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[Wang Xingguo]: At 3:50 p.m., all core members of the project team gathered in the conference room to discuss recent project management issues.

After finalizing the study session, Wang Xingguo looked up the enemy's satellite timetable.

Unable to find a suitable time for tomorrow, I had to change the time to the afternoon and sent the meeting request with my laptop.

"Xiao Dong, is the WS-15 engine for the Emei project all set up?" After confirming that the email had been sent successfully, Wang Xingguo suddenly remembered something and asked Lin Dong.

"Uncle Jiao sent an email yesterday, and this morning was the fourteenth assembly. There shouldn't be any problems."

Lin Dong peeled a melon seed and popped it into his mouth. He looked at Wang Xingguo and said, "If it's finished, summarize the experience in a few days. My godfather needs to take some time off before the New Year to go on a business trip and give a report."

The mass production plan for the WS-15 engine is currently a small-scale pilot project for industrial upgrading through intelligent manufacturing. From the time Lin Dong proposed the plan to now, more than half a year has passed.

Apart from having no experience at the beginning of adjusting the processing and production mode, I couldn't find a way to proceed in the first three production runs. But I gradually figured out the tricks of the trade when I started assembling the fourth production run.

Subsequently, the production of a batch of parts was maintained at a rate of almost every half month, the assembly of a WS-15 engine was carried out every half month, and an upgrade was completed every half month.

After the previous thirteen trial production runs, the total cost, including factory equipment upgrades, has exceeded 3 billion yuan.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the fourteenth WS-15 turbofan engine will be operational and roll off the production line tonight.

"Can."

Wang Xingguo was also aware that the mass production of the WS-15 engine had become a pilot project for industrial upgrading.

Hearing that it could be completed tonight, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes smoothed out, and he smiled and said, "I'll take Jiao Gong with me then, so he can broaden his horizons and not be like a country bumpkin."

The successful mass production of the WS-15 engine signifies that this intelligent manufacturing industrial upgrade model has been successfully implemented.

Such an important matter must be reported before the end of the year.

This way, when the work meeting is held at the beginning of the new year, the planning and promotion can be put on the agenda.

Otherwise, once some directions are set at the beginning of the year, relevant resources are mobilized, and the interests of all parties begin to become intertwined, reporting back at that time will create additional obstacles for the whole matter.

Although this resistance cannot stop the overwhelming trend in the face of the strategic plan for industrial upgrading, it is certainly worthwhile to reduce internal friction.

"Xiao Dong, who should take on this engine replacement project for the J-20 fighter jet?"

When Wang Xingguo confirmed that the WS-15 engine could be mass-produced, he immediately thought of the J-20 fighter jet's replacement project.

Although the WS-15 engine has entered mass production, there is still a series of ground tests, high-altitude tests, debugging and optimization, which will take another year to a year and a half.

But now that we have the performance parameters for mass production, the fighter jet upgrade and improvement projects can be carried out in parallel.

After all, fighter jets are now being fitted with new engines, not cars.

Once the car engine is installed and secured, and all the pipes and control levers are connected, there are no other problems.

Modern fighter jets all use the FADEC system, which is used to take over the entire status of the engine and the flight attitude of the aircraft, as well as to receive the pilot's operating commands.

Replacing the engine requires rewriting the FADEC system and flight control system.

In addition, the new engine differs from the original engine in terms of air intake, exhaust pipe, weight, center of gravity, structural dimensions, power, and heat generation, requiring major modifications and adjustments to the fighter jet's structure and systems.

The entire replacement project may not be that large in scale, but the technical complexity is by no means simpler than redesigning a completely new fighter jet.

"Godfather, come on over."

Lin Dong shook his head and said with a smile, "I'll just take a look."

He knew the significance of the J-20 fighter jet to Wang Xingguo and Xu Ziming, the generation of pilots who had become pilots.

Because of the engine's heart problems, the J-20 project has become a regret for almost everyone in recent years. Since it is a regret, it would be best to let them make up for it themselves.

"good!"

Wang Xingguo clapped his hands and excitedly replied, "We'll try to complete the heart surgery within two years, or even a year and a half. Xiao Dong, please keep an eye on things then."

Although the WZ-8 and J-16D projects were completed in less than a year, this was just Lin Dong playing the game on someone else's account.

Now that it's his turn to personally take charge as chief engineer, Wang Xingguo no longer dares to confidently claim that he can get it done in a few months.

Even if it's just an engine replacement project, he believes that completing it in two years would be a great achievement.

"We should have news from Uncle Jiao by noon. Once this is confirmed, you can tell him during the meeting this afternoon, Godfather."

However, it's important to emphasize that the J-20 upgrade project should proceed gradually and slowly. The focus should be on learning and honing skills, with project progress as a secondary concern. Otherwise, you'll expose your shortcomings.

Lin Dong smiled and gave a reminder.

Although Wang Xingguo is the chief engineer of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) No. 001, he is the most technically skilled and best in project management among all current employees of CAC.

Strictly speaking, however, the J-20 replacement project was Chief Engineer Wang Xingguo's first major project.

Before this, Yang was the chief engineer of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC). After Yang took sick leave, Wang Xingguo took over as the chief engineer for several years. During this time, CAC focused on optimizing and improving the J-20 fighter jet and did not launch any major projects.

When headquarters sent a project request for Wuzhen-8, in order to train him, they directly asked him to boost the account again.

This is also due to the fact that Wang Xingguo did his homework in advance, memorized the paper, and used bone conduction headphones to correct the problem online.

There is little reason for the entire Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC), including its adversaries, to doubt Wang Xingguo's extraordinary performance as chief engineer of the WZ-8 reconnaissance aircraft and the J-16D fighter jet.

Previously, Wang Xingguo was only the second-in-command and was under the command of Engineer Yang. No one knew the actual competence of the chief engineer in charge of the project.

Thus, when Wang Xingguo pulls out his first paper, he can explain the problem clearly and concisely at offline conferences, providing a detailed and thorough analysis of the challenges.

Aside from exclaiming that Engineer Wang was simply a superman, a late-blooming chief engineer, no one would even consider the possibility that Wang Xingguo's position had been taken over.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

Wang Xingguo then patted his chest and made a guarantee.

It's impossible for him to complete the J-20 replacement project in a few months, but it's easy for him to come up with a reason or an excuse.

"So, Qingling and I are going out to play. Godfather, you should prepare your speech for tomorrow's meeting."

Lin Dong nodded, then stood up, pulled Xu Qingling aside, said goodbye to Wang Xingguo and Su Ruohua, and walked towards the laboratory together.

"Dongdong, what are we going to the lab for?" The two walked out of the residential area, and Xu Qingling held Lin Dong's hand. When they could no longer see anyone else around, she asked with a puzzled expression.

"My uncle's AI chips have entered mass production, which can be used to do some interesting things and verify some ideas."

Lin Dong smiled and said, "I just happened to have prepared a small gift for you."

"AI chip, that's interesting..." Xu Qingling asked with delight, "What is it?"

"You'll find out soon..."

Lin Dong smiled, led Xu Qingling into Laboratory 78, took a printed assembly diagram, and then dragged out two large boxes from the room inside the laboratory.

"A flying pet robot that hasn't even been assembled yet!"

Lin Dong opened the box, revealing the flying robot parts inside, and then handed the blueprints to Xu Qingling.

"Flying pet robot..."

Xu Qingling looked down into the box, and when she saw the 35-centimeter-long, almost one-piece molded robot body and small head in different colors, all of which were super cute cartoonish, her eyes immediately lit up, and she exclaimed in surprise.

"Wow, Dongdong, isn't he/she so cute?"

"It has a follow mode, a personality learning module, and its voice interaction and command recognition performance is several times that of a robotic dog. It can also navigate by recognizing characters..."

Lin Dong briefly introduced the functions, and said with a smile, "A robot that is completely out of place with Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's atmosphere and business, and can only act cute."

Before this, almost everything he designed was for military weapons.

Even their current mechanical dog pet, Wangcai, was originally designed to collect training data for combat mechanical dogs.

This pet flying robot is the only one that is 100% pet-themed, and it has no weapon function whatsoever.

"Yes, Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group also has a small portion of its business in commercial aircraft..."

Xu Qingling squatted down, picked up a small cartoon head, then held up an antenna above her head, exclaiming in surprise, "So cute!"

But I watched it for a while.

She noticed many identical but different colored parts in the box, and as if she had discovered something, she counted them and looked at Lin Dong: "Dongdong, how come there are eight robots here?"

"Comrade Lin Weiliang was afraid of being embarrassed, so he insisted on making eight sets, one for each of our comrades..."

Lin Dong smiled and recounted the story of how Lin Weiliang was chased by his colleagues after the last incident with the Wangcai mechanical dog, who kept asking if he was afraid his daughter-in-law would run away.

"Pfft—"

Xu Qingling couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, her ears turning slightly red. "Uncle Lin's personality makes it a bit difficult for him to be kept asking questions..."

Done.

Xu Qingling took out the parts and cheered, "Let's start assembling!"

"We'll pick out our own set of colors and accessories... Send a message to Huang Qingyao and the others to come over later."

As Lin Dong spoke, he squatted down and began to assemble the parts.

Compared to mechanical dogs, which have complex movement mechanisms, flying pet robots are much simpler.

Apart from a mechanism responsible for nodding and turning the head, there is a pair of more complex wings, but most of the other body parts are molded as one piece.

Once the motor, wings, protective cover, camera, display screen, waterproof strips, battery, motherboard, speaker, microphone, antenna, and voiceprint recognition module are installed, the aircraft will be ready.

Then connect the corresponding power cords and signal cables... The total number of all parts, including screws, is less than 150.

"Alright, now that we've installed the antenna, we can start flashing the system."

Lin Dong was in charge of assembling, and Xu Qingling was in charge of finding parts. The two of them worked for more than ten minutes.

Connect the last two coaxial signal cables and insert the antenna with the waterproof rubber ring into the antenna hole on the robot's head.

No screws or welding are needed; it just slides in with a click and locks in place automatically.

This is the end.

A pet robot, 34 centimeters tall, with a pure white body adorned with blue light strips, a pair of adjustable and retractable slanted rotors on both sides of its body, and a high-definition display screen with two small antennae on its head, appeared in front of the two people.

Because the motherboard had the flight control program and intelligent system pre-flashed.

Lin Dong directly activated the voiceprint recording function, recording his voiceprint and facial recognition just like the Wangcai mechanical dog, and then restarted the robot.

hum-

The two wings unfolded.

The next second, the motor started, and the pet robot flew up with the airflow, hovering nimbly in front of Xu Qingling.

"Hello, madam, I'm Xiaobai, it's a pleasure to meet you..."

"Why does its voice have an inflection?"

Upon hearing this voice, Xu Qingling looked at Lin Dong with some surprise.

Although Wangcai can speak and interact with language, its voice is a standard electronic voice, without any emotion or personality.

"Because I have integrated a personality learning module, and I also have an emotional interaction module. I am a robot that can have its own personality and emotions..."

Before Lin Dong could answer, Xiao Bai took the initiative to explain, even flying around in the air to express his happiness and excitement.

"not bad……"

Seeing this, Lin Dong's eyes showed a hint of satisfaction.

Although this pet robot has no weapon function, its role and value are no less than those of mechanical dogs or even other strategic equipment.

Because the personality module and the emotional interaction module are universal, they can be adapted to various different robots.

If the evolution and iteration of this AI personality module and emotional interaction module proceed as he envisions, it will create a consumer market worth no less than one trillion.

At that point, the economic base will determine the superstructure, and he'll have the money to build a spaceship if he wants...