Nevada, near Lake Groom.

Many people have the impression that the area around Lake Grum is barren, but it has long since become busy, with many transport trucks on the newly built roads, various workers constantly loading and unloading goods, and many more people busy in the large open spaces.

This is the main experimental base of the Lake Groom project.

The announcement of the Grum Lake project to build new equipment received support from all directions, and with enough support, the project went very smoothly.

A large number of ordered equipment and materials were delivered, and many people were involved in the construction work in the vicinity.

Despite the secrecy of the research, the Grum Lake Project team is clearly very high-profile, claiming that the new equipment can create a seven-fold strong annihilation field, and that once the new equipment is built, it will soon be able to catch up with the technology of the Anti-Gravity Properties Research Center.

"We're only one generation away at most!"

"The new device is capable of supporting the creation of a seven-fold field force, whereas the anti-gravity research center is known to have an eight-fold rate."

"The gap isn't that big anymore."

"We will soon be able to master the technology of manufacturing magnetized materials, and we will be able to conduct some other related experimental research......"

Ronald Nolan told reporters.

In this high-profile context, many influential officials frequently visit the experimental base, and some large media can also conduct interviews on the periphery.

A lot of coverage also brings a lot of attention.

The Grum Lake Project has long been more than just a research project, but has become a political propaganda chip in the hands of some people, and as long as the research can go well, it can gain a lot of support, including the support of the elite.

The strong annihilation force field technology is related to too many fields.

Ronald Nolan showed a confident look, talking about a lot of technology and R&D ideas after the equipment was manufactured, but in fact, the top academic circles are very clear that their so-called new equipment is still very different from the anti-gravity mentality research center.

The Grum Lake Project team announced that the new equipment can create a 7-fold annihilation force field, but it is also difficult to see how strong the specific field force can be.

In addition, the stability of the new device is a problem.

The equipment of the International Annihilation Theory Organization has already shown the problem of instability, and they do not even dare to do some ordinary experiments after the built-in nuclear reactor, so they can only continue to maintain the operation of the equipment.

That's even going to be a drag.

The impact of this instability is so great that it can lead to a useless piece of equipment that has been built at a great cost.

There is also a very critical issue.

It's like the question of the O League official, "The outer layer of the field force needs to be wrapped by the magnetic field equipment, how to manufacture magnetized materials in batches?" ”

This question simply cannot be answered.

It is impossible for the Grum Lake project team to come up with a solution, they can only think that it is a technical problem, and after the equipment is manufactured, it can be solved by slowly researching it.

After all the materials and equipment have been transported to the experimental base, the next step is to install and debug the equipment according to the design.

Ronald Nolan has made the decision to recall scientists working for the International Oblivion Theory.

This decision is not unusual.

Many people have made similar suggestions before, because they want to build new equipment, and the scientists working with the Annihilation Group are experienced.

Now to install and debug new equipment, it is natural to find a group of experienced scientists, so that you can avoid many detours and easily solve many problems in the process.

……

Ronald Nolan has the right to recall scientists from the Annihilation Organisation.

Those scientists were members of the Lake Groom project team, but they were posted to work for the International Annihilation Theory Organization.

Of course, they can't recall everyone, and there must be people left in the Annihilation Order.

Empoli-Cooper is one of them.

It turned out that Ameriken's team of scientists consisted of more than two dozen people, and now there were only a few left, which made Cooper feel very angry.

He was most angry that he had not been 'recalled'.

If he were able to return to the Lake Groom project team, he would certainly be appointed to a very high position, not much worse than Ronald Nolan, because he was the first head of the Annihilation Organization, participated in all the work of the 'Generation' equipment manufacturing, and was also very prestigious in the community of scientists.

Because of this, it is impossible for Ronald Nolan to bring him back to the Lake Groom Project team.

The reason given by Ronald Nolan is also very straightforward, "The annihilation organization still needs Cooper to be in charge, and Cooper's job is very important!" ”

Cooper didn't have anything to do.

He sent off one colleague after another, and the last one to leave was Krot James, who sent James to the gate.

Krot James walked with Cooper and complained, "Empoli, I really don't want to go back, it's easy to work here, I can even sleep until 12 o'clock, and I can play games and watch movies the rest of the time." ”

"It's also close to Amsterdam, it's a man's paradise. It doesn't get much more comfortable than that. ”

"You know what? Last week, there was a blonde beauty from Ukraine, she knew I was from Ameriken, she was a physicist, and she was kind enough to give a discount......"

"50 euros."

James pursed his lips vigorously and savored, "I also promised to take care of her business again this month, it's a shame that I broke my promise." ”

He said it was a little depressed.

Cooper listened even more depressed, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

The two walked to the gate together.

James stopped and patted Cooper on the shoulder with a smile on his face, "Empoli, don't be discouraged, I think we can still work together in the future." ”

"Really......"

Cooper was a little unconvinced.

"Of course." James put away his smile and became a lot more serious, "Actually, we discussed it in private, and we both felt that Nolan wouldn't be able to do it for long, and I still want you to preside over the plan in the future." ”

"Why?" Cooper looked up in confusion.

"You know a lot about technology. The strong annihilation force field we make is only a thin layer, and even without the magnetizing equipment of the outer layer, it cannot be used for large-scale magnetization materials. ”

"The equipment we make, whether it's the Annihilation Organisation or Nolan's side, is the same. The device is manufactured for experimental use only. ”

"There is a technical gap between us and the flower growers that cannot be crossed."

"We don't even know what this gap is, I think it's definitely not just the strength of the annihilation field, but something else......"

"So Nolan won't last long!"

"You're lucky."

James looked at Cooper and said very seriously, "You're really lucky. Even if you go to host the project now, it's the same as Nolan. ”

"Now you can find that those who support research are impatient, they always think about how long Wang Hao's team spent doing research, how long we spent doing research, and it is best to catch up with each other's technology in a short time."

"That's impossible."

"The other party is Wang Hao, and we have to compete with Wang Hao's team."

"In the history of the development of physics, there will always be some geniuses beyond ordinary people's imagination, including Newton, including Einstein, and so on."

"You know what I mean, right?"

"Wang Hao was able to complete so many top results, and annihilation physics was also discovered and perfected by him, and most of the contributions were made by him, we don't have this kind of genius, how can we catch up with and surpass it by doing research for the same amount of time?"

"If there is no result in a short period of time, or if you find some problems that cannot be solved, Nolan can only leave, and then it will be your chance!"

James said and nodded vigorously.

He glanced at Cooper again, then got into the car with his luggage.

……

Cooper pondered James' words, and his eyes lit up.

The initial person in charge of the Grum Lake project was Gamov Shapley, who set the direction of research and development, and led the team to develop many superconducting materials.

Those superconducting materials are still very valuable.

If you continue to research for a few years, you may be able to lead the team to create a strong annihilation force field, or develop some new technology.

It's possible.

But apparently, the supporters of the plan were impatient, and Shapley had to pack up and leave.

What difference can Ronald Nolan make?

Even if the lead project created a strong annihilation field with a rate of 7 times, it would not be possible to achieve the desired goal - to master the technology for large-scale manufacturing of magnetized materials.

Most people care about upgraded materials, because upgraded materials represent the basis for the development of materials, represent ultra-high profits, represent the ability to break the monopoly of flower growers, and so on.

As for the magnification of the strong annihilation field......

Who cares?

Even if it creates a hundredfold strong annihilation force field, it cannot manufacture magnetized materials on a large scale, and it can only stay in the laboratory.

So Ronald Nolan is destined to not last long.

Cooper's mood has changed a lot, and he has the good news that since Nolan decided to recall the scientists, the scholars at the base no longer hate him.

Because they know that Cooper is the 'poor man who has been abandoned'.

It's the same with Brian.

Brian not only gave Kubo a good look, but also took the initiative to find him and complain about Amriken, "Empoli, of course I know you don't have the right to decide, but you are too much. ”

"So far, there is no funding, and so many people have been transferred."

"The plan is to make new equipment, not just with our technology, but also with our people......"

Cooper could only spread his hands, "I can't help it. I'm hoping for more funding, but as you know, I don't have any rights. ”

Brian shook his head sullenly.

Now the situation of the annihilation group is awkward, they do not have the funds to build the third generation of equipment, and the second generation equipment also has a built-in nuclear reactor, which makes some ordinary experiments impossible.

Therefore, the personnel in the experimental base are very idle, and some people even have nothing to do at all.

Krot James enjoys the work environment, but Brian is hoping to build new equipment to continue his research.

As things stand, it's almost impossible to find funding.

Some of the countries and institutions that support the organization have even proposed a moratorium on support for the organization, arguing that it simply does not make sense to spend a lot of money on research.

This is mainly because of the Lake Groom project.

Some countries and institutions believe that if they cannot master the high-end strong annihilation force field technology, as long as there is manufacturing technology and experimental equipment that can be used, it is sufficient.

In many areas, they do not have mastered the most high-end technology.

That's not a big deal.

Now Lake Groom plans to build more high-end equipment, and they continue to support the manufacture of third-generation equipment, and they may not be able to catch up with the new equipment that Lake Groom plans to make.

So what's the point of continuing to support?

Whether it is five times the field force or six times the field force, it is still not as good as the equipment of the Lake Groom Project, and of course, it is even less able to catch up with the technology of the Anti-Gravity Properties Research Center.

Since it must be 'third in the world', it doesn't matter if the technology is worse.

After hitting a wall in a row, Brian had the idea of giving up.

Cooper listened to Brian's complaints and asked, "In other words, if there is a higher-end technology than Nolan's, you can get financial support?" ”

"High-end technology, naturally convincing."

"Maybe we can work with the flower growers?" Cooper made a suggestion.

Brian shook his head with a smile, "We've tried it a long time ago, it's simply impossible, the basis of cooperation is two-way gain, we're too far behind." ”

"Yulai went to a flower planter's house, and also met Wang Hao, they have mastered more technology than our high-end, even just a ...... of obsolete equipment"

Brian shook his head as he spoke, "That kind of obsolete equipment is amazing. ”

"They won't do us any good if they work with us."

Cooper pursed his lips vigorously, "Let's try, there's no other way anyway, we have to do something." ”

Brian nodded, looked at Cooper with confusion, and said, "I thought you would be very disappointed, after all...... Didn't expect ......"

Cooper shrugged, "People always have to face setbacks. Even in low times, it's important to have a good mindset. ”

"Really?"

"Of course."

……

Flower planter, capital.

In recent times, the nuclear fusion project has been discussed at the decision-making level and in the academic community, and related meetings have been held one after another.

Decision-making meetings were held several times.

High-end academic conferences, technical conferences, and a series of business, application and other seminars are also organized in various fields.

Many of the top scholars in the fields of electromagnetic physics, nuclear energy physics, superconductivity, and materials simply stayed in the capital, and they would attend various conferences every day.

The nuclear fusion project is very large.

The decision-making level is naturally responsible for the construction, application, and personnel of the project, but the technical problems must be solved by the project team.

Although the nuclear fusion project has not officially entered the manufacturing stage, a temporary project team has been formed, Wang Hao is the main person in charge of the project team, and there are Tang Jianjun, Wang Ye and Wang Baichuan below.

Now the design has passed.

A series of technical problems are concentrated in materials and manufacturing, and major material difficulties have been overcome, but there are still many directions of materials and manufacturing problems that need to be solved.

There are some parts of high-end materials that need to be imported.

There are some materials that have worse properties, and it is better to develop new materials.

In addition, there are manufacturing problems.

This mainly involves Seiko manufacturing technology, the manufacturing industry is too huge, in recent years, the development of domestic related technology fields is very fast, but there are still many directions that cannot catch up with the international level.

The biggest problem is accuracy.

For example, there are several dense steels of first-order iron, which are used to make devices inside equipment, and there is a problem of accuracy.

The toughness of this dense steel is so high that it is completely beyond previous levels, and even cutting is a problem, let alone making precision parts.

Wang Hao spent a lot of time reviewing the reports submitted by various groups.

He does have very strong R&D capabilities, but it is impossible to participate in all aspects of research, and he can only submit the problem to the project team so that everyone can study the solution together.

In the end, the problem is still up to the individual research teams to solve.

Mr. Xu, who is also concerned about the technical aspects of nuclear fusion, looked at a report with a series of numbers on it that made his scalp tingle.

For example, there are 37 types of materials that need to be imported.

There are 29 materials that are not good enough, and it is better to develop better alternatives.

There are 17 kinds of imported equipment in demand.

Yes......

Looking at the data on the report, you can see how big the fusion project is, they have been studying it for a long time and found that the minimum amount of investment is more than 200 billion.

That's a huge number.

The eventual application of fusion technology is to build a large power plant, and the data obtained is that it can generate 40 billion to 70 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.

If you compare the Sanxia power station, you will know the data situation.

Sanxia Power Station, with an investment of about 95 billion yuan, has an annual power generation capacity of about 100 billion kWh.

Judging from the amount of investment and power generation, the benefits of the Sanxia power station are much higher, but nuclear fusion is a large-scale research project, and the manufacture of the first nuclear fusion power station is at the strategic level, and the cost of subsequent remanufacturing will be much lower.

In addition, the Sanxia power station is not replicable.

Nuclear fusion power plants can be manufactured anywhere, and they are not limited by the environment at all.

The two are not comparable.

While Mr. Xu was still thinking, the secretary knocked on the door and walked in, holding a document and saying, "From the International Annihilation Theory Organization, they asked about the intention of cooperation in the research of the Annihilation Force Field. ”

"Annihilation Field Research?"

Teacher Xu subconsciously refused, "How is that possible?" What are the benefits of working with them! Outright rejection...... Wait a minute. ”

He paused as he spoke, "Don't reply yet, I'll ask Academician Wang." ”

(End of chapter)