DipNovel Chapter 33: Turbulent Times
Chapter 33: Turbulent Times
"What do you mean?"
Li Sisi's words immediately piqued Guo Yi's interest, and he asked, puzzled, "Why did you say that Lao Qi and the others exceeded their expectations?"
"The importance of mobile suits far outweighs that of equipping them with arcade systems (AS). In addition, there are no plans to equip them with AS. Therefore, the commanders have long since given up on the idea of equipping them with AS."
Li Sisi smiled helplessly and patiently explained, "The reason why they are so persistent is simply because it's something the commanders do on a whim."
If you agree, you'll make a huge profit; if you disagree, it won't affect the commanders at all.
Therefore, the true purpose of the commanders' visit this time should only be twofold: to build a good relationship with you and to take away the AS prototype.
The AS prototype was taken away because, after that battle, it was proven that AS was very useful in certain situations and scenarios.
In addition, after that battle, the AS prototype also acquired a deterrent capability.
Therefore, we absolutely cannot let the AS prototype sit idle in the shipyard collecting dust.
The reason for building a good relationship with you is that the commanders want to prioritize equipping a portion of the mobile suits.
Once MS can be mass-produced, there's a high chance that an MS unit will be established.
At that time, MS will definitely be the first choice to equip that unit.
Meanwhile, the personnel of that unit must have been transferred from those five.
As a result, those five people will not be able to equip themselves with MS immediately, and some of their elite personnel will also be withdrawn. It's heartbreaking to think about.
Therefore, those five wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to transport the AS prototype to openly and reasonably build a good relationship with you, hoping to get a batch of MS from the shipyard in advance for deployment.
Alternatively, once some students graduate, they might poach some of the best students from your program ahead of time.
As for the result...
At this point, Li Sisi couldn't help but shake her head: "You actually agreed to give them priority in equipping themselves with MS, and you even felt indebted to them because you felt obligated to do them a favor and wanted to compensate them."
Needless to say, those five commanders must be overjoyed right now!
"Those five old foxes!"
Guo Yi rubbed his temples, annoyed, and said, "Since you figured it out, why didn't you remind me?"
Li Sisi gently pressed against the back of Guo Yi's head, helping him relax while laughing, "There are some occasions where I'm not qualified to go with you, so you need to practice how to communicate with people like the Commander-in-Chief."
This is why Yue Bu and his group didn't participate in this discussion.
"..."
Guo Yi paused for a moment, then nodded helplessly in agreement, saying, "You're right, I do need to learn how to communicate with those old foxes."
Even if I can't speak like them, I should at least be able to understand what they're saying.
Take your time, there's no rush.
"Um."
Guo Yi nodded, then smiled and said, "Let's continue watching the show and see how things are outside."
Wen Shu, categorize and summarize the various news stories from this period, arranging them in chronological order from evening to recent, and then publish them.
"OK."
After Wen Shu responded, he projected the big gossip that had been circulating outside from top to bottom in order.
"Holy crap!?"
After reading only a few posts, Guo Yi sat up straight and excitedly started eating melon seeds.
There's no way around it, things are changing too fast outside, and all sorts of explosive news keep popping up one after another, making it impossible to stop eating gossip.
The first controversy stemmed from the mecha organizations: all mecha organizations are now officially operational.
Therefore, the public is aware of information about pilots and mechs.
This caused an uproar among the public: the first people allowed to apply for pilot training were public transport drivers!?
Because the number of mechs is currently limited, the number of pilots needed is also limited, and registration needs to be done in batches, which is understandable to the public.
However, the mechs are clearly designed for civil engineering work, so why were public transport drivers allowed to sign up first instead of people with civil engineering backgrounds?
Furthermore, the age of bus drivers is concentrated between 45 and 55 years old, with less than 5% of them being under 30.
The situation is similar for taxis: the majority of drivers are between 40 and 49 years old, with very few drivers under 30.
Is it really okay to let such "elderly" people take the pilot exam to fly mechs and carry out civil engineering work?
Furthermore, whether they are bus drivers or taxi drivers, they work long hours every day and their energy is greatly depleted. Do they have the time and energy to study?
Immediately, various doubts and discussions arose surrounding this news, and it gradually showed signs of getting out of control.
Just then, the official release of three new announcements stabilized the situation.
First: The first batch of pilots were manual labor pilots.
Simply put, those drivers who become pilots can only do jobs like moving bricks or digging holes, which require almost no professional knowledge.
Second: Some policies have been introduced to support drivers changing jobs, allowing registered drivers to focus on learning for a certain period of time.
Third: The self-driving car plan has been announced.
This news made most people understand why public transport drivers apply to become pilots first.
Meanwhile, various automakers seized the opportunity to announce their own self-driving cars and related cooperation projects, causing their stocks to soar.
Of course, the industries related to mecha saw the largest and fastest growth.
Therefore, the second piece of gossip was unearthed by people who play the stock market: that technology company was actually the one developing mecha!?
The reason for this was that some shareholders, in order to maximize their investment returns, kept digging into the equity structure of some mecha-related industries and eventually uncovered that technology company.
Subsequently, those people also uncovered the wholly-owned, holding, and minority-owned companies under that technology company.
Finally, some people consolidated those companies and found that, together, they not only met the needs of the entire industrial chain for producing mechs, but also actually participated in the production of the mechs.
Add to that information about autonomous dogs, self-driving systems, and other miscellaneous details, and a near-factual guess has become the consensus of the public: that technology company is the enterprise that develops mechs!
Such a sensational topic was naturally not to be missed by those uncrowned kings. In addition, no one was secretly stopping them. Therefore, all of them flocked to the headquarters of that technology company, strongly demanding that Zhou Luming or a certain executive come out and give a direct answer.
Faced with such a massive public outcry, Zhou Luming "had no choice" but to step forward and admit to the matter, instantly igniting public opinion and causing a surge of pride among the masses. This forced them to flaunt their overwhelming sense of pride everywhere they went.
There's no way I can not feel incredibly proud, because these mechs are purely domestically produced!
Just as everyone was enjoying themselves, a third piece of gossip gradually formed and grew rapidly, not only pouring cold water on the public but also turning their joy into chills and dread!