interstellar involution king

Chapter 103 Embers After the Flames
Ten minutes later, Lin Yuan returned to the luxury rail car.

On his side, he is connected to the star network through the brain-computer interface.On the other side, Zheng Wan also got through the communication of two old homeless men.

Soon, all four of them came online and entered a virtual living room.

"Xiao Zheng, why did you suddenly contact us two old men?"

The two old gentlemen are still a little confused.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "It's my idea. I want to ask the second elder to come out of the mountain and help build the rail car."

The bald-headed old German touched his bare scalp and laughed: "We two old guys are almost 800 years old together, how can we have the energy to do such young people's work~"

The lame old Zuo lowered his head and kept silent, as if his heart was moving.

Lin Yuan saw the reactions of both of them. He already knew that Lao De was good at management, while Lao Zuo was a senior engineer.

He didn't pretend to be false, and directly stated his plan: "I plan to develop a new generation of railcars. This railcar has all the advantages of current railcars, but does not have the shortcomings of current products."

Lao Zuo immediately said: "Shortcoming? What shortcoming?"

Lin Yuan had a deep understanding of Nanliguo's rail cars a long time ago, and now he confessed everything.

"The biggest disadvantage of the rail car is that the cost of use is too high, resulting in a small user base. The second disadvantage is that the power response of the plasma jet engine is too slow, resulting in extremely poor maneuverability of the rail car, and there is no driving pleasure at all."

Especially the poor maneuverability makes many rail car races in Nanliguo look like a bunch of big fat bugs fighting, very clumsy, very ordinary to watch, and the races are always lukewarm.

Old Zuo's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately said: "Then how do you plan to solve it?"

Lin Yuan held up two fingers: "Aiming at the first shortcoming, I plan to take the civilian route, develop two-seater or even single-seater ultra-small railcars, and start from various bottlenecks to lower the barriers to entry in an all-round way. As for the second shortcoming Well, that is to develop a more advanced jet engine, a better aerodynamic shape, and a more perfect flight control system."

Lao Zuo is a master of spaceship design. When he heard the plan, he immediately burst out laughing and slapped his thigh while laughing.

"Young man, your idea is not new. Countless people have tried it before, and some people even made a rail car with a price of less than 4 yuan, but they all failed. Do you know why?"

Lin Yuan smiled faintly: "I would like to hear the details."

"Let me refute your second thought first."

Lao Zuo said very bluntly: "The traffic law of the space city stipulates that the driver of the flying vehicle in the city must pass the A-level flight license. This item alone costs no less than 2 star crystals. Because of this, absolutely Most railcars use automatic flight mode. So, what you call the joy of flying and driving is out of the question.”

Old Zuo spoke with sarcasm, but he sounded like a practical expert.

Lin Yuan naturally knew all these things, but the more he listened, the happier he became.

What he wants is an expert.

Lao Zuo continued: "As for developing a new engine, that's even more impossible. If it was easy to do, the jet engine wouldn't be what it is now."

Lin Yuan smiled slightly: "Let's not discuss the technology. What about the first shortcoming? In my opinion, the price of 4 is still too high. I plan to find a way to reduce it to 2."

The old left shrugged: "[-]? If you can really reduce it to [-], it's indeed attractive. But according to my calculations, unless all the core components are self-produced to form an internal circulation, don't even think about it!"

The core components are sold by the three major industrial groups.Industrial groups do not engage in charity. The starting price for a micro nuclear energy center is 7000.

This is a hard cost that cannot be saved.

I have to say that Lao Zuo's rebuttals are very professional, but they still use the inherent thinking of the past.

And if you want to come up with something new, past experience is a help, but it is also a constraint.

For the question he raised, Lin Yuan already had a solution in his mind.

The most wonderful thing is that his plan is not Zenith Star technology, it is based on the existing technology tree of Nanli Kingdom, and it only needs to tiptoe a little to get there.

It is useless to brag if you want to persuade those who engage in technology. The best way is to start with technology.

Therefore, Lin Yuan took out a drawing of the engine: "Mr. Zuo, this is the design sketch of the new engine, please have a look."

Old Zuo was startled, took the blueprint and looked at it.

After looking at it for a while, he let out a 'huh', rubbed his eyes vigorously, and began to concentrate on research.

He watched it for a full 20 minutes. After he finished watching, the rail car had brought Lin Yuan and Zheng Wan back to Orion's company headquarters.

The two of them didn't get out of the car, and they didn't make a sound, letting old Mr. Zuo concentrate on figuring it out.

While watching, the old man twitched the beard on his chin, watched for more than 20 minutes, and then said: "This combustion engine is wonderful, very wonderful, where did it come from?"

Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Referring to the jet engines of major companies, plus my own understanding, it took more than a hundred years to figure it out bit by bit."

Zheng Wan added: "Lin Yuan used to be an engine maintenance engineer. He has worked on Lihuo Industry's spaceships for 140 years and only recently left his job."

"Resignation? Why?"

"Fired, hehe."

"Fire, for someone like you, Lihuo Industry is willing to fire you?"

It was Lao De who spoke.

Although the big industry group is domineering, it also values ​​real talents, and Lin Yuan is a treasure no matter what, how can Lihuo Industry be willing to let him go?

"Well, I actually resigned voluntarily. The dismissal is just a way for Lihuo Industry to save face."

Lin Yuan didn't want to get entangled in the mess of his former master.

Lao De looked at Lin Yuan in surprise: "You're quite a guy."

Lao Zuo didn't care about these things, he was all absorbed by the engine drawings: "If your rail car uses this new engine, it will open up the market even if everything else remains the same."

Lin Yuan asked, "Then is the old gentleman interested in joining?"

Lao Zuo's heart was obviously moved, and there was a glimmer of light in his eyes, but his lips moved, but he still didn't agree.

"What is the old man worried about?"

"He is afraid that you will be killed by someone halfway, and then the dream will dissipate."

It was Lao De who spoke.

Lin Yuan smiled back and asked, "How do you say that?"

A look of pain flashed across Lao De's face.

After being silent for a while, he opened his mouth to talk about the past.

"Back then, I was as high-spirited as you. Lao Zuo and I worked together to create a spaceship manufacturing company, produced several explosive spaceships, and even developed a cross-era heavy ion jet engine. The result? My wife and daughter Died in a fire. Lao Zuo's laboratory had a big explosion due to an energy leak, and he was almost roasted!"

Lao Zuo didn't speak, but his eyes showed pain.

"Overnight, we became paupers with nothing. And half a year later, the jet engine we developed became a blockbuster product of Vulcan Dynamics."

"Those bastards, they obviously can't do it, so they come to trick!"

Lao Zuo patted his thigh angrily.

Lin Yuan was not surprised by this, because this is the virtue of a big company, especially Lihuo Industry, which is the most outrageous.

He said seriously: "I will pay attention. However, I also have some backers now. If you move me, it is to move the cake of those big shots. It won't be just a small profit, and you will tear your face?"

Lao De slowly shook his head: "Of course big people won't tear their faces easily. But a little friction between big people is enough to squeeze you to death. Just ask, if you died unexpectedly, will the backers behind you desperately avenge you? No way? They will only use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with their opponents in exchange for some concessions of the other party's interests. But you died in vain."

This is indeed true.

But in this extremely introverted star field, if you want to climb to the top without taking any risks, that is the real dream.

Not to mention, there are still some "lonely ghosts" in the shadows of the star network.

If you shrink back, you can only rot in the gutter.

"So, are the two old gentlemen afraid?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, but I've seen through it. Whether the world is good or bad, what does it have to do with us two bad old men?"

Lao De sneered, Lao Zuo clenched his fists.

Obviously, even today, the two old gentlemen still have lingering hatred.

Lin Yuan could also clearly feel the warmth in the opponent's heart, which was the embers after the flames.

With the minds of these two, if they really give up, why should they live?
I'm afraid he ended his life early, right?

They are waiting, waiting for a chance to be reborn from Nirvana.

Lin Yuan said softly: "Hydrogen 20 has been successfully synthesized in the laboratory, and a new generation of decay engine is on the way. According to theoretical calculations, the specific impulse of the decay engine can exceed 100 million. Using this new engine, the limit of the spacecraft can be close to the speed of light! The two old gentlemen, don’t you want to participate in it and make history with your own hands?”

After saying this, the two old tramps were a little moved.

Lin Yuan continued his efforts: "As a human being, we must be named Xinghai. After thousands of years, when future generations look up at the starry sky, our name will be the first thing they see. Wouldn't it be great?!"

"Hehe~"

The old Zuo who had been silent all this time suddenly laughed, and turned to look at his old friend: "I was wrong. This kid's ambition is bigger than ours! Not only does he want to build a spaceship similar to the speed of light, but he also wants to leave his name in the star sea for thousands of years. "

Lao De sighed deeply: "Hey, I knew you would say that. All right, if you are willing to come out of the mountain, old man, I will walk with you again."

He looked at Lin Yuan: "I have nothing to lose. If you can appreciate my meager talent, you can take me on board."

Old Zuo said: "I haven't fully understood this engine yet. Tell me about it carefully."

Lin Yuan was in a good mood, and laughed loudly: "With the help of two old gentlemen, the market structure of Yuegang railcars is about to change, haha."

(End of this chapter)