The German company Mosewgen is one of the world's leading laboratory equipment manufacturers.

They have mastered the most high-end equipment design and manufacturing technology, and have cooperated with more than a dozen top international manufacturers to specialize in the production of laboratory equipment with special requirements.

In the field of laboratory equipment for vacuum requirements, Mosewgen has long ranked among the top three in the industry, if not the first.

Vacuum laboratory equipment with special requirements is often sold in very small quantities and cannot be produced and sold in large quantities, but it does not prevent Mosewgen from making high profits, because every piece of equipment they sell is specially customized, very expensive, and worthy of design, development and manufacturing.

Mosewgen is not large.

This type of company, every year to receive a few, a dozen orders is good, most of the production work is the responsibility of the cooperative manufacturers, and their work is mainly design and development and core assembly, so their sales department is also very small, just a big office.

The sales office is very nice, with several gym equipment in the empty center and a pool table.

There is a water dispenser, coffee machine and even an ice cream machine at the side bar.

Sebastian Müller's desk is right next to the bar.

At this time, he was relaxing in his chair and listening to music, when a colleague with a beard came over to pick up an ice cream.

At the moment when the ice cream was finished, Sebastian's chair quickly turned, took the ice cream from the table, and smiled and said to the beard, "Thank you, Andres, you are such a nice person!" ”

Then he took a bite and turned back again.

The beard gritted his teeth angrily, and finally shook his head funny, and scolded angrily, "You little rabbit cub-"

He grabbed another cylinder and prepared to make another ice cream.

At this time, he noticed that Sebastian had unplugged his headphones, stared at the computer screen in a daze, and let out a shout for a long time, "God-"

"It's Annihilation Technology!"

"What?"

The bearded man looked over.

The other two colleagues also looked over, and Sebastian explained with surprise, "The Flower Planter Annihilation Technology Company wants to ask us to order two large-scale vacuum environment experimental equipment, marked as for material extraction......"

"That's annihilation tech!"

The other three simply walked over and watched together in front of the screen.

"It's really an annihilation technology company, and they want to order vacuum experimental equipment...... Could it be related to materials research? ”

"This company is going to have a relationship with us......"

"Look at these requirements, it's definitely a big order, a conservative estimate of hundreds of millions of euros, right? We haven't had such a big order in years, and if we can get it, we can go to Hawaii together for a vacation this year......"

"No, it's okay to be in Antarctica!"

Sebastian expressed his opinion, "Maybe we can go to Amsterdam together for a whole year!" ”

"Great idea!"

"Your wife certainly doesn't think so......"

", filthy men—"

One of the obese female colleagues said with disdain on her face, "Another year? Little Muller, if you go to my house tonight, you won't be able to come to work tomorrow. ”

“…… Don't dare, don't dare! ”

The conversation and laughter of several people soon stopped, because they all knew that winning the order was a fantasy.

Because the other party is a flower planter.

"It's impossible."

"Even if we agree, the government will not agree, the government will agree, other countries will not agree, this order will not be approved."

"What a pity, my Amsterdam ......"

"Ask Tom!"

Toms was the head of the sales department, and he soon learned the news, discussed it with the other senior executives of the company, and gave Annihilation Technology an apologetic reply, "Of course, we also want to win the order, but you must first get government permission." ”

"We don't have the right to decide."

"I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future!"

……

Annihilation Technology was helping the materials testing center to come forward to purchase the equipment, and of course they knew that Mosewgen had no authority to decide, and they also sent an application to the German department in charge of related matters.

Similarly, I received a friendly but refusal reply, "I'm sorry, but the equipment you want to purchase is on the embargoed list." ”

"We really want to get a deal and get more collaboration, but we don't have the right to decide ......"

They really don't have the right to decide.

This relates to the Wassenaar Agreement, specifically known as the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies.

The Wassenaar Agreement, which includes 40 countries, including Ameriken, R, Eagle and Great Bear, stipulates a series of restrictions on technology exports from non-participating countries.

Although the terms of the agreement provide for the Member States to decide on their own whether or not to issue export licences for sensitive products and technologies, and to inform other Member States of the "Arrangement" on a voluntary basis.

In fact, the "arrangement" will be influenced by American.

When a country in the Wassenaar Arrangement intends to export a certain high technology to a non-member country, American can directly intervene.

Among the non-member countries, the flower grower is the most important one.

For example, when the Czech Republic exported "passive radar equipment" to the flower planters, Ameriken put pressure on the Czech Republic to stop the deal.

This agreement is not a complete ban on sales, but only a ban on the sale of the highest-end generations of devices.

The Wassenaar Agreement updates the embargo list every few years.

For example, the most discussed lithography machine in public opinion, in 2010, equipment below 90nm was not allowed to be sold, and in 2015, it was changed to below 65nm.

Annihilation Technology Company was not surprised by the German rejection, they just tried to ask, so that the other party could be prepared, if they wanted to buy the technical equipment in the prohibited list, it was not a simple matter, and they had to let the higher-level departments come forward to deal with Zhou Xuan.

Higher-level departments must be able to communicate with Amriken and Germany.

At the same time.

Amrican is already in contact with the technology sector.

Gamow-Shapley sent a report to the Ministry of Energy and personally explained the importance of first-order carbon for R&D.

Ameriken's Department of Energy also knows the importance of Tier 1 Carbon.

Now that the planters have already made it, they must get the first-order carbon, which can at least be used to understand the technical level of the relevant fields of the planters and evaluate the significance of the first-order carbon for science and technology.

So they sent an official, nominally to cooperate in business, but in fact, they wanted to find out about first-order carbon.

For example, the manufacture of first-order carbon, whether first-order carbon will be sold to the outside world, and so on.

The science and technology department was very straightforward, "first-order carbon will not be exported in the short term", and they also directly explained the reason, "first-order carbon manufacturing is too complicated, and the materials are too scarce to be sold externally".

Whether this reply is credible or not is difficult to say.

Ameriken's officials are naturally suspicious, and his mission to plant flowers is to obtain first-order carbon, even if it is only a very rare first-order carbon, he can get a lot of information from it.

The two sides then discussed first-order carbon.

Representatives of the science and technology department are telling the truth, the extraction of first-order carbon is indeed very complicated, and they do not have very high-end equipment, so naturally they cannot extract it in large quantities.

American, on the other hand, wants to buy 'magnetized materials containing first-order carbon'.

Of course it can't be.

Then the two sides started several rounds of negotiations on the issue, and finally the science and technology department made a request, "We need to buy large vacuum laboratory equipment for the extraction of first-order carbon." ”

"If you can buy equipment, you can loosen up and sell the magnetized material of first-order carbon."

That's the deal.

Ameriken's officials returned with the results of the negotiations.

When it comes to the issue of banning, he definitely has no right to decide personally, and he has to discuss it with other high-level figures.

But he doesn't think it's a big problem.

The ban list of the Wassenaar Agreement is also divided into grades, similar to the high-precision manufacturing equipment of lithography machines, and the ban regulations are very strict.

Large-scale vacuum equipment for laboratories is only on the edge of the prohibited list, and it is not taken seriously at all.

Of course, whether the ban is loosened or not, it still has to be evaluated in detail, and it has nothing to do with his work.

……

Annihilation Force Field Experimental Base.

The experimental group has begun a second test of the anti-gravity properties of material 25.

The last test found nothing, and at the request of Wang Hao, the material layout was improved, and the second experiment was not carried out until now.

Didn't find it the first time.

Second......

Many people are relatively pessimistic about the experiment.

Of course, they all wanted to make a discovery, but the first experiments of the most promising materials 31 and 25 were not found.

The lab was busy.

Liao Jianguo and Xiang Qiansheng stood aside and chatted.

Liao Jianguo talked about the experiment, "Professor Xiang, do you think this time will work?" I feel...... Not much hope. ”

"I don't know."

Xiang Qiansheng shook his head, "There must be a chance, I think Academician Wang is very optimistic, otherwise he would not have conducted a second experiment." ”

"No. 31 material is more optimistic about ......"

Liao Jianguo tugged at the corners of his mouth and said, "The current experiment is directly related to F-ray research, I definitely hope to find it, but ...... Alas! ”

"If only I could find out, it would be...... Not much hope! ”

He said depressedly, "The experiment is too important now. If I really found out, I was willing to exchange a year's salary for it. ”

"Really?"

Xiang Qiansheng's eyes lit up when he heard it.

"This ......"

Liao Jianguo just talked casually and expressed his expectations for the success of the experiment, but compared with the 'success of the experiment' and 'one year's salary', he could no longer deny his remarks, after all, face and 'dedication to making scientific and technological breakthroughs' are very important.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Of course, compared to the success of the experiment, what is my personal interest to gain or lose!" ”

Xiang Qiansheng suddenly came to his senses, and shouted to Liu Yunli, Wang Qiang and others who were busy in the distance, "Director Liao said that this experiment can be discovered, and he is willing to give everyone a bonus with a year's salary!" ”

"Really?"

"And this kind of good thing?"

"Director Liao?"

Liao Jianguo's face darkened when he heard this, and he secretly scolded Xiang Qiansheng for 'not a thing', but he could only force a grin, pretending to be generous and said, "No problem, I said it!" ”

"Great!"

"This experiment must be successful, Director Liao's annual salary, how can he have two or three hundred thousand!"

"Twenty or three hundred thousand, a little less, it would be nice if you took out the bonus together, but Director Liao didn't make it clear, what if it was even the bonus?"

"yes, that's how I see it anyway."

A group of people suddenly came to the spirit.

Soon.

The second test experiment officially began.

Wang Hao, Xiang Qiansheng, Tang Jianjun, Liao Jianguo and others all stayed in the data monitoring room, and they stood together and stared carefully at the screen showing the anti-gravity strength index.

After the experiment officially began, the data on the screen kept jumping.

“0.001%、0.002%、0.001%、0.000%……”

This kind of data shows that nothing has been found.

Liao Jianguo exhaled lightly, but immediately regretted it. He really hoped that the experiment would make a discovery, which led to a very complicated mentality, and he couldn't help but say, "There is still no data!" ”

"Not necessarily, wait a little longer......"

Wang Hao opened his mouth to speak, and then continued to stare at the numbers on the screen.

Everyone else watched carefully.

“0.001%、0.001%、0.000%……”

“0.003%、0.011%……”

“0.075%、0.137%……”

“0.241%……”

When the numbers kept rising, many people couldn't help but exclaim, "It's going up!" It's going up......"

"It's really going up!"

"It's more than 0.3!"

"Keep rising!"

In the constant shouting, the number rose to a maximum of '0.81%', and then continued for a while, and then slowly began to decline.

'0.81%' is the highest value.

The subsequent data was even lower, reaching a minimum of "0.47%", that is, the strength of the anti-gravity field excited by the superconducting state.

Many people held their breath until the end.

When the material reached the state of superconductivity and the data no longer changed, they excitedly shouted, "We succeeded!" ”

"Finally discovered!"

"0.81, although the number is not high, but it is significant!"

"For the first time, a direct current-gravity anti-gravity metal superconducting material was fabricated before the critical temperature, and the No. 25 material ......"

Wang Hao also pursed his mouth vigorously.

The strength of the DC anti-gravity field made of material 25 is not high, only a pitiful 0.81%, but it is the first metal material to excite the DC anti-gravity field before the critical temperature.

That's so important.

The first is to prove that their research direction is correct, and superconducting materials made of upgraded elements can indeed replace high-voltage hybrid materials to excite DC anti-gravity fields.

Once you have determined the correctness of the direction, you can continue to do research along the way, and everyone in the experimental group will be more motivated.

In addition, the experiments successfully proved the judgment about the two anti-gravity techniques.

There is a certain correlation between DC anti-gravity and AC superconducting anti-gravity, but the difference is also very large, first of all, the difference between the conditions is in the non-superconducting state and the superconducting state.

Now it is a DC anti-gravity field that uses the 'specificity' of first-order elements to create a non-superconducting state, which is very different from the AC superconducting anti-gravity field.

It's like sprinting and long-distance running.

It is also a running sport, but sprinting is more focused on explosiveness, while long-distance running is more focused on physical strength and endurance.

Therefore, there is a certain commonality in the research and development of materials to stimulate the two anti-gravity fields, but the difference is also very large, as evidenced by the comparison of the characteristics of material 25 and material 31.

Finally, the No. 25 material contains first-order iron and first-order lithium, which can excite the DC anti-gravity field, and its elemental composition and semi-topological structure are also crucial for subsequent research.

This enabled them to develop superconducting materials with higher excitation field strength.

Liao Jianguo also stood in the excited crowd.

He was also very excited about the results of the experiment, but his feelings were very complicated, and he even wanted to slap his mouth hard.

As the person in charge of the F-ray experiment team, I am conducting research related to F-rays, and I will definitely do what I say.

However, a year's salary!

He couldn't help but look at Xiang Qiansheng, squinting slightly and gritting his teeth with hatred, "This guy ...... It's so wilting, I'll just say it casually, and even say it out loud! ”

"Black-bellied!"

"Severe belly!"

"It's okay, the experiment isn't over yet, you must get it back if you have the chance!"

“……”