I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 771 Going to the Materials Research Institute to help? That's impossible.

Xu Qingzhou shifted to a more comfortable position, staring at the ceiling as he continued to ponder his future plans.

We're no longer in the days when we were dirt poor and had to personally handle recruitment. Now, the institute's veterans can take care of these tasks.

"It can be said that the most important resource for fusion research and development is talent."

"Controlled nuclear fusion is a super project that involves multiple disciplines. For us, the core bottleneck is not a single technology, but a systemic talent crisis."

Recruiting hundreds of fusion scientists in a short period of time is quite difficult.

He and Song Yao discussed it and decided to maximize the compensation, aiming to match the best international research institutes.

"Thanks to the fact that the battery problem was solved before."

In the energy sector, the two are complementary to a certain extent. Controlled nuclear fusion is certainly a good thing, but if there is no development of electrical energy carriers worldwide, then controlled nuclear fusion can only rely on traditional cable transmission.

"I'm back!"

Song Yao carried large and small bags home.

"Wow~ so much stuff." Xu Qingzhou glanced at the girl and saw that she was carrying several large bags. He stood up to greet her.

"I bought us winter clothes."

As Song Yao spoke, she handed one of the bags to Xu Qingzhou, "Here, I packed you some chicken stew with mushrooms and sweet and sour pork."

"Thank you for remembering me. If you hadn't come back, I might have starved to death by now."

Xu Qingzhou took the bag and gave the girl's butt a pinch. Song Yao took off her coat, revealing a white sweater and high-waisted jeans underneath. Compared to her usual work attire, she had a more innocent college student style.

"Aren't you shameless?"

Song Yao stared wide-eyed.

"They're not shy anymore, it's not fun at all."

Xu Qingzhou sighed, somewhat nostalgic for the days when he would touch Song Yao's leg and she would blush and get angry.

"You want to have fun, right? Come over here and I'll play with you slowly."

Song Yao leaned back on the sofa and beckoned to Xu Qingzhou with her finger.

Song Yao is no longer the aloof young girl she once was; she can switch between mature and cute styles with ease.

"Wait until I've eaten my fill and replenished my energy, hmph."

"I am really scared."

Song Yao cooperated perfunctorily, inwardly despising Xu Qingzhou's behavior. A world-renowned scientist, indeed—how incredibly childish! She thought for a moment, then shuffled to the bathroom in her slippers to rinse her feet.

After running around outside all day, his feet were a little sore. After Xu Qingzhou finished eating, he was given the opportunity to play.

20 minutes passed.

Xu Qingzhou patted his belly and sat down comfortably on the sofa. After eating and drinking his fill, he came over to snuggle up with Song Yao. His life was complete.

Song Yao tapped her finger on her phone, "You already have 2000 million followers on Weibo."

"I really want to keep a low profile, but unfortunately my abilities won't allow it."

Xu Qingzhou had an expression that said, "I've seen the impermanence of life."

"Tch, what a moral character."

Song Yao shifted her position and snuggled into Xu Qingzhou's arms to share the news she had read online with him.

The recent achievements of the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering and the news of the upcoming establishment of a demonstration reactor have also caused a huge stir on the domestic Internet.

"666+, an hour in! Now that's what you call being far ahead!"

"Can any of you explain what this means?"

"In terms of concepts, in a few years you will see controlled nuclear fusion in practice, and in another ten years, you may see nuclear-powered spaceships flying around in the sky."

"The US recently completed a 10-second net energy gain experiment, which already caused a huge sensation in the scientific community. As for Germany, the W7-X stellarator, while maintaining the Lawson criterion, has only achieved a 6-minute net energy gain so far." "What the hell? Has controlled nuclear fusion now started being measured in hours?"

"666, Xu Shen has once again destroyed the nuclear fusion field."

"Goodness, thank goodness I graduated with my PhD this year, otherwise I would probably have had to scrap all the data in my dissertation and find it all over again."

"Is the world still the same as I know it? Five years ago, my mentor was quite certain that controlled nuclear fusion was not something to be thought of within 50 years, and that the technologies that everyone is now fantasizing about require a certain stage of technological accumulation before breakthroughs can be achieved."

"While Americans are still heavily promoting their PowerPoint presentations, we've already brought the technology from those presentations into reality."

Looking at the comments, Xu Qingzhou chuckled and said, "Actually, besides the United States, the worst off are probably the Middle Eastern countries. They can't sell their oil, and the villas and yachts of the rich might have to be used to pay off their debts."

"The development of productive forces is an objective law that is independent of human will. The development of new energy sources is an inevitable trend in the world. If they stick to the old ways and live off their past wealth, they deserve to be eliminated."

"major."

Xu Qingzhou was playing with Song Yao's hair.

The changing global energy landscape will impact many countries that rely on selling resources.

Because the dollar is pegged to oil, the US will be the first to be affected.

"The United States is likely to take further major actions and concentrate its efforts on breakthroughs. Controlled nuclear fusion is just too important, and they cannot simply watch themselves lose the initiative."

"The United States' technological strength should not be underestimated."

Xu Qingzhou thought to himself.

Undeniably, for the time being, the United States remains the only superpower on Earth, leading in technology, economy, and talent pool.

At this time, at the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics.

After Shao Yilin knocked and entered, he placed the documents to be signed in front of Zhang Zhigao and then reported, "Professor, the Ministry has approved the construction plan for the Qiankun-1 demonstration reactor, and Xu Qingzhou is the chief engineer of the project."

"Okay, I understand." Zhang Zhigao waved his hand, his expression unreadable.

"Then I'll go down first."

Shao Yilin took the signed document and went out.

Thinking about the achievements of the Institute of Materials Science, he sighed, "I always felt that things were a bit precarious for us."

The China Fusion Engineering Experimental Reactor (CFETR) began engineering design in 2017, but has not yet been officially approved for construction.

In other words, the Qiankun Demonstration Reactor will become the first controlled nuclear fusion engineering reactor built in the Xia Kingdom.

In the office, Zhang Zhigao's gaze darkened, and he sighed helplessly.

The department leader just called to encourage me to proceed steadily and continue with the experiments at my own pace.

As for CFETR, it has not been cancelled, but judging from the leadership's implied message, CFETR will have to be delayed again because some funds have been allocated to the Qiankun Demonstration Reactor.

"In just one year, it has changed the landscape of nuclear fusion in China."

At that moment, Zhang Zhigao felt a sense of apprehension, or perhaps even admiration, towards this 25-year-old.

Although they are rivals, it is undeniable that, thanks to Xu Qingzhou, China's controlled nuclear fusion has made leaps and bounds, leading the world.

"I didn't expect this kid to actually solve the fundamental problem of the spherical tokamak."

The composite tokamak appears to have adopted some traditional tokamak technology, but the specifics will only be clear once the blueprints are seen.

But in any case, Xu Qingzhou is an eccentric genius.

The construction of the Qiankun Demonstration Reactor requires a large number of relevant talents, and researchers in this field are basically concentrated here and on Science Island.

"Although the leaders hinted that we could go and help, it was entirely up to us to go. We can't force our researchers to go to Longwan to do construction work."

Zhang Zhigao took a sip of tea.

Of course, I was unwilling, but I still had to send people to pretend to help.

(End of this chapter)