Hearing Lu Zhou's sudden proposal, Professor Kreber was slightly stunned.

“…… Trade? ”

Lu Zhou: "I heard that your EGA has been closed?" ”

Kreber: "It was a long time ago, it seems like 13 years. ”

Lu Zhou: "So how is it doing now?" ”

"It's not good, it's not bad, maybe in twenty or thirty years we'll send it to the museum...... Any questions? Kreber frowned, a little confused about what Lu Zhou was going to say when he suddenly mentioned EGA.

Lu Zhou: "Can you sell it to me?" ”

Professor Kreber was stunned.

After a moment, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

“EGA？ Are you kidding? ”

Lu Zhou shook his head, "I'm not kidding, I'm serious." ”

Seeing that Lu Zhou didn't seem to be joking, Professor Kreber smiled and said: "In order to complete the EGA device, we spent 800 million euros on the cost alone, and it was 800 million more than ten years ago, how much are you going to spend to buy it?" ”

After thinking about this question for a while, Lu Zhou gave a number.

"Is 500 million enough?"

“…… Don't think about it, it can't be. ”

Although he was shocked that Lu Zhou could get so much money, Kreber was only shocked and did not nod in agreement, because it was not just a matter of money.

In the ITER project, there has been a long-standing game between technologically superior and technologically disadvantaged countries on the issue of technology transfer. This game is reflected in the proportion of funds borne by each country, the allocation of projects for which national research institutes are responsible, and various external factors.

The most fundamental contradiction lies in the transfer of technology.

It is understandable that such a contradiction will occur, after all, since the latter part of the last century, in order to study this technology, the European Union and even the European Union, the predecessor of the European Union, have spent an unknown amount of money on it.

In short, while securing the chips in hand, the dominant countries want the weaker countries to bear more research funding, share the risks and costs, and secure more funding and projects from the total funding pool for their own institutes.

Disadvantaged countries, on the other hand, want to transfer more technology from the dominant countries, and at the same time hope to secure more projects for their own research institutes.

After all, no one wants to be a lifelong catch-up, and everyone wants to master the core technology in the entire nuclear fusion project, otherwise they will have no status at all when they divide the cake, and they will not even have the confidence to slap the table and quarrel.

Rich to do whatever you want?

That's also a prerequisite.

The EGA device is the culmination of the Max Planck Institute and the Helmholtz Society's technology, and they put a lot of effort into completing it, and in such a situation, they naturally did not want to sell it so cheaply.

Knowing exactly what Professor Kreber was thinking, Lu Zhou continued: "Anyway, its final destination is the museum, and you have learned enough experience from it. I'm willing to pay 500 million euros for your work, and maybe I can let it work for a while, and ......"

Professor Kreber frowned, "Also? ”

After a pause, Lu Zhou continued to speak: "In addition, if you transfer the EGA device to me, my side can open up the SG-1 material conductor technology. Since we all need more powerful superconducting magnets, we can collaborate on related research. ”

Kreber: "EGA is a prerequisite for cooperation? ”

"Yes," Lu Zhou nodded, "If you care about technology being bought cheaply, we are willing to exchange the technology for that part." If you don't, then I'm not obligated to make this part of the study public. After all, this is not a research project outsourced by ITER, but our own. ”

The papers on the SG-1 material are all public information, and even the preparation method of the SG-1 material itself in the laboratory is public, and Lu Zhou has at most registered a patent for the product precautionarily, just in case.

However, how to make SG-1 materials into wires, which involves the specific product production process, these things obviously will not be written in the paper and published so simply.

Just like the lithography machine, everyone knows the principle, and the relevant papers can also be downloaded publicly, but when it comes to technical things, they are all corporate secrets, and they will basically not be disclosed until the technology is updated.

After staring at the thin line in the glass cover for a long time, Professor Kreber was silent for a few moments, as if to consider whether the offer was worth it.

On one side is the prototype of the Spiral-7X, which has been eliminated, but it still involves a lot of technologies that have not yet been disclosed.

On the other hand, carbon-based superconducting materials may be a key factor in solving the problem of controlled nuclear fusion, but only possible, there are still many uncertainties such as cost and mass production.

It's not easy to make a trade-off.

The silence lasted for about five minutes, and the Germanic professor, at last, let go of his shoulders and spoke slowly.

"I need to think about it."

Lu Zhou nodded in agreement: "No problem." ”

……

In the villa of Zhongshan International, the family is preparing the New Year's dinner lively.

At this time, the sound of the doorbell suddenly came from the entrance.

"Here we are."

After hearing the voice, Lu Bangguo's face was happy, and he shouted "come" from afar, and walked quickly to the door.

The door opens.

Lao Lu, who was standing in the hallway, was about to say hello with a smile, but the smile on his face gradually stiffened.

Looking at the old man standing at the door, Professor Kreber squeezed a friendly smile out of his face and greeted him in broken Chinese.

"Mud howling."

"Mud Howl Mud Howl ......"

Subconsciously followed a few words, Lao Lu suddenly came back to his senses, and immediately cast an inquiring gaze to Lu Zhou next to him.

"This is a customer of our research institute," Lu Zhou smiled and introduced after understanding his father's gaze, "and he is also my friend." ”

Even though my heart is full of resentment towards my son, I still can't show it in front of the guests.

Looking at Professor Kreber, Lao Lu smiled enthusiastically and said, "It turns out to be Lu Zhou's friend, please come in." ”

Although I couldn't understand what Lao Lu said, I felt the enthusiasm without words.

Kreber showed his face. He smiled and politely said the second sentence of Chinese that he only knew.

"Write."

Seeing that his father took this tall foreign professor into the living room, Xiaotong sneaked to Lu Zhou's side and poked his brother's arm: "Brother, you don't know how excited Dad was in the afternoon." ”

Lu Zhou: "What are you excited about?" ”

Xiaotong looked helpless: "What else can you be excited about?" He thought you had finally come to your senses and brought back a daughter-in-law. ”

As she spoke, the little girl rolled her eyes and muttered a complaint, "I knew it wasn't that simple, but I didn't expect it to be beyond my expectations, who would have thought that you would bring a man back." ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

Whether it is normal times or the New Year, the Lu family is very hospitable.

It's just that because of the language barrier, the communication at the dinner table is not so smooth.

Lu Zhou can only act as a translator, switching between English and Chinese for a while.

Occasionally, some of the dialogue has to be modified according to the language habits of both parties.

Raving about the taste of the dumplings, Kreber, who is usually very serious at work, gave a rare thumbs up.

When Lu Zhou translated his words into Chinese and said them to the old lady, he couldn't stop her mouth from ear to ear.

After cooking for so many years, it is the first time that it has been affirmed by international friends, and for Fang Mei, this is undoubtedly a fresh and rewarding thing.

I didn't stay here until late, and after dinner, seeing that it was not early, Kreber sat on the sofa and chatted with Lu Zhou for a while, and then got up to say goodbye.

Sent by Lu Zhou to the courtyard of the villa, standing next to the road at the door, Kreber spoke.

"The dumplings are delicious, thank you."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "You're welcome." ”

Kreber thought for a moment and then spoke, "I can't give you an answer to your proposal right away, it's not something I can decide on my own, and EGA isn't just the property of the Max Planck Society, I hope you understand." ”

After a pause, he said, "Still, I promise you, I'll try my best." ”

Lu Zhou smiled and nodded: "Then I'll trouble you." ”

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(Thank you for the tip of the alliance leader EVA Meteor!!) ）