Great Power Technology.

Chapter 189 Do you want to buy a boat ticket?
The first contact with Xiong Guo happened sooner than Ye Zhou expected. That night, when he was still having dinner at Chen Hao's house, his superiors informed him by phone that Xiong Guo had formally requested a preliminary exchange. The main purpose is to obtain further project information, and to determine cooperation methods and conditions.

At the same time, the superior also responded to his suggestions.

You can mention it, you can fight for it, but don't have too much hope, and don't make it a necessary prerequisite for reaching cooperation.

Seeing this reply, Ye Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

Indeed, it is extremely difficult to realize his request. This is not only because of the complicated relationship problems that Chen Hao said before, but also because the strategic significance of the place he wants is really great. It's too big.

Even if the natural ice-free port is excluded, Xiong Guo is unlikely to give up such a large area just in exchange for a participation seat in a project.

The price was too high, and it was impossible for them to make such a self-defeating compromise without seeing the true strength of the Nantianmen project.

However, it is better to fight for it than not to fight for it. Everything has a beginning.

Only when such a request is put forward at the initial stage of the project, then as the project develops and the project's benefits become higher and higher, can this ground be used for further negotiations.

Chen Hao also received the notice of the preliminary exchange, and he needed to do as much preparation work as Ye Zhou, so a Friday night that should have been relaxed and leisurely was wasted like this, and the two went back to their respective homes to finish the work. Preparations, the next day at 16:[-], the first communication started on time.

The communication was still conducted through video conferencing, but unlike the previous meetings Ye Zhou participated in, this time he did not show his face, not even in the meeting room.

Chen Hao will replace him in charge of technical speeches, and he will remotely command through real-time voice.

The main participants of the other party include Alexai, a veteran technical expert, Sergey, an official in charge of administrative affairs, and the rest are technical and platform support teams.

After the meeting started, the two parties involved greeted each other first according to etiquette. Then, as a representative, Chen Hao introduced the basic situation of the Nantianmen project again, and briefly mentioned some more detailed technical details that had not been disclosed to the other party earlier. These details surprised the Xiongfang technical team.

After listening to his introduction, Alexei frowned slightly and asked:

"Mr. Chen, we already have an understanding of the overall plan and goals of the project. In fact, we are more concerned about the technical details you just mentioned, because only through these details can we evaluate the real situation of the project. Only then can we determine how much we can pay."

"I just heard you say—if the translation is correct—I heard you say that you have already had preliminary technical accumulation for the five sub-projects of the Nantianmen project. I would like to ask, these so-called technical accumulations , to what extent?"

Hearing Alixai's question, Chen Hao smiled friendly and replied:

"Mr. Alexai, please forgive me for not being able to give you a specific answer to your question, because this is confidential information of the project, and you have no right to know it before you officially join the project."

"However, in order to express our sincerity, here I can reveal a piece of news to you—or a judgment, that is, we judge that all the technological breakthroughs of the Nantianmen project will be completed within 10 years, and the remaining 15 years, Just as time for actual production and equipping."

"what??"

Hearing Chen Hao's words, Alexai's eyes widened.

Not only him, but all of Xiong Fang's technical representatives were also full of astonishment.

The impact of this news was not even inferior to the impact when they heard the details of the Nantianmen plan for the first time, because it completely overturned their previous psychological judgments.

10 years to complete all technological breakthroughs?
In the remaining 15 years, complete the production equipment? ?
You didn't say that before!

As we all know, for such a large-scale equipment project, the completion of technological breakthroughs, the completion of prototype design, the completion of test machine production, and the completion of equipment are four completely different stages.

Among them, technological breakthrough and prototype design are the most difficult part, and it takes the longest time, accounting for more than 60% of the entire equipment cycle.

According to the previous wording in the communication materials, everyone believes that this 25-year plan only needs to complete the prototype design, and at most it is to complete the production of the test machine.

But at the current meeting, the other party gave this completely different answer.

What they want to complete in 25 years is not just a conceptual design.

They really want those giant aircraft in the concept art to fly into the sky!

Alexai carefully recalled the details of the project in his mind, but the more he recalled, the more incredible he felt. He couldn't help but say:
"How do you plan to achieve this technological breakthrough? Well, let's start with my own profession. In what direction do you plan to increase the single engine thrust?"

"It's as simple as raising the temperature in the combustion chamber."

"...Mr. Chen, I'm not joking, what I mean is, how do you plan to develop high-temperature resistant materials? This is the key!"

Chen Hao smiled slightly and replied:
"Sorry, this is confidential, no comment."

Aliksai was stunned by his words, and after a while, he continued to ask unwillingly:
"Okay, okay, this piece involves core technology, so I won't ask any questions, then I'll ask another question, how do you plan to complete your so-called ultra-large-scale simulation system? As far as I know, this kind of system is not We're doing it -- we're doing it, but the problem is, we're not planning for just 10 years."

"On the other hand, your goals are much more ambitious than ours, and you even plan a strong artificial intelligence assistance system in it. I want to ask you, do you know the concept of the difficulty of implementing strong artificial intelligence?"

Chen Hao nodded. This was not really a technical question, so he didn't have to ask Ye Zhou for help.

After a moment's pause, he opened his mouth and replied:

"Mr. Alexai, believe me, although I am not a technical person, I am very aware of the difficulty of strong artificial intelligence."

"However, what we mentioned in our plan is special-purpose strong artificial intelligence, not general-purpose strong artificial intelligence. The difficulty of the two is not of the same order of magnitude."

"So, the answer I can give you is that it is indeed very difficult, but it is not impossible."

Alexei shook his head, he still didn't want to believe it.

"I can't imagine how you're going to do it."

Looking at his expression, Chen Hao knocked on the table a little helplessly, and then said:
"Of course, of course, everyone can't imagine what they haven't seen with their own eyes. This is the material basis of this world, isn't it?"

"It's actually very simple to solve your doubts. When you want to confirm whether there are whales in the sea, it's best to buy a boat ticket yourself, and then go out to sea with our boat to see."

"It's pointless to question whether we can catch whales before you even get on board, and it's just a waste of everyone's time arguing."

"Now, I want to ask you guys."

"We have a boat ticket to the sea. This boat ticket is very expensive. Do you want to buy it?"

(End of this chapter)