Wenhao 1979, starting with contributing to Story Club

Chapter 198 Finding a Way to Connect with Foreign Satellites

Inside the China Academy of Military Sciences Research Institute in Beijing, at the top-secret testing center.

Yuan Chengzhi, who was suddenly bewildered by Yu Zhen's phone call, immediately gathered the best members of his team and relayed Yu Zhen's words verbatim to the entire team.

"See? That kid really doesn't know what's good for him, does he? We went to all that trouble to put together a laptop as a New Year's gift and delivered it all the way to his door, only to be met with his disgust. Ugh, so embarrassing, so damn embarrassing!"

"Alright, alright, Lao Yuan, stop being sarcastic. You're making me blush. Tell me, what should we do next?!"

"Yes, shame is the mother of courage. We've been criticized harshly by our superiors before."

"Absolutely. The US has been commercializing personal PC terminals for a long time, especially with companies like Apple that make all-in-one PCs. Although their products aren't as powerful as our Tianhe-I supercomputer, and they use a black-and-white window dialogue interaction mechanism, lacking our window OS and the core convenience of our touchscreen interactive applications—they've successfully commercialized them and can even generate revenue from their products, earning enough R&D capital to support their operations."

"Stop, stop, stop, Lao He, what are you doing? This isn't the time for us to subtly boast about ourselves. Seriously, you didn't answer Writer Yu's call yourself, otherwise you wouldn't have the face to say those things just now—"

"But, Lao Yuan, our national conditions are different after all! We also want to operate commercially! Otherwise, we wouldn't have so eagerly handed over the most stable machine to Writer Yu. We were hoping that Writer Yu could come up with some good ideas for commercial operation, but what's going on now? They just think our stuff is too rough. What are we going to do?!"

"That's why I called this meeting! Alright, alright, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Writer Yu gave me several suggestions for version upgrade iterations. I have them written down here. Everyone, take a look first, and then vote on which route to choose!!"

As he spoke, a handwritten note was taken out and passed around among the people.

The content on the paper was very concise, listing only 7 or 8 points, with a total word count of no more than one hundred words.

However, as everyone passed it around, each person treated it as if it were the moment when Tang Sanzang finally received the scriptures at Mount Ling, holding each page as if it were Mount Tai.

Moreover, everyone was deep in thought.

Yuan Chengzhi stopped urging them. After about ten minutes, he saw that everyone looked worried and conflicted.

He said, "Heh, I knew you would react like this. You've been exposed to too much at once, and now you're having trouble making choices, right? Hehe, but there's one thing I didn't write down. Do you know about Writer Yu? You might not believe it, but the moment Writer Yu got that laptop today, he used it for just over half an hour to complete 18,000 words of the opening chapter of 'The Truman Show 4: Terminator'."

Believe it or not, this matter has been corroborated by Xiao Ma from our unit and Director Qin from Zhongnantang.

Another point, as writer Yu mentioned, is that if our laptops already have built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, they should...

It can simultaneously send newly published novel content directly via email, instantly transmitting it to our unit so that we can all see the manuscript immediately.

Okay, just now when we were discussing the development and design of other functions, everyone was struggling with the decision and couldn't decide which to focus on next. We didn't know how to concentrate our efforts and which functional aspect to break through.

He then listened to Yuan Chengzhi's words.

They immediately perked up.

"Old Yuan, are you telling the truth? You created 18,000 words of new novel content in just over half an hour using our laptop??"

"Old He, you're so long-winded. Didn't Old Yuan just say that we have Little Ma and Director Qin to corroborate this? Besides, why would Writer Yu need to lie to us about something like this?!"

"Mom, what's there to worry about anymore? Next, we'll break through the limitations of network communication and achieve that ability to instantly transmit messages across vast distances!"

"What's all the fuss about? This isn't some kind of technical problem. We've already done some related verifications in our lab. The most crucial point is, what direction should we focus on regarding this internet transmission medium?"

"Given our current economic foundation and urban infrastructure, we simply don't have the resources to focus on anything beyond computer network technology and concepts!"

"Yes, poverty is enough to stifle all possibilities of technological innovation!!"

"That's true. After all, the US military had already possessed related information technologies about ten years ago, but they were still hampered by inadequate urban infrastructure and telecommunications networks, forcing them to keep those technologies locked away. Are we just going to read a novel and fantasize about making the country a sucker?"

"You're dreaming the hell out of your mind!!"

"Hey, Mr. He, I'm just giving you an example. Why are you swearing at me for no reason?! If you're so capable, why don't you come up with something else right now?!"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. Actually, Xiao Yu gave us an idea, saying that we could take full advantage of the US's approach to live-streaming the moon landing and develop a space-based communication system or something."

"What do you mean? You want us to mess with the national satellite? Are you crazy?! Just to read a novel, we'd risk our lives for this—"

"Look at you, so pathetic. You're telling us to find a way to access foreign networks, borrow satellites from the US and the Soviet Union, and secretly do some dirty work behind their backs. You say it's called a 'space-based security rehearsal,' and that in the future international environment, satellite and celestial network security will be of paramount importance. You're telling us to use our brains to get some experience and practice in this area beforehand."

Good heavens, a bunch of senior engineers and chief designers, just to be the first to read a novel, they actually started racking their brains to become cybernetic hackers.

This matter...

To a layperson, this sounds like pure fantasy!

But for them, it's really just about giving them a gentle reminder and providing some ideas.

Besides, this is a crooked idea to target foreign satellites.

If it really works out, wouldn't it be perfectly legitimate to open a secret door on a foreign satellite, using an outsider's golden hen to lay golden eggs in our own nest?