You promised to build cars, so why did you go into the military industry?

Three days after the visit, which was a week after the press conference.

The first batch of Lingyun SU7s has been delivered.

Under the organization of United Industries, staff chartered a bus to bring local car buyers to the test site they were already familiar with.

The new cars parked in the parking spaces drew excited crowds who swarmed over them after getting out of their vehicles.

Guided by the staff, everyone received their own Lingyun SU7 car keys, and then gathered together for a group photo.

In the afternoon, nearly a hundred more vehicles will be dispatched to various parts of the country.

Li Ran, who had been squatting under the sun, engrossed in watching the truck drivers load and unload vehicles, suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and felt as if a large, bright red character had appeared above his head—

Dangerous!

He quickly stood up and saw Guo Shuyan, dressed in factory clothes, standing behind him with her arms crossed, looking somewhat angry and helpless.

I was caught red-handed by my secretary while I was slacking off.

"Oh my god! Answer the phone!"

"Uh... the battery is dead."

Li Ran's answer relieved Guo Shuyan's pent-up anger. She stopped Li Ran from taking out his phone from his inner pocket and pulled him toward the electric scooter.

"The people who inspected us last time are here again, and they're waiting for you in the conference room!"

I boarded the tram, fastened my seatbelt, and stepped on the accelerator, heading towards the office building.

"That..."

Li Ran had barely opened his mouth when Guo Shuyan glared at him, shutting him up.

Second floor corridor.

As Li Ran walked up the stairs, he noticed several short-haired young men with tanned skin, evenly distributed throughout the corridor.

Standing at the conference room door, Guo Shuyan smoothed Li Ran's hair, then took Li Ran's phone from his inner pocket and handed it to the young man standing at the door.

The young man took the phone and then knocked on the door.

The conference room door was opened from the inside.

Li Ran noticed that all the curtains in the room were drawn.

The old man's secretary opened the door.

Upon seeing that it was Li Ran and Guo Shuyan, the secretary nodded to the young man who knocked on the door.

He settled Guo Shuyan at the end of the conference room, then led Li Ran to the empty seats next to Wang Bing and his team members.

The old man spoke first after Li Ran took his seat:

"We should have come two days ago, since the sooner such a national treasure is put into production, the better."

However, in order to demonstrate our sincerity and attitude, I took the liberty of applying for the "Four Military Industry Certificates" for your company.

"Look, we've brought the newly completed certificates with us now that our qualifications have been approved."

Li Ran looked at the stack of certificates placed in front of him, and the large red seals on the certificates caught his eye.

This was the first time Li Ran had ever seen such a large seal; he estimated its diameter to be about six centimeters.

"Having these certificates means that you can legally participate in research and production activities related to weapons and equipment."

After hearing the old man's explanation, Li Ran, Wang Bing, and the group of engineers around them were all surprised, and then a strange excitement welled up inside them.

"So, we can also participate in the research and development and production of weapons and equipment?"

The speaker was Zhang Chengyuan, the person in charge of Kuiheng's three-electric system.

The old man smiled as he looked at the young man who had spoken.

"You are... Zhang Chengyuan? A truly formidable young man!"

The three-electric system you were in charge of developing has really opened the eyes of many old guys!

The safety of that lithium iron phosphate battery, in particular, shocked many old fogies!

Li Ran was not surprised that the old man could recognize Zhang Chengyuan at a glance. If they hadn't conducted a detailed background check on everyone, they probably wouldn't have made it this far.

The research and development speed is abnormally fast.

Although Wang Bing and his team followed all the necessary procedures during the research and development process, the fact that they were able to put the product into production in less than a year was truly challenging to their understanding.

I don't know what their investigation concluded.

After all, Wang Bing, Zhang Chengyuan, Lin Yu, Su Qing and others had rather mediocre scientific literacy and professional experience.

A coincidence?

A slow and steady build-up?

God knows.

But compared to Qian Lao, who represents the pinnacle of human intellect, what Wang Bing and others did doesn't seem like a big deal, does it?

After all, they most likely witnessed firsthand how Qian Xuesen designed the entire country's technological development path, and how it continues to influence us today.

What Wang Bing and others were doing was simply advancing steadily according to the technological trajectory.

The results may be remarkable, but they still cannot break out of the framework that Qian Xuesen drew back then.

With 13 billion people, it's normal for some geniuses to emerge. Perhaps we've seen so many geniuses that we're no longer surprised.

Li Ran comforted herself.

Under the curious gazes of the crowd, the old man continued:

"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the 120,000-ton and 200,000-ton die forging presses, the three-electric control system, the high-safety lithium iron phosphate batteries, and the Xinghui hybrid system that you provided will be closely involved in many major projects."

At the same time, your R&D and maintenance personnel will also be reassigned to some confidential projects.

You'll need this qualification sooner or later, so instead of having you apply for it yourselves later, we might as well do you a favor.

Oh, by the way, that Xinghui hybrid system should ideally be able to run on diesel.

As for the rest, you'll get the specific requirements once your team joins, so I won't go into detail here.

Soon, everyone reached an agreement on a series of cooperation and procurement matters.

United Industries will receive 50 billion yuan in funding over the next three years, which will be disbursed in installments as interest-free loans with no time limit for repayment.

A technical service fee of 300 million yuan will be charged for each 120,000-ton die forging press.

He also participated in the construction of four subsequent 120,000-ton die forging presses, as well as the 80,000-ton die forging press that Erzhong is currently developing, as a technical consultant.

The four die forging presses were built by Factory 216 in Northeast China, Factory 312 in Southeast China, Factory 516 in Southwest China, and Factory 658 in Northwest China, one of each.

The 200,000-ton die forging press only exists on paper for the time being, so the first prototype was developed by United Industries with funding from Qilianshan 627 Factory, and the two parties jointly developed and shared the results.

Meanwhile, Qilianshan Plant 627 purchased 100 sets of Kuiheng three-electric control systems, while Plant 658 in the Northwest region purchased 100 sets of Xinghui hybrid systems (diesel version).

Zhou Jie, the company's finance officer, handed the compiled quotation sheet to Li Ran.

Two hundred sets, a mere five million.

Li Ran waved his hand dismissively, saying it was a friendly gift and he wouldn't accept any money.

In response to Li Ran's friendly gesture, the elderly man said he would transfer the funds as soon as possible.

The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves immensely.

After seeing the elderly man and his team off, Li Ran closed the door and held a small meeting.

After arranging the personnel to travel with the team, Li Ran, who was about to receive a large sum of money, checked the list and attached the eight team leaders and deputy team leaders to the C-level talent jade.

Subsequently, Lin Yu, who was in charge of the hybrid system, and Su Qing, who was in charge of intelligent information, were assigned the title of B-level talent Lingyu.

At this moment, Li Ran was finally able to see the characteristics of the two.

Mechanical resonance: When debugging or diagnosing an engine, it can accurately pinpoint the root cause of the problem and has a chance to propose an improvement plan. (Refresh)

The definition of an engine is too broad; a jump engine is also an engine. —Lin Yu

[Intuition First: When leading system development, there's a chance to discover system flaws or areas for optimization through intuition and reverse engineering of data. (Refresh)]

I don't know why I wrote it this way, but since the program is running, I shouldn't change it anymore. — Su Qing

Touching his chin, Li Ran felt that the characteristics mentioned this time were few and vague, making it difficult to make a judgment for the time being.

In the following days, as funds gradually arrived, employees from the joint industrial R&D department also embarked on their journeys.

Before leaving, Wang Bing and the other three jointly submitted a feasibility report entitled "On the Expansion and Production of the Joint Industrial Base" to Li Ran, along with an engineering plan.

Faced with the joint suggestion from his generals, the wealthy and powerful Li Ran waved his hand and approved it!

Immediately, legal counsel Zhao Jing and finance officer Zhou Jie were assigned to communicate with the county government to prepare for the purchase of land and to carry out preliminary site preparation work.

In stark contrast to the gradually quiet R&D department, the production workshop is becoming increasingly bustling.

As time goes by, word-of-mouth recommendations among car enthusiasts have led to a slow but steady increase in the number of orders for the Lingyun SU7.

At least when someone mentions that they want to buy the Lingyun SU7, people around who know about cars will start to consider the feasibility.

In mid-November, United Industries' application to participate in the international auto show, submitted in early September, was approved.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ran, along with Guo Shuyan, Zhao Shuhang, and about twenty employees, arrived in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.