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

Good news started coming in late June.

After more than half a year of hard work, the sales system unique to United Industries has made encouraging progress.

Thanks to Zhao Shuhang's efforts, Lingyun 4S stores have been established in major cities and districts throughout the province.

The coverage rate in first- and second-tier cities across the country is close to 100%, although there are only two or three Lingyun 4S stores in many cities.

A 20 billion yuan investment has resulted in 230 Lingyun 4S stores directly operated by United Industrial Group across the country.

This investment can be considered United Industries' largest single investment.

The benefits of such a large investment are also obvious.

The Lingyun SU7 has rapidly gained popularity, and its sales have also increased significantly.

United Industries' bank accounts have finally escaped the quagmire of only outflows and no inflows.

The previously precarious cash flow gradually became healthy.

Driven by the increased sales of the Lingyun SU7, Hongyi's sales of in-vehicle home appliances have also increased accordingly.

Hongyi's in-car home appliances have unexpectedly broken into the mainstream, becoming a hot-selling new product among outdoor enthusiasts.

They may not have the Lingyun SU7, but they do have a car with a huge amount of space.

The spacious vehicle is equipped with an outdoor power supply made with the same battery cells as the Lingyun SU7, plus portable home appliances such as induction cookers, baking trays, and refrigerators.

It couldn't be more convenient.

There's a reason why the Second Industrial Revolution was called the "Electrical Age."

With the advent of electricity, the experience of outdoor spring outings has undergone a qualitative leap.

The company's deposits, which were almost depleted, would increase every time Li Ran refreshed the bank page.

The increase in numbers, though straightforward, was impactful, and this stimulation was irresistible to Li Ran.

Having been refreshing the page for an hour and a half, Li Ran entered a state of complete absorption.

until……

【Ding……】

Li Ran, who was awakened by the system, came to his senses and was somewhat puzzled.

Although the recent research progress is ideal, it is still far from the result. How did we manage to stumble upon such a breakthrough?

Without much thought, I summoned the system and began to check.

[Milestone: "Miracle Through sheer force (Part 1)" has been achieved.]

[A Miracle Achieved (Part 1): Independently Designing and Building a Forging Press with a Maximum Pressing Force ≥ 2500MN.]

[Rewards issued: 1 Spirit Jade for Rank B talents, 5 Spirit Jades for Rank C talents.]

"Good heavens!" Li Ran opened his eyes in shock, somewhat incredulous. "Wasn't it supposed to be 20 tons? How did it exceed that?"

No wonder the system didn't respond when the 120,000-ton die forging press was put into operation.

So you don't like it?!

The information provided by the system is too general; it's unclear whether it's exactly 250,000 tons or more...

Touching his chin and feeling the texture of his stubble, Li Ran felt that he had it in the bag.

His capable assistant developed a national strategic asset from scratch right under the noses of others.

Genius? No, the label of monster is likely to be firmly attached to Wang Bing and Su Qing.

After Zhang Chengyuan assisted Professor Huang in completing the research and development of supercarbon...

From now on, I can confidently take things out without worry.

I wonder when Wang Bing and Su Qing will be able to come back?

Li Ran waited and waited, but the wait never came.

Unexpectedly, half a month later, they met Lin Yu and his team.

After spending most of the year in the Northwest eating sand, Lin Yu looked much older and more weathered.

"You've lost weight! And you've gotten darker!" Looking at Lin Yu who came to report, Li Ran said with some emotion, "Your team should take a week off first. If there's anything that needs to be handed over, just give the documents to Gao Jingming."

"Compared to those who are stationed there year-round, what I'm doing is nothing," Lin Yu shook his head. "I brought back a lot of good stuff this time. Besides the diesel version of the Starshine hybrid system, there's something else you'd never expect."

"You'd never guess!"

"Yes, the leaders of Factory 658 gave it to me right before I left, saying it was a reward for the company. I just modified an engine, and it wasn't even for free, so why am I getting a reward?"

"Oh? It's probably because of the breakthrough progress made by Wang Bing and Su Qing," Li Ran said, expressing his guess. "Half a month ago, the maximum pressing force of the die forging press exceeded 2500MN."

"No wonder! That explains the high price of the reward. I almost didn't dare to accept it back then." Lin Yu nodded. "A hierarchical distributed unmanned swarm cooperative control method based on a bee colony model was originally something for drones."

"What?!" Li Ran stood up.

Shouldn't this thing have gradually developed after the drone industry matured and the AI ​​wave arrived?

How come it's available now?

Is the country hiding this so deeply?

But upon closer reflection, Li Ran felt that there seemed to be no problem.

In 1966, the domestically produced UAV "Chang Kong No. 1" target drone successfully completed its maiden flight.

The WZ-2000 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft made its debut at the airshow in 2002.

In the same year, export controls were imposed on some military drones.

DJI was founded in 2006.

Last year, the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued regulations for the management of civilian drones.

In accordance with the strategic policy of equipping one generation, developing one generation, conducting preliminary research on one generation, and exploring one generation.

In addition, there is the influence of the idea that "mathematics is a subject that our people excel at."

Li Ran felt that there was something to it about the thing in Lin Yu's hand... what a load of rubbish!

That doesn't make any sense at all!

Li Ran tried to convince herself, but failed.

But Lin Yu actually brought the items back...

"The leaders of Factory 658 said, 'The idea of ​​using driverless parking to replace autonomous driving is good, but the performance is terrible. We need to fix it quickly, or we'll lose face.'" Lin Yu shrugged.

Hearing his boss's complaints from afar, Li Ran touched his nose.

The automatic parking function allows the car to drive to its destination in an unmanned state, thus enabling the car to make its autonomous appearance.

To be honest, Li Ran was quite impressed with her own clever idea back then.

However, it can be quite embarrassing to be called out and criticized in person.

"Well, this thing requires a lot of computing power from the chip, and the performance of products on the market may not be enough," Li Ran said, looking at Lin Yu.

"The SSB500/10A lithography machine from Shanghai Microelectronics was officially delivered last year, with a precision of 0.8~2μm. The leadership wants us to modify it ourselves."

Try to change yourself...

Modify it yourself...

Make some changes...

No! How could such cold words come from a mouth that's 36°C?

What exactly happened that gave the leadership the illusion that United Industries could accomplish such a task in a short period of time?

0.8~2μm的製程换算成纳米也就是800~2000nm，拿这个去碰瓷市面上主流的32nm製程？

Multiple exposure techniques, at least four times, are required to achieve a precision of 32nm.

By the time this process is completed, the photoresist will probably be completely smeared.

Moreover, 32nm...

The computing power is insufficient; it needs to be at least 7nm.

Unless, regardless of cost, they stack up in large quantities, similar to a supercomputer...

But supercomputers are more expensive, you know...

Lin Yu shared his guess:

"Perhaps the leader's idea is to try his luck, even if there's no guarantee of success?"

If we don't have that capability, then so be it.

If we have this ability, then the reward for our skills is like a carrot placed right in front of us; with a little effort, we can reach it…”

"..."

Looking at Lin Yu's relaxed expression, Li Ran felt a sense of powerlessness.

The SSB500/10A from Shanghai Microelectronics... I bet it's not cheap...

Do you know how hard it is to earn money?

The company has just started to see returns, and you're already throwing money away like that. Even if you have money, you can't keep spending it like that!

"Currently... the company is facing financial difficulties. In order to ensure the stability of the current R&D team, we will put the chip and the control method on hold until we have sufficient funds."

"Then, definitely next time?"

"Next time for sure!" Li Ran waved his hand. "You guys rest first, for two weeks."