I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 830 - 728: Office Network

Since he needed to oversee the construction in the new city, after the new dome began construction, Chen Xin returned to the new city.

As for the Research Center, thanks to Xi Yao, Chen Xin could stay connected via the internet, allowing Xi Yao to send tasks that needed handling to him in real-time, enabling him to manage matters at the Research Center while being in the new city.

Xi Yao’s computational abilities and the logic modules preset by Chen Xin ensured that she could handle a myriad of complex and trivial tasks in an orderly fashion.

This meant that although there were still numerous tasks at the Research Center requiring Chen Xin’s attention, with Xi Yao’s assistance, his workload did not significantly increase.

"Having Xi Yao assist you with various tasks is really convenient!" Tang Tang couldn’t help but express her envy as she watched Chen Xin effortlessly handle the tasks already categorized by Xi Yao on his tablet.

As the head of the entire research department, Tang Tang had a lot of work to deal with daily, which was both varied and complex. Even with two deputies and three secretaries to help her manage tasks, she still felt overwhelmed with endless duties each day.

If only she had an AI assistant like Xi Yao, she imagined her workload could be much lighter.

Chen Xin, hearing Tang Tang’s envious remark, smiled and said, "You can also send the tasks you need to handle to Xi Yao and let her help you out. Just input your information into Xi Yao’s system, and I can grant you access with my approval."

"But that’s just me manually inputting information, unlike you where Xi Yao proactively handles information. It’s like I have to inform Xi Yao about each task first, she processes them, and then sends me the results. It doesn’t really reduce my workload much." Tang Tang quickly realized this wouldn’t work after a brief thought, but she added, "Unless you can also implement networked office solutions here in the new city and connect the whole office system to Xi Yao, otherwise the outcomes would be similar."

Tang Tang’s words merely stated the reality, yet Chen Xin was somewhat surprised upon hearing them: "Isn’t the new city working with a networked office already?"

"My dear, don’t you remember that because the new city was temporarily established, many supporting facilities weren’t complete at the time? Although over the past two years the network and various other equipment have gradually been added, the office network is still akin to the so-called networked offices before the disaster, mainly used for email and messaging. Many specific tasks aren’t processed through the network." Tang Tang explained to Chen Xin with a bit of helplessness.

Though Chen Xin is a genius scientist, he appears quite confused in these matters.

This reminded Tang Tang of their school days, when Chen Xin was just like now, always able to propose numerous good ideas, but often lacking in execution and implementation details, requiring her to cover for him.

However, Tang Tang had no qualms about this, as Chen Xin’s ideas often produced better results than hers. It’s just that his character suited proposing ideas while others carried them out, rather than leading others.

The current collaboration pattern between Chen Xin and her was similar to what it used to be, with Chen Xin proposing ideas, and she handling the realization process of those ideas. The only difference is that now Chen Xin is the leader, and she is the assistant.

"Is that so..." Tang Tang’s explanation finally made Chen Xin understand the situation, which embarrassed him somewhat. After moving to the new city, he was overwhelmed with constant work and even went to Europe for a year, resulting in some oversight of the situation here.

Tang Tang’s slightly resentful explanation made him feel sorry and want to make up for it.

So, after considering, Chen Xin suggested to Tang Tang, "I remember although there isn’t a supercomputer here in the new city, there is a large computer, right? We could connect this computer to Xi Yao’s network, and I’ll install a subroutine of Xi Yao inside, which can help with handling various tasks, sharing some of your workload."

"If we could also strengthen the new city’s office network, that would be even better. The network here really isn’t up to the original Research Center’s standard." The plan Chen Xin proposed already helped Tang Tang greatly, but she couldn’t resist mentioning the poor office network in the new city.

Chen Xin simply smiled at her and said, "You are the head of the whole department. Couldn’t you just submit a report requesting an upgrade to the office network?"

"That’s easier said than done. Do you think I haven’t submitted reports before? But they just don’t approve, and there’s nothing I can do." Speaking of this, Tang Tang felt even more helpless.

During the year Chen Xin was in Europe, Tang Tang had already identified these problems and had been consistently sending reports upstairs asking for improvements.

However, due to the ongoing national warfare at the time, resources were prioritized for the battlefield, so her reports were shelved, and the matter got dragged on.

Now, with Chen Xin bringing up the matter again, Tang Tang took the opportunity to vent a little.

After hearing Tang Tang’s reasons, Chen Xin couldn’t help touching his nose. It wasn’t really the higher-ups’ fault because, in a wartime situation, battlefield needs take precedence, so upgrading an office network at a research institution is seen as a secondary priority, thus not approved at that time.

However, now that the domestic wars are over, revisiting this issue isn’t out of the question.

Especially now, with the new district being expanded and construction teams available, submitting a report to upgrade the research environment in the new city is quite feasible. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Chen Xin solidified his thoughts and said to Tang Tang, "Please compile a list, besides the needed network upgrade, of anything else requiring attention, and arrange it into a plan for me. With this new district expansion, we can upgrade the research environment in the new city as well, improving its facilities."

"Alright, then first connect the large computer here in the new city to Xi Yao’s system so she can help me with it." Clearly, Tang Tang wasn’t going to pass up the chance to ease her workload a bit.

Hearing Tang Tang’s suggestion, Chen Xin laughed freely and simply stood up, saying, "Okay, let’s do it now. I happen to have the time."