Great Country Academician

On the other side, Europe, the Germanic country.

In the Planck Institute of Plasma, Professor Tillman Lunt is leaning on the railing, holding a bottle of beer in his hand, looking down at the steel behemoth below.

That was the greatest achievement of the Planck Institute for Plasma Research, Helix-7X.

However, it has not carried out controlled nuclear fusion experiments for more than a month.

This can be said to be an unbelievable thing for this once biggest ‘pride’.

After all, it is the world's largest stellarator controlled nuclear fusion device, and it was built in less than ten years.

According to common sense, this is the time when it is in its prime of youth, showing off its power and creating various historical records.

But now, it lies there quietly, like an old man who takes pity on his widowed family, waiting to enter a nursing home (museum) for retirement.

And today is the time to decide the answer.

As the person in charge of the Spiral Stone 7X project, he was supposed to attend today's meeting, but he really didn't want to face this 'cruel' answer, so he took a leave of absence and came here alone.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walked up to him, patted his shoulder and looked at the spiral stone 7X under their feet in silence.

The two looked at each other quietly for a while, and Professor Tillman couldn't help but ask: "What's the result?"

Although he already knew the answer, he still couldn't help but want to ask.

What if, what if there is a glimmer of hope?

Robert Mack shook his head, sighed and was silent for a moment before saying: "The decision has been officially made. Spiralite-7X will be temporarily shut down. Next, all the focus of the Plasma Research Institute will be transferred to Trust. Carmack device route up.”

After a pause, he handed a can of beer to Tillman and continued: "We have tried our best. Nearly half a year has passed since China achieved controllable nuclear fusion technology in October last year. .”

"We bought half a year for Helix 7X, but there is still no breakthrough. Maybe the star-simulator road really doesn't work."

After taking a sip of beer, Professor Tillman crunched the can in his hand and looked at the steel behemoth below with somewhat red eyes.

Although he had already guessed the result, when the answer actually came, he still felt disappointed and reluctant in his heart.

On the Spiral Stone 7X, or rather on the route of the stellarator, he invested nearly one-third of his life, a full thirty years.

It doesn’t take that long to raise a child. It’s impossible without feelings and sustenance.

But now, this route has been completely terminated.

Although Robert said it was a temporary stop, on the basis that the Tokamak route has successfully achieved controllable nuclear fusion, there is no possibility of restarting Helix-7X.

The only road waiting for it is the museum.

"Let's go and tidy up. Although the stellarator research has been suspended, we still have to continue researching controllable nuclear fusion. There are still many technologies on the Helix-7X that can be disassembled and used on the tokamak route. This For it, perhaps it is also a new kind of new life.”

After patting Tillman on the shoulder, Director Robert Mack drank the beer in his hand, threw the empty can into the trash can, and turned around to leave.

Tillman looked at his back and was silent for a moment.

Looking at the spiral stone 7X at his feet, Tillman sighed in his heart.

Is the road to stellarator really dead?

To be honest, he didn't think so.

In his opinion, the stellarators have never come to an end, it's just that their capabilities are not enough.

They do not have enough ability to establish a perfect numerical control model of plasma turbulence like Professor Xu, nor can they solve the first wall problem.

If these two problems are solved, he believes that the star simulator can also release its own starlight.

However, for the Planck Institute of Plasma Research, even if the stellarator can still be developed, it does not make much sense.

After all, it is easier to bet on a road with no end in sight, or to repeat the road that others have already walked and realized. You can judge it with your toes.

On the other side, Huaguo, Jinling.

In Xinghai Research Institute, Xu Chuan shook his head and took a long breath before deleting the emails he had written, deleted, and written again.

When Professor Tillman felt mixed emotions about the closure of Spiral Stone 7X, he was also troubled by Spiral Stone 7X.

Of course, what bothers him is not that Spiral Stone 7X has been shut down. In fact, this is really what he hopes for.

What he was worried about was what reason he should use to buy a stellarator from the Planck Institute of Plasma without spending too much money.

In the past two days, he has been thinking about how to reasonably buy the Helix 7X or WEGA from the Planck Institute of Plasma.

But I never came up with any reasonable reason.

After all, they have now achieved controllable nuclear fusion technology. If they buy a 'useless' fusion reactor like a stellarator, anyone can see that there is something fishy and problematic in it.

At this moment, there was a knock on the office door.

Xu Chuan casually responded and asked to come in, frowning and continuing to think.

But the sound that followed quickly interrupted his thoughts.

"What's wrong? Did you encounter something difficult? It can make you look sad."

In the office, a smiling voice sounded.

"Why are you here?"

Looking at the old man who opened the door and walked in, Xu Chuan asked in surprise, then quickly stood up and greeted him.

The old man smiled and said: "I have been doing some things in Jinling these two days, so I stopped by to take a look. Speaking of which, I rarely see you so worried. Did you encounter any difficulties?"

Xu Chuan said smoothly: "I'm thinking about how to buy a useless thing from other countries at the lowest price?"

elder:"????"

He was a little confused when he heard this question.

What does it mean to buy a useless thing back at the lowest cost?

It's useless, why would you buy it? Give money to others?

He seemed a little unable to understand this idea.

Looking at the dazed old man, Xu Chuan finally came back to his senses.

Smiling, he explained: "That's it. Regarding the miniaturized and controllable nuclear fusion technology, the tokamak device route is probably dead. Now I need a stellarator for research, and currently We don’t have stellarator technology in China, so we can only buy one from other countries.”

"But now that we have achieved controllable nuclear fusion technology, if we buy a 'useless' fusion reactor like a stellarator, anyone can see that there is something fishy and problematic in it."

"So, how to get the stellarator and related technologies from the Germanic countries at the lowest cost?"

Hearing this, the old man finally understood what he meant, smiled, and said, "I thought it was some technical trouble, but it turned out to be this kind of thing."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan looked over curiously. He had been thinking about this for the past two days, but he never thought of a good way. Finding a reason felt more troublesome than studying world-class problems.

The old man smiled lightly: "This kind of thing is indeed troublesome from a personal or Xinghai Research Institute perspective, but from a national perspective, it is still easy to do."

"If it is a technical trouble, it may be a bit more complicated, but if it is purely transactional, the country has countless ways to deal with it."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this for you. Within two months at the latest, I'll have someone deliver the stellarator and related technology to you."

PS: After thinking about it all night, I never thought of how to buy a star emulator at the lowest cost. Just like the protagonist’s email, I deleted it and edited it countless times. Forget it, let the country solve it directly, and let the country pretend to be cool. , the protagonist cannot always solve all the problems.

Another question in a low voice: Is there anything you can do?ヾ(ω`)o