Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 176
The following discussions on the development of civil aviation aircraft, intelligent robots, and electric flying cars did not go so smoothly.

The feasibility report that Zhong Cheng needs to submit now is not only about the technical solution, but also must consider the social effects brought about by this scientific research project.

In the past, he could ignore the impact of a scientific research project on related industrial chains, personnel employment, environmental protection, and even social ethics.

But now that he is in his position, he has to learn to think about it.

These three projects will bring about huge changes to the social status quo, especially the impact of the intelligent robot project on employment issues.

Everyone is arguing endlessly about these issues, and no one can convince anyone.

Zhong Cheng had to stop the discussion in this area first, and let everyone focus on the technical feasibility first.

However, when it came to the technical research and development of the civil aviation aircraft project, it reached an impasse.

The idealists headed by Yang Xi and Lin Wei believe that to build civil aviation aircraft, it is necessary to build the largest and most advanced civil aviation aircraft, suppressing Airbus and Boeing.

At present, the largest civil aviation aircraft is the Airbus A380 (Airbus A380), which can carry 575 passengers and has a range of 15200 kilometers. It is known as the Big Mac in the sky.

If all the single-cabin mode of economy class is used, it can carry more than 850 people at most, which is not ordinary!It can be installed very much!

The basic A380 has a total length of 72.75 m, a height of 24.09 m, a wingspan of 79.75 m, and a maximum take-off weight of 578 tons.

Yang Xi said that if equipped with more than 10 large-scale Zhurong electric thrusters with a propulsion force of 50 tons, and with a runway less than 1000 meters long, he can send a super-large civil aviation aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of 1000 tons to the sky.

It can carry more than 1500 people at one time, completely crushing existing civil aviation models.

Moreover, the cruising speed of the A380 is only Mach 0.85, and the maximum cruising speed is Mach 0.89.

The speed of the ultra-large civil aviation aircraft we want is at least about Mach 2.

The practical faction headed by Jiang Yan, Li Mei, and Gui Bin believes that there is no need to compare the size and speed of the aircraft with others, which will cause the cost to rise sharply and lose the market competitiveness.

They believe that the biggest advantage of electric-powered civil aviation aircraft is cost.

Finally, the Balance School, represented by Zhao Wei, Liu Yuzhu and others, said that it can manufacture all-inclusive civil aviation aircraft from small, medium, large to super large, and fully seize the civil aviation market.

However, the views of the balanced school were strongly attacked by the practical school, who believed that manufacturing so many types of aircraft would cause a significant increase in the difficulty and cost of manufacturing, and they were afraid that the bamboo basket would be empty.

The conference room was once again in chaos. Although Zhong Cheng was happy to see everyone expressing their opinions, it was not an option to make a noise in the vegetable market.

We had to temporarily suspend the discussion of this project and move on to the next project.

In the discussion of intelligent robots, everyone is caught in the debate of military use first or civilian use first.

The technology of military intelligent robots is much more difficult, but it can avoid social problems, and the improvement of China's military power is also very significant.

The technical difficulty of civil intelligent robots is small, but it has a great impact on the employment problem, especially the employment problem of manual laborers who lack professional skills.

Qin Huaiyu pointed out that the neurosensing technology in military mecha technology is only a theory at present, and it is too far from practicality.

You can't expect the mech pilot to still use the control panel to control the movement of the mech in the mech.

In simple terms, neurosensing technology is how to enable the nerve cells in the human brain to establish a "dialogue" with external mechanical devices.

This "dialogue" is two-way. On the one hand, the human brain can send commands to the movement of various parts of the body through sensors, and at the same time convey them to the control system of the external mechanical device.

On the other hand, the information received by external devices such as video, audio, and chemical sensors is uploaded to the brain.

The breakthrough of this technology can not only be used for military mechs, allowing people to manipulate mechas like fingers and arms, but also can be used for "prosthetic limb" implantation technology of human organs.

This is another way for human beings to achieve "immortality".

Ye Wenxin quickly stopped Qin Wenyu's impromptu speech.

In the end, the discussion on the electric flying car has less disagreement, and the technical difficulty is the least. As long as the country makes a plan in terms of air traffic rules, it is the easiest to implement.

However, some people still have questions about whether the electric flying car should be manned or unmanned.

There is a view that people driving electric flying cars to fly over cities will bring great insecurity to city residents.

Zhong Cheng looked at his watch, it was already 6 o'clock, the meeting started at 2 o'clock, and it had been going on for 4 hours.

It's time to get off work.

Except for the lithium extraction from Qinghai Salt Lake, none of the other projects have been negotiated.

If the discussion continues, there will be endless debates. He announced the adjournment of the meeting and asked everyone to go down and think about it separately.

The Golden Crow Project is over, and the new project has not yet started, so it's rare for everyone to relax, and Zhong Cheng also leaves work on time.

Back home, parents and Director Zhao were still preparing dinner, Ye Wenxin went to help, and he took care of Xiao Zhongxin in the lobby.

Little Zhong Xin is almost 1 year old and has already learned to be called "brother".

He was fat and chubby, and was very cute. He fell down after walking a few steps on the carpet in the hall, got up and walked again.

I had a great time playing by myself, and I didn't need Zhong Cheng to take care of me at all.

Zhong Cheng frowned, thinking about the three projects, feeling very troubled.

It's better to be a child now, who can enjoy the joy of childhood without any worries.

When you grow up, you must assume the responsibilities of your family and society.

This is how the Chinese nation is passed down from generation to generation.

With the hard work of my generation, Zhong Xin's generation should live a completely different life.

"Still thinking about the meeting?"

Ye Wenxin was kicked out of the kitchen by Zhong's mother. She sat beside Zhong Cheng and looked at him with concern.

"Oh, when there are few people, I want more people, but when there are more people, there are more ideas. It is too difficult to unify the ideas!"

"Hehe, you are too idealistic. It is impossible to unify the ideas of more than 100 people. Humans are not machines."

Ye Wenxin said with a smile, and she went on to say: "Proper democracy is needed, but centralization is also needed."

Zhong Cheng nodded, "Well, I know this, but I can't be too arbitrary. I still need to listen to everyone's opinions on major issues."

"I'll call the team leaders together to discuss it later. We can't waste too much time at this stage."

Democracy and centralization have been a pair of contradictions in management since ancient times, as small as a family, as large as a country.

Both absolute democracy and absolute centralization will cause problems, but to find a balance between democracy and centralization, this will test the level of leaders.

In fact, Zhong Cheng is now just like the toddler Zhong Xin, who is also stumbling.

But with time, they will all grow up!
(End of this chapter)