Duke has temporarily solved the institutional constraints in R&D and brought the R&D progress back into the fast lane.

However, in the commercial negotiations at the Lotus Reactor nuclear power plant, the progress of representatives from the trade department was extremely limited, and apart from the topic of Dongfang Nuclear Power's agreement to transfer intellectual property rights, the European and American sides were extremely tough, and their representatives even said that there were no other negotiations except intellectual property negotiations, and in this atmosphere, Cai Siqiang's ambitious plan naturally found no room for implementation.

In the international energy market, even the stocks of several major nuclear power companies in Europe and the United States that were originally affected by the lotus reactor have begun to recover, after all, there is the protection of the government, the European and American nuclear power markets are still firmly in their hands, although the outlook is somewhat bearish, but it is far from the end of the world, market participants expect the government will give these companies time to catch up.

After all, the results of Duke's cooperation with CERN have made great progress, and CERN is now preparing to build a new test reactor, which integrates part of the Duke Lotus generation technology and the subcritical technology that CERN has been researching.

In other words, as long as Europe is given some time, at least three or five years, at most seven or eight years, they will always have a chance to catch up, and this is not something that can find a substitute for clothes and shoes all over the world, which is a necessity for the energy security and nuclear power of the great powers, even if it is worth waiting a few more years.

China Nuclear Power and Southern Nuclear Power have been persuaded to form the China Nuclear Power Industry Association, this time with the ambition to join the efforts of many local governments, and the three major shareholders have used the support behind them, and the state has launched trade retaliatory measures after the door has been closed to negotiate a settlement, starting with the indefinite suspension of all signed nuclear power contracts using European and American standards.

This was followed by restrictions on the import of Western luxury goods and automobiles. In response to this unusually tough move, economic observers exclaimed that a trade war between East and West is now on the verge of breaking out, but they don't know why the dragon of the East will take such a tough approach this time.

"General Secretary, in response to the blockade of Europe and the United States on my nuclear power industry, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade has now launched trade countermeasures against Europe and the United States, the Prime Minister personally inquired about this matter, according to the statistics and forecasts of the Nuclear Power Industry Association, the blockade of Europe and the United States, the direct economic losses are tens of billions of dollars, according to the report of the Oriental New Energy Company, before the ban was issued, they have more than a dozen European and American cooperation projects entered the negotiation, and all the projects in the European and American markets were shelved after the ban was issued."

Director Liu Chengjin, the chief housekeeper of the X Office, reported to the general secretary in a low voice. This is the biggest major event in the domestic economic circles recently, although it has not yet risen to the secretary's office to deal with it, as the general secretary's housekeeper, it is impossible for Director Liu Chengjin not to know anything about the report, "Behind this matter, the old Li family, the military, and several members of the Standing Committee such as Zhou, Zhao, and Li have all clearly expressed their support for the tough posture of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade." ”

Yoo Sung-Kim reported briefly. Although it is only a few sentences, it basically describes the changes in the political forces behind this incident clearly, so that the big boss knows about it.

The general secretary didn't make a sound after listening to it, Yoo Sung-jin waited cautiously, he knew the habits of the big boss, and now he was thinking about it, if he had any doubts, he would naturally take the initiative to ask for a while, in fact, Yoo Sung-jin knew much more than this short report.

Sure enough, the general secretary was silent for a while, and after taking another sip of tea, he asked: "Dongfang nuclear power is the industry of the old Li family, Duke and Vice Chairman Li, and it is not surprising that it has the support of the military and Zhou, how can Zhao and Li also get involved?" As the helmsman, the general secretary is very concerned about the dynamics of the Nine Elders, because the two elders Zhou Tongzhao and Li are not all the way, when did they come together.

Seeing that the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is about to be held, what kind of subtext is behind this unusual change is very important for the general secretary who is seeking re-election, "General Secretary, because of the relationship between China National Nuclear Power and Southern Nuclear Power, Dongfang Nuclear Power does not know what kind of conditions have been promised to persuade these two companies to join the nuclear power industry association and work together for nuclear power to go global." It should have nothing to do with the re-election. ”

Of course, Liu Chengjin knows what his boss is concerned about, he has already heard the situation behind the scenes, and now the joint actions of the nine elders Zhongzhou and the two elders Zhao and Li are purely economic interests, and there is no sign in politics that the three elders have an alliance tendency, otherwise this news will put a bit of pressure on his big boss, you must know that the highest power level is basically composed of these nine elders and several bigwigs of the Military Commission, and now if the three elders are entangled with the military, Then it is necessary to pay special attention to the general secretary, which is almost a small political force in the country.

"You're saying it's purely an economic event?" The general secretary stared at Yoo Sung-jin and asked. This judgment can't be wrong, he decided the direction of the general secretary's decision-making, and Liu Chengjin suddenly felt that the general secretary's gaze was like Mount Tai pressing over, which made him almost unable to breathe.

Although according to Liu Chengjin's own understanding and judgment, this matter is a single business matter nine times out of ten, but such a major judgment, Liu Chengjin really dare not confirm it.

"From the current point of view, the active cooperation between them is only limited to this nuclear power, judging from their recent speeches, it is basically the same way, and there is no trend to get closer." Yoo Sung-jin could only say ambiguously.

These few short sentences not only express his tendencies and views, but also show that he has put in this matter, and knows the dynamic information of all parties well, but he handed over the final judgment power to the big boss.

This is not the answer that the general secretary wants, but it is the answer that the general secretary estimates that Nakayanagi Sung-jin will give, so after listening to it, the general secretary thought about it again.

"Inform the propaganda department that the trade protection measures of European and American countries should be exposed and criticized in the near future, and the protection of intellectual property rights in our country should be strengthened." After pondering for a while, the general secretary instructed Yoo Sung-jin. Hearing the general secretary say this, Liu Chengjin knew that this was the big boss's expression of support for this matter and continued to hold a tough attitude.

Regardless of whether or not these forces have temporarily united because of nuclear power, the general secretary is not willing to take the risk of conflict with them, and disagrees with them on the handling of nuclear power.