Rebirth: Super Banking System

Chapter 2281: Chapter 2101: Simple Yet Fulfilling

Not long after.

"Tap, tap!"

Huge sounds echoed inside the building, making external noise reduction quite a challenge. The only option was internal noise reduction.

Tang Qing didn’t pay it much mind.

After all.

Since it’s not for military use, concealment isn’t a major concern; meeting technical requirements is the key, so the main focus was on internal insulation.

It worked well.

Like a passenger plane.

Inside the cockpit, it felt like being inside a car—quite comfortable. However, fuselage soundproofing tests are not conducted here, nor are they today’s project.

"Power at fifteen percent, stable."

"..."

"Power at twenty percent, stable."

"..."

"Power at fifty percent, stable."

"..."

Data kept pouring in.

Soon.

At maximum power, the whole building turned into a whirlwind. The four propellers provided lift of more than a hundred tons—imagine the power.

People could barely stand steady.

A minute passed.

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Five minutes.

...

Ten minutes.

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Time slowly ticked away as most people stared at the screen, observing the information relayed from internal sensors in this initial testing environment.

Three days.

Seventy-two hours.

Non-stop operation; only after meeting all operational indicators will they move on to the next stage. Over thirty tests must be completed before official assembly.

Tedious.

Complex.

Exhausting!

However.

Everyone there was full of energy. Designing an airplane in a year was a tremendous challenge and a source of immense satisfaction for them.

Someone asked.

How is it possible?

One year.

Many foreign projects take ten years, or even longer. For a typical company to build it in one year—it seems a joke. But they did it.

It’s not that they are exceptionally skilled.

But the requirements differ.

Like the Osprey.

From concept to the first batch in service, it took many decades. But don’t forget, it serves military purposes with numerous requirements.

And this one?

Civil use.

Elegant.

Big.

Rugged.

Most of the technology is not highly avant-garde or advanced, just like military trucks whose basic requirement isn’t featuring cutting-edge electronics.

But three aspects.

Durable.

Powerful.

Easy to maintain.

Having all sorts of flashy things that fail in muddy situations is meaningless. Hence, the core principle of the whole project is not high technology.

Just to be practical.

Of course.

This does not mean there are no high-tech devices; it’s just that the core principle should not be lost. The simpler, the lower the failure rate. And then expand on this basis.

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An hour later.

Tang Qing left, letting them continue testing. According to requirements, this thing needed to turn for three days to complete, then move to the next test.

- Rain.

- Snow.

- Fog.

- Wind.

- Dust.

...

All environments must be tested. Once the single units are tested, assembly will begin, and everything will be tested again with additional new items added.

- Amphibious.

- Extreme cold.

- Plateau.

- Night.

- Low altitude.

- Maneuvering.

- Fault handling.

- Maintenance.

- Suspension function tests.

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Another big pile of projects.

Finally.

Test flights can begin.

By then.

It will be December, and the prototype assembly will be on November 1st, with the assembly site located in Xin Province, where the testing base is being built.

After testing.

It still doesn’t mean it can go public because the test flights are internal. A subsequent 600-hour flight duration is needed for basic testing.

Fortunately, this isn’t a military project; otherwise, there would be more test content. As the project is filed, Tang Qing knows that the military seems to have some interest.

Not hard to understand.

First.

Visually appealing, majestic.

Second.

Large.

The hundred-ton payload, long-range, and superfast speed are all eye-catching, with high extensibility. This, Tang Qing had already anticipated—just kidding.

Don’t even consider who made it.

With a few modifications.

Military use wouldn’t be out of the question, but Tang Qing had no intention of engaging in military projects—too troublesome, too many demands, too many restrictions, and he couldn’t be bothered.

With this time, why not design something else?

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In the days that followed.

After work.

Going to work.

Attending classes.

Leaving classes.

Attending meetings.

Life.

Tang Qing’s life was simple yet fulfilling. Others with such a big industry would be too busy to keep their feet on the ground, but he was different.

He wasn’t fighting alone.

Every hour.

Every moment.

Tens of thousands of loyal subordinates were overseeing his businesses. Any bad practices, internal factions, deception, and so on—forget it.

"Hoo!"

Another weekend.

Front yard.

Tang Qing basked in the sun, feeling comfortable! Lin Jiaxue hadn’t resigned from her job at the Comet Group because postgraduate courses demand very little time each day.

What’s more.

She studied Arts, and her mentor’s topics were mostly Humanities-related, not requiring daily deep dives into the laboratory, leaving her plenty of time.

In front.

A series of messages flashed by.

September.

The partners in Constant Temperature Materials swiftly joined the constant temperature clothing market after their equipment arrived and they got acclimatized—sales were booming overseas.

Saudi.

Egypt.

UAE.

Algeria.

...

The business in these Arab countries was booming—constantly wearing robes in scorching heat—the demand for constant temperature clothing exploded in the market there.

Sales were hot.

No.

It should be said to be on fire.

Indeed.

Due to limited supply of constant temperature materials and high profits in the Middle East, many companies there are buying materials from peers, increasing prices by twenty percent.

Even thirty.

Yet.

Few companies were selling, because the share of constant temperature materials was linked to annual sales. If you sold the materials this year and your clothing didn’t sell well.

Then.

The share next year would surely drop, maybe even greatly. Calculating this, it becomes a bit unworthy, which also led to the black market prices climbing higher.

Seeing this.

Tang Qing hadn’t considered increasing production.

No hurry.

Scarce items are precious.

He had just told Yangcheng leaders earlier that production cannot easily be increased, adding more production lines for a mere ten or twenty billion—after thinking about it, he figured it better to let it be.

After all, no one can compete with him.

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Afterwards.

Tang Qing browsed TikTok for a bit.

Hmm!

Not bad.

A thousand foundational videos represented a thousand short video directions. This guidance led to explosive growth in TikTok’s content.

Swipe!

Swipe!

Swipe!

One simply could not stop.

The algorithm.

Made people’s preferences transparent, making it irresistible to watch. In the past, Tang Qing was not fond of this as it wasted too much time.

Squandering the best years.

However.

Upon reflection.

Humans naturally tend to indulge in their preferred activities. If someone ruins their life because of TikTok, it’s not TikTok’s fault.

Of course.

There are issues, too.

Head down.

Apathetic.

Eyestrain.

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There is a litany of grievances one could cite, but they can’t overshadow its role in culture and entertainment. These apps might one day vanish.

But.

They once brought joy to some people, and that’s enough.