Professor Collins' words made President Albert's face stiffen.
He was silent for a long time, then slowly said: "This is indeed a problem."
"Like Xia Country, the United States currently does not have its own controlled nuclear fusion device..."
Albert's muttering made Professor Collins' eyes suddenly light up.
He quickly agreed, "You are right, Mr. President. We need a fusion reactor that truly belongs to us!"
Albert hesitated for a moment: "Give me some time, professor."
"If there is no exact time, Congress will not be able to approve it."
Facing Albert's meaningful look, Professor Collins hesitated for a moment: "Maybe... about ten years?"
Albert frowned instantly: "Ten years?! Professor, are you kidding me?"
"Don't talk about me. Congress will never agree to this plan!"
Professor Collins laughed awkwardly and quickly said again: "Five years. I believe that within five years, the Americans will have their own fusion reactor!"
Albert nodded with satisfaction.
…
At the same time, within the first ring of Xia Kingdom's capital.
Inside the building that could not be found on the map, Hong Qiming knocked on the office door again with a serious expression.
"Enter."
Hong Qiming took a deep breath to calm his agitated mood, then reached out and pushed open the slightly heavy wooden door.
"Chairman Li."
Hong Qiming bowed his head slightly and saluted to the old man behind the desk.
Seeing Hong Qiming, the old man's face was full of smiles. He slowly stood up, walked to Hong Qiming's side, nodded and said: "Not bad, not bad, this is a great job!"
A smile appeared on Hong Qiming's slightly serious face. He nodded gently and whispered, "I didn't expect that Lu Yongchang would be so powerful."
Councillor Li's eyes flashed with a hint of regret: "Yes... I have read the report you sent over the past two days."
The next second, Councillor Li changed the subject and said seriously, "Qiming, what do you think of this kid Lu Yongchang?"
Hong Qiming's pupils suddenly shrank.
Councillor Li's words gave him a vague guess.
Could it be that Councillor Lee is preparing to...
He didn't dare to hide anything and immediately told everything he had seen.
After listening to Hong Qiming's words, Councillor Li nodded thoughtfully: "It seems that this guy is very much to your taste."
"I plan to train him to be the leader of the new generation. What do you think?"
Hong Qiming took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "Member Li, I think Lu Yongchang can shoulder this responsibility!"
Councillor Li showed a satisfied smile on his face: "In that case, bring him to my place in a couple of days. I want to meet him in person."
…
"What?!"
"Councilman Lee wants to see me?!"
Even Lu Yongchang, who had seen all kinds of big shots in his previous life, couldn't help but be a little surprised at this moment.
He didn't expect that Congressman Li would notice him so quickly.
But what is the reason?
It's just a controlled nuclear fusion ignition experiment, but it's not enough to make Congressman Li pay attention to him!
After thinking for a long time without getting an answer, Lu Yongchang showed a flattering smile on his face and approached Hong Qiming: "Minister Hong, do you know... why Councillor Li wants to see me?"
Hong Qiming glanced helplessly at Lu Yongchang, who was grinning in front of him.
He was wondering from the bottom of his heart, why is this kid Lu Yongchang not afraid of him at all?
After all, he is a member of parliament at the ministerial level!
Although he was a little puzzled, he still told Lu Yongchang everything he knew.
"Member Li's intention is to train you to become a leader of the younger generation. You must be prepared."
As soon as the words fell, not only Lu Yongchang, but even Fang Xu beside him, had his pupils shrink suddenly!
Lu Yongchang restrained the smile on his face and asked in a deep voice: "Minister Hong, did Councillor Li really say that?"
"No falsehood!"
Hearing Hong Qiming's decisive response, a hint of excitement flashed in Lu Yongchang's eyes.
If it really works, then he will have more confidence in dealing with the future disaster!
Originally, according to his plan, it would take him about three years to achieve his current achievements.
But now... in less than a month, he has completed all the preliminary planning!
"Captain Hong, when are we leaving?"
Hong Qiming smiled and glanced at the "young boy" in front of him: "Tomorrow, I will take you to see Councillor Li in person!"
…
the next day.
A black Audi A6 slowly stopped at the entrance of a mysterious building within the First Ring Road of Beijing.
After the car door opened, a middle-aged man got out first, followed by a college student with a slightly immature look on his face.
"Yongchang, when you meet Councillor Li, don't talk nonsense. Be serious, okay?"
There was some uneasiness in Hong Qiming's eyes. As Lu Yongchang's "guarantor", if something really went wrong, he would probably be held responsible!
Lu Yongchang nodded slightly without saying anything.
Seeing this, Hong Qiming showed a hint of smile in his eyes.
"I didn't expect that you would get nervous sometimes?"
"I've never seen you like this before!"
Hong Qiming's teasing voice brought Lu Yongchang back to his senses.
There was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
nervous?
He wasn't nervous!
Just now he was just thinking about how to make Councillor Li pay attention to the development of aerospace technology!
However, since Minister Hong said so, he just responded silently.
You can't refute him at this time, right?
As a former chief scientist, his emotional intelligence is not that low!
"Don't worry, Councillor Li is easy to talk to."
Seeing that Lu Yongchang remained silent, Minister Hong smiled even more and patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go, don't keep Councillor Li waiting anxiously."
…
"Knock, knock, knock!"
Rhythmic knocks on the door sounded in the quiet corridor.
"Enter!"
An old man's voice came from inside the door.
The heavy wooden door slowly opened, and a familiar and simple office appeared in front of Lu Yongchang.
There was a glimmer of nostalgia in his eyes.
In his previous life, he was a frequent visitor to this office!
"Lv Yongchang, right?"
The moment he saw Lu Yongchang, a smile appeared on the old man's face. Then he slowly stood up from his chair and walked in front of him.
Councillor Li looked Lu Yongchang up and down and praised him repeatedly, "Not bad, not bad, a handsome man."
He reached out and patted Lu Yongchang on the shoulder: "On behalf of Xia Guo, thank you."
As he spoke, Councillor Li actually bent down towards Lu Yongchang.
"Congressman Lee!"
Hong Qiming, who was standing by, saw this and showed some anxiety in his eyes. He said repeatedly: "Councilor Li! Absolutely not!"
Lu Yongchang also reacted immediately and was about to move sideways to help Councillor Li up, but he was firmly pinned to the spot by Councillor Li's left hand and had to accept the bow forcefully.
"Councilman Li, you are..." Lu Yongchang smiled bitterly, "I just did what a scientific researcher should do."
Councillor Li stood up and was moved when he heard this: "It's the right thing to do...Okay! Okay!"
"A few days ago, I asked Minister Hong what he thought of you."
"Originally, I thought Minister Hong was biased towards you, but now it seems that Minister Hong is not telling the truth!"
As he spoke, Councillor Li smiled and glanced at Hong Qiming who was standing beside him with a smirk on his face, then spoke again to confirm.
"You kid... good! Very good!"
"If all the young people in Xia country were like you, there would be no worries about Xia country not rising!"