Chapter 283, The Pentagon Summons Again
It took a good month to get the local premiere of "Alien II" to the time when I received that call again.
Although it was already mid-February and there were only a dozen days left before the second half of Eton's semester, Alice certainly took more priority over this meeting compared to the gains from several classes, even if it might bring countless work to herself.
In the United States, Washington, DC, Alice came to the Pentagon again during this cold season.
"Miss Wang, please come here."
"Thank you, Mr. Rice."
There was still a bustling office corridor, and Alice followed the driver while looking around without a trace.
Obviously, the people who can work in the Pentagon are not simple characters. Although they are a fifteen-year-old girl and are not wearing formal women's suits but denim gowns, the people around them can look at each other without squinting and not curious about their arrival.
A moment later, she was led to a door by Rice.
"Ms. Wang, the Minister of Defense is in the office, please come in."
Alice paused for a moment when she was about to move forward.
Then, she nodded to the serious middle-aged man, pushed the door and walked in.
There was a conference table in the room, and the first Minister of Defense, Casper Weinberg, wearing round glasses, saw Alice, nodded and smiled, "Hello, Alice, we met again, please sit, please sit."
While sitting down, Alice looked at the crowd of accompanying staff, good guys, and senior people in the room. Looking around, there were only three four-star generals in the army uniforms, and one of them was also present.
Of course, while she looked at these people, the generals in the room were naturally looking at the girl himself.
Although a fifteen-year-old Asian girl is particularly beautiful, taller and more plump in her breasts, it is like this on the surface. But it is obvious that not to mention the cheerleaders or dance queens on campus, even the World Beauty Pageant, if that's all, how could there be a reason to be invited here?
"What a grand scene, Minister Weinberg."
Alice sat at the end of the conference table and was facing Weinberg: "Is my movie so inspiring? It has actually alarmed so many big names in the military?"
There was a brisk laughter from everyone, and an air force general took the lead in speaking: "It's more than just a movie, Alice, I've seen myself today. I'm a loyal reader of "Jurassic Park"."
"Wow, really? Then I'm so honored."
In this way, Alice exchanged a few greetings with the executives present. After a moment, a general turned around and said:
"Alice, you started working as a technical consultant at Lockheed since May last year, right?"
Seeing that the topic was shifting to military industry, Alice smiled without surprise: "That's right, but it's just a job for the time being. Oren Lockheed hasn't asked me to be responsible for any specific matters."
I believe that the people here must have known this answer a long time ago, so as a quote, the general continued: "So, the reason why you can conceive those novel things in the movie "Alien II" is because you added Lockheed, or because you already have this ability, that you were appreciated by Oren Lockheed?"
"Lockheed recruited me because I was optimistic about my excellent programming skills, and it had nothing to do with these ideas."
Alice replied: "After all, the aircraft's navigation control system and various programming in satellite control are not simpler than writing a new operating system. Having someone like me as a helper will definitely reduce the workload when necessary."
The answer is reasonable and well-founded. Of course, companies like the world's top arms dealers will not be confused by the idea of a girl's science fiction novel, so it is even more nonsense to give a title of consultant. As for these military bosses, they must understand this truth, so Alice knows that the topic needs to continue.
Minister Weinberg spoke in person: "Actually, Alice, I investigated you very carefully long before this meeting. Do you know?"
Nonsense, of course there will be a survey.
Alice smiled and said, "My honor."
Weinberg nodded and continued, "From Jurassic Park, we can see your ability to control cutting-edge technology, cloning dinosaurs, and then forming a zoo, and then losing control, causing a thriller science fiction novel to start the main plot. Creativity can never be underestimated, because many times, human development depends on the flash of inspiration from geniuses."
As he said that, he picked up the files on the desktop.
"Get back to the point, let's see what you imagined in that Alien."
"It's "Alien II."
"Yeah, Alien Two."
Weinberg opened the document and said, "First of all, it's the kind you conceived, it's called power armor, right? Although it looks a bit rough. Is this the creativity I got from "Starship Paratrooper"?"
"Starship Paratrooper" is the masterpiece of American science fiction master Robert Heinlein. It was published as early as 1959 and won the "Hugo Award" in the world science fiction award in 1960. In this novel, the writer proposed for the first time a concept circulated in many science fiction works in later generations, including games - Power Armor.
Perhaps from a fundamental point of view, Marvel's Iron Man is the ancestor of power armor, but it is undeniable that the real concept was Heinlein's "Starship Paratrooper" and the equipment was standardized to be installed on every soldier.
Of course, as for the movie "Starship Fleet", which was adapted from it, considering the insufficient cost, the producers could only let the soldiers wear ordinary military uniforms, but still use ordinary assault rifles to charge with the Zerg.
"Starship Paratroopers" has an impact, but it follows the biochemical flow, while mine is the mechanical flow."
A concluding line was spoken by a mouth. The four-star general of the Army raised his eyebrows and laughed: "Well said, haha, what a biochemical flow and a mechanical flow. I said guys, who do you remember Heinlein's description of power armor? What did he say?"
The navy's general smiled and said, "Please, we have no time. But I think, Alice, you must have some opinion, right?"
"That set of power armor was divided into three categories."
If we say that these sets of words were not colluded in advance, Alice would not believe it. Since they were guiding the topic to the power armor, she would understand what these big guys were making.
"One is the power type, one is the speed type, and the other is the command type. In fact, it is not appropriate to say that Heinlein is a biochemical flow. Its armor strength mainly comes from mechanical control. For example, the strength is because the hand sensor actively releases vectors; the jump is high, and it is because the hydraulic device on the legs is loaded with enough 'bounce fluid'. The command type is just to load more advanced communication systems, and there is a lot of bounce fluid."
He just defined the other party's "product" a second ago, and rejected his judgment the next second. The admiral asked enthusiastically: "What do you think the real biochemical flow should be like?"
"Nanoarmor."
Once again, she easily threw out a word that was enough to make many people stunned for a long time. Alice continued to follow her style of not being astonishing and endlessly speaking, saying directly: "The size of nanomaterials can ensure that the clothing can maximize its defense with the lightest weight. For example, carbon fiber... In fact, although the metal is hard enough, it is just because it is directly composed of atoms. But if we master nanotechnology, we can easily make a hard enough material with ordinary elements."
Alice almost told the carbon fiber and graphene, which made her sweat subconsciously. God knows that the process will not be realized until a long time later, and she is not involved in heavy industry now, and the industry field will have to save enough capital to start.
If she lets go and the government sponsors some existing heavy industry enterprises for research and development, wouldn’t she have no share?
However, this set of words seemed to be off topic. Weinberg smiled bitterly and said, "I said Alice, the idea is indeed good, but you seem to be talking about...the production process of mechanical flow, right?"
"Nanotechnology is just a foundation."
Alice said: "It represents the basic size of our industrial products. The so-called biochemical flow, whether it is to enhance human body quality or self-repair after armor damage, is it all nano-level micro-level? Let's not talk about how to specifically enhance human body quality or armor self-repair. If the basic technology is not up to standard, these will definitely be nonsense."
So, please don’t have such a large amount of information to speak?
The armor that will repair itself after damage clearly refers to the problem of basic craftsmanship, but it lightly throws out a new definition!
Are there three sentences in total?
Seeing the high-ranking officials quickly exchanging their eyes, Alice couldn't help it: "Then I'll say, everyone, you're here to come here this time, not just to draw inspiration from science fiction novelists, right? We have too many science fiction novels in the United States, so it's not my turn to queue up, right?"
This is indeed the reason, so after exchanging eyes with the audience, Weinberg smiled at Alice and said, "Of course this is different. Alice, those science fiction writers are just writers, but although you are only fifteen years old, you are already an indispensable part of several large technology companies."
"You also wrote the software that created computer special effects for "Alien II". Such a versatile science fiction concept, and many technologies are not too far from reality. I think if you took action personally, it wouldn't be too difficult to implement them, right?"
Chapter completed!