Huaqiangbei Industrial Park

"Since it's taken a step further in my hands, it's no longer appropriate to call it Jarvis. So, I'm renaming it Hongmeng."

Hongmeng, in Chinese mythology, is the world before the creation of heaven and earth, the beginning of all things. Now, he has also used it as the name for his intelligent system.

Therefore, Chen Mu started using it as the name for his own intelligent program. In reality, there wasn't any other special meaning; he simply wanted to call it that.

"Renaming complete, sir."

Hongmeng is actually not much different from Jarvis. For now, it only serves as an intelligent butler. In other aspects, it's not much different from Jarvis.

Chen Mu had already arrived at his own industrial park. It wasn't fully renovated yet, but all the hardware facilities were basically installed. Therefore, Chen Mu directly installed the system into the central control computer.

Xu Jia was assigned by Chen Mu to check if all the machines were present and accounted for, while he himself went to his own laboratory.

Chen Mu's Huaqiangbei Industrial Park doesn't occupy a large area. Moreover, due to some "agreements" with Director Zhang, there were troops stationed outside the park, protecting it tightly. After all, the agreement with Director Zhang was very important.

As early as a month ago, Chen Mu had contacted Director Zhang, saying that he had successfully developed Tony's Iron Man armor and needed a secret base of his own for production, which he would then sell to the military...

Director Zhang didn't believe him at first, but when Chen Mu presented a suit of armor, Director Zhang agreed without a second word.

This was also why, in just over half a month, Chen Mu's industrial park had sprung up from the ground.

"Director Chen, the production line is ready!"

After inspecting the industrial equipment, Xu Jia quickly arrived at Chen Mu's laboratory, looking at him with some excitement.

In fact, a month ago, when she first heard Chen Mu say he had developed armor, she had dismissed it as a joke. She never expected that Chen Mu would directly use his family's factory to produce the armor the very next day!

Although it didn't have the powerful offensive capabilities of the Iron Man armor, it had to be said that Chen Mu's armor was also quite good!

"Has the titanium alloy been delivered?"

Chen Mu looked at her and asked directly.

Titanium alloy, which is the material for the Mark 3, is significantly harder than ordinary alloys. It's a material used for manufacturing spacecraft. Fortunately, China also possesses the technology to manufacture this alloy.

When Chen Mu proposed supplying the military with Iron Man armor, it was as if whatever materials he asked for were directly allocated by the state.

The reason Xu Jia was so excited was also quite simple. Besides the fact that it would greatly enhance the military's strength, Chen Mu had previously promised her that he would personally craft a suit of armor for her.

"Alright, let's get the machines started!"

Chen Mu had actually already input all the parameters for the advanced Mark 2 into the Hongmeng system. Once the equipment was installed, they could start production immediately!

This time, Chen Mu had applied for fifty tons of titanium alloy from Director Zhang, which was enough to manufacture one hundred suits of armor!

One hundred suits of armor, one hundred "Mark 2s," or rather, War Machines. An army like that would be terrifying!

"With the production capacity of this industrial park, it can produce ten suits of armor per day. It won't take ten days for the material costs here to be used up."

Of course, Chen Mu was only responsible for manufacturing the armor; the weapons on them would be improved by the Chinese military themselves.

As Chen Mu started the machines, the factory, completely controlled by the artificial intelligence Hongmeng, began to operate at full speed. Various components of the armor were rapidly produced on the assembly line.

The armor Chen Mu was producing this time was actually an advanced version of the Mark 2, or more like the later War Machine. Of course, being produced in China, they naturally had their own new name – Qilin 1...

Chen Mu's naming ability was truly something to be desired; the names he chose were quite casual and didn't hold any real significance.

Of course, to make the armor better fit the name, Chen Mu had made some modifications to the armor's appearance and paint job, making it more "Sinicized."

The parts for the Qilin armor were manufactured one by one. Such assembly-line production was only possible with the extravagance found in China.

Expensive titanium alloy and large-scale industrial equipment were not problems for China.

"It takes two hours to manufacture one suit. As long as there are enough materials, equipping a legion wouldn't be an issue."

"The cost of titanium alloy is relatively high. The cost of one Qilin armor suit should be over five million Renminbi."

Five million, and in Renminbi at that, this cost is actually considered very low; some luxury cars cost more than that!

"Other materials can be used as substitutes, but the final combat effectiveness might be greatly reduced."

Even so, even armor made from ordinary titanium alloy would possess formidable power.

In fact, in Chen Mu's opinion, the best material would be vibranium from Wakanda. If it were possible to use vibranium to build the Qilin armor, it would naturally greatly enhance its capabilities.

Unfortunately, Wakanda was still in a state of isolation at this time, and the outside world had no knowledge of this country's existence. Even if Chen Mu wanted to use vibranium, he couldn't.

"Alright, the first set is a women's suit. You can take it directly then."

Seeing the assembly line start to operate without any issues, Chen Mu had no intention of watching any further.

"Really?!"

Xu Jia's eyes lit up, and she appeared very excited. The allocation of the armor suits would normally be subject to strict military regulations, and she wouldn't have been prioritized. However, if Chen Mu gave it to her, it would be different.

Coupled with her "contributions" over the past month, protecting Chen Mu and reporting all situations truthfully, she had indeed obtained permission to own a suit of armor herself.

"Of course, it's what you deserve."

In fact, without Xu Jia's help, Chen Mu would have found it difficult to contact the military easily. After all, before he presented the Qilin armor, Xu Jia's role by his side was more of a "monitor," to prevent Chen Mu from doing anything that would harm national interests.

However, Chen Mu didn't mind this at all. He wouldn't do such things, so he had no worries. Surveillance? Let them monitor. Having a beautiful woman following him around wasn't bad for the eyes.

It was also through Xu Jia's channels that Chen Mu was able to present the existence of the Qilin armor to Director Zhang, which led to the opportunity to have his own industrial park so quickly.

For each suit of armor, Chen Mu would receive a processing fee of one million Renminbi, plus an industrial park that completely belonged to him, and all the complete equipment. All of this was partly thanks to Xu Jia.