After the news of China's withdrawal from ITER was released, it was like a brick smashing into the water. It caused a huge uproar in the international community.
Major media outlets reported on this incident and made analysis and comments on this incident.
Even though the United States Department of Energy Secretary and the European Union Energy Department spokesman repeatedly stressed that this incident would not affect the ITER process and that the member states were determined to solve the energy problem, the media and academia generally had a pessimistic view of this matter.
Some people even said that this was the beginning of ITER's collapse.
This was the case internationally, and it was the same in China.
Although this news only appeared briefly on the news broadcast, it still attracted a lot of people's attention.
Especially on Weibo, this boring topic that had nothing to do with celebrities actually made it to the top ten of the trending searches.
Even though the trending topic quickly died down, it still caused a lot of discussion.
Some people liked the Chinese representative's domineering response to the United States representative's unreasonable request. Some people thought that a tough response wouldn't solve any problems. They expressed concern about the future of China's controllable nuclear fusion research and even blamed Lu Zhou for this …
[Apparently, China withdrew from ITER because the STAR Research Institute did not fulfill the ITER agreement.]
[Really?]
[Apparently it's true! My neighbor's uncle works at a nuclear fusion research institute. Apparently, our country's controllable fusion research institute was screwed over by Professor Lu.]
[What the hell do you mean screwed over? Isn't the STAR machine the world's most advanced?]
[That's true, but the STAR Research Institute isn't the only one researching controllable nuclear fusion. According to the ITER agreement, each country's controllable fusion research must be shared with the other member states. However, the STAR Research Institute did not fully disclose the details of their research!]
[If this is true, then it's all because of Xiao He …]
[Bullsh * t, this story is full of loopholes! For a national scientific research project like this, is it up to the research institute to decide whether or not to disclose the research results?]
[Haha, do you know what the spirit of a contract is? Flies don't bite seamless eggs. Why would the Americans question you? Do you dare to say that the STAR Research Institute did not hide anything about their research?]
[…]
"How infuriating!" Xiao Tong sat at the dining table and scrolled through Weibo. She said angrily, "These people don't know anything, yet they're talking nonsense!"
Big Brother was obviously working so hard …
But these people said that about him.
Looking at the angry Xiao Tong, Lu Zhou, who was eating, simply replied.
"Don't play with your phone while eating."
Xiao Tong put down her phone and pouted.
"Brother, don't you care what people say about you on the Internet?"
Hearing this, Lu Zhou smiled faintly and said nonchalantly, "A thousand people have a thousand brains and a thousand mouths. You will never be able to make everyone satisfied with you. Instead of worrying about where the flies are flying, it's better to just be yourself. "
In this world, the majority of people would always be bored.
Whether it was a scholar or any other profession, once a person became a celebrity, their name no longer belonged to them.
Compared to boring things like what contributions they had made to society and what the significance of their work or research was, people would always be more interested in small details or groundless reports to comment on their words and deeds, private lives, and moral standards.
It was just like how most people didn't know why Mr. Yang won the Nobel Prize, but they were familiar with the anecdotes of his wife, who was 50 years younger than him.
Lu Zhou was used to this phenomenon.
Just like in the comments section of his Weibo, instead of talking about the world's problems that he solved, the netizens' focus was always on why he didn't have a girlfriend despite how handsome he was …
Xiao Tong looked at her brother suspiciously and muttered, "Why do I feel like you're in a good mood?"
"Am I?" Lu Zhou touched the corners of his mouth and didn't feel any different than usual.
Xiao Tong nodded in a serious manner.
After a while, she seemed to remember something bad, and she spoke with a worried tone.
"Brother …"
"What's wrong?"
"Don't tell me …" Xiao Tong gestured with her index finger and said, "You're the type of person who gets excited when people curse at you, right?"
Lu Zhou: "F * ck off."
…
Recently, Lu Zhou had been in a good mood.
Even though China's withdrawal from ITER had a certain degree of impact on his work, compared to the breakthroughs he made in his research, the impact was negligible.
Not only did he make a breakthrough in the LPC-1 material, but he also completed the design of the liquid lithium neutron recovery system.
Right now, he had enough pieces of the puzzle in his hands.
All he had to do now was complete the last and most critical step …
STAR Research Institute.
A meeting was about to begin in a conference room in the research institute.
All of the Chinese institutions that cooperated with the STAR Research Institute sent their engineers and representatives to sit in this conference room.
Academician Wang sat in the conference room and opened his laptop. Suddenly, he heard a loud and familiar voice next to him.
"I thought you were probably here, I didn't expect you to actually be here."
"Oh, Old Sun?" Academician Wang Zengguang's eyes lit up when he saw the old man sitting next to him. He said happily, "Haha, long time no see!"
Sun Zhonghai, Chief Engineer of the China National Nuclear Corporation!
Even though this guy wasn't very likable, Lu Zhou didn't mind. After all, the two of them had been friends for more than 20 years, ever since Project 863.
"Yeah, it's been a long time," Worker Sun sighed as he looked at his old friend who he had not seen for a long time. "It's been more than a year, right? Your hair hasn't completely turned white yet, but the hair on your head is about to fall off."
"Ah, I'm afraid you forgot to look in the mirror when you went out." Academician Wang laughed and said, "I'm afraid that in another two years, Sun Zhonghai will have to change his name to Mediterranean, right?"
Engineer Sun looked at the front of the conference room and said, "Speaking of which, did Professor Lu tell you what we're going to discuss today?"
"He didn't tell me." Academician Wang shook his head and looked at the screen on the stage. He said, "It's only going to take two minutes, you can just wait for him to speak."
Before this, he only heard that they were going to discuss something important, but the STAR Research Institute didn't explain in detail what it was.
While they were talking, the meeting began.
As the projector in front of the curtain turned on, the two stopped talking at the same time. Like the other participants present, they quietly waited for the conference to begin.
Lu Zhou walked onto the stage and faced the participants. He cleared his throat and slowly spoke.
"Just a week ago, we made a breakthrough in the research of the first wall structure material.
"The LPC-1 material developed by the Jinling Institute of Computational Materials has met the engineering requirements for fusion reactors in terms of neutron radiation resistance."
There was a commotion in the audience.
Academician Wang and Engineer Sun looked at each other and saw a trace of shock in each other's eyes.
They were also excited.
The voice on the stage didn't stop.
It was still the same clear and steady voice. Lu Zhou continued to speak.
"In order to welcome the arrival of this technology, we have made enough preparations.
"I think it's time to push our plan to the next stage."
The hall was silent, not a single sound could be heard.
There were no impassioned motivational speeches, but at this moment, everyone unconsciously clenched their fists and held their breath.
Lu Zhou was just as excited as the other participants, but he didn't show his excitement on his face.
He took a deep breath and looked at the participants in the audience. He then spoke in a clear and firm voice.
"STAR-2 demonstration fusion device.
"Starting today —"
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