Zhang Yuan thought for two seconds and took the microphone from the host. It suddenly occurred to him that there were not so many conspiracy theories.

This blonde girl is cute, and she probably really thinks that way to ask this question.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Yuan said unhurriedly, "This lady, there is a concept that you may be mistaken. ”

"Every year, the government and various charities allocate tens of billions of dollars for poverty alleviation, which is real money and assets donated by people from all over the world. These well-wishers sacrifice their own interests to help others, and it is indeed great. ”

"But the 167 trillion created by the aerospace industry every year is the gross domestic product, not real money, and it does not belong to the Deep Space Foundation, but the collective wealth created by 43 million space workers and 2.2 billion workers on the surface, involving 273 large and small industries......"

"Without this 167 trillion GDP, I think there would be more than 2 billion more poor people on the planet. Everybody will live a worse life......"

"Therefore, the amount of poverty alleviation funds donated cannot be confused with the gross domestic product."

"As for the question you asked, I can answer it like this: the aerospace industry is equivalent to making a big cake; And donating to the poor is nothing more than a redistribution of the cake. I'm more inclined to the idea of 'making the cake bigger,' so I'm donating the money to the Deep Space Foundation......"

The people in the audience were listening very carefully.

Zhang Yuan's speech was neither fast nor slow, and his logic was clear, as if all the drafts had been typed.

Wang Lili and Xu Yunjing had already discussed in a whisper: "I didn't expect him to be so good at talking. I'm usually quite shy. ”

"It's possible that it's pretended!"

"Haha, this is Zhang Yuan's true face!"

Zhang Yuan continued: "...... Why did I choose this way? ”

"Ms. Angelica, I don't know if you've ever boarded a space elevator or seen the full view of the solar system. If you have truly seen the vastness of space, you will understand that the cake of aerospace is really amazing, a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand times bigger than you imagined! ”

"As long as this cake is made well, it can feed hundreds of billions, even trillions, of people!"

"The poverty alleviation you are talking about is just a small issue."

"But ......"

"The difficulty of wanting to eat this cake is also terrifying, tens of billions is just a drop in the bucket, and 100 billion is just a drop in the bucket. The space elevator behind us, the first of mankind, has spent trillions of funds, a full 20 years of construction time! ”

“…… No private capital has the determination and strength to spend decades to build a 36,000-kilometer space elevator that does not seem to produce anything, only a non-profit organization like the Deep Space Foundation......"

"If a hundred years ago, without the investment in this space elevator and the generosity of those idealists, I think we would still be confined to a small earth, living in general poverty. Even with controlled nuclear fusion, it is still poor. ”

"That's why I donated my father's prize money to the foundation, although it's just a drop in the bucket, it's also a wish of mine......"

"We need more like-minded people to make this piece of cake bigger together, so that more people can enjoy the benefits."

"As for the issue of poverty alleviation that you mentioned, it is not unimportant, and I agree with your philosophy and appreciate your fraternity. But there is an old saying in our Xia country: it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. Simply giving them money and food will only raise a group of lazy people, and there will be no substantial progress. ”

“…… I believe that it is only through education that they can change their lives. As for this, the Deep Space Foundation has a charity department in the field of online education, and wants to popularize education through remote networks, so I won't say much about it here. If you are interested, you can check it out. ”

"Thank you!"

An even louder round of applause rang out.

Zhang Yuan's answer was very tactful, very old and spicy, and it was impeccable from any angle.

The blonde reporter could only open his mouth and was speechless.

Although she herself was not convinced, the audience was convinced, and that was enough.

"Professor Wang, Zhang Qiming's son is very good, he is very good at talking." Liu Yi, vice chairman of the foundation, said very happily: "It's as if we have arranged it on purpose. ”

"The son of a scientist like him has donated 10 million, and those soil bosses have to hemorrhage!"

Wang Zhong smiled "hehe" and did not speak, but the pride in his heart was difficult to hide.

Praising his disciples is much cooler than praising him himself.

The Deep Space Foundation is a behemoth that not only has strong political influence and scientific and technological strength, but also has a large number of shares in the space industry and space elevators. For those capitalists, working with the foundation is a very win-win situation.

Of course, if you want to win together, you have to get the Foundation to look at it first......

Anyway, let's donate a little bit first.

After all the awards were awarded, the winners took a group photo on stage, and then there were various theatrical performances and donation activities.

Zhang Yuan stepped off the stage and sat quietly in his seat.

Professor Wang patted him gently and gave him an encouraging look.

"Professor Wang, I didn't say the wrong thing, did I?"

"That's a good point!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.

Professor Wang Zhong looked at the capitalists who came to the stage to donate one by one, and secretly sighed in his heart: "If Mr. Qi Yuanshan can see this scene, he will be very pleased." ”

The world is bustling for profit, even if these capitalists are just for money, not for "ideals", it is also a good virtuous circle.

The icing on the cake is easy, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, and those difficult days are already a story a hundred years ago, and even Wang Zhong has not yet been born.

Qi Yuanshan, known as the "Einstein of materials science", is a real giant of materials science.

The three most outstanding achievements in his life are "high magnetic saturation superconducting materials" and "mass manufacturing of carbon nanotubes"; And the third, of course, some sociological content of the New Civilization School.

Why is controlled nuclear fusion difficult? There are many reasons for this, such as neutron radiation, triple product, and very importantly, the magnetic field constraint is not strong enough.

The magnetic field confinement must be strong enough to restrain the raging plasma and make the circulator fusion reaction stable and lasts longer.

But to have a large enough magnetic field, you don't just need to increase the current.

There is a phenomenon of "magnetic saturation" in materials science, when the impressed current and coil density reach a certain size, the magnetic field does not increase further.

Anyway, no matter how you do it, the magnetic field is only so much, and you can do the rest by yourself.

When the magnetic field confines itself to its limit, it is still not strong enough to bind the plasma, which becomes an almost unsolvable problem.

Professor Qi Yuanshan's breakthrough "high magnetic saturation superconducting material" simply and rudely increased the original magnetic field strength by 10 times!

10 times!

As a result, the raging plasma was obediently restrained, many problems were no longer problems, and "controlled nuclear fusion technology" was long overdue, and finally appeared in the world.

In that era when there was no oil and energy was scarce, Professor Qi's reputation was naturally skyrocketing, and he was called the "father of nuclear fusion".

The second major achievement is the well-established technology for the production of carbon nanotubes, which has made carbon nanotubes very cheap. With a tensile strength of more than 100 times that of steel and a density of only 0.03 grams per cubic centimeter, this material is an excellent building material.

Such a scientific giant, whose influence extends to modern times, is an admirer of many scientists.

However, at that time, Professor Qi's "Plan for the Construction of Space Elevators" was rejected by the government.

Because the investment is too big, it is too big for Xia Guo, which has just recovered from the energy crisis, to accept it......

……

As for what happened behind the scenes, so that the attitude of the government has changed dramatically, Wang Zhong does not know.

All he knew was that the space elevator was built on schedule and was almost completed when he was born.

Xia Guo has gambled on the national fortune for 20 years, and finally gambled on a bright future!

This period of the past, even now, is often talked about by historians.

The development of a country is step by step, step by step.

The same is true of a civilization.

If it weren't for that brave step, maybe by now, the earth still doesn't have a space elevator, and there is no beautiful present.

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