White House.

Office of the President.

Ever since FBI Director Mueller entered, the president's office aides sitting at the door of his office could hear the voice of a man furious from behind the door.

"What do you idiots do?"

Standing in front of the president, Director Mueller held his breath and admitted, tremblingly, admitting his mistake: "This matter is a dereliction of duty...... We expected those people to do it, but we didn't expect them to move so fast. ”

Although it is pleasant to see the Chinese people suffer losses, the White House absolutely does not want such a thing to happen at this juncture.

Negotiations on the International Lunar Hadron Collider are still ongoing, and they have managed to win over a group of teammates through diplomatic means, preparing to put pressure on China on the issue of the budget committee, and to win more powers for the committees responsible for budget approval outside the budget.

Now, however, their plans have been disrupted.

Because of the outbreak of the cyber attack, not only did their allies cast a surprised eye on them, but also many wavering neutral countries expressed doubts about whether the Americans really wanted to participate in this international project.

Perhaps, they Yankees just want to stir up trouble at this meeting? Didn't come here with the idea of cooperation at all?

It's all about individuals who have such doubts.

After all, China is a challenger to US space hegemony, and the relationship between the two sides has not been very harmonious......

Just then, the phone on the table rang.

The president took a deep breath and walked over, looked at who was calling, and pressed the speakerphone directly.

The phone rang out, and Director Carson's voice came immediately.

"It's me."

The President: "I know it's you, if you have something to say, tell me quickly!" ”

Although I don't think the president is in a good mood, it's not convenient to ask about this kind of thing.

With a hint of tiredness in his voice, Carson on the other end of the line cleared his throat and said.

"The Chinese side is putting pressure on us, those damn idiots, I drafted a plan for the budget committee all night, and as soon as I took it out on the conference table today, I was blocked by the cyber attack thrown out by the Chinese people. They are now determined to make a big fuss about this matter, and they intend to take it to the negotiating table. ”

Taking a deep breath, he continued in a tone with a hint of gloom.

"Well, we are now at an absolute disadvantage at the negotiating table, and even the centrists who have already turned to us have expressed serious concerns about our domestic cybersecurity issues and neo-terrorist issues."

The president couldn't help but ask: "You didn't refute the group of Chinese people, cyber attacks and hadron colliders, are these two different things?" ”

"I said it, but they started to frame us, saying that the Predator Eagle might be backed by the federal government, and that they had some evidence, but they still needed to confirm it......" Director Carson paused and said hesitantly, "I'll ask by the way, if it should be ......"

Slightly stunned, hearing the meaning of this sentence, the president categorically vetoed: "How is it possible!" How could I approve such a stupid plan! Is it any good for us to destroy the servers of several Chinese websites? What do you say, Mr. Müller. ”

Stared at by the president with murderous eyes, Mueller hurriedly nodded: "Of course!" I'm not going to let my men do such stupid things...... But just in case, I'd suggest we call someone from the CIA and ask, maybe they'll do it. ”

"Now is not the time to ask who is responsible," said Director Carson on the other end of the line, pressing his eyebrows with a headache and a tired tone, "The situation may not be good for us right now, and my advice is...... Make appropriate concessions before Huaguo plays a role. Otherwise, it's hard to say whether they will reconsider and whether our involvement is really that necessary......"

The office fell silent for a moment.

It was as if a needle could be heard clearly when it fell to the ground.

Is there a need to participate......

A hint of bitterness gradually appeared in the president's eyes.

If someone had said this to him ten years ago, he would have thought that this person was joking with him, and he would have laughed out loud.

There is no industrial chain in this world that can exist apart from the United States. No major international research project involving more than 50 countries can be organized without the United States.

And yet now......

Someone is actually thinking about how to euphemistically kick them out of the group?

The world must be crazy.

After about ten minutes of silence, the president walked over to the chair behind his desk and sat down.

With his index finger tapping lightly on the table, he spoke in a tired voice.

“…… You can relax the other conditions as you see fit, and the demands of the allies will be put aside for the time being, but you have to make sure that we have at least three seats with full voting rights on the budget committee, and that's not to be talked about. ”

Regardless of whether the Chinese people really planned to do so, he didn't dare to gamble.

It is true that China needs the United States, but it is now clear that the United States needs China more than the United States......

Director Carson on the other end of the line nodded, also breathing a sigh of relief.

“…… I try my best. ”

After hanging up the phone, the president slammed his fist on the table, and he didn't know who he was cursing.

"These goddamn idiots!"

Looking at the president who lost his temper, Director Mueller held his breath and did not dare to speak.

Because of the predator eagle's stirring up, the United States is now in a disadvantageous position in the whole negotiation.

If Russia cannot take a firm stand in the negotiations of the budget committee, it is almost inevitable that the cunning Chinese will have the upper hand......

No, to be precise, the Siberian bears must not be able to stand firm.

As long as the Chinese give them a little benefit, they will relax on this issue related to the vital interests of other cooperative countries, after all, they themselves do not contribute a lot of money, just to join in the fun......

……

For Lu Zhou, what happened on the Internet was just a small episode.

Whether or not the Predator Eagle is supported by the White House, these inconsequential trifles don't matter at all.

The ultimate source of all the IP attacks comes from the United States, and as long as it bites to the death, China will be invincible in this war of public opinion and obtain sufficient "compensation" in the negotiations on the budget committee.

Of course, the crux of the matter is that this seminar was held in Beijing, and the initiative has always been with the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee.

Absolute strength is the guarantee of cooperation.

Otherwise, even if such a "misunderstanding" occurs, according to the habits of the Americans, there is a high probability that it will not be taken seriously at all.

These days, Lu Zhou is actively participating in the preparation for the establishment of the Lunar Hadron Collider Research Center, and at the same time helping Director Li select the list of expert groups to do technical feasibility demonstrations.

When he really started doing this, Lu Zhou found that it was really difficult to avoid suspicion.

In terms of software engineering, Jinling University itself is relatively strong among the top five universities. There are two big names in the field of quantum computing in the Software Institute, and one is even an academician.

It would be a little unfair to him if he took his name out just to avoid suspicion, so after thinking about it again, Lu Zhou still wrote their names.

As for the other experts, some are from Yan Da and some are from Mizuki, a total of ten people, the lineup is quite balanced, and it can be regarded as rain and dew. Then it wasn't until Lu Zhou finished selecting people that he found that he had unconsciously begun to think about things other than academics.

"People can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes."

Lu Zhou, who was dumbfounded, shook his head, but he also secretly made up his mind in his heart that he would never take this kind of trouble on himself next time, and then sent this email to Director Li's mailbox.

It's finally done!

After doing these things, Lu Zhou stretched his waist and was about to get up to get some coffee to drink.

But just then, an unread email suddenly flew into his mailbox.

Seeing the name, Lu Zhou's eyebrows raised slightly.

Professor Wu Tianqun?

Does this mean that Cao Cao Cao will arrive?

Clicking on the email with curiosity, Lu Zhou quickly glanced at it.

As the saying goes, the shorter the words, the more information.

The body of this email has only one sentence in total.

[The research on carbon-based chips has progressed!! 】

……

(Thank you to the alliance leader "medking" for the silver league tip!) The first silver alliance in ginseng! And it's two at a time, so exciting! Wait for me to go to the circle of friends, thank you again!!

It feels like an outburst is really painful and happy, and although my liver hurts a little, I will try to persevere! This week, continue to erupt! QAQ）

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