Section 278

Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou were expressionless, ignoring the gazes cast at them, but their eyes were fixed on Director Liu.

Director Liu was obviously one of the people who discussed the name at the beginning, but now this guy has become a non-stick pan.

Xiao Yi was also there, but he really didn't have any extra thoughts about the names. He also swore that there was no other meaning in his eyes when he looked at Li Jiangan and the other two. It was just the psychological effect of these two people.

He still had to spend time thinking about how to advance the overall plan next.

"First of all, I will announce that after the above discussion, the personnel arrangements for the EAST-S plan will be made."

Director Liu took out a piece of information and prepared to read out the appointment, and most of the people present immediately pricked up their ears.

Personnel arrangements are the top priority, representing the ranking of the plan, which is of great significance to the future prospects of many people.

However, the first position made them feel very surprised.

"The position of chief designer will be held by Professor Xiao Yi!"

Except for Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou, who knew the inside story, everyone else present was stunned.

What's going on?

The chief designer is actually Xiao Yi, not Li Jiangan?

After all, Li Jiangan is not only the old director of their plasma institute, but also the chief designer of EAST at that time. He is the most powerful person in their institute in terms of prestige and qualifications.

So before, they all estimated that this chief designer should be held by Li Jiangan.

But now...

However, when they all looked at Li Jiangan, they found that there was nothing strange in his expression. Instead, it seemed that it should be so. He even gave Xiao Yi a congratulatory expression.

And their director Zhao Zhanyou did not have any unexpected expression, and even applauded.

Then everyone reacted and applauded.

"Congratulations, Professor Xiao!"

"You will be called Chief Engineer Xiao from now on!"

"Hello, Chief Engineer Xiao!"

"..."

No matter how surprising this appointment is, since it was decided by the higher-ups, they will just call him first.

Xiao Yi smiled and nodded to everyone present.

Then, Director Liu continued to announce other appointments.

Academician Li Jiangan served as the chief administrative commander and deputy chief designer, Zhao Zhanyou served as the chief quality engineer, and some other people from the Institute of Plasma held other corresponding positions.

Among them, Li Jiangan served as the chief administrative commander, which can be regarded as the higher-ups completely handing over professional matters to professionals.

In this way, the top leadership of the entire EAST-S plan are all professionals, which greatly avoids the blind command of non-professionals.

For a time, it also brought a lot of surprise to many people present. What happened to their project?

There are no outsiders to intervene?

Is their project a bit unusual?

After all the leadership appointments were read out, Director Liu put down the information in his hand, looked at the people present and said: "Okay, I have read out the appointments of the main leaders. The rest of the appointments will be decided by the chief designer and the chief administrative commander."

"I hope that all comrades will work together to complete our nuclear fusion plan and create our mortal sun."

For Director Liu's words, everyone else basically thought it was just a polite remark, but Xiao Yi stood up at this time and said solemnly: "We guarantee to complete the task."

And Li Jiangan and Zhao Zhanyou also stood up at this time and said solemnly: "Guarantee to complete the task."

Although the others didn't understand why, they all stood up and said.

"Guarantee to complete the task."

...

With the official launch of the project, the news spread quickly.

This kind of thing is of course impossible to hide, but Xiao Yi and others did not think about hiding the plan of EAST-S, after all, it was originally an open plan.

For a while, quite a lot of people began to discuss it.

Of course, people mainly talked about the fact that Xiao Yi actually served as the chief designer of this project.

After all, some people have discussed whether Xiao Yi would study nuclear fusion because of the Greenwald limit he created.

And now, people's previous speculation has been verified at this time.

So, on Zhihu, there is such a question on the hot search list: [The new nuclear fusion device Super Eastern Super Ring EAST-S has been officially approved, and Xiao Yi is the chief designer. Does this mean that Xiao Yi thinks that nuclear fusion will have a chance to be realized? ]

The first answer below, which is also the one with the highest number of likes, is this: [This kind of project is often hundreds of millions or tens of billions of dollars in funding. It is not that someone can come up with it just because they think it has a chance to be realized. Does Xiao Yi think that Gundam can be built, so he can approve the project?

Just kidding!

In addition, the plan report of this project has already stated that EAST-S is an experimental device. You know, experimental devices are built for experiments. Basically, it is the same as the previous EAST, simply to build a larger tokamak device, and then conduct larger-scale experiments. As for whether it can succeed? Let's experiment first and then talk about it after the results come out.

In fact, according to some information I have learned, the plasma site has applied for project approval several times before, but none of them were successful. However, this time it involved the Science Island Laboratory and Xiao Yi, so it succeeded. I guess, basically, since the above saw Xiao Yi also wanted to build a nuclear fusion device, they just let him have fun. Anyway, the Institute of Plasma has applied so many times.

In addition, what you need to know is that both the Science Island Laboratory and the Institute of Plasma Laboratory are located in Feicheng Science Island! They are all from the same place, they are basically familiar with each other, and their cooperation is considered normal, so don't think that if Xiao Yi joins, nuclear fusion will be achieved.

The West has been working on nuclear fusion for so many years but has not succeeded. ITER has been around for 20 or 30 years and has not been completed yet. Xiao Yi has not even started to work on it yet, so he just established a project and just blew it. ? This is impossible.

We should just continue to develop photovoltaics and new energy, and just build fourth-generation nuclear power plants. Things like nuclear fusion are too far away.

Don't say that Xiao Yi can do it through research. Nuclear fusion and other things are not the same thing. 】

And below this answer, there are quite a few replies.

[The respondent is right. How can nuclear fusion be achieved so easily? Fifty years is fifty years, it can't change. I guess Xiao Yi just gave it a try. Maybe someone from the Plasma Institute pulled Xiao Yi into trouble? 】

[There is a rumor here that people from the Institute of Plasma invited Xiao Yi to come over, hoping to cooperate with him to build a new nuclear fusion device. Now the project has finally been approved]

[I also have gossip here. When Xiao Yi returned to Fei City, the Fei City Government and the University of Science and Technology wanted to build a science island laboratory for him. Some people disagreed at the time. In the end, it was the people from the Plasma Institute who spoke to Xiao Yi. Then he was considered able to pass. Maybe Xiao Yi helped because of this incident? 】

[But why did Xiao Yicheng become the chief commander in the end? 】

[Good question, I don’t know. 】

[Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, it is about human relations! 】

【……】

Among the many replies that started to discuss human nature, a sentence suddenly popped up: [You used to think so about the twin prime conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture, NS equation, and the mass gap problem. Now you also think about nuclear fusion in the same way. I hope that in the end What is happening is a scene where you are slapped in the face. 】

Then there were many people rushing to reply to this comment.

[Come, come, Xiao Xiaozi is here]

[You can see Xiao Xiaozi here? Although I do admire Xiao Yi, your mindless boasting really brings Xiao Yi into trouble]

[This rice circle culture should be cured. Xiao Yi, a scientist, can be filial. Look at what Xiao Yi said some time ago, isn't he a celebrity or an internet celebrity? 】

【……】

Obviously, as Xiao Yi's fans increase, some fanatical fans will naturally appear, and conflicts will arise between them and other ordinary netizens.

For a time, this question also made people feel full of hostility.

There are people who think that this is just an experimental device and it is impossible to achieve nuclear fusion; there are people who believe that Xiao Yi can successfully achieve nuclear fusion; there are also people who think that nuclear fusion will never be achieved.

Everyone has their own ideas, and with the convenience of the Internet age, everyone can express their ideas without any scruples.

Of course, after all, the future is unpredictable, so it is normal for different people to have different opinions.

Only when the wheel of history rolls around can a conclusion be drawn.

…

Of course, this matter has not escaped the attention of the White House.

Listening to the CIA director's report, the Secretary of State frowned.

"It means that this Xiao Yi has started to study nuclear fusion? He has even become the person in charge of nuclear fusion in China?"

It was completely different from what they had investigated before.

The CIA director shook his head and said: "He is not the person in charge of China's nuclear fusion, but the person in charge of China's nuclear fusion device program. And there are many devices like this, whether it is China or the United States, mainly For the sake of experiment, they built a new experimental device like this, all to test whether nuclear fusion can be achieved. "

The Secretary of State thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's different, it's not the same."

He stood up from his seat and walked around his office.

"Xiao Yi is different from other scientists. He is now really starting to study nuclear fusion. Who knows what results he can make?"

The Secretary of State thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Where are the scientific advisers? What did they say?"

The director of the CIA said: "They have re-evaluated it, and the conclusion is still the same as before. Maybe Xiao Yi can make some breakthroughs, but the probability of achieving nuclear fusion is less than 1%."

"1%!" the Secretary of State said: "That is nuclear fusion. If there is a 1% probability of realizing it, it is completely feasible!"

"But they say our probability of achieving nuclear fusion is less than 1%."

The Secretary of State twitched his lips, but at this moment, there was a knock on the office door, and his assistant walked in and said: "Mr. Secretary of State, it is the Vice President who is telling you to go to her office as soon as possible. She wants to talk to you. Let’s talk about the election.”

"I see."

The Secretary of State suddenly felt a headache.

The general election will begin on November 5th, and now it is already the end of September, with only a month and a few days left until that day.