76: A mysterious figure from the Chinese Academy of Sciences came to visit, but Lu Xingye refused to meet him.

At the same time, Lu Xingye also completed the appointments for the North America Business Division.

After comprehensive consideration, he decided to dispatch Liu Jinhai and several other sales elites to the United States subsidiary to open up new business for Suihuo Technology.

With the TSL Group helping to share the pressure, Liu Jinhai would have no problem establishing a foothold abroad. Now, it remained to be seen how much money they could earn.

Along with the North America Business Division, a Robotics Business Division was also established.

Although the production of robots was still far from being realized, the preliminary preparation work could begin.

For example, acquiring some core patents related to robots.

For example, acquiring a batch of important robot components.

For example, the establishment of production lines and workshops... After finishing company matters, Lu Xingye spent the rest of his time in his sea-view villa.

Because the 'Hive' headquarters base was still under urgent construction, he did not yet have his exclusive laboratory.

Lu Xingye had to emulate Tony, the great inventor from the Iron Man world.

He set up a workshop in his villa so he could conduct experiments at home anytime, anywhere.

Starting from the robotic arm workshop, Lu Xingye upgraded the workshop several times. Now, his home workshop was not much different from a real laboratory.

Normally, most robot experiments could be done here... And now, Lu Xingye had already assembled a prototype robot.

Of course, it was without a power source and intelligent chip.

In front was a robot full of metallic texture, with a shimmering metallic luster on its exterior. Its appearance was somewhat rough, and its shape and size were roughly similar to humans.

Lu Xingye reserved a large space in the robot's chest.

This empty space was used to store the power source and intelligent chip.

Currently, Lu Xingye had not yet developed these two technologies.

Therefore, this robot prototype could not move yet.

"Boss."

"Long Yingtian from the Kyushu Special Department is making a video call. Do you want me to connect him for you?"

As Jarvis's voice came through, Lu Xingye had just finished his work, took off his work gloves, and said lightly, "Connect it."

These days, Lu Xingye missed the old man Long Yingtian a bit. He had promised to help with the military industry license, but there was still no news.

Passive work?

Negligent work?

Or... For some reason, Lu Xingye particularly missed Long Yingtian now. Of course, he would never admit that he missed the military industry license.

Beep beep... [Long Yingtian's call has been connected...]

"Hello."

"Student Lu, what are you tinkering with again?"

In the frame, Long Yingtian sat inside a military tent, surrounded by green camouflage. It was impossible to tell the exact location, but faint, clear shouts could be heard from all around.

"Making robots, of course."

"Didn't I mention it last time?"

"I'll give you an experimental robot in three months."

"Oh!" Long Yingtian nodded.

"By the way, are you calling now because the result of the military industry license application is out?" Lu Xingye asked with a smile.

"Cough cough..."

"Not yet."

"You know the military industry license application process is very strict; it hasn't completed the process yet."

Long Yingtian's expression remained unchanged.

It wasn't that he wasn't helping; the process for applying for a military industry license was indeed very cumbersome. Currently, Suihuo Technology was stuck at the qualification stage.

The higher-ups said they needed to observe for a period of time.

"Alright."

"Don't interrupt."

"I'm calling you this time because I have an important matter," Long Yingtian interrupted Lu Xingye, speaking calmly.

"Hmm?"

"What is it?" Lu Xingye's first reaction was that he was being used as a tool. The last time he developed the military system, he was roped in as a tool man in the same way.

"There's a very impressive academician from the Chinese Academy of Sciences who wants to visit your improved lithography machine."

"I wonder if you would be available to give a tour?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingye hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "For the visit to the lithography machine, you can contact Zhao Dawei. I am at a critical moment in robot development and truly cannot leave."

"The other party is Kyushu's most brilliant scientist! He is top-tier in various fields. Are you sure you don't want to meet him?" Long Yingtian smiled slightly, and the fuzz on his cheeks moved twice, though it was unclear what he was planning.

"No."

Lu Xingye directly refused. His brain potential had already developed beyond 40%, and his IQ in the main world was already sufficient.

Moreover, he possessed numerous cutting-edge technologies stored by Jarvis.

He had no need to meet any important figures, nor did he need to attend any academic seminars.

Lu Xingye alone was enough to support the development of Suihuo Technology's scientific system.

"Alright."

"Then I'll contact Zhao Dawei." Long Yingtian did not insist. After speaking, he was about to hang up the phone when he suddenly seemed to remember something and asked with a smile:

"Student Lu."

"You're a bit dishonest."

"Your first improved lithography machine was invented in the Chinese Academy of Sciences laboratory, wasn't it?"

"I investigated the corresponding traces."

"You tampered with that lithography machine in the Chinese Academy of Sciences laboratory."

"The most outrageous thing is that after you developed the lithography machine, you removed the corresponding control program and light source, restoring everything to its original state."

"This is truly too dishonest."

"Are you worried that the Chinese Academy of Sciences will monopolize your research achievements?"

Cough cough... "I thought I hadn't left any evidence, but I didn't expect to still be unable to hide it from you." Lu Xingye's old face flushed.

...

Long Yingtian was silent for a moment, then spoke again: "This time, a big shot from the Chinese Academy of Sciences is coming to visit your lithography machine, so please don't hide anything. The research achievement was developed by you; we're too happy to even think about monopolizing your research results."

"Don't worry."

Sigh... This... This makes me sound a bit petty.

"Okay." Lu Xingye nodded helplessly.

At this moment, a thought suddenly arose within him: he was pursuing a path of black technology monopoly, similar to the Umbrella Corporation in resident evil or Stark Industries in the Iron Man world.

Following this path of black technology monopoly meant that Suihuo Technology could not get too close to Kyushu.

Mutual cooperation was fine.

Under permissible circumstances, he could help Kyushu develop.

But... other aspects were out of the question.

After all, if he got too close to Kyushu, the future development of Suihuo Technology would be somewhat constrained.

After the call with Long Yingtian, Lu Xingye buried himself back in robot research and development.

If materials were missing, he bought them... If experimental instruments were missing, he also bought them... If ultra-precision CNC machine tools were missing, he commissioned someone to import them from abroad, or developed them himself.

Anyway, Lu Xingye was now wealthy and had no shortage of money... As for the two major challenges in robot manufacturing, one was the robot's power source, and the other was the robot's intelligent control chip.

Lu Xingye was also preparing to gradually overcome them.

The first step was to tackle the robot's energy problem.

Although the robotic arm could use Nano Battery as its power source, using Nano Battery for the entire robot would be somewhat insufficient.

Not only would the battery life be short, but Nano Battery also did not support the robot's ultra-high power output.

Therefore, finding a new energy source to drive the robot was imperative.

As for how to use various energy sources for propulsion, Jarvis also provided a specific solution: nuclear energy.

Using nuclear energy for propulsion.

The Ark Reactor in the Iron Man Suit was a very good example.