Moscow.

One is housed in an office in the Kremlin.

Sitting behind the mahogany desk, the powerful-looking man frowned slightly after listening to his subordinates' reports.

"Awake?"

Standing in the office, the man in the leather jacket nodded.

"Yes...... According to information from our intelligence officers, Professor Lu Zhou has woken up from a coma. According to our experts at the World Health Organization, there is no direct evidence that the cause of his coma was caused by human factors. Most likely, just overtiredness. ”

Excessive fatigue and was in a coma for more than 20 days.

While this may sound a bit bizarre, it seems to be the most plausible speculation in comparison to other baseless assumptions.

Getting up and walking to the window, Mr. Vladimir stared at Red Square outside the Kremlin, his eagle-like gaze narrowed slightly, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.

Lu Zhou is still alive.

For Russia, this is definitely not good news.

Russia's economy is heavily dependent on energy exports, and China is the second largest buyer of Russian crude oil and natural gas, accounting for 18% of total exports.

If the leverage effect of falling oil prices will strengthen the dollar in the short term, the blow to the ruble will be difficult for all Russians to accept.

Although in order to win over Russia, China will most likely not cut its import quota for Russian crude oil and natural gas in the short term, this undoubtedly means that those Chinese will have more bargaining chips in energy import negotiations.

The global political situation was originally in a dynamic equilibrium.

With the bombshell of controlled fusion thrown into the lake, this balance has been completely upset at this moment.

Somehow, in Vladimir's mind, a terrible picture suddenly appeared.

Could it be that one day in the future, factories in Siberia will have to rely on China's power grid?

It's scary to think about it......

If only that person never woke up.

If he had just gone, his story would undoubtedly have become a legend and his name would be remembered as the greatest scholar of the century. Not only Chinese people will mourn him, but even themselves, and even the president of the United States, will prepare a eulogy for him to mourn his death.

But the trouble is that he is still alive now......

"Mr. President......"

Turning his back to his subordinates, Vladimir said expressionlessly: "What's wrong? ”

The man in the leather jacket lowered his voice and said, "Or we ......"

"I know what you're thinking, but it's impossible," Vladimir walked back to his desk and sat down again, retracting his gaze from the window, "We can't risk offending the Chinese, especially at this critical juncture." And, that's the stupidest thing to do. ”

In any case, assassination is a very low-level method, because it breaks the bottom line of a civilized country.

Especially for an internationally renowned scholar.

Especially if the other party has the ability to take revenge in the same way.

The man in the leather jacket stood there in silence, waiting for the president's order.

Sitting at his desk in silence for a long time, Vladimir spoke.

"Keep gathering intelligence on controlled fusion, and if they're already ahead of the curve, at least we can't get too far behind them."

Looking at the information on the table, when he saw a certain line, he was slightly stunned, and his eyebrows were unexpectedly raised.

“…… Single? ”

However, at this moment, the office door suddenly opened.

"What's new!"

Walking hurriedly to Vladimir's desk, the Russian foreign minister said quickly, "China has started negotiations with Myanmar and Laos on issues related to the cross-regional power grid interconnection project. Although it is not known whether cooperation will be reached, according to reliable sources, the Chinese side has offered a very attractive offer to both countries. The price of the bewitching ......"

There was no time to ask him why he didn't knock on the door, and the moment he heard this, Vladimir's pupils contracted slightly.

Sure enough, what he feared most finally happened.

Although Russia does not have core interests in Southeast Asia, this is still not good news.

Now Laos and Myanmar, so what's next?

It is to continue south, to expand the energy corridor into Vietnam, Thailand, and even more distant Malay, to include the whole of Malacca in its sphere of influence, paving the way for the rise of sea power.

Or along the Silk Road to the west, connecting the five Central Asian countries, and continuing to play its role as a land power......

Perhaps, only God can answer this question.

……

Upper Beijing.

301 Hospital.

Originally, he just came out for a walk, but Lu Zhou didn't expect that someone would suddenly stop him halfway through.

Looking at the middle-aged man who shouted his name and followed his footsteps, Lu Zhou cast an inquiring gaze at him.

"You are?"

Looking at Lu Zhou, the man smiled and stretched out his right hand, and said familiarly, "Introduce yourself, I'm the director of CTV, Luo Qidi." ”

TV station director?

When did the TV station director become so idle?

And he is also the director of station C......

Although he was surprised in his heart, Lu Zhou still smiled and stretched out his right hand to shake it with him.

"Hello, Director Luo."

There are too many people who have visited him these days, although the director of CCTV is also a big official, but it is not strange to see too much.

"Haha, hello hello. It is said that Professor Lu is young and promising," holding Lu Zhou's hand and shaking it, Luo Qidi smiled with red light, and then introduced him to the person behind him, "This is Comrade He Ying, the host of our station's 'Light of Science' column." ”

He Ying smiled politely and said, "Hello Professor Lu. ”

"Hello Ms. He," smiling and nodding to her, Lu Zhou turned to look at Director Luo and said in a joking tone, "Director Luo came to visit me here, is he planning to interview me personally?" ”

"Haha, I wanted to interview you. It's a pity that I've been away from the front line for too long, so let's give this opportunity to the young comrades," Director Luo smiled, and turned to look at Wang Ying, "Comrade Xiao He, you can explain the situation to Professor Lu." ”

"Okay, director."

Looking at Lu Zhou, He Ying said politely: "Here's the thing, it's the New Year soon, and the people of the whole country are concerned about your physical condition." If you have a convenient time, we would like to invite you to participate in a popular science program. ”

Lu Zhou: "About controlled nuclear fusion? ”

He Ying nodded and said, "It may be related to nuclear fusion, but it is mainly about you." ”

Lu Zhou thought for a moment and spoke.

"There's nothing wrong with me here, but you'd better go to the relevant departments to report to the relevant departments for this show. After all, a lot of things are sensitive, and it's not convenient for me to talk about them in public. ”

He Ying nodded with a smile. "You can rest assured that the content of the program will not involve sensitive issues, and we have already taken into account the confidentiality of the work."

Lu Zhou nodded: "Okay, when is the interview?" ”

Seeing that Lu Zhou agreed, He Ying breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, with a happy expression on her face, "Tomorrow at two o'clock at noon, our program is going to be broadcast the day before the New Year." ”

This time, Professor Lu Zhou was invited to be a guest on the show, and it can be said that they have been planning for a long time in their group. Including obtaining permits from other departments, including soliciting questions from the public through telephone, Internet and other channels, and screening the content of the questions, many of the work began to be prepared even at the end of last year.

Not only did the people in the group put in a lot of effort, but she also spent a lot of time preparing herself.

After all, being able to interview Lu Zhou herself will also be a strong stroke for her professional resume.

Looking at the hopeful expression on the face of the host comrade, Lu Zhou smiled and nodded: "Well, that's okay, I'll go over when the time comes." ”

Anyway, the director came in person, and it didn't seem good to refuse.

Although Lu Zhou felt that Director Luo's motive for coming here to visit him had nothing to do with the show itself, it was very likely that he was just like other people who visited him in the past two days, just planning to take this opportunity to get acquainted with him......

Although Lu Zhou himself doesn't know whether it is meaningful for their career to be familiar with their faces.

Seeing that Lu Zhou had agreed on the time of the interview with the people on CCTV, and watching Director Luo and Host He leave, Yan Yan, who had not spoken from beginning to end, glanced at Lu Zhou with some concern.

"Are you okay?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I'm almost recovered, it's better to go out for a walk than to sit here and get moldy." When the time comes, I'll ask you to write it for me. ”

Although Yan Yan didn't agree with his approach for safety reasons, after hesitating, she finally sighed.

"Okay then...... When the time comes, I'll go with you. ”

Lu Zhou coughed lightly: "...... Actually, if you don't want to go, don't force it, I'll just go by myself. ”

A pair of willow eyebrows were raised, and Yan Yan immediately said, "How can this work!" If you have another accident, I'll ......."

Somehow, halfway through the sentence, she suddenly couldn't speak.

Facing the inquiring gaze of the landing boat, Yan Yan gritted her teeth and finally took a deep breath.

“…… Nothing, when I didn't say anything. ”

It was impossible to tell him that her father almost kicked her out of the house last time because of the last incident, right?

It's so humiliating to say it!

Lu Zhou: "......?" ”

So, what exactly do pangolins say?