I handed over to another world

The next morning, Chen Lin stood in the observation hall on the top floor of the Red Dragon Association headquarters, overlooking the candidates who were writing together below.

The sunlight shines through the glass, giving everyone a light golden outline.

"Have you read all the information?"

Chen Lin asked without turning his head. He heard footsteps behind him. Vice President Zheng and another female vice president Lin Mo walked side by side, each holding a holographic projection board.

"There are currently thirty-two candidates here, from several major star systems, and the core members are from our Red Dragon Association."

Lin Mo's voice was crisp and clear. "I have preliminarily selected eight people with great potential. Would you like to take a look now?"

"Don't worry, where is Vice President Zheng?"

Vice President Zheng pulled up a set of data: "I am more concerned about their ability to adapt across fields. After all, to lead the Red Dragon Association, one cannot be proficient in only one discipline."

Chen Lin nodded slightly and tapped his finger in the air. The real-time picture in the venue below immediately enlarged, showing the detailed data of each candidate.

"Number 7, Xu Mingyuan."

Chen Lin pointed to a tall young man and said, "He was born in the Mars base and has made achievements in both energy and bioengineering."

Lin Mo added: "His papers on quantum biology are very insightful, and..."

She pulled up a video. "Look at this crisis management test. Facing a simulated laboratory accident, the reaction speed was 47% faster than the average."

In the video, Xu Mingyuan activated the emergency protocol 0.3 seconds before the virtual laboratory exploded, protecting key data and team members at the same time.

"Too cautious."

Vice President Zheng shook his head. "Look at his decision-making curve. He always chooses the option with the lowest risk. This is an advantage in the field of scientific research, but as a leader..."

“It takes a spirit of adventure.”

Chen Lin took over the conversation and said, "Continue to observe."

The next scene switches to candidate No. 12, a capable woman with short hair.

"Elena Kovalevskaya."

Lin Mo's voice was full of appreciation, "He is currently the youngest chief scientist we have sent to an alien galaxy. He has presided over three deep space exploration missions."

"Is it someone from the Red Dragon Association?"

"Although her name is this, she is indeed a genuine red dragon. Her parents came to the association in the last century..."

Vice President Zheng took the opportunity to pull up her psychological assessment: "This girl has a strong ability to withstand pressure. She commanded the rescue team to work for 72 hours in a row in the Jupiter storm. However..." He pointed to the social skills score, "She is too strong and her teamwork score is low."

Chen Lin seemed to be thinking: "Let her lead the team to complete today's simulation task and see if the teamwork has improved."

Just then, an alarm suddenly sounded on the training ground.

The virtual reality system was activated, and the entire venue instantly turned into a scene of a collapsing Mars base.

"Interesting." Chen Lin raised his lips slightly, "Who arranged this emergency test?"

Zhulong's projection quietly emerged: "It was automatically triggered according to your schedule, President Chen, simulating the multiple disasters caused by the space-time experiment accident."

In the field, the candidates quickly divided into several groups.

Xu Mingyuan immediately began to analyze the structural weaknesses of the building, while Elena directly directed the evacuation of personnel.

"Look at number 23." Lin Mo suddenly pointed at an inconspicuous young man, "He found a solution that we didn't expect."

Candidate No. 23, Wu Yan, did not follow the crowd, but ran to a seemingly unrelated control panel alone. He quickly entered a string of codes, and the quantum stabilizer in the virtual scene suddenly restarted, and the collapse speed immediately slowed down by 70%.

"Smart." Vice President Zheng's eyes lit up. "He found the underlying logic loophole of the system."

Chen Lin looked at Wu Yan's calm expression: "Background information."

Zhulong immediately called up: "Born in the Saturn Outer Ring Space Station, majoring in quantum physics, minoring in psychology, and once participated in a deep space exploration mission..."

"That's not it." Chen Lin interrupted, "I want to see his experience of dealing with failure."

The screen switches to a gray file: Three years ago, an experimental project led by Wu Yan caused a major accident due to a calculation error. He took the initiative to take full responsibility and led the team to complete the accident analysis and repair within the next six months.

"Very good." Chen Lin finally showed a satisfied look, "Send me the detailed assessment reports of No. 7, No. 12, and No. 23, and the others continue to observe."

Lin Mo asked curiously: "The president seems to be particularly concerned about Wu Yan?"

"A person who can face failure squarely," Chen Lin turned and walked towards the exit, "is more trustworthy than someone who has never failed."

"The afternoon's teamwork test will focus on the performance of these three people."

Chen Lin walked out of the observation hall and walked slowly along the transparent sky corridor.

Vice President Zheng and Lin Mo followed closely behind, and the footsteps of the three were particularly clear in the quiet corridor.

"President, do you think our selection mechanism is too strict?"

Lin Mo couldn't help but ask, "Some candidates have privately complained that the test items are too inhumane."

Chen Lin paused slightly and looked out the window at the busy spaceport. Shuttles were taking off and landing in an orderly manner, drawing graceful arcs in the morning light.

"Harsh?"

He chuckled, "This is just the most basic screening."

"The position of the president of the Red Dragon Association is responsible for the technological development direction of the entire human civilization." He turned around, his eyes became serious, "If you can't even handle this kind of simulated crisis, how can you face a real space-time experiment accident?"

Vice President Zheng nodded thoughtfully: "Indeed, if you hadn't acted decisively in the quantum leakage incident at Jupiter Base last year..."

"So this testing regime is just the beginning."

Chen Lin continued to walk forward. "Those who pass the test will have to go through at least five years of job rotation - first go to the fringe star system to lead the development project, then go to the crisis response department for training, and finally enter the core decision-making level to observe and learn."

Lin Mo quickly recorded: "What is the final evaluation standard?"

"Three dimensions." Chen Lin raised his finger. "First, scientific research intuition, the ability to grasp the key points in complex data; second, crisis decision-making ability, the courage to take risks when necessary; third..."

He paused and said, "And most importantly, we need to understand where the boundaries of technological development are."

The three of them came to the elevator and Chen Lin pressed the button leading to the underground laboratory.

"boundary?"

Vice President Zheng asked in confusion.

The elevator door slid open silently, and Chen Lin walked in first: "Just like the virtual time flow technology, it can bring innovation, but it can also cause disasters."

"As the president, I have to stay awake at all times and know what to do and what not to do."

The elevator began to descend, and the numbers jumped rapidly.

"Come to think of it," Lin Mo suddenly thought of something, "What test did you take to become the president?" A nostalgic smile appeared on Chen Lin's lips: "I am quite special. I was recommended by the previous president of the association. My nature is quite special and ordinary people can never imitate it."

Vice President Zheng and Lin Mo widened their eyes at the same time.

"If there are others who can make the same contributions and take the same actions as me, I will recommend them to take my position just like I did with President Li Tianyun and Zhang Shouren."

The elevator arrived at its destination and the door slowly opened.

In front of me is a long corridor leading to a secret laboratory, with portraits of past presidents projected on the walls.

"So these tests..." Lin Mo suddenly realized.

“It’s just to screen out the ones who are obviously unqualified.”

Chen Lin stepped out of the elevator. “The real test is the ability to make the right choice in a difficult situation without a standard answer.”

He looked back at the two vice presidents and said, "Let's add a variable to the afternoon team test - cut the resources by 30% and see how they respond."

"I understand." Vice President Zheng nodded knowingly, "Decisions made under pressure are often the most realistic."

The three of them walked into the central command room of the underground laboratory, and the holographic projection automatically lit up, showing the Red Dragon Association's recent resource allocation map and the progress of major development projects.

"Let's see the progress of the new city on Mars first."

Chen Lin tapped the projection, and the screen switched to the dome city being expanded on the surface of Mars.

“The third phase of the project is 12% behind schedule.”

At this time, the video was automatically connected to the think tank of the Red Dragon Association, and everyone joined in the discussion.

The holographic image of Wang Li, the chief analyst of the think tank, stepped forward and said, "The main problem lies in the laying of the quantum transmission network. The magnetic field interference on Mars is 30% stronger than expected, which means that our communication nodes need to be redesigned."

“What’s the solution?”

Chen Lin asked with a frown.

"Two options." Wang Li called up the data. "One is to make additional investments to develop special anti-interference equipment. It is estimated that an additional 35 billion Red Dragon Coins will be needed. The other is to change the plan and adopt a hybrid network of traditional optical cables and quantum nodes. The cost remains the same, but the efficiency will be reduced by 20%."

Vice President Zheng interrupted: "I suggest choosing option 1. Mars New City is our strategic fulcrum, and we can't make do with it."

Lin Mo shook his head: "But this will squeeze the development budget of the marginal galaxies. The ecological dome of the Alpha Colony has been delayed twice."

Chen Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Let's make a compromise. First, we will invest an additional 15 billion to develop basic anti-interference technology, and at the same time let the engineering department adopt a phased construction strategy."

He pointed to the city layout in the projection: "However, priority should be given to residential areas and scientific research centers. Industrial areas can temporarily use hybrid networks."

The think tank quickly calculated and concluded: "It is feasible, the overall progress delay is controlled within 7%, and the budget is overspent by 18 billion."

"That's it."

Chen Lin nodded, "Next item, the Earth's deep sea development project."

The scene switches to a giant building complex at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Hundreds of spherical cabins are connected by transparent pipes, like pearls on the seabed.

"The Deep Sea Agricultural Experiment Station has produced the first batch of crops," project supervisor Li Haiyang reported, "but we encountered two problems: one is that the crop growth cycle is abnormal under the high pressure environment, and the other is that the staff have deep sea adaptation syndrome."

"Show me the specific data."

Chen Lin approached the projection.

"Compared to similar crops on the surface, the protein content of deep-sea wheat is increased by 40%, but the growth rate is slowed by 60%. As for the health issues of personnel..."

Li Haiyang retrieved the medical report and said, "Long-term work in a high-pressure environment can cause slight damage to the nervous system. Currently, 12% of the rotating staff have shown symptoms."

Medical experts from the think tank immediately spoke up: "It is recommended to shorten the single deep-sea work period from three months to six weeks, and at the same time develop new neuroprotective agents. In terms of agriculture..."

"You can try the Time Vine technique."

Chen Lin suddenly said, "Since the deep-sea environment will delay growth, we can use virtual time flow to compensate for it. We can let the Bioengineering Department start the experiment immediately."

Lin Mo quickly recorded the instructions: "How many resources do you need to allocate?"

“Give us 20% of the laboratory capacity first.”

Chen Lin thought, "If the initial results are ideal, we can increase it to 50%."

The discussion lasted a full three hours, with every topic being carefully weighed, from the maintenance of space elevators to the allocation of educational resources in fringe galaxies.

Chen Lin sometimes listened to the think tank's analysis, and sometimes made decisive decisions, demonstrating his precise control of the overall situation.

"One last topic."

Wang Li called up a special set of data, "Regarding the resource imbalance in the Civilization Spark Project."

The room suddenly fell quiet. This was the most confidential project of the Red Dragon Association - to establish a backup base for human civilization outside the solar system.

"The third batch of seed ships is ready." Wang Li lowered his voice, "But we need to decide whether to prioritize the development of warp engine technology or continue to improve the hibernation system."

Chen Lin walked to the window and looked at the virtual star map: "What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two directions?"

"The warp drive can allow a spacecraft to reach the target galaxy within a hundred years, but the technical risk is extremely high, with an estimated failure rate of 65%."

Wang Li explained, "Although perfecting the hibernation system is safe, it means that the voyage will take up to three thousand years."

"Let's vote." Chen Lin turned to face the think tank. "Anonymous vote. I want to know your true thoughts."

The voting results were quickly displayed on the holographic screen: 11 votes in favor of the warp drive and 9 votes in favor of the hibernation system.

“It seems that everyone is more inclined to take risks.”

Chen Lin smiled slightly, "That's settled, but there is a condition - retain the hibernation system's R&D team as insurance."

He finally looked around at everyone and said, "Remember, the mission of the Red Dragon Association is not only to open up the future, but also to protect the bottom line of human civilization. Let's end today's meeting here."

The participants left one after another, leaving Chen Lin alone standing in front of the starry sky projection.

Zhulong's holographic projection quietly appeared beside him at this time: "President Chen, Wu Yan requested to see you alone, saying that he has important suggestions on the candidate test."

Chen Lin raised his eyebrows: "Let him in."

"That's great. I also want to hear the opinions of this low-level logic cracker."

The candle dragon naturally dissipated, and Wu Yan appeared outside the door. He walked quickly into the room and nodded slightly to Chen Lin: "President Chen."

"sit down."

Chen Lin pointed to a chair not far away - the Wu Yan that appeared in front of him was actually just a holographic projection, but thanks to the development of current technology, the technology of holographic projection is so perfect that you can't tell that the holographic projection is fake.

"President Chen, I would like to make a few suggestions on the test of the selected candidates you are currently conducting."

Chen Lin nodded slightly and said gently: "Tell me about it, I just want to know what you think about this." (End of this chapter)