Technological power starts with upgrading lenses.

Chapter 394 Immeasurable merit
After all the winners had received their certificates, the conference had already lasted for almost three hours. Not only had the award-giving leaders changed several times, but the audience also looked a little tired.

As for online live broadcasts, the live broadcast room that originally had tens of millions of people now only has more than one million people left.

"…China's modernization is an unprecedented change in human history. Our prospects are very bright, but our tasks are very arduous."

“The greater the responsibility you take on, the greater the cause you can accomplish; the greater the responsibility you fulfill, the greater the achievement you can make.”

“Academicians of the two academies and the vast number of scientific and technological workers, let us raise the sails of 14 billion people’s longing for a better life, and continue to move forward towards becoming a world power in science and technology, towards the great rejuvenation of the nation, and towards a better future for mankind!”

After hearing this closing speech, everyone immediately gave warm applause, thinking that the conference should have come to an end.
However, surprisingly, after the applause slowly died down, the old man actually spoke again:

“Finally, in order to commemorate the scientific researchers headed by Academician Kang, who successfully ignited the hope for the future of the country and civilization, and officially kicked off the third technological and industrial revolution of mankind, it was decided after discussion that February 2th of each year will be designated as the National Ignition Day, becoming the eighth legal holiday in our country!”

wow-

When the old man announced the news, the scene suddenly became lively.

No one expected that the country would set up a special festival for the ignition of Jinwu No. 1.
It is also a statutory holiday!!
"What the hell, is this true?!!"

"At this moment, I just want to say one thing: the leader is magnanimous!"

"Thank you, Mr. Kang, for giving the majority of office workers one more day off!"

"There are 14 billion people in the country. If each person takes one day, that's 14 billion days. Mr. Kang's meritorious service is immeasurable!"

"Kneel down to President Kang!"

"It's only one day. Brothers, be brave. When controlled nuclear fusion plays a greater role, maybe five working days can be reduced to four days, three days... and finally we can even go to work freely. At that time, we will go to work only to improve the quality of life and realize our self-worth. If we don't go to work, we won't have to worry about food and clothing or starve to death."

"Hehe, how much did you drink?"

"Be confident. As long as Mr. Kang is here, everything is possible!"

"Although I also think that with the development of technology, it is entirely possible to work freely, but that is definitely a lifetime thing..."

"..."

The audience who had been watching the last wave of the live broadcast suddenly lost their sleepiness and started a heated discussion in the room.

After the award ceremony, there will be a state banquet waiting for them to reward the scientific researchers for their hard work and efforts over the past year.

"Congratulations to Academician Kang and Academician Zhong, the Ignition Festival... I never expected this, now you will really go down in history!"

"That's right. Every year when we celebrate this festival, we will definitely remember your contributions. This will be passed down through the ages!"

"..."

As Kang Chi stole the limelight at today's meeting, naturally many people came to the banquet to make friends with him.
And all the topics they talked about were related to the "National Ignition Festival".

Kang Chi expressed his gratitude to those who came to make friends and congratulate him, and gave polite responses.

But Kang Chi also heard it.
Although they said congratulations, in fact, what they revealed was envy...

After all, the words "go down in history" are the life pursuit engraved in the bones of Chinese literati.

Who doesn't want to accomplish something great and earth-shattering in life, and be admired and worshipped by future generations...

But how many people can really do it?

After the banquet, on the way back to the hotel, Kang Chi finally couldn't help but say to Chen Hai: "In fact, I never thought that the leaders would set up a holiday specifically for this matter. Do you think there is some other meaning behind this?"

Chen Hai smiled immediately: "What do you think?"

Kang Chi rolled his eyes at him: "Why am I asking you if I can guess it?"

Looking at Chen Hai's reaction, he knew that this guy must have known something.
After all, he works for the National Security Bureau, so he is more well-informed and his ZZ sensitivity is higher than his...

"Well... I just made a guess based on some news I heard and what happened today..."

"The establishment of an extra holiday is, first of all, a scientific achievement that does have historical commemorative value. Secondly, it is also sending a signal that we will reduce the burden on everyone..."

"Anyway, I heard that the labor arbitration department may be preparing to take action in the near future to rectify the overtime culture in the workplace, especially the phenomenon of free overtime..."

"real or fake?"

“I’m not sure about things that haven’t been decided yet, but there are actually more meanings and reasons behind the rectification of the workplace, so the possibility is still very high.”

"What does it mean and why?"

Seeing Academician Kang's humble attitude, Chen Hai couldn't help but feel a little proud, and said with an expression of giving advice: "It's actually very simple."

"This matter needs to be viewed from two perspectives, one is economics and the other is the workplace."

"What is the current economic situation? There is overcapacity at the low end and insufficient domestic demand."

"If we want to stimulate domestic demand, we must first let everyone have money, but it is not easy to distribute money directly. You must know the reason. If everyone distributes money, it is the same as not distributing money, and it will also cause direct inflation."

"Also, this may breed too much laziness, just like the direct poverty alleviation in the past. We want to reduce the burden on everyone, but we can't let everyone become completely useless. Maybe in the future, when technological progress completely liberates productivity, it may not matter whether everyone works or not. But at least it's too early at this stage..."

"So normally the best way is to print money, lower interest rates and lend money, so that bosses can use the money to expand production and drive a virtuous cycle of economic development."

"But the question is, how do we give the money to the boss? Many companies are very cautious about lending now. Some bosses even play financial games instead of investing or spending the money after getting the money. This can easily lead to stagflation, where inflation and deflation occur at the same time. Prices are rising but wages are not, and everyone's financial pressure is even greater."

"This is an economic issue, and the other is a workplace issue which is even simpler."

"On the one hand, people working there are exhausted and have to do the work of several people, so they complain a lot. On the other hand, the unemployment rate is rising and many people can't find jobs..."

"Under this contradictory situation, rectifying the overtime culture and free overtime in the workplace can actually directly increase employment opportunities, not only so that everyone can have a job, but also so that everyone can relax, which is more or less helpful in solving the problems of economic stagflation and deflation." "Of course, the premise of all this is that the overall scientific and technological productivity of society is developing rapidly, otherwise it is easy to produce inflation bubbles."

"Sure!" Kang Chi couldn't help but smile happily after hearing this. "I didn't realize you knew something about economics and sociology. Although I haven't thought about this issue carefully, our group has always been doing this."

"Hmm... Come to think of it, maybe your group has played a pilot role. I heard that they visited your group a lot some time ago to investigate and research your corporate culture. I heard that the Skill Development Academy has also received special attention."

"Well, it would be great if that were the case."

"Of course you can. Especially since you have improved our technology, I feel that the utopian world where everyone lives a wealthy life is getting closer and closer to us."

“Although we are getting closer, there is still a long way to go…”
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After taking a nap in the hotel, Kang Chi had no plans for the afternoon and was preparing to visit the group's Yanjing office to pay a little attention to the group's development.

But a young man who claimed to be from the Organization Department suddenly found him and told him that his parents were planning to travel to Yanjing for the New Year. He also "thoughtfully" gave him an itinerary and asked him if he wanted to accompany the elderly for a tour.

"Is this a decision made by my parents?"

"That should be the case. It seems that your parents mentioned that they wanted to visit Yanjing, so the leader arranged it for them."

"is it?"

Kang Chi looked at the itinerary in his hand with some confusion, as if he smelled something unusual.

But he actually knew that his parents wanted to travel to Yanjing.

To be honest, he seemed to have promised to accompany them before, but it has been two or three years and he still hasn't fulfilled his promise...

In fact, with his current conditions, it is only a matter of a phone call for the two elderly people to go anywhere they want to travel, except for going abroad.

The only difference is whether Kang Chi has time to accompany them.

Although the two old people were somewhat interested in traveling, they always felt that traveling should be done as a family, so the matter was never followed up.

Now, he suddenly decided to come to Yanjing without discussing it with him, and even planned to spend the whole year in Yanjing. This inevitably made Kang Chi suspicious.

"When will they come?"

"It's on the way and will arrive tonight."

Wow, so fast?
Although Kang Chi always felt that this matter was a bit strange, they had already set out. Could he let them turn back halfway?
Besides, he really had nothing to do in the days before the New Year. He was originally planning to go home to celebrate the New Year, but now he decided to relax with his parents, which was actually a good choice.

After the young man from the Organization Department left, Kang Chi immediately called Chen Hai over and threw the itinerary to him.

"What's going on?"

Chen Hai looked at the itinerary and said calmly, "It's just normal family welfare. You have made so many contributions to the country, and it's normal to arrange a trip for your parents at public expense to satisfy the wishes of the elderly."

"Really?"

"if not?"

Chen Hai asked Kang Chi this question.

Since Chen Hai knew everything, it meant that his parents' safety was definitely not a problem.

Besides that, he really couldn't think of any tricks in it...

After thinking for a while, Kang Chi finally accepted this reality.

"There are so many people in this tourist area, can safety be guaranteed?"

"Don't worry, there will be no problem. This is Yanjing. I guarantee with my head that there is no safer place in the world! Besides, several scenic spots have itineraries scheduled during the closed season, so there are not many ordinary tourists."

Although Chen Hai patted his head and guaranteed that there would be no problem with safety, Kang Chi was still a little worried.

After careful consideration, I decided to only accompany my parents to those scenic spots that were closed.

As for other crowded places, he would not join in the fun.

If he goes to a crowded place, it will definitely greatly increase the difficulty of security work. At the same time, to a certain extent, his presence will make his parents' safety even less guaranteed.

After all, what those people outside want most is definitely Kang Chi's life.
However, taking action against his parents is not only meaningless, but will also anger Kang Chi and Hua Guo, which is a completely thankless task.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Kang Chi successfully picked up Kang Daoming and Liu Xuemei at the airport.

After seeing Kang Chi, Liu Xuemei immediately took his hand, looked him up and down to see if he had lost weight, and then said with a happy and proud face: "We all saw it on TV. Your lighting of the fire really made us proud. Just now on the plane, I heard a lot of people discussing the lighting of the fire festival..."

"Haha, your mother was so excited just now that she almost stood up and shouted that it was her son who started the fire..."

Kang Chi: "..."

Although they had already eaten the airplane meal, Kang Chi still took them to have an authentic Yanjing roast duck meal. Then in the next few days, he either accompanied them to visit various scenic spots or attended various social events, so time passed quickly.

At the same time, the incident of the ignition of Jinwu No. 1 did not stop fermenting internationally, and even caused a farce that made China laugh and cry.

Because the previous EAST project was an international cooperation platform, many scientific researchers from Western countries, including the United States, also participated in this project.

So they used this reason as a breakthrough and filed complaints in multiple international academic organizations, arguing that Jinwu-1 is actually the Eastern Super Ring Project, but when the Eastern Super Ring Project was about to succeed, it kicked out everyone else and changed its name. Therefore, they strongly demanded that China fulfill its obligations as an international cooperation project and take the initiative to disclose all the technical details of Jinwu-1.

The International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology simply chose to ignore this rude request.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did give some response, first emphasizing that before its end, the Eastern Super Ring had always fulfilled its obligations as an international cooperation project and had always maintained openness and transparency in the scientific research results within the agreed scope. Before the project was disbanded, all parties had obtained technical results that satisfied them, and there were no objections to the entire dissolution process.

Finally, regarding the request to release the Jinwu No. 1 technology, he said tactfully:
Don’t even think about it!
(End of this chapter)