Moscow.
An office located in the Kremlin.
A strong-looking man sat behind a mahogany desk. After listening to his subordinate's report, he frowned slightly.
"He's awake?"
The man in a leather jacket stood in the office and nodded.
"Yes … According to our intelligence personnel, Professor Lu Zhou has woken up from a coma. And according to our experts in the World Health Organization, there is no direct evidence to prove that his coma was caused by human factors. It's very likely that he's just overtired. "
Overtired, in a coma for more than 20 days.
Even though this sounded a bit ridiculous, compared to other baseless inferences, this seemed to be the most reliable.
Mr. Vladimir got up and walked to the window. He stared at the Red Square outside the Kremlin. His hawk-like eyes were slightly narrowed, making it hard to tell what he was thinking.
Lu Zhou was still alive.
This was definitely not good news for Russia.
Russia's economy was heavily dependent on energy exports, and China was the second-largest buyer of Russian crude oil and natural gas, accounting for 18% of Russia's total exports.
The leverage effect brought about by the decline in oil prices would strengthen the US dollar in the short term, but the impact on the ruble would be unacceptable to all Russians.
Even though in order to win over Russia, China would probably not reduce the import quota of Russian crude oil and natural gas in the short term, this undoubtedly meant that the Chinese would have more bargaining chips in energy import negotiations.
The global political situation was originally in a dynamic balance.
But after the blockbuster controllable fusion was thrown into the lake, this balance had been completely broken.
For some reason, a terrifying image suddenly emerged in Vladimir's mind.
Will one day in the future, Siberian factories will have to rely on China's power grid?
Thinking about it this way, it's quite scary …
It would be great if that person never woke up.
If he passed away, his experience would undoubtedly become a legend, and his name would be remembered as the greatest scholar of the century. Not only would the Chinese mourn him, but even the President of the United States would hypocritically prepare a eulogy for him to mourn his death.
But the problem was that he was still alive …
"Mr. President …"
With his back facing his subordinates, Vladimir said expressionlessly, "What's wrong?"
The man in the leather jacket lowered his voice and said, "Why don't we …"
"I know what you're thinking, but that's impossible." Vladimir withdrew his gaze from the window, walked back to the desk, and sat down again. "We can't risk offending the China people, especially at this critical time. Moreover, that is the stupidest thing to do. "
In any case, assassination was a very low-level method, because it broke the bottom line of a civilized country.
Especially for an internationally renowned scholar.
Especially when the other party had the ability to take revenge.
The man in the leather jacket stood there silently, waiting for the president's order.
After sitting at the desk for a long time, Vladimir spoke.
"Continue to collect information on controllable fusion. If they are already ahead, we can't fall too far behind them."
Flipping through the information on the table, he was slightly stunned when he saw a certain line, and his eyebrows raised in surprise.
"… Single?"
However, at this moment, the office door suddenly opened.
"Latest news!"
The Russian Foreign Minister hurriedly walked to Vladimir's desk and quickly said, "China has started negotiations with Myanmar and Laos on issues related to the cross-regional power grid interconnection project. Although it is unknown whether the cooperation will be successful, according to reliable sources, China has offered the two countries a very tempting price … "
Vladimir didn't have time to ask why he didn't knock on the door. The moment he heard this, his pupils shrank slightly.
As expected, the thing that he was most worried about finally happened.
Although Russia didn't have any core interests in Southeast Asia, this was still not good news.
Now it was Laos and Myanmar. What next?
Continue to the south, expand the energy corridor to Vietnam, Thailand, and even the more distant Malaysia, so that the entire Malacca would be included in its sphere of influence, paving the way for the rise of sea power.
Or follow the Silk Road westward, connect the five Central Asian countries, and continue to play the role of a land power …
Perhaps only God could answer this question.
…
Beijing.
301 Hospital.
Originally, Lu Zhou only came out for a walk. He didn't expect that someone would suddenly call out to him.
Lu Zhou looked at the middle-aged man who called his name and walked over. He cast a questioning look at him.
"You are?"
The man looked at Lu Zhou and smiled. He reached out his right hand and said, "Let me introduce myself, I am the director of CTV, Luo Qidi."
Director of CTV?
Since when is the director of TV stations so free?
And he's the director of CTV …
Even though Lu Zhou was surprised, he still smiled and shook his hand.
"Hello, Director Luo."
There were too many people who visited him these days. Although the head of Central TV was not a small official, he had seen too many of them, so he was not surprised at all.
"Haha, hello. They say that Professor Lu is young and promising, "said Luo Qidi as he shook Lu Zhou's hand. He smiled and said," This is He Ying, the host of our "Light of Science" program. "
He Ying nodded politely and said, "Hello, Professor Lu."
"Hello, Ms. He." Lu Zhou smiled and nodded at her. He then looked at Director Luo and said in a joking tone, "Director Luo, did you come all the way here to interview me?"
"Haha, I want to interview you. Unfortunately, I've been away from the front line for too long. I'll give this opportunity to the younger generation, "said Director Luo with a smile. He then looked at Wang Ying and said," Ms. He, can you explain the situation to Professor Lu? "
"Okay, Director."
He Ying looked at Lu Zhou and said politely, "Here's the thing, it's almost New Year's, and the people of the country are concerned about your health. If it's convenient for you, we would like to invite you to participate in a popular science program. "
Lu Zhou: "About controllable nuclear fusion?"
He Ying nodded and said, "It might be related to nuclear fusion, but it's mainly about you."
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and spoke.
"I'm fine with it, but you should report this program to the relevant departments. After all, a lot of things are sensitive, and it's not convenient for me to talk about it in public. "
He Ying smiled and nodded. "Don't worry about this, the content of the program won't involve sensitive issues. We've already considered confidentiality."
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Okay then, when is the interview?"
Seeing that Lu Zhou agreed, He Ying sighed in relief. She had a happy expression on her face as she said, "Tomorrow at two o 'clock in the afternoon. Our program is going to be broadcast the day before New Year's."
Inviting Professor Lu Zhou to be a guest on the program was something that had been planned for a long time. This included obtaining permission from other departments, as well as collecting questions from the public through phone calls and the Internet. A lot of the work had already begun at the end of last year.
Not only did the people in the program put in a lot of effort, but she also spent a lot of time preparing for it.
After all, being able to interview Lu Zhou himself would be a great addition to her career.
Lu Zhou looked at the hopeful expression on the host's face and smiled as he said, "Okay then, I'll be there."
After all, the director came in person, so it wouldn't be good to reject him.
Lu Zhou felt like the director's motive for visiting him probably had nothing to do with the program itself. It was most likely the same as the other people who visited him over the past two days. They just wanted to use this opportunity to get to know him …
However, Lu Zhou himself didn't know if it was meaningful for their careers to become familiar with him.
Yan Yan watched as Lu Zhou and the CTV people agreed on an interview time. Yan Yan, who hadn't spoken the entire time, looked at Lu Zhou worriedly.
"Is your body okay?"
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I'm almost recovered. It's better to go out than stay here. I'll have to ask you to write the application for me. "
Although Yanyan didn't really agree with his approach out of consideration for safety, after hesitating for a while, she finally sighed.
"Alright then … I'll accompany you when the time comes."
Lu Zhou coughed and said, "Actually, if you don't want to go, you don't have to force yourself. I'll go by myself."
Yanyan raised her eyebrows and immediately said, "How can we do that! If something happens to you, I … "
She didn't know why, but halfway through her sentence, she suddenly couldn't continue.
Facing Lu Zhou's questioning gaze, Yanyan gritted her teeth and took a deep breath.
"… Nothing, pretend I didn't say anything."
She couldn't possibly tell him that her father had almost chased her out of the house because of that incident last time, right?
It was too embarrassing to say it out loud!
Lu Zhou: "…?"
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