A live stream of someone hand-making a giant white robot attracted the attention of the government,

Su Wanqing took the thin but incredibly heavy document, her fingers unconsciously tightening.

Instead of immediately reviewing the terms, she picked up the pen that Bai Che had tossed to her and, under the astonished gazes of Zhao Zhenhua, Li Jianguo, and the others, meticulously examined it against the light.

She even unscrewed the pen barrel to examine its internal structure closely.

The air in the conference room froze again.

Li Jianguo and the leader from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission looked at each other, unsure how to react.

However, military bigwig Zhao Zhenhua, whose perpetually serious and icy face suddenly cracked, burst into a hearty laugh.

"Hahaha! Good! What a clever young lady! I like her!"

The laughter instantly melted away the tense atmosphere in the room.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the pen, Su Wanqing's ears turned slightly red, but she remained calm on the surface.

She reassembled the pen and placed it neatly on the table before beginning to review the framework agreement word by word.

Her professionalism is beyond question, and she quickly offered suggestions for revision regarding one of the clauses concerning the "vague definition of the scope of technology licensing".

The leader from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission was not displeased at all; on the contrary, he nodded approvingly and immediately called his secretary over to make adjustments and additions on the spot according to Su Wanqing's suggestions.

Bai Che remained slumped in his chair the entire time, oblivious to everything, his gaze drifting out the window, radiating an aura of "hurry up and finish, I need to go back and catch up on my sleep."

Soon, the perfect agreement was reprinted, in duplicate.

After confirming that everything was correct, Su Wanqing pushed one of the documents, along with a pen, in front of Bai Che.

Bai Che didn't even bother to lift his eyelids. He grabbed a pen and scribbled his name on the signature board with such speed that it left afterimages, as if every second wasted was a waste of life.

The cooperation was thus established.

Li Jianguo breathed a long sigh of relief, his face beaming with genuine joy. He looked at Bai Che, his demeanor completely shifting from that of a superior investigator to a partner seeking help.

"Comrade Bai Che, now that we're on the same side, I won't beat around the bush."

Li Jianguo took out another document from his confidential briefcase.

coming.

Bai Che muttered to himself. He knew perfectly well it was about a military application project involving flexible batteries. Things like individual soldier exoskeletons, ultra-long-endurance drones, or even the instantaneous high-power discharge of electromagnetic railguns…

Just thinking about it gives me a headache. It means he'll have to deal with a whole bunch of tedious military standards and requirements documents.

It's truly the most troublesome thing in the world.

Su Wanqing straightened her back, her mind racing as she considered what kind of independent production line she would need to establish if she were to take on a military project, and how to ensure the confidential supply of raw materials.

However, what Li Jianguo put on the table was not the battery technical specifications they had expected.

It was a thick project report with the words "Top Secret" printed on the cover.

The large, gold-embossed lettering in the report's title startled Su Wanqing slightly.

Report on the Terminal Penetration Project of the "Dongfeng" Series of New Hypersonic Weapons.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the battery.

"This is Academician Zhou Huai'an, our project's chief algorithm expert," Li Jianguo introduced an elderly man beside him who had been silent all along, with gray hair but a vigorous spirit.

Academician Zhou nodded to Bai Che and Su Wanqing, his eyes sharp, carrying the rigor and scrutiny of a scholar.

Li Jianguo tapped the report lightly and got to the point.

"Comrade Bai Che, we all know that the 'Big White' you created has surpassed all our current AI models in terms of its core AI's autonomous learning and behavioral decision-making capabilities."

His words were full of sincerity.

"We'd like to know if your AI-powered capabilities can help us solve a problem that has been troubling us for a long time?"

As he spoke, he opened the report and pushed it in front of Bai Che.

The report's page contains a densely packed, incredibly complex ballistic algorithm model that is enough to make one's scalp crawl.

Academician Zhou added from the side, his voice slightly hoarse: "This is the core algorithm for the warhead to perform high-speed maneuvering and trajectory change during the terminal penetration phase to evade interception. It requires AI to calculate the optimal penetration path within a fraction of a second, based on the rapidly changing battlefield environment. Our current model has encountered bottlenecks in both computational speed and path optimization."

Bai Che casually accepted the report, his demeanor more like accepting a flyer he wasn't interested in than a top-level national problem.

He flipped through the pages quickly, the papers rustling in his hands.

Academician Zhou frowned involuntarily when he saw his dismissive attitude.

Every formula in this report is the culmination of years of hard work by him and his team; how could a young man treat it like this?

But the next second, Bai Che's fingers suddenly stopped.

He lightly tapped a page of the report with the tip of his pen.

"The Kalman filter model you're using here is too cumbersome for such a high data refresh rate. It itself causes at least 30% computational latency."

Academician Zhou's breath hitched.

Bai Che's finger slid down and tapped another spot.

"And this ballistic prediction module is completely superfluous. The warhead's own sensor array can form a real-time feedback closed-loop system, so there's no need to waste computing power on advance prediction. They're going in the wrong direction."

Academician Zhou's expression began to change.

Bai Che turned to the next page, seemingly having lost patience, and drew a large X on a large section of the algorithm.

"As for this entire redundancy compensation algorithm, it's just a patch to fix the two errors mentioned earlier. If the root is rotten, no matter how many patches you add, it's still a dangerous building."

He delivered the most devastating judgment in the most understated tone.

pat.

The pen in Academician Zhou's hand fell onto the clean table with a crisp sound.

He was as if struck by an invisible lightning bolt, frozen in place. He snatched the report, his hands trembling violently with excitement, staring intently at the three places Bai Che had drawn.

The color drained from that wrinkled face instantly, followed by a surge of feverish flush.

These three questions!

It was he and his team who, after countless days and nights of working themselves to the bone, were unable to overcome these three intractable problems!

They tried countless optimization solutions, but never imagined that the root of the problem lay in their most prized foundational framework.

Academician Zhou suddenly raised his head, looked at Bai Che with the eyes of someone looking at a monster, made a hoarse sound in his throat, and finally, with all his strength, burst out a sentence.

"How...how did you figure that out?"

Bai Che was baffled by his behavior and simply leaned back lazily in his chair.

"Is it that difficult? Isn't it obvious at a glance?"

At this moment, Bai Che looked at Academician Zhou's face, which had completely overturned his worldview, then at Li Jianguo's frighteningly bright eyes, and at Su Wanqing beside him, whose undisguised admiration and shock were palpable.

He suddenly understood.

After all that, it turns out that what the country really values ​​is not just the cutting-edge technology products he pulled out of the system.

What they value more is themselves, the ability to create these things.

It is his knowledge, his thinking, his mind that is ahead of its time.

At this moment, his relationship with the country underwent a subtle yet profound qualitative change.

No longer a "contributor" to technology, but an equal and "irreplaceable" collaborator.

It's over.

Bai Che let out a silent wail.

Now, the level of trouble has increased by more than an order of magnitude.

Li Jianguo slammed his hand on the table excitedly, stood up, and loudly announced to his secretary at the door.

"Draft the 'Qiming-1 AI Optimization Service' contract immediately! Right now!"

He turned his head and smiled brightly at Su Wanqing, who was already in CEO mode.

"Mr. Su, the first round of R&D funding will be transferred to your company's account within an hour. The amount... will definitely satisfy you."

Finally, he looked at the instigator who had already started yawning and bowed deeply with unprecedented solemnity.

"Comrade Bai Che, I'm begging you!"