PDLP Chapter 17 Flowers Bloom Inside the Wall, Fragrance Spreads Outside
Chapter 17 Flowers Bloom Inside the Wall, Fragrance Spreads Outside
It was during the period when Yu Zhen was in seclusion to focus on his creative work that this happened.
In Shanghai's literary circles, and even among some people in the science and technology sector, stories about the science fiction novel "The Truman Show" have already gone viral, even though the work has not yet been officially published.
Wang Jin, a senior engineer from Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group, has been on a business trip to Shanghai for more than half a month.
Today marks the successful completion of the precision machine tool debugging and installation project he was in charge of. The factory office leaders treated him to a special banquet to celebrate his return to Shaanxi.
After several rounds of drinks and a variety of dishes, the atmosphere at the dinner table became increasingly lively.
The conversation, which started by someone, eventually turned to the science fiction novel "The Truman Show".
Of course, for the seasoned folks at the dinner table, the novel's story was just something to laugh at and didn't resonate with them much, since it was just a melodramatic revenge story worthy of a storytelling session.
However, regarding the many futuristic technological concepts and settings involved in the novel.
The more they talked, the more excited they became. Their work belonged to the high-tech industry circle of the present era. They were engaged in precision instrument machining and were providing supporting services to state-owned core heavy industries such as Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group to manufacture aircraft. How could they not be considered to be in the high-tech industry circle?
So when they talked about the many futuristic technological products in the novel...
That's incredibly immersive, and it's easy to connect it with some cutting-edge technology in reality.
Wang Jin, a veteran engineer at Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group, is a case in point.
The series of future technological concepts that he was most interested in was the armed warship that Truman built on the live-streaming island using some everyday civilian products. It had intelligent cruising capabilities, multi-target close-range defense, and long-range attack capabilities, as well as an active phased array radar system and a shipborne small drone swarm self-seeking laser tracking and attack system.
This is something that people who have been engaged in scientific and technological research and development for many years know very well.
The truly difficult research projects are those where you create a blueprint from scratch on a blank sheet of paper, achieving something from nothing – that's the hardest part.
On the contrary, when a project already has a very clear concept of its future outcomes.
Once everyone clearly understands what needs to be tackled and has a clear research direction, even the most difficult projects are simply a matter of how to implement them.
Old Wang was overjoyed to hear everyone's lively discussion at the dinner table.
Upon further inquiry, it turned out that this science fiction story was actually the new work of Xiao Yu, a writer from Shaanxi Province who had traveled to Shanghai on the same train.
Old Wang became increasingly uneasy.
We had already made plans to head to the train station after dinner.
He changed his mind at the last minute and asked the factory office leaders to make some connections so he could personally visit Yu Zhen at the publishing house.
The factory office leaders did not shirk their responsibility and took on the task themselves, indicating that they would definitely do them a favor.
I never expected that I would actually get in touch with the Literature and Art Publishing House by phone.
It was only then that I realized how extraordinary things were. Not only was the writer, Mr. Yu, completely unavailable to receive me, but an acquaintance at the publishing house also told me frankly that in recent days, people from the entire Shanghai science and technology circle had practically worn down the publishing house's doorstep.
Many friends in the tech industry want to visit writer Yu.
"Engineer Wang, it seems we're too slow to realize this!"
The factory office leaders truthfully informed Wang Jin, a senior engineer at Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group, of the situation, praising him repeatedly, "Tsk tsk, we should have thought of that sooner. We're all so amazed by that live-streaming island full of high-tech products in the novel, the researchers at the Municipal Research Institute must be going crazy..."
"Is there really no chance to meet Writer Yu? Writer Yu and I are old acquaintances, and we are both from Shaanxi Province. No, no, I have to go to the publishing house myself."
It felt like a hundred kitten paws were scratching at Old Wang's heart.
He immediately thought that several futuristic technology concepts in Yu Zhen's novels could be perfectly applied to the design and development of fighter jets. That's why he was eager to meet Yu Zhen in person and have a detailed discussion to see if there were any more technological ideas in Yu Zhen's clever mind that were worth learning from.
The factory office leaders didn't want to offend Lao Wang.
In addition, his curiosity was also piqued. His colleagues in Shanghai's tech circle had long been obsessed with Yu's novels, but he, as someone who was both inside and outside the circle, was only now realizing it, several steps behind his peers.
So they arranged a car, picked up Lao Wang, and rushed off to the Literature and Art Publishing House at No. 74 Shaoxing Road.
seeing is believing.
They drove to the publishing house.
Sure enough, I ran into several groups of colleagues from the tech industry in the publishing house compound.
After asking around, they found out that they all wanted to visit Writer Yu in person to discuss specific issues related to the research and design of technological products.
Among them, the city's radio factory, television factory, and computing institute were "bumped into" on site. The most outrageous thing was that these units actually arranged for people to be stationed there.
So that whenever Writer Yu has free time, he can immediately invite people to his workplace for exchange and learning.
They also obtained even more outrageous firsthand information on site.
It turns out that recently, the people at the TV factory had heard about some technological product ideas from a friend at the research institute, such as the "LCD screen" display device. After hearing about it, the factory's technicians boldly tried it out and actually seemed to have figured out the tricks of the "LCD screen" new product.
The people at the radio factory were inspired by the concept of "Bluetooth wireless data link transmission," as well as various wireless communication terminal devices and smartphones. The radio factory also developed seemingly impressive advanced communication equipment.
As for why the people from the Institute of Computing Technology also chose to stay here.
That's because the novel repeatedly mentions a "window" terminal system. It seems that people in the future world have easily solved the problem of computer information processing of Chinese characters. The supercomputers of the future are all "what you see is what you get" type, intuitive and simple and convenient visual human-computer interaction interfaces.
So many futuristic technology product concepts that are beyond the imagination of the world.
These professionals, after only seeing a simple description of the scenes in the story, already felt as if they were there, and firmly believe that in the near future, humanity will be able to truly achieve such a high-tech social life.
Therefore, if there were an opportunity to have an in-depth conversation with writer Yu in person, or even to have writer Yu participate in the development of our respective research projects, what an exciting outcome that would be...
No one can give a definite answer.
But everyone is willing to give it a try.
What if!