Ves and Ketis talked about many topics.
Though Ketis encountered difficulties in an attempt to raise successors of her own unique mech design discipline, she had much less trouble with recruiting other mech designers.
"Our clan has become so popular that it has become easier to recruit second-class mech designers." She reported to Ves. "Novices, Apprentices, Journeymen and even Seniors are willing to sign up with us. I have already taken the liberty to approve the entry of hundreds of Apprentices and dozens of Journeymen, but I have yet to transfer them to the Design Department. I think it is better for them to spend more time in the trenches before they are ready to handle the greater responsibilities of working on our second-class mech design projects."
Ves fell into thought. Her approach was not wrong. This was the best way to assimilate and indoctrinate a lot of external mech designers who possessed varying degrees of attachments to their old lives and previous employers.
The mech designers expected to work in the Design Department also had to understand many different Larkinson mechs on a deeper level. It would be absurd for them to work on mech designs that they did not even understand.
However, this process took time. Ves was not sure whether the Larkinson Clan could afford to keep all of these new recruits in 'boot camp' for such a long time.
"Have you taken a look at the market developments over the past few months? Hyper mechs are becoming more and more essential, Ketis. We need to shift more manpower to the Design Department so we can speed up the comprehensive revisions to all of our existing mech lines."
"We have already begun work on these projects, but it is hard to find any Journeyman who has mastered hyper technology well enough to upgrade our existing products. This is a really difficult field, you know. All of us have to learn so many new scientific principles that have little in common with what we have learned before. It is just as perplexing as phasewater technology, but in a different way. We could have gotten started with hyper technology a lot sooner if we are able to work with Seniors and Masters. They are able to learn the new principles much faster."
"I see..."
Ves had improved his depth and understanding of phasewater theory and hyper technology so quickly that he developed a mistaken assumption that it was not a big deal for other mech designers.
However, he overlooked how his phase lord cultivation and his existing accumulation in cultivation science massively boosted his progress in those special subjects!
Not everyone enjoyed his rare combination of endowments. Ordinary second-class mech designers would have to force themselves to accept entirely new paradigms that sounded so counterintuitive that it seemed they were studying pseudoscience instead!
"I do not recommend that we pull the latest batches of recruits out of their current assignments too soon. They still need more time to learn the fundamentals of hyper technology before they are ready to apply it onto the mech designs that are asking for updates."
"I see."
This was a troublesome issue. Their current manpower was too inadequate.
"Have you tried to recruit mech designers who are smart enough to master hyper technology faster?"
"Our recruiters are doing their best to appeal to them, but they usually belong to other organizations. It is similar to the fact that those who have shown a greater ability in mastering transphasic technology can always find work at the best mech companies."
"Hmmm..."
There were no easy ways to solve this problem then. Ves would either have to poach these kinds of mech designers in the prosperous mech industry of Bortele III, or he had to resort to other means.
"Okay, I understand what is going on." Ves thoughtfully said as he formulated a new plan. "We can't rely on other mech designers in the short term. We can only address this issue ourselves. Once I have completed the product reveal, I will return to New Constantinople VIII and reunite with my wife, who should have gained a game-changing cranial implant at that time. Gloriana and I will focus much of our time on updating our existing product lines to currentgen standards in the next year or so. Our combined productivity has become so high that it is not impossible for us to complete all of that work in a much shorter time frame."
Ketis looked impressed. "If you are confident you can update all of our mechs in a year, then that is fantastic news. Will you prioritize our commercial mechs or focus on upgrading our Larkinson-exclusive mechs first?"
That was a difficult question.
"I will prioritize our commercial works over our Larkinson-exclusive ones. Our clan also makes extensive use of the former, so the Larkinson Army will still be able to benefit from our newer works. As for the Larkinson-exclusive mech models, I want to take my time to upgrade them. It will take more work to improve their performance gap over the competition. They need to be as good if not better than the Transcendent Punisher Mark III that I am close to finishing."
That was a good enough rationale. Ves wanted to update the mech lines that were most widely used such as the Ferocious Piranha and the Pacifier models. This would increase the momentum of the LMC much harder in a time where his mech company needed it the most! fгeewebnovёl.com
Ves also did not forget about Ketis' mech models.
"I have noticed that your Monster Slayer line is quite popular among certain market segments. Are you planning on upgrading it as well?"
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