406: Chapter 405 Master Lu

Liu Dandan's idea was naive, but it wasn't groundless.

At the very least, up until now, Luo Changan couldn't see what role he and the others could possibly play at the construction site.

Leveling the ground?

In modern society, which relies on modern construction machinery, let alone three or four hundred people, could three or four thousand people working for a day even equal the workload of fifty excavators in one hour?

Obviously not.

This was precisely the reason Luo Changan couldn't understand.

A company has no reason to bypass simple and efficient solutions in favor of methods that are both time-consuming and costly; this defies common sense.

Therefore, Liu Dandan's idea wasn't entirely without reason. At the very least, from the current perspective, the "training" or whatever was just an excuse the company found to pay them a salary. It was better than sitting in an office for a month of training and getting four thousand, anyway.

Breakfast was finished quickly. At 8:30 AM, a staff member appeared before the group on time.

Looking at the scattered formation, Wang Jie smiled helplessly. He felt more and more like a construction foreman. Before, he only managed a set of equipment; now, President Wang had handed over more than a thousand people for him and the others to manage.

The reason given was also very sufficient: the ten of them were the engineers with the most construction experience in the entire Frontier Technology Group.

This was impossible to refute.

There was no choice; they had to schedule the construction plan for the next few days, leave five zero eggs to supervise, and then rush through the night by plane to arrive in Hanzhong City.

Fortunately, President Wang had prepared in advance, allowing them to erect rows of sheds late at night. Although there weren't many, they were enough for these people to take turns eating, and at least there was a place to sit and block the wind.

Scanning the crowd once more, Wang Jie didn't intend to waste any more time.

The weather today was very cold. The zero egg reported the body-perceived temperature was only around 10 degrees. In this kind of weather, the human body couldn't stay outside for long; he had to get them moving as soon as possible.

"You all are not bad."

Wang Jie smiled faintly. His voice spread across the field through the zero egg beside him. To ensure everyone could hear clearly, he had even arranged for several zero eggs to be placed around the crowd, playing simultaneously, which was very effective.

That was the good thing about the zero egg. For functions not available during initial use, if you had sufficient permissions, you could DIY them entirely. After defining the name and function, it would be much more convenient to use next time. They even discovered that after using the same function multiple times, the zero egg could autonomously judge preset targets and complete tasks. The trigger condition might just be the expressed meaning in the context, or a small action you didn't even notice.

"I just counted the number of people. As of now, the number of people who have arrived is 1,201. This means no one is late, and none of the colleagues who reported yesterday have backed out. This is very good."

"Today is still about leveling the ground. The tools are these shovels distributed to you."

Wang Jie pointed to both sides with his hands.

"From where I am standing, extending five hundred meters to the left and right, and one thousand meters to the west, is the entire construction area for this project. Within this range, you can move freely. You can first determine your position, the orientation of the land, and the boundaries."

Pointing to his left again, Wang Jie said: "This position is a key construction area for the early phase. You need to level the ground here as soon as possible. We will mark the specific locations for you."

The cold wind was biting. Some new employees were on the verge of a breakdown when they heard they were required to level the land.

"Why can't construction machinery be brought in? If we have to level the land ourselves, when will it be finished?"

A male employee asked.

Wang Jie glanced at that employee and said: "There will be. President Wang is preparing construction machinery for everyone; it will just take some time. Now, everyone needs to get familiar with the construction process and the layout."

"Moreover, it's not just you; we will participate as well."

The male employee took a look and realized that the few foremen he saw in the morning had already put on their clothes at some point, were standing by with shovels, each with a smile on their face. The biting cold wind seemed to have no effect on them.

"Of course, if you really can't stand it, you can go to the temporary sheds we built to rest. This will only slightly affect your final assessment score; it won't lead to your dismissal."

The words sounded nice, but everyone knew that once they went in, it would probably affect more than just their assessment score.

The male employee gritted his teeth and retreated back into the crowd.

It's just a month, I can endure it!

People are always like this. They don't worry about scarcity, but about inequality. As long as the people sent by the company had the same treatment as them, they felt it was normal. Especially seeing those company personnel standing in the cold wind, looking relaxed and content, they even wondered if this company was always like this. Otherwise, how could these people in front of them be smiling?

After saying a few words, everyone dispersed.

Wang Jie and the others, each leading 120 people, split into five teams and headed to different locations.

With Wang Jie was a dark-skinned young man, about thirty years old, who was currently standing beside Wang Jie, looking at the patch of weeds and dirt mounds in front of him.

Curling his lip, the young man said: "President Wang is playing a big game this time. 1,600 acres—how long will it take to build all of this?"

"We don't need all of it."

Wang Jie held his phone, flipping through the blueprints, and said: "The project's initial planning only includes three factory buildings. Apart from the main production workshop, the others only need to be the central equipment supply plant and production auxiliary factory, none of which are difficult to build."

After looking for a while, Wang Jie said: "Let's arrange it like this: the main production workshop will be built jointly by our four teams, trying to concentrate the Spiders. We need to finalize the basic construction surface as quickly as possible. The other six teams will be responsible for the construction of the remaining two factory buildings."

The young man nodded slightly: "The type of Spiders can be allocated by Zero; that's not a problem. I'm just worried that these people won't use Zero and the Spiders well."

"That's not a problem. Nobody becomes an expert overnight."

Wang Jie smiled faintly: "In the past, would you have believed that the ten of us would become construction foremen?"

"Go, go, go, who is a construction foreman? We are great new-generation construction engineers, okay?"

The young man spat and boasted: "Construction in the past relied on manpower. Future construction will be an era where an engineer takes a zero egg and a tablet, walks around, and gets the job done."

Wang Jie shook his head with a smile: "If it could really be done like that, why do you think President Wang would hire so many people?"

"Who knows."

The young man rubbed his head: "I always feel like I can't understand President Wang. With such good technology, why doesn't he promote it on a large scale? How much manpower would that save? Those large construction companies, those companies with concentrated manpower, wouldn't they be crying and begging our President Wang for some equipment?"

Wang Jie shook his head again: "That would cause many people to lose their jobs. I think President Wang doesn't want to see people having their jobs taken by Artificial Intelligence."

"I don't understand the thinking of these big figures."

The young man shook his head in annoyance: "As expected, I should just stick to designing. Thinking about these things is too exhausting."

Picking up his blueprint, the young man observed it carefully, then said: "This main production workshop isn't very complicated either. It only has four floors. If we hurry, we should be able to finish it in a month."

"Hmm."

Wang Jie nodded: "You need to carry out unmanned modifications on the tower cranes and other construction machinery. You handle this, how about it?"

"Leave it to me."

The young man nodded generously: "I guarantee it will be done in three days."

"As for the rest, the auxiliary work areas on the first and second floors will be handled by Yang Qi and his two teams. I will handle the clean room and supporting systems."

Wang Jie set the tone.

"Then the air conditioning system for the fourth floor can be left to me too. Let you all experience the power of the precision mechanical hand, Master Lu."

The young man rubbed his hands, unable to wait.

Precision mechanical hand—this was the reputation he had built within the group of ten during this time. Even Jiang Jun had conceded defeat, admitting he was not as good as the young man in remotely controlling the Spiders.

"Fine."

Wang Jie nodded with a smile: "If we need your help on our side, you have to come."

"No problem."

Master Lu patted his chest and said airily: "No matter what problems you encounter, just come find Master Lu."

"Heh, I actually do have a question. Let Master Lu answer it for me."

A voice suddenly came from the side.

Master Lu didn't even turn his head and said directly: "Yang Qi, you brat, don't try to ambush me. Don't rely on your high permissions to eavesdrop on our conversation!"

"Haha, I didn't do it on purpose."

The voice coming from the zero egg on the side laughed out loud: "Who told me I was so careless that I passed the level two permission exam after just using my brain a little?"

Master Lu said annoyedly: "That's only because I put all my energy into controlling the Spiders and didn't have time to study the test questions. Otherwise, could I lose to you?"

"Lost is lost, why make excuses?"

Yang Qi's voice said with a faint smile: "I was very interested in the topic just now. Master Lu, have you guessed what this place is for?"

"Hmph."

Master Lu snorted: "It's obvious, and you're asking us to guess? Guess what? Guess if it's a Chip processing plant?"

"You really guessed it."

Yang Qi didn't seem surprised at all, just said: "Then everyone, President Wang wants to build a Chip processing plant. What does that mean?"

"What?"

Master Lu asked.

Yang Qi's voice revealed a hint of strange emotion.

"Does it mean... President Wang has already built... a Lithography Machine?"