"squeak..."
The sound of brakes interrupted Lu Hezheng's thoughts.
"Professor Lu, we're here!"
Du Zhen's voice came from the driver's seat.
Lu Hezheng came to his senses and looked out through the car window.
A makeshift factory building appeared on the gravel ground in front of it.
"This...is this a temporary research institute?"
Lu Hezheng's eyes widened slightly and he said in disbelief.
To be honest, this was definitely the most rudimentary laboratory he had ever seen, no doubt about it!
Du Zhen, who was sitting in the driver's seat, scratched the back of his head and said with a wry smile, "Professor Lu, we are running out of time. This kind of laboratory is the limit of what we can do."
"Let's not talk about this. Let me take you to see Professor Lu first!"
…
Lu Hezheng followed Du Zhen to the door of a makeshift iron house.
"Professor Lu, Professor Lu is inside, I won't go in."
Du Zhen smiled and said to Lu Hezheng, then turned around and left.
Lu Hezheng looked at the extremely simple tin house, took a deep breath, and walked into it.
As soon as he entered the iron house, Lu Hezheng saw a young man in his twenties sitting behind a desk with a serious expression. He held a pen in his hand and concentrating on writing and drawing something on the table.
Although the young man looked a little immature, Lu Hezheng felt a sense of disobedience from him.
He had only seen this kind of aura in those top scientists who were known as national heroes!
Although he had never met Lu Yongchang in person, at this moment, Lu Hezheng was extremely sure that the young man in front of him was Professor Lu Yongchang who had single-handedly promoted the development of nuclear fusion!
Perhaps he heard some noise, Lu Yongchang, who was working, slowly raised his head.
The moment he saw Lu Hezheng, Lu Yongchang's eyes lit up slightly. He quickly put down the pen in his hand, stood up and greeted him, "Professor Lu, please take a seat!"
Lu Hezheng was slightly stunned: "Professor Lu... do you know me?"
Lu Yongchang smiled and waved his hand: "Don't call me that, I haven't graduated yet!"
Lu Hezheng: "…"
Seeing Lu Hezheng's expression of eating shit, Lu Yongchang smiled even more: "It's just a joke."
"Professor Lu, I've read your information. You were responsible for the temperature control of the tokamak device at Beijing University of Science and Technology, right?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Lu Hezheng's eyes.
He didn't expect that Lu Yongchang, as the chief engineer of the nuclear fusion demonstration reactor, could remember his information so clearly!
Seeing Lu Yongchang's gaze towards him, Lu Hezheng nodded quickly and said, "That's right!"
"How about you also be in charge of the research on the demonstration pile?"
Hearing Lv Yongchang's proposal, Lu Hezheng's face flashed with hesitation: "Professor Lv, after all, I used to study tokamaks, and I didn't study stellarators very deeply. Is this... really okay?"
Along the way, Lu Hezheng truly realized how much importance Xia Guo attached to the fusion demonstration reactor.
Therefore, he felt a little scared.
If it was really because of his personal mistakes that the fusion demonstration reactor had any serious problems, then the consequences for him would be...
Lu Yongchang smiled and shook his head, his tone softened again: "Professor Lu, I don't think you need to worry about this problem."
"The design difficulty of the temperature control module on the stellarator is definitely lower than that of the tokamak device."
"Besides, 95% of the researchers in the temporary institute, except for you, originally studied tokamaks."
Lu Yongchang's words made Lu Hezheng relax a lot.
After all, we are all studying tokamak, so there is not much difference!
"Then it's settled. As for salary... we can offer you the highest standard, but there is one condition!"
Speaking of this, Lu Yongchang's face suddenly became very serious.
Lu Hezheng looked at Lu Yongchang with some trepidation, and asked softly, "What... request do you have? As long as it's not too excessive, I can accept it!"
Faced with the great man who single-handedly promoted the development of nuclear fusion, Lu Hezheng kept a low profile.
Lu Yongchang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's not an excessive request."
"During the research period, you need to cut off all communication with the outside world."
"It will continue until the demonstration reactor is actually completed."
Lu Hezheng breathed a sigh of relief.
It turns out that's just the request.
Ever since he saw so many patrolling troops on the way here, he had been mentally prepared for this!
He nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course, of course! Professor Lu, rest assured, I will definitely cooperate in this regard."
Lu Yongchang nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, then you can go and have a rest. We will start studying the mission tomorrow."
…
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, three months passed quietly.
As the popularity declined, the number of viewers in Xiaguo News' official Douyin live broadcast room also decreased by 90%.
Just when everyone had forgotten about the incident, Xia Guo News' Weibo account quietly pushed out a piece of news.
"Warm congratulations on the completion of the Xia Guocang Bay Fusion Demonstration Reactor Project!"
boom!
With the release of this news, the entire Xia country was in an uproar!
"What the hell!?"
"I've totally forgotten about this... Is there any big shot who can calculate the time and see if it's three months?"
"I just calculated it, it's exactly 90 days. If you include two 31-day months... the construction task is even two days ahead of schedule!"
"Why don't I believe it... Such a huge task can really be completed in 90 days? There won't be any quality problems by then, right?"
"I don't know what the people upstairs are complaining about. Xiaguo News Douyin has been live-streaming the construction process 24/7 for the past three months. Don't you believe it?"
This comment instantly reminded everyone on Weibo who were watching the show!
In just a few minutes, hundreds of thousands of viewers crowded into Xia Guo News' Douyin live broadcast room!
In the live broadcast room, four huge hemispherical buildings were glowing silvery-white in the sun!
After a brief silence, countless barrages floated across the screen!
"Fuck! So handsome!"
"What can you see from such a distance? Can you move the camera closer?"
"??? I suggest a thorough investigation of the brother above. I suspect he is the half million hiding in the crowd!"
"By the way, is this fusion reactor called the Canghai Bay Fusion Reactor? Shouldn't it have a more meaningful name?"
"That's right! We strongly urge the entire Internet to name the fusion reactor!"
"Recruiting names +1!"
"…"
In just a moment, the rhythm of the barrage in the live broadcast room was distorted.
Looking at the screen full of proposals for naming the fusion demonstration reactor, the person in charge of the official account of Xiaguo News sent out a Weibo message after seeking approval from the top leaders.
"Xia Guocang Bay Fusion Demonstration Reactor Naming Campaign!"
Perhaps it was because the Weibo officials underestimated the enthusiasm of the Xia people. In just a few minutes, Weibo even experienced a brief outage!
After the Weibo server resumed normal operation, countless strange names appeared in the comment section of the Weibo post.
Hou Yi, Phoenix...
These names are relatively normal.
SpongeBob, Patrick...
Not surprisingly, these outlandish names received the most likes.