The Lineforte Building is located in the very center of the entire urban area of Luray. It can be said that its presence is much stronger than the Marquis Rogner's Mansion that actually rules the city. People often misunderstand that Luray is the Marquis Rogner's Mansion.
The final decision is made by the Lineforte Group.
Ling had visited the military factory affiliated to the Lineforte Group before, and this was her first time entering this office building. On the first floor of the lobby, there were various models displayed, including guided cars, guided trains, and military tanks.
As well as airships, these are the flagship products of the Lineforte Group.
The middle-aged man who came to greet him was named Dalton. He is the property management director of the entire Linefort building. He is independent of the various business departments of the group. He is somewhat like a retainer of the Linefort family. Although he did not receive a title, he
The richest family is even better than the aristocratic family in every aspect.
After handing over his business card, Dalton confirmed Ling's meeting through the main station's wiring.
"The president is waiting for you upstairs, please come with me."
The chairman's room of Linefort Head Office is located on the 23rd floor of the building. In addition to the chairman's room, this floor also has a VIP lounge and a conference room.
When Ling walked into the president's room, Irina Lineforte happened to hang up the Guidance Communication in her hand.
"It's finally time to show up, Dr. Astley. It's been almost a few months since we last saw each other."
"Correction, it's not a Ph.D., that's just what they yelled at. I'm still a doctoral student and haven't received a formal degree."
"That's just a matter of process. Then shall I call you Miss Ling?"
"President, just call me Ling. I'm not much older than your daughter." In fact, in terms of actual age, Alyssa is several years older than Ling. The older one is the age listed in Ling's fake identity.
Irina took Ling to the VIP lounge. In the room, Sharon had prepared black tea and snacks. Behind Sharon, there was a little guy with twin ponytails hiding behind the chair.
"Alyssa, stop messing around and go to the meeting room to read."
"Oh~~"
After being scolded by her mother, the blond little Loli reluctantly walked out of the room. But when she looked at Ling, she could not hide her curiosity. What on earth was this "little sister" who looked not much older than her?
Where are people?
To be precise, this was the first time Ling saw Alyssa in reality. Before that, she only had the grown-up portrait in the plot and some trivial things she heard from Sharon.
"It made you laugh."
"It's okay. Little Alyssa is really cute."
After some social rhetoric, Irina went straight to the topic.
"Ling, are you willing to become the honorary consultant of our Lineforte Group?"
The so-called honorary consultant is a false title in the company. The honorary consultant does not bear any responsibility for the company and does not have any responsibilities in the company. In layman's terms, it is a think tank hired by the company. The person who holds the honorary consultant does not need to work in the company.
Only come if there is a problem, and the salary will be paid as usual. This is basically the status quo.
"Just like Dr. G Schmidt, we only need to give us the technical support we can to the best of our ability when necessary."
The concept of hiring well-known scholars as consultants is still a relatively new concept in the industry, and the Lineforte Group is trying to be at the forefront of the times in various systems.
"...In return, our Lineforte Group will also truly promote your invention. Just like my father and former president Gunn at the time replaced the steam train with the guided train, which in turn changed the entire Ereboni
The transportation model of the Asian Empire..."
Irina listed the benefits of working for the Lineforte Group one by one. After listening to the beauty's eloquent sales pitch, Ling took a sip of tea and asked a question that was completely unrelated to the current conversation.
"President, you should know that I am a member of the association, right?"
"If Ling needs it, I don't have to know anything."
Ling looked at Sharon again, and the head maid shook her head.
"To them, I am just a peripheral employee. Unlike core employees like Ling, I have never met the alliance leader once, and I know nothing about the gospel plan, the phantom flame plan, or the eternal reincarnation plan!"
"Hey, Sharon!" This guy definitely did it on purpose. Just revealing the name of the plan would be very bad. And how did Sharon know that she had met the alliance leader? This matter was obviously very secretive.
"I'm not denying it. It seems that Sharon guessed it. Don't worry, I just said that I 'can' know nothing."
It turned out that he was trying to deceive her about information. Sharon, the guy, was completely taken back, and Irina, the woman, looked quite bad.
"Then another question is, don't you think you are looking down too high on me by comparing me to Dr. Schmidt?"
Irina took out a thick stack of texts bound into a volume from the drawer.
"Oh ho ho, Ling, don't underestimate me too much."
The photocopy version of "Astley's Lectures" was previously only an internal publication of the University of Technology. Ling then realized that Irina was also someone who had read the lectures. It was not surprising that the boss of Linefort could get it, but Ling did not
To think that she could actually understand that people should not be judged by their appearance.
"The Erebonia Empire does not have abundant reserves of seven-flare stone, which has also caused us to lag behind in the research and development of force-guiding technology. Take the force-guiding airship as an example, the key technology of the anti-gravity engine is mastered in the Erebonian Empire.
In the hands of Bell's Chase Central Workshop, the ship's communication system is monopolized by Lehmann's Epstein Consortium. We at Linefort are, to put it mildly, the largest heavy industry manufacturer in the Western Continent, but to put it worst, we are just a
Assembly workshop. A brand-new theory that does not rely on the power of Qiyao. I see the future from it. The ground-effect aircraft being experimentally manufactured by the Third Manufacturing Institute may trigger a new round of transportation revolution."
Ling wanted to tell Irina that she was overthinking. In the previous life on Earth, ground-effect aircraft were only a niche gadget and could not replace the monopoly of airplanes.
But what Irina said is not entirely unreasonable. The main reason that hinders the development of the Erebonia Air Force is that all anti-gravity devices rely on imports from the Kingdom of Liber. A few years ago, they fought a Hundred Days War with the Empire.
It is strange that a "hostile country" would generously sell strategic resources to the empire. Key technologies are even more unthinkable. Irina's ambition is to be able to create a brand new aircraft without the use of anti-gravity guides.
If we can rely solely on aerodynamic theory to lift off, perhaps even using the guidance engine of a train can make an empty ship fly.
"Through the intelligence network of the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau that broke into the Kingdom of Libel, we learned that Libel's Chase Central Workshop is currently developing a high-speed cruiser unprecedented in the world. The name of the ship is "El Seyu". It is said that it can reach the current level.
The ultra-high speed is more than three times that of an airship. The imperial government hopes that we, Leinfort, can build a ship to compete with it. At first, I thought there was no hope at all, until I saw your paper."
Libel’s ship? It’s the most fashionable vehicle in the entire Sky Trail. Let’s compete with it. Irina’s words also aroused Ling’s little competitive spirit.
"You can help me if you want. I remember that the development of guided airships is the business of Linefort's Third Manufacturing Plant?" Ling asked carefully about her job title.
"Yes. But in addition to the three existing established manufacturing houses, I am also planning to establish a brand new fourth development room in the next few years. It will be dedicated to practical research on the world's most advanced theories. Tactical force guides
, Guoli Communication, Guili Network, these are the research contents that I plan to put in the fourth development room. We at Linefort cannot stagnate at the stage of the assembly workshop, we must have our own exclusive technology."
Irina opened "Astley's Lecture Notes" and stopped at a relatively late one.
""Application of Topology in Degenerate Interference of Crystallized Circuits"? What do you want to express?" Seeing the title, Ling quickly recalled this paper that was published just last week. If she remembered correctly, she got Yilin's
Na's invitation was probably on the third day after this paper was published. However, this article is almost purely mathematical calculations and proofs. When it comes to practicality, she has no idea at all.
"It's about the idea of a new generation of tactical force guides. The Epstein Consortium this year released the third-generation tactical force guide standard structure for each force guide workshop to upgrade, but in addition to more crystallized holes and
Outside of the crystal chain, there are no substantial innovations compared to the previous two generations. This paper proposes a possibility, which is to create a new generation of three-dimensional tactical force guides with three-dimensional nodes."
No, no, Ling clearly remembers that this kind of thing was not mentioned at all in her announcement. The three-dimensional node force guide is simply the result of President Irina's own imagination.
But it’s a good idea. Research on new tactical force guides? It seems to be very interesting.
Ling finally agreed to Irina's invitation to join Ryan Ford, but she also made a request. She would serve as the director of the fourth development room, not as a consultant as originally agreed.
"Okay, you are the boss and you have the final say." Irina showed a happy smile as if her plot had succeeded.
Ling had a vague feeling that she had been cheated. After turning over and over again and unable to find the problem, Ling stayed and enjoyed the dinner prepared by Sharon before returning to Luray University of Technology.
Scientific research is very expensive, especially basic research. If there are no new sources of income, the budget of the research laboratory will be stretched out in a few months. In the past two years, Ling has relied on rubbing hands to exchange money, bit by bit.
The accumulated Mira disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. To be honest, it was quite heartbreaking.
After putting up the sign of the fourth development room of the Leinforte Group, the Astley Research Laboratory relied on Leinforte's mountain to have a steady stream of experimental funds. Perhaps Irina's invitation had an ulterior motive.
, overall it’s not a loss for her? It’s a win-win situation, a win-win situation.
Ling decided not to think too much, as she still had a lot of experimental summaries to do tomorrow.