Chapter 170: A Historic Moment
Melbourne's western suburbs, the heart of the future.
Paul Jones, who was at the private airport, was silently reading the lines of the meeting and the key points of the work in his mind, and there were several mistakes that made him can't help but slap himself in the face, this stupid mouth!
He was a little nervous, knowing that this was a great opportunity of his life, and he won the recommendation of Upper Maddine Morris to receive the big boss with his best performance.
Unlike the outside world that Martin Morris is the king of Australia, yes, Jones knows that Morris is the richest man in Australia, the world's top ten richest people, and the local leader.
But only a small number of people, those who can touch the core, will understand that what the outside world says about Morris's friend Ann is actually a head higher, and everyone, including him, Morris, is particularly respected.
Facing such a strong boss, even Jones, who is used to seeing wind and waves, will be nervous, he is still a little young, his qualifications are not rich enough, and he's-
Syllable! Jones slapped himself again, telling himself to be confident, to be at his best, with the fraternity badge he wore on his collar. That's right, confidence!
The noise overhead approached, and Jones, like the others, looked up to see a helicopter in the air preparing to land.
This private airport, which has just been built and has not yet been put into commercial use, is today its real boss. After the helicopter was stable, the cabin door slid back, and the smartly dressed bodyguard jumped down first, followed by the boss in a suit and leather shoes and wearing sunglasses.
The wind blowing from the rotors made his suit rattle, and Paul Jones hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand under the escort of the bodyguards, "Hello, Mr. Ann! I'm Paul Jones! ”
"Nice to meet you! Paul! Anyan shook his hand, the plane's rotors were loud, and he raised his voice as he spoke.
"Sir, please go this way!" Jones gestured to the car next to him.
An Yang nodded, and Hassina walked in front first, opening the door of the customized all-electric Mercedes-Benz, An Yang sat in, and Jones got into the car from the other side.
Activities in the base are often inseparable from cars, because the diagonal is more than ten kilometers long, and the distance of driving has to be increased. Compare it to a little over a year ago, and it's a sea change.
Seeing An Yang looking out the window, Jones introduced: "At present, there are as many as 65 companies, seven research institutions, one educational institution, and one security company; We also have three artificial lakes, a canal and a 4F runway. ”
"Good." An Yang looked out the window at the view of the city, and it took more than three years for the base to finally have the appearance it envisioned.
Jones continued: "The entire project is expected to take three years to build, but the main project has been completed, and the companies that expand or move in in the future will have ample office space. ”
"What about other than that? Lifestyle, leisure-related? "Anyan is a good boss, and he doesn't want his employees to come here and work all the time.
Jones did not hesitate to praise: "The future center has the standard configuration of a city, from the stadium to the park, from the cinema to the bar, it has a rich range of food, clothing, housing and transportation, it is constantly occupied by brands, and a new CBD will be formed around it!" I must say, it's a miracle! ”
Hearing others praise his heroic handwriting, An Yang smiled: "There is a Rockefeller Center in Manhattan (New York), and I also have a Future Center here!" ”
Jones took advantage of this to make a fool of himself: "There are more than a dozen buildings in Rockefeller Center, we are the size of the whole of Manhattan, and there is no other private investment in the world that is so outstanding." ”
An Yang smiled, the cronies specially recommended by Morris were quite appetizing to him, of course, a sycophant was not what he wanted, he wanted to see more substance.
He shifted the conversation to the aspect of work and listened to his thoughts. Jones knew that this was a test for the top, and he took it very seriously.
An Yang asked him what he was concerned about: "If one day, the interests of the group and the will of the state conflict, what should you, as the decision-maker, do?" ”
Jones didn't answer immediately, he thought.
An Yang was not in a hurry, reminding the driver to continue driving around, he was not in a hurry to go to the destination.
After a while, Jones spoke: "I will consider the most beneficial route for the present and future of the group, the group and the country are not necessarily opposed, if the group concessions can be exchanged for a better future, I will be willing to do it, and if the state concessions are beneficial to the group, I will also choose." ”
"Good, good."
Although Anyan didn't say much, he could already see from his eyes that the person recommended by Morris had won his favor.
He asked, "Where are you now?" ”
Jones replied, "I hold the position of Chief Operating Officer at the battery company, Mr. Ann. ”
An Yang nodded, not making a decision, because the destination had arrived again. Outside is the nuclear fusion research laboratory, which is about to usher in a big breakthrough today.
Everyone got out of the car one after another, and after being checked by AS international security employees, scanned by smart machines, and confirmed by ID cards and fingerprints, they passed through many checkpoints to get inside.
The lab's fusion device was right in front of everyone—through a thick layer of glass, inside which employees in overalls were moving, and in the center was the superconducting tokamak.
To put it simply, it uses a high-energy laser device to ignite, and then uses the strong magnetic field generated by superconductivity to confine the plasma inside the tokamak device and rotate at high speed to maintain nuclear fusion.
Of course, this is easier said than done.
Even with a detailed plan for the future, it still took three years for various materials and projects to be carried out in the laboratory, and there is still a way to go before it can be commercialized.
But if the lab succeeds, the use of controlled nuclear fusion by humans is a certainty, and it is only a matter of time.
When An Yang was thinking about this, there was already a lot of discussion around him.
Looking back at reality, nuclear fusion ignition and strong magnetic confinement are underway, and the real-time monitoring results of the computer next to it show that the reaction is proceeding as expected.
People can't take their eyes off the screen, the time is passing little by little, the more optimistic it gets, its running time has broken the records of many countries, and the performance is still stable.
After a full ten minutes of waiting and no surprises, an ironclad fact has come true: ignition and controlled fusion have been successfully achieved in the laboratory.
The executives of the companies who were observing from the outside were clapping and smiling and congratulating each other. As expected, the intelligence had already known in advance the inevitable success of the experiment.
An Yang's mentality was very stable, and he clapped his hands calmly and congratulated these people.
"This will be a moment that will be remembered by history! Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for all your efforts, you are the promoters of this era, the pioneers on the road of science and technology! ”
There was a round of applause, and the experts of the fraternity ushered in their glorious moment.
Controlled nuclear fusion, a high-efficiency energy source that will exist for a long time now and in the future, was once considered an impossible technology and a beautiful fantasy.
But now, on the solid foundation of the second-level civilization and driven by powerful black technology, human beings have finally taken the steps to conquer them, once again reducing the local entropy of civilization.
As Anyan said, it is destined to be a moment that will be remembered by history.
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The news of the success of nuclear fusion in the laboratory was not hidden.
Paul Jones, the new CEO of AY Group, a major investor in fusion research, confirmed the event in an official press release, saying it would be a big step forward for human civilization.
He also said that the success of the laboratory is only the beginning, and there is still a long way to go for large-scale and commercial use in the future, and AY Group will be committed to creating a better life for mankind.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately set off huge waves around the world.
This is definitely an important chapter that can be written in the history of mankind, the miracle of the artificial sun! Not weaker than the sensation of man's successful landing on the moon!
Countless media outlets broadcast the first time, television stations introduced it, heads of state got the information, and a meeting was held on the matter.
Countless people are amazed by this sci-fi fact, the controllable thermonuclear reaction staged countless times in the movie, the infinite energy of human beings, has finally come true?
The stock market reacted strongly to the news, with stocks such as new energy, superconductors, nuclear energy and new batteries ushering in a sharp rise.
The success of nuclear fusion experiments is reflected in the commercial projects favored by investors, and with sufficient energy, the world driven by new energy sources will accelerate.
The academic community is also in shock, it is certain that the Nobel Prize will belong, and it is also certain that there will be a huge boom in nuclear energy, and the whole world model will be upgraded.
This amazing news has boiled all over the world.
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