Free Web NovelChapter 580: Chapter 386: Debating with a Host of Scholars
Li Weimin is currently most concerned about Wang Ye’s safety.
Even though he knows that Wang Ye’s strength has long surpassed his imagination.
But this is exactly what he is most worried about.
Because often, those who drown are the ones who think they are good at swimming.
Wang Ye relied on his own ability to propose the request for an unprotected challenge to the stratosphere.
And in reality, no one knows if he will lose his life in this challenge.
Li Weimin does not dare to guarantee either.
If Wang Ye dies during the challenge,
then what they lose will not only be an athlete endorsement and a huge compensation fee,
but even the future of their group might be at stake.
Because Wang Ye’s status is now too high,
just a casual word from him carries more weight than their lives.
Coupled with Wang Ye’s current global influence, if he were to die in a project they arranged, the consequences would be unimaginable, at best, a plummet in market value, at worst, direct bankruptcy.
Even setting aside all this, Wang Ye is also Li Weimin’s friend, and he cannot just watch his friend go to his death, so he repeatedly reminded Wang Ye to ensure his own life is secure.
"Don’t worry." Wang Ye said: "Even if the challenge doesn’t succeed, there’s no way I would be in any life-threatening danger."
Hearing Wang Ye’s resolute words, Li Weimin felt slightly relieved, "Then I’ll help you arrange the challenge affairs, right, Anta plans to rename the stratosphere project to the Celestial Palace Leap Project, if you have no objection, then it’s settled."
"No problem, have the technical issues been resolved?" Wang Ye asked as he sat on the sofa in his office.
"It’s still under development, I’m afraid it won’t be that quick." Li Weimin shook his head.
This project was proposed last month, so many technical difficulties have not yet been resolved.
The "Celestial Palace" in the project name refers to the Tiangong Space Station,
the orbital altitude of the Tiangong Space Station is 400 to 450 kilometers, while the height Wang Ye is challenging is only 40 kilometers, not even one-tenth the height of the Tiangong Space Station.
Therefore, they do not need to reach the height of the Tiangong Space Station, they just need to take a specially designed spacecraft to reach an altitude of 40,000 meters, but the term "Tiangong" is used because this plan aligns with the Chinese Space Station, echoing the national aerospace strategy, enhancing the technological aspect of "breaking through the sky."
This naming system integrates China’s aerospace achievements with traditional cultural symbols, avoiding Red Bull’s western adventure narrative, and creating a localized extreme sports marketing paradigm with "technology as the bone, culture as the soul." Anta can take the opportunity to elevate its strategy from a sports brand to a technology culture brand.
What he asked about were not the technologies on him, but the technologies necessary for Anta to carry out this project, such as the high-altitude manned cabin and protective suit.
According to Wang Ye’s estimation, Anta needs to prepare a manned cabin capable of reaching an altitude of 40,000 meters.
But ordinary airplanes cannot reach such altitudes. As the air becomes thinner at higher altitudes, helicopters cannot maintain stability and ascend in such a low-pressure environment, they will just keep shaking and cannot provide a normal jumping or filming environment for Wang Ye.
For a normal person, without wearing advanced protective suits, there would be a life-threatening risk because, beyond an altitude of 19,000 meters, the reduced pressure causes the boiling point of water to drop to 37 degrees Celsius. In other words, without equipment protection, the water in the human body would boil and injure the body. Simultaneously, blood would seep out from the pores due to the decreased atmospheric pressure.
Wang Ye’s blood density has evolved into a nearly solid state, with an extremely high boiling point, naturally, he does not fear such harm, but ordinary people are different. If it were a normal person, Anta would need to invest heavily in developing a protective suit capable of resisting high-altitude harm, equivalent to researching a low-end version of a spacesuit from scratch.
Wang Ye pondered for a moment, and he believed that if Anta were to develop the product themselves, perhaps even in three months, he wouldn’t be able to start the challenge. After all, this is an aerial endeavor, not ordinary sneakers or sportswear.
Therefore, he planned to use the two days he would stay in Fujian to push them a bit with his knowledge.
With this in mind, Wang Ye slowly said: "How many people are currently involved in the product development of this project? Can you gather them in the meeting room now?"
Li Weimin didn’t understand what Wang Ye intended to do, but he told what he knew, "Presently, there are about twenty people mainly responsible for research and development, but not all of them are local; I can only gather around twelve of them now."
"No problem, call them all in," said Wang Ye.
Then Li Weimin took out his phone, sent a message in the group chat, and made several phone calls.
About half an hour later, more than a dozen people arrived in the meeting room one after another. They were top talents from various fields, currently working for Anta, helping provide theoretical knowledge for creating various sports products, with the lowest qualification being a master’s degree.
Almost everyone stepping into the meeting room showed a look of surprise upon seeing Wang Ye, even though they were each elite in their respective fields, they still seemed somewhat unqualified compared to Wang Ye, a peak level figure in various fields.
Seeing the core members arriving one after another, Wang Ye got straight to the point, asking everyone to introduce themselves and explain in detail their team’s research content and progress.
