Yan Yan is not the only one who is scolded.

Far away in the White House on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the director of the CIA was also scolded.

"What a bunch of shit!"

"Do we have to wait for the Chinese people themselves to tell us every time that we know what's going on over there? This is the first time! Tell me out loud! ”

By now, he hadn't slept for 24 hours.

The bags under the eyes are so thick and blue that even the foundation can't hide it.

However, the angry expression made him look energetic at the moment, and he didn't look sleepy at all.

Just a dozen hours ago, they were still in the White House plotting how to put pressure on China to throw a mouse, how to get them to suspend controlled fusion experiments, or at least to get the international community to ...... In particular, the United States is involved.

However, when he sat confidently in the embassy, ready to talk about it, the ambassador, surnamed Sun, told him that the experiment was over.

And, it went quite well.

For him, it was like a bolt from the blue.

The reshoring of manufacturing was his campaign manifesto, and only by fulfilling his promises about jobs and making America great again can he hope to win the 2020 election and continue to be great.

Now, however, Huaguo has lit the flame of controlled fusion.

Not to mention that all the plans were disrupted, at least he was already in a rather passive situation.

If, in the next three years, they can't keep up in this area, by which time controlled fusion reactors are already blooming across the Pacific, what are they going to compete with?

Tariffs?

Or oil prices?

Seriously, will they still care then?

There is an essential difference between the transformation of the productive forces of the whole society and the improvement of market competitiveness brought about by technological upgrading. It's as if improving the wheels can make the carriage run faster and more stable, but even if the carriage runs faster and more steadily, it is impossible to win the car.

Standing next to her desk, Gina explained with a heavy expression.

"I admit that we have serious negligence in our intelligence work in this area, but we can't blame our intelligence officers entirely...... The whole Haizhou is full of their eyeliner, and as long as there is a foreigner's face appearing, they will be targeted. Including the intelligence of their ignition, which was also provided by our allies in Asia at great risk...... But no one expected that they would set the time on the day before New Year's Day, not on the day of New Year's Day. ”

Crucially, it all happened so suddenly.

Any intelligence network takes time to build.

In particular, when the other side is also engaged in counterintelligence work, it is especially difficult to infiltrate them.

It has not even been a year since the demonstration reactor project was launched.

No one expected that the Chinese would move so quickly.

In particular, with historical experience in front of us, ITER has spent nearly 20 years from site selection to completion of project subcontracting. Not only did the White House not think they would complete the project so quickly, but even the heads of several national laboratories and academician-level advisers to the Energy Administration decided that it was impossible.

So much so that after Huaguo withdrew from the ITER program, most people thought they had lost the opportunity to shake hands with the future.

However, the opposite is true.

It is not they who have withdrawn from the agreement that have been thrown away.

It's the world......

However, the president didn't want to listen to his explanation, and scolded bitterly, "Eat, you." ”

Gina's face turned pale, but she couldn't say a word.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps at the door of the office.

Appearing at the door were Helms, as well as Secretary of State Mike.

When the two appeared in the office, the president and Gina looked at him in unison.

Gina, in particular, narrowed her eyes dangerously as she stared at Helms.

The look in his eyes seemed to ask—

"You still have a face here?"

Chilling unconsciously, Holmes was about to explain something, but Mike next to him patted him on the shoulder, signaling that he was relieved.

Then, looking at the president, Mike said with a smile spread his arms.

"It's not as bad as we thought it would be, at least there was a little bit of good stuff happening."

The president snorted coldly.

"Really? At this juncture, I can't imagine anything else that could be called good. ”

"Of course that kind of thing exists," Mike smiled and glanced at Helms next to him, "just now, our Mr. Helms made up for his mistake. Helms, tell your Excellency the President your good news. ”

Glancing apprehensively at Gina, Helms coughed a little nervously and spoke quickly.

"Just two hours ago, according to the information from our informant on the Chinese side...... Lu Zhou, the chief designer of the demonstration reactor project, fell into a coma on the spot after the successful experiment and is now lying in the intensive care unit of Hospital 301......

The president was stunned.

CIA Director Gina was also stunned.

Lu Zhou...... Down?

Is it even possible to turn into a vegetative state?

In the next second, the president, who was still sitting in the office chair, stood up excitedly as if he had been electrocuted, and even hammered the table with his fist.

"Hahaha! Well done, it looks like Lady Luck is still on our side in the end! ”

Although controlled nuclear fusion technology has been developed, land boats are no longer so important to them.

But when he heard the news, he couldn't help but wave his fists and applaud.

This nasty guy actually passed out.

It's better never to wake up!

Seeing that the president was in a good mood and his immediate boss looked relieved, Helms breathed a sigh of relief and continued to add: "I still have the same view as before, we ignore the most critical figure in the whole of China's controlled fusion research, or we don't pay enough attention to him." ”

"According to my investigation, that Professor Lu can be said to be the core of the entire controllable fusion demonstration reactor project. The reason for bringing dozens of research institutes together is largely not only due to administrative directives from China's top leadership, but also to his personal academic prestige and the fact that he himself has a clear idea of how to achieve controlled fusion technology. ”

"If his health fails, there is no doubt that China's controlled nuclear fusion business will come to a standstill. And according to the head of Lawrence National Laboratory, even if they have already taken the lead in the research of controlled fusion, we are not very far behind. And even our allies, the Europeans are no less hungry for fusion energy than ours, who have been pinched by the Russians for too long on gas. As long as we are united enough, we still have a chance to catch up in the end. ”

At most, it just takes a little time.

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed joy.

A smile appeared on the secretary of state's face: "As I said, there are still good things happening. By the way, I came up with a brilliant idea. It is said that the news of Lu Zhou's coma is still being blocked, but there is no secret in the United States. We can start by putting the news out through a small newspaper and then test their reaction. ”

PRESIDENT: "And then? ”

Mike smiled and said, "Then we can use his health as an excuse to release a little bit of pressure on them and then ......"

There is no such thing as an impermeable wall.

In the information age, nothing can be kept secret forever.

Whether it's a good thing.

Still a bad thing.

At most, it's just a matter of knowing sooner or later.

The next day, on page four of the Washington Star, there was a news that seemed to have nothing to do with the lace news.

That is, Lu Zhou, the Nobel laureate in charge of the controlled fusion project in China and a former professor of mathematics at Princeton, recently fell into a coma at his research post due to overwork.

After the news was released, this news did not set off much of a storm in the United States, and not many people even noticed it.

Until this news was seen by well-wishers and well-wishers, and with their encouragement, it was posted on Twitter, and it was transmitted back to China across the ocean.

The news of Lu Zhou's coma was only known to everyone......