Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 136: Golden Crow ascends to the sky, the chief manager arrives
After Li Weidong finished the call, he took Zhou Xiaolin and others back to the nuclear power plant and continued to observe the situation of the nuclear fusion reactor.

As the nuclear fusion reactor continued to operate normally, Li Weidong began to think about the follow-up matters of the nuclear fusion power station. One nuclear fusion power station can meet the current electricity demand. Is it necessary to build more?
Yes, we must build a few more. Electricity consumption is low now because power generation is low, but future electricity demand will undoubtedly increase significantly, so we must build a few more. Moreover, the excess electricity can be sold cheaply to surrounding countries, including Russia. Wouldn't it be great to earn more money and invest in construction?

Furthermore, once other sects have become accustomed to our cheap electricity, will they continue to build their own power facilities? The answer is no. Once their entire country uses our cheap electricity, we will have the final say. If they disobey, we will cut off their power and that will be enough for them.

Thinking of this, Li Weidong couldn't help but smile. Zhou Xiaolin, who was standing next to Li Weidong, happened to see this and thought that Li Weidong was thinking about something lewd. She slapped him in anger and said:

"What occasion? Be serious."

Li Weidong...

I thought: Hmm? What does that mean?
Although Li Weidong was somewhat puzzled, he didn't ask. He continued to think about the future development of nuclear fusion. The first thing he wanted to do was miniaturize it. Modern equipment was too large, so it had to be reduced in size.

The first step is to shrink it down to a size that can be installed on warships, making all warships nuclear-powered.

The second step is the experiment of cold nuclear fusion reaction. Yes, it is the Ark reactor of Iron Man in the movie. There is no need to rush this step for the time being. After all, we have thermonuclear fusion reactors to use first, and there is no place for cold nuclear fusion for the time being. We can study it slowly in the future.

Later, Li Weidong thought about it again. Regarding the supporting weapons, the first thing that came to his mind was electromagnetic weapons. If a thermonuclear fusion reactor was installed on the warship, then it would definitely have excess electricity. In terms of weapons, energy weapons would definitely be chosen, such as electromagnetic guns, laser weapons, and so on.

Just as Li Weidong was still thinking, several cars arrived at the nuclear power plant. After being inspected by the guards, they were immediately allowed to pass without notifying Li Weidong, because the head of the company had arrived. After being allowed to pass, they immediately called the nuclear power plant staff to inform them that the head of the company had arrived and to prepare to welcome him.

After receiving the call, the staff immediately ran into the nuclear power plant to inform Li Weidong and his team. When he informed Li Weidong and his team were about to leave the nuclear power plant to greet the chief manager, the chief manager and his team had already entered the nuclear power plant. Li Weidong quickly took Zhou Xiaolin and his team to greet them.

When they approached the chief manager, Li Weidong and the others stood at attention and saluted.

"Hello, Chief. Li Weidong, Director of the 011th Institute, reports to you."

"Great, great! It hasn't been long since you, Li Weidong, gave me such great news! A peerless talent, a peerless talent!"

The chief shopkeeper returned Li Weidong's military salute, praised him with a smile, and patted Li Weidong's shoulder affectionately.

"Weidong! Take us to see the nuclear fusion reactor and introduce it to us old guys."

"Yes, Chief!" Li Weidong said loudly, and then led the Chief in front, introducing each device in detail.

After introducing the last discharge equipment, Li Weidong asked the engineer who was monitoring the discharge volume:
"How long has it been now? What is the discharge volume? Report to the commander."

"Yes." The engineer said excitedly.

"Report to the chief, the nuclear fusion reactor has been running for three hours and twelve minutes, and the cumulative discharge has exceeded 2.3 billion amperes. It has far exceeded the total electricity consumption in the country." "Good, good! Thank you for your hard work, comrade." The shopkeeper was also a little excited and said to the engineer.

"This is what I should do. Thank you for the hard work, Commander." The engineer spoke excitedly and incoherently.

The chief shopkeeper patted the engineer's shoulder with a smile, then said to Li Weidong:
"Weidong, let's go to the conference room and talk about future development."

After hearing what the chief manager said, Li Weidong quickly agreed, then led the way, leading the chief manager and others towards the conference room of the nuclear power plant.

After entering the conference room, everyone took their seats. The head manager took the main seat and said, "As you can all see, the 011 Institute's controlled nuclear fusion project has been a success. Let's discuss what we should do next. Everyone, please speak freely."

As soon as the chief manager finished speaking, everyone started talking.

"Chief, first of all, I think we should connect the electricity generated by the controlled nuclear fusion power station to various provinces to provide electricity for our country." said a leader.

"No, connecting cables from various provinces to the nuclear power plant is a huge project and too expensive. Is there any other way?" said another leader.

……

The leaders discussed this issue one after another.

"Okay, everyone, please be quiet for a moment. Let's listen to Comrade Li Weidong's opinion first. After all, he is the person in charge of the controlled nuclear fusion nuclear power plant project. He understands this project better than any of us." The shopkeeper motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then said.

All the leaders present stopped talking and turned their attention to Li Weidong.

Li Weidong was not timid either. He stood up and said:
"My dear leaders, I have actually considered your opinions. Let me first share my thoughts. First of all, each province must be connected to a controlled nuclear fusion power station, because the purpose of a controlled nuclear fusion power station is to provide cheap electricity. If they are not connected, what is the purpose of developing a controlled nuclear fusion power station?

Secondly, as the leader just mentioned, it's impossible to connect all provinces to our power station because the workload and cost are too high, making it uneconomical. But why not build a few more controlled nuclear fusion power stations? The cost isn't very high, and once built, you can benefit from it for life.

Some leaders may think that now our controlled nuclear fusion power station can far meet the current national electricity consumption, so why should we spend the cost to build it?
First, the cost of connecting distant provinces here is prohibitively high, far exceeding the cost of building a controlled nuclear fusion power station. Second, our current electricity consumption would increase dramatically. Why? Because our current electricity consumption is low, so we're controlling it. If we were to use a nuclear fusion power station, our electricity consumption would increase dramatically, and we could even argue that this single fusion power station wouldn't be able to meet future demand.

After hearing what Li Weidong said, the chief manager fell into deep thought, and many leaders also started discussing it.

Li Weidong looked at the many leaders who were discussing this and continued:
"I recommend……"

(End of this chapter)