Black technology: a super empire spanning two worlds

Chapter 129 [All those who are engaged in controlled nuclear fusion come to inquire and investigate]

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the country's highest-level news broadcast also reported the breakthrough in room-temperature superconductivity, and it took a full two minutes to report it.

It is no exaggeration to say that anyone who can appear on this news program for a few seconds has already reached a level that ordinary people cannot reach.

Xiao Yu appeared in this news program in the form of an interview. This was a picture of a reporter from Bai Tian Media interviewing him. He mentioned some matters related to room-temperature superconductivity, but there was no substantive information.

Especially when it comes to how to achieve the synthesis of room-temperature superconducting materials, even if Xiao Yu wants to reveal some technical details in the interview, the country will not release them to prevent the risk of technology leaks.

If graphene is the "king of new materials in the 21st century", then room-temperature superconducting materials can be called the "holy grail" of the materials science community. This material is truly capable of influencing a country's destiny, and its technical confidentiality level is only higher than that of graphene mass production technology.

One hour later, Lingjing Technology issued a suspension announcement.

Upon application, the company's shares will be suspended from trading from the opening of the market on Tuesday, November 11, and will resume trading after the disclosure of the synthesis announcement. The suspension is expected to last no more than three months. The company reminds investors to pay attention to the risks of secondary market transactions.

The village also approved it at the speed of light, because they were also afraid that Lingjing Technology would experience drastic fluctuations tomorrow. Now that the company had taken the initiative to apply to enter the small black room, it was of course approved at the speed of light.

The short-term funds that came in today were originally planning to leave as soon as the market opened high tomorrow, but they didn't expect to be locked up for three months before they could leave. They are very depressed.

However, for long-term value investors, it doesn't matter, especially for those investors who are aiming to hold for a long time and get dividends. As long as the company pays stable dividends, the suspension of trading will not affect their dividends.

Xiao Yu has arranged everything for Lingjing Technology. He should not need to pay too much attention in the short term. The company's daily operations are managed by Xu Changming.

In the following days, Xiao Yu still focused his main energy on making good arrangements for AVIC Linfei Company.

With the advent of room-temperature superconducting materials, Xiao Yu has only given out more than 500 tons of production capacity. He has previously communicated with Zhao Heyang and others and confirmed the preliminary distribution of this material and the field in which it will be used first.

Given the current limited production capacity and extremely high prices, the allocation of this material must be carefully calculated.

Three directions have been confirmed so far.

First of all, it is for military use, which is beyond doubt. The priority of national defense strategic security needs no further explanation.

For the room-temperature superconducting materials allocated to the military field, AVIC Linfei will retain half of the quota for developing all-electric aircraft, and the rest will be supplied to other national defense and military enterprises. Military enterprises that have demand for room-temperature superconducting materials can come to AVIC Linfei to purchase them, and the company can supply them after obtaining approval from relevant departments.

The second is the field of microelectronics, including the superconducting materials that are needed. This is a sub-sector that is not used in large quantities but has a great boost. In addition, the upgraded products in this field will most likely be given priority to the military or some special national institutions. Civilian use will definitely not be able to get the products in the short term.

Finally, in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, room-temperature superconducting materials are key materials for controlled nuclear fusion technology. Furthermore, this is also a key material for the energy revolution. We must squeeze out a part of it for research in the field of controlled nuclear fusion.

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On the second day after the press conference, that is, on November 11, several major domestic scientific research institutions that study controlled nuclear fusion technology sent people to Linzhou to conduct research at AVIC Linfei Company.

When they learned about the breakthrough in room-temperature superconducting materials, they were skeptical at first, but were immediately excited after confirmation. One of the important reasons why controlled nuclear fusion technology is so difficult and is jokingly called "the eternal fifty years" is that when the reactor is running, its internal temperature can reach hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius, and the existing known materials cannot withstand such ultra-high temperatures, so they can only be confined by magnetic fields generated by electrical energy.

But the problem is that when electrical energy generates a magnetic field, most of the energy is lost as heat due to the existence of resistance.

The tokamak nuclear fusion device currently used in China has never been able to solve the pain point that the energy input is greater than the energy output, and cannot achieve net energy output, so it is not practical.

Investing 10 kWh of electricity only results in an output of 1 kWh, resulting in a net loss of 9 kWh, which is obviously not acceptable.

It can be seen from this that one of the technical bottlenecks of controlled nuclear fusion is resistance, and the most effective way to reduce resistance is undoubtedly superconductivity.

To achieve superconductivity, we generally only rely on ultra-low temperature environment. Now that AVIC Linfei Company has developed room-temperature superconducting materials, it means that there is no need for additional cooling equipment to create an ultra-low temperature environment. Furthermore, major breakthroughs in the materials field have greatly reduced the difficulty of controlled nuclear fusion.

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In the afternoon, not long after Xiao Yu arrived at AVIC Linfei Company, the company's current CEO Chen Zaiqing learned of his arrival and came to Xiao Yu's office.

"This morning, six or seven scientific research institutions including the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Nuclear Physics, and the Institute of Technology of USTC came to inquire about and investigate room-temperature superconducting materials." Chen Zaiqing reported the matter to Xiao Yu.

The scientific research units he mentioned all have research projects in the field of controlled nuclear fusion. There are many institutions in China that are researching controlled nuclear fusion, more than a dozen of them, including some private institutions.

Chen Zaiqing looked at Xiao Yu and added: "These units are asking when they can provide room-temperature superconducting materials. When I received them, I could see that they were very excited and extremely eager to get the goods."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu immediately said, "We have the materials, but we have no say in who to supply them to. Let them go to their own supervisory units and apply to their superiors. We only recognize the stamped approval documents from our superiors. Without the approval documents, you can't sell a gram no matter how much money you pay."

Chen Zaiqing nodded: "I understand."

The current reported production capacity is more than 500 tons. It has been confirmed that there will be a quota in the direction of controlled nuclear fusion, and this material can be used first.

However, the allocated output will not be very large. More than a dozen units want to obtain this material to support their controlled nuclear fusion research. Only two units at most can actually get the goods. This must be subject to strict screening. First of all, some units that have joint research with foreign countries will definitely be excluded.

However, this is not what Xiao Yu wants to worry about. He does not have that much energy. He only recognizes the stamped approval documents from the relevant state departments. If there are approval documents and money in place, then he will supply the goods. If not, he will not supply them. This way he can save trouble and worry.

After a while, Xiao Yu, who had ignored this matter, said: "Don't fall behind in the construction efficiency of the new headquarters in Dongcheng District. In addition, the construction of the smart factory that produces room-temperature superconducting materials must be promoted immediately."

Chen Zaiqing nodded again: "Everything is progressing according to the expected plan, and there will be no problem in completing it on time."

After talking for a while, Chen Zaiqing left. Xiao Yu left all these matters to him to deal with, as it was impossible for him to do everything by himself.

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(End of this chapter)