Super God-Level Top Student
Chapter 963 - 367: Super Nanny

On January 4th, the group headed to the Capital, as usual, taking the high-speed train. However, this time Yu Chenggong didn't need to book tickets anymore. To ensure the task was completed more efficiently, someone took a more convenient approach and directly reserved two business-class carriages.

This highly efficient setup ensured that both carriages were filled exclusively with their own people.

Of course, the main priority was also safety.

However, in reality, only two people were heading from Xilin to the Capital to receive the award: Qiao Ze and Chen Yiwen.

Su Mucheng was held back by the adults who didn't allow her to go. Li Jiangao refused to join, citing that he was never part of Group Wisdom. After joining Youwei, Tan Jingrong was originally working at Youwei Research Institute in Xilin, but since he happened to be at Youwei Headquarters in Shencheng this week, he opted to go directly from Shencheng to the Capital.

As a result, Chen was exceptionally excited to be sitting in the same carriage as Qiao Ze.

After Qiao Ze moved out of the dormitory, even Chen Yiwen found it increasingly difficult to see him. Naturally, his chatter became unstoppable.

"Qiao, long time no see! You look even better now."

"Mm."

"Let me tell you, recently Zhang and Gu are both on the verge of losing their minds in Qiao's class. Every day, they stay up until midnight, only to face criticism the next day. It's hilarious! Haha…"

"Mm?"

"Also, do you remember last year's orientation day, when you ran into that guy who loved bragging? The one who claimed U.S. satellites could capture details as small as 1mm? Well, he's been exposed! Turns out, he's from the Materials Science College and his name is Xu Xiaotian.

You have no idea. When this guy got called out on BBS this year, people started chasing him down like crazy! Especially since the school organized placement exams again this year. This guy is just a walking joke!"

"Oh?"

...

Chen Yiwen kept rambling on, even though Qiao Ze would only respond with one or two words each time. But that didn't matter; Chen Yiwen was well aware that Qiao Ze wasn't much of a talker, so he didn't mind saying more himself. Sitting in the front passenger seat, Lv Bei, however, was feeling a bit melancholic.

Why does that kid surnamed Chen have so much nonsense to say?

Fortunately, once the car left the campus and Qiao Ze turned his attention to the scenery outside the window, Chen Yiwen finally toned it down a bit. Of course, it might've also been because he had almost run out of fresh stories to share, coupled with Qiao Ze's lukewarm responses making it hard to sustain the enthusiasm.

More importantly, as they passed a certain road, the view outside the window clearly revealed that Xilin had seemingly transformed into a massive construction site. The middle of the road was completely fenced off for construction. On the temporary walls surrounding the site, various promotional slogans were displayed.

"Connecting the future, smart beginnings.", "Wisdom in Xilin, intelligence in our hearts.", "Gathering wisdom in Xilin, creating the future together."...

Clearly, this was part of the infrastructure work for the Smart City project.

It wasn't limited to the roads; looking further out, the sidewalks on both sides of the street, and even many areas within adjacent residential complexes, were teeming with excavation and construction activity.

After all, most of the city's pipelines are buried underground. To monitor these pipelines in real time in the future, they would have to install network-connected sensor devices below.

"Looks like this Smart City development is really serious this time. Can't believe how fast they're moving! It's almost New Year's, and they're still going all out like this. Are they planning to continue working through the holiday?" Chen Yiwen remarked in awe.

"They most likely won't stop. Not everyone is like you; for many people, working is far more important than celebrating New Year's. They can skip the holiday, but they absolutely can't afford to be without work." Lv Bei in the front passenger seat couldn't resist taking a jab at Chen Yiwen.

Truth be told, Lv Bei had always been rather disdainful of Chen Yiwen. Although the two had cooperated seamlessly at times, Lv Bei still felt that Chen Yiwen was too superficial. His overall impression was of someone who walked around with hands in his pockets, thinking no one could rival him, yet was a bit of a weakling...

That's not to say he didn't have strengths; his luck, for instance, was practically miraculous.

Even just tagging along for a project group would earn him recognition as part of the team and win him the National Science and Technology Progress Award. His ancestral grave must have been blessed...

However, in the next moment, Lv Bei came to realize that Chen Yiwen's success wasn't solely luck. Any reward had to have its reasons.

"So, Lv, I always say we should thank Qiao for making sure everyone has work to do! Don't underestimate Qiao. Even though he stays in his office all day and hardly ever goes out, the things he does bring tons of work opportunities to everyone. Just look at Xilin's GDP this year; half of it either directly or indirectly comes from what Qiao contributed. I'm not exaggerating, am I?"

Listen to that flattery...

Still, this comment gave Lv Bei the perfect chance to bring up his concern: "Professor Qiao, after Xilin is fully transformed into this automated Smart City, where will the jobs lost due to automation come from? It's not that I don't believe Dou Dou, but I've thought about this for a long time and still can't figure it out.

For instance, I saw that Xilin's sanitation department openly procured a batch of street-cleaning robots. In the future, these robots will surely be used to sweep the streets. Right now, street-sweeping jobs are mostly done by middle-aged and elderly people who don't have much education. If their work gets replaced, how will they make a living?"

An ability to ask such a question hinted that Lv Bei likely didn't come from a wealthy or privileged family.

Qiao Ze glanced at Lv Bei and provided an explanation: "According to Dou Dou's statistics, Xilin City currently employs about 19,000 sanitation workers. They've ordered 10,000 street-cleaning robots. These robots will take over the city's 24/7 street-cleaning tasks but won't lead to unemployment for the sanitation workers.

The future urban hygiene plan involves training each pair of sanitation workers to follow standardized procedures to complete the maintenance and upkeep of one street-cleaning robot. There's no need to worry about educational background; the maintenance process is simple—just lubricating critical cleaning components and performing periodic replacements. After operating the process once or twice, anyone can do it."

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