In the large conference room, the curtains were drawn on the windows and the interior lights were dim. A dozen old men with four pockets sat on both sides of the long table, looking sideways at the picture reflected on the white screen on the wall.
The young researcher stood at one end of the long table and operated the projector, explaining the three-dimensional diagram that was changing on the screen. From his explanation, it should be the load-bearing analysis of the dam structure and the simulation of the reservoir's face of flood disasters.
The old men in the four pockets looked solemn, but most of them could not understand what the researchers explained. They only understood the benefits of computer simulation-saving trouble, saving money, and high reliability.
It sounds very satisfying to save months or even years of time and millions, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses.
The disadvantage is that it is necessary to cultivate more complex high-tech talents, spend great efforts to compile professional software, and spend more money on hardware research. This also involves advanced knowledge such as mathematics, physics and chemistry.
In short, the difficulties and advantages of computers are extremely prominent. The initial investment is high, but the subsequent returns are also high. In the past, because this thing was too difficult, domestic progress was slow. Now...
The researchers were still talking, but the old men's minds gradually stopped focusing on the projected screen. They whispered to each other and discussed privately.
The director of the institute was sitting at the table, smiling at another old man with an unattractive appearance:
"Old leader, we are really relying on the Holy Light to make ends meet. Even this projector was donated by others. And that scary Western computer."
The projector placed on the table is bright and the image is clear. The lens alone is extremely expensive and cannot be produced in China. It has a "Nikon" brand on it, but it always feels like it is lacking pen and paint.
The projector is connected to the PS3. The casing of the game console was removed, and the circuit board inside was completely exposed when it was brought in. The computer department was very serious about this "250 billion" gadget, and specially hired a carpenter to build a box.
Place it properly.
The PS3 is not compatible with existing storage devices, so Arcee and Sophia worked together to get an adapter to use current hard drives and floppy drives.
The institute specializes in software and hardware, and there happens to be a civil engineering simulation software that requires large amounts of data to be calculated. Even the best mainframe is not powerful, but PS3 is extremely fast.
According to the young researcher, this little thing can complete the work in a few seconds that the current mainframe computer can do in a few days. The work progress in the institute has to be greatly accelerated, and everyone has become very busy.
This thing is really addictive. After using a good product, no one is willing to return it and use junk again.
"We have lost a lot of young people over the years, and the talent pool in the institute is almost exhausted. But Holy Light is really special. It is willing to spend money and can easily offer a salary of several thousand yuan.
Recently, ministries and commissions have taken the lead, scientific research units have provided personnel, and ‘Holy Light’ has provided money and equipment, with both parties sharing the profits in half. Our institute has recently reported dozens of projects.
But in order to approve the project, 'Holy Light' actually poached our people and even poached a group of experts from abroad. A group of people we had lost in the past few years were also poached back.
The president of 'Holy Light' said he was 'recruiting high-level talents who understand the shortcomings of the system'. Those people he poached were really... and shot many of our applications.
Many old comrades in the institute are now in a frenzy and even openly scolding each other. But the harder they scold, the happier the Holy Light side will be."
The director laughed self-deprecatingly and sighed again and again, "Mr. Zhou is really bold in employing people. It's a good thing he still has money."
Hearing the comments of 'bold' and 'rich', the old leader four pockets next to him smiled mysteriously and said faintly, "That guy is really rich, no one can compare with him."
The director immediately inquired: "Aren't the bosses worried?"
The old leader shook his head slightly and sighed, "In order to attract foreign investment, we can tolerate anything. For example, 'Haicang'."
The director fell silent for a moment.
The old leader continued: "This year's GDP growth rate is expected to be 14.5%. But since the beginning of the year, 'Holy Light' has been struggling hard.
Not long ago, it was bold enough to conduct a currency swap with Maozi Commercial Bank in the name of the company, and released 200 billion RMB coins.
Since the West does not recognize our currency, the money will eventually return to China, which is equivalent to giving Maozi an interest-free loan.
We were worried that such a large sum of money would cause prices to rise out of control, but the collateral offered by the Holy Light was something we couldn't refuse.
Ministries and commissions are well prepared to take out national stocks and put them on the market.
Unexpectedly, the production and logistics organization of ‘Holy Light’ was much better than expected. The price increase was still within control, but some products were actually falling.
The current domestic situation in Maozi is very bad, and no one is using the ruble. According to reports from our overseas staff, soft currency is actually circulating in their market in large quantities.
With the money flowing out, we have acquired more than a dozen sets of heavy industrial equipment, nearly a hundred large aircraft, thousands of construction machinery, and tens of thousands of heavy trucks weighing more than ten tons. The associated benefits are unimaginable.
'Holy Light' has also acquired a lot of our bad baggage, solved a lot of triangular debt problems, saved a lot of effort from ministries and commissions, and saved tens of billions of dollars. The economic guy above is already focusing on studying 'Holy Light'
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It is now July, and the statistics for the first half of the year have not yet been released. But even conservative estimates suggest that this year's GDP growth will exceed 20 percent.
Even the statement above has changed. If there are two or three more ‘Holy Lights’, the country’s economy will definitely be able to survive the current difficulties. So, if ‘Haicang’ can endure it, who will touch the ‘Holy Lights’?”
The old leader's words conveyed the message from above and dispelled the director's doubts. The two of them looked at each other and laughed happily. However, the young researcher who had been explaining everything finished his report and shared his doubts with the old men present.
"This computer codenamed 'CELL' is indeed powerful, beyond imagination. But according to the scientific and technological information we tracked abroad, this computer is too powerful."
The young researcher wants to discuss from a scientific perspective whether it is possible to build the "Holy Light" supercomputer with current technology.
But after the report, the lights in the conference room were turned on, the curtains were opened, and the focus of the "four pockets" old men was not technology at all.
The old leader who talked to the director did not understand technology. He only asked the young researcher: "Is there a big gap between us and foreign countries in semiconductors?"
"It is indeed very big. We are too far behind." The young researcher had to admit. But he still pointed to the computer on the table unconvinced, "But this one is too big."
The old leader immediately said with a straight face, "Young man, please show leniency to the enemy. The enemy will not fail to tell us all his secrets.
The United States has manned a manned landing on the moon 20 or 30 years ago, and its 100,000-ton aircraft carriers are flying all over the world. It is normal that it has some unimaginable technologies. Now that the facts are before you, do you want to deny it?"
The 'Apollo Project' was indeed the pinnacle of achievement, and no one could surpass it.
The young researcher suddenly became short of breath and had to lower his head and admit that perhaps he was not imaginative enough and failed to anticipate that the enemy was so powerful that he could not understand it.
The old leader stared at the 'game console' in the wooden box and said solemnly: "We also need to have such a supercomputer, and even surpass it and be better than it."
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