"Researchers surrender on the spot? Official refutation of rumors: There is no such thing. ”

"After investigation, the incident spread on the Internet was a misreading, and the other side of the ocean spoke: this person is not in a good mental state."

"The quantum computing project team declares that all technical cooperation has been approved and carried out through proper channels."

"Person or deportation: Do we have an obligation to keep him safe?"

"Popular Science: How exactly does the asylum law work?"

One report after another was issued, and the Davis incident can be said to have caused huge waves in public opinion, and what he represents is definitely not as simple as "the conscience of a scientific researcher".

In fact, this is a precursor to the reversal of the polarities in the international landscape.

Because of its symbolic significance, it has even been called the "Oppenheimer event of the 21st century" by many people.

Of course, at that time the Eastern bloc really needed the American atomic bomb, but now we don't need their quantum computers.

This also leads to a very different way of handling the two events.

After his arrest on criminal charges, Davis was soon released for lack of evidence, and no one knows what he will face, but one thing is certain:

For him, staying in China may be a safer choice than returning to China.

It's just that he doesn't have this opportunity now.

Two days later, Davis was deported.

Many people came to the scene to watch his plane leave—in fact, the last time so many people were watching a plane was when Pickering suddenly disappeared from the sky.

That's good news for Davis.

After all, exposing oneself to the public eye is also an option to avoid persecution by the United States.

It's just that after the heat dissipates, it's unknown how long he will be safe.

Turret.

Bob's face can no longer be described as simply "ugly", and even after seeing his face, the assistant suspected that if Davis stood in this office at this moment, he might really be strangled to death by Bob's own hands.

After all, the impact he had caused was too bad.

The first is the complete failure of the AQCL project-—— yes, at the moment when Davis ran towards the Huaxia, in fact, he did not have to say anything at all, he had already de facto destroyed the entire project.

Of course, the Chinese people will understand everything as soon as they see him.

An expert in the field of quantum computing, a leader in the industry, after attending the Huaxia quantum computing conference, threw off the security guards who monitored him, and shouted that he needed to shelter the guards who rushed to the "enemy country".

As long as people in their right minds don't understand what's going on, they won't be unprepared.

"I said a long time ago that Davis shouldn't be allowed to go to Huaxia for some bullshit meeting!"

"I've said it a long time ago, all the people involved in the AQCL program are high-risk people!"

"But Congress won't listen at all! Do they still think it's a playhouse? ”

"What academic freedom, what international demeanor. They ruined our last chance! ”

"Now, we really can't do anything – we can't do anything!"

Bob frantically waved his arms as if he were holding a sharp knife in his hand to chop Davis to pieces.

The assistant sighed helplessly, he didn't know how to react.

Davis's "exodus" was indeed a decision made by Congress after careful consideration, and from their point of view, Davis himself was a staunch patriot and there was no problem with his thinking.

On the other hand, as the leader of the AQCL project, although he cannot get enough mental rewards in the short term, he has already been given the top treatment in terms of material returns.

This can already be asserted from the budget for the AQCL project alone: the United States did not treat him badly.

In that case, why can't you trust him?

Coupled with the fact that the AQCL project does have a demand for external communication and access to the latest information, this trip to China has become a natural thing.

But no one could have imagined that such a person who would never be able to rebel would really do something "treasonous".

Why exactly?

The assistant actually had some guesses in his heart, but in front of Bob, he really couldn't speak.

So, he could only reply tactfully:

"I'm afraid the reason for this is not as simple as we think-—— Davis is absolutely unlikely to defect just because of the high pressure of the AQCL project, as DHS judged."

"Probably, he saw more profound changes from this high-pressure environment."

"Change? What can change? ”

Bob interrupted the assistant and continued:

"Should I say, is there anything that is set in stone?"

"Our good days are over! If we want to restore the glory of the past, we must move forward by any means necessary, just like the Chinese in the past! ”

"They can have Starfire, why can't we?"

"They can move the project forward in a highly centralized way, why can't we?!"

That's exactly the problem.

The assistant replied silently in his heart.

It's because we're becoming like them that Davis is doing this

No, it's not "like them."

It's "trying to do the same thing as them, but missing the most important thing."

So, the end result is a deformed, fanatical, inefficient organization with no future in mind.

As an old-school scholar with a high IQ and a scholar who has lived through the era of confrontation, would Davis not realize this?

Don't think of these nerds as stupid

Looking at Bob's red eyes, the assistant was a little unbearable for a while.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke:

"It's definitely not going to be an isolated incident."

"What I want to say is that Davis is just a relatively extreme representative of this group of people-—— these people are mainly scientific researchers, but the scope of coverage is definitely not only scientific researchers."

"What do you mean?"

Bob asked warily.

He could hear the meaning of his assistant's words, but he didn't know what he meant.

"Wyoming, over there at Yellowstone Farms, there's been some changes lately."

"You know, the orders that the state government is carrying out are different from those of Washington."

"We're just asking them to get as much land use rights as possible to prepare for the large-scale infrastructure that follows."

"But obviously. They used it another way. ”

"In what way?"

Bob had never heard of it – it wasn't in his area of expertise.

But it seems that this is closely related to him, the head of the military.

"They demolished the Yellowstone Farm, dispersed the equity of the farm, and transferred thousands of acres of land to the Tyson Group."

"In the process, some conflicts broke out, but in the end, Yellowstone Farms compromised."

"In other words, this farm, which was originally an independent commercial entity, was merged into a monopoly."

"Ironically, the state and Tyson Group jointly own the shares that originally belonged to Yellowstone Farms."

"I think you can see what that means."

Bob's eyes grew solemn.

"State Trust."

He spoke.

The assistant shook his head and replied:

"No, it's worse than that."

"Now, think about Davis's motives for rebellion. The focus is on how AQCL is organized, and how it is done. ”

"Large corporations, highly centralized, extremely utilitarian"

"I see what you mean."

"What they are worried about is the state trustism characterized by the plutocracy."

"That's right."

The assistant finally nodded, but then he continued:

"Or more accurately, Corinthian structure."

"Their fear is that we will become a second Corinthian City"

Bob gasped.

Although he was not keen on history, he happened to know the story of the so-called "Corinth City".

This is a strange city that existed in ancient Greece 2,800 years ago, and the organizational form of this city does have great similarities with the current development trend of the United States.

At that time, Athens and Thebes were the two poles of the ancient Greek world, which is colloquially understood, that is, the ancient Greek version of the CCCP and the United States.

Of course, their relationship was not as irreconcilable as that of the Soviet Union and the United States, in fact, there was a special cooperative relationship between them, which together created many miracles.

For a long time, other city-states were largely dependent on them.

Among them was Corinth.

Colonized by the powerful Athens and Thebes, the region relied mainly on transit trade for profit, and in a sense, it was the trading hub of the entire Greek world.

With this advantage, Corinth far outgrew the average of other city-states at the time, and in a very short period of time, it became one of the few Greek city-states to rival Athens and Thebes in wealth.

Its commerce was so prosperous that until the middle of the 6th century BC, Corinth was the main exporter of black elephant pottery, which was sold throughout Greece.

It built many wonders, and the majestic temple on the Corinth Acropolis was dedicated to Aphrodite, a temple of a scale that was rare even in the entire Greek world at the time.

Ironically, according to most sources, Corinth's temple housed more than 1,000 temple chickens, who were responsible for providing unpaid services to attract tourists, and became the largest source of disease transmission, so that Corinth was described as a "fallen city-state" in later reviews.

But why did it become like this?

It was a natural choice that played an important role in the trade of the city-state, but in the end it was drowned in the torrent of history?

The reason is simple.

The first is the technological gap.

The city of Corinth was completely inferior to Athens in terms of seafaring technology, and its military level and food production capacity were far inferior to the traditional land, agricultural, and military powers of Sparta and Thebes.

Such a gap has deprived it of the possibility of real competition with these city-states, causing its development path to become more and more deformed.

The second is what Bob calls "trusting."

The size of the "corporations", or aristocratic families and comprador groups, grew rapidly, and almost all the wealth of the city-state was concentrated in the hands of these very small people.

The inhabitants of the lower classes have fallen into such extreme poverty that the daughters of most families have to sell their bodies to tourists from other city-states to support their families.

All this makes Corinth synonymous with "sensuality and depravity", but who caused their depravity?

Bob clenched his fists.

He looked at his assistant and asked:

"So you mean, Wyoming, has the potential to become the first 'New Corinthian'? And we and China are the 'Athens and Thebes' who contributed to this change? ”

There was a hint of sadness in the assistant's eyes.

The man in front of him has not seen the truth clearly until now—or rather, he is not willing to admit it.

"No, of course not."

"Wyoming is not New Corinth."

"We are."

"Our whole country is the new Corinthians that will fall into the two poles of China and the 'world' in the future."

"Yes, you heard it right."

"The world of the future will only be divided into two poles."

"Huaxia, and others. And we, even 'other', don't fall into the category."

The impact of this passage caused Bob to sit directly in his chair.

At this moment, even Davis's rebellion seemed to become a little insignificant

"Isn't Washington clear about this?"

"That's what I'm worried about, and that's the more serious thing."

The assistant's voice lowered slightly, and after a pause of a few seconds, he spoke:

"So you know Corinthian City, nothing?"

"What?"

"There is no regular army. All his armed forces are mercenaries and private soldiers. ”

"By the time you're worried about whether Washington knows, the military is already split with Congress. Because, in such a form of state organization, there is a natural conflict of interest between the military and the ruling side."

Bob narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing at the assistant across from him, as if trying to figure out if he had ulterior motives or if he was really thinking about himself.

——

Obviously, the latter is more likely.

Because there is no need for him to deceive himself, this is not the choice of maximizing benefits at all.

Bob let out a long sigh of relief.

"In any case, we have to warn Congress – I wonder how long it will take for such a 'trend' to become a reality?"

"It depends on how soon China will be able to popularize nuclear fusion technology around the world."

"I don't think it's going to be more than ten years."

"Ten years."

Bob subconsciously repeated, then looked up at the ceiling.

There, a moth that flew in out of nowhere was striking the glowing chandelier, and it didn't seem to understand why it had become the way it had come after chasing the light for hundreds of millions of years.

It's as if Bob can't understand why the country he once fought for with confidence suddenly became strange.

"I seem to be able to understand Davis in the dark future."

He said with a wry smile.

"I can't say he made the right choice but at least. He's not betraying, maybe he's just trying to get away from it? ”

"Maybe."

The assistant replied.

He could see much of the future than Bob.

But perhaps, some people in this country have already begun to prepare for that future