While Lu Zhou was on his retreat, a series of earth-shattering events were happening.
Let's start with the small stuff.
The first alternative energy vehicle based on lithium-air battery technology was successfully launched in Shanghai.
Its terrifying battery life was twice that of lithium-sulfur batteries, as well as the built-in wireless charging technology, caused quite a stir.
What was most surprising was that the car was a brand under the BYD Group.
Most people who didn't know the inside story didn't expect that a car company that focused on the civilian market would be ahead of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen … and even Tesla, which also focused on alternative energy.
This kind of contrast really made one's heart involuntarily give birth to some indescribable emotions …
In contrast, as BYD Group's offline partner, Beep Beep Charging, which provided technical support for its wireless charging modules, was much more low-key.
Ever since Beep Beep Charging acquired Tesla's charging station business, Beep Beep Charging's coverage in Shanghai had reached 85%. Not only did they meet this year's performance target, but they also began to expand their business to Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.
At the same time, large shopping malls in California began to see signs of Beep Beep Charging.
When the fusion power station in California was completed, the alternative energy vehicle market on the west coast of North America was bound to usher in a wave of rapid growth. Beep Beep Charging, which had become the leader in the charging station industry in China, obviously wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity to make money.
Let's talk about the big stuff.
While China's alternative energy industry was progressing, there was a new breakthrough in transportation.
The world's first vacuum tube maglev train, the Jinghu line, was officially opened, connecting Shanghai and Jinling.
According to the data on paper, the maglev train's design speed could reach up to 2,000 kilometers per hour. The trial operation period was 600 kilometers per hour, and after the official operation, the speed would gradually increase to 900-1,000 kilometers per hour.
When people saw this news, they could tell that the speed of the maglev train was catching up to commercial airliners.
The straight-line distance from Jinling to Shanghai was only 300 kilometers. At 1,000 kilometers per hour, theoretically, it would only take 18 minutes to get from Shanghai to Jinling.
What did this mean?
The concept was that taking the maglev train from the western suburbs of Shanghai to Jinling was even faster than taking the subway from the suburbs to the city center.
After this piece of news came out, many people joked that after the opening of the Jinling – Shanghai line, Jinling would become the Jinling station of Shanghai, and Shanghai would also become the Jinling station of Jinling. He woke up early, and he might even be able to "fly" to Jinling for a bowl of duck blood and vermicelli soup before he clocked in.
Of course, considering the cost of the train ticket, the price of this bowl of duck blood vermicelli would probably make many people feel distressed.
While the people of Jinling and Shanghai were celebrating the opening of the vacuum tube maglev train, the Beijing-Jin line was also under construction.
After the completion of this line, the Jinhu line will be integrated into the Beijing-Jin line, connecting the three provincial capitals from Shangjing to Shanghai as a direct line between first-tier cities and new first-tier cities.
According to the announcement released by the relevant ministries, a total of six lines had been planned, and the coverage of first-tier cities and new first-tier cities would reach 100%. After the Beijing-Shanghai line was accepted, it would be launched according to the schedule, and the strategic goal of "connecting all areas covered by controllable fusion power stations from the east to the west, from the coast to the mainland" would be achieved.
Once the entire project was completed, the people of the country would officially enter the era of rail transportation, where inter-provincial transportation was faster than intra-provincial transportation. Some people had never even taken a plane in their entire lives, and they could already get on transportation that was faster than a plane …
From lithium-sulfur and lithium-air battery vehicles to the world's first vacuum tube maglev train.
It had only been three years, but the breakthrough in controllable nuclear fusion technology had completely changed the way China traveled.
Moreover, this nourishing and silent change was still continuing.
Until one day in the future, this continuous quantitative change would finally reach a critical point of qualitative change.
When that time really came, the people who were in it wouldn't even notice it at all. Only when they suddenly looked back to yesterday would they suddenly feel as if a lifetime had passed, and their present body was already in the once unreachable future …
After the news on the ground came the news from the sky.
The first ILHCRC International High Energy Physics Summit came to an end. At the end of the conference, Secretary-General Luo Wenxuan announced at the conference that the third phase of the Lunar Hadron Collider project had been completed. The superconducting magnetic track using the SG-1 material had been deployed on the surface of the Moon, and the final assembly work was expected to be completed within the year.
If everything went well, this giant scientific research project would be able to begin its first trial run in March next year.
The only problem left was that relying on the power generation facilities on the Moon to satisfy this behemoth's appetite would be a bit difficult.
The current solution was to install charging equipment on a large scale, charge for three days, and experiment for three minutes.
Of course, there were also people who proposed deploying a fusion core on the moon, but there were many technical and technical problems.
If it was only the fusion batteries on Skyglow, Auspicious, and Magpie Bridge that were based on sound fusion technology, not only would the power output be insufficient, but the cost would also be quite uneconomical.
It was like removing the generators on an aircraft carrier to supply electricity to a city. No matter how small the city was, as long as it met the standards of a city, the power consumption would be on a completely different order of magnitude.
Whether it was in the sky or on the ground, China seemed to be dominating the headlines of the international media. And this wasn't all.
Other than alternative energy vehicles, vacuum tube maglev trains, and the collider hanging in the sky, the most exciting thing was undoubtedly the innovative mete100 mobile phone.
After all, this was something that was deeply embedded in everyone's lives and received the attention of young people.
Especially the carbon-based chip that caused a stir in the international media, as well as the 1 + 8 + n strategic blueprint described by Huawei's product strategy officer. Not only was this a gimmick, but it also ignited people's infinite expectations.
Intel, the giant in the semiconductor industry, suddenly announced that it had signed an OEM agreement with Huawei HiSilicon. Huawei's HiSilicon factory in Jiangcheng would produce a new generation of processors based on carbon-based chip technology.
As soon as the news was released, the entire semiconductor industry was in a state of shock.
No one expected Intel to make such a decision.
People also didn't expect HiSilicon, which had always been focused on chip design, to open a factory.
In most people's minds, HiSilicon was just a chip design company that went the OEM route. Because of its limited production, it basically only supplied its own products.
But now, with the entire Jiangcheng semiconductor industrial base and the fifth largest semiconductor industrial cluster, production was no longer a problem.
The positions of the two sides seemed to have completely changed.
On the other hand, Intel had to focus on chip design and OEM production in the field of carbon-based chips.
For China's booming semiconductor industry, the cooperation between Huawei and Intel meant that they would receive a large number of orders from North America.
Accumulating experience and capital through other people's orders, then investing this accumulated capital into research and development. Not only could this form a virtuous cycle, but it could also further expand the advantages of China's semiconductor industry in this field.
As the saying goes, the strong will always be strong. This is the same principle.
On the other hand, for Intel, the moment they accepted those terms, gave up resisting the trend of history, and opened the door to carbon-based chips, they automatically moved down from the top of the industry chain.
Even though it was difficult for them to accept this, they had to survive.
Seeing that Intel had betrayed the revolution, Qualcomm, which had been at odds with the entire industry alliance for a long time, immediately announced that it had entered the carbon era. While they were cooperating with Huawei, they sent a large number of experts in the field of communications and modem chips to Shanghai to study. Qualcomm became a firm supporter of the carbon-based chip industry chain overnight.
In order to survive, both Qualcomm and Intel did their best. They even took the initiative to contribute to the "new ecosystem" that was about to replace their decades of hard work.
After all, this was the only way for them to survive.
If they stubbornly clung onto the driftwood of silicon-based chips, then Nokia, Motorola, and other giants that created an era would be a lesson for them …
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