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Chapter 608 Sorry, I have my own money
Xu Qingzhou chatted with Professor Li Gang for more than ten minutes before saying goodbye and leaving to visit the controlled nuclear fusion technology demonstration area.

The hall was quite lively, with not only experts and scholars, but also many students.

Although controlled nuclear fusion is still a long way off, it does not prevent people from imagining the world after the realization of controlled nuclear fusion technology.

There's an immersive sand table of the ITER project, which displays ITER's target parameters via an LED circular screen. There's also a dynamic model of the W7-X stellarator, a plasma control AI system, and more.

Interestingly, his superconducting thin film was prominently displayed in the cutting-edge technology experience area, and it had even been made into a miniature model of a superconducting magnet.

“A great invention,” said a middle-aged man in a suit standing nearby.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Xu Qingzhou responded with a smile.

The middle-aged man handed Xu Qingzhou his business card and said, "Please allow me to briefly introduce myself. My name is Toro Bennett, Chief Technology Officer of Tokamak Energy. It's a pleasure to meet you here."

Xu Qingzhou shook hands with the other party: "Hello, Mr. Bennett."

Tokamak Energy is a UK-based company researching controlled nuclear fusion, focusing on high-temperature superconducting compact tokamak technology.

"Perhaps we can speak privately?"

"I agree."

The two went to a coffee shop next to the lecture hall and found a quiet spot to sit down.

"An iced Americano."

Bennett spoke directly to the waiter.

Xu Qingzhou flipped through the menu and finally ordered a mocha.

"Yes, gentlemen." The waiter nodded and took the menus away.

"Would you be interested in taking a look at this?"

Bennett pulled a document out of his bag.

Xu Qingzhou took it and opened it, only to find that it was a technical report on tokamak energy.

Spherical Tokamak

Plasma temperature: approximately 8000 million °C
Plasma current: 300 kA
Energy gain (Q value): During the experimental phase, Q≈0.1; the short-term target is Q>1.
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After a while, two cups of coffee were served.

Xu Qingzhou closed the document and exclaimed in admiration, "A remarkable achievement."

"Just a few days ago, our ST40 device set a world record for commercial fusion companies with a three-product (nTτE) and also achieved a circumferential magnetic field strength of over 24 Tesla."

Bennett enthusiastically introduced Xu Qingzhou to the core achievements of tokamak energy.

China's technology is globally leading in long-pulse operation, high current parameters, and superconducting engineering. Tokamak Energy has shortened the technology conversion path through high-temperature superconducting magnets and compact design, but its plasma parameters have not yet reached China's level.

Simply put, tokamak energy has a small power output and is easier to implement, so it can be used as a distributed energy source or for industrial heating, while the engineering reactor in Xia Kingdom is designed to supply power to large power grids.

In terms of timeline, China plans to complete the demonstration reactor by 2030, while Tokamak Energy's compact commercial reactor is planned to generate electricity by 2030.

After explaining his company's advantages to Xu Qingzhou, Toro Bennett changed the subject and asked with a smile, "Professor Xu, I've seen information about your research institute. Are you also planning to work on controlled nuclear fusion in the future?"

"That's right, this is a very challenging project."

Xu Qingzhou nodded and said.

Bennett took a sip of coffee and said in a deep voice, "Before we get down to business, may I ask you a question?" "Of course," Xu Qingzhou said, putting down his coffee cup.

"Are you researching controlled nuclear fusion for money, to achieve financial freedom, or for your scientific dreams, to challenge unknown technologies?"

“I don’t seem to be short of money,” Xu Qingzhou said with a shrug.

"I really like that saying: When money is no longer a shackle on survival, making money becomes the yardstick for measuring the height of one's life. When you have a certain amount of money, it's not necessarily about how much money you make—1000 billion, 10 billion, 100 billion. These are not the point. The point is about achieving one goal after another, isn't it?"

Toro Bennett paused, squinted, and said, "If it's the former, I think we might be able to join forces. With your involvement, Tokamak Energy will definitely receive more funding, and we can also make a big splash. Of course, I can assure you that after it's done, you will get 10% of the shares, which will be an astronomical sum."

“Mr. Bennett, I’m curious. I’m just a newcomer to the field of controlled nuclear fusion. Why don’t you go and find some real experts?”

Xu Qingzhou asked with a smile.

"No, you're not a newcomer."

Bennett laughed: "Fields Medal winner, that alone is enough to make those office-bound guys willingly part with their money."

Xu Qingzhou understood somewhat; this guy just wanted to recruit him. Regardless of whether the deal went through or not, there would definitely be an initial investment.

Investments like these often involve hundreds of millions of dollars.

And if successful.
It will change history, and the revenue it generates will be unimaginable.

Xu Qingzhou shook his head: "I'm sorry, you may be disappointed. I would prefer to complete this project myself rather than cooperate."

"As far as I know, your team has no experience in controlled nuclear fusion. Most importantly, your country already has a controlled nuclear fusion project, so your chances of getting investment are not high."

Bennett didn't expect Xu Qingzhou to refuse so decisively.

No matter how you look at it, all the goals set by Xu Qingzhou's research institute—lithium dendrites, shuttle effect, controlled nuclear fusion—are, in his view, for the purpose of raising funds.

He believed that this Xia Guoren was the same kind of person as him, someone who was interested in money, which is why he approached Xu Qingzhou to extend a cooperation invitation.

Xu Qingzhou smiled and said, "I have my own money."

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Bennett was silent for a few seconds before speaking: "This is gambling. Putting all your money into a vague and uncertain project is not rational."

"That's always how experiments are conducted."

Xu Qingzhou said in a relaxed tone.

Bennett's invitation was just a minor incident. Over the next few days, Xu Qingzhou shuttled between various conferences, and in the evenings he would discuss solutions to the Duffin-Schaeffer conjecture with Professor Maynard.

Currently, the two of them have been working hard for several days and have achieved considerable results.

Construct a probabilistic graphical model.

The second step is to consider the principle of mass transfer and introduce Hausdorff dimension analysis from measure theory into number theory to uniformly handle the approximation problem of different measure spaces.

Finally, sieve optimization and inclusion-exclusion techniques are performed. By using Euler's function to weight the sieve for irreducible fractions and adjusting the sieve weights, the density of irreducible fractions can be accurately calculated.

Professor Maynard strongly invited Xu Qingzhou to collaborate, hoping to solve this conjecture together.

Xu Qingzhou smiled and politely declined.

Lithium dendrites and shuttle effect, plus supersymmetric function theory, are already keeping him busy enough; he doesn't want to add any more intensity to his problem.

Moreover, given Professor Maynard's abilities, it's only a matter of time before he solves this conjecture.

(End of this chapter)