The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Everyone, including Song Xuyan, Wang Dingzuo, Qian Xuesen, Sun Jiadong, Yang Jiachi, Wang Xiji and others, listened quietly and attentively. The only voice in the conference room was Chen Guohua's.

He raised many very realistic technical issues that need to be solved urgently.

Just because, if it is really necessary to land on the moon ahead of schedule, then these issues have to be considered.

Perhaps leaders such as Song Xuyan and Wang Dingzuo did not fully understand the impact of technical issues such as communication delays on the moon landing, but Chen Guohua's tone and expression were very telling.

Going to the moon without solving these problems is like getting on a bus without buying a ticket, which can easily lead to problems.

In other words, it is not impossible not to buy a ticket, but there is a greater probability that problems will arise.

"In addition to technical issues, there is also the question of our astronauts. Are they ready?"

After a pause, Chen Guohua continued:
"There are so many practical factors that we need to solve one by one, but will Moscow give us time?"

"Instead of all our aerospace staff running around in a rush to be second, it is better to stick to the routine. At least this is safe and can actually be done."

"The last and most important point is that once we win the second place, no matter whether we succeed or not, our plan will need to be revised, and many problems will arise one by one. The two most critical points are technology accumulation and capital accumulation. We are not prepared for these aspects at all."

Having said that, Chen Guohua's tendency has become very obvious.

The radical group of students studying abroad couldn't help but look disappointed, because Chen Guohua's opinion was so important that it could easily influence everyone's thinking.

Look, before Chen Guohua even finished speaking, many overseas students had already sided with the other side.

However, Chen Guohua obviously hadn't finished speaking. After taking a sip of water, he continued to talk about the pros and cons of not competing for second place.

"Let me first state my conclusion. I actually don't agree with competing for second place. I prefer to stick to the current plan."

After hearing his words, everyone in the conference room changed their expressions. Although they did not hear Chen Guohua's reasons, this conclusion alone was enough to make everyone's minds waver.

The conservatives were of course very happy, but the radicals were not so happy.

"Why would I agree not to fight?"

"Although I agree with the principle of natural selection and survival of the fittest, it's not that we don't compete. It's just that we don't care about the gains and losses of the moment, because our foundation is still very shallow and needs to continue to accumulate."

"Like I just said, even if we get second place, what does that matter?"

"It is now the end of 1990. We will face many problems in the future, especially the general trend of the international community. I must participate in it, which means I don't have much time to participate in scientific research."

"Dean Qian, please listen to me first before you refute me."

Chen Guohua extended his hand and smiled at Qian Xuesen, then said:

"Whether it's the Zhenhua Research Institute, the lunar orbital space station, or the Chang'e Town, everyone knows that I am responsible for a large part of the scientific research funds for these projects and units."

"Maybe everyone has heard something about my ability to make money. I am the God of Wealth. Our current wealth reserves are actually quite sufficient."

This rumor is no joke.

Take the gold reserves for example. Over the past few years, Chen Guohua has launched so many financial tsunamis from abroad, even though each tsunami lasted for one or two months, or even half a year.

But each time the base amount is at least 200 billion US dollars.

In southern Africa, Elsden Capital owns 17% of the world-class super gold mine such as the Rand Central Gold Mine. In addition, two white glove companies, Anthony Holdings and Bakalaifari Investments, hold 12% and 10% respectively.

It accounts for a total of 39 percent.

Such a high share was achieved through long-term competition.

The entire southern African region has been in chaos since a few years ago and it is now a very messy place.

There are three major forces in the Rand Central Gold Mine now. Apart from the mainland, there is the Eagle Sauce capital faction headed by Wall Street, and the "pseudo-local faction" headed by capital from Great Britain, Italy and Tokyo.

With these big capitals around, it is impossible for southern Africa to settle down and there is no way it can be stable.

Nowadays, the Rand Central Gold Mine can still produce about 500 tons of gold every year. Although this output is not as high as before, it is still the world's first.

With so much gold produced in the mainland, the gold reserves are of course increasing year by year.

The outside world does not know exactly how much gold reserves there are, but Chen Guohua is very clear that the central bank alone has more than 5,000 tons of reserves.

The reason why there are so many of them is because of three words: afraid of being poor!

Yes, I am just afraid of being poor, otherwise it wouldn’t be like this.

This is a bit like the food reserves spread across the country, which are all a guarantee of security.

The current grain reserves are enough to feed the entire country for two years even if there is no harvest.

It's so invincible!
In addition, the industrial manufacturing industry has achieved full self-sufficiency very early on, which means that all products can be developed and manufactured by ourselves.

Take the most cutting-edge chip manufacturing and high-end quantum chip manufacturing as an example. All the component processing plants can be found here in the mainland.

For example, even the most advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, all its components can be produced by the mainland itself and there is no need to rely on foreign imports.

The reserves of gold, grain, industrial manufacturing, etc. are actually already very sufficient.

But for the mainland, the most serious thing is to develop a vulgar appearance.

Because the mainland's own foundation is really too shallow. Although the industrial foundation is already there, the number and quality of engineers are still insufficient.

Secondly, the mainland is a country with a population of one billion after all. When anything is multiplied by one billion, it is not that simple.

For example, in the southwest region, there are still hundreds of millions of people living below the poverty line, and tens of millions of people still do not have access to electricity.

Yes, in 1990, electricity was not fully available to every household. The impoverished areas in the southwest and northwest were still too backward.

The reform and opening up just started in 1978. Before that, the country's focus was on high-end scientific research, so the gap in development between the East and the West is so huge.

Lack of foundation is not a reason worth paying attention to, but taking the risk to fight for the second place is, to be honest, not worth it.

Chen Guohua had carefully calculated this account, so he rejected it.

"Our journey is to the stars and the sea, not just the empty fame in front of us."

"Landing on the moon is just the first step. The lunar base after landing is our focus. The moon should have many minerals that we need, which is worth our high cost to develop."

"Also, the best place for our controlled nuclear fusion, large particle collider, and other high-end experiments is actually the moon!"

After hearing what Chen Guohua said, Qian Xuesen and others fell silent.

The Large Hadron Collider is a device developed on the basis of the high-energy synchrotron accelerator. Its main function is to accumulate and accelerate two beams of particles that have been successively accelerated by the preceding accelerator. When the beam intensity and capacity reach a certain level, they are made to collide in a state of opposite motion, so as to produce a sufficiently high relative reaction rate for easy measurement.

Simply put, the purpose of a particle collider is to test people's experimental instruments and explore the macroscopic effects of microscopic particles, to understand new laws of quantum particles, new particles, new physics, and other cutting-edge quantum physics and particle physics sciences.

At the same time, particle collision is also a natural particle 'mechanism' to explore the existence of 'supersymmetric' excess dimensions and develop new materials.

Not to mention the controlled nuclear fusion device, which is called the 'artificial sun'. Its goal is to achieve safe, continuous and stable energy output and become one of the most ideal ultimate forms of energy.

In the process of developing controlled nuclear fusion devices, one of the problems that needs to be solved is the super material that can withstand high temperatures of over 100 million degrees Celsius.

Such materials might be discovered through experiments such as the Large Hadron Collider.

In 1960, Europe had already begun discussing how to build the world's first proton collider. Then in 1965, the European Organization for Nuclear Research's Board of Directors finally approved the application for cross-storage construction.

After so many years of development, cutting-edge physics in Europe is indeed at the forefront of the world.

But that is Europe after all, and the mainland has always been in a situation of suppression.

If the mainland wants to develop cutting-edge physics, there are only two ways to go: either cooperate humbly with Europe, or build it on its own.

Obviously, both paths must be taken, because everyone is already accustomed to making preparations for both scenarios, which is more comprehensive.

In fact, if we are to be precise, the mainland's theoretical research in quantum physics has already been at the forefront of the world.

We have also developed cutting-edge technologies such as quantum computers and quantum entanglement transmitters, leaving the world behind.

But the bottleneck nowadays is also very obvious, that is, it is difficult to have any breakthrough progress, and everyone is just slacking off.

For example, Yang Zhenning, Li Zhengdao and others, they are old and their energy is not as good as before.

Therefore, at the level of cutting-edge theoretical physics, the mainland has fallen into a state of stagnation.

If Chen Guohua doesn't take action, then all this will be very difficult.

But Chen Guohua is just one person after all, not a team. He needs the cooperation of Zhenhua Research Institute and even many scientific research institutions across the country so that they can understand and assist him in completing the development of those super black technologies.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to do it alone.

For example, in the case of the artificial sun, his youngest son Chen An was responsible for part of the core technology research and development work in the controlled nuclear fusion project. It can also be said that the project he was responsible for was an early project, and Chen Guohua did not initiate this project.

However, now, with the passage of time, Chen Guohua will inevitably launch this project.

This can also be said to be one of the reasons why Chen Guohua has preferred to make money rather than engage in scientific research in recent years.

This is because the technical requirements of the controlled nuclear fusion project far exceed any previous scientific research project. Its technical requirements are much higher than those of the two major projects, the Nantianmen Space Station and the Lunar Orbital Space Station.

In addition, its consumption of funds is also unprecedentedly terrifying.

For such a gold-devouring beast, even if Chen Guohua is cheating, he still has to put in 120,000% of his effort and energy to deal with this matter.

Because each of its small sub-projects is extremely important, the technical difficulty of its small projects may exceed that of developing an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

Of course, the mainland today is no longer what it was ten or twenty years ago, so if we develop an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine from scratch now, it will not take eight years to complete as before.

The entire extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project was launched in January 1965, and consumes at least 100 million yuan in scientific research funds every year.

It was not until 1972 that the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine was developed. It took a total of more than seven years, nearly eight years, to develop it.

Now, there should be no problem in about two to three years.

In other words, if Chen Guohua wants to start a controlled nuclear fusion project now, it will probably take two to three years to complete the research and development of just a small sub-project.

However, for the entire controlled nuclear fusion project, it may be impossible to find materials that can withstand 100 million degrees Celsius in this lifetime.

Chen Guohua knew there were alternatives, but he still had to find a way. If the scientific research institutions in the mainland were strong enough, they should be able to complete the research and development of this material within five years.

"And the most critical point now is that next year and the year after will be a sudden change in the international situation. We must focus on this because we must make enough money to better cope with future crises."

"There aren't many money-making opportunities like this. If I missed it, it wouldn't matter, but we can't miss it. The controlled nuclear fusion project can't miss such an opportunity."

In the early 1990s, there were indeed many opportunities to make money. If you missed such opportunities, you would regret it for the rest of your life.

“So, all in all, fighting for this second place will do us more harm than good.”

"On the contrary, if we do not fight for the second place and continue to maintain our current advantage, then it will not make much difference if we take the third place in the future."

Song Xuyan and others listened to Chen Guohua's words. Some frowned, some pondered, some nodded, and some just remained silent without any expression. (End of this chapter)