Chapter 378 Golden Crow No. 1

While many experts and leaders in China were repeatedly watching and discussing the public lecture given by Kang Chi at Jiangsu Province University, most people on the other side of the ocean were still lying in warm beds having sweet dreams.

But soon, some people were pulled up by emergency calls.

Ministry of Energy of Country M.

Poirot yawned and forcibly cheered up to start the 'class' with everyone.

To be honest, when he heard the name 'Kang Chi' now, he felt a little irritated and even a little shadowy.

It's not that Kang Chi is really that lethal to him.

The main reason is that the G Club attaches too much importance to Kang Chi.

Whenever there is any slight disturbance to him, he will go to great lengths to convene various analysis meetings.

And every time it wakes people up from bed,

It's very annoying.

In addition, every time Kangchi engages in some very important scientific research fields, whether they follow or not follow, are broken through or surpassed, it will bring them a huge workload.

For example, when I was appointed as the chief engineer of nuclear fusion in China some time ago, the final result of the discussion was to follow up on the surface but actually reduce it.

And cutting funding is the easiest thing to offend people.

In just half a month, major laboratories have held at least dozens of protests in various forms. The original "seeking truth from facts" Fuli Hughes gradually changed his direction after he was spurned by his colleagues in various ways when he returned.

He constantly emphasizes the importance of controllable nuclear fusion in public and how much impact it will have on the world if China takes the lead in making breakthroughs in this field.

More importantly, he directly backstabbed the Energy Bureau, accusing them of doing one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes, which caused a huge public outcry among the people.

The issue of public opinion is actually just a minor issue.

More importantly, they suddenly discovered that they could not find a scholar who dared to tell the truth.

Various interest groups are coercing scholars and making their academic world more and more "capitalized". Scientists who are eager for quick success and instant benefits are losing their pursuit of academics and truth!

Last year, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was very proud to announce that the National Ignition Facility (NIF) was the first to achieve a nuclear fusion ignition experiment with a Q value greater than 1.

This shocked the whole world.

But later, after professional analysis, it turned out that the Q value of 1.53 was calculated in a very loose way.

Although they input 2.05 megajoules of laser energy into the target and obtained 3.15 megajoules of energy,

But in order to obtain the laser with 2.05 megajoules of energy, they spent more than 200 megajoules of energy!

They said nothing about it.

If you include the energy of more than 200 megajoules, this laser fusion device, which cost a full US$3.5 billion, actually achieved a Q value of less than 0.015...

This is definitely a big joke.

But instead of feeling ashamed, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shamelessly took the joke as pride. After boasting to the outside world, he turned to them and said two words:

Make money!

This guy just thinks everyone is an idiot!

They've had enough of these scientists' deception.

Poirot even had a strong premonition,

The problems in their academic world may be more serious than the threats from the outside world!

But he is the Minister of Energy, and it is not his turn to worry about this matter for the time being.

"What do you think about this?"

"I think this Kang Chi is now the king of liars that China has used to deceive us!"

The CIA set up a technical investigation and tracking team for Kang Chi some time ago, and Ollie Bernard, who is speaking now, is the leader of this team.

"The last time he spoke publicly, he said he would conduct anti-gravity research and threatened to spend hundreds of billions to build an example collider specifically designed to capture anti-mass charges. What was the result?"

"Almost a year has passed, and he has never mentioned it again, and according to our current intelligence analysis, they have not carried out construction projects in this area, so we can be 90% sure that he is deceiving us, and that is This deception actually allowed those guys in high-energy physics to defraud a billion dollars in funding!”

In fact, what really makes them uncomfortable is that

This billion investment has not even made a splash.

SSC, this super unfinished project, is still an unfinished project.

This project has been in disrepair for a long time, and the collision pipelines built before have become a paradise for homeless people.

Now that one billion dollars has been spent, the entire project has only been simply cleaned up and cold started...

So this billion has actually become their sunk cost.

If we give up now, one billion will be wasted.

If you don’t want to give up, it means you have to invest at least 5 billion US dollars...

And this only allows the device to operate. Every subsequent experiment done here will burn more money for them.

However, the speed at which particle colliders produce results has become slower and slower. Even if they produce results, it usually takes at least ten years to truly promote the development of science and technology.

It makes them very confused and uncomfortable.

They don't want to face all these unpleasant things in the future...

"Hey, there are really more and more frauds and lies in this world!"

Poirot rubbed his forehead with a headache, "I don't even know what kind of research project is really worth our investment..."

"If Congress no longer wants to solve the problems in academia, maybe we should just destroy it and wait for China to completely surpass us, and then let us cross the river by feeling their stones!"

After some discussion, they finally reached a consensus without listening to the opinions of experts and scholars:

The more Kang Chi clamors about nuclear fusion, the more it shows that for some reasons, he is less optimistic about controllable nuclear fusion.

And we are trying to trick them into increasing investment or changing direction.

The more this happens, the more vigilant they must be.

Continuing to wait and see may be the right choice.

They even thought that they could try to withdraw from the ITER project.

Or use this as a threat to find a way to kick China out and test their true attitude towards the tokamak device...

——

Dongyang, Pangu Base.

After Zhong Weijian and Cheng Tao got off the plane, they were immediately taken to Pangu Base by people from the National Security Bureau.

In fact, not long after Zhong Weijian and Chen Tao left home, they received a notice from Assistant Kang Chi asking them to come to Dongyang for a meeting.

It can be considered an accidental collision.

Although they arrived in Dongyang in advance, Kang Chi did not meet them in advance.

He also needs to sort out and check tomorrow's meeting materials and does not have time to receive them one by one in person.

If we only receive Academician Zhong Weijian, it will inevitably make other people feel unbalanced, so we simply treat them equally and leave it to the assistant.

This time he only invited the main leaders of various fusion device projects, so the number of people was much smaller than when Kang Chi last took office in the auditorium of the Academy of Sciences, and the venue was just an ordinary medium-sized conference room.

But everyone knows the importance of this meeting,

Therefore, not only Chief Lu from the Ministry of Science and Technology came to observe the meeting in person, but even the Presbyterian Council sent people over.

These two leaders only arrived on the morning of the meeting, so before the meeting started, Kang Chi received them privately and took them for a brief tour of Pangu Base.

This should be Chief Lu’s second visit to Pangu Base.

When he came here last time, more than half of the space in Pangu Base was still idle, but now basically every laboratory in the entire base has various equipment, and there are many more scientific researchers inside than before. few.

This made Chief Lu couldn't help but sigh: "Why do you feel that such a big laboratory is not enough for you..."

"This is only temporary." Kang Chi explained with a smile, "Most of these devices will be returned after a while."

Although the old man standing in front of Chief Lu had heard Chief Lu describe Kang Chi's laboratory on the way here, and had also seen with his own eyes the mechanical corps built by Kang Chi in the west, he now saw what was busy in the laboratory. After Bai Niu, I still felt a little shocked.

Wang Weisen and the others should have been allowed to come here to visit and see what artificial intelligence is.

However, Kangchi also emphasized to them that this is just an intelligent robot, which is fundamentally different from an artificial intelligence robot.

After entering Kang Chi's private laboratory, a white girl poured them a cup of tea each and drank the tea brewed by the robot, which made the old man even more surprised.

"No wonder Academician Kang is so insistent on setting up a production line of intelligent robots. These things can really change my world..."

Kang Chi smiled: "But before that, the first thing we need to solve is actually the energy problem."

"Energy is the fundamental issue of the fourth technological revolution. Only by solving the energy problem can our productivity be completely liberated and intelligent robots can play their maximum role."

"So you've found the answer?"

"Yes."

"Is this the magnetized target fusion you mentioned the day before yesterday?"

Kang Chi nodded: "I think this is the most likely technical route to commercialize fusion with our current technical conditions."

"Although it still cannot solve the negative impacts of using deuterium-tritium as fuel, compared with traditional nuclear fission power plants, its energy release efficiency can be increased by 4 to 8 times, and the fuel cost is lower."

The old man thought for a moment and then asked: "How sure are you now?"

"It's big."

"Understood, we will fully support you in the meeting later."

"Thanks."

——

When the three people arrived at the venue, the invited experts and scholars had been waiting for a long time.

More than twenty pairs of eyes immediately focused on Kang Chi.

After Kang Chi walked up to the rostrum, he greeted them with a smile and then said: "Thank you all for coming all the way from all over the country. I'm afraid your vacation is coming to an end."

Someone below suddenly said: "We are all people who can't take time off. We have been waiting for Academician Kang to speak for a long time."

"That's right. If you don't give us tasks anymore, we will come looking for you."

Their words made the atmosphere in the venue suddenly relaxed.

However, most people's expressions are the same as Zhong Weijian's, they are still more serious and dignified.

Because they knew very well that if Kang Chi's public statements in the past two days were not for political purposes, then their project would most likely be cut off by now.

And Kang Chi did not disappoint them. After simply saying hello, he directly announced an important decision:

"From today on, all previous controlled nuclear fusion projects, including international cooperation projects such as EAST, will be cancelled."

Although this result had been vaguely guessed, when Kang Chi actually said this, there was still a commotion at the scene.

"Everyone be quiet!" The old man sitting in the front row patted the table and said in a deep voice, "If you have any questions, just ask. What's the point of making a fuss?"

So everyone stopped discussing, and then someone immediately raised his hand and said, "Mr. Kang, even if you are optimistic about the magnetized target fusion route, isn't it a bit unsafe to cancel all other projects directly?"

"That's right, isn't this putting all the eggs in one basket? What if the magnetized target route doesn't work?"

"4 months!" Facing their doubts, Kang Chi said loudly, "After 4 months, I guarantee that the device will be ignited! If it can't be completed, I will directly resign from the position of chief engineer."

The people below were stunned.

Four months?

What can be done in four months?

The International Thermonuclear Fusion Project next door has not been completed for more than ten years. Even if China's infrastructure capacity is strong, it is too difficult to build a demonstration reactor in four months, right?

"But in these four months, I need you to cooperate with me fully." Kang Chi continued, "Didn't your device upgrade during this period? It should be almost dismantled now..."

"You also know that the magnetized target focusing device is actually composed of two tokamaks and an inertial confinement device."

"In order to speed up the progress, I need to requisition some of your parts, and I will also assign some tasks to you. I hope you can complete the transformation and adjustment of the parts within the specified time."

After hearing what Kang Chi said, Zhong Weijian was shocked.

Good guy,

It turns out that Kang Chi has been planning to take advantage of their devices for a long time!

Under the guise of upgrading the device, they have unknowingly helped Kang Chi prepare their own parts...

This guy is so shrewd that he doesn't look like a young man in his early thirties, okay?

But more importantly, what he has to do now is not to cancel everyone's project, but to directly requisition their equipment...

This requisition, there is no turning back!

When everyone was shocked by Kang Chi's words and was speechless, Kang Chi's assistant had already assigned the tasks to each research institution.

Zhong Weijian simply looked at the tasks on his side.

First, it is to formally cancel the Eastern Super Ring project, dismiss all international cooperative R&D personnel, and re-select R&D personnel to join the "Jinwu No. 1" project.

Second, it is responsible for manufacturing the plasma injector of Jinwu No. 1.

This plasma injector is actually a small tokamak device,

but compared with the tokamak used to produce nuclear fusion, its requirements are much lower.

It does not need to be really ignited, it only needs to pressurize the nuclear fuel into plasma, and then spray it into the magnetized target device where the fusion reaction really needs to occur.

It is a bit like the 'fuel tank' and 'fuel injector' of an internal combustion engine.

The technical difficulty is much lower than the core device of the magnetized target.

After seeing this task, Zhong Weijian was slightly relieved.

This kind of device is what he is best at, and it is indeed suitable for them to do.

In this regard alone, their research on tokamaks has not been wasted.

And doing magnetized target fusion does not necessarily mean completely abandoning the tokamak route.

After all, the tokamak itself is part of the magnetized target device...