94: From Technological Warfare to Space Empire

Now that he had finished talking with his superior, Yang Jia had recovered from the anger he felt after being constantly reprimanded.

When Yang Jia returned from the restroom, he saw that Lin Yu still didn't believe him, so he stopped rushing into the self-proof trap.

Instead, they began to probe whether Lin Yu truly didn't want to do scientific research anymore:

"Mr. Lin, you're joking. What else would you do if not scientific research?"

"When I believed you just now, Mr. Lin must have been laughing at me in his heart, right?"

Lin Yu, with a serious expression, resolutely shook his head, and a string of lies began to flow from his mouth:

How could you think that way?

"No matter what position we hold, we are all a cog in the machine of society."

"I don't want to do aerospace research anymore."

"We want to develop artificial intelligence, but we don't have enough computing power to support it."

"But I can still contribute to my country's agricultural development, so why not do it?"

Yang Jia's lips twitched.

I still can't believe that Lin Yu is going to give up his promising scientific research career and switch to farming.

Since the negotiations failed this time, Yang Jia didn't say anything more.

She tried to seduce Lin Yu again, but seeing that he remained unmoved, she finally spoke up dejectedly:

"Then we'll say goodbye to Mr. Lin today."

"If Mr. Lin is interested in collaborating with me on artificial intelligence, please contact me again."

"The access to the Clay supercomputer was cut off at some point."

"I hope Mr. Lin can think this through soon."

After saying that, Yang Jia paid the money and left.

Lin Yu was left alone, slurping up his shaved ice.

The shaved ice in Beijing is really delicious.

While eating, Lin Yu cursed inwardly at the talkative bastard who had called Yang Jia earlier.

He almost completely fooled Yang Jia into revealing all his secrets about bitter tea.

After answering a phone call, he calmed down.

However, Lin Yu was not in a hurry.

Yang Jia just left, and there might still be people watching him from outside.

He believed that Japan would definitely not give up on the technologies he had previously revealed. Not to mention terahertz technology, even the actinide photovoltaic cell technology that converts nuclear waste into clean energy was enough to keep the Japanese up at night.

The most difficult thing to deal with in their small territory is nuclear waste.

Lin Yu calmly asked the shop assistant to buy two meat pies with door nails, and also ordered several servings of Aiwowo (a type of glutinous rice cake) from the shop.

After eating and drinking my fill, I spent another 2000 yuan to buy a hard drive before taking a taxi back to Beihang University.

The high price of hard drives these days is one of the reasons for the low computer penetration rate.

Today is January 26th. After returning to Beihang University, Lin Yu pondered the news he would reveal today.

It was finally determined that Yang Jia and the Japanese side would definitely be attracted by his news.

He really wanted that Clay supercomputer.

Right now, I need to focus on fishing.

Lin Yu didn't go anywhere in the afternoon; he obediently stayed in the research field and coded all afternoon.

Meanwhile, the people on Yang Jia's side who were keeping an eye on Lin Yu only sent Yang Jia the usual messages.

During the debriefing, Yang Jia and the people behind him became increasingly engrossed in the knowledge that Lin Yu revealed.

The next day

Lin Yu still didn't go anywhere, living a life that went back and forth between two points.

Yang Jia, who had been squatting at the entrance of Beihang University hoping to run into Lin Yu again, wasted a whole day.

Day Three

While Lin Yu was coding, his professor came by and told him that the United States had launched a lunar probe called Clementine.

Lin Yu remembered this; it seemed that this exploration had discovered water at the south pole of the moon.

Seeing the professor's envious gaze, Lin Yu felt a little uncomfortable. Although he had tried his best to find a way out, hardware was still an inescapable problem if he wanted to replicate artificial intelligence in this era.

He needs to calm down, and calm down even more.

We must make sure we can trick Clay into giving us the U.S. military's small supercomputer from Yang Jia.

Lin Yu then asked the professor which newspapers publish scientific and technological information, and the professor recommended the Guangming Daily.

At this moment, Yang Jia was extremely anxious.

These days, Lin Yu hasn't been going to the library. Their spies haven't even been able to borrow the books Lin Yu has borrowed to deduce his research progress.

He couldn't help but worry whether Lin Yu really intended to abandon science and go into farming.

On the fourth day,

Professor Song's daughter, Song Shu, brought two kilograms of navel oranges to Lin Yu, saying that these were new products that BJ had just introduced this year and that they tasted exceptionally good.

Although Lin Yu was used to eating oranges in his previous life, back then all sorts of new varieties of oranges and tangerines were emerging one after another.

I'm not particularly interested in regular navel oranges that haven't been cultivated by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences right now. But seeing Song Shu's smiling face as she ate the oranges, I couldn't help but take a couple more bites.

Then Song Shu asked him what was going on with his question to Professor Song about the Guangming Daily.

Song Shu and Lin Yu are about the same age and are both third-year students in the Journalism Department of Renmin University.

Professor Song had a son late in life and doted on Song Shu.

Later, when she learned that Lin Yu was an orphan, she doted on him.

Every year during the Spring Festival after starting university, Lin Yu would be invited to Professor Song's house.

Over time, he and Song Shu became quite familiar with each other.

He held his computer, coding as he spoke about the content he wanted to submit to Guangming Daily, while Song Shu sat at the table next to the computer, swinging her legs and listening attentively.

Winter is cold, and the basement is dark. The dim lighting only makes the basement feel even more desolate.

Lin Yu usually didn't think there was anything wrong with him coding in this kind of environment, but today, when Song Shu came, he felt disgusted by the dusty, damp, moldy air in the basement, which also carried a hint of diesel fuel. He was worried that it might choke Song Shu.

Song Shu didn't care at all. She just sat on the table, swinging her legs, and occasionally found topics to keep Lin Yu company. She also wrote down everything that Lin Yu wanted to publish in the newspaper. She didn't leave with Lin Yu until evening.

Upon receiving the tip, Yang Jia kicked the corner of the table in frustration.

I just hope Lin Yu won't ignite a passionate fire between him and his childhood sweetheart.

Her only advantage as a bad woman is her passion, unrestrained nature, and diverse sexual prowess. Once Lin Yu awakens to the sense of responsibility unique to Chinese men of this era, she will no longer have the chance to seduce him.

On the fifth day,

The professors from Japan sent another message, urging Yang Jia to obtain the full picture of the technologies Lin Yu had mentioned.

On the sixth day,

Lin Yu's two roommates said goodbye to him and officially returned to their hometowns.

The seventh day, February 1, 1994.

Yang Jia, who had been cooped up by cutting-edge technology for a whole week, finally couldn't take it anymore.

They were already considering contacting Xu Haoxiang to call Lin Yu out again, but they just couldn't get in touch with Xu Haoxiang no matter what they tried.

The eighth day,

Lin Yu finally typed out most of the code. Now everything is ready, except for the hardware.

Day 9:

On the fourth day after Song Shu submitted Lin Yu's dictation to Guangming Daily.

Guangming Daily is a nationwide comprehensive daily newspaper geared towards intellectuals.

The political positioning of Guangming Daily and People's Daily is complementary.

The core sections focus on culture and education, science and technology ethics, and international cultural exchange. Only major cultural or technological events will warrant additional or expanded sections.

Today, Guangming Daily has expanded its edition due to a particular article.