"Chairman?!"
Jiang Yongxing took a breath of cold air.
"Why, how did it get to Councillor Li?"
Fang Xu's face was a little heavy, and he said softly: "There is something you may not know yet."
"Over at ITER...something seems to have happened in Xia Country."
Jiang Yongxing's expression changed instantly!
"What?! Something happened to ITER?!"
ITER, the full name is International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.
That is a superconducting tokamak device that can produce large-scale nuclear fusion reactions!
As one of the member states, Xia can use this device to obtain a lot of useful controlled nuclear fusion information.
As for why not build one yourself...
The reason is simple.
Expensive and troublesome!
The entire ITER project took thirteen years and cost 5 billion US dollars!
Although Xiaguo has developed well in recent years, it is still a bit too extravagant to spend so much money to build a test machine!
After all, whether the tokamak device can carry out controlled nuclear fusion is still an unknown!
If you spend money and time to make a big thing that has no use at all, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
…
Beijing, within the first ring road.
A place that cannot be found on the map.
Hong Qiming stood at the door of the office and knocked on the door with a serious expression.
"Enter!"
An old voice came from inside the door.
Hong Qiming slowly pushed open the door and walked in.
A gray-haired old man was sitting behind his desk, looking at him quietly.
The old man's eyes were full of wisdom and confidence, as if everything in the world was under his control!
"Congressman Lee!"
Hong Qiming greeted the old man respectfully.
The old man put down the pen in his hand and slowly said, "Minister Hong, I heard that you have something very important to report to me?"
Hong Qiming nodded quickly and told the old man truthfully what Sandaokou University had reported.
Councillor Li's expression gradually became serious.
"Are you serious?"
Hong Qiming hesitated for a while, nodded and said, "It should be true. Academician Fang Xu, you should remember it, right?"
Councillor Li nodded and said, "Of course I remember. Xiaguo's latest controlled nuclear fusion achievement was made by his team, right?"
"This matter...is related to him?"
Hong Qiming nodded again and said affirmatively: "Fang Xu and the professor of Sandaokou University have made a preliminary evaluation of the plan, and he is very confident in this plan!"
Councillor Lee was silent again for a moment.
He reached out and pulled out a document from the pile of documents beside him and handed it to Hong Qiming: "Let's not talk about this for now, take a look at this document."
Hong Qiming took the document with a puzzled look on his face. The moment he saw the title, a hint of anger appeared in his eyes at a speed visible to the naked eye!
"This! This is impossible!"
"Our Xia country's scientists would never do such a despicable thing!"
Councillor Lee sighed deeply, a hint of worry in his eyes.
He shook his head slowly and said, "Possible or impossible...it's not up to us to decide."
"The ITER project has long wanted to kick us out, so it doesn't matter whether our scientists do this or not."
Hong Qiming hesitated: "But..."
"But this reputation is really unpleasant!"
Hong Qiming bit his back teeth hard and looked at the document in his hand again.
The document describes in detail the behavior of Xia Guo's scientific researchers stationed on the ITER project who embezzled important experimental data without authorization.
"Then...then what should we do?"
"Are we just going to sit there and watch ITER frame us?!"
Councillor Li said calmly: "In addition to false accusations, they also asked us to voluntarily withdraw from the ITER project."
"This news will probably be officially released tomorrow."
boom!
Hong Qiming felt that the blood vessels in his brain exploded in an instant!
"How...how can this be possible!"
"This is simply too much!"
Councillor Li slowly said, "I'm letting you read this document not for anything else, but to tell you one thing."
"From now on, Xiaguo can only rely on ourselves in the research of controlled nuclear fusion."
"So, you should understand what to do, right?"
Facing Councillor Li's meaningful gaze, Hong Qiming's expression froze slightly.
"yes!"
"Please rest assured, Councillor Li. I will go to Sandaokou University right now!"
…
In the evening, after wandering around the campus for a day, Lu Yongchang returned to the dormitory.
"Wow! Brother Lu, you're finally back!"
As soon as I opened the dormitory door, I heard the voice of my roommate Wu Qi.
"Brother Lu, what are you doing in the physics class today?"
Faced with his roommate's curious questions, Lu Yongchang laughed awkwardly and didn't know how to explain for a moment.
Could I tell him that I was reborn?
After pondering for a moment, a barely acceptable reason slowly emerged in his mind.
"Ahem! I found some time to research something a while ago, and when I was in class, I suddenly had an idea and started writing it on the stage."
Wu Qi's eyes were filled with curiosity. "Research? What did you find out?"
"By the way, why did Professor Guan keep you here? He's not going to let you drop out, is he?"
Lu Yongchang: "...???"
Drop out of school?
Why drop out of school?
Not to mention dropping out of school, he will probably have to "go to higher education" soon!
Of course, he definitely couldn't say this to Wu Qi.
"Um... the professor thought my research was valuable, gave me recognition, and then... let me come back."
Wu Qi: "???"
"…Gone?!"
Wu Qi looked at Lu Yongchang in surprise: "Don't bluff me, they all say Professor Guan is very strict!"
Lu Yongchang quickly changed the subject: "What happened in the physics class this morning, hasn't spread?"
Wu Qi quickly shook his head, his expression becoming a little more serious.
"Don't worry, apart from the students in class, no one else probably knows about it."
Lu Yongchang's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Wu Qi in front of him with horror: "Are you serious?!"
In this era where gossip is prevalent, he is even ready to become famous in one fell swoop!
Wu Qi didn't say anything, but turned around, took out a piece of A4 printed paper from the side and handed it to Lu Yongchang.
Confidentiality Agreement
Seeing a line of big black words on the A4 paper, Lu Yongchang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Unexpectedly, Professor Guan is so reliable that he even asked all students to sign a confidentiality agreement!
But... this is fine.
The sun has not yet begun to change.
If Xia Country wants to become the leader of the Earth Human Alliance, it can only rely on this last chance to overtake others!
As a native of Xia, Lu Yongchang naturally hopes that everyone in Xia can survive the future disaster!
As for how to live...
He had already thought about it!
Since the destruction of the sun is a foregone conclusion, he only has 20 years to lead Xia Country... and humanity to escape from the earth!
Only the endless starry sky above our heads is the only way to survive in the future!