Chapter 57: Longteng Machine Tool

"We succeeded?"

"We succeeded! We have built the first domestically produced machine tool that leads the entire world!"

"Its manufacturing precision is not only capable of producing cars and ships, but also components for airplanes, rockets, satellites, and aircraft carriers!"

"The birth of these machine tools means that Divine Province has officially transitioned from a manufacturing giant into a manufacturing powerhouse!"

"Decades have passed, and we have finally done it!" Lu Jianye wept tears of joy.

Looking at his tear-stained, aged face, He Hongwei also let out a long sigh and said, "You are all too great. Thanks to your contribution, the military's thousands of types of weapons and equipment will completely transition to full domestic manufacturing!"

"On behalf of all military personnel, I salute you!" He Hongwei saluted the crowd.

"Salute!" Several military scientists and generals around him also wore solemn expressions as they saluted the group.

This was their heartfelt gratitude. Machine tools were the mother of industry and the vital foundation of military national defense!

He Xingzhou said, "Since the manufacturing has been a success, why don't Elder Lu give this machine tool a name?"

Lu Jianye wiped away his excited tears and said, "Chief Engineer He deserves the utmost credit for the smooth creation of this machine tool. How could I dare to take the credit?"

He Xingzhou smiled and said, "As for the structure of the machine tool, I merely made improvements upon the foundation laid by all you seniors. Since you have persevered and struggled for decades, it is only fitting that you give it a name. As for me, I shall name the numerical control system."

"Let's call this numerical control system 'Sword-Wielding'. It can control these massive industrial motherships, and its capabilities are like wielding a sword in flight from a celestial martial arts novel—it requires skill, yet it can vastly improve efficiency."

"Sword-Wielding. Good, let's call it the Sword-Wielding Numerical Control System." Everyone praised in unison. In fact, even if He Xingzhou had named the numerical control system "Sweet Potato" or "Steamed Bun" at this moment, no one would have objected, since the basic framework of the entire numerical control system was completed by him alone.

"Elder Lu, please go ahead and give it a name. We need a name for our external publicity anyway," Xu Zhilan said with a smile.

"Very well, I won't be overly modest then," Lu Jianye said. "This machine tool symbolizes our Divine Province's industrial takeoff into a new era. Let's call it the 'Soaring Dragon' machine tool."

"Good, let's call it Soaring Dragon!" Everyone agreed unanimously.

"Then let us celebrate right here: the Soaring Dragon machine tool has been successfully developed!" He Hongwei shouted aloud.

"I am going to report this to the National Academy of Sciences right away!" Lu Jianye laughed heartily.

"I will also report this to the military department, and the contributions made by everyone will be recorded in our roll of honor!" He Hongwei said.

"In addition, my visit today requires a batch of experts to accompany me to the military factories and the Academy of Military Sciences to manufacture related machine tools."

He Xingzhou smiled and said, "Then pick them yourself, just don't poach my entire team! We still have tasks to do!"

"Haha, I certainly won't stand on ceremony!"

He Hongwei, together with Qin Peng, was executing the military deployment portion of the Xuanwu Project, and many actions had already been taken.

Their recent primary direction of attack was updating weapons and equipment to cope with the Zerg crisis.

The demand for industrial motherships was particularly urgent!

That very day, He Hongwei selected a research team to take back to the military department to carry out a secret mission.

As for He Xingzhou, he stayed behind to celebrate briefly with the others before starting to improve other machine tools.

If it was to be done, it should be done comprehensively. The richer the variety of machine tools, the fewer obstacles they would encounter when manufacturing various technological creations in the future.

...

He stayed at the Beijing Machine Tool Research Institute for another week, and the work to be done was basically completed.

By now, specialized metals and machine tools were more or less finalized. Obstacles to the nationwide maglev road network and wireless power transmission network would be drastically reduced.

It was just that various industries were still unaware of this news, and He Xingzhou planned to find an opportunity to announce it to the outside world.

"Today's Divine Province International Machine Tool Exhibition will be held in five days. At that time, we will directly showcase our machine tools at the exhibition, letting the people of the entire country and the whole world know that Divine Province's manufacturing will reach the pinnacle of the world!" He Xingzhou said.

At the same time, he posted a preview on his personal social media account: "Fellow netizens, the final installment of my 'Building an Aerospace Carrier Model' series will be live-streamed in five days from the Beijing International Machine Tool Exhibition."

"At that time, everyone can watch it through online live streaming or by purchasing tickets to attend in person."

As soon as He Xingzhou posted this text preview, the comments reached the hundreds of thousands.

"Why is it in Beijing? I can't go..."

"Damn, I'm buying a ticket right now!"

"Speechless. In the past, nobody went to this machine tool exhibition at all; they were all free ticket giveaways. As soon as you mentioned it, the tickets on the website sold out!"

"Hurry up and live-stream it, I really want to see what your aerospace carrier looks like!"

For ordinary citizens, they could not feel how powerful machine tools were, but they were much more interested in the novel aerospace carrier model.

This was also the reason why He Xingzhou did not say he was going to manufacture machine tools, but instead chose to pull out an aerospace carrier model as a gimmick.

...

"Beijing International Machine Tool Exhibition? Send people to check it out and see what is going on!" Intelligence departments in various regions hurriedly dispatched personnel to prepare for the trip.

"Contact the organizers, we want to participate too!" Some world-class manufacturers originally didn't want to come, but upon hearing the news, they also hurriedly contacted the organizers to come and "join the fun," mainly to scout for intelligence.

...

When the day of the Beijing International Machine Tool Exhibition arrived, early in the morning, the surroundings of the International Exhibition Center were jammed to the point of complete blockage.

"Why are there so many people this year? It's truly a rarity!" a manager of the organizing committee said in astonishment. "If I hadn't arrived early, the road would have been completely blocked!"

"Indeed, in the past, citizens had no interest in this kind of exhibition at all; the attendees were only the entrepreneurs and businessmen we invited."

"The citizens who registered this time number in the hundreds of thousands, and there are quite a few people coming from other provinces and cities!"

"Everyone is here for He Xingzhou!" The upper management knew very well. "Never mind the citizens, even I want to see what the machine tool he designed and that aerospace carrier model look like, and what functions they have?"

"Last night I went to check out their booth. Good grief, they brought out a dozen different machine tools all at once, and they're all covered with dust sheets. Who knows what mysteries lie inside!"

"We'll find out in a moment!" a senior executive said. "Regardless, be prepared. Too many people are coming today, so security and order must be properly maintained."

"Fortunately, there are armed police forces helping out, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to manage!"

For this exhibition, the city specially mobilized an armed police force for coordination and management, and the security checks were exceptionally strict!

At nine o'clock in the morning, the exhibition officially began, opening its doors to media workers, visiting entrepreneurs, and tourists entering the venue.

Spectators who had long been impatient hurriedly rushed into the exhibition hall. As soon as they got in, they began inquiring with the staff or guiding robots about where He Xingzhou's mentioned Beijing Machine Tool Research Institute exhibition hall was located.