The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

The next morning, Lin Zhiyuan arrived at the gate of the National Defense Science and Technology Bureau in advance. As soon as the car stopped, an officer came out and guided the driver Zhao Hongyu to park the car to the designated location.

The officer politely asked Zhao Hongyu and Liao Jinsheng to go to the designated place to rest. After being reformed, Liao Jinsheng was much more well-behaved. He also knew that this place was very important, so he followed him obediently.

Lin Zhiyuan followed the officer into the office building alone.

Lin Zhiyuan was taken to a separate office. Not long after, Wen Zepu pushed the door open and walked in. "Director Lin, we meet again. You came early enough!"

Lin Zhiyuan smiled, "Director Wen has given an order, so I must respond positively!"

The two men were old acquaintances. After shaking hands and exchanging greetings, Wen Zepu directly took out a confidentiality agreement and asked Lin Zhiyuan to sign it.

While writing his name, Lin Zhiyuan asked, "Director Wen, what's the matter this time?"

"Satellite navigation!" Sure enough, the answer given by Wen Zepu was the same as Lin Zhiyuan expected.

"Besides me, who else will be attending the meeting?"

"In addition to your Electronics Technology Group, there is also the Shenzhou Aviation Electronics Group, two other academicians, and some researchers from the previous navigation system R&D team."

Lin Zhiyuan knew what was going on.

The two academicians mentioned by Wen Zepu should be Academician Chen and Academician Yang. They can be said to be the fathers of Shenzhou satellite navigation.

Since Lin Zhiyuan arrived early and the others had not arrived yet, Wen Zepu chatted with him for a while.

From Wen Zepu, Lin Zhiyuan learned the general content of today's meeting. Since 1994, my country's satellite navigation system construction has officially started. In 2000, two geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites were launched, and the No. 2 satellite navigation system was completed and put into use. The completion of the No. satellite navigation system took the first exploratory step and initially met the positioning, navigation, and timing needs of Shenzhou and surrounding areas.

The No. 1 satellite navigation system has been completed, and top leaders are now studying whether to continue building the satellite navigation system, so today's meeting is taking place.

After the two chatted for a while, the time was almost up, and Lin Zhiyuan followed Wen Zepu to the meeting room.

There were already seven or eight people sitting in the conference room, and Lin Zhiyuan saw Jin Kun as soon as he entered.

"Director Lin!"

"Mr. Jin, I guess you will come too." Jin Kun's major is satellites, and he is also a member of the No. 1 navigation system research and development team. It is not surprising that he appears here.

The two chatted in low voices for a while, and then Mr. Xiong from Shenzhou Aviation Electronics Group walked in.

Some time ago, at the founding ceremony of China Electronics Technology Group, Mr. Xiong was a guest present and met Lin Zhiyuan once. The two shook hands and exchanged greetings.

"Director Lin, now you are here too. We will have more opportunities to interact with each other in the future."

"I am a junior in this area, Mr. Xiong, please give me more guidance!"

Soon, the door opened again, and two white-haired old men walked in accompanied by everyone.

As soon as the two old men appeared, everyone in the room stood up. They were Academician Chen and Academician Yang, the designers of the Shenzhou Satellite Navigation System.

As early as 1983, Academician Chen proposed the use of two geostationary orbit satellites to achieve regional navigation functions. In 1989, Shenzhou used communication satellites to conduct experiments and verified its feasibility. Subsequent satellite navigation experiments were based on this plan. Academician Chen can definitely be regarded as a pioneer and founder of the satellite navigation system.

Academician Yang is the chief designer of the No.1 satellite navigation system and participated in the entire process of system demonstration design, engineering construction and organizational management.

These two can be regarded as the pillars of the Shenzhou satellite navigation system. Following behind them are several officials, among whom a director named Sun is the administrative director.

Now that everyone is present, the meeting officially begins.

Wen Zepu gave a brief speech, and then each participant introduced themselves.

The others were all from the previous satellite navigation system R&D team and knew each other. Only Lin Zhiyuan was attending such a meeting for the first time, so when he stood up, everyone in the conference room focused their attention on him.

"Hello everyone, my name is Lin Zhiyuan, I am the chairman of Shenzhou Electronics Technology Group, and I am very honored to attend this meeting..."

After Lin Zhiyuan finished his introduction, Wen Zepu took the initiative to add a few more words for him, "Chairman Lin was previously a member of the leadership team of Gegang Group. When he was at Gegang, Chairman Lin had participated in military projects. I met him at that time, so Chairman Lin is completely trustworthy."

Director Sun looked at Lin Zhiyuan several times and said with a smile: "I know that Chairman Lin was a member of the large-scale working committee before, right? Let's welcome Chairman Lin with warm applause."

Applause broke out, and Lin Zhiyuan hurriedly said a few humble words.

After the introduction, Director Sun stood up and took over the meeting.

"Hello everyone. The main reason I called you all here this time is that the No. 1 satellite navigation system has been developed and I want to hear your opinions on the No. 2 system."

In the casual chat with Wen Zepu just now, Lin Zhiyuan learned that the No. 1 satellite navigation system mainly targets the domestic and surrounding areas, while the No. 2 system covers the entire Asia-Pacific region.

There is a big difference between the two. The No. 1 satellite navigation system consists of only three satellites, while the No. 2 system requires fourteen satellites to be fully built. In terms of scale, funding and technical content, the two are incomparable.

After Director Sun finished speaking, he respectfully said to Academician Chen and Academician Yang: "Two Academicians, I have another piece of news. Europe has decided to develop its own satellite navigation system, named the Galileo system. Just a few days ago, Europe contacted my country and wanted to invite us to develop it together. Several leaders would like to hear your opinions first. After all, you are all experts in satellite navigation."

Academician Chen and Academician Yang looked at each other and said, "Director Sun, let's let everyone speak first!"

From this small detail, we can see that these two people are more cautious.

"Well, let's talk about it first! Just chat and tell us what you really think."

So, starting with Jin Kun and several other members of the research and development team who had participated in the No. 1 satellite navigation system, everyone expressed their opinions.

"As we all know, there are two mature satellite navigation systems in the world, one is the GPS system of the United States, and the other is the GLONASS system of the Russian Bear." An older member of the R&D team was the first to stand up and speak. "These two systems have each launched more than 20 satellites. Both in terms of quantity and technology, they are superior to our country. Since Europe is preparing to develop a satellite navigation system, my opinion is that we should participate in it. After all, Europe's talent and technology reserves are significantly higher than our country's."

"I agree! It has been seven years since our No. 1 satellite navigation system was launched, and we have only launched two satellites. At this rate, it will be a long time before we can fully realize the No. 2 system. Now that Europe has taken the initiative to seek cooperation with us, this is a great thing..."

Hearing this argument prevail, Wen Zepu felt a little anxious and stood up. "Everyone said very well, but from the perspective of national defense, I think we should have a more rigorous argument. After all, the satellite navigation system is closely related to the military. Will there be security issues if we develop it together with other countries?"

Everyone started discussing it, and finally two camps were formed. One was actively supporting cooperation with Europe in developing a new satellite navigation system, and the other was the national defense faction represented by Wen Zepu. They did not openly oppose it, but repeatedly emphasized that since it involved national defense, they must be cautious.

Seeing that everyone had finished the discussion, only the newcomer Lin Zhiyuan was left. Director Sun looked at him with a smile and said, "Director Lin, what is your opinion?"

Lin Zhiyuan stood up without hesitation and said, "Director Sun, scientists present here, my opinion is different from yours. I firmly oppose cooperating with any country to develop a satellite navigation system. This system can only be developed independently by ourselves. We cannot trust any other country or organization."

Everyone could hear that Lin Zhiyuan had strong emotions when he said this.