Great Country Academician

On the first day of 2020, he received good news, which made Xu Chuan feel very comfortable.

He didn't even mind Xu Xiao teasing him in the group before.

But looking at the string of red envelopes in the group, Xu Chuan thought for a while, and inadvertently tapped his finger on the last one.

It's not that he lacks money, it's just that he wants to see how big a red envelope that girl Xu Xiao sent out!

Well, just curious!

"open!"

[11.11 yuan, the change has been deposited, which can be used to send red envelopes. 】

When the red envelope was opened, the corner of Xu Chuan's mouth twitched.

Well, the numbers!

Gan!

Does this broken red envelope also laugh at him?

Soon, a message popped up in the group.

"Brother? How dare you snatch a red envelope! Little bit bit bit bit bit bit.JPG!"

Seeing the news, the corner of Xu Chuan's mouth twitched, and after quickly opening several other red envelopes, he responded in the group: "Your New Year's red envelopes are gone this morning!"

"Ah no! I'm sorry bro, I was wrong!" Xu Xiao quickly confessed, ran down from upstairs, hugged Xu Chuan's arm, and began to admit his mistake and act coquettishly.

This wave is simply a small loss, I would have known that after receiving the New Year's red envelopes, I would send them out!

After celebrating the new year, visiting relatives, and staying at home until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Chuan also left for Jinling.

Compared with previous years when the twelfth year or even the Lantern Festival was almost over before starting, this year he did leave a little earlier.

However, the controllable nuclear fusion project still needs him to preside over it, and he needs to communicate with CERN and the Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, both of which are very important matters.

In particular, he also made an appointment with Professor David Gross to discuss the procurement of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials after February 5th. Although he does not know when the other party will come, he must at least arrive in Jinling before then. Prepare.

After bidding farewell to his family, Xu Chuan rushed back to Jinling from Baling by high-speed rail.

In the Chuanhai Institute of Materials, Fan Pengyue who stayed here was a little surprised when he saw him: "Why did you come back today?"

Xu Chuan said with a smile: "Professor Gross at CERN called me and basically confirmed that he will purchase high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials from us for the upgrade of the LHC Large Intense Particle Collider. Well, there is an approximate time to meet, so I will come here in advance to prepare."

Hearing this, Fan Pengyue was even more surprised: "What the hell? The superconducting order for LHC collider upgrades is at least a billion-dollar order, right? Did you get it?"

Xu Chuan nodded with a smile, and said, "With the excellent superconducting properties of the copper-carbon-silver composite material, it's easy to negotiate an order."

Fan Pengyue gave a thumbs up and said, "Awesome! You are the only one who can turn the products in the laboratory into orders so quickly!"

There is indeed nothing wrong with his words. It will take at least one or two years for a laboratory product to be successfully converted into order revenue.

After all, laboratory products are still a long way from industrialization, and even if they can be industrialized1, it is not so easy to find suitable sellers.

Unless it is almost irreplaceable like artificial SEI film, it will be extremely smooth for all manufacturers to actively pursue.

However, high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials are obviously not. Whether it is a low-temperature superconducting material or a high-temperature superconducting material, there are still many superconducting materials that can replace it.

It can only be said that his boss's connections are really scary, and super orders like CERN can be successfully intercepted.

On the other side, when Xu Chuan was rushing back to Jinling, a plane arrived in Huaguo from Berlin Tegel Airport.

"Professor Tillman, nice to meet you!"

In the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute, Xu Chuan greeted Professor Tillman Lunt from the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics before meeting the experts from CERN.

Smiling, he stepped forward to give her a hug, and he greeted warmly.

Since Professor Tillman came here today, the old ASDEX device should be stable.

Professor Tillman Lunt smiled and said, "Long time no see, I haven't seen you at CERN for the past two years."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said, "The mission of the inertial neutrinos has been completed, and I won't find anything more when I go there."

Tillman Lunt smiled and said, "What about dark matter and dark energy? I heard that CERN has been looking for them for more than half a year. If they can be found, this is definitely a discovery beyond the ages!"

Xu Chuan shrugged and said, "With the current colliders and detectors, it may not be so easy to find traces of dark matter and dark energy."

After a slight pause, he continued: "Another piece of good news for you, CERN contacted me a few days ago to confirm the purchase of a batch of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials from the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute for use in LHC. Upgrade. I believe there is nothing better to verify the quality of our materials than this.”

Hearing this, Tillman Lunt raised his eyebrows in surprise, and said, "Is it so fast?"

Xu Chuan smiled and said: "A critical magnetic field above 20T is enough to raise the LHC's collision energy level to over 100 Tev. You know, this is a huge challenge for high-energy fields and large-scale strong particle colliders. temptation."

Tillman nodded, and said, "That's true. I'm here this time because I want to discuss with you about the ASDEX device and high-temperature superconducting material transactions."

Xu Chuan served a cup of tea, handed it to Professor Tillman Lunt, and said with a smile, "Of course, it would be great if we can negotiate."

"For you, the final destination of the old ASDEX device is a museum or sold to someone else. Instead of that, you might as well use it to make a deal with me."

"I have learned before that the progress of your stellarator Helix-7X seems to be difficult. Compared with modifying the control scheme or further optimizing your water-cooled divertor, maybe you need some ultra-sonic devices that can provide a stronger magnetic field. guide material."

"It can improve the performance of the confinement field in a shorter time and provide a stronger magnetic field to ensure that the plasma turbulence in the reactor chamber will not fly randomly, which is easier than the former two."

Tillman nodded and said: "That's true, but after all, we spent more than 600 million and nearly 700 million euros to build the ASDEX device, and it was 700 million more than ten years ago. It's been upgraded countless times."

"If you put it all together, we spent at least a billion euros on it."

After a pause, Tillman continued: "We are all scholars, so there is no need to follow the businessman's way. Let's be honest, we need the high-temperature superconducting materials in your hands, and you need our ASDEX equipment. Let's talk about the price."

"Although we are looking forward to the high-temperature superconducting materials in your hands, ASDEX is also our painstaking effort, and we cannot sell it cheaply."

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Of course, although the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material is excellent, it still lacks something compared to a fusion reactor."

After thinking about it for a while, he continued: "How about 300 million euros plus a batch of high-temperature superconducting materials that are enough for you to complete the upgrade of Helix 7X?"

Hearing this, Tillman Lent thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "300 million euros is barely enough, but regarding high-temperature superconducting materials, I'm afraid it won't work."

"You should know that in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, the principle of technology exchange technology has always been followed, and although the ASDEX device has been decommissioned in the past two years, there are still many advanced technologies on it, such as water-cooled divertors, multiple Pole field coils, flywheel units, etc."

"These things can help you and Hua Guo improve a lot on the road of controllable nuclear fusion."

"If it is 300 million euros + open high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite material superconducting technology, I can go to communicate."

"The 300 million euros are for the purchase of ASDEX equipment, and following the principle of technology exchange technology, the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite material superconducting technology is to exchange the ASDEX equipment for all the technologies you need."

"These also include advanced technologies such as water-cooled divertors, multi-pole field coils, and flywheel units that we open to you."

"If you can't agree to open high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting technology for a technology exchange, I'm afraid the purchase price will need to be at least doubled."

Hearing Tillman's answer, Xu Chuan thought for a while.

Originally, he didn't think about trading these advanced technologies. What he wanted was to use funds + a batch of high-temperature superconducting materials to buy back the ASDEX device and research it himself.

In fact, the 300 million euros was for buying ASDEX equipment and then exchanging technology. To be honest, for Huaguo, this is not a loss, it can even be said to be a profit, and it is actually a lot of money.

As Tillman said, advanced technologies such as water-cooled divertors, multi-pole field coils, and flywheel units on ASDEX can greatly promote Huaguo's progress on the road of controllable nuclear fusion.

But for himself, this transaction needs to be considered. After all, the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver superconducting material is his own technology, even if it is only the most basic version.

But for him, this is not something that needs to be considered for a long time.

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Chuan nodded and agreed: "No problem, but I need to organize a team to study with you about the water-cooled divertor, multi-pole field coil, flywheel unit and other technologies on ASDEX, including the transportation from ASDEX in the future. For the subsequent transformation, you also need to arrange for experts to come and cooperate with you."

If Tillman proposed open technology before the optimization of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, he might have considered it longer.

But now that the optimization has been completed, there is no need to think too much about these things. As long as you keep your lead, it's enough.

Hearing this, Professor Tillman put on a smile on his face, and stretched out his right hand: "Then I wish us a happy cooperation in the future!"

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Happy cooperation!"

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