Lu Zhou stopped walking and cast a questioning look at the person who stopped him.
"You are?"
"Mihir Benderbauer, chairman and chief technology officer of Tri-Alpha." Benderbauer walked in front of Lu Zhou and reached out his right hand. He smiled and said, "It's nice to meet you here."
Tri-Alpha？
Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows with interest.
He had heard of the famous Tri-Alpha company in the controllable nuclear fusion field.
This was a commercial controllable nuclear fusion company controlled by private capital. The big boss behind this company was the internet company that had a "clean energy complex" — Google.
In order for Tri-Alpha to make faster progress in their experiments on the C2-U machine, Google used its advantage in information technology to tailor a set of "optometrist algorithms" for them. Through a more efficient human-computer interaction scheme, it could help nuclear fusion experiments produce the plasma needed for experiments more effectively.
Not only was Google nutty, but Tri-Alpha also worked hard and independently developed a set of devices called "Field Reverse Configuration (FRC)". This device looked like a long cylinder with several small cylindrical devices connected in the middle. It could increase the plasma temperature faster than traditional microwave heating devices.
There was no doubt that whether it was the optometrist algorithm or the field reverse configuration device, they were all black technology in the field of controllable fusion.
However, Lu Zhou always felt like they seemed to be focusing on a strange place.
After all, whether it was an advanced human-computer interaction scheme or a faster increase in plasma temperature, these weren't the technical bottlenecks faced by controllable nuclear fusion.
Lu Zhou shook Benderbauer's right hand and said, "I'm also glad to meet you here … Do you need anything from me?"
Benderbauer smiled and said, "Can I have a word with you?"
Lu Zhou looked at Professor Li Changxia next to him and handed him the suitcase.
"Thank you."
Professor Li Changxia smiled and said, "No problem, I'll go upstairs first."
Lu Zhou: "Yeah, I'll be right there."
After a short separation, Lu Zhou followed Benderbauer to the cafe next to the hotel.
After finding a quiet place to sit down, Benderbauer picked up the menu.
"Do you want anything?"
"Mocha is fine."
"One mocha and one black coffee."
"Yes, sir." The waiter quickly wrote down the order in his notebook, put away the menu, and left.
After a while, the coffee was quickly served.
Looking at the coffee on the table, Lu Zhou leaned back in his chair and said, "Now can you tell me what you want to talk to me about?"
With his fingers crossed on the table, Benderbauer looked at Lu Zhou with interest and said, "I heard that you're interested in nuclear fusion research?"
Lu Zhou nodded. "That's right. This is a challenging topic, but it's also meaningful."
Benderbauer: "May I ask, is it spiritual significance or monetary significance?"
Lu Zhou: "What do you mean?"
"Literally." Benderbauer took a sip of his coffee and threw two sugar cubes into the cup. He then looked at Lu Zhou and said, "If it's the latter, why don't you consider cooperating with me?"
"Oh yeah?"
"Whether it's one billion or two billion USD, that's someone else's money, not yours. But if we cooperate, we can make the company bigger and go public. Even if it's 10 billion or 100 billion, it's still conceivable. "
"What do you think? The youngest Nobel Prize winner in history, the genius Professor Lu. "Benderbauer smiled and said," I can guarantee you that you can get at least 5% of the shares, and the value will far exceed your imagination. "
This is …
Trying to get my help?
When Lu Zhou heard this request, he smiled and shook his head. He then put down the coffee cup in his hand.
"I thought you wanted to talk to me about the FRC machine."
"Thank you for the coffee, but I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you."
Benderbauer didn't expect Lu Zhou to refuse so quickly, and he paused for a second.
When he saw Lu Zhou stand up, he couldn't help but ask.
"… Why?"
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "There's an old saying in China, people who walk different paths cannot make plans together."
Benderbauer looked at Lu Zhou in disbelief and said, "Don't tell me … you really want to create nuclear fusion?"
Lu Zhou: "Why don't you ask the researchers in your company about this? I believe they will give you a rigorous and reliable answer from a professional point of view. "
"I don't discuss this with them, there's no point. Their answer is always the same." Benderbauer shook his head and said, "People who bet on ten years in the future are geniuses, people who bet on twenty years in the future are idiots."
Lu Zhou smiled and spoke.
"Then unfortunately, my answer is the same."
…
July 1st.
The International Controllable Nuclear Fusion Conference officially began.
On the first day of the first report, Fei Jingti and Dian Cili ate breakfast and yawned as they walked into the lecture hall. They found a seat in the back row and sat down.
Because their supervisor, Professor Yu Jinsong, couldn't come, he gave them a task before they came. Not only did he specify which reports they had to attend, but he also asked them to take detailed notes during the report.
Therefore, they couldn't slack off at this academic conference like they usually did.
Soon after, the report began.
The person giving the report on stage was Professor Botham from the Culham Nuclear Fusion Research Center. The content of the report was about a new discovery in a plasma interaction experiment.
The two of them took out their notebooks. Regardless of whether they understood or not, they still wrote down the important parts.
Halfway through the report, Fei Jingti suddenly lowered his voice and said to Dian Cili, who was sitting next to him, "Over the past six months, when I was reading theses, I discovered something very interesting."
Dian Cili paused for a second and said, "What is it?"
Fei Jingti: "It's a very easy thing to understand, but if it's said in academic terms, it can confuse people."
Dian Cili: "For example?"
Fei Jingti: "For example, when we see 'everyone knows' in the thesis, maybe the author of the thesis only wants to say that the people in their laboratory who are responsible for checking the literature know. Or 'predictions based on statistics', it might just be 'we're just guessing, don't take it to heart'. "
Dian Cili: "Can you give me a specific example?"
Fei Jingti: "Specific example? For example, look at the last few lines of the thesis in your hand. We hope that this research can prompt scholars in this field to conduct more in-depth research … "
Dian Cili was intrigued. He asked, "What does that mean?"
Fei Jingti: "It means that I'll leave it here, whoever wants to do the follow-up work can do it, I'm not doing it."
"Pfft —"
Dian Cili slammed his forehead on the table as he tried to hold back his laughter.
Fei Jingti looked at him with a muddled expression.
Does this guy have a low sense of humor?
Professor Botham stood on the stage with his back facing the calculations on the blackboard. He spoke in a slow and gentle voice.
"… We used high-order harmonic XUV generated by the interaction of high-intensity lasers and plasma to conduct high-resolution measurements of the plasma structure.
"As shown in the PowerPoint, we obtained a set of very interesting data from the observation results and derived a series of deductions based on these results.
"This involves multi-scale nonlinear evolution and compressible turbulent mixing … It's not easy to solve it, but fortunately, we have at least achieved in-progress results."
There was a commotion in the audience as the experts and scholars whispered to each other.
"… If the Culham Nuclear Fusion Research Center really solves this problem, it will provide a theoretical basis for solving the magnetic surface tearing phenomenon in the tokamak device."
"Unbelievable … Do you think their data is reliable?"
"I don't know, I have to do more research."
Professor Botham looked at the people in the audience with satisfaction. He had a smug smile on his face.
Just as he had expected, the results of their research were shocking enough.
Soon after, it was time for the Q&A session.
Professor Botham looked at the person who raised his hand first and nodded.
"Sir, do you have any questions?"
Lu Zhou stood up and looked at the calculations on the blackboard.
He then frowned and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you used a differential geometry method to solve the nonlinear equation."
Professor Botham pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and looked at the Chinese scholar.
He frowned and said, "That's right, is there a problem?"
Lu Zhou sighed and said, "Introducing the L Manifold to solve the nonlinear topological transformation is correct, but your method is wrong. That's not how you use the L Manifold."
Botham wasn't angry at being questioned. Instead, he laughed.
He spoke in a sarcastic tone.
"I don't know how you came to this conclusion, but in my opinion, you're being unreasonable. There's no problem with my calculations. I know how to use the L Manifold, I don't need you to teach me. "
The scholars in the lecture hall began to discuss among themselves.
Lu Zhou looked at the noisy venue and coughed.
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