Across the ocean, the United States.
Inside the President's office in the White House.
A Chinese newspaper lay quietly on the president's desk.
The big red words on the newspaper are particularly bright against the black and white background!
"Good news! The controlled nuclear fusion ignition of Sandaokou University Nuclear Physics Laboratory was successful! "
"Bang!"
There was a sound of slapping the table.
The presidential desk, made of mahogany, trembled violently.
"Fuck!"
A fat middle-aged man with blond hair sat behind his desk, his face flushed, and he shouted, "Damn it!"
"Anthony, can you explain this to me?"
Hearing the angry rebuke from the middle-aged man in front of him, the man called Anthony stepped forward, shrugged and said nonchalantly: "Sir Albert, I don't think there is anything to explain."
"What? There's nothing to explain? This is your reply to me as the Minister of Defense?!" The muscles on both sides of the blond middle-aged man's cheeks trembled slightly, and even his golden bangs trembled twice.
"Tell me, Anthony, what did you tell me then?"
"As long as we kick Xia out of the ITER project, we can always maintain our leading position in controlled nuclear fusion." Albert imitated Anthony's tone of voice perfectly. "If I remember correctly, this is what you said, right?"
Anthony looked at the scene with an unpleasant expression.
"Now what? Anthony, tell me, what's written in this newspaper?!"
Albert angrily picked up the newspaper on the table and threw it on the floor in front of Anthony!
The corners of Anthony's mouth twitched slightly.
He lowered his head and read the newspaper carefully.
Then, he said in a deep voice: "Mr. President, I can't read Chinese!"
Obviously, Anthony's reply was beyond Albert's expectations.
Albert opened his mouth slightly and looked at Anthony in front of him in disbelief: "Anthony, you..."
"Good! Very good!" Albert was so angry that he even laughed. "You can't read Chinese, so let me tell you what is written on it!"
"The newspaper said that Xiaguo has successfully conducted a controlled nuclear fusion ignition experiment! Did you understand?"
Anthony had a blank expression on his face and nodded slightly: "Yeah."
"So?" Albert sneered, "Is this your reply to me?"
Anthony took a deep breath and said, "Mr. President, I hope you can read this report carefully before you speak, instead of complaining to me directly."
"As one of the ITER member countries, Xiaguo naturally also has some controllable nuclear fusion technology."
"In my opinion, there is basically no need to worry about this so-called ignition experiment. They are still a long way from truly mastering controlled nuclear fusion!"
The expression on Albert's face softened a little.
After calming down, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes and he asked again.
"you mean..."
Anthony pointed behind him and said, "Mr. President, let the professionals explain these professional knowledge to you."
Then, Anthony turned sideways and said behind him: "Professor Collins, now is your time."
A gray-haired old man walked up slowly with a cane and saluted Albert respectfully: "Hello, Mr. President."
Albert frowned slightly, and after a moment's silence, he asked softly, "If I remember correctly, you should be the leading professor who was sent to ITER a few years ago, right?"
Professor Collins' eyes flashed with excitement: "Yes, Mr. President, I didn't expect you still remember me!"
Albert nodded slightly, and said with a slightly arrogant look: "Why, do you want to explain something to me?"
Professor Collins nodded quickly, and then said hurriedly: "Mr. President, I think you don't need to worry about this news from Xia Country at all."
Albert's eyes moved slightly, and he gestured for him to continue speaking, while he adjusted himself to a more comfortable sitting position.
"I've read the report on Xiaguo. The controlled nuclear fusion device they used this time is a stellarator, not a traditional tokamak device."
Hearing this, Albert frowned tightly.
He did have some impression of the tokamak device.
After all, a large part of the tokamak device in the ITER project was built at the expense of the United States.
But what on earth is that star simulator?
He looked at Professor Collins in front of him with some doubt: "Professor, the stellarator you just mentioned..."
Professor Collins saw the puzzled look in Albert's eyes and suddenly realized: "Mr. President, you don't need to know what a stellarator is. You only need to know one thing: stellarator devices are equipment that we have eliminated."
"The reason for its elimination is simple. It is too expensive and too difficult to manufacture, which can easily lead to nuclear fusion failure."
"I can roughly guess the origin of the star simulator at Sandaokou University in Xia Country. It should be a nearly scrapped star simulator from Country D a few years ago."
Albert looked at Professor Collins in disbelief. "Are you sure? A scrapped stellarator can successfully ignite nuclear fusion?!"
Obviously, Albert didn't really believe what Professor Collins said.
Professor Collins nodded vigorously: "Mr. President, you should know that the quality of products made by Country D is always good."
"I guess this is also the reason why Xiaguo was able to succeed."
"But this outdated stuff is definitely not reliable. Therefore, you can see that Xiaguo's controlled nuclear fusion can only last for two minutes."
"Perhaps you don't know, but the current ITER tokamak device can extend the maintenance time of controlled nuclear fusion to 26 minutes!"
Professor Collins' words warmed up Albert's stiff expression a lot.
"Well... in your opinion, Xia Country's research on controlled nuclear fusion..."
"Impossible! There is absolutely no way that Xiaguo can complete the research on controlled nuclear fusion using a stellarator!" Professor Collins said without hesitation, "The stellarator has long been proven to be a thankless task!"
Hearing this, a smile finally appeared on Albert's face.
As long as Xia Country cannot master controlled nuclear fusion, the United States' position will not be shaken!
"It's just... Mr. President, there is something I want to talk to you about." Professor Collins' eyes flashed with some hesitation.
"Speak!" Perhaps because he had just heard good news, Albert had a faint smile on his face and nodded slightly.
"Mr. President, the United States should also build its own controlled nuclear fusion device." Professor Collins said nervously, "We can't always share experimental results with ITER!"
"In the next experiment, ITER will be trying to extend the controlled nuclear fusion time to more than 30 minutes. If successful... perhaps the era of human beings mastering controlled nuclear fusion is coming. We in the United States should prepare in advance."