The funding is approved?
That's fast?
A look of surprise flashed in Lu Zhou's eyes, and he quickly asked.
He quickly asked, "How much?"
"Five hundred million!"
Only five hundred million?
Lu Zhou was slightly disappointed, but he quickly regained his composure.
Even though it wasn't a lot of money, it would temporarily solve the funding problem.
After all, the country was going to be market-oriented in the aerospace industry, so it was impossible for them to subsidize his company. If he wanted to survive in the aerospace industry, he had to rely on the National Science and Technology Commission, the China National Space Administration, and the manned moon landing project.
If he could win the bid and get some scientific research projects from the China National Space Administration or the Chinese Academy of Sciences, then he wouldn't have to worry about funding anymore.
Hou Guang had the same idea as Lu Zhou. After listening to the secretary's report, he frowned and thought for a bit. He then said, "Five hundred million yuan … That should be enough for the early stage of the project. We can think of a way to get funding later."
"Yeah." Lu Zhou nodded and said, "I'll think of a way to get funding, you don't have to worry about it."
Lu Zhou smiled and patted the technical director on the shoulder. He made a joke.
He then joked, "Even if we don't have enough funding, I'll mortgage my mansion on Purple Mountain to ensure that our space shuttle can fly to space!"
When Hou Guang heard Lu Zhou's words, he paused for a second. He was so touched that he couldn't speak.
Selling houses to build a space shuttle …
In today's materialistic society, what kind of feeling is this?
He knew that even he didn't have this kind of courage.
If I can build a space shuttle with a big shot like this, I won't have to worry about the space shuttle!
Thinking of this, Hou Guang straightened his back and promised with a serious expression.
"I won't let you down!"
Lu Zhou didn't expect Hou Guang's reaction to be so exaggerated, and he was a little embarrassed.
Even if he took a step back and really needed to get a mortgage, he wouldn't do it.
His house wasn't as valuable as the East Asia Power stock or the lithium-sulfur battery patent.
If he used the latter two as collateral, he would obviously be able to get more money …
Lu Zhou coughed lightly and changed the topic.
"In short, you just need to do what you need to do and don't worry about anything else. We must try our best to fight for the end-of-year bidding conference. If we can win the bid from the National Science and Technology Commission and the China National Space Administration, there won't be any problems with the subsequent funding! "
Hou Guang nodded in high spirits.
"I understand."
…
Virginia.
CIA headquarters.
The CIA Director sat in front of his desk. He stared at the documents on the table and carefully read the intelligence on the ITER project sent from Europe.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
He put down the pen in his hand, closed the document, and looked at the door.
"Please come in."
The office door was pushed open.
A Caucasian agent in his early forties walked in with a document bag in his hand.
"Mr. Director, our agents deployed in China have sent back the latest information. China's Naval Equipment Research Institute is developing a more reliable power device."
"Reliable power device?" The director raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you more specific?"
The agent took a deep breath and spoke in an uncertain tone.
"Apparently … it might be a small controllable fusion device."
"Small controllable fusion?" The director's pupils instantly shrank. He jumped up from his office chair and placed his hands on the table. "Is the information reliable? What about the detailed report? "
"We are still verifying the accuracy of the information … Of course, we have prepared the report …"
The agent took a step forward and placed a paper report on the desk. He then took two steps back and stood with his hands behind his back.
The director picked up the report on the desk and sat back down. He began to carefully read the report line by line.
"The estimated power can reach 500-1000m … The technical route is unknown, it may be different from the traditional magnetic confinement route." The director put down the report in his hand and looked at the agent. He said, "Is that all?"
The agent nodded and said, "That's it for now."
The office fell into silence.
After around five minutes, the director suddenly spoke.
"Could it be Professor Lu?"
The agent paused for a second and frowned.
"It's possible … but not likely. According to our agents in China, after the completion of the STAR-2 stellarator project, Professor Lu resigned from his position. Even though he later engaged in sound fusion research, the project didn't achieve any significant results … Even the project team was disbanded last month. "
Sound fusion was one of the ideas of cold fusion, and research related to cold fusion was proven to be a "hoax" by the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of Energy in the 1980s.
It turned out that even Professor Lu, who was "undefeated" in the academic field, couldn't conquer this fortress.
Even though the CIA Regional Intelligence Office in China had analyzed the possibility that China was using a failed experiment to cover up the success of the experiment, Lu Zhou had been busy researching the Yang-Mills equations. It was impossible for him to take the time to research sound fusion.
It was very likely that the so-called sound fusion was just a smokescreen released by the China authorities to cover up the top-secret research at the Navy Equipment Research Institute.
The director obviously thought about this as well. He didn't say anything, but his index finger kept tapping on the table.
After around five minutes, his eyebrows relaxed, and he slowly leaned back in his chair.
"The possibility of Professor Lu being involved is very low … But I feel like he has something to do with this."
The agent's heart skipped a beat.
"What do you mean?"
The director stared at the report on his desk and spoke in a low voice.
"We still can't determine if this is a bait deliberately released by the China, or if they really have achieved some results.
"In any case, obtaining more information is the key to solving this problem.
"Increase the number of intelligence personnel in the Jinling area, especially the space shuttle assembly center! I need to know what Lu Zhou is doing there. Also, the Navy Equipment Research Institute in Beijing, if they are really engaged in research on the miniaturization of controllable fusion, we should be able to find some clues. If you find any new clues, no matter how big or small, report to me immediately! "
The agent stood up straight.
"Yes, sir."
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