China's second-generation nuclear power is the CANDU furnace, Canada's heavy water reactor, which is used in Qinshan.

Although the Canadian heavy water furnace is a minority in the entire industry, it has a relatively good safety record. The biggest casualty is only the steam leak that cooked one person, which is outstanding in the second-generation pile.

Science and technology are developing, and the times are advancing.

China will definitely go to the third generation, and the third generation of nuclear power has not yet been tested on a large scale. Someone needs to come out and be a white rat, coupled with the global anti-nuclear public opinion atmosphere, so the technology transfer is very wide.

Westinghouse's AP1000 and France's EPR are all eyeing each other, and there are indecisive moves on these technical routes, which may eventually evolve into a "Warring States Legend". It is extremely unwise to involve the game of domestic mountains and foreign giants.

The charter did not want to be caught in the middle of the two sides, and was not willing to be involved in a series of political crises in the next few years, so he simply came to a 36-plan to go to the top plan, and quietly returned to Nanbin to accompany his grandmother and mother for a reunion year, and handed over all the graphite projects to Lan Hongzhe, Jia Huamei, Xu Jiazhen and Tian Yong and other cutting-edge talents, and took his wife and children to engage in charity and public welfare activities wholeheartedly.

Three years is not a long time, but it is not a short time.

With one competitive mobile communication product after another introduced to the market, NB Electronics has become the world's third largest mobile phone manufacturer. The business, which includes personal computers, visual flat screen monitors and flat right-angle color TVs, finally ranked among the world's top 500 companies with annual sales of 36.8 billion US dollars!

The power generation, transmission and distribution business has been "low-key" as always, and while continuously expanding the international market, it has unwittingly become the largest equipment and technology provider in the domestic high-end market.

Software companies controlled by NB Electric, such as Ansoft, Mosoft, and Shengsoft. and the Computer Application Research Center under the NB Real Yàn Office. Under the integration of "Diamond Capital". All of them were merged into NBS, a Silicon Valley headquartered company.

NB stands for NB Electrical, and S is the abbreviation of Software.

In just three years, NBS acquired more than a dozen software companies in the United States and launched the NBS-1 system. The integration of its performance is very high, and the size is only 3X16X16 cubic inches. Allies expand to Informix, Ingres, Oracle, Sybase. It also established an R&D center in France and became an executive member of an independent, open standards organization.

After the success of the "NBS-1", two new models were introduced, including the first workstation under 5000 dollars. and invest in a manufacturing facility in Scotland.

By the end of 1996, NBS's share of the RISC market reached 43%, making it the world's fastest and most powerful computing architecture on a par with Sun Microsystems, and sales reached an incredible milestone of more than 1 million units sold worldwide. The "NBS-4" operating environment was introduced, which is particularly suitable for multi-processor systems.

After unifying the NB-Linux system software with IBM, HP and other companies, the IPO also achieved great success and became the second Fortune 500 subsidiary of NB Electric after NB Electronics.

NB Medical, like the power generation and transmission and distribution business, is not listed and its market capitalization cannot be estimated, but no one can deny its great success in the Asian, Eastern European and African markets. In particular, a series of miniaturized medical imaging diagnostic equipment developed by it has almost occupied more than 70% of the Chinese market.

The most surprising was the electricity business. Not only has it been staking its own foothold in Europe, but it has also expanded globally with two Hong Kong power companies, CLP and HK Electric, and now has invested in several power plants in Taiwan and Thailand, as well as six power operators in the UK, Australia and Canada.

In contrast, NB Aviation doesn't seem to have developed much.

It's still those planes, it's still those routes, but it's also achieved good results in aviation training and aviation maintenance, which can be seen from the steadily rising stock price of NB Airlines.

BNB News has been spun off into four companies: BNB in the United States, BNB in Germany, BNB in Russia and BNB in the Middle East, and if there is no spin-off, according to the amazing performance of these companies, it is likely to become the second Fortune 500 company under NB Electric before NBS.

It is worth mentioning that Natasha, the "Rose of the Battlefield", finally risked her life to win the third "Pulitzer Prize" for BNB News since its inception for her objective and impartial coverage of the genocide in the eastern city of Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

NB Electric and NBS, controlled by Diamond Capital, have been a huge success, and the NB Real Room has also attracted attention.

Two months ago, Dr. Choi Yeung-chi and Dr. Chen Wushou, who had returned to Hong Kong from the United States to take over as the Chairman and Deputy Director of the Division of Basic Studies, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 at the same time.

This was a big surprise to the charter of the third hospital of the "NB Charity Foundation" that was being built in Africa at that time, and when I thought of the three chemistry prize winners because of the discovery of "fullerenes", and the series of publicity after the discovery of "carbon nanotubes", I was relieved, because these two discoveries belonged to the same level, and each award could only have three winners, so the Nobel Prize Foundation chose this way that would not cause any controversy to include "carbon nanotubes" in the physics prize.

The scientists of the NB room won the award for the results born in the NB room, and hid for three years in a row, only the regulations of the grandmother who died and returned to their hometown for three months can no longer hide, as soon as they received a call from the president, they took the business plane sent by NB Airlines to return to Hong Kong with the whole family.

"Hello Grandpa Gao, hello Uncle Cai, good Uncle Chen."

After three years, Zhang Qing has become a slim girl, not only speaking Mandarin very slippery, but also learning German and French.

"Oh my God, if this is a sunny day, I can't even recognize it."

Principal Gao, who was discussing with Cai Yangzhi and Chen Wushou how to celebrate next, hurriedly got up and walked around the desk, taking Qingqing's hand and looking up and down.

The little girl made a grimace with Cai Yangzhi, and then took Principal Gao's arm and said with a smile: "Grandpa Gao, I have sent you a photo." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. I've received them all. And not only photos. And postcards. Principal Gao glanced out of the office and asked suspiciously, "What about your father, shouldn't you be here alone?" ”

The little girl stroked the long hair curled slightly in her ears, and said with a smile: "As soon as the car came in, it was stopped by Grandpa Alferov, and they pulled me to talk, so I had to come up first to say hello to you." ”

"Okay, let's sit down and talk to grandpa about what you've done in the past few years."

"Actually, I didn't do anything. It's about the same as traveling. ”

Zhang Qing didn't sit down, but took out a camera from his backpack, stuffed it into Principal Gao's hand, and then ran to Cai Yangzhi and Chen Wushou, holding their arms one by one, and said with a smile on his eyebrows: "Take a photo with the Nobel Prize winner, this opportunity is not much, Grandpa Gao, I'm sorry for you." ”

"It's a big ghost, okay. I'll take a picture of you. ”

After taking a group photo, Cai Yangzhi asked curiously, "Qingqing." What about your mother? ”

"I was dragged by my aunt and aunt to go shopping, and Han Han still has to go to Ocean Park, and he may not be able to come back until late."

Principal Gao smiled and asked the question he wanted to know the most: "Then will you come back this time and still leave?" ”

Zhang Qing took out a small notebook again, and asked the two Nobel laureates to sign for her, while saying with a smile: "My mother and I won't leave for the time being, and even if we do, we will have to wait until after July next year, but I will go to the United States after the New Year, and it will take a long time." ”

On July 1 next year, Hong Kong will return to the motherland, and both NB Electric and NB Real will have to deal with the new government next, confirming that the charter will not go at this critical moment, and President Gao will be relieved.

Chen Wushou asked with a puzzled expression: "Qingqing, you go to school in the United States alone, are your parents relieved?" ”

The little girl scratched her head, and was silent for a while before she said casually: "Mommy is a little worried, it's okay, but it's really a person, August will also go, and there is Uncle Henry over there." ”

"Why do you have to go to the United States when you go to junior high school?"

"I said I want to develop our independence, and I'm really looking forward to life in the United States, I love Hollywood, I like American music, Uncle Chen, you've been there, don't you think it's cool there?"

Cool?

Chen Wushou was ridiculed, and after being stunned, he shook his head and sighed: "It's not the Zhang family, don't enter the Zhang family, your father went abroad alone at the age of 17, you are even more powerful, okay Uncle Chen supports you, but you also have to remember to have time to write to Uncle Chen." ”

"No problem."

As he spoke, the charter, which had disappeared for three years and had not even attended the ceremony of the completion of the real yàn room, went to the office of the dean, accompanied by Professors Alferov and John Popper.

After congratulating the two winners, he asked with interest, "How are you going to celebrate this time?" I read several local newspapers in the car, and the citizens were very enthusiastic, so I couldn't let them down. ”

It's been three years, and his appearance has hardly changed, except that his skin is darker.

Cai Yangzhi and Chen Wushou glanced at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly: "Zhang Gong, it's not that you don't know, we are afraid of being lively." Besides, there are so many winners, and people don't do it in a big way, what do we look like when we make a fuss? ”

"You can't say that."

The charter took the teacup handed by Principal Gao, nodded slightly in thanks, and smiled slowly: "The significance of your two awards is very great for both Hong Kong and China. Yang Zhi was born in China, primary school, middle school, high school, and university are all in China, and a Nobel Prize winner like you who was born in China and has a domestic education background is the first.

The same is true for Wu Shou, born in Hong Kong, educated in Hong Kong, and conducted research in Hong Kong, which almost represents the level of education and research in Hong Kong, and even my security supervisor, Lin Zhiguo, is the pride of Hong Kong. Moreover, Hong Kong is about to return to the motherland in a few months, and at this time, you must stand up and cheer for Hong Kong no matter what, boost some people's morale, and boost their morale. ”

"I think so too."

Dean Gao sat down, took out two documents from the drawer, and said, "This one is for HKUST and this is CUHK, and they want to do it like last time." If nothing else, the application for the student unions of HKU and PolyU will arrive soon, and I personally think that since there is a precedent, it should be regarded as a tradition and handled by the students. ”

"Since both of them think so. We obeyed the arrangement. ”

"That's it. As for which one is responsible. When the application materials are all in order, the final decision will be made by the Council. ”

The members of the Council come from all walks of life in Hong Kong, and only one-third of the members of the council are in the room, so no matter who the flowers are, the room can stay out of the matter. This ball is played beautifully, and President Gao has obviously not been the chairman in vain in the past few years.

Just when the charter was pondering whether to remind him and not to make fun of himself like last time, Principal Gao suddenly said, "Zhang Gong." There's something I've always wanted to discuss with you, but I haven't had a chance. ”

Curious, the charter asked, "What's the matter?" ”

As if he had made up his mind, President Gao took a deep breath, reversed the usual smile before, stared at his eyes, and said very seriously: "I have been the chairman of the academic committee for several years, and the real room is already on the right track, and my energy, especially memory, is not as good as before, and it is difficult to be competent again, so I plan to submit my resignation to the council." ”

My memory is not as good as it used to be. The charter suddenly realized that this was a precursor to Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's disease), and immediately blurted out: "Principal Gao." Have you ever been to the hospital for a check-up? ”

"The real yàn room organizes a physical examination every year, and nothing is checked."

Principal Gao waved his hand, and added as if nothing happened: "When people get old, all the functions of the body will decline, this is normal, I don't think I can really live for a hundred years." ”

When he won the Nobel Prize in later life, he could not remember many things, although there was no good cure for this disease, but early treatment is definitely better than late cure, how could the constitution disagree with his resignation as chairman of the academic committee, and resolutely agreed: "I have no objection to your resignation, but you must pay attention to your body, I will ask the best experts in the world to help you check." ”

"It's not a disease, as for making it so exciting?"

"Whether it's a disease or not, I won't know until I'm done." The charter patted his hand and continued, "By the way, who do you think would be the most appropriate person to take over as the chairman of the Academic Committee?" ”

"You're the perfect person."

"Aside from me, you know, for a variety of reasons, I won't be in this position for at least ten years."

Chairman Gao sighed lightly and said with a bitter smile: "There are many suitable candidates, such as Professor Guo, Obote, Dr. Cai and Dr. Chen, but everyone is not interested in this without exception. Not to mention these two, they would rather be the president of the fishing association, or the orchestra conductor than be in charge of the real yàn room. ”

Professor Alferov shrugged his shoulders and looked like he didn't care about me. Professor John Popper was like an old naughty boy, grimacing at Zhang Qing and choosing to stay out of it without hesitation.

The two Nobel laureates of a few years ago are either doing research in the real room or busy with business in NB bioengineering, and they are also not interested in it.

As for Guo Junru and the two new Nobel Prize winners around him, they feel that they are not qualified enough, second, they feel that they have no experience in scientific administration, and secondly, this position requires too much energy, which will affect their ongoing research.

Secretly using the method of elimination, the charter found that the second chairman of the academic committee seemed to be able to only be hired externally.

Looking at his thoughtful appearance, Dean Gao pointed in the direction of the University of Science and Technology and said, "A few days ago, I half-jokingly asked President Wu that his term of office was approaching, and I asked him if he was interested in participating in the selection of the second chairman of the academic committee of the real room, and he did not agree, but he did not object. ”

It is undoubtedly the best choice to ask the president of the university to manage the yàn room, they have rich experience in scientific administration and management, they have a wealth of contacts, they can get started, and President Wu Jiawei is an outstanding scientist himself.

The charter nodded, and suddenly smiled: "It seems that I want to invite Principal Wu to a meal." ”

Principal Gao smiled and asked, "Do you want me to accompany you?" ”

"Of course, you can't do that."

After talking about the candidates for the new chairman, Professor Alferov took the lead in breaking the silence, got up and opened the window, pointed to the picturesque experimental area, and asked with a smile: "Zhang, what are your plans next, there are three empty expert villas over there, when are you going to move in?" ”

As Principal Gao just said, after several years of development, the Hong Kong NB Real Room has been on the right track. It has its own territory, abundant funds, the real YÀN base covering an area of thousands of acres in the Xiangjiang Shi Yàn Center, and a gold signboard, and has recruited more than 100 top experts and scholars and more than 600 young doctors and masters in various specialties around the world.

The number of researchers, graduate students and practitioners has reached more than 4,000, and they have made good achievements in many fields. In particular, the Faculty of Technology and Application not only solved the mass production of amorphous alloys as planned, but also solved more than a dozen technical problems in silicon purification one and a half years ahead of schedule.

Breakthroughs have been made in the research of gas turbines, and three months ago, the crystal growth was successfully guided in the real yàn chamber, forming a 30-centimeter-long single crystal of a turbine high-temperature blade.

Although there is still a gap of 5-10 centimeters compared with the most advanced technology in foreign countries, if it can solve its mass production problem by hot iron, it can be applied to F-class heavy-duty gas turbines.

The cost of such an imported monocrystalline blade is about 400,000 yuan, and the price has nearly tripled through the intermediate agent sold to Chinese manufacturers, and the lowest price is about 1.1 million yuan.

A gas turbine needs to be composed of several turbine blades, of which the first-stage turbine blades need to be composed of 96 such monocrystalline blades, that is to say, the purchase price of the first-stage turbine blades alone is about 100 million yuan, so the international giants of the whole equipment will offer such a high price.

The Chinese and German experts of the real yàn center are full of confidence, and since the growth of the monocrystalline blades, they have assured on the phone more than once that when the mass production problem is solved and the production process is stable, the cost of the monocrystalline blades independently developed by NB Electric is about 100,000 yuan per piece, which is only a quarter of the foreign price.

It can be applied to all fields that use gas turbines, such as power plants, large passenger aircraft, and special ships, which shows how great the market potential is.

Let the professionals do the professional things, and the charter does not think that they can do a better job when they come back. What's more, in addition to congratulating Cai Yangzhi and Chen Wushou on winning the award, there is a more important thing to do when they return to Hong Kong this time.

He shook his head and said apologetically, "Professor, I have some personal matters to deal with, and I don't plan to do so anytime soon. And just now I took a turn underneath, and I found that Yiqiē was so orderly, even if I moved in, it wouldn't help much. ”

"Alright then, remember to spend some time with us for fishing."

"It's okay to fish, you can always wait for the weather to warm up."

At this time, Lin Zhiguo suddenly knocked on the door and walked in, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Mr. Zhang, His Royal Highness the Prince, President Zimmerman of NB Bank, and Dean Xie of the Industrial and Commercial School have all arrived, and Mr. Ding has called to ask when you will come." ”

In order to cope with the next Southeast Asian financial crisis, two presidents of investment companies, a bank president, and a "queen" economist of NB Electric gathered in Hong Kong.

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PS: Yesterday there was a power outage, and I apologized to all of you. (To be continued......)