Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 679 The most stable shape is the triangle! (Third update!)
As Lü Hongxuan spoke, he gestured with his hands, and judging from his movements, they must have felt utterly hopeless when that outcome came.

Hearing this, Lin Yi simply pressed his hand to his forehead, not wanting to say anything.

The main problem is that there's no way to respond to that.

He originally thought that the problem was with the algorithm he provided, which caused the research to go astray. But he never expected that it was actually these people who caused the problem by feeding the AI.

He pressed his hand to his forehead, closed his eyes, and thought for a moment before answering, "This algorithm has an underlying logic, which is a learning optimization mechanism."

"If you are not satisfied with the results based on the data you input, it will continuously optimize based on the known database until you are satisfied."

"After the ginkgo leaves were removed, you must have felt that the results of the election were unsatisfactory, so you stuffed something else into it."

"The airplanes in movies and TV shows are all about aesthetics and the cutting-edge technology that fits them in."

"It doesn't consider reality, and your demands have already deviated from reality, so the algorithm can only give you things that are detached from reality."

"The solution is simple: just clear out the databases you've added."

After Lin Yi finished speaking, his gaze fell on Lü Hongxuan, who simply shook his head slightly under his gaze.
"I haven't finished speaking yet!"

"Your algorithm provides the data, the model is built based on the relevant data, and then we begin our discussion."

"The discussion went on for a long time, and the debate went on for a long time, but there was no complete result."

"Because some people think the triangle is better, some people think the ginkgo leaf is better, and some people think the shape that looks like it's from a science fiction movie is better, so no one can convince anyone else."

"Based on this, we started discussing which direction to take, since research funding is limited and it's impossible to work on all three at once."

"This leads to the question of who should take the lead."

"As I just said, no one can convince anyone else!"

After saying everything he wanted to say, Lü Hongxuan placed his hands on his forehead, supporting them, with an expression that suggested he didn't want to talk anymore.

After hearing this, Lin Yi slowly turned his gaze to Lu Ming, casting an inquiring look at him.

Lu Ming spread his hands: "I'll explain the rest!"

"The main reason for their argument was that after complex calculations, they found that the data calculated by the algorithm was feasible, but they just didn't know what materials to use to complete the experiment."

"Then, because you provided this algorithm, the three groups that were arguing so fiercely all asked the teacher to be the referee."

"This job is definitely not going to be done!"

"Then we just kept pretending to be stupid, while they made crazy adjustments based on these three data points, which is what you see in the notebook. This trip to Yanjing was actually to escape some leisure time. In addition, when we applied for this trip, we also submitted an application to go to Suzhou to find you later."

"I just didn't expect you to be in Yanjing, so I came straight here."

After Lu Ming finished speaking, Lü Hongxuan sighed deeply, "If I had known there would be so much trouble, I shouldn't have had that sudden idea!"

When his teacher expressed regret, Lin Yi calmly gave him a thumbs up: "Isn't it your own fault!"

"So what are you planning to do now? Develop a better algorithm for you? Or..."

“No!” Lu Hongxuan shook his head, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, and said softly, “The reason I brought those data over this time was to let you make a judgment, to decide which direction is better.”

"This algorithm was created by you, and your opinions are highly valuable."

After speaking gently, Lü Hongxuan's expression gradually turned serious, and his tone became more forceful: "With this trip to Yanjing, my becoming an academician is basically a done deal."

"To become an academician, one needs to have one's own research direction and topics."

"And these three plans are an opportunity."

“If we can seize this opportunity, we can form our own school, your senior brothers will have better prospects, and at the same time, they can help you in return.”

"Absolutely worth it!"

Lu Hongxuan's words made Lin Yi subconsciously fall into deep thought.

Xiaomi Heavy Industry has already established connections with the Navy and Army, but there haven't been any particularly good opportunities with the Air Force. Now, however, this is precisely such an opportunity.

However, we still need to ask Leng Yun about this matter. After all, it's better to have someone backing you up than to go it alone and act recklessly.

After a moment's hesitation, he took out his phone and waved it at Lü Hongxuan: "I'm going to make a call!"

He walked to the window with his phone in hand, drew the curtains, sat on the windowsill, and dialed Leng Yun's number.

Leng Yun seemed to be busy. After the call connected, she urged him urgently, "Speak quickly if you have something to say!"

Lin Yi kept it brief and relayed everything he had just said.

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by Leng Yun's lament:
"It can't be blamed on the Air Force, it's mainly because..."

"It's mainly your fault!"

"Because of your involvement, the Navy's aircraft carrier construction speed accelerated dramatically at that time, and in addition to aircraft carriers, other things were also showing visible results."

"On the army side, although there isn't anything particularly big, the tank and the enhancement drugs from the past two days are real things. Besides those two, there are also your old drones and ammunition, all of which are tangible."

"There's only the air force, it seems... it seems like there's nothing else!"

"If you have some free time, you could indeed help the Air Force with that, but do you have the time?"

"Advanced fighter jets are not something you can just talk about. They require sufficient technology, as well as enough personnel and processes to manufacture. You would need to oversee that personally, but I doubt you have the time."

On the phone, Leng Yun's words seemed to be for Lin Yi's sake, but in reality, his deep voice was accompanied by a slightly rising tone.

He's using reverse psychology.

Lin Yi sighed: "Alright, stop trying to provoke me!"

"Let me discuss this with my teacher first. If I'm not available, then I'll have to hand over the relevant work to him. I'll hang up now and contact you again when I have a result."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yi slowly returned to Lu Hongxuan and the others, sat down in front of the computer, picked up the notebook Lu Ming had given him, and began to flip through it little by little.

After reviewing the notes, he placed the notebook face down on the table: "So, teacher, which option do you support?"

When asked the crucial question, Lü Hongxuan scratched his head, looking troubled: "I..."

"I don't know which option to support, because the previous data showed that it worked, which means that all three options have a chance of success, and the probability is not small."

"But it's also possible that they all fail, or that one of them fails while the others succeed."

"I'm a little confused too... I don't know which one to choose." After hesitatingly speaking, Lü Hongxuan looked at Lin Yi: "What do you think... what do you think is the better option?"

With the topic now in his hands, Lin Yi opened his notebook and looked through all the drawings on it.

Lin Yi flipped to the back almost without hesitation and found the two ginkgo leaves that looked the most pleasing to the eye.

The impression given by fifth-generation fighters is that they are still capable of putting up a fight.

But the sixth-generation fighter jet gives people the feeling of pure technology and utter arrogance. Just by looking at it, you know that it is the overlord of the sky, and a sense of despair arises from the bottom of your heart.

And the beautiful ginkgo leaves give people just that feeling.

In addition, China developed such a fighter jet in its previous life.

It's beautiful, cool, and imposing, but the only pity is that we didn't get to see this fighter jet in actual combat, which makes us very curious about its combat capabilities.

I have the chance in this lifetime to become a more beautiful person.

He selected two similar but slightly different layouts and presented them to Lü Hongxuan and his companion. "These two are acceptable!"

The two proposals were presented to Lü Hongxuan. He picked them up and looked at them for a while, then frowned and put them down. Under Lin Yi's gaze, he gently shook his head.

"I don't think either of these plans will work!"

Seeing him shake his head, Lin Yi could only press his temples and hand over the notebook: "Then teacher, could you draw a sketch? I'll see what you envision it to look like."

After taking the notebook into his hands, Lü Hongxuan took out a pen from his pocket and quickly started drawing on the notebook.

With a few strokes, an isosceles triangle appeared on the notebook. Seeing this, Lin Yi's eyelids twitched, but he didn't say anything. He just silently watched his teacher draw.

In less than 10 minutes, Lü Hongxuan had drawn a rough sketch and pushed it in front of Lin Yi. This design was somewhat similar to the triangles Lin Yi had just seen in his notebook.

However, there are some differences in the subtle details.

For example, in the previous few triangles, there was a chamfer at the wing position, the purpose of which was unclear. However, in this new sketch, that so-called chamfer is gone; it is a perfectly intact isosceles triangle.

In the rear view, the engine nozzles have also changed to three.

One big and two small.

The nozzles of the three engines, one large and two small, look more like rocket nozzles, but they don't protrude from the fuselage.

This thing reminded him of a picture he had seen online in his past life.

On a rainy day, someone saw a triangle floating in the sky.

The photo circulated widely online at the time, but most netizens believed it was an AI-generated image.

After all, it's not difficult to make a triangle fly into the sky, but it's very difficult to make a triangle hover in the sky.

In the following decade or so, such photos would occasionally appear, but each one was just a single, isolated image without any other supporting evidence, so it was impossible to determine whether it was a rumor or AI-generated content.

After looking at the draft for a while, Lin Yi turned it back to Lü Hongxuan: "Teacher, tell me about the general performance of this aircraft, or the design specifications that it needs to achieve."

When the topic of aircraft performance specifications comes up, Lü Hongxuan instantly transforms into a different person.

He picked up the sketch and pointed at it excitedly, saying, "All of them have confined their fighter jets to the atmosphere."

"However, we must acknowledge the fact that in the future, the combined forces of the offensive and defensive sides will inevitably break through the atmosphere."

"If fighter jets want to break through the enemy's defenses, they can't just stay within the atmosphere."

"My vision is that this is an integrated air and space fighter jet that can operate within the atmosphere or directly break through the atmosphere to operate in outer space, which is 200 to 500 kilometers, or even 800 to 1000 kilometers."

"In this region free from atmospheric obstruction, fighter jets can reach speeds of up to several tens of Mach. With this speed, they can penetrate almost any defense and strike their targets with pinpoint accuracy..."

He became more and more excited as he spoke, while Lin Yi's head ached more and more as he listened. As he listened, he reached out and took the notebook, then flipped through it to the next few pages, where he found another sketch.

It was a very futuristic-looking airplane.

And the name of this aircraft is Victory Flying Swallow.

The fighter jet from the Japanese tokusatsu series Ultraman Tiga perfectly fits this requirement...

On paper, this fighter jet could actually go toe-to-toe with Ultraman, but under the command of those few unlucky pilots, it was either parked on the ground, exploded in the air, or was under maintenance in the hangar.

They have absolutely no combat capability.

He turned the sketch over to his teacher, Lü Hongxuan, and said, "Teacher, the performance characteristics of this aircraft that you mentioned are indeed possible to be realized in the future."

"But the problem is that our biggest adversary in building such a fighter jet is not design, but manufacturing."

"Even if we make breakthroughs in materials science and acquire the relevant materials, large-scale construction will still take time and require an industrial chain."

“Those industrial chains require investments ranging from tens of billions to hundreds of billions of yuan.”

"Besides money, there's also time!"

"Even if this thing were designed, the country wouldn't bet everything on it!"

Lu Hongxuan listened intently to every word Lin Yi said. After a while, he looked up, his gaze fixed intently on Lin Yi:

"You just said that the biggest obstacle is not design, but manufacturing!"

"So, you can actually design the related things, right?"

Lin Yi neither nodded nor shook his head, but instead focused his gaze on the two young men with buzz cuts behind Lu Ming.

The two young men were very perceptive. When Lin Yi looked over, they turned their heads almost simultaneously, realizing that the people present seemed to have something to talk about. They opened the door and walked out directly.

The door closed again, and Lin Yi nodded slightly: "Design is not a problem!"

"I can produce the design drawings in as little as a week, but even with the design drawings, we still need people, materials, and time!"

He had barely finished speaking when he saw Lü Hongxuan across from him raise his right hand:

“These are minor issues. As long as you can design them, I can convince the people at the research institute!”

"Persuade others!"

(End of this chapter)