Genius is just the threshold for me!

"Brothers and sisters, the show hosted by the Director last week has taken off! Lately, a bunch of people have been checking the US population data..."

June 14th, Saturday, the milk tea shop across from the residential area.

Apart from Xia Ran, who was taking the high school entrance exam, Lin Dong and the others booked the entire milk tea shop and hid inside to escape the sweltering heat outside while enjoying the air conditioning.

Holding his phone, Li Tao excitedly exclaimed, "Now everyone online is saying that the Director is going to be deified, and that one episode will expose all the Americans' secrets!"

"...Li Tao!"

Listening to Li Tao's loud and boisterous manner, Su Yue couldn't help but complain, "You've said it four times this month, and you're still saying it."

"Did I say it that many times?" Li Tao was stunned for a moment, then asked with wide eyes.

No! You didn't!

Su Yue rolled her eyes speechlessly, her face full of disdain, and said, "And didn't you say before that the Director was a traitor and not a good person? How come you're saying he's been deified now?"

"Who I was in the past doesn't define who I am now!"

Li Tao said solemnly, "I misunderstood the Director before. He has been bearing heavy burdens and enduring criticism for our development..."

"Brother Tao has discovered the truth."

Lin Dong, who was drinking milk tea, gave a thumbs up when he heard Li Tao's words.

As they spoke...

At the intersection not far from the milk tea shop, Xia Ran walked over alone, holding an umbrella to shield herself from the sun.

"Wow—Kaoxin is back!"

Upon seeing Xia Ran, Su Yue cheered and waved, then jumped off her chair to offer her a cup of mango milk tea and a small gift box. Her face full of excitement and curiosity, she asked, "Xia Ran, how was it? Did the exam go well? Were you nervous?"

"It was alright, it went smoothly, I wasn't too nervous."

Xia Ran accepted the milk tea and gift, took a sip, and smiled, "Thank you for the milk tea and gift, Yueyue. I like the mango flavor."

"Ranran, congratulations."

Xu Qingling handed over a gift box and happily congratulated her, "Have you finished your junior high school years!"

"Thank you, you'll be graduating next year too." Xia Ran accepted the gift.

"The high school entrance exam is over, and there's about a three-month vacation..."

Huang Qingyao walked over and took out a small gift she had prepared, asking with equal curiosity, "How are you planning to spend this time?"

"I'll stay home and read books. When summer vacation starts, my grandparents will also be on vacation, so I'll go back to my hometown with my mom. We didn't go back for Chinese New Year."

Xia Ran briefly explained her arrangements. Her grandfather was a security guard at the local town's primary school, and his holiday schedule was almost the same as theirs.

The long-awaited Kao Xing is back.

The girls chatted for a while, and then everyone started to leave and head back.

Lin Dong and Xu Qingling parted ways at the entrance of the residential area. Lin Dong, still holding a half-finished cup of milk tea, strolled over to Laboratory No. 78.

After entering his password and fingerprint to open the door, a blast of cold air hit him. Lin Dong went inside, sat down, and logged into his email on his computer.

Just then, the workers in the next workshop seemed to hear the noise, and Wang Xingguo and Lin Weiliang pushed open the door and came over.

"...Dad, Godfather, why aren't you two chief engineers at work? What are you doing squatting next door watching me?"

Lin Dong turned his chair around and saw the two of them. He paused for a moment, then asked curiously, "Is there any follow-up on the biological project?"

"There's a follow-up: just as predicted, Europe has started increasing tariffs."

Wang Xingguo shook his head and continued, "However, Desert Camel has received an order with a minimum guarantee of 500 billion US dollars, plus an annual maintenance fee of 10 billion US dollars, but they require you to personally negotiate with your father."

"Desert camels? And a $500 billion guarantee..."

Lin Dong paused for a moment, then looked at Lin Weiliang curiously: "Dad, what do they want to talk to you about? What kind of arms order does Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group have with such an outrageous amount?"

Camels are a familiar sight and a regular customer in China.

Leaving aside Xingdong Company's aerial drones from a few years ago, back in the 1980s, they also had a single order for 35 ballistic missiles, each costing 100 million yuan. This single order exceeded the company's total foreign exchange earnings for the entire year, which can be described as a huge sponsorship.

Although Camel likes to bet on both sides, or rather, throw money around in both, it is technically a good friend of China.

After all, they are willing to keep ballistic missiles in their own home, and entrust the maintenance and management of the missiles to domestic dispatch companies, for which they will pay an additional $150 billion in long-term maintenance costs.

It's hard to say that a desert tycoon who would entrust his life to someone like this isn't a good friend.

Even if it's a good friend, it's still a bit scary to suddenly throw in 500 billion US dollars, plus 10 billion US dollars in maintenance costs every year.

"It's not weapons."

Lin Weiliang continued, saying earnestly, "They want to transplant the current pilot model from Chengdu there, using drones, robotic dogs, pet robots, unmanned new energy vehicles, AI assistants, and so on, to build an AI sci-fi city."

"Building a sci-fi city?"

Lin Dong's mind raced: "Camel wants to develop tourism, learning from the Dubai model?"

"That should be the plan. After all, the oil underground will run out sooner or later, and Camel has been trying to find another way all these years."

Lin Weiliang nodded: "In addition, during this period our new industrial chain is being targeted, so any order they place is considered an investment."

"Then let them come over and talk."

Lin Dong nodded: "This will serve as a pilot project for our future core system of the city. I'll take some time to work on it."

Given the current situation in China, a pilot project in Chengdu would be the best-case scenario for an AI-powered sci-fi city; it's unlikely to be widely implemented in the short term.

After all, there is still a large working population in China who need to work in low-end industries to make a living.

Without external competition and crises, it's impossible to rapidly promote AI robots and create futuristic sci-fi cities.

"Then I agree."

Lin Weiliang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Lin Dong agree.

To build a sci-fi city, the most important thing is not the external hardware, but the core algorithm of the system.

While he could manage to work on such a massive algorithm, the War Skull System wouldn't have the resources to keep up with the processing.

"Godfather, what's the latest news from the Americans?"

After discussing the camel matter with Lin Weiliang, Lin Dong looked at Wang Xingguo and asked, "Is the smear campaign from last time just going to end like this?"

"There was no follow-up, and we didn't take any further action."

Wang Xingguo nodded: "But in other aspects, they are still the same old thing."

"They're using economic and industrial pressure tactics in conjunction with allies, making direct contact to probe the waters, and there's also a high-level official's secret visit to the neighboring Eastern power. What could they possibly be planning next..."

"Is a major Eastern power stirring up trouble?"

Lin Dong's expression suddenly became very strange. In his memory, he could recall that this had indeed happened in the past two years.

But now that there are a bunch of robotic dogs at the sentry post, would they still dare to cause trouble?

"Possibly, after all, we can't understand the way people think next door."

Wang Xingguo sighed slightly as he said this: "This time, the think tank underestimated that biotechnology. It was so attractive to them. We didn't expect them to go so crazy all of a sudden."

External intelligence from the National Security Bureau indicates that their domestic biological laboratories have recently begun operating around the clock, and the biotech sector in the stock market is also experiencing a surge.

"That's crazy?"

Lin Dong was also surprised. After thinking seriously for a moment, he said solemnly, "They probably think this technology can break through the lifespan limit. For them, the temptation of lifespan is too great..."

In contrast to China, capital operates within a system, which in turn has a retirement age limit.

In foreign capitalist systems, those who control related capital can maintain immense wealth and power as long as they are alive.

In this context, a completely new super biotechnology has emerged abroad. Although it is still extracellular research and does not yet involve intracellular lifespan technology.

But through analysis, there is hope for further development of this technology, or rather, the developers of the technology have the potential to break through the forbidden zone of life... In such a situation, it is natural to go crazy.

"Never mind them, we have contingency plans for these attacks, and the higher-ups have ways to deal with them."

Wang Xingguo smiled and said, "Let them slowly find the developers of this biological project... Anyway, Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group is a company that deals with aircraft, and we don't even have a biological laboratory."

After being watched for so many years, I can finally relax a bit.

According to intelligence from the National Security Bureau, with this biological program drawing fire, the enemy's attention to Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) has almost continuously plummeted.

Not to mention that the WZ-8 reconnaissance aircraft that was recently exposed has not made any moves, even the number of Chengdu spies' activities has dropped by more than 80%, with a large amount of resources being transferred to other places.

This made Wang Xingguo feel relaxed, the air felt fresher, and his mood improved.