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The laboratory door slid open slowly, making a slight scraping sound.

Lin Dong and Xu Qingling walked out side by side, the setting sun shining on them from the side, casting a layer of glow on them and leaving two long shadows on the ground.

Before Lin Dong could speak, Xu Ziming suddenly appeared from around the corner. Seeing the distance between the two walking side by side, he waved and said, "Lingling, hurry up, your mother has almost finished cooking."

"oh."

Xu Qingling glanced at Lin Dong, slung her schoolbag over her shoulder, walked to Xu Ziming's side, turned her head, and asked, "Dad, aren't you working overtime today?"

In the past few months, there has been a series of events, including the mass production of the third-generation single-crystal nickel-based alloy dd9 material, process matching for the WZ-8 project design, and manufacturing and assembly.

Xu Ziming was also forced to become a beast of burden, working five days a week, working overtime five days a week, and spending two days on business trips to the dd9 mass production factory.

"I'll be working overtime when I get back."

Xu Ziming responded and then looked at Lin Dong, saying, "Your parents are busy today, let's go over for dinner together."

"Thank you, Uncle Xu."

Lin Dong responded with a smile, then followed with his schoolbag on his back.

"I'll call Wangcai."

At this moment, Xu Qingling seemed to remember something and raised her wrist to press on the watch that Lin Dong had given her.

Di-

The watch emitted a low chime, less than two minutes later.

Suddenly, the sound of an electric motor running and the sound of the ground rubbing came from the direction of the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's residential area.

A pale yellow mechanical dog rushed in from outside, its camera scanned the area, then it slowed down and came to a steady stop in front of Xu Qingling, barking twice.

"Woof woof!"

"Wow, Wangcai..."

Xu Qingling happily patted the dog's head and cheered, "I'm taking you home now!"

"This mechanical dog runs much more smoothly now."

Xu Ziming noticed the mechanical dog's approach and couldn't help but ask a question.

He had seen mechanical dogs before. Although they could run and chase, they would stumble and stop or jump up from time to time, as if they had stepped on a spike.

But just now, the whole process was smooth and effortless, without much stumbling or jumping.

"My dad said that now that the number of samples is gradually increasing and the training data is piling up, the algorithm model has improved a lot," Lin Dong said with a smile.

He wasn't lying. Ever since he handed over the mechanical dog technology to Lin Weiliang, Lin Weiliang had been learning and taking charge of the subsequent improvements.

He would only offer advice or suggestions when Lin Weiliang was stuck and couldn't solve the problem.

"How was this training data collected?"

Xu Ziming pointed out the problem: if it were a normal mechanical dog, a data center could be established to transmit data back via the network.

However, data center construction takes time, which is clearly inconsistent with the scenario of collecting a large amount of data in just a few months.

"Dad, that's easy... Just have the users bring the robot dog in for a free check-up every now and then."

Xu Qingling chimed in, "Wangcai has been inspected four times so far. Except for the first inspection which didn't change much, it runs smoother with each subsequent inspection."

"..."

Xu Ziming was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It really is a simple and unpretentious money-spraying plan."

Although building a data center is costly, it is an asset that can be used continuously for a long time.

However, the labor and maintenance costs involved in manually inspecting and collecting data are practically free.

"Uncle Xu, mechanical dogs are a more widespread civilian product than drones."

Lin Dong saw through Xu Ziming's thoughts and explained with a smile, "This is just a way to train a group of people at major sales outlets and maintenance points in advance."

"That's true, considering this recognition technology and running technology..."

Xu Ziming looked at Wangcai, who was following Xu Qingling, and nodded, saying, "Guide services, search and rescue, caregiving, patrolling, industrial transportation... these are all big markets."

It can be equipped with highly sensitive instruments such as cameras, infrared sensors, and ultra-low frequency electromagnetic detectors.

Robotic dogs may not be as good as natural dogs in applications requiring a sense of smell, such as drug and explosive detection or underwater applications. In other applications, they can surpass natural dogs.

After Xu Ziming finished speaking, three figures emerged from the residential compound.

Upon seeing Xu Ziming and his two companions, the two adults paused for a moment, then smiled and waved, saying, "Engineer Xu!"

Ok?

Xu Ziming paused, stopped talking, turned around and looked at them, then smiled and nodded in response, "Engineer Xia, Engineer He."

"Hello, Uncle Xu."

Xia Ran greeted them politely, then quickly walked over to Lin Dong and Xu Qingling, asking curiously, "Lin Dong, Qingling, are you both in the lab after school? Qingyao just asked you to team up for a game, but I couldn't reach you by message."

"Yes, Lin Dong went to play games, and I went with him. He probably didn't see this message," Xu Qingling said with a smile, then politely greeted Xia Ran's parents.

In the past, in their No. 78 laboratory, just like when entering the core area, civilian equipment would be placed in isolation boxes outside.

This can prevent the device from getting infected with a virus, which could lead to the leakage of chat or other information.

Tell her to make a reservation in advance if she wants to play games together next time.

Lin Dong replied with a smile.

After speaking, he politely addressed Xia Ran's parents as "uncle" and "aunt," his gaze naturally sweeping over Xia Ran's father's face and his thick hair, which was comparable to Xu Ziming's.

He reviewed the files of several core engineers among the newly transferred key personnel of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, with Xia Ran's father, Xia Tianqiang's, file being the most eye-catching.

Thirty-seven years old, from Northeast China, two years younger than Xu Ziming, he is one of the core engineers of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group's military industry business.

He participated in the core research and development and production of the KJ-500 early warning aircraft, and is also one of the core research and development members of the Kunpeng Y-20 transport aircraft currently under development.

If it weren't for the fact that Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) shot down the F-35C Lightning fighter jet, which is about to be commissioned, and that the J-20 also needs to be produced and commissioned, and that the work of teams 624 and 606 needs to be coordinated, plus the arrival of the WZ-8 reconnaissance aircraft project, the entire CAC base would be facing a severe shortage of core personnel.

Moreover, these projects have a higher strategic priority than the projects at Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group, so AVIC will not transfer personnel here, and Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group will not release personnel.

As for the relationship between Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) and Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group (XAC)...

There are five major aircraft manufacturers in China: Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC), Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group (XAC), Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (HAIG), and Hongdu Aviation Industry Group (HAIG). These are all under the control of AVIC Dispatch and are state-owned enterprises.

Due to its special nature, the military industry business is mainly responsible to the headquarters, and then connects with the military through the headquarters.

In terms of military industry, Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) and Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) are the main forces tackling tough strategic challenges, making them the two leading companies.

The other three companies are mainly responsible for projects that are not of a high strategic level, while also taking into account some aspects of the development of the civil aviation industry.

The adults chatted for a few minutes, and the three teenagers, including Lin Dong, chatted for a few minutes before the two groups parted ways again.

Xia Ran's mother, He Ying, walked a short distance away, then looked back and saw Xu Ziming and the other two enter the same building. She turned her head to look at Xia Ran beside her.

"Ranran... Xu Engineer's daughter, Qingling, is your class monitor? And Lin Dong, Chief Engineer Lin's son, is also in your class?"

"Uh-huh."

Xia Ran walked with her head down, answering calmly.

"I heard that Lin Dong and Qingling were betrothed as children..." He Ying asked with a curious smile, "Is that true?"

Xia Ran paused for a moment, her eyelashes fluttered, but her voice remained calm: "I heard from Qingyao and the others that Lin Dong and Qingling often go to each other's houses for meals, but I haven't heard either of them say anything about whether that's true or not."

He Ying's eyes flickered when she saw this, as if she had figured something out. She looked up and met Xia Tianqiang's gaze.

Xia Tianqiang shook his head slightly at his wife, reached out and gently patted Xia Ran's head, and said with a smile, "Alright, you two stop chatting, let's go out to eat."

During our casual chat after the last meeting, Chief Engineer Wang mentioned a restaurant with pretty good food, suggesting we go try it together today…

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Meanwhile, Lin Dong exited the elevator and arrived at Xu Qingling's house. Zhou Xiaoyan, having received prior notice, had already begun serving the dishes.

After the four finished dinner, Xu Ziming received a phone call.

They went into the study and chatted for a while. When they came out, they saw Lin Dong sitting in the living room watching TV and eating sunflower seeds. Xu Qingling was sitting next to him watching TV and even had time to peel sunflower seeds for Lin Dong.

This made him pause for a moment: "Xiao Dong, was there not enough food for dinner tonight? Didn't you eat enough?"

"No, I just like to snack while watching TV..."

While watching TV, Lin Dong ate a sunflower seed and casually grabbed the sunflower seeds that Xu Qingling had peeled and tossed them into his mouth.

"..."

Xu Ziming's eyebrows twitched, as if he wanted to say something, but looking at the turned-on television, he waved and beckoned, "Come into the study, I have something to discuss."

Is something the matter?

Lin Dong chewed the melon seeds in his mouth and swallowed them. He stood up and walked into the study with a puzzled look. "Uncle Xu, what's the matter?"

"Send your godfather the information your reconnaissance plane gathered today tonight..."

Xu Ziming recounted the phone call: "He's going to headquarters to report tomorrow."

"tomorrow?"

Lin Dong paused for a moment, then asked curiously, "Didn't Godfather say the meeting at headquarters wouldn't be until next month?"

This afternoon, he and Xu Qingling went to Laboratory No. 78 and overheard Wang Xingguo arguing with Chief Engineer Chen of the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC). They clearly stated that there would be a meeting at headquarters next month.

"You swept through all the bases along the way in the South China Sea, and then swept halfway back from the East China Sea... Do you think headquarters can sit idly by and wait until next month? We've changed the date!"

Xu Ziming didn't know what expression to make, so he rubbed his temples and said, "Tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, the person in charge of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, as well as some key personnel from the military, all need to be in place. In the afternoon, the chief engineers and heads of some core military industrial institutes will also be there... Hmm, headquarters probably won't be able to sleep for the next few days."

"……I see."

Lin Dong suddenly realized and nodded, saying, "I really can't sit still or sleep like this. I need to get promoted to a higher rank in the military."

He didn't think about it carefully at the time, assuming that once he swept it, that was it.

The solution was to instruct the military to improve camouflage tactics, but they overlooked the military intelligence, which was even more urgent than the fire.

Previously, China did not have such high-performance reconnaissance aircraft, and no one knew that these camouflage tactics and defenses were so vulnerable in the face of such high-performance high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.

Now that we know this, and that when a high-altitude reconnaissance plane flies by, its entire rear end will be clearly visible...

How can headquarters sleep soundly? They'll definitely call someone over for a promotion immediately.

After all, who knows if I might fall asleep and enemy planes would cross the line and sweep the entire map?

At that time, this defense system, which took decades of effort and countless funds to build bit by bit, will be completely destroyed in an instant...

"Uncle Xu..."

At this moment, Lin Dong suddenly remembered something and asked with a strange expression, "In that case, can my godfather handle it?"

It was clear that Wang Xingguo's purpose in holding this early meeting was to help headquarters expose the loophole in the military's defenses, especially since Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) had snatched business from several military research institutes for the WZ-8 reconnaissance aircraft project...

This spectacle suggests that Wang Xingguo is single-handedly taking on the entire military industry and military system.

"Whether he can hold on or not, I don't know."

Xu Ziming had not anticipated this question, after all, this was not an internal meeting of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, but a meeting of the entire headquarters.

However, after receiving a message from Shen Fei, Wang Xingguo requested authorization from headquarters.

The rumors that he got off the fighter jet and immediately led his combat personnel into the conference room to arrest the entire core team of Shenyang Aircraft Corporation also made him look a bit strange.

"Perhaps your godfather is naturally suited for this kind of place... he can handle it."