"One million is still a long way off, but we can start by making ten thousand." General Wang smiled.
Song He blinked. "The military wants to order ten thousand Teacher Bais?"
"Teacher Bai did an excellent job during the last earthquake relief effort. Every region wants to keep a batch of Teacher Bais in reserve. If there's a flood, typhoon, fire, or earthquake, they can send the robots in first." General Wang explained, "However, the existing Teacher Bai models are a little too frail. Can you make an upgraded model?"
"Easy!" Song He nodded decisively. "With ten thousand units distributed across the country, each city would only get a dozen or so. There's no need to worry about losing control with such a small number. As for the supercomputer remote-control service, the Data Centers in each region's Dream Cities can handle it."
As they spoke, the freight Train Station appeared outside the window. Police cars and military vehicles filled the roadside, and a checkpoint had appeared at the intersection ahead.
The driver pulled over. A Plainclothes Officer hurried over, apparently intending to drive them away, but after taking a look at the license plate, he turned and walked off.
"The specific orders will be coordinated with you by each region in turn. Let's call it a day here. I wish you both success at work!" General Wang pulled out two small folding black umbrellas and handed them over.
"Good luck with your work, General!" the couple said in unison. They opened the car door, raised the black umbrellas, and got out.
The pitch-black vehicle immediately drove away into the curtain of rain, turned at the intersection, and vanished. General Wang always came and left without warning, as if he were forever rushing off to deal with the next matter.
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