The seminar, which was originally planned to be a one-day event, was held for six consecutive days.

The number of participating experts has also increased dramatically from more than 60 at the beginning to more than 300. Computer experts from major German research institutes, including the Yàn room in Dongmenzi, flocked to the site.

This inconclusive result alarmed not only Germany, but the whole of Europe! On the fourth day, the academic conference initiated by the Berlin NB room was unwittingly upgraded to the first ministerial conference organized by the European Union since its birth.

As soon as the meeting ended, the first rotating president of the European Commission held a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, to report on the issue of the "millennium bug" on the basis of the report submitted by the Berlin NB Room Computer Research Center and the participating experts, and announced the establishment of the "EU Millennium Bug Cooperation Center" in Berlin to study its control plan and provide technical support to EU member states.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

The United States was the first to react, Silicon Valley exploded, and the "millennium bug" that scientists in the NB room realized suddenly occupied the front page headlines of large and small media.

There will be nuclear leaks at nuclear power plants, naval warplanes will fall while flying, and the entire financial system will be paralyzed...... Electricity, telecommunications, finance, aviation, the military, as long as you can imagine all the fields, will be turned upside down by that hateful pest, and under the rendering of countless computer experts, the millennium has almost become the end of the world.

Just when the governments of the United States, Japan, Germany, and other developed countries in the West organized experts to study countermeasures, the United Nations thought that there are many economically and technologically underdeveloped countries that also have the same problems. As a result, the "United Nations Millennium Insect Cooperation Center" was set up in Washington, D.C., referred to as Y2K.

Computer experts in the Berlin NB room were the first to realize this problem. As a result, two invitations were received. Dr. Jiang Meimei and 26 other researchers from the Berlin NB Room, the Hong Kong NB Room, the Silicon Valley Research Center, and the Moscow Research Center. Become a distinguished expert of the "United Nations Millennium Bug Collaborating Centre" or the "EU Millennium Bug Collaborating Centre".

Computer research centers in the NB room. It has also received official funding from the United Nations, the European Union and the governments of the host countries and regions.

The year 2000 is still a few years away, and Christmas cannot be left behind.

What's more, as a person who is reactive, the charter knows better than anyone that as long as the measures are effective, the danger of the "millennium insect" is not as great as imagined. Now the entire prevention and control process has been pushed forward by three years, and there is enough time to prepare, and the bug will not be able to make any waves at all.

Congratulations to the two chemistry prize winners who have just received the Nobel Prize and are reuniting with their families in the United States and Canada, and Xia Yao and Xia Yao took a pair of children to Professor Asham's house for Christmas.

Frozen. Christmas trees, Christmas presents, Santa Claus everywhere, big and small, is far more Christmas in Berlin than in Hong Kong.

There is almost no winter in South Africa, and at most a coat is worn in Hong Kong. Xiao Zhangqing had never seen snow, so after eating, she ran to the snow to build a snowman.

There were a few children from the neighbor's family helping to take care of them outside, and there was really nothing to worry about, so the two families just sat around the living room talking and laughing with hot coffee.

"Last week the Ministry of Scientific Research submitted a report in which it was said that for every year advanced in the control of the millennium bug, Germany could save between 30 billion and 50 billion marks. Chapter. You did not disappoint me, and your discovery not only made a great contribution to Germany. It has also avoided hundreds of billions of losses for the world. ”

It was not easy for these words to come out of Angela's mouth, and the charter couldn't help but smile and asked: "Doctor, no one doubts that the Berlin NB Real Office is using the money of German taxpayers to help NB Electric with research and development, right?" ”

Angela smiled heartily: "It's true that no one doubts it anymore, but you can't deny that NB Electric can benefit from it." ”

As she said, with the help of the "millennium bug", NB Electric's scientific and technological strategy has achieved unprecedented success.

Although the newly launched "bugless version" NB-Linux93 operating system is free, the NB computer has made a lot of money. Grid automation systems, PLCs, inverters, NB electronics' mobile communication products, NB medical's medical diagnostic equipment, and even NB future window color TVs, which have little impact, have achieved encouraging results in the past nearly a month.

Chartering put down his cup and quibbled: "Doctor, you obviously ignore that our two chemists have just won the Nobel Prize and have made a big advertisement for NB Electric around the world. ”

"There is this factor, but I think the impact of the 'millennium bug' is even greater."

"Maybe, anyway, it's not a bad thing."

Xia Yao held the child, her cup was left for a long time, Angela smiled and stretched out his hands and said, "Xia, let me hug, oh my God, this little guy is actually staring at me, Asham, I'm sure he will grow up to be as smart as his father." ”

Xia Yao smiled and said, "It's not good to be too smart, it's tiring to live." ”

This sentence went to Professor Asaume's heart, and he glanced at Xiao Zhang Qing, who was still playing under the street lamp, and sighed with emotion: "Yes, for example, Zhang, who came to Berlin alone when he was only a teenager, and I can't forget how he was lying on the grass and learning German." ”

There was something to say, and if he went down like Angra, the charter immediately quipped: "I also invited you to a bottle of beer!" ”

"But for the next six months, you ate dinner here almost every day."

"I didn't come empty-handed."

"Who made you a capitalist?"

Their bickering reminded Angela of the scarcity of supplies at that time, and while patting Xiao Zhanghan in his arms, he recalled: "It was really difficult at that time, and you had to wait in line for a long time to buy bread. And the difficulties in life are far less than the impact of political repression, Zhang, do you know what you thought when you said that East Germany would open up? ”

"What do you think?"

"Far away, I don't feel any hope, almost to the point of despair."

Professor Asaume nodded slightly, and added with a stern expression: "And these feelings can only be kept in the heart, and must not be spoken, because no one knows whether they are being watched or not." ”

"The Berlin Wall has fallen. That qiē is history. "The topic is too heavy. The charter didn't want to talk about it, and talked to her about it in China.

"The wall separating East and West Berlin has fallen. But the wall in my heart hasn't fallen yet. ”

Speaking of this, Angela suddenly changed his words and asked with a smile: "Zhang, I remember that you seem to be the largest collector of the Berlin Wall, where have all those wall tiles gone?" ”

"The headquarters of the European company, the real yàn room, and some in the warehouse."

"How many pieces are intact?"

This is not a secret, and the charter simply told the truth: "More than 300 yuan." ”

"My God. You still have so many," Angela sighed lightly, and sighed with regret: "I read a statistical report the other day, and there are at least 74 fragments of wall tiles in California, Texas and New York in the United States, followed by Poland, France and Italy. And apart from the one that was not overthrown, there were very few in Berlin or even in Germany as a whole. ”

The fall of the Berlin Wall is not only a symbol of the reunification of East and West Berlin and East and West Germany, but also a symbol of the end of the Cold War between East and West, which has extremely unique significance. This has made fragments of the Berlin Wall popular among museums, artists, governments, and ordinary people.

The Argentine government built a memorial bridge from fragments of the Berlin Wall. to commemorate the dictatorship they have experienced; In Poland, there is a restaurant that serves "the best lobster on the East Coast." Included with a piece of the Berlin Wall" to solicit business; Even on Mars, there are rocks named "Broken Wall", "Monday March" and "Reunified".

At that time, no one expected that there would be such a sought-after, and most of them were pulled to pave the way.

Realizing that she was by no means out of purpose, he asked casually, "Doctor, do you want a few pieces of the collection?" ”

This is really a bit difficult to say, but as a minister of the federal government, Angela could not help but open his mouth, and hesitated for a while before he stopped talking: "The Federal Foundation for the Socialist Unity of Germany is planning to search the world for the whereabouts of the fragments of the Berlin Wall, and since you donated all your assets to the 'NB Science and Education' Foundation, we no longer need to be as cautious in our dealings with each other as before." Chairman Sanders knows the friendship between us and would like to ask you if there is any possibility of recovering those intact wall tiles. ”

There is no doubt that they want to ask for nothing, and not give money.

According to the market price, the value of those complete wall tiles is at least tens of millions of marks. Over time, it will also increase in value.

The charter doesn't care about money, and I don't have any interest in collecting, but I feel a loss when I give it away like this. Xia Yao was also reluctant, she knew that it was all legal property, because according to the second sister Zhang Lin, after pulling it back, her husband specially asked Daniel to calculate it clearly with the Berlin municipal department according to the price of construction waste at that time.

Looking at their thoughtful looks, Angela hurriedly explained: "Zhang, I'm just asking for him, and I don't mean to make it difficult for a strong man."

Statute looked at the cup, and suddenly noticed a circle of patterns with Chinese elements underneath, and immediately looked up and said: "Doctor, I am not embarrassed at all, the reason why I took the risk of pulling the wall tiles away and keeping them is that I feel that they have a very unique meaning. They belong to Germany and should be returned to their owners. ”

"Chapter, I'...... I...... I really don't know how to thank you. ”

"No thanks, because I'm not done yet."

"In the protection of historical wills, many countries around the world have made the same mistakes, even earlier and more so than Berlin. In order to impress all the governments and to make sure they don't make the same mistakes again, I decided to change rather than donate like any other asset. ”

Professor Ashum couldn't help but ask, "What do you want to exchange for wall tiles?" ”

"BJ's Old Summer Palace I don't know if you have heard of it, it is a royal garden, very beautiful. I don't want to go into the details of the Boxer Rebellion, because many historians have made it clear. But obviously, the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition was certainly not a just war, let alone the burning, killing and looting of those soldiers in China. ”

Angela was dumbfounded, she didn't expect him to talk about history.

He took a sip of coffee and said solemnly: "When I learned that 40 female missionaries and 25 children in China were massacred by the Boxers, all Westerners were shocked and moved. But the atrocities committed by the Eight-Nation Coalition in China are no less than that. It's even like a world apart.

As far as I know. Only in T state, just outside BJ. In that city, where there was not a single soldier to resist, more than 573 middle- and upper-class women committed suicide in anger because they could not bear the humiliation and humiliation of the coalition soldiers. The lower-class women, who were also humiliated, could only swallow their anger. And in this process, the German Expeditionary Force played an extremely dishonorable role.

They do all kinds of evil, and looking through their own recorded historical documents will make you jaw-dropping, and it is too cruel. Even Wilhelm II, in his order issued on July 2, 1900, said: 'You know that you are facing a cunning, brave, well-armed and cruel enemy. Suppose you meet him. Remember: do not sympathize with him, do not take prisoners of war. You have to fight bravely so that the Chinese will not dare to peep at the Germans after a thousand years. ’”

The charter chief sighed and shook his head: "It's ridiculous, His Majesty the Emperor's impression of the Chinese is so bad that it comes from the memories of the Huns' invasion of Europe in the 5th century AD. And I would say that in that very disgraceful war, Germany plundered a large number of Chinese antiquities, including those in some museums in Berlin. ”

Angela reacted and asked in surprise, "Are you going to exchange the Berlin Wall bricks for Chinese cultural relics?" ”

"I'm also going to donate to build a museum. Keep them safe and open to the public. ”

"Chapter. You know very well that Germany is not China, that the federal government and the state governments have their own authority, and that a large part of the cultural relics you said belong to private collections, and although they have been donated to museums, no one can return them to China without the permission of the donors. ”

"That's why I said change."

There are reasons for this, and Professor Asaume echoed: "Perhaps someone is willing to give their collection, and as a civilized country, Germany is also obliged to return cultural relics belonging to the Chinese." ”

Angela pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Zhang, aren't you afraid that this will cause you trouble?" ”

"What's the trouble with a museum built in Hong Kong?"

"I'm trying to figure out how to make it happen, but don't get your hopes up too much."

The charter and Xia Yao glanced at each other, smiled and said, "I can exchange a little is a little, I didn't expect to be able to exchange all the Chinese cultural relics back." In addition, I plan to treat this event as a people-to-people cultural exchange event, and I am sure that there will be people of insight who will support me. ”

"Well, you can do whatever you think fits."

Angela is obviously not very good at holding children, and may be in an uncomfortable position, Xiao Zhanghan suddenly burst into tears, Xia Yao hurriedly picked her up, and went to the next room to breastfeed while coaxing her. The noise outside was quiet, and Professor Asaume was not very relieved, so he also got up and went out to help see Xiao Zhangqing.

The two of them were the only ones left in the living room, and Angela got down to business, "The application to cooperate in the construction of gas turbines will be obtained by next month at the latest." Dongmenzi Kang Tseen has lobbied on a large scale for this purpose, and has won over many parliamentarians. When it comes to the mutual interests of both of you, the federal government will be on your side internationally. ”

A good start is half the battle, and with this gas turbine project by Head NB Electric, it is logical to see the light.

The charter was ecstatic and hurriedly thanked him.

"No thanks, because I didn't play much of a role in it."

Angela shook her head and continued, "One more thing, I may take over as Federal Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety in a few months. ”

This is much more powerful than the Federal Minister for Women and Youth, which can be said to be a promotion, and the charter laughs: "The fact that the Ph.D. in physics is well deserved to be the Minister of Reactor Safety, which is good news, and I think it should be celebrated." ”

"But what I need most is help, not celebration."

"Where?"

"The Millennium Bug is an issue that must be taken seriously, and you have a very strong strength in computer applications, and I hope to get help in this regard after taking office."

"No problem, even if you don't serve as this minister, the Berlin NB office is obliged to provide technical support."

"Thank you."

Angela smiled knowingly and continued: "The second is the development of atomic energy, Zhang, you have a waste incineration power plant, a steam turbine power plant, and then a gas-steam combined cycle power plant, have you ever thought about building a few more environmentally friendly and efficient nuclear power plants?" ”

There is no doubt that she is playing the idea of China's nuclear power market. Trying to help German nuclear power companies squeeze in and share the cake that the United States and Japan have been occupying all along.

The charter was happy, and couldn't help laughing: "Doctor, for us, it's okay to invest in nuclear power plants, the key is where to build them?" Are they allowed us to build? Is there any revenue after completion? ”

She obviously did her homework, and said with a smile: "Zhang, don't think that I don't know your relationship with Hong Kong's CLP, you have cross-shareholdings, and they have invested in the construction of China's Xiaoyawan Nuclear Power Plant, I think it is completely possible to build one more, or even two." ”

He raised his hands and rubbed his face, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "That investment is not a success, since the establishment of the project has experienced countless turmoil, I don't know how many Hong Kong citizens have protested on the streets, at the invitation of the Chinese side, we also sent a team of experts to conduct a review on security issues."

China's power grid is a monopoly, and we don't see the potential for profit to invest in power plants in China, at least for now. Therefore, it is better to sell our power plant equipment in the way that guò helps it to finance, rather than to invest directly as in Europe and Africa. ”

Angela was a little disappointed, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Is there no way to do it?" ”

"Nope."

The charter shook his head, and immediately said, "Doctor, in fact, you can treat it as a diplomatic act and go to BJ a few more times, after all, they are the real customers." ”

"That's all there is to it," Angela nodded slightly, and added, "But I will definitely call you when I go out." ”

"What kidding, it's pretty much the same with Daniel."

Angela obviously wouldn't let go of him, the most suitable intermediary, and after thinking about it, he suddenly smiled and said, "Then ask you to participate in the reception, anyway, this matter can't be done without you." (To be continued......)