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Chapter 269 A Trip to Yanjing! (Second Update!)
While typing, Lin Yi suddenly remembered that he hadn't booked a plane ticket yet, so he quickly called Ji Shuangshuang and asked her to help him book a ticket to Yanjing.

There are also hotels.

A few minutes later, Ji Shuangshuang pushed open the door and entered the room, placing an A4 sheet of paper filled with information on another table:

"Your flight is at 10 p.m. and will land in the early morning. I have already contacted the hotel and asked them to send a car to pick you up."

"Remember to call if anything happens!"

After giving her instructions, Ji Shuangshuang glanced at Lin Yi with concern before opening the door and leaving the office.

In his office, Lin Yi checked the time. His flight was at 10 a.m., so he needed to be at the airport by at least 9 a.m.

It's already 5 p.m.

I'll be busy for a while longer, and I should be able to finish typing by around 6 o'clock. After having dinner, I'll have Han Shun take me to the airport. I'll board the plane at 10 o'clock, arrive in Yanjing in the early morning, get some sleep, and be ready for tomorrow morning!

Having finalized the time budget, Lin Yi turned his attention back to the document and began typing furiously.

Just before leaving get off work, he called Wang Bo into his office and gave him one last instruction:

"Get them out! Go get them out right now!"

"I'm flying to Beijing today to resolve our qualifications. I hope you can provide me with some personnel resumes when I return."

"Adequate resumes!"

Upon hearing Lin Yi's words, Wang Bo's face twitched, and he then forcefully pounded his chest:

"Don't worry, boss. As long as you can make things legal, I, Wang Bo, will risk my life to get him out of here!"

After he finished swearing, Lin Yi waved his hand and kicked him out of the office.

After dinner, Lin Yi packed his things and instructed Ji Shuangshuang to guard the company. Then, he and Han Shunfa drove to Zanwu Airport at breakneck speed.

Lin Yi arrived at his hotel at 1 a.m.

Rest for a night.

At 9 a.m., assuming everyone was at work, Lin Yi took out his phone, found the landline number from yesterday, and dialed it.

The phone rang only twice before it was answered on the other end.
"You've arrived? Tell me your address, I'll come pick you up!"

Lin Yi gave the address, and less than half an hour later, his phone rang again.

It was an unfamiliar phone number.

After the call connected, Fang Yaoguo's voice came through the phone:

"Go downstairs, there's that black Jeep at the entrance."

Following instructions, Lin Yi went downstairs with his briefcase and immediately spotted the black Jeep parked in front of the hotel.

The car was just parked there, blatantly blocking the road, and nobody cared.

He walked over cautiously, but before he got close, the right rear window of the jeep rolled down, revealing Hao Jin's stern face:

"boarding!"

As he spoke, he shifted his position slightly to the left, and through the lowered car window, Lin Yi saw that there was another person to Hao Jin's left.

The man, who was about the same age as Hao Jin and wearing a blue-gray air force uniform, must be Fang Yaoguo from the phone call.

As he looked over, Fang Yaoguo noticed his gaze, turned his head, and nodded at him with a smile.

Lin Yi went over, smiling and greeting them as he opened the car door and got in.

The car window rolled up, the driver started the engine, turned the steering wheel, and drove in a direction Lin Yi was unfamiliar with.

After navigating several turns on the road, the vehicle drove into the underground parking lot through what was clearly a back entrance.

Before Lin Yi could ask a question, Fang Yaoguo answered first:

"Final Assembly!"

"Responsible for assessing the needs for weapons and equipment, making demands, supervising equipment procurement and acceptance, and guiding civilian technology to serve the military industry."

At this point, Fang Yaoguo suddenly stopped and turned his gaze to Lin Yi:

"Just like what you said this time!"

The three continued forward, and when they reached the elevator, Hao Jin suddenly spoke up:
"Now that you've all seen it, I'll head out first?"

"It wouldn't be of any use for me to go up there and listen to your stuff. After listening, I'd still have to write a report."

The elevator arrived at that moment, and as the doors opened, Fang Yaoguo raised his hand to stop them, turning to look at Hao Jin:

Are you sure you don't want to go up?

"There are good things, lots and lots of good things!"

"I'm not going!" Hao Jin shook his head in refusal, then pointed at Lin Yi with his right hand:
"Thanks to this living father, we still have to check at least 4000 more companies."

"So you need to think carefully about what you're going to discuss next, and please don't add any more workload to our security bureau."

After leaving those words, Hao Jin turned and left without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing that he wasn't going upstairs, Fang Yaoguo stepped into the elevator, pressed the floor button, and waited for Lin Yi to enter. Watching the elevator doors slowly close, he spoke up, reminding him:

"When I ask you something later, just answer honestly and don't hold back."

"Young people should act like young people, they should be spirited!"

"The biggest difference between you and people your age is that you have a very calm and composed demeanor, which makes you seem like you have no drive at all."

"But what you did was really..."

"It's a headache."

"It gives people a very disconnected feeling, and this disconnect will make others subconsciously distrust you."

With a ding, the red lettering above the elevator door turned green, indicating that we had arrived at the destination floor.

The elevator doors opened, and Fang Yaoguo stepped out first, then turned left and led Lin Yi toward the conference room at the end of the corridor.

Two guards stood at the conference room door. Seeing the two approach, the guards first smiled at Fang Yaoguo, then extended their hands to Lin Yi:
"Comrade, could you please let us inspect your briefcase?"

"Give!"

The two guards acted quickly; one checked the briefcase, while the other carried a metal detector and checked Lin Yi's person.

Two or three minutes later, the inspection was completed, and the briefcase was returned to Lin Yi's hands. The two guards also returned to the door and continued to stand guard without looking to the side.

Fang Yaoguo walked to the door, knocked, and before anyone could answer, pushed it open and gestured to Lin Yi with his head tilted.
"What are you doing standing around? Let's go!"

This is a standard conference room.

The oval table took up most of the conference room space.

Near the door of the oval table, there was an empty chair with a name in black lettering on a red background on a sign in front of it.

Lin Yi

Opposite this sign, the oval table was already full of people, who were clearly divided into three camps.

Lin Yi was facing a navy blue navy on his left, a blue-gray air force on his right, and a pine-green army in the middle opposite him.

Fang Yaoguo, who led him in, was currently in the blue-gray camp.

After Lin Yi took his seat, the elderly man opposite him, dressed in pine-green robes and appearing to be slightly older than Fang Yaoguo, spoke up:

"Now that everyone's here, let's get straight to the point."

Then, the other person's gaze locked onto Lin Yi, and they revealed a kind smile:

"Relax, don't be so reserved. We don't eat people." "My name is Guo Song! I'm the host of this meeting."

"I think Yaoguo has already told you the purpose of inviting you to this meeting, so I won't go into details."

"I'll just ask my questions directly."

"In your understanding, should unmanned combat systems be refined or crude?"

"Let me give you an analogy... like guns. America's guns have good performance, but they are troublesome to maintain and use."

"The counterpart to that is the Soviet gun, which was rough and its most prominent feature was its roughness."

"I understand!" Lin Yi nodded repeatedly, took a breath, and then looked up to meet Guo Song's gaze.

"Can you tell me why you raised this question?"

"I need to know the reasons why you raised this question so that I can answer it accurately."

As he spoke, the people from the three opposing camps began to whisper among themselves. After a while, the people from the three camps who were closest to each other huddled together, seemingly exchanging opinions.

Ultimately, the opinions were compiled and handed to Guo Song. He glanced at the slip of paper in his hand and explained:
“We used the example of Ali Salem Air Base, combined with your document, for analysis.”

"Finally, we discovered a very troublesome point."

"That means if we want sufficient performance, the cost of drones will increase exponentially. The same applies to other unmanned equipment, which deviates from our original intention of building an unmanned combat system."

"We value unmanned combat systems because they can replace humans at minimal cost."

"But the actual simulation results show that this thing cannot completely replace people. If it is to replace people, the cost will have to go up."

"And so, a disagreement arose."

"Some comrades believe that we should be at the forefront of unmanned combat systems and should focus on improving related technologies."

"Some comrades also believe that this thing is just a disposable item and can be handled casually."

"And you are the fuse that ignited all of this."

"Now, I hope you can ignite a spark from this fuse."

After hearing the whole story, Lin Yi finally felt relieved.

If that's all, then it's easy to resolve.

He didn't answer immediately. Instead, he opened his briefcase, took out what he had written overnight, put it on the table, and then pushed it hard in front of Guo Song across the table.

After the other party picked up the document, Lin Yi began to explain:

"Actually, this is an anticipated problem."

"Let me state my conclusion first."

"Under current technological conditions, and even under the technological conditions of the next 20 years, unmanned equipment cannot completely replace human operation."

"All that unmanned equipment can do is operate according to a pre-set program."

"We could add some analytical features to his program, but the power consumption would be too high!"

"So what you all need to do first is to lower your expectations and reduce your hopes for unmanned equipment."

"Don't expect it to completely replace humans. What we should expect is for unmanned equipment to assist humans and help reduce their stress."

"As for development strategy recommendations and military procurement, I suggest large quantities to ensure sufficient supplies."

"Even in the future, the decisive factor for unmanned equipment will be large quantity and sufficient supply."

Guo Song wrote these words down, read them from beginning to end, his pen hovering over the word "expectation" for a moment, then he looked up and said:
"Okay, let's assume we've lowered our expectations now. Taking drones as an example, what would constitute a large enough quantity to satisfy everyone?"

This question reminded Lin Yi of the famous scene in his previous life when Russia and Ukraine were in conflict, and both sides were frantically buying goods from Zhejiang Province.

Having organized his thoughts, Lin Yi replied with a smile, "One million a day!"

The numbers he casually uttered caused the group of people opposite him to gasp in shock.

Even Guo Song, who had remained calm throughout, couldn't help but tremble slightly upon hearing these words.

The pen in his hand tore through the paper with a ripping sound.

He put down the pen expressionlessly, tore off the paper that the pen had slashed, stuffed it into his pocket, then picked up the pen again and asked:
Are you bragging?

"No!" Lin Yi shook his head, first pointing to himself, then pointing out the window:
"My factory currently has a production capacity of about 1000 units per day."

"This is the output achieved at the very beginning of production, with insufficient raw material reserves and insufficient sales, all under disadvantageous conditions."

"If things stabilize, my factory can produce 1 to 2 units a day."

"When this product becomes profitable, more companies will definitely follow suit, and there will also be corresponding original component suppliers."

"Assuming the supply of parts can meet the demand, and based on 1000 companies, with a daily output of 100 million units, each company only needs to produce 1000 units."

"Don't tell me that in 960 million square kilometers, you can't find 1000 companies that can produce goods."

This time, Guo Song didn't press the matter further, but instead wrote down several calculations in his notebook.

One million seems like a lot, but if you break it down carefully, you suddenly realize that one million is not that many.

He sighed, wrote the number in his notebook, and then asked gently:

"Have you figured out how to develop a large unmanned bomber?"

"Have!"

"What about large unmanned fighter jets?"

"Yes!"

Two consecutive "yes" answers pleased Guo Song greatly. He nodded and turned his gaze to the people on his left and right.

"We're all set for now, now we need to see what the Air Force and Navy comrades are up to."

After Guo Song finished speaking, he moved his chair and took a half step back.

In the end, it was the air force representative dressed in blue and gray who spoke first:
"Let's assume that we have already begun building an unmanned combat system."

"At the very beginning of the war, the enemy used full-spectrum silence."

"So how should you break this deadlock?"

No sooner had the question been asked than Lin Yi immediately followed up with a phrase: "Fiber optic drone!"

Fiber optics may be unfamiliar to the average person, but it is a familiar term to those present.

Having received Lin Yi's response, the person who had just raised the question spoke again:
"Okay, using fiber optics can indeed connect signals and keep them flowing smoothly."

"But have you considered the cost?"

"If fiber optics were used, the cost of fiber optics alone might exceed that of drones."

"This stuff is very cheap!" Lin Yi shook his head, correcting the person's statement. After correcting him, he noticed that the group of people opposite him were looking at him with distrust. He shook his head slightly again and explained:
"Fiber optic cables aren't actually that expensive!"

"The reason this thing is so expensive right now is that the research and development costs haven't been amortized yet, and a protective layer needs to be added on the outside."

"When used in drones, all you need is that central wire; nothing else is required."

"The cost will naturally drop significantly!"

"All your worries today are utterly insignificant in the face of a systematic industrialized supply chain!"

"If you don't believe me, we can make a bet!"

(End of this chapter)