Chapter 64: A Political Commissar in a Time Capsule
Bai Yang was stunned for a moment.
"Is this possible?"
"There is no problem with the technical logic." Wang Ning thought for a while and scratched his smart head. "But there should be many difficulties in actual operation, both in hardware and software."
"But it's worth a try." Bai Zhen sat opposite him.
The two men pondered for a long time, looked at each other, and then began a conversation that no one could understand except them.
"How do we transmit?" Wang Ning asked, "SSTV transmits pictures, and FSTV transmits videos?"
"FSTV can't do it. Using FM modulation signals occupies too much bandwidth and can't handle it at a frequency of 14 MHz." Bai Zhen said, "Our method should be as simple as possible."
"Then use RTTY." Wang Ning said.
"Telex?" Bai Zhen asked.
"Yes, telex." Wang Ning nodded.
"How to modulate the signal?" Bai Zhen asked again.
"FSK?" Wang Ning thought about it.
"AFSK." Bai Zhen shook his head.
"Then she needs a sound card."
"Where can I find a sound card?"
"Find a computer."
"It's not realistic. A computer can't preserve it for twenty years. The best you can do is find a single-chip microcomputer."
"A single-chip microcomputer definitely won't work. A bare chip can't do anything. We need to at least find a Raspberry Pi. There must be one in Nanjing University of Science and Technology or Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Let's look for it there."
“And there are cameras.”
"If you want to disassemble the surveillance camera, go to Nanbo and find one from Hikvision. They all come with IPC protocol and can be used just by plugging it in."
"How to decode it?"
“Write now!”
"There's no way she could."
"We teach remotely, reporting letter by letter."
“It’s as difficult as climbing to heaven.”
“That’s the only way.”
"In what language?"
"C."
"Are you kidding? Writing C language in spoken language?"
“There is no other way.”
The two of them spoke very quickly, back and forth.
Bai Yang was stunned, and his mother, who was passing by the living room with a mop, was also stunned. These two greasy middle-aged men were discussing technical issues fiercely. They were wearing white vests and big shorts, spitting everywhere, and they looked like they were bragging while eating supper at a roadside stall. The only thing missing was that each of them had a big green stick. "Before I got drunk, I was from Nanjing, and after I got drunk, Nanjing is mine." Where in the world can there be such experts?
But they are experts. Although they wear plastic slippers, have black teeth with yellow smoke between them, their faces are covered with oil and sweat, have large pores, thin hair, out-of-control weight, and a mouth full of swear words, and they move a small stool to sit on the curb and belong to the mean and sarcastic petty bourgeois class, and they will comment on young girls passing by, but at this moment, they are not afraid to shoulder the responsibility of saving the collapsing building.
I have already shouldered the burden of life, so saving the world is nothing.
Greasy uncle saves the world.
"The conditions there are very difficult," Wang Ning said. "It may not be possible to find all the spare parts."
"We need to build a usable data transmission system from the electronic waste, just like playing with building blocks."
"May I...interject a word?"
Bai Yang finally spoke and slowly raised his hand.
"you say."
They both turned their heads.
"I hope you can consider BG4MSR's specific situation. She is not a college student who graduated from the communications major... She is almost semi-illiterate." Bai Yang reminded, "You are talking a lot of gibberish, even I can hardly understand it. Asking BG4MSR to understand it, isn't it too much to ask? Can she really do it?"
Bai Yang's concerns are justified.
Who are Bai Zhen and Wang Ning? One is the head of a radio monitoring station, and the other is a retired communications technician. They are both veteran hams with many years of experience. Without the label of office animals, the two people sitting on the sofa in the living room today are the most experienced amateur radio experts in Nanjing.
But BG4MSR is different. She has not even received a complete compulsory education and is a poor semi-illiterate girl.
Asking a semi-illiterate girl to carry out a plan drawn up by two experts is like asking a primary school student to do college math problems.
"It's hard to ask." Wang Ning nodded, "But at this point, we have no other choice. This is our only chance and the only feasible plan."
"If conditions exist, we must go ahead. If conditions don't exist, we must create them and go ahead," said Bai Zhen.
"Can we prepare all the equipment here and send it over using the time-delivery method?" Bai Yang asked, "For example, send a triple-proof laptop."
"It can't fit in a time capsule," said Wang Ning.
“Buy a large time capsule.”
"The battery won't last 20 years," Bai Zhen said. "If you don't turn on the computer for 20 years, the battery will leak and the LCD will break down."
"Instead of sending a laptop, we can send whatever equipment you need." Bai Yang said, "It will be more convenient than for her to find it herself."
"Okay, let's make preparations for both situations." Wang Ning nodded, "I'll go buy a large time capsule... But how big should a time capsule be that can fit into a laptop?"
"But son, you have to understand that what we can prepare for her is only a small part. She still needs to do most of the work herself." Bai Zhen said, "It's her own work, and she can't avoid it at all. She still needs to do it herself."
"Xiao Yang, you should have some confidence!" Wang Ning said, "She is not fighting alone, she has the most powerful support group in the world behind her."
Bai Yang puffed up his cheeks, "But this isn't the job she should have."
"What?"
Both of them were stunned.
"Please make one thing clear to the two of you. We are asking her to help us. This is not her obligation, nor is it her responsibility. She is not living in 2019, and she does not have to face the end of the world. To put it bluntly, if everyone in the world died, would she be worried? She can just shut down the radio station and quit. Can you do anything to her?"
Bai Yang rolled his eyes.
"Why are you acting like this is her job for granted? You ask her to do this and that. If we annoy her and she loses the patience to play with us, and runs away, what will you do?"
"this……"
Wang Ning and Bai Zhen were both speechless.
What Bai Yang said made sense. He couldn't influence the girl at all. If she quit, no one could do anything to her.
On the contrary, her own world has great requests for her, and she is the only hope to save mankind.
If the girl is really fed up with these two old men and no longer responds to their requests, Wang Ning and Bai Zhen can commit suicide to thank the world.
"Hmm..." Wang Ning frowned, "This is indeed a problem. How can I build up strong confidence and faith in her?"
"We need to make her have a firm determination to overcome difficulties, and have a strong concept of hard work, fearlessness of hardship, and everyone for me and I for everyone. Nothing is difficult in the world if you set your mind to it." Bai Zhen muttered to himself, "We can implement the Support for the Future plan and put a political commissar in the time capsule."
The two pondered for a moment.
"How about... introducing her to the party?"
(End of this chapter)
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