Chapter 507: Old Man: I'll take care of this for you
On the other side, Europe, the Germanic states.
At the Planck Institute for Plasma, Professor Tillman Lent is leaning against the railing, holding a bottle of beer in his hand, looking down at the steel behemoth below.
That was Planck Plasma's greatest achievement, the Spiral Stone-7X.
But it hasn't conducted controlled fusion experiments for more than a month.
This is an unbelievable thing for this once biggest 'pride'.
After all, it is the world's largest stellar-mimic controlled nuclear fusion device, which has been built less than a decade ago.
According to common sense, this is the time when it is in the prime of life and makes all kinds of historical records.
But now, it lies there quietly, like a lonely old man, waiting to enter the nursing home (museum) to retire.
And today is the time to decide on that answer.
Originally, as the leader of the Spiral Stone 7X project, he was supposed to attend today's meeting, but he really didn't want to face this 'cruel' answer, so he took a leave of absence and came here alone.
At this moment, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and then looked silently at the spiral stone 7X under his feet.
The two watched quietly for a while, but Professor Tillman couldn't help but speak: "What is the result?" ”
Although he already knew the answer in his heart, he couldn't help but want to ask.
What if, what if there is a silver lining?
Robert Mack shook his head, sighed, and then was silent for a moment before he spoke: "The decision has been officially settled, the Spiral Stone-7X will be temporarily shut down, and then all the center of gravity of the plasma research institute will be transferred to the route of the tokamak device." ”
After a pause, he handed a can of beer to Tillman, and continued: "We have done our best, and nearly half a year has passed since China achieved controlled nuclear fusion technology in October last year. ”
"We bought half a year for the Spiral Stone 7X, but there was still no breakthrough. Perhaps, the path of stellarizers really doesn't work."
Taking a sip of beer, Professor Tillman crunched the can in his hand and looked at the steel behemoth below with a reddened eye.
Although he had already guessed the result, when the answer really came, he was still disappointed and reluctant in his heart.
On the Spiral Stone 7X, or on the stellarator route, he invested nearly a third of his life, a full thirty years.
It doesn't take so long to raise a child, and it is impossible to say that there is no affection and sustenance.
But now, this route has been completely terminated.
Although Robert said that it was temporarily stopped, on the basis of the successful realization of controlled nuclear fusion on the tokamak route, the Spiral-7X, there is no possibility of restarting.
The only way to wait for it is the museum.
"Let's go, clean up, although the stellar simulator has been suspended, we still have to study controlled nuclear fusion. There are still a lot of technologies on the Spiral Stone-7X that can be dismantled and used on the tokamak route, which may also be an alternative new life for it. ”
Tillman was tapped on the shoulder, and Director Robert Mack took a sip of the beer in his hand, threw the empty can into the bin, and turned away.
Tillman looked at his back and was silent for a moment.
Looking at the spiral stone 7X under his feet, Tillman sighed inwardly.
Is the road of stellarum really impassable?
To be honest, he doesn't feel that way.
In his opinion, the stellarroders never came to an end, it was just that they were not capable enough.
They didn't have the ability to build a perfect numerical control model of plasma turbulence like Professor Xu, and they couldn't solve the first wall problem.
If these two problems are solved, he believes that the stellar simulator can also release its own starlight.
It's just that for the Planck Plasma Institute now, even if the road of the stellarum can still be passed, there is not much meaning.
After all, it is easier to bet on a road with no end in sight and to repeat the path that others have already walked and realized, and you can judge it with your toes.
On the other side, Huaguo, Jinling.
In the Xinghai Research Institute, Xu Chuan shook his head and breathed a long sigh of relief, and then deleted the email that was written and deleted, deleted and written.
While Professor Tillman was emotionally troubled by the shutdown of the Spiral Stone 7X, he was also distressed by the Spiral Stone 7X.
Of course, it wasn't that the Spiral Stone 7X was shut down, in fact, it was really what he wanted.
He was tormented by the reason to buy a stellarite from the Planck Plasma Institute without paying too much for it.
For the past two days, he has been thinking about how to buy back the Spiral Stone 7X or WEGA from the Planck Plasma Research Institute.
But I haven't come up with any reasonable reason.
After all, now that they have achieved controlled nuclear fusion technology, and then buy a 'useless' fusion reactor like a stellarator, everyone can see that there are problems in it.
Just then, there was a knock on the office door.
Xu Chuan casually answered the invitation to enter, frowning and continuing to think.
However, the voice that followed quickly interrupted his thoughts.
"What's the matter, is there something difficult that can make you sad."
In the office, a smiling voice rang out.
"Why are you here?"
Looking at the old man who pushed open the door and walked in, Xu Chuan asked in surprise, and then quickly stood up and greeted.
The old man smiled and said, "I've been doing something here in Jinling in the past two days, so I'll stop by and have a look." Speaking of which, I've rarely seen you so worried, is this a problem? ”
Xu Chuan said casually: "I'm thinking about how to buy a useless thing from other countries at the least cost?" ”
Old man: "???? ”
Hearing this, he was a little confused.
What is it called how to buy a useless thing back with the least cost?
Useless stuff, what are you buying it for? Sending money to others?
He didn't seem to be able to understand the idea.
Looking at the stunned old man, Xu Chuan came back to his senses completely.
Smiling, he explained: "That's the case, about miniaturized and controllable nuclear fusion technology, the tokamak device is probably no longer working, and now I need a stellar simulator to do research, and there is no stellar simulator technology in China at present, so I can only buy one from other countries." ”
"But now that we have achieved controlled nuclear fusion technology, and then we can buy a 'useless' fusion reactor like a stellarator, which is a problem that everyone can see."
"So, how can we get the stellar simulator and related technology from the Germanic nation at the lowest cost?"
Hearing this, the old man finally understood what he meant, smiled, and said, "I thought it was some kind of technical trouble, but it turned out to be this kind of thing." ”
Hearing this, Xu Chuan looked at it curiously, he had been thinking about this for the past two days, but he had never thought of any good way, and finding a reason felt more troublesome than studying world-class problems.
The old man smiled faintly: "This kind of thing is indeed very troublesome from the perspective of the individual or the Xinghai Research Institute, but from the perspective of the country, it is still easy to do." ”
"If it's a technical trouble, it may be a little more complicated, but this purely transactional nature, the state has countless ways to deal with it."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of this for you, and in two months at the latest, I'll have the stellarum and related technology delivered to you."
PS: I thought about it all night.,I didn't think of how to buy a stellar at the lowest price.,Like the protagonist's email, I deleted and changed it back and forth countless times.,Forget it.,Solve it directly by the country.,By the way, let the country pretend to be a force.,Can't always be the protagonist to solve all the problems.。
Another whisper: Do you have any solutions? ヾ(ω`)o