You say you have an iron will, are you serious?

Chapter 416 Everyone is unhappy again

International ITER project team!
At the end of May, another general meeting was held.

Since we officially announced the extension and then announced the suspension of payment, the ITER project team has held multiple rounds of consultations and held multiple conferences to discuss funding issues. In 2013, before half a year has passed, three general meetings have been held, and this is the fourth time.

One reason is that we suspended payments.

This is not to say that our influence is super strong and our scientific and technological level is outstanding. In fact, a large part of the construction funds for ITER come from us, and the adequacy of the funds largely depends on us.

Like other international scientific research projects, we have been lagging behind in science and technology for a long time, so in order to join these projects and cooperate with outstanding scientists from all over the world, we "raise our profile", so we often bear a large part of the funds, and we are also the most active of.

We actively pay the fees. Except for America, other countries also pay the fees one after another.

Well now, we announced the suspension of payment and stopped playing, which immediately triggered a series of chain reactions.

In addition to the fact that we have not received funds from our side, other countries saw that we were not paying, so they imitated our example and either stopped paying, or they were procrastinating and talking about other things, mainly asking me to pay first and wait. Bar.

This time ITER was immediately put on hold, so they held frequent meetings and tried their best to persuade us to pay.

"If you want to incriminate yourself, why bother?"

The second reason is America.

As EAST completed a record-breaking high-parameter plasma operation at 1.6 million degrees Celsius for more than 520 seconds, and released a paper, officially announcing that it will achieve controllable nuclear fusion before October 2019, 10, America can't sit still. , after emergency consultations, in addition to taking measures to prevent it, they also exerted influence on the International ITER side and demanded that we be kicked out.

Hey guys, America, can you please give me a little face?
If you don’t want to spend money, just say so. What are you talking about? Don’t we have the people, the effort, and the technology?

When everyone was silent, Representative America looked at Yang Zhongjun and questioned: "You don't pay the funds, you produce the least scientists and technology, and you benefit the most. I seriously suspect that you have been secretly developing yourself through ITER. Technology……"

But after saying these high-sounding words, he quickly changed the topic and said: "...We in America have the most scientists, engineers, and technology research and development on this project. I think the previous allocation of funds needs to be renegotiated and adjusted, otherwise It’s unfair to us…”

Since neither the chairman nor the director-general named him, he just assumed it didn't exist with their eyes. Since they weren't named, there was no need for me to respond vocally. I just showed them with my eyes.

When Representative America finished speaking, some of these representatives immediately couldn't bear it any longer and followed behind to question and ask Yang Zhongjun for an explanation.

As soon as these words came out, the venue fell into silence: "..."

Yang Zhongjun smiled slightly, said nothing, and just looked at America's representative.

Let alone 2013, even in 2023 before Zhao Mo was reborn, our international influence, especially our influence in the scientific community, could not catch up with America. It would take at least ten or twenty years to catch up. .

Before he finished speaking, representatives from various countries at the venue looked at Yang Zhongjun with a look of "Sure enough," because they thought of the rapid development of EAST in recent years.

Director-General Eiji Tada also expressed his attitude immediately, but he stared at our representative Yang Zhongjun seriously: "The arrears of funds have led to repeated delays in the project. If the funds are not paid before the end of June, the project construction will be delayed." Another one-year extension is absolutely unacceptable.”

The reasons have been found. We have obtained advanced technology from the international ITER, but we have not paid. How can such a good thing in the world be possible?
International ITER seems to be a scientific organization, not affected by the country and politics, and stands at the height of all mankind.

However, since it is an organization, if you want to build a controllable nuclear fusion device, you need money and technology.

Of course, it is related to us to some extent.

He said a lot, meaning that America is very supportive of the construction of international ITER.

Representative America coughed and said slowly: "We will continue to support the construction of ITER..."

Science has no borders, but scientists, science and technology, money, etc., have countries, so they are bound to be coerced by the country and politics.

“This time, we must form a final decision and cannot delay it any longer!
Gebari, Chairman of the International ITER Council, expressed his attitude with a serious face at the end of his opening remarks.

At this point, we can't keep up with America even if we try to catch up with them.

Yang Zhongjun sneered, immediately threw out a series of contribution evidence and previous payment details, slapped them in the face, and said: "We have always been the most active in paying fees, and the contributions we have made are in line with our country's development. No. Like some countries, those who can afford not to pay will never pay, and even those who must pay are dragging their feet..."

This was so embarrassing that America’s representative refused to comment on it, and finally made an arrogant suggestion: “If you don’t pay the fee, I think it is necessary to discuss whether you have a need to exist in ITER!”

Council Chairman Gebari remained silent, while Director General Tada Eiji responded positively: "We have the same attitude as America!"

Yang Zhongjun glanced at the other person and was too lazy to pay attention to him. He just looked at the other representatives.

The International ITER scientific research project initially had two construction sites, one was Gallic Chicken, and the other was Little Book. Both America and Xiao Benzi wanted to put the construction site in Little Book, but Gallic Chicken, the European Union, and we didn’t. Agreed, the final unanimous decision was to place the Gallic Chicken. Xiao Benzi has always had opinions on this.

He was expecting the attack at this time.

Gebari is a Gallic chicken man, and his silence is actually support for Yang Zhongjun. However, what disappoints Yang Zhongjun is that in addition to Xiaoben, other EU countries actually sided with America this time, jointly attacking him and asking us to express our stance immediately.

"That's all, this project is a trap, it's better to quit early~"

Yang Zhongjun sighed secretly, but on the surface he kept smiling.

Not long ago, the final opinion came from the country that if nothing can be done, then simply quit and let them play. Without Zhang butcher, can we still eat pigs with hair on them?

If they don’t take us to play with the space station, aren’t we about to be built too?

Who is afraid of who?

So, after looking around at everyone present, Yang Zhongjun slowly stood up and said with a smile: "Since you treat us so differently and seriously don't welcome us, we will officially withdraw from today!"

I didn’t even say the last “thank you”, just took my things and turned around to leave.

Behind him, our staff stood up and left the scene.

"..."

The scene fell into silence!
"Okay, the uncooperative ones are gone, we should be happy!"

In the silence, Representative America chuckled, clapped her hands and said: "In this way, I believe that the construction of ITER will soon be on the right track and create new glory~"

The atmosphere of the entire venue became lively again. Except for Chairman Gebari, other representatives laughed and agreed.

Representative America looked at Gebari and asked: "Mr. Chairman, ITER is about to get on the right track, aren't you happy?"

Gebari, who had been silent and staring at his mobile phone, raised his head with a cold face and said: "They have set a new world record again. Their new experimental device will reach 1.6 million degrees Celsius." The running time has been increased to 1300 seconds! Do you think I can still be happy in the face of this situation?"

"what?"

"God, is this a joke?"

"Oh my god, 1300 seconds, is this a success?"

……

In an instant, the entire venue fell into exclamations and commotion.

They never expected that as soon as they kicked us out, our backhand set a new world record, and it was such an amazing result that it exploded!

"Bang bang bang~"

Representative America knocked on the table in front of her angrily and said loudly: "This is just a number. It doesn't matter whether it is true or false. Even if it is true, it doesn't mean anything. They are still far from success. Very far away, still far behind us..."

Normally, this would make sense.

However, when we thought about our continuous creation of records, the chief designer this time was still the "magical Professor Zhao" who is well-known in the scientific community. Everyone in the venue panicked and really didn't take his words seriously.

"damn it!"

Representative America finally left angrily, her heart filled with disgust for everyone.

……

Magic City, Superconducting Research Center of a certain Dan University!
Seven o'clock in the evening~
He has been commuting to and from get off work normally these days. On the surface, Sun Qian seemed not to be affected at all by the official announcement of the Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Center. Sun Qian was so busy that when he looked at the time, he didn't bother to go back immediately. Instead, he turned on the TV and planned to Take a look at today's "Xinwen Lianbo" and try to figure out if there is anything useful to him.

"...Today, my country's latest generation of controllable nuclear fusion experimental device launched its first ignition experiment in the provincial capital of Jiangnan Province. During the experiment... this experiment achieved a historic breakthrough and successfully achieved repeatable electron The ultra-high-temperature long-pulse plasma discharge with a temperature exceeding 1.6 million degrees Celsius and lasting as long as 1300 seconds has taken a critical step towards the operation of a controllable nuclear fusion reactor..."

Sun Qian: "???"

His whole body felt bad, and the look on his face suddenly dropped!
Hey guys, I haven’t watched it for a few months and now I have another breakthrough?
Fortunately, the news broadcasts were very short, so he endured them.

It would be over for a minute at most, and he could bear it.

Then, a minute passed, and the report on the first ignition test results of the new experimental device was indeed over, but the picture was cut to a familiar face, and a reporter was interviewing this face with a microphone.

"Ma Tao?"

Sun Qian jumped up and stood up from his position~
(End of this chapter)