Genius is just the threshold for me!

The next day, at the milk tea shop across from the entrance of the residential area.

At Su Yue's call, Lin Dong and the others booked the entire milk tea shop. Each of them ordered a cup of milk tea and sat by the window, leisurely watching the morning sunlight.

"Um!"

Su Yue received her milk tea, took a sip, and immediately cheered happily, "This new taro milk tea is really good, so fragrant and mellow..."

"Drink, drink, drink! If you drink any more, you won't be Su Yue anymore, you'll be the moon of the fifteenth of the lunar month," Huang Qingyao teased from the side.

"Don't lie to me, my BMI has actually dropped. I've been growing taller lately, but not gaining weight."

Su Yue took another sip of milk tea without any worry and muttered contentedly, "So, I need to eat more lately."

After finishing this sip of milk tea.

Su Yue saw Li Tao sitting in his seat playing on his phone again not far away and immediately complained, "Li Tao, do you have a person growing on your phone? You're always on your phone, it's like your phone has become a spirit."

"Likewise, you're a gluttonous person with a mouth that's practically grown out of a human, a true glutton."

Li Tao wasn't angry; instead, he gave a sharp retort, then leaned closer to Zhang Yihao and Lin Dong, speaking with some excitement.

"Brothers, the American Nimitz aircraft carrier is here again. Someone saw them resupplying in Malacca. It's said that their next step is to enter the South China Sea."

"Stay calm. Just keep an eye on them and watch their performance. They won't dare to actually cross the line."

Zhang Yihao took a big gulp of milk tea and said calmly, "My dad said that unless we continue to develop like this, disputes and competition will be inevitable as long as we develop. This is when our strategic resolve will be tested."

The US wants to use its Asia-Pacific strategy to block or control our development.

But their country can't do without our industrial goods, so they only dare to flex their muscles for a while, and don't dare to actually take any action.

That's right.

Li Tao took a sip of milk tea and angrily cursed, "But haven't you noticed? Every time their aircraft carrier comes, someone stirs up trouble within three months... It's disgusting."

"Brother Tao, Brother Hao is right. At this time, it all comes down to strategic composure."

Lin Dong replied from the side, and just as he finished speaking, his personal phone, which was placed to the side, vibrated and popped up with a message.

[Godfather Wang Xingguo]: Xiao Dong, your godmother bought some sweet cherries. I'll take some to the lab when I get to work. Come and get them.

[Lin Dong]: Godfather, received. I'll be there later.

After replying to the messages, Lin Dong chatted with Li Tao and the others for a while. When the two guys couldn't resist playing games, he politely declined and then looked at Xu Qingling, who was chatting with Xia Ran and a few other girls.

"Qingling, your godfather has brought some cherries to the lab. Go over there first."

"Uh-huh."

Xu Qingling looked up and replied with a smile, "Uncle Lin and the others went to Grandma's. Mom asked you to come over for lunch."

"it is good."

Lin Dong nodded and waved to Huang Qingyao and Xia Ran, saying, "Goodbye, Qingyao, Xia Ran, Su Yue."

Done.

Lin Dong picked up his unfinished milk tea, went outside to call Wangcai, which Xu Qingling had brought out, and leisurely walked towards Laboratory No. 78.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Lin Dong arrived at Laboratory No. 78, gestured for Wangcai to go back to the milk tea shop, entered the password and fingerprint to open the door and went inside.

"Haven't they arrived yet?"

Seeing that Wang Xingguo hadn't come over yet, Lin Dong took a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator and opened the server to check the emails from last night to today.

"There was only one email, which contained the overall research and development expenses and cost calculation for the J-16D fighter jet..."

Lin Dong opened Wang Xingguo's email and saw an email from the J-16D fighter jet project team. He took a sip of cola and opened the email to read it.

「研发开支，120亿至122亿，造价13亿至15亿……这幺高的造价，比前世8至10亿要高一大截。」

Lin Dong frowned as he looked at the accounting sheet.

The R&D investment of 120 billion to 122 billion was not beyond his expectations, given the large amount of resources and laboratories mobilized by the entire project team.

Every single part had to be redesigned, every solution required new technology development, and the experimental materials consumed were all incredibly expensive.

Although his involvement significantly accelerated the project's progress.

However, all the necessary experiments and data collections were still required. At most, his involvement reduced some intermediate experiments and redundant supplements.

Therefore, R&D expenditure of 120 billion is already considered cheap.

Without his involvement, the R&D expenditure would have been estimated at 280 to 300 billion... Of course, if the technology wasn't up to par, the R&D would most likely have failed.

The only thing that made Lin Dong frown was the ten billion yuan, a ten-figure cost.

Although he spends hundreds of millions on gaming and gacha games without a second thought, it's because he's rich.

Lin Weiliang holds a bunch of patents on behalf of others; that's more money than he can spend.

This money doesn't need to be kept indefinitely; that would only hinder economic development. Taking it out and putting it into circulation would actually benefit society.

But if it's this kind of equipment that's going to be deployed, the cost of 15 billion yuan per aircraft is quite frightening. If 100 aircraft are deployed, 1500 billion yuan will be poured in.

Moreover, this is the cost calculation for actual mass production, not the cost of many components of the first J-16D fighter jet, which were laboratory-produced products.

"Well!"

"It seems like it's still my problem..."

Lin Dong moved the mouse and flipped to the detailed accounting table below. When he saw the cost of the series of gallium nitride radars and gallium nitride pods, a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face.

It was indeed his problem.

Because he overturned Shenyang Aircraft Corporation's plan and upgraded the entire J-16D fighter jet.

For example, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation originally proposed an AESA radar with 2000 gallium nitride TR module units, but he upgraded it to 2400.

This upgrade increases the detection range for fourth-generation aircraft from 300 kilometers to 400 kilometers.

对f-22、f-35、歼-20等隐身战机探测距离100公里，变成了150公里。

In addition, his design for the electronic pod is more compact, and he has also optimized and written the algorithm.

The original plan, with an electronic warfare radius of 300 kilometers and a communication band suppression range of 500 kilometers, has been changed to an electronic warfare radius of 500 kilometers and a communication band suppression range of 700 kilometers.

"make!"

Once Lin Dong understood the reason for the cost change, he immediately made a decisive decision: "The performance has improved so much, but the cost has only increased so little. It's worth it! Let's build it at full capacity!"

Although the combat radius has only increased from 300 kilometers to 500 kilometers, in terms of coverage area, this is more than double.

With performance improvements that more than double, yet only a 50% increase in cost, the price-performance ratio is simply off the charts.

Furthermore, the increased combat radius significantly enhances the J-16D fighter jet's ability to assist and protect other aircraft, a capability that money cannot buy.

"What do you mean, 'make a big fuss'?"

At this moment, Wang Xingguo opened the door of Laboratory No. 78, carrying a bag of cherries as he walked in, just in time to hear Lin Dong shouting "Make it as big as you can!"

"The J-16D fighter jet project is nearing completion. Looking at the project expenditure and cost list for the J-16D fighter jet, it only costs 15 billion yuan per aircraft, which is a great deal..." Lin Dong replied.

"One hundred million?"

Wang Xingguo's eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "That's too good a deal?"

"Shenyang Aircraft Corporation's proposal costs around 10 billion yuan, and the performance of a single aircraft is only half that of ours."

Lin Dong calmly replied, "Godfather, do you think it's worth it?"

"With double the performance of Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, and a 50% increase in cost... it's definitely worth it."

Upon hearing the explanation, Wang Xingguo immediately agreed and nodded in agreement.

As a veteran in the military industry, he knew that the difference in actual combat between two fighter jets with only half the performance and one fighter jet with full performance was not as simple as 1 and 2; it was at least 1 and 3 or even 1 and 4.

"These cherries just came into season. Your godmother just bought them. Take them home and eat them later," Wang Xingguo said, placing the cherries in front of Lin Dong.

"no?"

When Lin Dong saw the cherries that Wang Xingguo had placed over, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Godfather, are you really giving me cherries?"

I just received a message from Wang Xingguo asking me to come to the lab. I thought something was wrong, but to my surprise, he actually brought a bag of cherries.

"There's one more thing, the cherries are just a side note."

Wang Xingguo pulled a confidential piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Lin Dong, saying, "Headquarters has started a project: a carrier-based fixed-wing early warning aircraft and a large strategic bomber. We and Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group each have one. Which one do you think is better? I'll go and snatch it back."

"AWACS and bombers?"

Lin Dong's eyes widened in disbelief upon seeing the note: "Godfather, isn't Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) supposed to specialize in fighter jets? Early warning aircraft and bombers don't seem to fit CAC's DNA, do they?"

Although he knew about the project approvals earlier than Wang Xingguo last night, he glanced at the list of projects and, seeing no fighter jets, only lamented that life was unbearable and didn't take it to heart.

After all, early warning aircraft and bombers have always been the exclusive domain of Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group (XAC), while Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) has focused on fighter jets for decades, primarily targeting the fighter jet category.

This was established when Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) was founded in the early 20th century, and Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) provided full technical support... This can be considered as the decades-long relationship between CAC and SAC.

"Genetic incompatibility?"

Wang Xingguo's lips twitched, and he pointed to the project email on the screen that still displayed the J-16D fighter jet: "Look at the DNA of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group now, does it still look like we're dedicated to developing fighter jets? It's been corrupted by you long ago..."