Chapter 406: A Changing World
Nano medical cabin, industrial robot, cryogenic dormant cabin,...... With the application of these advanced technological products, the number of human deaths has plummeted, however, the earth's limited resources simply cannot withstand the human population's moderate population expansion.
Zhou Xing is a genius scientist recognized by the world, and has mastered one of the world's largest and most advanced enterprises, at the same time, the reason for the infinite expansion of the human population is closely related to him, and it has become his inevitable choice to invest in the field of aerospace.
Yang Minghua, Lin Wei and others thought about it and understood Zhou Xing's thoughts very well, no matter what, the future development direction of Xingyao Group is only one development to space.
"Mr. Zhou, when are you going to start the space project?
Hearing this, everyone looked at Zhou Xing nervously, looking forward to it.
Life extension gene technology has always been the most important thing for Yang Minghua and them, they are not young, however, the magnificent interstellar era of human civilization is about to begin, and they still want to continue to live and witness the human society under the leadership of Xingyao Group and enter the interstellar era.
Facing the eyes of expecting everyone, Zhou Xingzhan smiled, shook his head and said: "No, I am afraid that the life extension gene technology will not produce results in 3 years, and the energy project is the first problem to be solved." ”
Hearing this, everyone's spirits were shocked, their eyes lit up, and Zhou Xing replied in this way that there was a possibility of a breakthrough in life-extending gene technology.
"So we will be able to use this technology soon!Mr. Zhou, are you sure?" Xie Liwu looked at Zhou Xing excitedly and asked happily.
"Certain, certain, Mr. Zhou has never said anything targeted. Chen Fan nodded excitedly and watched everyone answer for Zhou Xing.
According to Zhou Xiaozhi's calculations, the genetic sequence that causes human aging can be deciphered in about a year, and it will take another year or two to develop a gene drug that modifies the aging gene series.
Zhou Xing smiled and nodded: "If you estimate conservatively, 3 years is about the same." ”
Zhou Xingdu said so, so the life extension gene technology must not have run.
"Great! Great!" Xie Liwu was ecstatic, excited,
Everyone was overjoyed, and their faces couldn't help but bloom with a bright smile and nod their heads.
Yang Minghua looked at Zhou Xing and asked happily: "Mr. Zhou, what important arrangements do you have for energy projects, please give me orders."
Zhou Xing nodded with a smile, looked at Yang Minghua and replied: "Next, start the nuclear fusion energy station construction project and experiment with nuclear fusion power generation technology." ”
Hearing this, Yang Minghua, Lin Wei, and Xie Liwu glanced at each other and smiled bitterly.
Sure enough, it's nuclear fusion power generation!
It is also a cutting-edge technology with great influence, and its influence is comparable to that of life-extending gene technology.
For all of humanity, the need for energy is the most urgent issue to be addressed.
With the expansion of population, the rapid development of science and technology, the demand for energy is increasing, and the world energy crisis is becoming increasingly prominent.
However, the mainstream energy used by human beings - oil and coal, is the ancient lakes and oceans in the animals, microorganisms and their sediments were buried in the ground by crustal changes, after long-term high temperature, high pressure geological action and formed, the formation of a crude oil reservoir takes thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, the formation of coal is longer, more than one million years.
Oil and coal are non-renewable energy sources that will decrease in quantity as humans use them.
Nowadays, human beings have used high-tech exploration technology to explore more than 90% of the world's easily exploitable energy areas except for the Antarctic and the extreme deep sea, and the earth's resources cannot be as likely to increase in large quantities as in the last century.
However, in order to develop the economy and develop national strength, human society has increased its energy consumption year by year, and the energy has been exploited and used wastefully, resulting in an increasingly aggravating energy crisis in today's society.
Energy is no trivial matter, once the bottom line of energy is touched, human society will be in turmoil, national civil strife, war broke out, is a very common thing.
Oil and coal are facing depletion, nuclear power generation is unsafe, hydropower is overdeveloped, other clean energy, solar energy, wind energy, etc., technology development is difficult, the potential is small, the only technology that can replace oil and coal, with development value, is left - nuclear fusion power generation.
Nuclear fusion, also known as nuclear fusion, fusion reaction or thermonuclear reaction, under certain conditions (such as ultra-high temperature and high pressure), the fusion reaction of the nucleus of a certain material (mainly deuterium) (from one atomic nucleus to another nucleus) produces a large amount of energy release and continuously obtains energy.
Nuclear fusion technology is the most mainstream and cutting-edge technology in the world today, including China, several scientific and technological powers in the world have carried out in-depth research on this technology and have achieved a lot of results.
There are two directions of nuclear fusion technology: magnetic confinement and inertial confinement.
However, it is not easy to heat atoms to hundreds of millions of degrees and let them fuse properly, and at present, the duration of the steady-state high-confinement mode operation of this technology has just exceeded the order of minutes, and there is still a huge gap from achieving controllable continuous operation.
Yang Minghua looked at Zhou Xing with complicated eyes, he must have made sufficient preparations to propose this technology at this time.
"Mr. Zhou, have you already developed a controllable nuclear fusion technology?" Yang Minghua asked inquiringly.
Zhou Xing nodded with a smile and confirmed: "Yes, I have further improved the 'fully superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion device', if the experiment is correct, controllable nuclear fusion should be possible." ”
The fully superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion device is a ring magnetic confinement controlled nuclear fusion experimental device invented by the former Soviet scientist tokamak in the 50s of the 20th century, and the superconducting tokamak makes the magnetic confinement position can operate continuously and steadily, which is recognized as the most effective way to explore and solve future fusion reactor engineering and physical problems, if a major breakthrough can be made in this field, the possibility of controllable nuclear fusion power generation is very large.
After listening to Zhou Xing's answer, everyone showed an expected smile on their faces, and they were not surprised.
According to past experience, Zhou Xing must have mastered the relevant technical information first, and then he will progress to let them carry out experiments and complete the project in one step.
Photonic machine computer, biological 3D printer, these two projects need to be promoted urgently, plus a nuclear transformation station project, large-scale projects are launched one after another, as the managers of Xingyao Group, Yang Minghua, Xie Liwu, Lin Wei and others are very distressed.
Because of Zhou Xing's R&D capabilities, Xingyao Group's achievements in every field are very prominent, however, the global technology monopoly giant is not so easy to be.
New Materials, Virtual Networks, Robotics, Medical Field, Smart Chips, Photonic Computers,...... In other fields, Xingyao Group is a monopoly giant in the industry, if it is developed, life extension gene technology, nuclear fusion energy technology, even the senior leaders of the country behind them, I am afraid they will be afraid!
Yang Minghua looked at Zhou Xing and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhou, if this is the case, our group will become very conspicuous!"
Zhou Xing smiled and nodded, understanding what Yang Minghua meant.
Zhou Xing showed a serious face, looked at everyone and said frankly: "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight, Xingyao Group will create a more brilliant career in the future, this hurdle must be calmly and forcefully passed, after the nuclear fusion project starts the experiment, you will focus on the three fields of photonic computers, new materials, and 3D printers, and prepare for the next project." ”
Yang Minghua, Lin Wei, Xie Liwu and others looked at each other, their eyes were as hot as fire, today Zhou Xing invited them to come over for 'dinner', the main purpose should be to explain his next thoughts to them!
If the photonic computer and 3D printing project goes smoothly, Xingyao Group will be deeply rooted in China, and when the two projects of life extension gene technology and nuclear fusion power generation are implemented, Xingyao Group will lay an indestructible 'status' in China and even the world.
Ye Huilan came out of the kitchen with a pot of soup, put it in the center of the dining table, and beckoned everyone: "The keel soup is ready, don't patronize and talk about work, eat, eat quickly, the food is cold." ”
Zhou Xing nodded with a smile, and greeted Yang Minghua and said, "Well, well!
Lin Wei nodded with a smile, looked at Ye Huilan and praised: "It tastes so good, Sister Lan, your cooking skills are at a five-star level, I definitely can't cook so many dishes in other ways." ”
"Yes, Sister Lan, if I can eat your dishes all the time, I will definitely be as powerful as Mr. Zhou. Chen Fan scooped the soup and took a sip, and slapped Ye Huilan with a satisfied face.
Ye Huilan's smiling face was like a blooming white orchid, overflowing with satisfied pleasure: "Haha, Xiao Chen can really speak, eat more if it's delicious!"
"Yes, yes!" Chen Fan nodded like garlic and let go of it.
Zhou Xing, Yang Minghua, and Xie Liwu smiled at each other, followed them into the battle, and enjoyed this sumptuous dinner together.
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The 3D printer with miraculous efficiency and the advanced photonic computer of science fiction have become popular all over the world again with these two new products.
Suppliers, agents, and wholesalers from all over the world have rushed to the headquarters of Star Wealth Group, waving banknotes, seeking cooperation and seeking to join in.
Xingyao Group is like an insatiable 'glutton', which does not refuse to come and devours a lot of wealth from all over the world.
The electronic cities of the world's major cities have become crowded, and the world has changed color overnight, either changing their doors or announcing their closures.
As early as when 3D printing technology was invented, a large number of people of insight predicted its application prospects, trapped in the field of materials, 3D printing technology has not been greatly promoted and applied, but one day, 3D printing technology to complete the material breakthrough, this technology will bring earth-shaking changes to human society.
Now the great changes have begun, Xingyao Group has not only completed the breakthrough of printing materials, but also improved the printing mode of 3D printing technology on this basis.
The world economy is like a patient who is still having diarrhea, being injected with a powerful laxative by Xingyao Group, it can't bear the 'surprise' brought by the bio-3D printer, and the stock market with 'weak limbs' tormented by several economic crises has plummeted again, especially the stocks of industrial-related companies.
Sanleng Group, one of the world's top 500 industrial groups, is mainly involved in the automotive industry, power, materials, machinery, microelectronics, military 、...... It is a world-renowned enterprise with a total market value of up to 100 billion US dollars.
However, due to many businesses, Sanleng Group and Xingyao Group coincided, with the advent of 3D printers and photonic computers, countless investors have fled from the flesh, and the total market value has fallen by one-fifth in a blink of an eye.
The conference room of the headquarters of Sanleng Group is like a storm coming, and the atmosphere is depressing.
Dozens of high-level executives of the group did not dare to take a breath in the atmosphere, and did not dare to face the gaze of the chairman of the group, Iwamoto Song, the chairman of the group.
"Why did the company's stock fall like this? How can I save it, which of you will tell me?" Iwamoto Matsu glanced at the audience, his gaze terrifying.
Everyone's scalps were numb, and they were stumped by Iwamoto Song's question.
"Why don't you speak, Ishitaro, you speak first. Iwamotomatsu's gaze fell on a bald middle-aged man.
"Hi, President," Shi Taro trembled and nodded, "Xingyao Group's product launch conference, photonic computers have seriously impacted our group's achievements in the field of microelectronics, and 3D printers have impacted our group's industrial field, and in the long run, our group will suffer a loss of 3 billion US dollars." ”
Hearing this, Iwamoto Matsu's face turned dark, and he looked at Ishitaro with a gloomy face, and asked in a gloomy manner, "And then, what can we do to save this loss?"
Facing Iwamotomatsu's gaze, Shi Taro shivered, and said in a trembling voice: "President, the products released by Xingyao Group are leading the times, just like smartphones replacing feature phones, which is the inevitable result of scientific and technological progress, so now we can change the existing business to catch up in the direction of the development of Xingyao Group, the huge decline in stocks is because investors have lost confidence in the development of the company, how can the group break its wrist at this time, readjust the business direction, and perhaps recover some losses." ”
After saying that, Ishitaro looked at the chairman, Iwamoto Matsu, in horror, waiting for his anger.
Iwamoto closed his eyes and thought with a frown.
Due to scientific and technological progress, new products are born, and it is common for one company to be replaced by another, and the most classic case is that Apple replaced the mobile phone giant Nokia Group, and an empire collapsed.
Iwamoto Matsu's eyes widened, looked at everyone, and decided in a somewhat difficult voice: "The day after tomorrow, a general meeting of shareholders will be held to resolve the group to abandon matters in the field of microelectronics, and at the same time increase investment in flying cars, and strive to release new products this year." ”
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the chairman can recognize the reality best, but I am afraid that he will continue to drag on.
Reality is not subject to human will, and backwardness must bear a high price, which is the unchanging truth of the development of human society.