DipNovel Chapter 91 The Strategic Deception Bureau Goes Online
Chapter 91 The Strategic Deception Bureau Goes Online
Chapter 93 The Strategic Deception Bureau Goes Online
December has arrived, and DeepBlue Technology...
morning.
Zhang Wei hurriedly arrived at Lin Chuan's office door and knocked, clearly in a hurry.
"Come in."
Zhang Wei pushed open the door and went straight to Lin Chuan, handing him a tablet.
"Boss, take a look at this."
Lin Chuan didn't say anything, glanced at him, then looked at the tablet, and took it to look at it.
The screen displays an English report from an external website, specifically from an American website called "Defense News".
The news headline prominently stated:
China is suspected of possessing advanced individual soldier optical stealth technology.
Lin Chuan's expression hardened slightly upon seeing the headline, then he quickly scanned the main text of the report.
The report also included a photo of a transparent, human-like silhouette against a rainy outdoor forest backdrop.
That's the effect of raindrops hitting the air and getting blocked.
It's as if there's an invisible person standing there, and the rain is hitting him, but he's not visible, so the outline of a human figure appears.
Most importantly, the lower part of the figure resembling a human silhouette, including the feet and calves, is clearly visible in the image, and some moments of dense blue hexagonal light curtains spreading out were also captured.
Clearly, this is the stealth combat suit created by DeepBlue Technology.
The moment captured in the photo may have been when the combat suit was activating or deactivating its cloaking mode, and the camera happened to record it.
After reading the news, Lin Chuan looked up at Zhang Wei: "What happened?"
"I don't know," Zhang Wei said, shrugging. He looked at Lin Chuan and said, "Could it be because of the military?"
The environment in the photo appears to be outdoor training, and it just so happens that someone took a candid picture of it?
Lin Chuan didn't speak, but immediately picked up a dedicated telephone on the table and contacted Wang Chengjun via encrypted communication.
The phone rang a few times before being answered. Lin Chuan said directly, "Colonel Wang, why is North American Defense News suddenly reporting on our company's individual soldier stealth technology equipment?"
After a moment, Wang Chengjun's voice came through, explaining roughly what had happened.
A few days ago, the troops were testing their equipment in the rainy environment in the field when a photography enthusiast happened to take a picture of it.
When the military discovered this photography enthusiast, they immediately dispatched personnel to the scene.
The good news is that this photography enthusiast was not a spy.
The bad news is that he unintentionally captured this scene on camera and immediately took out his phone to post it online. By the time the troops arrived, it had already been posted.
The photo is still online, and the military officials didn't choose to make him delete it, because doing so would only make it seem like they were trying to cover it up.
Currently, on several military forums in mainland China, a large number of military enthusiasts are discussing this matter.
The military's solution to this sudden incident was to ignore it and not delete the photo, and then use some pseudonyms to participate in the comments, guiding the discussion towards the idea that the photo was photoshopped.
This is the optimal solution, after all, this equipment was far too advanced in 2012.
Unless they see it with their own eyes, most people don't believe it and think it's a photoshopped fake photo.
Meanwhile, the military is also preparing to deploy the "Strategic Deception Bureau" to put out the fire.
Wang Chengjun said on the phone, "You don't need to worry about this. The military will handle it. Just make sure it's kept confidential."
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Upon hearing this, Lin Chuan suddenly realized: "Okay, I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Chuan looked at Zhang Wei and smiled, "You really guessed right."
Zhang Wei: "Uh—"
Lin Chuan said, "As long as it wasn't one of our people who leaked the information, it's fine."
Two days later, at Zichen Bay Villa.
It's around 20:03 PM now. Lin Chuan is sitting in the living room on the first floor watching TV. He's changed the channel to CCTV-7 Military/Agriculture Channel 0.
A domestic military program called "Defense Review" aired on Sunday night at 8 pm and had a pretty high viewership rating.
Today's program is titled "Weekly Defense Highlights Roundup".
The host then discussed some recent international events before abruptly changing the subject.
"Recently, some media outlets reported that my country may have developed advanced individual soldier optical stealth technology. This report has generated a huge response online, and many military enthusiasts are paying close attention to it."
"Today we have also invited your old friend, the famous military expert General Zhang, to talk about this topic."
The camera cuts to the guest seats, where the expert is wearing a dark suit and has a serious expression, but there seems to be a faint smile on his lips.
When Lin Chuan saw the expert's face, it was indeed almost exactly as he had guessed. This matter also required Zhan Hu to put out the fire.
Host: "Professor Zhang, what are your thoughts on the widely circulated photo online and this report from North American media?"
At this point, the camera switched to a close-up shot of the photograph.
Professor Zhang cleared his throat and began to speak: "I've also read the report you mentioned. To be honest, my first reaction was that the story was a bit far-fetched. These foreign media outlets these days are really not rigorous, and their scientific foundation is too weak."
He started with a barrage of criticism, then confidently declared, "This photo is obviously photoshopped."
After giving this conclusion, he calmly and eloquently explained it.
"I've dedicated my life to equipment research, so I have a fairly good understanding of the development of equipment in our country."
"A single-soldier optical invisibility cloak? That's a ridiculous story."
"It might be theoretically true; anyone with a basic understanding of physics knows that light can indeed bend."
"But that requires a massive gravitational field on a galaxy-scale scale to bend the path of light, so talking about an individual invisibility cloak is particularly absurd."
"This is purely theoretical, even science fiction. How could it possibly be achievable with current technology? Right?"
The host asked again, as if to confirm, "You mean this report is untrue?"
He shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly: "It's obviously impossible, pure fabrication. I really wish it were true, but you can't even fool yourself, can you? The development of science and technology isn't something you can just take for granted. How could it be possible, right?"
Host: "Do you think it's possible that my country is developing similar stealth technology?"
He first shook his head in denial, then said, "I have always emphasized that our country is pragmatic, developing steadily step by step. You want to fly if you can't even walk firmly on the road?"
"The idea of an invisibility cloak is great, but is it something you can just create on a whim?"
"Even if you let the Americans work on this, I guarantee they absolutely couldn't do it, let alone the fact that our current technological level is several generations behind theirs."
The host nodded, and the topic quickly came to an end. The program moved on to other defense topics.
Lin Chuan didn't watch the rest of the video. He smiled silently and turned it off.
He could foresee that a few years later, when the "Shadow" project was declassified, this episode would definitely become another epic moment for the Strategic Deception Bureau.
Speaking of which, Professor Zhang debunked the rumors about the J-20 fighter jet on a TV show two years ago.
He stated on the program that the so-called J-20 does not exist at all, but is merely an improvement on the J-10.
This fourth-generation fighter is not the same as that fourth-generation fighter. We are not developing a fourth-generation fighter in the American sense, nor a fifth-generation fighter in the Russian sense. We are making improvements based on the J-10.
He further stated that what we really wanted was to modify the J-10, but after much hype, it ended up being called a fourth-generation fighter.
It's not that easy to develop! The US has been working on the F-22 for over twenty years, and we haven't even planned to develop our fourth-generation fighter yet, and now it's already a pipe dream? That's impossible—
The Americans were horrified when they saw it.
So they turned around and confidently dismantled the F-22 production line.
Sure enough, after the show reached North America, Americans who had initially taken it seriously began to reconsider after watching it.
Makes sense!
Even the United States can't create an invisibility cloak, so it's impossible for anyone on this planet to do so.
It's 2012 now, and Ame is still very confident.
So the matter was left at that, and the Americans didn't take it seriously.
However, after this episode aired, countless military enthusiasts in China felt disappointed, just like last year when they learned that the J-20 was just a modified J-10.
Military enthusiasts were initially very excited about the news of the individual stealth combat suit.
Now look what happened, all that excitement for nothing.
This strategic deception not only fooled the Americans again, but also fooled their own military enthusiasts.
Everyone thought it was impossible and just media hype.
And so, the controversy subsided.
After the military authorities handled the matter, no one took the accidental exposure of the individual stealth combat uniform online seriously.
The photography enthusiast who knew the truth kept quiet after being questioned, and he was being closely monitored by relevant personnel, so he dared not speak carelessly online.
As it turns out, the military's reverse approach—not deleting posts, not deleting images, and not restricting the spread of that photo—was correct.
Even though there are clear pictures to prove it, everyone insists that the pictures are photoshopped and fake.
The main reason why people didn't believe it was because this technological product was far too advanced for 2012.
Moreover, everyone believes that if this were true, the state would not allow such information to spread at will. After the Strategic Deception Bureau launched another "popular science" campaign, they are even more convinced that such stealth technology does not exist in modern times.
three days later.
DeepBlue Technology's bio-plastic microbial community business has attracted another international client, this time from South Korea.
According to incomplete statistics, South Korea generates approximately 100 to 150 million tons of plastic waste annually.
In addition, the country generates approximately 7 tons of marine debris annually, with plastic waste accounting for over 80% of all marine debris.
According to data from South Korea's Ministry of Environment, the recycling rate of its plastic products is only 34.4%.
After the recycled plastic waste is transferred to the processing facility, it cannot be reused due to reasons such as contamination with foreign objects or reduced quality, and it can only be destroyed in the end.
The problem is that incineration causes huge pollution, while landfilling makes it difficult to degrade even after hundreds of years.
The most economical way to deal with it is to export the waste to other countries at low cost, making the local areas bear the cost of environmental pollution.
However, China has officially announced a ban on the import of foreign waste, and this ban will officially take effect on January 1, 2013, just two weeks later.
effect.
South Korea also exports plastic waste to China, but the amount is less compared to Europe, the United States, and Japan.
Exporting to Southeast Asia is one option, but the problem is that Southeast Asia has limited capacity to absorb such exports.
Moreover, after China banned the import of foreign waste, the waste from Europe and the United States will most likely be transferred to Southeast Asia. The local receiving capacity is limited, and South Korea cannot and dares not take over the place of Europe and the United States.
It's worth noting that China's total imports of waste plastics this year have already reached nearly 1370 million tons.
In Lin Chuan's previous life, this figure was around 889 million tons in 2012.
The world has imported nearly 500 million tons more waste because the country banned the import of foreign waste five years ahead of schedule.
Developed countries abroad are rushing to ship as much as possible during this last window of opportunity, because they won't be able to export it next year.
DeepBlue Technology, conference room.
This was a business negotiation, and Zhang Wei was in charge of talking to the Koreans.
Lin Chuan is busy advancing the "Aurora Project". Once the patent registration is settled, he can hold a press conference to announce the results.
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Sitting opposite Zhang Wei at this moment is a negotiation delegation from South Korea, consisting of seven people.
Leading the group was Park Sung-joon, managing director of the environmental division of SK Group, South Korea's second-largest multinational conglomerate, which mainly deals in energy and chemicals, information and communication, and semiconductors, and is a frequent member of the Fortune Global 500.
Solid waste treatment is not considered a major business for the SK Group.
In addition to Park Sung-joon, there was Kim Min-soo, the technical director of SK Environment, Lee Hye-jin, the legal counsel, and several accompanying technical officials and translators.
Several months ago, people from SK Environment were already paying attention to DeepBlue Technology's plasticizing microbial community solution.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was not pleasant at the moment.
The technical solution is sound; the biodegradation by the plastic-eating bacteria is perfect, extremely environmentally friendly, and highly efficient.
However, the two sides disagreed on the price. Park Sung-joon quoted a price of $120 per ton of processing capacity, arguing that South Korea's waste disposal market was mature and the price had to be in line with local standards.
However, DeepBlue Technology is sticking to a fixed price of $220.
At this moment, Zhang Wei smiled and shook his head, then said, "We have already signed contracts for the price of $220 in Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. This is our international quote."
He then added, "If we were to lower the price by $100, wouldn't we offend our Middle Eastern customers? Besides, the South Korean market isn't very large; its annual processing capacity is probably only around 500,000 to 600,000 tons."
The first day of negotiations ended in mutual probing, without reaching any valuable consensus.
Park Sung-joon knew that DeepBlue Technology was really not in a hurry; orders from the Middle East had already filled DeepBlue's production capacity until next year.
Moreover, the Chinese market is already huge, and no one else has this technical solution.
The third day of negotiations moved into technical details, with Kim Min-soo bombarding him with questions one after another.
"How active are the bacteria under the low temperatures of South Korean winters? What are the international transportation and storage plans for the nutrient solution? How is liability determined in the event of an accidental leak? Does the force majeure clause in the contract cover political factors?"
Sitting next to Zhang Wei is Zhao Funing, the main person in charge of the plasticizing bacteria project, who is responsible for handling technical issues.
She wasn't good at negotiating, but she was the person who knew the most about plasminoides besides Lin Chuan.
Zhao Funing answered each question one by one: "Under the low temperatures of the local winter, we can add antifreeze ingredients to our nutrient solution, maintaining the bacterial activity at over 90%, and we also have mature experience in transportation solutions —"
The meeting failed to reach an agreement again; the Koreans still wanted to negotiate a lower price.
But DeepBlue Technology remained adamant, even preferring to forgo the deal rather than lower the price.
The South Koreans are out of options. Their technological solutions are monopolized, and only DeepBlue Technology can provide them. There is simply no other comparable alternative.
During the third interview, Park Sung-joon finally opened up.
Ultimately, an agreement was reached, and SK Group accepted the price of $220.
The contract signing ceremony was held at DeepBlue Technology, focusing on the main core terms.
DeepBlue Technology is providing plastic-eating bacteria solid waste treatment services to SK Group's Environment Division. The total treatment volume will be 330 million tons over the next five years, with a treatment price of US$220 per ton.
The total contract amount is US$7.26 million, which is approximately RMB 45 billion at the current exchange rate.
Regarding payment terms, payments will be made annually after the contract is signed, based on the price corresponding to the actual purchase volume for that year. 30% of the annual delivery volume will be prepaid, another 30% will be paid upon delivery, and the remaining 40% will be paid after the goods are put into operation.
In addition, SK Group has obtained priority cooperation rights in the South Korean market, but does not enjoy exclusive authorization.
After signing the last word, Park Sung-joon stood up and handed over the contract with both hands.
Zhang Wei took it, the two shook hands, and took a few photos for their respective companies to keep on file.
"It's a pleasure working with you."
"It's a pleasure working with you."