Founded on September 29, 1954, CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, often referred to simply as CERN, is the world's largest particle physics laboratory and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

CERN was founded to provide scientists with the necessary research tools to study how matter is made up and the forces between matter, and to advance the development of fundamental physics for the whole of humanity!

Although, initially, CERN had only 12 signatory sponsors, until now its membership has grown to more than eighty!

The main function of CERN has also been developed to provide particle accelerators and other infrastructure for the needs of high-energy physics research throughout the world, and to build more international cooperation laboratories for all mankind.

At the same time, a set of large-scale computer centers with strong data processing capabilities has also been built to assist in the analysis of high-energy physics experimental data around the world, which can be used by researchers all over the world, and finally of course a huge network data center has been formed!

To date, about 6,500 scientists and engineers from 80 nationalities have been stationed here, representing more than 500 universities and research institutes, conducting experiments at CERN, which accounts for about half of the world's particle physics circles!

It is precisely because of the open, international and cooperative policy that CERN has been able to grow from 12 founders to a huge situation that almost all civilized countries in the world have become the research center of particle physics in the world!

However, there is no place in the world that can be a place outside the law for politics, and CERN is no exception.

Perhaps, from a rational point of view, we can think about this issue clearly.

The strength of the members of each organization is inherently strong and weak, and with the development of time, the amount of money invested and the contribution made by each country are also strong and weak, which means that the voice in CERN is also divided into several levels according to the strength of the country's political strength.

The first level is naturally the four great powers led by country Y, country M, Gaul and country D;

the second rank, such as the country of Israel, the country of Toray, the country of Nanbang, the country of noodles, etc.;

The third level is countries with different ideologies such as China and Mao Xiong.

Therefore, when country M and its allies put pressure on the CERN organization through the European Union, and decided to kick China out of the competition under the pretext of intellectual property rights, the result was already doomed, just like the original Galileo plan.

Unfortunately, as a researcher, Professor Brian Cox has no say in the matter.

Even the deputy head of the CERN committee, Siharold Able, who was standing next to him, also had no say.

Science and technology know no borders, this is the philosophy they have always believed in, and it is also the philosophy that CERN has been pursuing since its inception.

However, reality really taught them a good lesson.

Yes, science and technology have no borders, especially disciplines like basic physics, and they should integrate the forces of the whole world into one point, and it is difficult to do homework, but everyone has selfish intentions, and scientists also have national boundaries......

Although they were very sympathetic to Huaguo's plight, they could shake their heads helplessly when this resolution officially became a reality.

Looking at Professor Brian Cox, who had turned away because of his disillusionment, Harold Ebole's face was filled with a hint of worry.

What he feared eventually happened, CERN had become a political vassal, and the fair, united, cooperative, regardless of nationality CERN,

There is a good chance that it will face the end of falling apart!

Perhaps, it will be able to get more investment and more manpower and material resources in the future, but from this moment on, it has lost this aura of the 'holy land' of human physics research!

Money can't save lost hearts, just like Professor Brian Cox walked away......

Shanhaiguan, Institute of High Energy Physics, somewhere in an office.

Liu Feng was talking to Zhang Qin about something.

However, there was a knock on the door.

The knock on the office door was a middle-aged man in his early forties, wearing a pair of rimless glasses and looking a little handsome.

According to his own self-introduction, his name is Yu Yuanhang, and he is the secretary of the head of the European ~ Bureau of Foreign Affairs ~ Department.

When he went to Beijing before, Liu Feng had the opportunity to meet him, but he didn't say anything.

Although he didn't know what was going on with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Liu Feng politely invited him to come in and sit down.

Sitting next to Zhang Qin, opposite Liu Feng, Yu Yuanhang said in a sincere tone: "Professor Liu, I originally went to visit you at the University of Chemical Technology, but you were not there. I heard that you and Minister Zhang were in Shanhaiguan, so I took the liberty to bother, I'm really sorry. ”

"It's okay, you're welcome. Looking at Yu Yuanhang, who was sitting opposite, Liu Feng said, "What is it that makes you so anxious?"

Zhang Qin also stared at Secretary Yu curiously.

Since he personally served as the head of antimatter engineering in the position of director of science and technology ~ ministry ~ ministry ~ , he has hardly interacted with colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, let alone these people who have taken the initiative to find him.

Secretary Yu took a deep breath and put on a serious expression: "Country M is uniting its allies and intends to kick us out of CERN!"

“？？？”

Hearing this sudden and exciting news, Zhang Qin was slightly stunned, and frowned: "Is the news reliable?"

Secretary Yu nodded: "In fact, at this moment, they have already begun to make the final vote on the CERN committee. ”

Hearing this, Liu Feng's eyebrows couldn't help but show a hint of solemnity.

For him, this is definitely not good news.

Although China has been squeezed out of CERN, and even member countries have managed to squeeze in, more or less, China can get a piece of the pie from CERN.

If China withdraws from CERN, it will not only mean that the billions of "access fees" previously paid and subsequent investments will be wasted, but even the entire exchange between domestic basic physics and foreign research institutes will basically be interrupted because of this.

What worries Liu Feng even more is whether CERN will ban Siemens from supplying parts to Huaguo.

After all, there is still a complete set of spare parts, and Siemens has not yet delivered them to him, which to a certain extent will definitely delay the production plan of the antimatter project, and it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to China's still weak talent pool in basic physics.

Although Liu Feng had been preparing for this, he was still a little caught off guard when this day really came.

frowned.

He then laughed sarcastically: "Finally can't help but tear your face? This time, what is the reason they give?"

"The reason given by the people of M is naturally an old-fashioned intellectual property issue!"

Secretary Yu's face also showed a hint of mockery,

"At the CERN General Assembly, the experts appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the M side questioned us that we were accepting CERN research results while concealing our own research results, which is contrary to the spirit of the CERN agreement!"

"The spirit of the CERN agreement?" Liu Feng sneered, "Why didn't those guys pay attention to the spirit of the agreement when they unilaterally turned us away from the Chinese people and did not allow the Chinese to come into contact with the most core research topics?"

Secretary Yu smiled bitterly: "Actually, everyone knows that this is just their excuse, and if they want to kick out a member, there is no reason at all, especially when the strong face the weak." ”

Yes, might is right!

This sentence can be true in any era, anywhere.

This was the case in ancient times, and the modern society, which prides itself on being a civilized era, is still like this, the weak have no say at any time!

After listening to his words, although he understood the meaning, Zhang Qin still shook his head indignantly:

"Our research results at CERN have always been unconditionally disclosed, and even the new super collider we designed in China has also disclosed the latest research progress, such as the principle of the ultralaser collision device. What else do those people want us to publish?"

After a pause, Secretary Yu hesitated: "Actually, as far as I know, things are not without a turnaround, if you agree to the conditions they put forward......

Zhang Qin: "What conditions?"

Yu Yuanhang: "First, increase investment in CERN, no less than 2 billion US dollars per year......"

"It can't be!"

Hearing that he needed to invest 2 billion US dollars a year, Zhang Qin didn't think about it, so he directly refused.

Joke, the budget of the entire super collider project is only about 100 billion yuan, almost 15 billion US dollars; that is to say, in seven and a half years, they will be able to build a new super collider, and those people in Europe are no longer reaping the wrongs, they just want to slaughter Huaguo as a pig!

Hearing this condition, Liu Feng also shook his head.

The amount of money required for the annual operation of CERN is only about 500 million euros, and the annual investment of China in CERN has reached 100 million US dollars, accounting for almost one-seventh of the total investment of more than 80 member countries!

That's not enough, $2 billion!

Is this a joke?

Yu Yuanhang naturally understood that Hua Guo would never agree to this condition.

With a wry smile, he continued:

"The second condition is that China's supercollider project must be completely open to all countries in the world, and all the results achieved must also be shared with the whole world; therefore, they demand that an academic visiting team be sent to the institute to participate in the research, and in order to show our sincerity, the construction drawings of the superlaser collision facility must first be published......

"Smack!"

Before Secretary Yu's words fell, Zhang Qin slapped the table, furious: "Shameless! bandits! Don't even think about it, are we really the Manchu Dynasty!"

Liu Feng also shook his head with a wry smile.

Such harsh conditions, let alone Huaguo, are impossible to agree to in any normal country.

After all, even CERN, which claims to be 'open', is only able to participate in the core research on the core topics of the first tier of member states!

In fact, for the research of the supercollider in the direction of fundamental physics, China does not plan to invite scientists from other countries to join it.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to plan to establish a research institute in Qinhuangdao and Shanhaiguan respectively at the beginning of the design (Liu Feng planned to use Shanhaiguan as an antimatter engineering research institute, and Qinhuangdao as a particle physics research institute)!

It's absolutely impossible to make all the core projects public!

What's more, there is also the problem of antimatter engineering involved!

As for the production drawings of the ultra-laser collision facility, Liu Feng is even more hehe.

Not to mention that he has already announced the principle of ultra-laser collision, let's just say that this production drawing, itself is designed by brother units, which involves the core achievements of Huaguo in the field of laser technology, at least 10~15 years ahead of the world level, how can it be provided to you free of charge?

Sure enough, it's still the nature of a robber.

Shaking his head, Liu Feng said: "We welcome scientists from all over the world to come to China to join our supercollider project and carry out high-energy physical collision experiments, but we are not obliged to disclose more things! If this is the case, then why doesn't CERN disclose to us the leading superconducting electromagnetic stone technology, chip technology, optical detection technology and data analysis technology?"

"That's right, that's the truth," Secretary Yu smiled helplessly, "at least, in terms of diplomatic response, I can say so." ”

However, who doesn't know that in the face of power, reasoning is never useful......

Inside the office, there was a moment of silence.

Up to now, looking at the attitude of Europe and M towards China, those people have already felt the threat, and their attitude can not be said to be tough, and what is in front of China is either to give in, or to cut off all contacts with CERN, and 'close the country'.

Looking at Zhang Qin, who was speechless, and then at Liu Feng, who was in deep thought, Secretary He asked seriously:

"This matter is very tricky, after learning the news, we immediately asked the high-level opinions, but the high-level did not have a good way, we know that the Council of Elders has always attached great importance to your opinions, if it is not really impossible to leave, Wang ~ Chang is going to come to Shanhaiguan to visit you in person. Professor Liu, what do you think we should do now?"

After pondering for a moment, Liu Feng knew that it was time to make up his mind.

In fact, as the top person in charge of the entire antimatter engineering and super collider engineering, who else can make up his mind on behalf of the high-energy physics community in China other than Liu Feng? !

Directly responded:

"I see, though, we are not fully prepared, although we still have a lot of dependence on Euro M in the development of the super collider...... However, our first super collider has already been built, we have already mastered most of the construction experience, and our 'self-reliance' project is constantly being carried out, and the situation is quite gratifying! Even if rejecting their 'good intentions' will have an impact on our plans, at such a time, we can only hold our heads up and be human!"

"Therefore, Secretary Yu, my suggestion is that Huaguo is not the Qing government! and I, Liu Feng, am not Li Hongzhang!"