Chapter 145: Liu Yaofeng’s Astonishment

Hao Ren nodded and said, “Of course. In fact, many of these agricultural factory technologies already exist; they were just improved by the master.

As a symbol of Dream Technology’s assistance in elevating the technological level of the Tanga Federation, the master also built one of these agricultural factory projects in the city of Dar es Salaam.”

Liu Yaofeng obviously knew that Dream Technology was established by Du Qiu under the identity of Li Shennan, with Rein Leinar as its president.

Though the company had not launched any products that led the industry, they possessed strong automated production capabilities and could produce a complete range of electronic and mechanical components.

This allowed Dream Technology to remain unnoticed, but subtly, in the fields of chips, consumer electronics, new graphene batteries, and even more broadly in industrial manufacturing, it had become the best OEM factory.

At least 30% of the global market share of smartphones, computers, smart wearable devices, autonomous driving devices, electric vehicle batteries, various industrial equipment, and more, have been taken by Dream Technology or its subsidiaries.

This is still a preliminary statistic from an authoritative economic publication; Dream Technology has never disclosed the actual market share since it’s not a publicly-traded company.

Although Liu Yaofeng was impressed by the rapid development of Dream Technology, thinking of it as the big boss’s doing, he didn’t find it surprising.

However, evidently learning from the lessons of Dream Technology, Dream Technology encompassed the entire industry of manufacturing technology, which was very advanced, yet they had no products of their own.

This, in turn, made them even less conspicuous.

Now, the company’s factories were scattered across the BRICS nations with facilities in Tang Country, Babylon, Asan country, Annan country…

Of course, the largest factory was still in the Tanga Federation, located in this valley and the adjacent industrial park.

All these factories were unmanned, operating 24 hours non-stop, the costs incomparable to those OEM enterprises employing manual labor; and of course, what was crucial was the consistent quality of the products.

That’s the reason why Dream Technology swiftly defeated those established OEM giants.

Another reason for their success was Dream Technology’s very strong solar power technology—all the roof designs of their factories featured new types of solar panels.

The efficiency of their solar energy conversion and electricity generation was an astonishing 80%, surpassing the 50% produced by American labs and far exceeding the current 30% efficiency of thin-film solar power generation.

This solar power technology was genuinely just needing a little light to generate electricity.

If Dream Technology were to launch their own products with such potent solar technology, they would certainly draw the attention of many competitors.

But, Dream Technology only used it for their own use and did not launch any products.

What Liu Yaofeng didn’t know was that there were already two solar panel manufacturers using this technology, albeit limited to a 50% conversion rate, and they were making steady progress in the solar energy field.

While the technology was advanced, it was not exclusive, and thus had not caught the attention of certain forces.

With Dream Technology capable of generating its own electricity, this greatly lowered the cost of running factories fully-automated 24 hours a day.

This made those OEM enterprises, who were also transitioning to partially automated factories, still unable to compete with Dream Technology in terms of price.

Of course, Dream Technology did hire local employees, but this was merely a gesture to please local government officials.

After all, it was always necessary to tackle some employment issues, especially those related to the relatives of certain local government officials.

This practice was found in Dream Technology factories all over the world, which increased costs slightly, but they were still lower compared to those traditional OEM factories that employed tens of thousands of workers.

Liu Yaofeng now understood why Dream Technology had slowed the sale of industrial assistant robots and also did not provide generic types—

it was to prevent those OEM factories from developing into fully automated facilities like Dream Technology, which would be like providing weapons to the competitors.

“Hao Ren, being so deep underground here, would there be any danger if an earthquake occurred? How long would it take to escape to the surface from here?”

Looking at the vibrant underground world before him, Liu Yaofeng couldn’t help but ask.

Hao Ren explained, “We’re about 2000 meters below the surface, with a space height of around 800 meters, covering an area of 60 square kilometers.

The dome is supported by 1080 pillars, each 50 meters in diameter, and the top has been specially fortified.

Even if America’s most powerful bunker-busting nuclear bomb, which can penetrate 250 meters, were to strike directly from above, it would not collapse this place.

So, just an earthquake wouldn’t affect here at all.

Besides, we are not located on a seismic belt, and earthquakes don’t usually happen here, so it’s very safe.

The elevator we took to come down is faster than the fastest elevator in the world, reaching a speed of 30 meters per second. You’ve just experienced it; it took only a bit over a minute.”

Liu Yaofeng looked into the distance, and in this miraculous underground world, he actually saw a small lake!

“Where is the boss now?” Liu Yaofeng was even more eager to meet Du Qiu.

“The master is in the base command center. Let’s go there now.”

As Hao Ren finished speaking, the unmanned electric vehicle started moving again, quickly heading towards a road.

Traveling through this underground city, Liu Yaofeng didn’t feel like he was underground at all—the streets, though not as wide as those in cities on the surface, but with unmanned electric cars coming and going, there was no sense of congestion.

However, the whole city seemed very quiet; other than the shuttling unmanned electric cars, there were no people walking around, not even humanoid robots.

“All the machinery here is for work; all products unsuitable for public production are made here.”

Hao Ren saw what Liu Yaofeng was thinking and explained, “The factories on the ground in the valley will soon move outside, and at that time, the factories in the valley will produce in a completely sealed manner.”

“How is the power supply handled here?” Liu Yaofeng asked the biggest question in his mind, because, after all, energy is of utmost importance.

Although he heard that Dream Technology heavily utilized solar energy power generation, this place was 2000 meters underground; where was the sunlight coming from?

He had noticed that there were no high-voltage power lines on the surface, nor were there large-scale solar panels laid out on nearby mountaintops.

“The master said that the underground base uses a completely new type of nuclear power device that can ensure the base’s energy needs are worry-free.”

Liu Yaofeng was once again astonished; the boss had actually come up with nuclear power, and what was key was that it was up and running in such a short time.

In Blue Star, the country with the shortest construction period for nuclear power plants was Japan, averaging close to 4 years.

Amidst Liu Yaofeng’s astonishment, after just over ten minutes, the unmanned electric vehicle stopped in front of a uniquely designed, futuristic silver building.

When the glass doors of the unmanned electric vehicle opened, Hao Ren led Liu Yaofeng out of the car.

They entered the building and took the elevator.

Liu Yaofeng noticed that Hao Ren used voice commands directly, “Take us to the 58th floor!”

The elevator began to move promptly, quietly and smoothly, with no sensation of motion from within.

Soon, the elevator reached the designated floor, and when the door opened, Liu Yaofeng saw a woman dressed as a secretary waiting at the entrance.

“Mr. Hao, President Liu, I’m Secretary Leng. Please follow me, the master is already waiting for you.”

Liu Yaofeng examined Secretary Leng carefully, trying to discern whether she was a robot or a real person.

From the overall impression, if she was a robot, she was indistinguishably lifelike—Liu Yaofeng even smelled a faint scent of a woman’s perfume.

“Liu Yaofeng, are you wondering if Secretary Leng is a robot?” Hao Ren asked teasingly.

Liu Yaofeng glared at Hao Ren; if Secretary Leng was a real person, such a remark would have been embarrassing.

Secretary Leng did not speak but quietly led them to a door and then gently knocked.