Chapter 298 Project Mercury
Golden Palace.
In the meeting hall.
"The recruitment target of 100,000 people has been less than one-fifth. The group manages a population of more than 20 million, and the registration rate is less than one-thousandth?"
Wei Ming was in a very depressed and bad mood, which was far beyond his expectation.
The treatment is obviously so generous.
The future is extremely bright.
Not many people signed up.
He really couldn't figure it out!
"This phenomenon is very normal."
Strategic consultant Xu Guanhua said: "How to stimulate ordinary people's enthusiasm to join the army, the ancient Qin Dynasty's method was very simple, that is, the 'military merit-based land and house system'. As long as you kill the enemy as a soldier, you will be rewarded with land, house, title, and slaves. Call it 'reward farming and make a hole'.
"But most of the immigrants in our company have land, houses, wives and children, savings, and robots at home. They have everything, and they don't lack anything. They live a very comfortable life. How can they get into the trap of joining the army? Sign up. It’s normal to have a small number of people.”
"Second brother is right."
Military consultant Xu Yahua said: "Most ordinary people are easily satisfied. Unless there is no other way, only a few are willing to take risks. The treatment of the Black Hole Fleet is very high and the risk factor is extremely low, but most people are still content with being rich. , we can only recruit a group of crew members of varying quality.”
"We still have to go to Blue Star to recruit people."
Black Hole Fleet Commander Xu Lixun (who has joined the Black Hole Fleet) said: "Our population base is too small, there are not many high-quality soldiers, and the enthusiasm is not high. If we want to complete the expansion mission, we can only go to Blue Star! "
"The Black Hole Fleet already has enough Blue Star crew members."
Wei Ming shook his head: "It's not that I don't trust these crew members, but their proportion is close to 100%, and a certain balance must be struck."
Today's Black Hole Fleet has a total of 12 large main starships (100,000-ton class), organized into four small fleets, each responsible for military defense in one direction. It currently has a total of 36,000 crew members and 14,000 logistics and civilian personnel. Fifty thousand people.
The expansion plan launched this time will increase the number of large main starships to 36.
The number of front-line combatants has been expanded to 108,000.
The number of logistics civilian personnel has been expanded to 42,000.
Therefore, there happened to be a gap of 100,000 people, and they had to be recruited in a short period of time. Unexpectedly, very few people responded, which is a slap in the face.
what to do?
How can the remaining vacancies of more than 80,000 people be filled?
"How about using a lot of robots?"
Guard captain Wei Shan said: "Nowadays, robots are very intelligent. If we build several unmanned warships instead of people, their combat performance will not be lower than that of manned warships. They may even perform better and have stronger combat effectiveness."
After all, robots have no fear and can withstand huge casualties.
"Robots have hidden dangers. The 'cursed virus' incident that broke out in Blue Star last year resulted in the death of more than 300,000 people. If we hadn't used the relatively closed 'Xuanyuan System' here, it might have been broken by the cursed virus. Then it would be An unimaginable disaster.”
Expert representative Long Tianhao said: "No matter how high the degree of automation is, the number of human crew members on a large starship must not be less than 3,000. This is a red line. If the number is lower than this number, there will be uncontrollable risks and unmanned operations will occur." Battleships are a huge gamble, putting all your eggs in one basket, which is extremely unsafe.”
"Long Gong is right."
Expert representative Chen Jianye said: "Although we have widely used quantum encryption technology and the probability of software cracking is zero, there is still the possibility of physical deciphering. Think about the 100,000-ton interstellar battleship. Once it is controlled by the enemy, then What a terrible scene it would be."
For example, increase the speed to the maximum speed and then hit Mars...
There still have to be people on large starships.
"Go to Blue Star to recruit 50,000 people, put them into front-line positions, and bring their families to Mars. In addition, we will recruit 30,000 employees from various companies to be responsible for logistics and clerical work. What about my approach? ?”
Wu Chenwu, the head of Black Hole Universe Development Company, proposed a compromise plan.
As a corporate group, in principle, the Black Hole Group's more than 20 million Mars immigrants and space immigrants are all group employees.
If the company wants to adjust the positions of some people and assign them certain tasks, employees are unlikely to be able to resist.
However, in the matter of 'recruitment', Wei Ming still plans to adopt the 'voluntary' principle to avoid mixing in unstable factors. After all, crew members require high obedience, are dangerous, and must maintain confidentiality.
If someone boarded the starship unwillingly and accumulated anger and hatred, it may become a hidden danger and loophole, causing unknown consequences, killing a whole ship of people, or causing the entire fleet to be annihilated.
As a result, they couldn’t even find enough people to recruit.
"Old Wu, this is a good idea."
Wei Ming had no choice but to compromise: "This is the only way we can do it, but one thing is that all recruits must be Chinese, and they must pass the test, and the screening must not be lax."
"Yes, understand."
Wu Chenwu nodded.
In fact, over at Blue Star, the Black Hole Group's "Mars Immigration" recruitment plan has been going on, and the quota of 30 million people has not been used up.
But I don’t know why. In recent years, fewer and fewer people have signed up. In previous years, each term could recruit 100,000 people, and each term was full, but now it’s good to be able to recruit 50,000 people.
On the one hand, after entering a highly welfare society, you don’t have to worry about food or clothing, and you play virtual online games every day. Your life is extremely comfortable, so why bother going to Mars to take risks and suffer.
You know, you can't play virtual online games on Mars. The Black Hole Group has banned it.
Secondly, it may be related to the atmosphere of public opinion, which leads many parents to disagree with their children signing up to go to Mars, because Mars is a society of young people, and it is better for the elderly to stay on the Blue Planet to enjoy their lives. On average, there is only one opportunity to visit relatives every five years, which is equivalent to separation of flesh and blood.
Under the strong opposition and demonization of parents, the wave of immigration to Mars quickly cooled down, attracting only 30,000 to 50,000 new immigrants each year.
As a result, the population base controlled by the Black Hole Group is insufficient, and the problem can only be solved by rewarding births.
The expansion plan of the Black Hole Fleet of 100,000 people in the district actually has to rob Peter to pay Paul.
However!
After the completion of the "Mercury Project", the situation should change significantly.
"Boss Wei, can we really take over Mercury and mine the entire iron core within ten years?"
Female scientist Ye Chushu said with a skeptical look on her face: "Two trillion tons of iron, which is a billion times the iron resources obtained by human civilization so far. In just ten years, can we get such a huge amount of iron?"
"We have thought of a way to cut Mercury into eighteen pieces."
Chen Jian said confidently: "It depends on how Boss Wei does it."
The purpose of expanding the black hole fleet is, on the one hand, to ensure the safety of the mining process; on the other hand, it is also to avoid stimulating various forces and attracting targeting, so preparations are made in advance.