For Lu Zhou, what happened at the report meeting was just a small episode.

He had not followed up on the tokamak research, and naturally he would not have read the papers of the Kalam Fusion Research Center in advance.

The reason why he participated in this academic conference was mainly to go to the "technology display" link in the conference. It's just that I got up a little early on the first day of the meeting, so I casually found a lecture hall and sat down, so there was the previous scene.

After pointing out the mistakes in Professor Botham's paper, Lu Zhou left the lecture hall, and seeing that the time was almost gone, he slowly swung to the next technical exhibition hall.

Compared to the academic conference that is going on not far away, the atmosphere here has a lively atmosphere in another sense.

What is displayed here is not a theoretical result, but a visible technology.

It is precisely for this reason that not only scholars and researchers will pay attention to the trends here, but also many entrepreneurs and investors who are interested in controlled nuclear fusion technology will also stand here with great interest.

Although the time for human civilization to use fusion energy is still far away, this does not prevent some imaginative people from setting their sights on this new and unexplored continent.

The interesting thing is that although in the imagination of most of the public, the emergence of controlled nuclear fusion is bound to shake the interests of energy giants, the research of controlled nuclear fusion must be hated by energy giants, and they are eager to get rid of it......

However, the truth of the matter is the opposite of what the public thinks is "reality", and many commercial nuclear fusion companies are invested in the very energy giants whose interests seem to be at stake.

For example, the well-known general fusion company was led by Petro-Canada company Cenovus. In addition to the ITER project and the German Energy Agency, some of the research projects are supported by the French oil giant Total.

Of course, in addition to the oil giants, many Internet listed companies that are not bad for money are also interested in the concept of controlled nuclear fusion, which sounds cool at first glance.

For example, Google's investment in Tri-Alpha.

Although Lu Zhou personally feels that the three alphas are suspected of cheating investment, but a pertinent evaluation shows that this private company was able to build a fusion experimental reactor from scratch within a year, and even the well-known Nobel laureate Burton Rickett was shocked, at least it proves that these people still have the ability.

And Professor Guo Houyang, who is the chief scientist and director of the experimental operation department of Tri-Alpha, is also a very good Chinese scholar in the field of plasma physics, although his name may not be so familiar, but this big bull was included in the "Who's Who in the World" in 1996, which shows the recognition of him by the academic community.

Regardless of the motive, it is precisely because so many talented people have entered this field, and so much capital has favored research in this field, that this field has gradually become popular from the initial desertion.

Coincidentally, not long after he walked in, he saw Bendbauer, with whom he was chatting in the café the day before.

At this moment, the chairman and chief technology officer of Tri-Alpha is standing in front of a gray curtain, presenting their C2-U fusion device and the world's leading "Field Reverse Configuration (FRC)" device to scholars from other research institutes and a small number of investors interested in controlled nuclear fusion.

Although he was standing on the stage and spoke enthusiastically, recalling the words he said to himself the day before yesterday, Lu Zhou always felt that this enthusiastic expression was somewhat distorted.

"Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills."

Shaking his head, Lu Zhou didn't say anything, briefly understood the technical connotation of the FRC device, and then walked to the booth next to him.

At the same time, it was not only Tri-Alpha in the technology exhibition hall that was there, but also the Baer Group, which went here with Lu Zhou.

After all, today's state-owned enterprises are not state-owned enterprises of a few decades ago, and even if this high-tech industry has special subsidies from the state, the sales of products are still a very serious problem.

Otherwise, the production capacity that has been finally raised will have to face the dilemma of de-capacity.

At the booth applied to the organizers, Baer Group showcased the SG-1 wire developed in collaboration with the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study to scholars from research institutions around the world.

Although the Helmholtz consortium has now mastered this technology, at present, in terms of production cost and production scale, it is obvious that the Baer Group has an advantage. So much so that even the Germans, who have already changed their technology, have to distribute a small number of orders to the Baer Group to alleviate the problem of insufficient production capacity.

In short, when this wire, with a cross-sectional diameter of only a few thousand nanometers in width, was exhibited in front of the major research institutions, almost no one believed that it was true.

It wasn't until Chief Engineer Cao calmly operated the experimental equipment in front of everyone and showed them the strong thermal conductivity and the most critical superconductivity of the SG-1 wire, which made the onlookers next to the booth widen their eyes and call it incredible......

After the first day of the meeting, Lu Zhou originally planned to go directly to the room to rest.

As a result, Manager Sun insisted on having a treat, so the group found a good-looking Chinese restaurant in the nearby Chinatown and set a table in it.

At the dinner table, Manager Sun Chengwu, who was holding a wine glass, got up and looked at Lu Zhou.

"Professor Lu, thank you so much!"

"In the morning alone, we got at least $200 million in orders."

"This cup, I have to pay tribute to you for anything!"

Even after a few hours, Manager Sun still can't forget how shocked, surprised, and incredulous the expressions on the faces of those foreign experts were when Cao Gong demonstrated their SG-1 wire technology in the morning.

As a manager of the Baer Group, there is nothing more exciting than watching your business stay ahead of the world......

After touching the cup with Manager Sun, Lu Zhou smiled and said politely.

"Don't thank me, this is what you deserve."

The order of 200 million US dollars is already a lot, and at the current exchange rate, it must be close to 1.4 billion RMB.

According to the current cost of SG-1 wires, Lu Zhou roughly estimated that the wires worth 200 million US dollars can be equipped with the outfield coils of at least three small and medium-sized stellar simulator fusion devices.

In the case of tokamaks, there may be a slightly less demand for this.

However, because he didn't know much about the tokamak, he couldn't estimate an accurate number.

"Where, without your technology, we wouldn't be where we are today." After draining the liquor in the cup in one gulp, Manager Sun said with a red face, "If Professor Lu has any good suggestions in the future, I hope to give him advice!" ”