The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 229: Almost rubbing the eagle's tail bald [Request full order]

23 fighter jets take off in 50 minutes, what does this mean?

In other words, a fighter jet can take off in more than 20 seconds.

A traditional ski-jump aircraft carrier takes five to eight minutes to launch a fighter jet.

Although the steam catapult currently used by Amei is quite efficient and can launch a fighter jet in about 30 seconds, it can only launch more than 20 fighter jets in a row at most.

Then there is not enough steam.

Therefore, in terms of catapult take-off efficiency, it can be said that China's electromagnetic catapult is the best in the world, unmatched.

After the successful electromagnetic catapult test, the second aircraft carrier also tested the ship-borne electromagnetic railgun in the southern waters.

The combat power is equally amazing.

Because aircraft carriers have a larger space area and can install independent power generation devices with greater power, the electromagnetic railguns on aircraft carriers can fire farther and faster!

It can hit targets 400 kilometers away.

And it was a precise strike!

The speed of the shells it fires can reach over Mach 8.

Its speed is even second only to China's hypersonic missiles.

At this speed, no anti-missile or air defense device outside of China can successfully intercept it.

This is a real killer.

In the vast southern waters, the Dongshan aircraft carrier battle group is sailing.

In addition to the aircraft carrier, there are two 052D destroyers and a large supply ship.

The whole world is watching this voyage.

There were also some forces that wanted to use the big black fish to spy and cause trouble, but without exception, they were all accurately discovered and locked from hundreds of kilometers away.

The southern waters, which were originally windy and rough, were now peaceful and tranquil.

The Dongshan aircraft carrier formation also paid friendly visits to countries in the surrounding region.

Wherever he went, there were welcoming crowds.

The evil spirits and monsters were unable to hide and could only watch and salute from afar.

Armenius Shipyard.

Bethel is the owner of this private shipyard.

Everything in Aramco has now been privatized, even its military-industrial enterprises.

The Neuss Shipyard can be said to be the largest shipyard of Aramco.

Giant aircraft carriers of 100,000 tons can be produced here.

Inspired by the Dongshan electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier, the elites of Ame are determined to quickly build the latest type of electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier.

The requirement is that it must be manufactured within one year and become combat-ready within two years.

For the bald eagle, it absolutely cannot tolerate falling behind.

Although they are actually in decline.

But they are still trying hard to maintain their face.

For private bosses, what they pursue is naturally excess profits.

Even when building an aircraft carrier, they will desperately bid high in order to get more funds and gain more profits.

The News Shipyard is the last large shipyard in Bald Eagle. If you want to build large ships like aircraft carriers, you have to build them here.

Therefore, Bethel has no worries about making money.

Thirty years ago, Aramco's shipbuilding industry was the world's number one, with hundreds or even thousands of shipyards.

But now, the shipbuilding industry has become very dilapidated.

They have almost completely lost the ability to build merchant ships.

The only dozen or so remaining shipyards are still alive because they can still accept military orders.

However, the decline of the shipbuilding industry still affected the construction of warships.

Because many supporting factories have disappeared.

This makes their spare parts cost very expensive.

As the owner of the News Shipyard, Bethel has just received a contract to build two 10-ton latest aircraft carriers.

The most innovative design of this new aircraft carrier should be the electromagnetic catapult.

This is Ami's latest research, which has been boasted to the world for many years.

Now, we can finally start construction.

Bethel quoted a price of $150 billion for a new aircraft carrier.

Two ships would cost 300 billion.

But even though the price was already quite high, Bethel was still not satisfied.

He kept complaining to those people in the Bald Eagle Military Department: There was no profit at this price, and if things were not handled well, there would even be losses.

He hoped to get a higher price.

But those guys in the military forced him to accept the offer.

After receiving the order, Bethel immediately held a meeting to arrange the construction tasks as soon as possible.

Because if he can make it faster, he can save time and make more money.

However, during the meeting, the heads and key personnel of the technical department were complaining.

Among them, the one who complained the most was Beckler, the chief designer responsible for the design of the electromagnetic catapult.

Beckler told Bethel: At present, the electromagnetic catapult they have developed is not mature.

After 30+ ejections, there will be a mistake.

If such electromagnetic catapults are forcibly installed on ships, it may cause major problems and even hinder the rapid formation of the combat effectiveness of the entire aircraft carrier.

Bethel was very impatient when he heard this: "Mr. Beckler, then I would like to ask, why can't you solve that damn bug after studying it for so long?"

Beckerle stammered, "Boss, I'm thinking maybe we're taking the wrong technical route."

"There are some problems and hidden dangers that cannot be perfectly solved when using alternating current for electromagnetic catapults."

Bethel sneered and said, "Then why did the Chinese solve the technical problem?"

"What on earth do you do for food?"

Beckler smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "The main reason is that our research is greatly limited. We don't even have the necessary supporting research equipment. We don't have enough funds either."

"Yes! Most importantly, there are many unprofessional people in our research team."

"God, I don't know what to say."

Bethel gave him a fierce look and said, "Then let me ask you, how long will it take you to solve the current bug?"

Becker said: "I don't know. I think if I can be given 10 billion and all my requirements are met, maybe it can be done in two or three years."

Bethel sneered: "You want me to wait for you for two or three years?"

"You want me to pay another $10 billion just for you?"

"You might as well take my life!"

"Don't worry about it. Since the military has made up its mind and requires us to build an aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults in the shortest possible time, we will just build it!"

"If there are other problems after it is built, that is not my business."

There was nothing Becker could do.

He is the typical technical guy.

He hopes to develop the perfect equipment.

But, it was all so bad.

"But, Boss, if we can't use it after we make it, then it really has no meaning..."

Bethel shouted, “Shut up!”

"Whether it can be used or not is none of my business."

"If you can't cooperate, then get out!"

Beckley's face turned pale.

For the first time, he felt the brutality of Bethel.

He felt like his self-esteem had suffered a huge blow.

"Boss, we must be responsible for the country and the people." Beckler wanted to insist.

Bethel couldn't take it anymore: "You are fired! Now, please leave the meeting room! After the formalities are completed, you can leave!"

"Don't think you are so important and I can't live without you! This idea of ​​yours is ridiculous!"

An assistant next to him winked at Bethel, meaning: Becle is still very important. Without him, the electromagnetic catapult device would not be able to be successfully developed and iterated.

Bethel simply ignored the assistant's gaze.

He thought: It's none of my business! What I need now is to start building it immediately and finish it as soon as possible. Other problems are not what I want to consider.

Beckler sighed, stood up and left the meeting room.

He thought: It’s too difficult! It’s really too difficult to do technical research in Amei.

These bosses don’t care about technology at all, they care about their own profits.

They think that the most important thing is to make a good product and get the money.

……

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it was early June 1999.

The development of the world's Internet has been rapid in the past one or two years.

Under Zhang Zhipeng's operation, after Weibo achieved great success in China, it was arranged to develop into neighboring countries immediately.

This requires special optimization and the launch of versions in different languages. But this is no longer a problem for Penguin.

After all, Zhang Zhipeng is standing behind it!

Weibo first developed in neighboring countries.

This novel social information sharing media has been extremely popular.

Just three months later, Weibo was booming and gaining great popularity in countries around the world except the bald eagle.

Of course, in Amei, many people have already started to use Weibo spontaneously.

But it has not yet opened an office in Aramco to house its servers.

On June 1999, 6, Hua Teng flew to Chang'an to ask Zhang Zhipeng for instructions.

By the way, this was the first time Hua Teng came to Chang'an in the last year of the century.

Every time he came to Chang'an, he had a feeling: this city was like a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, developing better and better, and the city scale was expanding rapidly.

However, its development did not destroy the original planning of the ancient city.

The ancient city walls are still there and a large number of historical sites are still very well preserved.

This is an ancient yet fashionable city.

It is simply a miracle that there is such a big city in the Northwest that ranks among the top three in the national GDP ranking.

It can only be said that Huaxing Group has given this city strong development momentum.

Hua Teng took the car that picked him up to the headquarters of Huaxing Group.

Huaxing’s factory area covers dozens of square kilometers here.

Hundreds of thousands of Huaxing employees work and live here.

Of course, with all the surrounding commercial facilities, the population here is already over one million.

Hua Teng got out of the car. He looked at the solemn and towering office building in front of him, and a feeling of pilgrimage arose spontaneously.

"Comrade Huateng, Comrade Zhipeng is already waiting for you in the office. Please follow me." Guo Ping, director of the office of the chairman of Huaxing Group, said with a smile.

Hua Teng nodded politely. He knew Guo Ping. "Thank you, Director Guo. You go first!"

Hua Teng followed Guo Ping to Zhang Zhipeng's office.

I knocked on the door and went in, and saw Zhang Zhipeng still busy behind his desk.

Seeing Hua Teng coming in, he smiled and stood up and walked around the desk.

"Hua Teng, sit down!"

Zhang Zhipeng shook hands with Hua Teng and asked him to sit on the sofa.

Hua Teng reported to Zhang Zhipeng about the current development of Weibo around the world.

He said: "Comrade Zhipeng, the development of Weibo has really exceeded our expectations."

"Now, it has more than 5 million users around the world."

"In at least 40 countries, it has become a mainstream social information platform and is widely welcomed by users."

You have to know that in today's world, the Internet is still in a period of rapid development, with a total number of users being just over one billion.

Most of them are concentrated in Eurasia and North America.

In many poor countries, there is still no Internet access. For example, in Africa, the Internet is still exclusive to a few powerful people.

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "It is indeed developing very fast."

Hua Teng said: "Your idea can be said to have revolutionized Internet social networking."

Zhang Zhipeng asked with a smile: "So, does it have any impact on QQ?"

Hua Teng shook his head and said, "Not really. The number of active QQ users has not decreased."

"After all, people are used to leaving QQ offline while surfing the Internet."

"Besides, Weibo and QQ don't actually conflict with each other."

“The content shared on Weibo is mainly news, information and opinions.”

"QQ has a strong chat function, and it can also help people work."

Yes, nowadays QQ has huge and complex functions, mainly discussion groups and file transfer functions, which can help people work.

This is also the main reason why QQ is tolerated by bosses.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and nodded, saying, "The Internet has accelerated the speed of information transmission."

"And Weibo can make the speed of information dissemination and sharing even faster."

“This is the meaning of Weibo’s existence!”

Hua Teng nodded and said, "Weibo still has a great effect in correcting the trend of public opinion in our country."

"Now, the domestic public opinion atmosphere has obviously improved a lot."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "This is what I hope to see!"

"In the past, our public opinion field was too deeply infiltrated."

"Many people who only eat to ruin the pot are bragging about this and that without restraint, and they stare with their eyes wide open and tell lies to set the tone."

"Now, they can no longer do it the same way they did before."

Hua Teng smiled and said, "Yeah, now if someone talks nonsense, they will be beaten up by netizens immediately."

"Comrade Zhipeng, you mentioned before that you wanted to launch a software similar to Weibo on Amei."

“Now, Weibo has actually entered Amei and is still being used by many netizens.”

"So should we allow Weibo to enter Amei directly? Or should we develop a special software of the same type?"

Zhang Zhipeng hesitated for a moment and said, "I think we should stick to the original plan and customize a software that is almost the same as Weibo for Amei to enter."

Hua Teng was a little confused: "But this will cost more."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "I think it's worth the cost."

"That's Amei, she needs special treatment."

"Yeah! What I mean is that it's also good to create a fake rival for Weibo. Also, building a new platform directly in America can also be considered a disguise!"

"Our goal is actually very simple, which is to drive as many nails into the Internet world as possible and control the world's public opinion in our own hands."

Hua Teng nodded and said, "I understand."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Then hurry up and implement it."

"I have a feeling that there must be someone capable in Amei who would like to copy our homework and create a platform similar to Weibo."

Hua Teng said: "I heard that Yahoo seems to want to invest in a social information platform similar to Weibo."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "In the beginning, we learned from them, but gradually, I think the situation will be reversed and they will learn from us."

"But this is quite normal."

Hua Teng talked a lot with Zhang Zhipeng, and Zhang Zhipeng gave him a lot of advice.

Zhang Zhipeng also hosted a banquet for him in the evening.

The next day, Hua Teng flew back to Shen Town.

After returning, he immediately set up a preparatory team for Twitter.

The main person in charge of the preparatory group he established was Jack Ma.

Yes, it’s the one from Open Sesame.

Jack Ma was originally full of enthusiasm and wanted to start his own business.

He is still optimistic about e-commerce.

However, what he never expected was that before he started to establish his own e-commerce company, he saw a company called Ali E-commerce Company established.

After the establishment of this company, it came with great momentum and quickly built a B2B international procurement network and launched it globally.

They don’t charge any fees at the beginning, but after the order is placed, they will give an appropriate commission based on the transaction amount.

This network captured almost all the companies in the country at once and integrated them all.

Moreover, the publicity is very strong, not only with large investment in domestic advertising but also with a large number of users.

It even has a huge user base abroad.

This is almost like directly intercepting Jack Ma's idea.

In fact, Jack Ma wanted to create such a website from the beginning, which was similar to the corporate yellow pages, integrating the products of various companies and making them available for purchasing companies around the world to choose from.

But now, others have taken his path and he has no way to go.

Jack Ma was very confused for a moment.

At this time, he had already started several businesses.

He made some money every time, but it was never enough to satisfy his ambition.

He saw the development potential of the Internet.

But what he wanted to do had already been done by others.

Even if he wants to compete, it seems he can't win.

How to do?
Jack Ma gritted his teeth and decided to work for Penguin, the most powerful Internet company in China, for a while and learn from them.

So he went to Shenzhen Penguin Company to apply for a job.

Teacher Ma has a good command of English and is eloquent. Hua Teng thinks he is a talent and suitable for public relations and publicity.

So, Jack Ma joined Penguin and served as the director of publicity and public relations of Penguin.

Zhang Zhipeng discovered this by accident when he was browsing the company's internal online management system.

Zhang Zhipeng was quite shocked at that time!

He never expected that Jack Ma would quietly go to work at Penguin. This was really incredible.

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