Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

The next morning, Zhou Qiming and his team arrived at the Western Communications Alliance's R&D center on time.

After a night of "enjoyment," the technicians who had been entangled with beauties looked tired, but their eyes revealed a hint of undisguised smugness.

Seeing this, Alexander became even more confident, and his smile grew even warmer: "Mr. Zhou, everyone, did you have a good rest? If you need anything, please feel free to ask."

"Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Alexander. We all had a good rest," Zhou Qiming replied casually.

After glancing at the technicians, he said, "We can start work now. We brought not only technical blueprints, but also the manufacturing process for the core components of the base station. The first step is to build the base station."

"Of course!" Alexander immediately led everyone straight to the Alliance's super-large production workshop.

Inside the workshop, automated production lines are neatly arranged, with robotic arms suspended in mid-air, clearly ready to go.

"Mr. Zhou, this production line is specially modified for 3G base stations, with a daily production capacity of 50 units. All equipment is top-of-the-line. Please feel free to give us your orders!"

Zhou Qiming walked to the control panel, inserted the encrypted storage card into the interface, and retrieved the base station production drawings and process parameters.

On the screen, the 3D model of the base station was intricate and complex, but he had tampered with the blueprints for the core signal processing module.

"The key to production lies in three areas," Zhou Qiming said, pointing to the screen.

"First, the chip soldering temperature of the signal processing module."

"Second, the waterproof coating on the base station casing."

"Third, the interface reservations for the core control board must strictly adhere to the dimensions in the drawings, as it will be connected to our encryption system later."

The production supervisor immediately noted it down and turned to instruct the workers: "Start trial production immediately, as per Mr. Zhou's requirements! Make 10 units for the first batch; samples must be available today!"

The production line roared to life, robotic arms precisely gripped parts, and workers busied themselves following the process provided by Zhou Qiming.

Those Chinese technicians who had been recruited voluntarily joined the production line in order to prove themselves.

He personally guided Western workers in operating the equipment, and even shared the outdated testing methods for first-generation 3G components, which Li Yu had deliberately asked them to "leak," as core techniques.

"I've tested this welding temperature at Longteng before; it won't work if it's even a little too high or too low. Trust me, you won't go wrong!"

A technician in overalls patted his chest and assured him.

Zhou Qiming stood aside, seemingly supervising production, but actually observing quietly.

He noticed that the Western team, in order to meet the deadline, did not verify the authenticity of the process parameters at all, and simply followed the drawings and his instructions blindly.

This was exactly what he wanted. Taking advantage of everyone's attention being focused on the production line, he gave a wink to the core team members around him.

The team member understood immediately and, under the pretext of "checking the purity of raw materials," went to the core component warehouse.

He had already concealed a miniature backdoor chip on his body and mixed it into the control board components to be assembled.

This chip is only the size of a fingernail and looks no different from an ordinary capacitor. Once soldered onto the control board, it can be automatically activated when the base station is running and receive remote commands from Longteng.

"Mr. Zhou, the first batch of base station prototypes is ready!"

In the afternoon, the production supervisor rushed over with the test report, "All parameters meet the requirements of the drawings, and the signal strength is three times stronger than our previous 2G base station!"

Alexander, who was standing to the side, took the report and read it with a broad smile:

"Excellent! Mr. Zhou truly lives up to his reputation! Start mass production immediately."

"Simultaneously, a base station upgrade project will be arranged, and all core base stations in North America must be replaced with new equipment within one month!"

At this moment, Zhou Qiming kindly reminded him, "Mr. Alexander, I suggest we conduct another stability test before mass production."

"After all, base stations are the lifeline of communication networks, so we can't be careless."

Alexander waved his hand confidently and said, "No need to trouble yourself! We have the best production and assembly technology in the world, there won't be any problems."

"Moreover, time waits for no one. We need to seize the market as soon as possible and launch the US version of 3G as soon as possible!"

At this moment, he was already blinded by the thought of surpassing Long Teng, and he no longer cared about the test.

Zhou Qiming sneered inwardly and said no more.

As mass production began, base stations equipped with "backdoor chips" were manufactured, loaded onto trucks, and shipped to communication towers across the United States.

Zhou Qiming dispatched team members under the guise of "technical guidance" to accompany the construction teams to various locations to supervise the installation and debugging of base stations.

In reality, they were taking the opportunity to activate a backdoor program, connecting each new base station to Longteng's secret control network.

Under the cover of night, Zhou Qiming used an encrypted phone to report to Li Yu, "Chief Engineer Li, the first batch of 500 base stations in North America has been produced, all backdoor chips have been embedded, installation and debugging are 30% complete, and the program has been successfully activated!"

"Furthermore, several of our technicians are suspected of being recruited."

Li Yu's voice came from the other end of the phone: "No problem. It's actually a good thing that we've been turned. During the training, they didn't say that our plan was entirely flawed."

"You deliberately slowed down the debugging process during this period, saying that 'the signal encryption algorithm needs to be optimized,' forcing Alexander to increase research and development and production funds."

"Also, keep a close eye on those few technicians who have been turned, and see what else they can leak. We can use their false information to keep the Rockefeller family in check."

In the command center of Longxing Factory, Li Huaide excitedly reported to Li Yu as he watched the green dots constantly lighting up on the screen:

"Chief Engineer Li, the global base station control map has been updated. The green dots in North America are spreading rapidly, and we can now monitor their base station operation data in real time!"

Meanwhile, at the Rockefeller family's estate, Alexander was excitedly approaching old Rockefeller, holding a production progress report.

"Grandfather, look! Our 3G base stations are already in mass production. In a few months, we'll be able to cover the entire United States, and in another two months, we'll be able to launch American versions of 3G phones!"

Rockefeller took the report and carefully flipped through a few pages.

"Alexander, are you sure these base stations are stable?" Old Rockefeller put down the report and asked with a hint of doubt in his voice.

"I always felt that Li Yu wouldn't hand over the core technology so easily."

"Grandfather, you're overthinking it!"

"We have already taken down those Chinese technicians. The production details they leaked are completely consistent with those provided by Zhou Qiming."

"Furthermore, some base stations have already been installed, and signal tests are all normal!"

He paused, then added, "Besides, we've already installed state-of-the-art anti-eavesdropping and anti-intrusion equipment in the base stations."

"Even if they wanted to create a backdoor, they couldn't escape our detection!"

Rockefeller remained silent for a moment, but the doubts in his heart had not yet dissipated.

But seeing Alexander's confident demeanor, and thinking of the technicians who had been turned, he finally nodded:

"I hope so. However, we still need to keep a close eye on it; there can be no slackening in production and installation."

Meanwhile, in the production workshop, Zhou Qiming was looking at rows of base stations that were about to be shipped out.

These base stations, seemingly the hope of the Western communications alliance, are in reality "probes" planted by Dragon Tech on the lifeline of American communications.