"This is a good idea!" Tong He and Ni Guangnan nodded simultaneously. However, Ni Guangnan quickly frowned again, "But Huang He, if we make this problem public, outsiders will likely guess our intentions very quickly – that we possess such a chip!"
"That's meaningless!" Huang He waved his hand. "When people from other companies see our problem, they can only guess that we have a specially designed chip that requires this architecture to match."
"But they can't know the precision of our chip. I think they'll at most guess that our chip can break the 70-nanometer limit. They would never imagine it's a chip reaching the 0.12-nanometer limit!"
"For outsiders, even if they knew it's a chip reaching the 0.12-nanometer limit, so what? They will never know how we managed to create such a chip. That's the crux of the matter!"
"In fact, when our chip research is successful and we start selling it, people can simply open the chip's packaging and naturally discover some of the chip's data. So, this kind of hiding is meaningless. It's better to just release the problem and let the world's geniuses help us solve it!" Huang He said with a smile.
Soon, the three of them reached a decision. Ni Guangnan would lead a team to fully focus on developing the new architecture, while Huang He would arrange for a global bounty to solve the architecture problem.
As for Tong He, well, he would continue to research new materials. After all, Tong He's talent lay only in material development, and he was incapable of more specific work.
However, he had already developed two materials that were enough to change the world.
"By the way, boss, you still haven't named this new material. We can't really call it 'Huang Jin Xi' forever! It sounds a bit strange!" Tong He said with a wry smile.
Indeed, 'Huang Jin Xi' had an inexplicably foul odor. Moreover, its production method was different from graphene.
"How about this!" Huang He pondered. "Since this material is an allotrope of gold obtained from black gold, its name should be similar to black gold. So, logically, it should be called 'Jin Jin' (Gold Gold)."
"But this name doesn't seem quite right. Let's change it to 'Jin Jing' (Gold Essence), meaning the essence of gold, the finest gold!"
"Good!" Tong He agreed without hesitation. In fact, even if Huang He had named the material 'Huang He Jin', Tong He wouldn't have had any objections.
"What a shame, I came here expecting to find a usable new material immediately, but it's still a gold-guzzling behemoth. Who knows when we'll see any returns on this!" Huang He sighed.
Indeed, 'Jin Jing' wouldn't generate any more returns in the short term. It was another bottomless pit that would be indefinitely stretched.
"What? Are you dissatisfied with our work?" Ni Guangnan glared at Huang He with annoyance. "You want something that can be used immediately, right? Well, coincidentally, we have something that has just been developed and can be used immediately. I'm just afraid you won't know how to use it!"
"Don't know how to use it? What do you mean?" Huang He asked blankly.
"It means something with no practical value. This is a small gadget a researcher in our company accidentally came up with. We just didn't know its practical use, so it's been shelved!" Tong He said. "Actually, there's nothing much to see about this thing, because I think it really has no practical value!"
"Is that so?" Huang He's interest was piqued. "Since I'm already here, take me to see what it is!"
"Alright!" Tong He said with a helpless wry smile, then led Huang He away from the core research area to the living and leisure area. There, they found a burly, unshaven man. "Geng Shuai, bring out that invention you mentioned last time."
"I won't. Didn't you say my invention has no practical significance, that it's useless?" Geng Shuai replied with a pout, still a little grumpy.
"Alright, it's not me who wants to see it, it's the boss!" Tong He said. Upon hearing "boss," Geng Shuai finally noticed Huang He standing beside them and was startled, exclaiming, "Wow, the boss is here! A living boss!"
"Get lost! What do you mean 'living boss'? Show some manners and quickly bring the thing!" Tong He gave him another free eye-roll. Geng Shuai then hurried back to his living quarters and, after a moment, ran out with something carrying several propellers.
"Boss, this is my invention, a little toy!" Geng Shuai seemed to not think highly of his own invention, otherwise he wouldn't have called it a "little toy."
"This is..." Huang He's eyelids twitched. "Can you introduce this thing to me?"
"Sure, there's not much to introduce. It's just a quadcopter toy. Actually, one propeller is enough for it to fly, but its load-carrying capacity isn't good, and you'd need exceptionally large propellers."
"So, I designed it with four propellers, which allows it to lift nearly a kilogram and take off!" Geng Shuai said.
"What's the use of this thing?" Huang He asked again.
"It's a toy, of course it's for fun. What's the specific use!" Geng Shuai scratched his scalp. "Oh right, I often attach a basket underneath it. Whenever I have online shopping delivered to the company building, as long as the item isn't heavy, I don't have to go downstairs. I just lower this aircraft, and then it lifts the package up. I guess that's one use."
"You're just lazy!" Tong He said exasperatedly. "It's just a package, isn't it good to go down and get it? It's a good way to exercise. You have to go through the trouble of creating some kind of aircraft, it's a complete waste of time!"
"Boss, I'm using my own leisure time, and I'm using my own pocket money to buy materials to make it. If I'm wasting anything, it's my own time. What does it have to do with you!" Geng Shuai said unhappily, then quoted a classic line from TVB, "As a person, the most important thing is to be happy. If a person isn't happy, what's the point of earning so much money?"
"Yes, it's important for people to be happy!" Huang He nodded, then handed the quadcopter to Geng Shuai. "I think if this aircraft could be equipped with a camera, wouldn't it be even more enjoyable!"
"A camera!" Geng Shuai blinked in surprise, then clapped his hands. "Right! My quadcopter can totally be equipped with a camera! Then we can take pictures from an aerial perspective. That would be very useful!"
"..." Tong He was stunned. An aircraft with a camera seemed to have indeed become useful.
"No!" Tong He shook his head. "Boss, adding a camera won't make it usable. Adding a camera would at most allow for taking photos or videos, but we can't see the footage from the camera. You can't design a smart AI to have this drone select angles and various photographic data and take pictures itself, can you?"
"There's nothing impossible about that. In twenty years or so, with AI technology maturing, having the camera lens take pictures on its own won't be a problem!" Huang He said calmly.
"But that's still twenty years away. It's useless right now," Tong He muttered.
"That's not necessarily true. If we add a Bluetooth device to the camera, so that the footage captured by the camera can be transmitted in real-time to a display via the Bluetooth device, then even if it flies into the sky, we can manually control various data to take pictures, right?" Huang He retorted.
"Ah!" Tong He was stunned again. It seemed that this was indeed possible.
"Furthermore, isn't the R&D center studying the next generation of wireless transmission technology? When the next generation technology is developed, it will be able to transmit far more data than Bluetooth, making real-time transmission of high-definition video footage a piece of cake!"
"Also, isn't our large-screen touch phone project also under development? I recall that this phone also includes next-generation wireless transmission technology. When it's ready, we can directly connect the phone to this aircraft's camera. Then, one phone can directly control the aircraft's camera for photography. Wouldn't that be even more convenient!" Huang He said with a smile.
"Yes... you're right!" Tong He nodded with a wry smile. Seen this way, the aircraft did have some utility, at least it could fill a gap in camera equipment, namely aerial photography equipment.
After all, unless one had the opportunity to fly in a helicopter for shooting, for a photographer, there was truly no better means to achieve aerial mobile photography.
"However, the market for this is too small. After all, there are only a small number of photography enthusiasts. Moreover, with the aircraft carrying a camera, the manufacturing cost will likely exceed tens of thousands of yuan, making it difficult to find a market!" Geng Shuai said from the side, as he was very familiar with the company's products.
"Not necessarily. Perhaps in the future, there will be many more photography enthusiasts!" Huang He smiled slightly, then said to Geng Shuai, "Alright, you don't need to continue working here. In a few days, we'll process your resignation and have you leave your current position!"
"Boss, no! I just made a small aircraft, do I deserve to be fired like this?" Geng Shuai was aghast. He was very satisfied with his job. The salary was high, the research direction was advanced, and there wasn't much overtime. The company's overall environment was also relaxed. He could even casually joke with senior leaders like Tong He and develop things like drones within the company. Where else could he find such a comfortable job!
If he were fired now, he would truly be miserable!
"You're the man known as the Minister of Justice, why are you so timid!" Huang He chuckled. Of course, although this Geng Shuai had the same name and somewhat similar appearance, he was definitely not the same person as the future Minister of Justice. After all, that person was still in middle school, or perhaps even elementary school.
"Grant him permission to assemble a team of about fifty people. I want to see the first batch of drones with cameras on the market next year!" Huang He said decisively.