Chengdu, in the office.

Chen Nian sat opposite Li Xiang and complained about the news he had just received from Chen Guo.

"Technology bullying? It's funny. ”

"They can always invent something very mysterious, like changing aggression to humanitarian relief, and massacres to fighting extremism."

"It's good now, it's not just for themselves, it's for us."

"To be honest, even if we completely ban them from participating in the EAST project, it is not some kind of technological protectionism, right?"

"If this can also be regarded as technological bullying, then can we say that they do not build aircraft carriers for Africa, which is also technological bullying for them?"

Hearing his words, Li Xiang smiled helplessly, and then replied:

"Who knows? Anyway, they just look like victims, as if they are innocent. ”

"However, it can't be said that they must be purely complaining when they do this, more likely it is a foreshadowing made in advance."

"I have a feeling that the United States will gradually decouple from us in the coming period-—— of course, not using the original aggressive sanctions, but through guided policies to achieve this goal."

"What's in it for them?"

Chen Nian asked puzzled.

"They want to engage in economic internal circulation and get rid of China's 'technological bullying'."

"After all, they've done it, and they know too well what the consequences will be if we are allowed to crush them technically."

"Therefore, a more secure solution is to restart protectionism, replace internal circulation with internal circulation, and resist the first wave of technological impact in a self-enclosed way."

Hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't help laughing.

Economic internal circulation?

It's almost like crazy begging.

In fact, in his previous life, there were not a few countries and regions that proposed to engage in so-called "economic internal circulation".

After all, at a time when international conflicts and confrontations are becoming more and more intense, maintaining the internal circulation of the economy means gaining the ability to survive in extreme conditions.

But what is the first thing to do to gain such an ability?

First of all, you have to have a large enough land area, because a vast land can have sufficient, rich and complete natural resources, which is enough to support the foundation of internal circulation.

Korean is a prime example of this.

At that time, it was once the second most developed country in Asia after the island nation, but after losing aid from the Soviet Union, its economy collapsed rapidly, mainly because of the loss of oil resources on which modern industry depended.

Not only oil, but also ore, forests, fresh water, and arable land lack any of these resources, or any one of them cannot meet the needs of the population.

In addition to the size of the country, the population is also extremely important.

There is no market without population, there is no demand without a market, and even the demand is insufficient.

In addition, a complete industrial system, a complete industrial chain, a strong national defense force, and even a long-term accumulated historical heritage are the key to ensuring the smooth progress of the internal circulation.

Sounds a bit nonsensical-—— historical background?

This content seems to be completely incompatible with modern economic theory, but in fact, the historical background determines the solidity of the cultural closed loop, and also determines the depth of the people's internal identity, which plays an extremely crucial role in determining whether the social environment can be maintained under closed and high pressure.

Therefore, on the whole, there are only a few people who are really qualified to engage in economic internal circulation.

——

And even excluding Russia, because it is a typical resource country.

They wanted to do internal circulation, and that had to be before 1991.

In the last life, there were only two countries that were relatively close to the inner circulation, one Iran and one Huaxia.

The former is too small, and the national defense capability cannot meet the critical requirements of stability, while the latter is too large, and the road to realize internal circulation is extremely long.

In general, no country has ever succeeded.

And the U.S. side is actually proposing internal circulation now?

I don't know if to call them stupid or smart.

Let's be stupid, now that the hollowing out of the industry in the United States has not yet reached its peak, if a strong man breaks his wrist, maybe he can really stop the downward trend in a tragic way, and it may even be possible to use the trough period of ten or even twenty years in exchange for their next peak.

MAGA！

Of course, it is impossible to say that they are smart.

Engaging in internal circulation is originally a kind of "deferred satisfaction" in interests, but in the case of China's rapid development, how long they can support it is still a question.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian opened his mouth and said:

"Engaging in internal circulation is like a decision they will make."

"But the problem is, the timing is not right."

"Personally, I feel that in the near future, their main purpose is to put pressure on us to compete for a share and a seat in fusion technology."

Li Xiang, who was on the other side, nodded and replied:

"Judging from the other party's current performance in public opinion, this possibility is great."

"Of course, we still have to be prepared - is there a new strategy on the Starfire side?"

Chen Nian looked at Li Xiang with a smile and asked rhetorically:

"Guess?"

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment.

"Is it also an inner loop?"

"The inner loop, of course."

Chen Nian exhaled lightly, and then said:

"Economic internal circulation is the ultimate solution for a country's development."

"It's actually divided into two phases, the first stage is to implement the loop internally."

"The second stage is to redefine the interior."

"Now our sphere of influence obviously can't support us to achieve the second-stage goal, so we can only start with the first stage."

Once this goal is achieved, the endogenous power it can bring is unlimited. It is likely that the time it will take to move from Phase 1 to Phase 2 will be shorter than everyone expected. ”

"So, now it's a process of filling in the gaps."

"In terms of major projects, we still follow the underlying logic."

"On the civilian side, that's what is lacking and what is made up"

"Laser is the first step, relying on the technology that has been produced, we have a series of actions to follow."

A series of actions?

Li Xiang's eyes were a little curious and a little expectant.

Medical, Agricultural, Industrial, Energy?

In every link, we still have shortcomings that must be filled.

So, where does Starfire start? ——

Wait a minute.

It seems that it should be, it is metallic hydrogen, right?

The birth of room temperature superconducting materials has been relatively stable and mature based on its potential, and according to the latest progress, this thing has broken through the original brittle ceramic-like state and began to enter the stage of "plasticity".

That is to say, the originally planned transmission network, motors, batteries, chips. Are they likely to be launched in the near future?

The great changes in humanity seem to be about to begin.

At the same time, the imperial capital, inside the office of the SASAC.

Three men in tunics sat around a somewhat old-looking coffee table, sipping a pot of precious tea in a relaxed manner.

The man sitting facing the door put down his teacup and spoke in a sincere tone:

"The water of the tiger run, the tea of the Lingyin Temple, if it weren't for the two of you coming today, I would be reluctant to take it out anyway."

"I've been freezing for two months just with this water, and when I look at the color of the boiling, it's really crystal clear."

However, before he could finish his words, the person on the other side directly interrupted.

"Okay, okay, Lao Liu, Liu Wenchang, don't give me this set."

"It's mountain spring water again, and it's Ming Qian tea, do you really think this little thing can be sent away for me?"

"What am I looking for you for, don't you know what you're looking for?"

"Now that the tea is finished, Zhiyuan is also here, let's talk about whatever we want, don't keep delaying time."

"I'm telling you, I've already said hello to the above, no one will come to cover for you today, how to allocate resources, I want a result now!"

Hearing his words, Liu Wenchang couldn't help but sigh.

He glanced at the man named Miao Zhiyuan opposite, and then at Hong Yongrong in front of him, and replied helplessly:

"You know what to do with me every day, do you have the ability to go with the above?"

"What's the use of forcing me, the money doesn't come from me, our SASAC is responsible for scheduling."

"Now you've made it look like we've really become the God of Wealth."

"Then I don't care, anyway, this is already the tone, you are the competent department, the plan has been decided, and the matter of resource allocation should also be implemented, right?"

Hong Yongrong interrupted Liu Wenchang again, and Miao Zhiyuan next to him shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he didn't answer.

In fact, he came to the SASAC today for the same purpose as Hong Yongrong, both to get more budget from Liu Wenchang to support the development of the project at hand.

However, it was not that easy.

"Budgeting" alone is hard enough, and what is the current situation?

It is two equally influential and equally promising directions to compete for the budget.

Hong Yongrong represents the direction of power transmission and storage, and he represents the direction of electricity consumption - or more precisely, mainly the research and development direction of a new generation of superconducting motors and superconducting chips.

In order to convince the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, he and Hong Yongrong can be said to have done their best.

The research report he took out over there was full of new agricultural factories, large-scale maglev rail transit, never-ending mines, super batteries with energy storage efficiency of 90%, etc., so on his side, he had to come up with chips with cross-era computing power, motors that completely replaced internal combustion engines to get rid of oil hegemony, stronger particle accelerators that are more likely to be close to the truth of the world, and precision medical equipment that everyone can use.

Every technology is of great significance to the development of human society; Every technology has the potential to revolutionize the future of this country.

It is precisely for this reason that Liu Wenchang, or the SASAC, has adopted an extremely cautious strategy in the allocation of resources.

He doesn't want to take sides or miss any opportunities.

Overall, however, the resources that SASAC can mobilize are limited.

If it is really distributed according to the average method, neither side can implement its plan 100 percent.

Therefore, the opinions of both sides are unanimous on this plan, that is: do not accept it.

Of course, such a non-acceptance is not malicious, but simply a difference of course

Thinking of this, Miao Zhiyuan finally opened his mouth.

"Wenchang, what Yongrong said is right, we have to come to a conclusion today on the matter of resource allocation."

"It's impossible to equalize, eat a big pot of rice, if you want everything, then you can't do anything."

"On this point, we have also consulted the advice of the CDO before, anyway, from the perspective of Xinghuo, they tend to give priority to a certain direction."

"Whether it is transmission and storage, or the direction of electricity consumption, there must always be a priority."

"Don't worry, as soon as the hammer falls on your side, we will definitely have nothing to say!"

Compared with Hong Yongrong, Miao Zhiyuan's attitude is much gentler, but Liu Wenchang also knows that behind this "gentleness", he is actually stubborn who is not willing to be left behind.

Looking at the two people sitting opposite him, Liu Wenchang shook his head and said:

"Your problem is not a purely technical problem, or even a purely economic problem."

"Forcing me to make a decision like this is actually forcing my superiors to make a statement."

"But if you think about it, you know, we are all approaching this field for the first time, and the outside world has no experience to refer to, if you have to say something, who can express it?"

Speaking of this, Liu Wenchang paused for a moment, and after confirming that neither of them intended to refute, did he continue to speak:

"Before you came, I also went to discuss it with my superiors."

"The conclusion is simple: no more separation."

"Transmission, storage, and electricity consumption are originally a line, and the cooperation of the three can play the greatest role."

"So, the final strategy is very simple, to apply this technology in the form of a demonstration project."

"This strategy has been tested many times before Xinghuo, and it has been proved that there is no problem, do you have any opinions?"

Hearing this, Miao Zhiyuan and Hong Yongrong were stunned at the same time, but then nodded again:

"No comments!"

They all heard what Liu Wenchang meant.

The situation has changed, and the superiors do not plan to carry out another large-scale project in place.

What they want to do is to use this technology on a small scale in a block-based way, on a "full-field" scale!

It has to be said that in terms of direction, this is indeed a relatively compromise scheme.

But at the same time, it is also an extremely radical approach in terms of technological development.

Because it means that the space for technical trial and error is compressed to the extreme, and as a demonstration project, they must succeed the first time.

"So what is the content of the demonstration project?"

Hong Yongrong asked impatiently.

Liu Wenchang smiled slightly and asked rhetorically:

"Do you know about the Nantianmen Aerial Platform Project?"

"This is an important part of our future space strategy, and it has been slow to move forward from the beginning of the project."

"Now, the superiors have decided to give priority to the investment of room temperature superconductivity technology into this project."

"We want to build a set of military-industrial complexes including power generation, transmission, storage, and electricity, and then rely on this complex to promote the progress of the Nantianmen project."

"And once the technologies have been validated in this project, then the next step. It's going to spread to the whole country. ”

(End of chapter)