Tech madman

Chapter 79
Because of the severe water shortage in desert areas, the problem of greening has not been solved. Although the new plants developed by the research institute can adapt to the arid desert, the growth rate is much slower. If the water source problem can be solved, even a few A little water can double the growth rate of new plants.As long as the new plants can grow quickly and form a square field, other plants and even grass can be planted in the square field.

But the problem of water source is really difficult to deal with. After thinking about it, Wang Zhen said: "Well, after the water pipeline in the base is connected, the water pipeline will be laid to the gate of the base. After a while, I will personally send some fire water Bring it over, and temporarily use the water belt to transport water from the base to the desert. The desert base will be exposed. It is a big deal to increase the defense force. It doesn’t matter if the project takes a long time to build a deep well with less funds.”

The experts at the desert base then reported to Wang Zhen some more about the progress of the research project before putting down the phone.Wang Zhen checked the time, and it was almost late at night. He didn't expect the two phone calls to be delayed for so long, and he didn't know if Secretary Shen had a rest.The guard at the door was already very familiar with Wang Zhen. Seeing Wang Zhen walk in, he nodded with a smile. Wang Zhen asked with a smile, "Guard Liu, Secretary Shen hasn't rested yet?" Xiao Liu said with a smile: "Well, but it's almost too soon, you go in quickly, or Secretary Shen really should take a rest."

After chatting casually with the guard, Wang Zhen knocked on the door of Secretary Shen's room.Seeing Wang Zhen, Secretary Shen, who was packing up documents and getting ready to rest, said with a smile, "Why did you come here so late? For negotiating with African countries?" I have dealt with Secretary Shen many times, and I have known him for a long time. Wang Zhen was also polite, and sat directly on the sofa and said with a smile, "Yeah, you didn't make it clear on the phone, which country is going to buy the original plant species, so I had to come to find out." The two opened A few jokes are not directly as good as the theme.

It turned out that the first person to come to China to inquire about new plants was a small African country that is relatively close to the United States. Later, other African countries that got the news sent people to China to inquire about new plants.

The country is rich in diamond deposits, rich in rough diamonds of various grades, and is a favorite of jewelers.Because the local area is relatively backward, it is difficult to transport the mined rough diamonds outside to exchange for money, let alone process the diamonds.American jewelers, seeing business opportunities, hope to obtain the right to mine raw diamonds in these African countries.

Most of these African countries are close to desert areas, with barren land and almost no food production. They can't even supply their own food consumption, and rely entirely on imported food to survive.Importing food every year requires a large amount of money. They naturally know that diamonds are very valuable in other countries, but because of the civil wars in Africa, a large number of rough diamonds cannot be sold. Laminate price.

These countries originally insisted on refusing to let go of the mining rights of raw diamond mines, but the United States used the threat of restricting food prices to put pressure on these African countries, and finally obtained a lot of money with lower prices and some commercial preferential measures. The right to mine rough diamonds.

A large number of British and American jewelers brought mercenaries into the African jungle and began to mine raw diamonds.These jewelers use advanced large-scale machinery to mine raw diamond ores. Although these African countries have brought a lot of money, more profits have flowed into the pockets of Americans.The mining of raw ore has caused large-scale destruction of the vegetation in these countries, which has aggravated the already serious degree of desertification.

But it is easy to destroy, but it is difficult to think about greening, not to mention that these countries are already very poor and cannot afford the large cost of desert remediation.When they heard that China had developed a new type of plant that could adapt to the desert environment, they immediately sent people to inquire about the news.The Chinese government only stabilized these countries, but did not provide accurate information. This time, when I approached Wang Zhen, I asked Wang Zhen to introduce the performance of the new plant in detail, and second, Wang Zhen came forward to personally discuss with representatives of these countries. Business negotiations.

Because the new plants are the research results of the Kaitian Group, the country has no intention of interfering.I just hope that Wang Zhen can take care of the economic conditions of these countries, and use some mineral mining rights, commercial preferential policies, etc. as conditions, and help these countries at a reasonable price within his own ability.After all, land desertification will destroy the entire human ecological environment,
The Chinese government also hopes that African countries can completely control the degree of desertification, but they cannot harm their own interests.

After listening to Secretary Shen's words, Wang Zhen felt a little funny, why did he feel like he was taking advantage of the fire?Although our country is rich in jade in some places, there are no diamond deposits. It is not difficult to hear from Secretary Shen's words that the country hopes that it can use this opportunity to exchange for some mining rights for raw diamonds.

Thinking about it carefully, I also thought about opening a branch in an African country to mine raw diamonds, but I didn't have any leverage at the time, and I could compete with the Americans.Isn't it a great opportunity right now?Africa is a place rich in minerals, and there are many mineral resources that other countries do not have. If you can exchange for the mining rights of these countries' mineral deposits, it will be a great thing for the country and the people, whether it is for yourself or for the future.

As for the details of the negotiations with Africa, Wang Zhen wanted to test again, but he didn't expect Secretary Shen's tone, and he didn't get any useful information after chatting for a long time.As expected of a person who plays in the governance, Secretary Shen, who is like an old fox, kept his words tight, so that Wang Zhen couldn't find a place to start.The two chatted about Kaitian Group's scientific research progress. Wang Zhen took the opportunity to tell Secretary Shen that his company was developing robots and was planning to put humanoid robots into scientific research experiments.

When Wang Zhen said that, he stared at Secretary Shen's expression. Sure enough, when he heard that the robot adopts artificial intelligence system, can control its behavior by itself, and is about to take out samples, Secretary Shen always smiled, making people feel kind His face immediately changed color.

After he stabilized his emotions, he asked carefully about the specific details and parameters of the robot's development.Wang Zhen himself has only heard the report, but has not seen the actual samples, and is not very clear about the specific details.Regarding Secretary Shen's question, Wang Zhen began to change the topic, and if he couldn't avoid it, he just casually said a few perfunctory sentences.Wang Zhen was already happy: Old fox, didn't you change the subject just now?I also learned, I am not in a hurry, let's play slowly.

Finally, Secretary Shen was in a hurry, and said to Wang Zhen: "Don't change the subject, this matter is very important to the country. Our country's lunar rover program, because the control part has not been solved in a good way, so the plan I’ve been dragging backwards. If the robot you developed can really be as fast as a human’s normal walking speed as you said, and can be controlled autonomously, it can be applied to the lunar rover program. No, I will immediately To see Chief No. [-], for such an important matter, he must be notified immediately and let him make a decision."

Wang Zhen hurriedly got up and stopped Secretary Shen, and said with a smile: "Secretary Shen, oh, Secretary Shen, don't worry, listen to me first." After pressing Secretary Shen on the sofa, Wang Zhen said : "Now I'm just listening to the reports from the researchers of the research institute that the research on robots has made progress, but there are still many problems in reality. Before seeing the samples, everything is still inconclusive. You can go now Excuse Chief No. [-] for rest, in case the robot is not as good as described in the report, then..."

Secretary Shen looked at Wang Zhen's expression, sat down after thinking about it, and said, "Well, what you said makes sense. Tomorrow, I will go to say hello to Chief No. [-] first. For the specific situation, wait for your researchers Let’s talk about it after taking out the samples.” After taking a sip of tea, Secretary Shen came to his senses, looked at Wang Zhen suspiciously and asked, “By the way, I really don’t know if you don’t mention your robot research. Time to start robotics and research artificial intelligence?"

Wang Zhen said with a smile: "Didn't you ask? I thought you were not interested in our company and business matters, so I never told you, ha ha." Secretary Shen scolded with a smile: "You little cunning , tell me today, let me know, what kind of research is your company doing? Maybe some research is also being done by our country's research department. You can find a time to sit down and discuss together, or you can interact with each other. Learn from it!

Those of you who are silent, it is the operating system, the computer hardware, and then the car, and now it is good, you have introduced a new type of plant, and you have come up with artificial intelligence and robots. "

Wang Zhen sorted out his words, and said to Secretary Shen seriously: "The research on artificial intelligence has never stopped since the day our company was founded. The research on robots only started in recent years. Moreover, many Projects that need to be completed in microgravity, or even non-gravity laboratories, need to consume a lot of energy to create a microgravity environment. If laboratories or even factories can be placed in space, a lot of money can be saved.

To tell you the truth, in fact, I have always hoped that my company can build a space factory and laboratory, so our recent research direction is also moving closer to this aspect.If you want to build a factory in space, you must transport all kinds of equipment needed for construction into space for assembly. Traditional rockets obviously cannot meet this need, and you must rely on aerospace aircraft to be successful.

In addition to artificial intelligence and robots, our company's recent main research content is also researching on the ramjet engine needed for aerospace aircraft, and has also made some progress. I believe it will not be long before we can come up with samples. "

Hearing that Wang Zhen's company was conducting research on the engine part of the aerospace aircraft, Secretary Shen stood up abruptly.Grabbing Wang Zhen's shoulder, he asked incredulously, "Are you researching ramjet engines? Have you achieved results? When can you produce samples?" Wang Zhen grinned when he was caught by Secretary Shen. It's just an old man in his 60s and [-]s. I really didn't expect his hand strength to be so strong.Wang Zhen thought to himself, fortunately, I have practiced, if someone else is not caught by you suddenly, and the broken bones are caught, I am afraid it will not be much better.

Wang Zhen hurriedly pushed Secretary Shen back to his seat, and then said: "Our company's research institute is researching ramjet engines, and I just heard a report from the researchers that they have made specific progress, but I don't know the details. , I have to wait until I have seen it in the past. However, the design ideas of our company's research institute may be different from the country's research direction.

Because of an accidental opportunity, researchers discovered a new type of alloy in the study of various materials.This alloy is denser, stronger, and has a higher melting point for better heat resistance.Later, in the development of the ramjet engine, they used a new type of alloy as the main body of the engine, and wanted to design an engine that could be ignited directly on the ground. "

Can it be ignited directly on the ground?Secretary Shen's enthusiasm immediately subsided.Because of some work needs, Secretary Shen also visited the country's secret base for developing ramjet engines, and knew a little about ramjet engines.This kind of engine must reach a certain atmospheric pressure before it can be ignited normally. If it can be ignited on the ground, it must be a researcher of the Kaitian Group, who is not familiar with the working principle of the ramjet engine.

The state has invested a large sum of money in the secret development of ramjet engines. For so many years, it has been in the experimental stage, and it will take a long time before the product is finalized.Even if he was beaten to death, he would not believe that the researchers of Kaitian Group could successfully develop it so quickly, and they could directly ignite the ignition on the ground without other engine assistance. The research results are also somewhat doubtful.

Seeing Secretary Shen's expression, Wang Zhen guessed what was going on in his heart, but Wang Zhen didn't waste time explaining it. After the samples came out, everything became clear.After looking at it, it was getting late, so Wang Zhen got up and said goodbye to Secretary Shen.There are still three days before business negotiations with representatives of several African countries, and I have to go back and make preparations.

(End of this chapter)