Chapter 719, Secret Project
Ossenna and Wu Jiarong are quite familiar with each other.
At least I was familiar with him before.
That was when we were still on the Raging Owl Star and the alliance was just getting started.
Osena has always been the housekeeper at the rear, while Wu Jiarong is the general manager of production technology.
Inevitably, the two of them will have a lot of work contact, and they will naturally become familiar with each other.
But as decades passed, Wu Jiarong became more and more unfamiliar to Oceana.
It’s not that the two have less contact at work.
Although they don’t meet as much or as often as they did in the early years, the two still come into contact from time to time at work.
Wu Jiarong's 'strangeness' is a... change in Osena that is a bit hard to describe.
Moreover, this change happened right in front of her eyes, every time the two of them came into contact.
There are changes in appearance and sound.
She still remembered that although Wu Jiarong’s arms had been modified into mechanical ones at the earliest, his eyes had turned into mechanical eyes, and there was a tube inserted in the back of his head, connected to his waist and back, and he could instantly There is a flexible steering auxiliary operating machine that can move with her at any time. There are many operating levers on it...
But in any case, although the degree of modification is much greater than that of ordinary people, it is still generally humanoid. appearance. Osena still remembers the special beauty of Wu Jiarong's fair skin when her hair was flying, and the exposed white skin in contact with the mechanical structure; she also remembered that when she smiled, her face had a little baby fat, which could be called sweet.
That was not something Wu Jiarong did deliberately. She had been arrogant since she was a child and lived in an environment where appearance was not valued. That was the most natural look of her at that stage.
And these appearances quickly disappeared as time went by, and as Wu Jiarong's technical level and professional title status within the Mechanical Corner improved.
Osena felt that every time the two of them met, something would be missing from Wu Jiarong, or something would be more, or something would change.
Her body is changing, her voice is changing, her emotions are changing...
Today, all that remains of her is the same face as before. That face, nourished by the nutrient solution, could no longer express any expression. It's not that Wu Jiarong doesn't have the skills to do it, it's that she doesn't want to do it. No matter what she faces, the same expression is the best. Even keeping a face is to leave a biometric mark so that mortals know who they are facing.
But what about this face?
Only the skull and brain are left original.
Others, all the mechanical devices have been replaced, and even the appearance has not been preserved.
Wrapped in a robe, Wu Jiarong only revealed her face. There was no emotion on her face, her mechanically synthesized voice had no emotion, and her hormone-secreting organs that easily affect mood changes were gone.
Of course, she is still a human being.
At least according to the empire’s definition of ‘human’, she is a human being.
It's just that it's hard to say how many human emotions and emotions are left in her body.
Osena was a little emotional, but she didn’t feel uncomfortable.
No one forced Wu Jiarong. Every part of her body was made by herself, and any replacement she made was her own choice.
Osena was originally thinking about whether she could exchange a few pleasantries before starting the formal topic, but when the screen was connected and she opened her mouth, she decided to forget it.
Looking at Wu Jiarong's calm look, she didn't seem to be interested in small talk.
Then save time and get to the point.
What Oceana wants to ask about is a ‘secret project’.
The confidentiality level of this project is very high. Even Oceana, as the prime minister of the alliance and the head of the government, does not have enough authority to see all the contents of this project.
Very normal. Although she has one of the highest authority in the alliance besides Gu Hang, no one else has full power except Gu Hang himself who has the right to access all the intelligence in the alliance.
Just like Wu Jiarong didn't know a lot of sensitive data from the alliance's central government, Osena didn't know about some confidential technologies and production projects either.
She understands all this, and has always known propriety, and will not ask too many questions that should not be asked.
But this time is different.
This secret project has had a great impact on the alliance government, and she had to ask.
The first phase of the plan has a budget of 60 billion. The project's finances, personnel organization, technical production, transportation... are all kept confidential.
Sixty billion for one project... is already an exaggeration. This amount is enough to completely build a battleship.
But it is said that this is only the first issue.
As the person in charge of this project, Wu Jiarong is already asking the coalition government to prepare the second phase of the budget. It will be needed next year, and the amount will be increased again, to a full 80 billion.
A total of 140 billion in two years... The initial alliance's imperial tax for a year was only 300 billion! This project will eat up half of the imperial tax in two years, but it’s not bad!
I was already scratching my head under the pressure of imperial taxes and had to undertake such a large project.
It’s too difficult.
Of course, this project was finalized by Governor Gu before he left. The order given to the alliance government was to cooperate as much as possible, and Oceana could not hold back. Not only did she follow Governor Gu's orders, she also understood that with such a high level of confidentiality and such a large investment, what she built must play a vital role in the development of the alliance.
But the pressure of money is still too much. This time, she just wanted to discuss with Wu Jiarong whether she could change her plan?
The 60 billion for the first phase has been given out, you can use it first; can the 80 billion for the second phase be less? That 60 billion is a huge amount of money. Use it first and then buy it. It won’t be so easy or so fast to use it all up, right?
Even if it is absolutely necessary, can we give it later?
It won’t be too late, just a few months, until the first two-year imperial tax is paid, and then the new money will be allocated.
Wu Jiarong refused.
"This is the governor's project, and it is related to the life and death of the alliance." Wu Jiarong emphasized this point first.
Take the Governor to suppress me?
Ossenna felt a little uncomfortable.
But she wasn't going to show off because of it.
Maybe all motor oil guys are like this. You can’t expect them to maintain a particularly high emotional intelligence after cutting off a lot of organs and working with machinery every day.
"This is not a request." Ossena explained patiently, "but a request. I am discussing with you. There is a lot of pressure from the government, and I hope you can understand."
"I understand you, Chancellor Oceana "Wu Jiarong still maintained a tough attitude and responded, "But there is no room for negotiation on this matter."
However, she is not really arrogant enough to accept the governor's request. Hold Oceana down so hard.
She still gave a little explanation: "The current consumption has been carefully calculated and is the optimal solution under a very extreme state. The number of workers, the number of senior engineers, the consumption of raw materials, the consumption of energy for the entire secret project... …There are too many. In addition, we also need to place some orders from various high-precision factories in various regions of the alliance, and even to Alamita and Jindi Star. The sages need to personally lead the production. "
"The cost is very high, and the current situation is indeed under calculation. The current state of research and development and production is already at its most extreme. On a dangerous bridge. If you pull away a little, the whole bridge may collapse."
Wu Jiarong tried her best to speak well, and even used some adjectives!
Osenna can feel it too.
She sighed and accepted the reality: "Okay, I will find a way."
At this point, the two were silent for a while.
Osenna put away some of the disappointment of not achieving her goal and mentioned another thing.
The most important thing she wanted to discuss with Wu Jiarong this time was of course the secret project. The second thing is about the alliance’s technical support for production recovery and production strengthening in various regions.
This has nothing to do with the newly occupied areas in the spider web domain.
It’s not completely absent, but the most important task in those places is to resume production. Either these planets have a certain production capacity and industrial level in front of the station, and then we can find ways to retrieve the equipment and workers from the original planets; if they cannot be retrieved, or the planet's own production capacity is not good enough. , that depends on the technology spillover from the core areas of the alliance.
It would be enough to relocate some ‘low-end industries’ in core areas to these areas.
After relocating low-end industries, workers in the core areas cannot be freed from work, right?
That's certainly not the case.
There is a need for higher value industries to accommodate experienced workers and engineers.
As for these, we need to see what help Wu Jiarong can provide.
In this matter, Wu Jiarong did give Ossena some good news.
There are indeed some pretty good industries that can be given away.
The Raging Owl Star has now transformed into the core technology base of the alliance. Many stronger industries have been added to the seven-horse land that has been relocated.
Advanced heavy construction machinery, Star Castle construction factory, more construction docks, more Titan factories, more advanced energy compression factories, more stellar energy stations...
All require more people.
It cannot be done by low-level workers. It must be a talent with rich experience and accumulated technical ability. Those who have been liberated from lower-level industrial industries can do exactly this.
For these individual workers and engineers, it’s not bad either. Higher-level and more important industries can obviously give these people better opportunities to upgrade.
Ossena returned satisfied. After ending the call, she immediately sent the record and summary of the conversation produced by the clerks to Minister Zhao Jiuzheng of the Production Department.
He was also very excited, and immediately started arranging manpower, preparing to connect these technologies, equipment, and technical instructors with Nu Xiaoxing, and then plan where to build these new factories.
Ossenna herself started the next task.
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In the capital city of the Fox Moon Star Territory, which is very far away from Qima Di and the core areas of the Dragon Eagle Star Territory, on the Snow Fox Star, a Jason Morgan is also engaged in a crucial battle. meeting.
The situation in the Fox Moon Star Territory is actually different from many other star territories in the Spider Web Universe. This star field is located to the east of the Princess Star Field and northeast of the Alfonzo Star Field. Going further east from the Fox Moon Star Territory, you have left the empire's territory and entered the dark outer realm.
In their previous wars, whether on the northern, western or southern fronts, they had nothing to do with the Fox Moon Star Territory.
That means that this star region has basically not been affected by particularly serious wars. At least the Fox Moon Star Region has not been regarded as the main battlefield.
Of course, the impact is not big, but pest infection is still inevitable. It's just not serious and relatively easy to fix.
Because of this, the alliance will naturally not invest particularly strong military force for control.
There are too many places that require military suppression and takeover, so save some troops if you can.
However, the Fox Moon Star Territory was not severely damaged by the war. There are good aspects, which means that the productivity remains relatively intact. However, there are also bad aspects. The local forces have not been wiped out by the war, and more of them have remained.
Earlier, they were all closely related to Tiejai and the Alfonzo sect.
Political work is not easy to do.
At least it's not as easy as those places that were cleared and then the Alliance took over and rebuilt.
In this context, Jason Morgan and his wife came to the Fox Moon Star Territory together.
He himself is the highest administrator of the Fox Moon Star Territory.
(End of this chapter)