What exactly does a controlled fusion project mean?

Perhaps half a year ago, the first impression of these gentlemen was: tall, bottomless, and far away;

But since these times, countries have increased their investment in controlled nuclear fusion, and they are all unanimously optimistic about the future of controlled nuclear fusion, and even the Chinese have invested 100 billion yuan in it, making the major rogue countries like an arms race, as if controlled nuclear fusion will be commercialized next year.

If Huaguo's supercollider really has some inevitable relationship with controlled nuclear fusion, then the operating space in it has to be discussed.

It's just that these people are not so easy to fool, especially when interests are at the forefront.

"Monsieur Leonel and Monsieur Reginod, are you idiots and fools who don't understand anything?"

"The Super Collider is a Super Collider, what exactly does it do, I think you CERN should know better in your hearts!"

"However, you told me that Huaguo's Super Collider project has a great connection with the controlled nuclear fusion project! It's as if the parrot and starling have been taught to speak by their masters, and they have become the same species, which is ridiculous!"

"Excuse me, what evidence do you have to prove your arguments? Is it because there is a professor named Liu Feng who has in-depth research on both the super collider and controlled nuclear fusion?

A middle-aged white man with somewhat balding hair stood up and vehemently objected.

"That's because you don't know how terrible Liu Feng is!" Reginod himself is not a very verbal person, and he was a little anxious for a while about the bald white man's rebuttal.

Speaking of which, Huaguo's super collider project is linked to controlled nuclear fusion, and that is just the speculation of these people, although their speculation is very close to the truth, but in fact, there is no conclusive evidence to prove it.

I admit that Professor Liu Feng, who constructed the Great Unified Theory, is worthy of the title of the greatest physicist of the 21st century, as great as Albert Einstein, but what are they terrible?"

"Is it because Einstein studied both the photoelectric effect and the theory of relativity that there is a necessary connection between the theory of relativity and the photoelectric effect?"

"Superficial, ridiculous, inferior!"

"When did we in the European academic community not be so confident?"

Another white congressman also stood up and said impassionedly.

Indeed, Reginord's reason for banning the sale already carries a certain sense of fear and fear in it.

When did these Europeans, who claim to be the birthplace of modern civilization, go so far as to be afraid of a person in terms of science and technology? Is it just because Liu Feng has worked on two projects, the super collider and the controlled nuclear fusion, that they think that there is an inevitable connection between them?

This is simply an insult to them, the civilized people of the West!

All of a sudden, the councilors at the scene were discussing, and the eyes that looked at Leonel and Reginord were full of strange expressions.

Pity, disdain, or—anger?

A little Liu Feng, as for making you scared to the point of chasing after the wind?

When country D lost Einstein, it didn't see how far behind their technology was.

Reginald was scolded, but Leonel was not so easy to get along with, and his performance was more convincing, both in eloquence and in argument.

"Even if the Super Collider is not necessarily related to controlled nuclear fusion, we must be wary of Huaguo, a rising star, when it comes to the new world of high-energy physics. ”

"I have a statistic here, which is the exponential growth of Huaguo's investment in high-energy physics and high-end talents over the years......

For a while, the prosecution and defense exchanged words, and it was not lively.

But in the end, the final outcome of the discussion was not so satisfactory to both those who supported and opposed the matter.

Supporters of a ban on the sale of Super Collider parts to China are naturally disappointed, as the council did not fully approve the proposal.

But the capitalists who opposed the ban were not so happy, because the final opinion of the council on the matter was that the sale of super collider parts must be reported to the EU council, and finally passed by the council's resolution before they can be delivered to buyers.

However, in any case, the resolution of the EU Council is not a big piece of good news for Zhang Qin and others, who have been paying attention to this matter, because after all, there is still a lot of room for change.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Werner, it seems that we will have to go to the people of Country M next door for help. I believe that for the sake of Franklin's face, those people of country M are very willing to cooperate with us. ”

Siemens headquarters, Munich, country D.

In the office, Zhao Wenguo, who is responsible for purchasing parts for the super collider, sits opposite Werner Siemens, the head of the Siemens Group.

Siemens AG is one of the world's largest electromechanical companies, originally founded in 1847 by Werner von Siemens.

Its main business is concentrated in the four major business areas of industry, energy, healthcare, infrastructure and urban, and has already become a giant group enterprise across a variety of categories.

In 2005, the Siemens Group employed 460,800 people in 190 countries and generated global revenues of 75.445 billion euros.

Especially in the industrial fields such as electrification, automation and digitalization, it is the traditional strength of Siemens, and it is well-known all over the world, except for General Motors in country M, which can only match one of them.

Obviously, the company responsible for the production of these parts of the super collider is the well-known Siemens.

Werner Siemens also has a headache for the EU Council's decision.

In the past, they had heard that China had the intention of building a super collider, so they sent people to China to discuss these matters with the other side as early as possible, and even took the initiative to provide necessary help to some scholars in China to help persuade the Chinese government to start construction as soon as possible.

Who knew that seeing that the dust had settled and the ducks were almost cooked, they were told at this time that the deal was suspended and must be reported to the Council of the European Union for approval before it could be counted!

This is a $2 billion deal, speaking of which, their Siemens company can make at least $1.5 billion, $1.5 billion, and it's still in this high-end manufacturing industry, I don't know how many engineers can feed in China.

After all, in this era of entertainment and economic supremacy, the profit of producing 1,000 cars is likely to be as good as a top star singing a song, making a wave of money in the stock market, or buying a house in the property market and waiting for appreciation.

In short, Siemens also attaches great importance to this big business.

"Dear Mr. Zhao, I'm sorry that things went in vain. It's just that, as far as I know, the people of country M should not sell you parts of the super collider, after all, their ban is much stricter than ours. Werner stirred the coffee on the table, stared at Zhao Wenguo's eyes, and said calmly.

Zhao Wenguo also took a sip of coffee gently, not seeming to be in a hurry at all: "Mr. Werner, you should know that no one will have trouble with Franklin." ”

Werner paused, shook his head and said, "Zhao, if you can really buy it from the people of country M, it is probably impossible for us to sit here at this time." I'm a very direct person, so let's put it this way, although there will be some trouble going through the EU Council, but it's not impossible to operate. Rather than spending that unjust money on the people of country M, and it may not be guaranteed to pass, you might as well have a beginning and an end. ”

"Mr. Werner is a quick talker," Zhao Wenguo sat up with a serious expression, "I don't know what you think?"

"One word, money! You give money, and we're responsible for convincing the councillors. ”

"Mr. Werner, $2 billion is a lot!"

"No, no, no, Mr. Zhao, you should know that $2 billion is just the price of something, and if you want to convince those big-bellied congressmen, you need to give us at least $2 billion. ”

"That's $4 billion?"

"That's right, it adds up to 4 billion. ”

"Then we might as well go to the people of country M!" Zhao Wenguo was "angry", slapped the table and said, "No, we can only contribute 2.1 billion at most, and any more will exceed the budget." ”

"2.1 billion, you better go to the people of country M!" Werner's head shook like a rattle, and he also slapped the table to fight.

You know, if you want to feed those people who are full of fat, without a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars, it is absolutely impossible to go so smoothly, in short, it is absolutely impossible for them to pay their own money to the Chinese people to convince the council, not to mention, he still wants to make a profit in this!

"3.9 billion, you know, those guys are the ones who don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin, and they can't be persuaded if they don't see it. ”

"2.2 billion!"

"3.8 billion!"

……

Later, the two became more and more like vegetable buyers and vendors in the vegetable market.

It's just that things like this have to be fought for on the basis of reason.

After all, they all represent their respective organizations, and the interests of millions of citizens are at stake behind them, and they can make hundreds of millions of dollars in a single sentence, so they can't be careless.

"3 billion! Zhao, this is already our bottom line, without a $1 billion toll, we would rather not do this business. ”

In the end, Werner was the first to quarrel, after all, according to age, he is 65 years old this year, and he is not as good as Zhao Wenguo, a 58-year-old young man, who very resolutely set the price at the figure of 3 billion, and Zhao Wenguo is unmoved by how to bargain.

In this regard, Zhao Wenguo also knows that this is very close to Siemens' bottom line.

But he still shook his head: "This price has far exceeded the actual price of 2 billion, to be honest, I can't call the shots." ”

Werner didn't want the other party to agree immediately, nodded and said: "Zhao, 3 billion US dollars, this is our bottom line." After you go back, I can only give you a month to think about it, and after a month, if you want to order these parts, I'm afraid you will have to wait until half a year later, and then come and talk to me. ”

"Oh, why is that?"

"Because your neighbor Ah Sanguo seems to be very interested in the collider...... "Wiener said meaningfully.

"What? Ah San is also planning to build a super collider?" Zhao Wenguo's mouth opened wide, in disbelief.

In his mind, this is as ridiculous as the three countries building their own aircraft carrier battle group!

In fact, this country launched the domestic aircraft carrier program as early as 1999, and named their first domestic aircraft carrier program the Blue Sky Guardian program.

On April 11, 2005, the three defense ministers announced at the Cochin Shipyard that their domestic aircraft carrier project had officially begun, named the Vikrant, and that the aircraft carrier was planned to be completed and launched in 2011.

However, the ship was designed by the Gauls, and part of the design was completed with the assistance of Noodles, and it was also carried by a MiG-29K carrier-based aircraft!

Since the announcement of the start of construction in 2005, there has been no cutting and welding of the steel plates, and it was not until four years later, on February 28, 2009, that the keel installation ceremony was officially held at the Cochin shipyard.

According to their estimates, in December 2011, that is, more than two months later, the first domestically built aircraft carrier of the three countries will be launched.

However, there are only more than two months left, and until now, the Cochin shipyard has not even finished building a shell, and even part of the hull has rusted, and because it has been "squatting" on the slipway for too long, not long ago, the management of the Cochin shipyard has decided to make room for other ship orders, intending to "launch" the "aircraft carrier" directly.

This matter has long been no secret in various countries, and the three countries have completely become the laughing stock of outsiders!

Therefore, not to mention whether the three countries have the strength to build a super collider (the answer is obvious), or whether the three countries have enough money to build and operate it, just the fact that they need enough high-energy physicists is completely unaffordable, right?

Are these people thinking about it or are they really so much money that they don't have a place to spend it, so they want to build a super collider too?

Do they really want to make wedding dresses for others and hand over the operation and operation of the Super Collider to people from other countries?

Zhao Wenguo really can't understand Ah Sanguo's brain circuit.

"That's right, not long ago, the people of the three countries communicated with us, and they also plan to build a super collider of their own, yes, their own!" Wienal marked the key point on this sentence, emphasizing two statements, and then continued, "But according to the spirit of the contract of first come, first served, we plan to produce those core parts for you to provide the super collider first, but we didn't expect such a thing to happen now......"

The spirit of the first-come, first-served contract?

Zhao Wenguo pursed his lips, in the face of sufficient interests, the spirit of the contract is nothing, it is nothing more than that the interests are not in place!

Although he scoffed at Wijnal's words, he nodded in understanding.

Since Wiener dared to reveal this matter, it didn't seem to be a matter of no purpose, and people in China could naturally investigate it.

One month is also completely enough for the efficiency of Chinese people!

Therefore, Zhao Wenguo directly said goodbye to Wienal, hurriedly returned to the embassy, informed the superior leaders of Siemens' bottom line, and waited for the ruling......