recently, and reconnaissance aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft of various models have continued to roam in the offshore area.

The maritime forces suffered heavy losses, and several forces led by Chou Ying invested a large amount of air power for detection.

"Humph, I'm sure you guys will find it."

After a few sarcastic remarks, Wei Jiang continued to advance the manta ray strengthening mission.

Since I was taken care of by my cousin's family, it has been early November in the blink of an eye.

Wei Yonghe and his son lived in Vancouver for nearly a month.

In the early morning, Wei Jiang would go to work in the factory with his uncle Wu Qisi, while Wei Yonghe and his cousin would stay at home.

In addition to completing existing orders, Siming has officially entered the equipment upgrade reform process.

Wu Qisi has 10 billion yuan invested by Wei Jiang and has been spending it lavishly in recent times!

Precision equipment, buy!

Automation equipment, buy!
Senior research talents are being recruited!
Every day, no less than eight-digit funds flow out of Siming Company’s account.

As Wu Qisi's secretary, Liang Xiao intuitively felt the change in Wu Qisi's condition.

Wei Jiang met Liang Xiao several times in the factory. The confusion hidden in the female secretary's eyes disappeared, and she was in a hurry to work hard every moment.

Wei Jiang didn't ask much about the specific matters of Siming Company's reform.

As the company's second largest shareholder, Wei Jiang only needs to supervise and review whether the general direction of the production line upgrade is correct.

Building a high-end intelligent factory is the reform goal that Wei Jiang set for Siming.

In addition to the factory, Wei Jiang spends more time and energy on building a new laboratory every day.

The new laboratory’s first goal is to serve Wei Jiang’s personal needs.

In Wei Jiang's plan, the primary goal of establishing the new laboratory is to assist him in manufacturing the prototype of the new anchoring equipment, and secondly to serve as a research and development site for Siming Company's new products.

"Xiaojiang, does a medium-sized auto parts manufacturing company like Siming really need such a high-end industrial laboratory?"

My uncle Wu Qisi raised questions many times.

Spending 3 million yuan to build a laboratory for Siming is completely redundant and over-configured in Wu Qisi's opinion.

Faced with doubts, Wei Jiang handed over the reorganized future development plan of Siming Company to Wu Qisi.

"Uncle, we spent so much money, and only extended Siming's life for ten years. Do you think that's enough?"

"not enough!"

"Since you value Siming so much, we must consider long-term development."

"As an ordinary spare parts supplier, there is a risk of being eliminated by the market in the future."

"Establishing a high-end R&D laboratory for the company and investing in technology and innovation is the best way out for Siming."

When saying this, Wei Jiang stared straight into his uncle Wu Qisi's eyes.

"The next 20 years will definitely be an era of technological explosion."

“The frequency of new technological breakthroughs will surely exceed most people’s cognition.”

"In order to prevent Siming from falling behind in the future, Siming must invest in technology research and development as early as possible."

"Siming cannot just be Siming, Siming must climb up the automotive industry!"

"I believe Siming can make high-end luxury cars use parts made in Siming."

After hearing what his nephew Wei Jiang said, Wu Qisi fell into deep thought.

From the time he started his business to now, he has always positioned Siming products as high quality and low price.

It turns out that the path of gaining profits through price advantage in the fierce market competition is no longer feasible.

Perhaps Wei Jiang’s idea is correct, most industries follow the 80/20 rule.

The industry's top groups take up 80% of the industry's profits, leaving the remaining 20% ​​for other groups to fight over.

Does Siming have a chance to be promoted to the top group in the spare parts industry?

Wu Qisi couldn't answer this question. When he looked up at Wei Jiang, Wei Jiang seemed extremely confident.

"Don't worry, uncle, it's my money anyway."

"I'm not afraid, so why should you be afraid?"

"The result will not be worse than it is now."

Thinking of the hundreds of millions of funds still remaining in the account, Wu Qisi nodded.

From then on, Wu Qisi never questioned Wei Jiang again.

Siming always wanted to try his luck, and Wu Qisi couldn't find another way out except to fight.

In the evening, Wei Jiang drove and Wu Qisi sat in the back seat, and the two returned home.

The company had a new direction, and Wu Qisi felt much better after returning home.

When the family of five was having dinner, the atmosphere was cheerful, and Wei Jiang and Wei Yonghe's status in the family was unconsciously raised a lot.

Regardless of whether the relationship between relatives is good or bad, monetary interests will subtly influence the way people get along and their feelings with each other.

After dinner, Wei Jiang, who wanted to help clean up the dishes, was pushed out of the kitchen by his cousin. Helplessly, Wei Jiang said goodbye to everyone else and left.

Sitting in the Wuling car, the numbers displayed on the red panel floating in front of me have changed a lot compared to a month ago.

[Enhanced mission: 22705km/100000km]

This is the result of Wuling mini sports car controlled by the in-vehicle intelligent terminal in the past month.

The completion rate is 22.7%. According to the previous efficiency, it will still take nearly 4 months to complete this reinforcement task.

"To the beach."

Dozens of minutes later, when Wei Jiang opened the car door and got out, a gust of sea breeze blew towards him, and it was noticeably cold.

Wrapping his coat tightly, Wei Jiang slowly walked to the shore.

As the cold wind blew, Wei Jiang mustered up the courage to take off his outer clothes until he was left with only his underwear.

His body shivered involuntarily, and Wei Jiang had no choice but to do this in order to prevent his clothes from getting wet by the sea water.

I picked up my phone and clicked a few times, and a dark shadow emerged from the water ahead.

Enduring the chill of the sea breeze, Wei Jiang slapped his body with his hands until his skin turned red, then he dived into the sea.

With the faint light, the manta ray's dark shell appeared in Wei Jiang's vision.

The target that made Wei Jiang dive into the sea in the cold wind was hanging at the root of the manta ray's head wing.

Wei Jiang swam to the manta ray by swinging his hands and feet in a metal box of about half a cubic meter, enduring the coolness of the icy sea water against his skin.

Climbing to the top of the manta ray, Wei Jiang's body began to shake as the sea breeze blew on his skin.

"Shit! It's so damn cold!"

His upper and lower teeth were clacking, and he grabbed the woven material handle on the top of the metal box with both hands. Wei Jiang mustered all his strength to pull the metal box to the top of the manta ray. The metal box in his hand must have weighed at least 20 kilograms, and Wei Jiang almost slipped in the middle.

He knocked his knees against the manta ray's shell and finally managed to steady himself.

"Hi~"

Without caring whether his knee was injured, Wei Jiang opened the hatch of the Manta Ray cockpit and jumped into the cabin first.

Holding the metal box in both hands, he moved into the cabin and closed the Manta Ray's cabin door.

The cabin was brightly lit, and the details of the metal box's surface were clearly displayed in front of Wei Jiang.

A large radiation warning sign was sprayed on the surface of the metal box. The skull and crossbones sign did look a bit creepy.

Although the nuclear fuel requested from the official Tokyo University was only 500g, the protective isolation measures were in place.

Wei Jiang's next action seemed quite reckless to those who did not know him.

Squatting in front of the metal box in shorts, Wei Jiang entered the password he had agreed with Zhang Gang in advance and pushed open the lid of the metal box.

The metal box is very waterproof and the inside of the box is very dry.

A small pure black box is fixed in the center of the space inside the box, and a few pieces of white paper are placed next to the small box.

He reached out and picked up the paper, quickly scanning it.

Wei Jiang nodded and put the paper back in its place, then reached out and gently stroked the small black box.

Combining the appearance and feel, Wei Jiang could tell at a glance that the box was made of pure tungsten and had strong radiation protection capabilities.

"Thorium-based fuel is a good option."

The authorities were a little clever and the nuclear fuel given to Wei Jiang was not uranium fuel with weapon properties.

"Thorium fuel is stored separately and radiation is limited."

“The authorities are very considerate.”

After confirming that the nuclear fuel was OK, Wei Jiang closed the metal box again.

Wei Jiang glanced at the radiation intensity monitored on the screen in the manta ray cabin, which was always within the normal range.

Push the metal box into the corner and secure it, and the main task for tonight is completed.

He risked catching a cold by jumping into the sea just to transfer the metal box of nuclear fuel into the cockpit.

Yesterday, officials dropped a metal box into the sea area agreed upon with Wei Jiang, and manta rays dived underwater to pick it up.

After a day of stealth, they quietly returned to the waters near Vancouver from the southern coast.

Wei Jiang chose to do this in order to avoid the official detection of the manta ray's exact whereabouts.

Wei Jiang tapped a few times on the Manta Ray console screen, turned up the temperature in the cabin, and leaned back directly into the driver's seat.

"Ah!"

"MD, you're not catching a cold, are you?"

The seawater remaining on the surface of his skin was blown by the wind generated in the cabin, and Wei Jiang sneezed immediately.

Rubbing his nose, Wei Jiang prepared to warm up his body before returning to land.

[Enhanced mission: 23176km/50000km]

Compared with Wuling mini, the strengthening task progress of Manta Ray is faster.

All this was mainly due to the fact that Wei Jiang personally drove the manta ray to the Hawaiian waters.

A single trip of nearly 9000 km costs 1 yuan round trip.

"It seems that Manta Ray will undergo the fourth enhancement earlier than Wuling Mini."

In Wei Jiang’s mind, the fourth equipment enhancement has a higher priority than even the manufacturing of new equipment.

New enhancements represent the acceptance of new technologies, and it is possible that new technologies may be applied to new equipment.

The body temperature slowly recovered, with a few sneezes in between.

More than ten minutes later, when Wei Jiang swam back to the shore and put on his clothes again, snot began to appear.

"Damn it! Looks like I really have a cold."

He trotted back to the parking lot and got into the Wuling mini car. Feeling cold all over, Wei Jiang picked up his phone and controlled the manta ray to dive into the sea for several kilometers before putting down the phone.

"Turn up the air conditioning, ventilate, and go home."

"Received, owner."

When Wei Jiang returned to his cousin's house, his wet hair had already been blown dry.

Wei Jiang's cousin Wei Yonghong, who had a headache and chills, noticed that something was wrong with him and touched his forehead.

"Oh, how come you have a fever after going out?"

"Wait a minute, I'll go get the medical kit."

Wei Jiang sat on the sofa and watched his cousin turn around and look for the medical kit under the TV cabinet.

Fortunately, his father Wei Yonghe had already rested, otherwise the other party would have criticized him again.

"Just take some medicine."

"Young people are hot-tempered. It's okay. A-choo!"

The next morning, Wei Jiang fell ill and was in a daze and unable to wake up.

After his father Wei Yonghe and uncle Wu Qisi came to see him, Wu Qisi had no choice but to drive to work by himself in the morning.

After eating the breakfast brought to his bedside by his cousin, Wei Jiang’s head fell into the pillow again.

"Shit! I feel so weak."

The door of the room was closed from the outside by his cousin, and Wei Jiang covered himself with the quilt and muttered softly.

When human power is limited, the flesh and blood body is likely to have problems if the external environment changes slightly.

"It would be great if the panel could strengthen the body."

With his eyes closed, Wei Jiang’s mind was filled with a mess of delusions.

When Wei Jiang woke up again, it was already past 3 p.m., sweating all over. Wei Jiang lifted the quilt and felt that his body had regained a lot of strength.

Arriving at the living room, Wei Jiang shouted a few times, but no one responded.

"Probably went out for a walk."

Father Wei Yonghe needs to do a certain amount of rehabilitation activities every day to recover. My cousin Wei Yonghong usually takes my father out to the nearby park in the afternoon to relax and breathe fresh air.

There was food reserved for him by his cousin on the table. His stomach was empty, so Wei Jiang sat down without hesitation and started to fill his stomach.

Thinking of the manta ray still anchored on the seabed along the coast, Wei Jiang took out his cell phone and quickly checked.

I came back last night and was planning to remotely control the manta ray to move away from the shore, but I never expected to fall ill.

While chewing food in his mouth, he opened the manta ray remote control program on his mobile phone.

The diving depth is 47 meters. At this depth, there is a risk of manta rays being observed.

It is even possible to be caught in the fishing net of a fishing boat. Just tap the screen with your finger to control the manta ray to continue diving eastward.

The depth of the sea increases more significantly as the distance from the coast increases.

Wei Jiang's goal is to make the manta ray dive to a depth of at least 150 meters.

At a depth of 150 meters, it is almost impossible to observe manta rays on the sea surface even during the day.

Ordinary fishing nets cannot reach this depth.

After drinking a bowl of white porridge, Wei Jiang replenished his energy and felt that his strength had been restored a lot and his mind was clearer.

When the mobile phone screen showed that the manta ray was sailing at a depth of 100 meters, an unusual target appeared in front of Wei Jiang in the picture sent back by the manta ray's external camera.

The target was not big and was cylindrical in shape. After comparing the distance between the two sides, Wei Jiang confirmed that the target was one meter long and about 20 cm in diameter.

With a hint of curiosity, Wei Jiang controlled the manta ray to get closer to the target, and then Wei Jiang could see clearly the lines of English words on the target's shell.

"Small sonar detector"

「Production date: 2024-9-14」

Ultra Electronics

Seeing these lines of text, Wei Jiang frowned.

No matter how you look at it, this doesn't look like something from the University of Tokyo.

With doubts, Wei Jiang switched to the browser app and searched for the English name.

When the search results appeared in front of Wei Jiang, his face turned ugly.

Ultra Electronics is a developer specializing in submarine detection services and has been providing system services to the Ugly Eagle Navy.

"Depend on!"

"What's this?!"

Wei Jiang felt nauseous.

A lesson to the Hawaiian waters wasn’t enough, so unmanned probes are now being used?
(End of this chapter)