Super God-Level Top Student
Chapter 955 - 363: When in Doubt, Ask Dou Dou_2

It was evident that the city was far from the chaos and disorder depicted by the media. On the contrary, it was a clean, tidy, and vibrant city. He couldn't even spot any litter on the streets. Describing it as spotless might be an exaggeration, but it was indeed excessively clean.

Not to mention, it was extremely safe. People could step out of their homes at any time without worrying much about the risk of illegal assault. The air quality was excellent too—no smog, nor any indescribable odors.

Alright, it must be said that Peter Schultz had an overly positive impression of Xilin. The main reason was that he didn't know that during the days he attended Qiao Ze's seminar, nearly all government departments in Xilin City had halted their vacations to go out and sweep the streets and maintain various forms of order.

That said, even without such special arrangements, Xilin in its normal state would still rival any city in Germany.

In short, once the scales in the human mind begin to tip in one direction, the brain automatically starts finding various reasons to support the decision leaning toward that side. Even geniuses are no exception.

...

Huaxia, the Capital.

Xilin has sent representatives, and they've come bearing a detailed report.

It was only at this point that Xilin discovered there was now an Artificial Intelligence Charter Management Bureau in the Capital.

What's more coincidental is that their application for the smart city construction pilot program happened to align with this new bureau. The only thing Xilin's representatives couldn't quite grasp was the elevated administrative status of this new unit. On paper, it was a regular bureau-level entity, but both the newly-appointed director and deputy director held vice-ministerial rank.

Nevertheless, now that they were here, having visited all the relevant departments, this final hurdle had to be crossed as well.

After all, Xilin had been busy for over half a month in pursuit of this smart city pilot designation. Without doing their best, they'd truly have no way to explain themselves.

...

"Director Yang, hello."

"Mayor Quan, welcome. Please have a seat."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Quan Renxing handed over the report that had already been submitted to several other departments to the leader of the supervising unit sitting across from him.

However, Director Yang on the other side simply flipped through the document briefly before placing it on the office desk. Smiling kindly, he scrutinized Quan Renxing from top to bottom with a meaningful gaze, and asked, "Mayor Quan, there's something we need to address upfront. Has Xilin City unified its vision? Does everyone, from top to bottom, genuinely want Xilin to become the pilot city for smart city construction?"

Quan Renxing, suspecting nothing, immediately replied firmly, "Of course, Director Yang. You can take a look at our report. Truly, I don't dare take credit myself. These reports are the product of our collective effort—from all levels and departments, with everyone sacrificing their personal time to collaborate. They represent the wishes of Xilin's 13 million citizens.

We Xilin residents sincerely hope to transform the city into the nation's, and even the world's, first truly smart city. This is not only the hope of Xilin City's people but also that of the entire Guanzhong Province!"

Director Yang nodded, ponderously tapping the report that had just been handed over, and added, "Alright, since you've stated it so clearly. I have to mention one more thing—once this application is approved, you must adhere to a series of smart city plans without compromise and implement them rigorously.

Our Charter Bureau will closely monitor the construction process of Smart Xilin throughout. Not only will we ensure all plans are fully implemented, but we will also be deeply involved in the formulation of various laws and regulations concerning the smart city. Can you accept that?"

Quan Renxing cast a slightly doubtful glance at the director across from him; today's discussion indeed felt somewhat peculiar.

The director seemed eager for Xilin to take the lead, yet when he thought deeper, Quan Renxing couldn't help but wonder if they were subtly discouraging them, hoping Xilin would step back and let another city claim the smart city pilot spot.

Despite calculating scenarios in his mind, Quan Renxing didn't hesitate much and immediately stated, "Of course. Strong artificial intelligence is an emerging field. To be honest, we're navigating uncharted waters here. If it weren't for Professor Qiao from the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute being here in Xilin and continuously assisting us, we wouldn't have the confidence to apply for such a major initiative.

Precisely because there is no precedent to follow, we welcome your bureau's comprehensive involvement and supervision in the construction of this new type of smart city. We can also guarantee that we won't compromise and will advance Xilin Smart City development strictly in accordance with the established plans."

Director Yang on the other side finally showed the first genuine smile of the meeting, saying, "Good, Mayor Quan. I can feel Xilin's determination. As for the report, we will immediately conduct an expert review. How about this—three days. We'll get back to you as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Director Yang."

"You're welcome."

This meeting could be considered a successful and pleasant exchange.

...

"How was this trip to the Capital?"

"Pretty smooth, though I feel like it went a bit too smoothly."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

"Hard to explain. It feels like the Capital seems even more eager than us to push forward with this smart city pilot program."

"Is that so? Then that should count as good news."

"Well, you're right, but I still feel things might not be that simple. By the way, you probably don't know—the Capital recently established an Artificial Intelligence Charter Bureau, which is reportedly going to specialize in managing cities involved in AI pilot programs. The director is even a vice-ministerial level figure."

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