Chapter 21: Processes, Instant Noodles, and the Troubles of Upgrading

Zhao Kaiyuan's efficiency was even more lightning-fast than Feng Yan had imagined.

Take back the test data, he immediately started the internal process.

In his words, the "National Frontier Technology Rapid Incubation Channel" sign is the best pass.

But the steps that should be taken cannot be less, which is also responsible for both parties.

Feng Yan didn't idle either, reporting to the bureau through Section Chief Wang.

The bureau connected with Deputy Director Chen Jiuming's office of the Provincial Academy of Sciences for the first time.

Soon, a standard but extremely efficient "Special Technology Cooperation Filing Process" began to run on two parallel lines simultaneously.

Feng Yan saw for the first time that compliant operations could be so fast.

Just three days later, Zhao Kaiyuan sent a message:

"Brother Feng, everything is done, the approval is ready."

"Tomorrow I will bring the first batch of official test batteries and interface technical team over to ensure seamless connection."

"It has to be you, Kaiyuan!" Feng Yan praised sincerely.

This efficiency was much faster than when he ran a normal project approval.

The next day, Zhao Kaiyuan not only brought those baby-like "Xuanwu" batteries.

Also brought two core engineers under him.

Once the posture was set, it was known that they were here to do real work.

"Brother Feng, Li Yang, Chen Guang, Wang Hao," Zhao Kaiyuan greeted.

"These two are the backbone of our company's power management department, Engineer Zhang and Engineer Li."

"For the next few days, they will be stationed here to assist you in completing the energy system upgrade and interface adaptation of all equipment"

"Ensure that battery performance can be 100% exerted."

Wang Hao looked at the two rigorous engineers, and then looked at their warehouse that was as messy as if it had been bombed by fireworks.

Whispered to Feng Yan:

"Brother Feng, will our 'five-star R&D base' scare people away?"

Feng Yan hadn't spoken yet, Zhao Kaiyuan answered with a smile:

"Wang Hao, you think too much. For people who do technology, messy often means active thinking and extremely high frequency of hands-on."

"Tidy labs have tidy benefits, but this kind of..."

He looked around and found a word.

"Vibrant work site can better stimulate inspiration."

The two engineers also nodded with a smile, clearly not unfamiliar with this atmosphere, and even a bit nostalgic.

Over the next few days, "Tie Lang Gong Fang" entered an unprecedented "standardization" transformation period.

Of course, this "standardization" is in quotation marks.

Engineer Zhang and Engineer Li brought professional equipment and drawings.

Began to connect Li Yang's exoskeleton, Chen Guang's laser system, Wang Hao's thruster, and the little dog one by one.

The process was called chicken flying and dog jumping.

"Brother Li Yang, the packaging standard of your main power interface... is a bit too casual."

Engineer Zhang pointed to the interface on the back of the exoskeleton that was wrapped layer by layer with heat-shrink tubing and electrical tape, his mouth twitching.

Li Yang was expressionless: "It was enough before, waterproof and dustproof, no problems."

Engineer Zhang: "... Now it's national team standard, let's change to an aviation plug, guaranteed to be small and stable."

On the other side, Engineer Li looked at the spider-web-like internal wiring of Chen Guang's equipment and rubbed his forehead:

"Brother Chen Guang, your wiring... has a sense of art."

"But have you considered electromagnetic interference? Come, let's tidy it up and add a few magnetic rings."

Chen Guang blushed and defended in a low voice: "I only pursued function realization before..."

Wang Hao's side was even livelier.

His "Haoyu Precision Projection System" had the most complex structure, and various motors, servos, and ignition devices had extremely high requirements for instantaneous current.

The two engineers surrounded the pile of things and argued with Wang Hao until their faces were red and ears were red.

"Big Brother Wang Hao, the current spike at the moment of your thruster ignition will cost the battery its life!"

"Must add a buffer circuit!"

"Adding a circuit will increase weight and latency! I'm pursuing instantaneous explosion!"

"That also has to explode within a safe range! Do you want it to become a real firecracker?"

"I control it very well!"

"It doesn't look good from the data!"

Feng Yan watched this bustling (and chicken-flying-dog-jumping) scene.

Felt that his "project manager" finally had a name.

The main work became serving tea and water to several technical big shots, and being responsible for smoothing things over when arguing about upgrades.

The working meal was naturally the warehouse's reserved program—instant noodles.

When Zhao Kaiyuan saw Feng Yan move out a whole box of instant noodles of various flavors, his expression was quite wonderful.

"Brother Feng... your R&D funds... are they all spent on the blade (referring to parts)?"

Zhao Kaiyuan picked up a bucket of braised beef noodles, his tone complex.

"Wrong!" Wang Hao corrected seriously while tearing the seasoning bag.

"This is our military ration! It's faith! Which side are you on, Kaiyuan-ge? Braised or spicy?"

Zhao Kaiyuan looked at the distinct "Braised Party" (Feng Yan, Li Yang) and "Spicy Party" (Wang Hao, Chen Guang) in front of him.

And the two engineers who were burying their heads in hard work and saying "anything is fine," wisely chose neutrality:

"I... I brought my own sandwich."

Everyone: "Cut—"

Working overtime at night, the rich aroma of instant noodles drifted in the warehouse.

Zhao Kaiyuan gnawed on his sandwich, watching this group of guys gathered in front of the workbench.

Discussing interface protocols and filter parameters while slurping noodles.

Couldn't help but sigh to Feng Yan:

"Brother Feng, I finally know where your energy comes from."

"To maintain this enthusiasm and creativity in this environment, I admire you."

Feng Yan slurped the last mouthful of noodle soup and wiped his mouth:

"Kaiyuan, have you forgotten when we were at Dragon City University?"

"To catch up with the project, staying up all night in the lab, wasn't it also living on instant noodles and takeout?"

"At that time, didn't we also feel that the things we tinkered with could change the world?"

Zhao Kaiyuan paused, then laughed, his eyes filled with reminiscence:

"Yeah, at that time you led us to tinker with that intelligent tracking car."

"For a sensor data filtering algorithm, we argued for a whole night, and almost fought in the lab at the end."

"In the end, wasn't it me, the senior, who treated you to skewers to settle it?" Feng Yan raised his eyebrows proudly.

"Then you went back and wrote a project report of more than 30,000 words, writing all the content of the quarrel as 'in-depth technical discussion' and handed it in, and got an A."

Zhao Kaiyuan added, his tone carrying teasing.

The two laughed together, as if they had returned to that youthful time full of passion and the smell of instant noodles.

After a few days of running-in, the upgrade work began to show results.

Li Yang's exoskeleton changed into a brand-new energy core and regular wiring harness.

The ugly interface on the back became a small and sturdy aviation plug, and the overall weight was even reduced a little.

The inside of Chen Guang's laser equipment was brand new, and electromagnetic compatibility was greatly improved.

Wang Hao's thruster was under the premise of ensuring explosive power.

Added a reliable protection circuit, which made him feel distressed but helpless.

The happiest should be the robot dog "Xiao Bai."

With the help of engineers, its battery compartment was redesigned.

Replaced with a "Xuanwu" battery with higher energy density, and the endurance directly doubled more than twice.

Li Yang optimized its basic motion control program.

Making "Xiao Bai" able to execute more persistently and stably in the test.

Such as "tracking patrol," "load transport" (e. g., carrying a wrench), "crossing obstacles."

(e. g., tools Wang Hao deliberately threw on the ground) and other preset tasks.

The movements were fluid, the power was sufficient, and it no longer "panted" and looked for a charging port after running a few steps like before.

Watching "Xiao Bai" running around in the warehouse tirelessly, Wang Hao touched his chin:

"I now feel that letting it deliver express delivery seems really feasible? At least it won't be complained about because of no power."

Chen Guang seriously refuted:

"Its path planning algorithm is still very rudimentary, it will get stuck when encountering complex road conditions, and delivering express will be overtime."

Li Yang silently called up "Xiao Bai's" control code and began to think about how to further optimize its obstacle avoidance logic.

Feng Yan watched all this, feeling incredibly secure.

Not only was the energy bottleneck solved, but the equipment of the entire team also took this opportunity to carry out a "standardization" baptism.

Reliability and performance have both gone up a level.

Before Zhao Kaiyuan left, looking at the brand-new (at least at the wiring level) workshop and the energetic team, he said to Feng Yan:

"Brother Feng, this side is initially on the right track."

"Subsequent batteries, we will regularly provide and recycle test data."

"You focus on preparing for the report, energy, there is me in the rear."

Sending Zhao Kaiyuan away, the warehouse returned to the past "chaos."

But the air no longer carried anxiety, but a vibrant spirit full of electricity, and... still rich instant noodle smell.

Feng Yan took a deep breath.

Deleted the document on the computer that wrote "Energy System Upgrade Summary Report."

Created a new one, and solemnly typed the title: "High-Tech Project Establishment Report Demonstration Plan (Draft)."

The real challenge has just begun. ===== CHAPTER 22 =====