Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 40 Excited bosses (please collect and support!)
When Mr. Hua saw that everyone's eyes were on him, he chuckled and took out a Minerva stopwatch that was accurate to one hundredth of a second.

"This watch was given to me by a friend when I went abroad a few years ago. I thought it would never be useful again, but I didn't expect it to come in handy here today."

After that, he looked at Yang Ning and said, "My test is very simple, five seconds."

As he spoke, Mr. Hua set the stopwatch to ten seconds, and then continued: "When I say start, you will start counting from one plus two plus three. If you can count to one hundred and twenty-five thousand, this watch will be yours."

Finally, Mr. Hua was afraid that Yang Ning would hide his abilities, so he threw him a carrot in advance.

"Hey, what if I can calculate more?"

Yang Ning had no intention of hiding it. Besides, although the Minerva stopwatch was not very useful, it depended on who gave it to him. One should not refuse a free gift.

He knew that the number of 125,000 that Mr. Hua mentioned was the maximum value of calculations that could be performed in five seconds by the most advanced computers today, as announced by the Eagle Sauce.

Until transistor computers appear next year, this is the ceiling of what we can imagine.

You should know that the 59 machine we independently developed in 104 had a computing speed of less than half of this speed.

As the amount of computing required in scientific research becomes increasingly larger, how much of a role Yang Ning can play in the future will depend on the results of this test.

"Can it be faster?" Old Hua smiled heartily after hearing Yang Ning's words.

"Comrade Yang Ning, if you can be faster than this, I will risk my reputation and ask President Guo for a better reward for you."

After saying that, he smiled and pointed to where Dean Guo was.

Although Dean Guo mainly studies ancient culture, he also has a general understanding of the cutting-edge technology in today's world. He knows what it means if Yang Ning's computing speed exceeds 125,000 in five seconds.

That means the rabbit will have a supercomputer that consumes no fuel or electricity, only needs a few meals a day, and is the fastest in the world. In this way, some scientific research projects can be greatly accelerated.

"As long as you can do it, I will try my best to satisfy you whatever you want."

Dean Guo looked at Yang Ning and made a solemn promise.

“No, no.” Seeing Dean Guo’s serious expression, Yang Ning waved his hands and said, “I have already gotten a lot, how can I covet more!”

"Haha~ I'm not kidding. As long as you can do it, all the efforts will be worth it."

But Dean Guo didn't mean to be joking at all.

"Are you ready?" Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, Mr. Hua did not dare to delay any longer and asked Yang Ning.

"I'm ready." Yang Ning became serious when he saw Dean Guo's expression.

"Well!"

With Mr. Hua's shout of "start", five seconds passed in a flash.

"Stop!" Then everyone, including Professor Dong, stared at Yang Ning expectantly.

"How many?"

Dean Guo asked.

"It's 25 billion (of course I know this is the most ideal situation, and the reality is definitely different, but for the convenience of calculation, please forgive me. As for the result, I won't tell you. I used the arithmetic progression formula to calculate for more than an hour, and it gave me a headache, but I didn't figure it out)."

"How many?"

At this time, the people present were no longer calm. Even though they were well-informed, they were still shocked by the number Yang Ning said. "You didn't calculate it directly using an arithmetic progression, did you?"

Not to mention Mr. Hua and the others, even Professor Dong, who was most familiar with Yang Ning here, looked at Yang Ning in surprise when he heard this number.

"Such a large number cannot be calculated in a short time even if an arithmetic progression is used."

At this time, the middle-aged man with glasses who Yang Ning didn't know said.

"Did you really add up this number one by one?"

Dean Qian's hands were shaking slightly. He took two deep breaths and then looked at Yang Ning seriously: "Comrade Yang Ning, I want to ask you again seriously, did you really calculate this number by adding them up one by one?"

"Yes, I promise!"

Yang Ning stood up straight and said seriously.

"President Guo?"

After hearing Yang Ning's affirmative answer, Dean Qian looked at President Guo solemnly, his meaning was self-evident.

"Huff, huff!" Dean Guo took two deep breaths and calmed himself down.

After hearing Dean Qian's reminder, he waved his hand and looked at them seriously: "This situation is too important, I need to report it immediately.

He stood up and was about to walk out, but then stopped and turned back and said, "In addition, I need to trouble you all to wait here for a while and see how the superiors arrange it."

After saying that, Dean Guo walked out quickly, and then Dean Guo's voice came from the corridor outside the door: "Guard, guard!"

"To!"

"Seal off this room immediately. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my order."

"Yes!"

Then there were footsteps at the door again, and silence returned after a moment.

The people in the room stared at each other, and finally all looked at Yang Ning, their eyes were like those of a wolf seeing a sheep.

"Everyone, it shouldn't be that serious, right?" Although Yang Ning knew the importance of computing speed to scientific research, he was still shocked by Dean Guo's attitude and the eyes of several bigwigs.

"Not really? Comrade Yang Ning, do you know what this computing speed means?"

The middle-aged man with glasses excitedly pulled Yang Ning and said.

"This means that the progress of our scientific research work can be increased several times. If it were not for the constraints of industrial conditions, it would not be a problem to increase it by dozens of times. Just based on this point, it cannot be overemphasized. You are now a national treasure!"

"Originally, I was planning to send you alone to carry out a mission this time, but now it seems that our arrangement was a bit hasty."

Seeing that Yang Ning was still a little confused, the middle-aged man with glasses smiled apologetically: "I thought that this was the only chance for me to interact with you. In order to avoid causing trouble for you, I did not introduce myself."

"But judging from the current situation, we may have many opportunities to interact in the future, so let me introduce myself in advance. My last name is Huang, so you can just call me Comrade Huang. I study aircraft."

After hearing the middle-aged man's introduction, Yang Ning suddenly remembered who this person was. He was the first person to study jet aircraft and led the development of Rabbit's first jet aircraft, the J-1. After the relationship with the Big Brother broke down, he overcame numerous difficulties and copied the MiG-21. He was the first chief designer of the Eighth Master. If he had not died young in a plane crash abroad more than ten years later, the Eighth Master might have been born a few years earlier.

He is a first-generation aviation expert and an absolute master. No wonder he can chat and laugh with the bigwigs present here with such a calm expression.

(End of this chapter)