"What do you think...... What do we do now? ”

Looking at Secretary He, who was humbly seeking advice, Lu Zhou fell silent.

This is a difficult question to answer.

To put it bluntly, he is not an expert in international relations, he is only responsible for the field of scientific research.

After thinking for about five minutes, Lu Zhou slowly spoke, "This question shouldn't be asked to me. I'm just an academic, not a diplomat. The only guarantee I can be made is that this demonstration reactor will be built by 2025. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Zhou paused for a moment, looked at Secretary He and continued.

"If I had to express my opinion, I think the key to this question is how we intend to use this technology."

He Mingxuan: "...... How does it work? ”

Lu Zhou nodded: "Yes." ”

It is difficult to monopolize a known technology.

Where a technology can be expected, the difficulty of solving it will be exponentially reduced.

To take a popular example, it's like the Manhattan Project at the beginning. It gathered the best scientists from all Western countries at that time, except Germany, mobilized more than 100,000 people to participate in this project, and spent more than 2 billion US dollars to successfully test the first atomic bomb. President Truman even complained that the cost of developing the atomic bomb was enough to buy the entire universe......

Although Truman's complaint was certainly exaggerated, it still reflects to some extent that the price was high at the time.

However, it is clear that the subsequent nuclear tests will not cost so many resources.

If the STAR-2 project is ultimately successful, it is unlikely that China will have a monopoly on the technology while enjoying the dividends of the energy revolution.

The way to maximize benefits is to expand its influence in the field by virtue of its own established technological advantages, become the standard-setter in the field, and let the latecomers become catch-ups.

Of course, the most important thing is that you can use fusion energy as a bargaining chip to exchange for the government that China needs. Governance interests.

Secretary He was silent for a while and spoke.

"As for the issue you mentioned, we have not discussed it at the meeting for the time being."

Lu Zhou nodded, "I can understand, after all, these things about the future are still very far away." ”

"But what I want to say is that if we are only going to be a participant in the international community, then agreeing to the demands put forward by the United States in exchange for a reasonable benefit is a suitable option."

"But if, or if, we have this ambition to be the rule-makers......"

Speaking of this, Lu Zhou was silent for a while and said in a serious tone.

"Then the pains and setbacks encountered on the road to success are inevitable."

Hearing this, Secretary He couldn't help but hold his breath.

Rule-makers......

That sounds ......

It's really an exciting word.

The fist resting on his knee clenched and slowly released, and he took a deep breath as he kept repeating the action.

Although he is not a decision-maker, just a conveyor of opinions, at this moment, he feels that he needs to ask such a question for Director Lu and the country's high-level officials.

Restraining his beating heart, Secretary He spoke.

"If we withdraw from the ITER project, what will happen to the STAR-2 project?"

Lu Zhou thought for a moment and replied in an affirmative tone: "The impact exists, but it's not big!" ”

Hearing Lu Zhou's words, He Mingxuan's face finally stretched a smile.

With your words, we are relieved! I will convey your views to the top management in full. ”

Lu Zhou nodded.

"Please do it."

Didn't stay in the office for too long.

Secretary He, who was going to return to Beijing immediately, drained the tea in the cup and got up to leave.

sent Secretary He downstairs, and just when Lu Zhou was thinking about whether to say hello to Principal Xu before going back, he happened to run into Principal Xu who came back from outside.

Seeing Lu Zhou standing downstairs alone, Principal Xu, who was holding a stack of documents in his hand, came over and said with a smile.

"Are you done talking?"

"It's over," Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry to borrow your office for a while." ”

"It's okay, that thing can be used casually, your affairs are more important," Principal Xu waved his hand indifferently, and handed a document to Lu Zhou's hand with a smile, "It just so happened that you occupied the office, and I couldn't handle official business, so I went to the teaching affairs side to go around, and by the way, this procedure was also completed for you." ”

Taking over this document from Principal Xu's hand, Lu Zhou subconsciously asked, "Procedures?" ”

President Xu smiled and said, "Didn't you tell me that you want to come back and be a professor?" Sign this contract, and you will be a member of our math institute! ”

Lu Zhou said unexpectedly: "So fast? ”

Principal Xu said with a smile: "There are many dreams at night, so it's better to settle down early, lest you suddenly change your mind." ”

Hearing this joke, Lu Zhou smiled and said, "How come? Okay, I'll take this document back and sign it, and I'll send it back tomorrow. ”

Principal Xu: "Don't you even ask how much your annual salary is?" ”

Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.

"Anyway, it's all written on the contract, just go back and read it again, I'm not in such a hurry. Or, can you tell me now? ”

"I'll tell you now, lest you go back and see too little, and then you will blame me again."

Speaking of this, Principal Xu smiled, paused for a moment, and continued, "Regarding your treatment, in fact, our school held a meeting at the end of last year to discuss it. The plan we discussed was an annual salary of 4 million yuan and a housing subsidy of 5 million yuan...... I know you probably don't like the money, but that's the highest we can offer you. As for scientific research funds, you are the general person in charge of the 40 billion project, and I guess you don't need any start-up funds for scientific research projects, so I still don't take it out to make a fool of yourself. But if you have any other needs, just let me know and we'll do our best to help you! ”

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Why can't you look down on it?" That's already more than my salary at Princeton. ”

As a top university in China, Mizuki University offers a salary of only 1.7 million yuan to a "quasi-Nobel Prize-level scholar".

The annual salary of 2 million is basically the upper limit of the introduction of academician-level talents.

As for the tens of millions of annual salaries advertised in the newspapers, most of them include settling-in allowances, other benefits, and the most critical scientific research start-up funds.

Kim Dae offered him an annual salary of four million, which was almost double the standard of this maximum value. I believe that to make such a decision, President Xu himself has to bear a lot of pressure and discussion.

For him, the annual salary is not really important anymore. So much so that at first, he didn't even think about it.

But he was still very touched by the importance that his alma mater attached to him......

……

Once the energy problem is solved, many problems will be solved, but many more will follow.

If you don't say what is far away, you can say what is near.

Now that the cake is not even ready, at most the smell of cream has escaped from the stove, which has already made so many people unable to sit still, so what will it look like if the cake is really ready?

What is happening at ITER today is just a preview of the future.

It's night.

In an office somewhere in Beijing.

Standing by the window and smoking, Director Lu looked at the table below.

In about an hour, there's another meeting to go.

Thinking of those things that happened recently, Director Lu pinched his eyebrows with a little headache.

Although they had expected the US move, the swiftness of the US move still caught most people, including him, by surprise.

It is clear that the Americans are here for the sniper STAR-2 project.

Just then, there was a knock at the door of the office.

With a sigh, Director Lu extinguished his cigarette butt and returned to his desk to sit down.

"Come in."

Pushing open the door and walking in, it was his secretary.

Looking at Secretary He, Director Lu asked, "Have you already met Professor Lu?" ”

He Mingxuan nodded.

"I've seen it in the afternoon."

Speaking of this, he immediately reported the content of his conversation with Lu Zhou in the afternoon.

After listening to the secretary's report, Director Lu's index finger tapped lightly on the desk and pondered for a while.

“…… Is that what he said? ”

He Mingxuan nodded seriously: "Yes...... He assured me that even if Huaguo withdrew from ITER, the progress of the STAR-2 demonstration reactor project would not be significantly affected! ”

The frowning brow finally soothed a look of relief, and Director Lu nodded.

"Okay, I got it!"

This assurance was probably the best news he had heard today.

However, even this is enough!

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