Chapter 200 Promotion

Chen Ming and Bai Quan signed several documents.

The tone of jointly developing hyperspace channel engine technology and dividing the profits in proportion was determined.

In the future, the 14th Corps will have professional technicians to do related things. Chen Ming does not need to worry too much. At most, he will need to participate in a few issues occasionally.

At other times, just wait for the money.

As Bai Quan really entered the busiest period, the morning teaching was suspended, and Chen Ming had some free time to do some things that were not originally planned.

For example, in cooperation with Huihuang, the exploration and finishing work around the first jump landing point was started early.

Last week, the exploration of the galaxies around the temporary base had made about 80% progress.

It is expected that all galaxies with habitable planets will be explored within two weeks, of course, there is only about a week left.

It is time to start the preparations for the second jump.

Chen Ming needs to count all the survey data and various gains so far, and summarize a set of efficient exploration processes based on the exploration situation around the first temporary base, and use it in the next exploration.

Of course, saying it is finishing does not mean that Chen Ming will leave directly.

It is impossible that this temporary base that has just been built will be demolished in just over a month.

He can arrange for Yuhui to go to the next temporary base while leaving some Yuhui individuals to investigate other galaxies that have not been investigated yet.

The backup Yuhui that was specially left before will be used at this time.

After all, 80% of the exploration progress does not mean a comprehensive exploration of the galaxies around the base. There are still many galaxies that Chen Ming's Yuhui has never been to.

It is just because some stars will make it impossible for habitable planets to exist in the galaxy, and galaxies without habitable planets have no value for Chen Ming to build colonies, so his Yuhui has not been to those galaxies.

But there will always be some galaxies where there are valuable planets even if there are no habitable planets.

It is not a loss for Chen Ming to transfer the data surveyed in valuable planets and valuable galaxies.

Under the current premise that he is conducting a large-scale investigation, the cost of each fuel can be reduced a lot.

Then the data obtained from the investigation will definitely be more than the fuel money after being converted into direct money.

Unless the surrounding hundreds of light years are all empty and there are no valuable galaxies and planets, but this is unlikely.

And the money earned can continue to be invested in the activation of the second batch of afterglow and the construction of the second temporary base.

Huihuang will definitely arrange the activation of the second batch of afterglow at that time.

And the construction of the second temporary base requires special investigation of planets and galaxies suitable for the construction of temporary bases.

The first temporary base selected by Chen Ming was just a planet picked at random to start construction due to the situation at the time.

And the choice of the location of the second temporary base must be carefully considered under the premise of having enough time to proceed.

At least choose a planet with certain resources that can be developed for a period of time to make up for part of the material consumption.

Let the afterglow left on the ground of the planet play more effects.

Of course, Chen Ming had no time to do this arduous task, and finally handed it over to Huiyao to deal with.

It is the most suitable afterglow to accomplish this goal.

There are also some things that Chen Ming has been doing all the time, and he has stepped up his efforts after having free time in the past two days.

For example, he continued to persuade HR, who had already shown obvious signs of giving in, to completely let go of his prejudice against humans, at least his prejudice against Chen Ming, and completely join him.

Another thing is to find a way to remember in his mind that he also has Flash, an Alpha-level afterglow individual.

It can only be said that Flash, the Alpha afterglow, has always been very taciturn.

Although after Chen Ming rescued it from the massacre of other afterglows, it was basically certain that Flash would no longer have other ideas, and it was indeed silently guarding the temporary base, which was much easier to deal with than HR,

but the only problem was that it was too taciturn, and Chen Ming basically never took the initiative to hear it talk to him.

The rare contact was when Chen Ming regularly repaired several cruisers that had no docking station and had to be repaired by himself.

This made Chen Ming forget about Blink a lot of times and forget that he had an Alpha-class afterglow.

So in the past two days, Chen Ming tried to remember Blink while trying to soften HR.

The effect... was not ideal.

But it was not a big problem, Blink would still do what it should do.

It can only be said that Baiquan's busyness did provide Chen Ming with a lot of time to do other valuable things.

In addition to the preparations for the second jump, persuading and understanding the afterglow at hand, and studying according to the daily schedule every day.

Chen Ming also used the deep maintenance that was basically equivalent to once a day in the right place before going to bed every night.

For example, optimizing the afterglow core and helping the queen optimize the biological building.

At the same time, Chen Ming specially allocated one time to Shao Yang, completing the first trial cooperation.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

And time came to the day of Baiquan's promotion ceremony in a blink of an eye.

Although Chen Ming could not attend, he still needed to pay attention to the ceremony.

Therefore, he contacted the boss in advance and told him if there was anything.

Of course, even if Chen Ming did not mention it, the boss would definitely tell him at that time.

After all, Chen Ming still had a highlight to show at this ceremony.

With Bai Quan and related personnel in place.

The promotion ceremony also started normally as the time came.

However, only the military and government officials were invited to the ceremony of awarding Baiquan the rank of lieutenant general, and not many people could see it.

However, many people were invited to the banquet later.

In addition to the military officials, there were also representatives of companies that had cooperative relations with the military.

So the entire banquet hall was basically divided into two sides.

On one side, the people of the Fourteenth Corps sat in a solemn and serious atmosphere.

On the other side, the atmosphere was quite lively.

After all, such a banquet is a great place for socializing. People from different work fields can get to know each other and talk about business.

Baiquan, whose military rank was already marked with the lieutenant general, entered the banquet hall.

The atmosphere in the banquet hall was the most lively.

However, everyone present restrained their behavior.

Baiquan, the protagonist of the banquet, walked to the side where the military was sitting after entering the banquet hall.

Then he came to the side where the forces that had cooperated with the Fourteenth Corps were concentrated.

And with him came several juniors from the Fourteenth Corps who had been led by Baiquan before.

They are all juniors who have stood out from their peers and have shown their talents and practical abilities.

They are the future of the 14th Corps, so they need to follow Bai Quan to get in touch with the partners of the 14th Corps.

Among them are Cheng Xinghe and his sister Cheng Xinghai, who have met Chen Ming before.

However, Cheng Xinghe is not in a good state at this time, and his spirit is a little sluggish.

It is indeed because he was beaten by Chen Ming, who has no command experience at all, and was finally captured.

But after all, he had no consciousness during the period of cryopreservation, which was not bad, at least he was still alive.

So the main reason was that Bai Quan personally beat him up several times after he was brought back. He had worked hard to get promoted, but his position was demoted again and again, which made him look like this now.

In addition, he was assigned some tasks after he came back alive.

That is, he must personally handle the pensions and follow-up support arrangements for all the soldiers who died because of his decisions.

This is the rule of the 14th Corps, and every battlefield commander must do it personally.

Although this task is troublesome and difficult, it is not too annoying for Cheng Xinghe, and he also knows the benefits of doing so.

But Bai Quan gave him an extremely troublesome task two days ago to confirm the reversal of a matter that has been settled.

The various things in it are even more troublesome.

And he also heard that this task was created by Chen Ming, which made him almost PTSD when he heard Chen Ming's name.

So when Bai Quan went to Wu An, who was surrounded by many people and was the core focus of the other half,

Cheng Xinghe silently lowered his head and began to play dead.

Cheng Xinghe's sister Cheng Xinghai formed a sharp contrast with him.

Although Cheng Xinghai was also wearing a military uniform, her short hair just added a bit of vitality to her.

She looked not as serious as other military people at the banquet, but very lively.

She walked in front with a smile, pushed the crowd away and greeted Wu An.

She also pulled Cheng Xinghe, who was embarrassed by himself, to meet Wu An and said hello.

Cheng Xinghe knew that Wu An had a good relationship with Chen Ming, so he tried to avoid seeing Wu An these days when he knew that Wu An was staying at the headquarters of their 14th Corps, but he couldn't avoid seeing him at this time.

After all, the first person Bai Quan brought them here was Wu An, and he couldn't avoid him because he was following Bai Quan.

And those who were originally complaining about Cheng Xinghai's somewhat barbaric actions immediately changed their expressions when they turned their heads and noticed that Bai Quan had come over.

Some people gave up Wu An and surrounded Bai Quan, praising Bai Quan with their mouths full of praise for Bai Quan, hoping to chat with Bai Quan for a few more words.

However, they did not dare to go too far. When Bai Quan smiled and responded to them one by one, they took the initiative to make way for Bai Quan to lead to Wu An, who they had surrounded before.

Wu An, who was originally sitting in his seat, stood up very respectfully and raised his glass to Bai Quan.

Bai Quan immediately raised his glass and gently bumped it with Wu An and said to Wu An: "Mr. Wu An, I heard that you didn't let anyone help you collect the gifts when you came this time?"

"Yes, some things have to be accepted by you in person."

The two looked at the corner of the banquet hall at the same time, where there was a box-shaped object covered with a layer of cloth.

"Why not now?"

"Okay."

Wu An agreed, and walked to the corner of the banquet hall with Bai Quan surrounded by a group of people.

On the way over, Bai Quan suddenly asked: "Mr. Wu An, can you tell me what it is in advance?"

"I heard Chen Ming say two days ago that he would give me a surprise, but since he didn't come..."

"Yes, let me pass on the surprise."

Wu An took out a spindle-shaped crystal that could just fit in one hand and a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Bai Quan.

This crystal is the back shell that the crystal crab naturally shed during this period, and it shines with a gorgeous luster under the lights in the hall.

Before Bai Quan asked and Wu An introduced it, Cheng Xinghai said like a little girl who was attracted by something shiny: "What a beautiful stone."

Bai Quan took the crystal, looked at it for a while, and handed it to Cheng Xinghai, who was standing next to him with shining eyes, and then picked up the paper.

This is a test report.

Although Bai Quan is not a designer who specializes in designing warships, he knows what capabilities and performance each component of a warship has, what is good and what is bad.

Therefore, when he came to this test report, he was first surprised by the nature of the material itself, and then he was shocked to see the actual specific data with his own eyes.

Finally, he was happy after understanding the reason why Chen Ming and Wu An brought this thing to him.

The benefits brought by such a material that can crush all the energy storage devices today after mass production are extremely significant.

And in the near future, countless people in the entire empire will definitely be eyeing this piece of fat.

Although Wu An and Chen Ming are there, no one will openly snatch this technology, but various small tricks will definitely emerge in an endless stream.

Those people will not only try to intervene, but also try to replicate it in every possible way, and even want to get a complete production method and production system.

Although Wu An and Chen Ming have connections and abilities, they do not have enough power.

After all, the Psychic Society is a loose organization, and it is impossible to really help them in these matters.

So they need a force with enough weight in the empire to protect this unique business.

And their final choice is him, Baiquan.

Baiquan raised his mouth and said, "So that's what's in that box?"

Wu An nodded slightly and stepped forward to pull open the cloth covering the crystal crab observation box.

Four crystal crabs, two big and two small, appeared in the sight of everyone at the scene.

The two big ones were given to Wu An by Chen Ming before, and the two small ones were hatched from the two eggs that Chen Ming gave to Wu An before.

Standing next to Baiquan, Cheng Xinghai, who was glancing at the test report in Baiquan's hand, was immediately attracted by the moving sparkling crabs.

She immediately asked Wu An, who had pulled open the cloth, "Uncle Wu, what is this?"

Although Wu An was not very familiar with Baiquan before, let alone Cheng Xinghai.

But after a few days since he came here, Cheng Xinghai knew that he was the top psyker of the psionic society.

From time to time, she would come over to ask for advice on psychic matters while the two of them were chatting about something, under the pretext of looking for something to do with Bai Quan. Over the course of a few days, she became familiar with him.

Cheng Xinghai has just come of age, so it is not offensive to call Wu An, who is actually in his thirties.

After Wu An checked with Bai Quan's eyes, he explained with an expression that looked at his younger generation: "This is the crystal crab, the animal that produced the crystal."

Cheng Xinghai blinked, his dark pupils reflecting the beautiful light of the crystal.

She gradually looked away from the crystal in her hand and asked, "Is there anything special about this crystal?"

"This is a special energy storage material, and its effect is stronger than all current professional energy storage materials and energy storage devices. There is also specially tested data to prove it."

Although Wu An was answering Cheng Xinghai's question, he was obviously speaking to other people present.

There were obviously many businessmen among the surrounding partners of the Fourteenth Army. Someone among them immediately realized something and asked Wu An: "Mr. Wu An, what data are you talking about?"

Wu An pointed to the corner of the box and said: "Use the terminal to read the code here and you will see it. I found the results measured by the Energy Materials Research Institute with government-issued qualifications. They have their stamp on it. "

The crowd who came with Bai Quan immediately gathered around the observation box, and soon saw the same content as Bai Quan's test report.

Representatives from several companies that specialize in energy storage materials and energy storage equipment began to breathe heavily.

They know how much impact it will have on the entire market if such materials are real and can be mass-produced.

Wu An didn't whet their appetite, and said directly: "If you paid attention to Bai Quan's movements some time ago, you should have heard about Chen Ming, right? This is the technology Chen Ming got from Yu Hui."

"Chen Ming can already mass-produce this material?"

Hearing someone in the crowd ask this question, Wu An's mind flashed back to what Chen Ming had said to him before, and he replied: "Basically, it's okay, but the output will be a little low in the early stage, and the output will gradually increase later."

"What about the afterglow?"

Wu An was not surprised at all when he heard this question.

Just like what he said when he talked to Chen Ming before, when someone learned about the existence of such a thing, someone immediately had strange thoughts.

However, he also answered very straightforwardly: "Before leaving Yu Hui, Chen Ming had successfully taken away Yu Hui's entire research institute for this kind of creature, and obtained the complete cultivation method and cultivation equipment."

"Yu Hui only has a few scattered samples at most. It will take at least several generations, several years, or even more than ten years to cultivate it to a scale that can be mass-produced."

"If anyone is interested, you might as well go to Yu Hui Star Domain and try it yourself. Yu Hui has something left behind."

The people present are obviously not fools. After being influenced by Chen Ming in front of Yu Hui, it is absolutely a suicidal act for outsiders to want to go in again.

Even if Yu Hui really still has the relevant technology, they will never be able to go to Yu Hui Star Domain again to bring the technology out.

So if this technology does not start from Chen Ming, there is no other way to obtain it.

They can only find a way to lower their status and join in to get a share of the pie.

Otherwise, after a few years, the technology will be updated and it will be cold.

Quite a lot of people are eager to use this technology.

But they haven't made any special moves yet.

After all, Wu An took out this technology at Bai Quan's promotion ceremony, so this technology cannot be released without the consent of the owner.

Even if they want to seek cooperation, they should not look for Wu An, but the Fourteenth Legion.

Chen Ming is the manufacturer, Wu An is the middleman, and Bai Quan is the distributor.

At this time, Bai Quan was happy that Chen Ming was willing to hand over the sales rights of such a material technology to him, and he also understood why Chen Ming was studying biotechnology before.

Obviously, it was to at least understand some of the cultivation technology of this special biological material, so as not to be completely in the dark and not know what he was producing.

The actual operation of cultivating energy crystal crabs and harvesting materials should be handled by the afterglow he controlled.

Bai Quan's idea was logically correct, but he was indeed successfully misled by Chen Ming.

But at least he is still very happy now.

Even if today's banquet is over, the threshold of his office may be trampled down, so he has to be mentally prepared in advance.

At this moment, Cheng Xinghai, who had taken the research report from Bai Quan and read it, suddenly tilted his head and asked Bai Quan: "Chen Ming? Is it the Chen Ming who relied on the ragtag fleet to beat my brother to the point where he could only hide in the escape pod?"

Hearing this, Cheng Xinghe, who was pretending to be dead, lowered his head even more, and didn't even want to explain that he was actually beaten by a local military's own Ruler Cruiser.

Bai Quan obviously didn't care about Cheng Xinghe's face, and directly admitted: "It's him."

Cheng Xinghai's pupils flashed a trace of curiosity and a trace of... belligerence. She said to her two seniors: "Uncle Bai, Uncle Wu, I want to get to know him."

Bai Quan immediately understood Cheng Xinghai's idea and said: "Do you want to fight with him?"

Cheng Xinghai showed a pitiful expression and stared at Bai Quan and asked: "Is it okay?"

Before Bai Quan could answer, Cheng Xinghe suddenly pulled Cheng Xinghai's sleeve and said: "Chen Ming is not from our 14th Corps, how can he fight you on the simulation equipment? You don't want to do it for real, do you?"

"Ah... oh."

Just when Cheng Xinghai felt a little regretful, Bai Quan suddenly remembered that he had to arrange a test opponent for Chen Ming.

It would have been good to find Cheng Xinghe, but he had a conflict with Chen Ming, so he was excluded by Bai Quan at the beginning, and Bai Quan had never thought about which opponent was suitable for Chen Ming.

Since Cheng Xinghai took the initiative to bring it up now, and she and Chen Ming had no conflict, it was indeed a good choice.

So Bai Quan said, "It's not impossible."

"Ah?"

Bai Quan ignored Cheng Xinghe who was puzzled and said to Cheng Xinghai, "I can arrange for you to fight him on the simulation device within a week. You can prepare first."

"Really?"

"A new sub-device has been installed in the Galo Star Region. The higher-ups have agreed to let Chen Ming have access to this device. You can simulate it remotely, but don't come to me if you get beaten and cry."

The aggressiveness in Cheng Xinghai's eyes was taken back by her, and she showed a good girl's smile on her face and said: "How could it be, thank you Uncle Bai."

"Okay, okay, you have met everyone, and it can be handed over. I have something to talk to others later, so go and have fun."

"Okay~"

Just as the crowd followed Bai Quan and Wu An back to one side of the banquet hall.

There was a person in the crowd who was staring at the direction where Cheng Xinghai left the banquet hall and thinking.

He was the chairman of Xinda Company, Xu Lin.

He did get the invitation letter for Bai Quan's promotion ceremony as he said before, and he did come here and watched silently for a long time with a glass of wine beside him.

Although he was a little regretful that Chen Ming did not give the sales rights of this crystal technology to their Xinda Company to operate.

But the focus of his mind at this time was not here, but on a side idea that just flashed through his mind.