Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 739: Chapter 406 My Job Must Have Meaning! _2

Wait a minute.

Zhao Yi’s status and influence are far too great, having won the support of individuals in many fields such as mathematics, physics, and medicine. He’s incredibly young with limitless potential.

The technological development of aircraft carriers is indeed very important, as it directly relates to national defense. However, to specifically request Zhao Yi for the research in this technical field...

Dream on!

Zhao Yi’s value might even surpass that of an aircraft carrier. The higher-ups greatly appreciate him, and he has considerable influence and potential. In comparison, what’s the few technical research related to an aircraft carrier worth?

"Accelerate the research and development process?"

"Is it that important?"

Luo Zhenyang replied with a bitter smile, directly refusing with a curt, "if Zhao Yi is willing to act as a special expert, definitely, but joining the development team is a no-go. If you can’t convince him, stop sending more proposals."

His tone was very firm.

Ma Mingwei, Ying Shaowen, and Zhu Yousheng, among others, almost simultaneously received this response. Seeing the message, all they could do was bitterly smile. They didn’t wish to ’force’ Zhao Yi into the development team, knowing it was impossible to ’compel’ him. They had hoped to send someone to help persuade him.

But...

The clear-cut response from General Commander Luo basically meant ’figure it out for yourselves.’ They could practically give up now. At most, they could consult Zhao Yi with their queries. It was impossible for him to join the development team, and serving as a ’special expert’ was also challenging, as Zhao Yi had already tactfully declined several times.

"We can’t get Academician Zhao!"

"This top-tier expert is not someone we can just casually invite. He alone is equivalent to a small team!"

"No, he’s even better than a small team. At least in the aspect of computing skills..." Ying Shaowen admitted defeat to Zhao Yi’s computational capabilities. Their team worked for a whole day and only produced a vague result, while Zhao Yi resolved it in ten minutes.

How could they compete with that?

Zhu Yousheng felt more frustrated than Ma Mingwei and Ying Shaowen. With Zhao Yi’s excellent performance in his department, Ma Mingwei and Ying Shaowen swooped in and Zhao Yi ended up accompanying the expert group. Now, they couldn’t invite him back even if they wanted to. Seeing Ma Mingwei and Ying Shaowen made Zhu Yousheng want to curse out loud.

...

Zhao Yi continued his tour with the expert group, preparing to leave after another day.

There was no set period for the ’visit’ by the expert group.

Some would only stay for a day or two, like a mere formality, and leave early if something came up.

Zhao Yi stayed relatively longer, but it was almost time for him to leave. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

In reality, he doesn’t dislike assisting with the research. Part of the reason for him coming here was to help, and he would assist when he had the time – important research was at stake. However, it needed not to affect his schedule or his own research.

The development of technology related to aircraft carriers was important, but his personal research was critical too.

The biomedical research could potentially ’benefit all mankind,’ and his particle physics research could lead to a new future with real implications.

On the flip side, the development of technology for aircraft carriers is only a single area of expertise. Be it the electromagnetic catapult system or the deck steel, even without his help, others could accomplish it—though taking more time.

The technology related to aircraft carriers is still in the accumulation phase. Even if the research on the most immediate application, steel, is expedited, its usage would be on the next aircraft carriers.

The first aircraft carrier is still being assembled. When would the construction of the next aircraft carrier start?

At least three or four years from now.

As for technologies like the electromagnetic catapult system, the significance of their speedy development is even smaller. An electromagnetic catapult system isn’t something that can be used as soon as it’s developed. Similar to an engine, its power source is essential. If switching to nuclear propulsion, significant modifications would be needed.

Additionally, the use of an electromagnetic catapult system needs to be ’matched’ with other technologies. At the very least, the carrier-based aircraft must support catapults.

Therefore, the application of the electromagnetic catapult system is even further off in the future. As Zhu Yousheng put it, "It would be good if we could use the electromagnetic catapult system in ten, twenty years."

That’s the hard truth!

Since the related research and development are not urgent, he has no reason to sacrifice his time, his research, to become a special expert or join a research group.

Of course.

There’s another important point. Zhao Yi found that he was merely a ’tool’ in these research projects. He had no interest in them and only got the results through the system’s capabilities. He found no joy in research that he didn’t personally like.

In the afternoon.

Zhao Yi continued his tour with the expert group, visiting the Aviation Research and Development Center located at the edge of the research base.

The Aviation Research and Development Center is the ’host’ of the research base. Before the construction of the aircraft carrier research base, only the Aviation Research and Development Center and the airport existed nearby, surrounded by open space. After the construction of the aircraft carrier research base, the Aviation Research and Development Center ended up on the edge and slowly began to be forgotten.

Certainly, it’s not just because of the geographical location.

This Aviation Research and Development Center was established for the development of the Kunlun Engine, aka the Turbofan 10 Series Engine.

The Kunlun Engine is a significant project. Preliminary research started as early as the 1970s. It took nine years until the official project kicked off, and it wasn’t until five years ago that it passed the examination. A total of twenty-seven years were spent on this project. The successful completion of this project is of great significance as it fills in the gap of domestic independent research and development of advanced turbofan engines.