This Civilization is Strong, Just a Bit Crooked on the Tech Tree
Chapter 44

Yifei's Current Development Status and Drone Improvements

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"President Chen."

It was almost two in the afternoon, still before official work hours.

He Yu arrived with a brisk pace, carrying the business reports for Yifei from this period.

"Hold on a second!"

Chen Yi didn't even look up. He was holding Xia Keke's phone, controlling Lu Bu, and was in the middle of catching a lone Luban No. 7.

His first skill, Flash, landed, followed by an empowered cleave. One hit, two hits, then a critical strike.

In just a few hits, Luban met his demise on the spot.

Then, before the enchantment from his first skill wore off, Chen Yi controlled Lu Bu to leap ultimate, plunging directly into the center of the team fight not far away.

A sweeping attack with his halberd, followed by his first skill, his second skill to shield and slow, and then normal attacks, landing a critical strike.

In just a few seconds, the enemy mage, jungler, and support were all killed on the spot, leaving only Cheng Yaojin frantically escaping with his ultimate active.

"Damn it, are these guys all made of paper?

The team fight has been going on for so long, and they haven't even forced Cheng Yaojin's ultimate. Useless teammates don't deserve to win!"

Seeing his pentakill slip away just like that.

Chen Yi ignored his teammates' pings at the Dragon pit and chose to recall.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Boss, no, no, no! This is my promotion match to King. Four kills are good too. Regret can also be beautiful."

Seeing the boss about to go AFK at the enemy fountain again, Xia Keke, the owner of the game account, hurriedly called out from the side.

"I'm not playing anymore. This garbage game is ruining my youth and my mood."

Chen Yi threw the phone back to Xia Keke. "You play yourself. We have an eight-thousand-plus economic lead. Just aim for their damage dealers and use your ultimate."

As he spoke, Chen Yi ignored Xia Keke's calls and looked at He Yu, who was waiting nearby with a file bag.

"Manager He, please sit. Has the company's development been going well recently?"

"It's been fine."

He Yu sat down as instructed and took out the report from her hands. "According to the instructions you sent over a while ago, President Chen.

We have stopped the drone engine business and are exclusively focusing on the high-end materials business.

The company is now independently operating the low-temperature heat-strengthening material business, specifically providing our materials to companies that need them.

After these days of business development, Yifei's materials business has successively signed over a dozen contracts.

Based on the contract amounts, next month's revenue will exceed 2 billion.

According to the market department's evaluation, in another two months.

The low-temperature heat-strengthening material business will stabilize at 4 to 6 billion.

If we can further improve the durability of the low-temperature heat-strengthening material, making it reach the strength of a true titanium powder alloy.

Conservatively, this part of the business could exceed 20 billion in monthly revenue, and even challenge 30 billion is not an issue."

He Yu reported the data and performance with complete understanding, without even looking at any of the reports.

"Not bad.

As for improving the material's durability, I won't interfere.

Have Yifei acquire a few metal laboratories to conduct subsequent research and improvements."

Chen Yi briefly glanced at the report and then changed the subject. "What about battery production?"

"The high-energy battery you provided earlier, President Chen, has completed trial production after working overtime during this period.

Based on the current factory scale and the battery's energy density, the annual production capacity will reach 80 GWh.

Given the first quarter's power battery installation volume of 58.97 GWh, this capacity can meet 30% of the market demand.

Additionally, I have formulated a series of capacity expansion plans, with production capacity expected to reach 300 GWh next year."

"Overtime trial production?"

Chen Yi frowned and tapped his fingers on the table. "Yifei can now start establishing laboratories to conduct more in-depth research on carbon-silicon lithium batteries.

As I said before, I will no longer be responsible for the subsequent research.

Also, your market demand forecast is problematic.

Carbon-silicon lithium batteries have higher energy density. For the same volume and weight, they have greater capacity.

However, to cater to consumer demand and market competition.

Even with carbon-silicon lithium batteries, new energy vehicle manufacturers will not reduce the battery weight.

They will only use carbon-silicon batteries to replace the previous lithium iron phosphate and ternary lithium.

Launching a new energy vehicle with a pure electric range exceeding 2000 kilometers, with carbon-silicon lithium batteries as the core.

In this case, the demand for the new market of carbon-silicon lithium batteries should not be calculated based on current demand, but rather 5 to 10 times the current demand."

"I understand. I will revise the market plan later and report back to you."

He Yu diligently jotted down Chen Yi's instructions.

"When are we planning to hold the press conference for the new battery?"

Just then, Xia Keke, who had reached the Star Glory rank, brought over a pot of tea.

Chen Yi took the teapot and poured a cup for He Yu. "And what about the supercomputer I asked you to pre-order? When will it be here?"

"The preparations for the press conference are complete.

Since President Chen said you would be hosting it personally, we're just waiting for you to set the date.

As for the pre-ordered supercomputer, the preliminary work is done.

Sugon Information has replied that they can deliver and set it up for debugging within the next couple of days."

"Since everything is ready, let's schedule it for the day after tomorrow."

Chen Yi thought for a moment. "The press conference will officially start at ten in the morning the day after tomorrow. I'll host it.

I want it to be impactful, shocking, and down-to-earth.

As for the supercomputer, keep an eye on it. This will be the main base for my studio going forward."

A supercomputer, including its cabinet, motherboard chips, emergency power supply, and various cables, weighs tens or even hundreds of tons.

The three-story building Chen Yi currently lived in couldn't possibly support such a weight.

To install the supercomputer, another location would have to be found.

"Understood. For the press conference the day after tomorrow, I'll come to pick you up, President Chen."

He Yu noted these matters down and took out the last report. "President Chen, this is the stock option allocation plan you asked me to draft, along with the information of the employees receiving options. Please review and confirm it when you have time."

Chen Yi took the report and flipped through it.

Besides General Manager He Yu, familiar veteran employees like Qin Xiaoyu and Xia Keke were also on the list.

"Leave it here. After the battery press conference, I'll give you my reply for the announcement. That will be the most effective time to release it."

Chen Yi put the report away without signing it immediately. He stood up and said to He Yu, "If there's nothing else, Manager He, you can go back to work. I have some things to attend to."

"Yes, President Chen."

He Yu opened her mouth, as if she had something more to say, looking like she wanted to speak but hesitated.

In the end, she lowered her head and chose to take her leave.

"Boss, Manager He has been very busy with work lately, almost to the point of being frantic."

Watching He Yu's retreating back, Xia Keke thought for a moment and said to Chen Yi, "I heard that the workers at the old Yifei workshop have been working overtime for more than ten days straight recently."

"Are you saying Manager He isn't doing a good job?"

Chen Yi glanced at her. "Or would you like to take charge of all of Yifei Company's business?"

"No, no, no, Boss, please don't," Xia Keke said, startled. "I just feel that Manager He's working style doesn't quite align with your personality, Boss, and doesn't fit Yifei's corporate culture and values. I just wanted to remind you if you needed to guide her a bit."

"I think it's your personality that doesn't align. Manager He is energized, making you look like a slacker."

Chen Yi playfully tapped Xia Keke's head. He then went to the nearby parts rack and took out a few solar panels.

"I'm busy these two days. Besides the press conference the day after tomorrow, don't bother me with anything else important."

As he spoke, Chen Yi took out his ion propulsion drone, removed its casing, and connected the solar panels he was holding to it.

[Item: Ion Propulsion Drone] [Attributes: Energy x1.8, Speed x1.6, Mass x21, Stability x2.6, Strength x14, Communication x31.7, Radar Imaging x36.6, Avionics x34.5, Aesthetics x3.8, Endurance Recharge x4.6] [Note: This is a uniquely designed ion propulsion aircraft. Unfortunately, its energy is not fully loaded, and blindly increasing the Endurance Recharge module has caused a sharp decline in stability, speed, aesthetics, etc., making it unable to fly normally.]

"Increased battery life. It seems my approach is correct."

Chen Yi ignored the evaluation in the note, reattached the solar panels, and took the drone and panels up to the second floor.

This month, Rongfei had spent over twenty days with a group of experts and professors working on airplanes.

He hadn't touched his own high-quality ion propulsion drone for over twenty days after test flights and data collection.

Now that he was back, it was time to refine and improve it.

Sorry, I went out this morning, so the update is late.

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