From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Time jumps to June.

USA, University of California, Santa Barbara.

"Professor Hollis, how is your research going?"

In a building that seemed to have a large space, a white man followed by a large group of followers walked up to an old professor in a white coat and asked.

The old professor suddenly showed a wry smile on his face, and said: "Minister Kenny, your request is really embarrassing for me, this is controllable nuclear fusion! In this world, there is only one well-known person who can Developed in a few years, and I'm just an old guy who has been working on it for half his life without any success."

Minister Kenny snorted coldly: "Professor Hollis, this is not the time to say such things."

The old professor shook his head and finally let out a long sigh.

His name is Turner Hollis, he is a professor of nuclear physics at the University of Santa Barbara, and he has also presided over research on controllable nuclear fusion in the United States in the past.

It's just that because the government couldn't see any benefits from it, the relevant funds gradually decreased, and in the end they couldn't even maintain the salaries of the researchers, so their original research had to stop and finally disbanded. I also came back here and started working as a professor, teaching students in class.

As a result, a few months ago, that eastern genius actually brought this artificial sun to the world, so the government found him again and asked him to carry out this research on controllable nuclear fusion again.

At the beginning, he felt very happy, at least in the future, he would have something to do, but later he regretted it, because the minister of the Ministry of Energy would come here every day to ask questions. Check out his research progress.

This is simply embarrassing him!

"Mr. Minister, I know you are in a hurry, but please don't worry, scientific research is not accomplished overnight. If I told you two days ago that we have no possibility of success, and you came to ask me again today, then I will Tell you that we will succeed soon, and it will be controlled nuclear fusion, what do you think? Will you believe me?"

Hollis said with a sigh.

And Kenny snorted, and said: "I will immediately find all the media, and then let them interview you, and announce this good news to our citizens. At that time, this matter will not be between you and me. It’s a matter of trust between you and all citizens.”

Hollis was taken aback, then shook his head helplessly. These politicians are sometimes out of reach of a scientific person like him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of Lin Xiao, the oriental genius.

The more he thought about it, the more he envied him. What he envied was not Lin Xiao's talent, but the treatment Lin Xiao enjoyed in his country. Such treatment was obviously envied by all of them.

Of course, he woke up soon and sighed again. Although he didn't envy Lin Xiao's ability, if he didn't have Lin Xiao's ability, how could he get that kind of treatment?
"Mr. Minister, please don't bother me anymore. If you want to see that we have one percent... oh no, even one thousandth of the progress, you'd better not stay here."

Until the end, Hollis waved his hand and began to issue an order to evict the minister.

Obviously, the minister couldn't leave so easily, let alone be driven away by the expulsion order.

He took Hollis's arm, stared at his research, and then said in a single word: "Professor Hollis, please understand what kind of situation we are facing now, this is our country. The critical moment we are facing is also the critical moment facing our world."

"Can you imagine how much it will consume the earth's resources when all people in a country with a population of more than one billion can live the same standard of living as our citizens? And the earth's environmental problems we are facing , so now, how can we sit back and watch this happen?"

And Hollis was probably offended by Minister Kenny's attitude. With a wave of his arm, he shook off Kenny's hand holding his arm, and then said angrily: "Mr. Kenny, I'm sorry, I I am a person without party affiliation. I don’t agree with your statement. What controlled nuclear fusion brings is not the consumption of resources, but the huge expansion of resources available to human beings. Whether it is our basic necessities of life, food, shelter, and transportation, we can all benefit from this infinite resource. benefit from."

"Moreover, controlled nuclear fusion will not bring us environmental problems, but will only help our environment to become better. If you don't even know this, I don't think we need to continue arguing." down."

Hollis snorted coldly, and finally seemed to think of something again, and said: "Oh, by the way, I haven't forgotten that the recent polls about your support have dropped very badly, and the reason seems to be related to nuclear fusion, so , You said so many hypocritical things just now, are they all for the support of your party?"

Hearing Hollis's words, Kenny's face suddenly changed. Obviously, Hollis said what he was thinking.

Then he became even more furious, reaching out his hand and wanting to do it.

At this time, the people following Kenny immediately grabbed Kenny. If their minister hit a respected professor here, there would be a big fuss in public opinion afterwards.

Soon, the two were separated.

Hollis was even more frightened and angry. He is in his 70s now, while Kenny is only in his 50s, and he still has physical fitness. Dare to imagine.

So he immediately said angrily: "With your appearance, I don't think our country will ever have nuclear fusion."

"In the future, you will never think about letting me come over with technologies that will never be born in our country!"

Then he took off the white coat on his body, threw the nuclear fusion researcher certificate hanging around his neck on the ground, and left angrily.

"you!"

Kenny looked at Hollis who was leaving, and pointed at him angrily, but the assistant beside him thought he was going to hit someone again, so he quickly pressed his hand down and said, "Minister, you can't hit someone!" , can’t fight! If you fight, something will happen.”

At this time, Kenny had come to his senses and realized that the professor Hollis must never be hit, but seeing the nervous expression of the assistant, there was still an unknown anger in his heart, and he made the last effort to hit the professor. The assistant pushed away, and then slapped him backhand.

Hollis can't play, and an assistant can't play?
After slapping him, he felt a little better in his heart, and then said: "I'll go aside now, I want to think alone for a while."

When the others heard what the leader said, they could only quickly step aside, and the beaten assistant could only cover his face and walk away. Although he was beaten, he could only listen to his own leader.

And Kenny stayed where he was, shaking his head and thinking for a while. The reason why he was so angry was not only because what Hollis said just now hit his mind, but also because of the controllable nuclear fusion. Already under too much pressure.

Especially in the recent negotiations with Jinwu Energy Group, the frequent bad news made him feel as if he was facing a group of greedy wolves.

Yes, since the last meeting where Jinwu Energy Group invited ambassadors from various countries to discuss, there have been several negotiation meetings. Of course, various countries have more or less had separate exchanges with Jinwu Energy Group.

It's just that if you want to have this kind of individual communication, you need to sponsor 30 million yuan to Jinwu Energy Group first, and only accept RMB, and no other currencies are accepted. Paying [-] billion RMB is also only accepting RMB.

Faced with such a situation, the other party is almost saying that they want to change the original world currency structure.

The U.S. dollar is linked to oil to determine the hegemony of the U.S. dollar. Now that oil is doomed to decline, controllable nuclear fusion will enter the stage of world history. If the renminbi is to be linked to controllable nuclear fusion, it will have an impact on the hegemony of the dollar. , would be unprecedented.

Therefore, because of this, the pressure on Kenny, the minister, has suddenly increased a lot.

Although it seems that it has nothing to do with their Ministry of Energy, as long as it is linked to controllable nuclear fusion, it has something to do with him.

It can be said that they controlled the main power of the world's oil in the past, and the Ministry of Energy, as the main management department in this area, can be said to be one of the most popular departments. However, this situation has changed now, because this It's time for them to face the pressure of controlled nuclear fusion.

For Kenny, this was even more of an accident. Who would have thought that he was fine when he took office, thinking that it was a fat job, and suddenly he would face such a situation, which also made him feel a huge sense of gap .

All in all, it is the superposition of so many things that has brought great pressure to him, the Minister of Energy.

In the end, he shook his head. The boredom in his heart made him unwilling to stay in this place full of scientific instruments, so he walked away directly.

He came outside, and not long after he left, he suddenly saw a person with an Asian face approaching, and seeing this face at this moment, he felt angry in his heart, but he quickly suppressed it This kind of anger, he still can't do things like beating people in the street.

However, what surprised him a little was that after this person saw him, he actually took the initiative to walk towards him.

Although his bodyguards were not by his side at this time, after seeing this scene, they quickly surrounded him and looked at the person walking in front of him vigilantly.

At this time, the person with Asian face spoke. He first bowed to Kenny, and then said: "Hi Minister Kenny, I am Kojima Choji from Panasonic Group of Japan. I had an appointment with you before." See you, but when I came, I knew that you were not here, but came here, so I came here to see if I could bump into you, and now it seems that my luck is pretty good."

At this time, Kenny also remembered that it seemed that there was indeed such a Japanese who had made an appointment to meet him, but he just pushed him away.

Of course, since they came here to look for him so actively now, then he could just reluctantly say a few words to him.

"Then tell me, is there something important that made you come here to find me?"

"About the battery." Kojima Changji said, and his brows became serious at the same time: "Mr. Minister, we have received news that Lin Xiao is now starting to study new battery technology."

"Battery technology is another important piece of the puzzle in terms of energy. I don't think we can let them continue to occupy it at this time."

"Battery technology?" Kenny frowned and said, "But, if I remember correctly, they are still leading in the field of batteries, right? Especially in their Ningde era."

This Huaguo battery company occupies about 40.00% of the world's battery market. Obviously, it already belongs to the giant industry in this entire industry.

Based on this situation, how are they going to regain this market?
Kojima Changji smiled and said, "I don't know if you know that, in terms of hydrogen fuel cells, we in Japan hold many patents."

"As for hydrogen fuel cells, we have conducted in-depth research, and one of the most important problems lies in the technical difficulty of proton exchange membranes."

"Recently, in a chemical laboratory of our Panasonic Group, we have achieved a major technological breakthrough in the proton exchange membrane. The proton exchange membrane under this new technology is not only far superior in cost to other At the same time, it also has a huge breakthrough in performance."

"Then, we only need to break through one more technology, which is to increase the hydrogen storage capacity of the anode, thereby increasing the energy density of the battery. By then, our hydrogen fuel cell will definitely become a new battery star!"

Kenny frowned and said, "Then according to what you said, it means that you still haven't succeeded?"

"No, if this is the case, of course I would not dare to come to you. In fact, we have achieved an important breakthrough in this technology, and it is only a matter of time before we succeed."

Hearing what the Japanese said, Kenny fell into deep thought. Looking at the other person's expression, he seemed to be very serious, so maybe he can also try this?
If he can achieve anything, it can also be used as a political capital for him, thus alleviating the embarrassing situation he is facing now.

Then a smile appeared on his face, and his distaste for Dongya's face was temporarily hidden by him, and then he said: "Then Mr. Kojima, what is the main reason you came to me?"

Seeing Kenny smiling, Kojima Changji also smiled and said: "This matter guarantees a win-win situation for us. First of all, I hope that Mr. Minister can help our Panasonic Group to roll out more spacious sales channels in the United States in advance. , to help us promote the hydrogen fuel cell market, in addition, I also heard that Mr. Minister and Mr. Musk of Tesla have a very close personal relationship, so I also hope that Mr. Minister can help us introduce it.”

"If we can cooperate with Mr. Musk to produce a Tesla electric car using hydrogen fuel cells in the future, it will also bring certain benefits to our batteries."

"And in this process, we are also willing to provide Mr. Minister with various types of resources or something, especially after Mr. Minister retires..."

Before Kojima Changji finished speaking, Kenny showed a brighter smile on his face. He stepped forward and took Kojima Changzhi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Mr. Kojima, don't worry, these details Let’s find a place and talk about it.”

Nagaji Kojima readily accepted, and then he and Kenny chatted about other topics like good brothers who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

And those people around Kenny continued to keep Kenny safe while turning a blind eye. Of course, it may be more appropriate to turn a blind eye. At the same time, they are still rejoicing in their hearts. Maybe they can get some money from this Japanese. As for There is no such thing as a power-for-money transaction. After all, "there is no corruption in a democratic country."

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[Panasonic Group: Hydrogen fuel cells will become an important pillar of the future battery industry. 】

【Panasonic Group and the U.S. Department of Energy reached a cooperation to promote the development of the hydrogen fuel cell market in the future】

[Panasonic Group is suspected to have made a major technological breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells]

[With controllable nuclear fusion, why develop hydrogen fuel cells?Here to tell you the answer→]

[The cost of hydrogen is high, hydrogen fuel cells will be meaningless?Do not!The cost of hydrogen is about to be greatly reduced! 】

【…】

On the Internet, a lot of self-media articles and news related to hydrogen fuel cells suddenly appeared.

And so many self-media articles have also attracted many people's discussions, especially for some new energy car owners.

"I, Cao, sounds pretty powerful?The lithium-ion battery that has been used for so long can finally be replaced? 』

"One look at the thimble, and it is identified as sent. I have already experienced blowing graphene batteries, blowing sodium batteries, and blowing aluminum batteries. How can I start blowing hydrogen fuel cells again?"Is the Panasonic group planning to bet on the group capital? 』

"Don't be beaten to death with a single stick. No matter what, you must also admit the advantages of hydrogen fuel cells. You don't have to worry about charging for a few hours like ordinary batteries, and you can go directly to the hydrogen refueling station to fill up." 』

"Fart, the investment of a hydrogen refueling station is as high as tens of millions, and it has to face the risk of hydrogen explosion. How many cities do you think will be able to build hydrogen refueling stations in the future?" 』

『Laughing, I suggest you read other people’s articles first. In the past, the cost of hydrogen refueling stations was high, mainly because it was inconvenient to prepare hydrogen, and the cost of hydrogen production by electrolysis of water was relatively high. But when controllable nuclear fusion becomes popular in the future, electrolysis The cost of hydrogen production from water has plummeted, and there is no need to store hydrogen under the hydrogen refueling station, just store water directly!

Then the electrolyzed water directly produces hydrogen on site, and the cost of the hydrogen refueling station will directly become a water storage, plus a hydrogen purification facility is enough! 』