Lunch.

Hotel cafeteria.

As soon as Lu Zhou came in, he saw Director Li sitting at the table by the window.

Walking over and sitting down in the seat opposite him, looking at the panda-like eye bags, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned and asked in surprise.

"What are you...... What's wrong? ”

"It's nothing, I haven't slept all night," the hand pinching his eyebrows moved away and waved, Director Li cheered up, looked at Lu Zhou with a solemn expression and continued, "Remember the cyber attack I told you about yesterday? According to Interpol, the main culprit has been arrested in Los Angeles. ”

Lu Zhou: "...... Oh. ”

I already know the news, and when I listen to others say it again, I always feel like I am fried in cold rice.

However, Director Li himself didn't seem to notice it, and continued to say with a serious expression.

“…… On the side of the accomplice, we have captured a criminal located in the territory, and as for the other criminals, we have submitted the information to Interpol, and the people from the Ministry of Public Security have also gone to the suspect's country with the documents to assist the local police in handling the case. ”

Lu Zhou: "Hmm. ”

Director Li: "You don't seem strange? ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

What's so strange about that?

Not to mention that this news has been on the top of the hot search for a morning, what you said may not be as wonderful as the brains of the people who eat melons.

Staring at Lu Zhou's eyes, Director Li suddenly asked.

"Honestly, how did you know the identity of the hacker?"

For this suggestive question, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned at first, and then reacted, looking at him with an inexplicable expression and replying.

"What happened to what I saw on the Internet? I knew it early in the morning. ”

However, Director Li, who failed in the trial, did not lose heart, and continued to continue without giving up: "...... Speaking of which, we also got help from the masters in this matter, if someone hadn't provided me with those clues, I'm afraid that I would still be at the disadvantage of fighting fires everywhere. ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said: "I've heard of it, it seems to be called Dr. Z, a person who brought a gun to the base camp of North American hackers, and served the hometown of the 'Predator Eagle' in one pot, he is a master." ”

There was no sign of any horses on Lu Zhou's face, and Director Li's expression was slightly disappointed, but he quickly recovered.

Originally, it didn't matter whether this Dr. Z was Lu Zhou or not, not to mention that in addition to him, it was entirely possible that it was done by an information security expert from the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.

The reason for this temptation is purely to satisfy personal curiosity.

Even if Lu Zhou is really this Dr. Z, if he doesn't plan to make it public, he won't make it public for him.

Stopping the temptation, Director Li cleared his throat and talked about the real purpose of his trip to find him.

"Although the 2.17 mega cybercrime case turned the danger into a disaster and ended in a complete victory for our side, it also reminded us that we must strengthen our defense in the field of cybersecurity. In particular, in this cyber attack, hostile forces used the network as a medium to illegally disseminate quite sensitive information, posing a threat to our social stability. Central preparation—"

Lu Zhou coughed lightly and said, "I probably understand the situation, but I'm just a math person, you tell me about this...... Is it the wrong person? ”

I don't know if it's his delusion.

I always feel that Director Li seems to have tacitly acquiesced that he is Dr. Z.

That's not going to work......

Even if it has to be exposed in the end, I'll have to let you guess for a while, right?

Or didn't he wear this vest for nothing?

"You listen to me," cleared his throat, and Director Li continued with a serious expression, "In order to deal with possible threats, the central government intends to spend a huge amount of money to develop mature quantum computer technology to strengthen the active defense of our network and the necessary countermeasure capabilities. ”

Mature quantum computer technology?

Although Lu Zhou supports the decision of the central government, he always feels that there are slots everywhere.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Zhou finally couldn't help but ask: "I eat oranges every day, where do I get oranges?" ”

Not to mention the super project that is already being carried out, there is also the fifth largest semiconductor industry group, which is also a big project that burns money.

The money he burned last year was almost 100 billion, if not 10 billion, and it was not a problem to drive a money printing machine.

"This ...... Speaking of which, I have to thank you," Director Li smiled embarrassedly, "Since the implementation of the Southeast Asian regional power grid plan, it has achieved initial results so far, and Southeast Asian countries have been able to stop after enjoying clean and cheap nuclear fusion energy." At present, this alone has already generated at least $50 billion in fiscal revenue for us, and it is still growing. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhou nodded knowingly.

I see.

No wonder there is money to toss around for him.

If this had been put aside two years ago, even if he wore out his tongue, he might not have been able to complete the project of the Lunar Hadron Collider.

At present, the aerospace industry can only be said to be barely breaking even, and it will take some time to prove that his decision is correct.

Now it seems that nuclear fusion is the most profitable.

The surplus electronic power is exported directly to neighboring countries cheaply, and the local high-polluting power plants such as coal power are crushed at a tenth of the price. As the cross-regional power grid continues to advance towards West Asia and Southeast Asia, sooner or later East Asia Power will become the second China Tobacco.

Director Li: "In short, you don't have to worry about the funding, the money is impossible to be less." Didn't you talk to me last time? Is it possible that carbon-based chip to be a stepping stone to 'quantum topology computing'? Our bureau is still studying how to spend this money, and I just want to ask, is this technical route of using carbon-based chips to develop practical quantum computers reliable? ”

Lu Zhou said with a smile, "What are you asking...... Can I say it's unreliable? Why don't you find someone with unrelated interests to consult? ”

"Don't ask suspicious people, don't ask suspicious people," Director Li shook his head and said seriously, "I believe that you are a realistic scholar, and it is impossible for you to sell your faith for this little profit." ”

In fact, Lu Zhou really wanted to say that this was no longer a trivial profit, and he also wanted to say that he was an atheist, and he didn't believe in such a thing at all except for the pursuit of the truth of the universe.

However, there is one thing that Director Li is right.

He was indeed a pragmatic scholar.

Sighing, Lu Zhou thought for a while, and said seriously: "Majorana fermions can be found in the materials used in carbon-based chips, which is indeed a good start. Theoretically, as long as the direct observation of the pure Majorana zero-energy mode can be achieved on a certain material, it is possible to realize quantum topology calculation. ”

Director Li's heart suddenly heated, clapped his hands on his knees, and asked excitedly.

"You mean, there's a trick to it?"

"I didn't say that," looking at his overly excited appearance, Lu Zhou said solemnly, "It's not feasible to go through rigorous technical demonstration, instead of throwing a lot of money into it when you see a little sign, otherwise any hope will be smashed for you." ”

Gradually calming down, Director Li pondered for a moment and asked seriously.

"Then what do you think should be done?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said: "My opinion is that you are not in a hurry to make a big move, you can find a few experts in the field to carefully test the technical feasibility demonstration, and after confirming that this technical route is likely to work, it is not too late to throw money into it." ”

This is the safest thing to do, and the safest thing to do.

If the technical route proves to be feasible, the expert team engaged in technical feasibility demonstration will be directly upgraded to the R&D team on the spot, and the project can be quickly launched immediately.

Investing in the absence of clear progress is a waste of social resources, and at worst, it may have a negative impact on the industry due to overheating of capital.

These things need to be prevented.

"That's right," Director Li sighed, "It's me who is in a hurry for quick success, so it's better to be stable!" ”

After a moment's thought, he continued.

"When I return to the bureau, I will make the relevant documents and set up an expert group for the feasibility demonstration of quantum topology computing technology...... Do you have anything you can recommend not? ”

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "Professor Wu Tianqun, carbon-based semiconductor technology was developed by his team. In addition, there is also a need for some experts in the direction of quantum computing. I really can't think of the words for a while if you asked me to sign up directly, or I'll go back and prepare a list and send it to you. ”

Seeing that Lu Zhou was willing to help, Director Li was immediately overjoyed.

"Thank you very much!"

After lunch, Director Li did not stay at the hotel for long, and he quickly said goodbye to Lu Zhou after not sleeping all night, got into the car parked at the door and left.

Looking at the old man's staggering appearance, Lu Zhou was really a little worried about whether he would fall or something.

If you haven't slept all night, even your young body's body may not be able to bear it.

Shaking his head, Lu Zhou took out his mobile phone and wrote the matter of recommending candidates to the expert group of technical demonstration into the memo.

But at this moment, he suddenly had a strange idea.

How to arrange the selection of this expert group basically depends on how you push people up, if you recommend all "your own people" to go up, wouldn't it monopolize the future of the entire quantum computing research direction in Huaguo?

However, this idea was only fleeting......

For some reason, at this time, he suddenly remembered someone.

The old academician Zhou who used to have a mutual relationship with him on the controlled fusion project is said to have been the same from the beginning.

Shaking his head, Lu Zhou stuffed the phone back into his pocket and sighed with emotion.

"No wonder so many people have hollowed out their minds to be a student bully and want to be a school valve."

"The poison of the right is indeed addictive......"

Although, the attraction to him is quite limited.

。 m.