Efficiency

The Security Department was the department Han Yang valued most, so its requirements and benefits were also the highest.

Countless people had tried everything they could to get into the Security Department, but lately, all anyone saw was unqualified guards being weeded out. No one had seen them hiring.

During this period, many people who wanted to become security guards had settled for positions at Fuxing Supermarket, restaurants, and similar places. The moment they saw recruitment begin, they immediately came to apply.

Han Yang had specifically instructed Li Hu to recruit entirely from within the company.

After this period of observation, the people already inside were clearly more trustworthy.

Those with ulterior motives, ties to other gangs, or intentions of infiltrating had long since been eliminated under Han Yang's discerning eye.

This time, the Security Department recruited a total of twenty new people, bringing its number of guards to forty-one. They were divided into five squads. However, Han Yang knew that the number would likely drop again after a while. It would be good enough if thirty remained in the end.

The key was that Shen the Butcher was too ruthless and heavy-handed. The training programs he had devised were simply not something ordinary people could endure.

Not only that, Han Yang had specifically instructed Li Hu to contact other underground forces and buy some handguns. Shen the Butcher then selected ten people and began firearms training.

Han Yang had money and did not care about such a small expense. With massive amounts of ammunition poured into their training, the marksmanship of those ten shooters improved rapidly.

After all, a combination of guns and close combat would better safeguard both his personal safety and his business.

After arranging the company's affairs, Han Yang returned once more to the core area that only he could enter.

In the power-leveling room, forty computers were still constantly completing orders and taking on work. In the research room, the industrial robots and workbenches Han Yang had purchased had already been installed.

Han Yang had been waiting for these things for several days.

During this time, Han Yang had basically completed the design of the new CPU architecture. He had only been waiting for this equipment to arrive so he could begin manufacturing.

Now that everything was ready, Han Yang immediately began testing it impatiently.

Industrial robots were different from computers. After Han Yang made a few modifications of his own, they could connect directly to the Brainwave Control Device and understand and execute Han Yang's commands. There was no need for the intermediary process of "Brainwave Control Device—robot—mouse and keyboard—computer—industrial robot." It could simply be "Brainwave Control Device—industrial robot."

After some adjustments, Han Yang took out a circuit board and placed it directly on the workbench. Immediately, the high-precision camera captured every tiny hole on the board with perfect clarity and transmitted it into Han Yang's mind.

Compared to opening his eyes wide and inspecting it carefully, the efficiency increase was immeasurable.

With a thought from Han Yang, the equally high-precision industrial robot used its mechanical arm to pick up a diode and place it with extreme accuracy into its mounting position. The entire process took less than half a second.

Another mechanical arm held a high-precision soldering iron and aimed precisely at the mounting position. A faint flash flickered, and the diode was immediately soldered onto the circuit board according to standard procedure.

The entire process took only a few seconds.

In the past, Han Yang had needed to hold tweezers in one hand and a soldering iron in the other, his face almost pressed against the circuit board as he stared at it with wide eyes. It took several minutes just to solder one diode, and even then, he could not guarantee he would not make a mistake.

It was too hard on his eyes. After soldering just a few, Han Yang had to close his eyes and rest for a while. Otherwise, his eyes simply could not take it.

During the days when he had tried making them by hand, Han Yang had even suspected he was about to become nearsighted.

Now, though, one was completed every few seconds—accurate, fast, and error-free.

The cables were the same. Those cables were as thin as sewing needles, and their connectors were even smaller and more delicate. Under the mechanical arms' operation, one could be completed every few seconds. Every connection used standard force, neither causing poor contact nor damaging the port through excessive force.

Compared to manual work before, the efficiency had improved by far more than a hundred times.

Under Han Yang's control, the industrial robots worked tirelessly like this. In just one day, they soldered more than ten thousand transistors.

Five days later, the brand-new generation of CPU was finally completed. But after testing it, Han Yang discovered that although the CPU's process had improved to 2.72 millimeters and its transistor density had doubled compared to the previous generation, its performance had only reached 1.1 times that of the previous CPU.

"That shouldn't be... Its theoretical performance should reach three times that of the previous CPU..."

Han Yang thought it over and over, repeatedly inspecting and researching it, until he finally identified the cause.

"The architecture is unreasonable... There's a bottleneck in data transmission, resulting in a huge amount of unnecessary waste of computing power..."

To fully tap its potential, he had to continue improving it. He had to modify the architecture.

"I'll fuse it first. Even a small increase is still an increase."

After thinking it over, Han Yang decided to fuse the chip first.

With a thought, the huge pile of circuit boards, cables, and other items before him vanished instantly.

After his computing power increased, Han Yang immediately installed three more computers in the empty stations and controlled the robots to begin taking orders. He himself once again threw himself into researching an entirely new CPU architecture.

Time slowly passed as Han Yang worked without regard for food or sleep.

One day, Han Yang left the core area and casually ate something in the cafeteria. Then he saw Zhao Fu hurrying over.

"President Han, something's wrong."

"Hm?"

Zhao Fu had withdrawn twenty-five thousand yuan from the company account today to deliver to Zhou Da'an. Han Yang knew about this.

Paying Zhou Da'an twenty-five thousand yuan every month was a fixed expense for Revival Group. There had never been any trouble with this before.

Zhao Fu wiped away his sweat, looking somewhat nervous. "Zhou Da'an didn't take our money. He said... he said Revival Group has grown so large, yet we're still giving him only twenty-five thousand a month. He said we're treating him like a beggar.

"He said he had wanted to see whether we would show some initiative lately, so he hadn't mentioned it. But we didn't take the initiative, and he said we were shameless ingrates... He wants us to give him fifty thousand every month from now on if we want him to keep protecting us. Otherwise, he said we should wait for the company to shut down."

Han Yang's expression gradually turned cold.

"This Zhou Da'an... his reach is getting longer and longer..."

Several thoughts flashed through Han Yang's mind, and he immediately made up his mind.

"I'll handle this. You don't need to worry about it."

Zhao Fu tried to persuade him. "President Han, ordinary people have never been able to fight officials. Zhou Da'an is connected to the authorities. No matter how big our company becomes, we can't afford to offend him. Besides, the company's financial situation is still pretty good. We can afford fifty thousand a month. It won't affect anything."

Han Yang was both annoyed and amused. "Go do your work. Why are you worrying about this nonsense?"