Attending an international conference like this was a very tiring thing.
The atmosphere on the first day was relatively harmonious, but the second day was filled with endless wrangling.
There wasn't a problem with funding. Before the conference, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already negotiated with other countries. China would invest US $10 billion, the United States would invest US $5 billion, the European Union would invest US $3 billion, and Japan would invest US $800 million … A total of US $20 billion.
The only disagreement was with the budget committee.
Perhaps they had taken some drugs that they shouldn't have, but at the conference the next day, the representatives from the United States acted like they were in a Sichuan opera. Yesterday, they were elegant and poised, but today, they took on an aggressive posture.
Especially Director Carson. When discussing the establishment of the Budget Committee, he was like a completely different person from the smiling old man yesterday. He almost took off his leather shoes and knocked on the table.
However, it was understandable that something like this would happen.
After all, the Budget Committee was responsible for the finances of the entire Lunar Hadron Collider Cooperation Organization. In theory, the Budget Committee had to decide where to spend the money, which company to use for the project, and whether or not to modify the design plan … Everything related to the flow of funds had to be approved by the Budget Committee.
It was unrealistic for the United States to fight for control of the entire project, so they could only fight for financial power.
In order to balance out China's influence on the entire project, even Russia, which was temporarily on the same side as China, was more inclined to support the United States.
Of course, Lu Zhou didn't need to worry about these things, there were other people who would do it for him.
For example, Director Li from the State Administration for National Defense, the Foreign Ministry official responsible for negotiations, and the chairman of the Lunar Orbit Committee …
The real problem that gave Lu Zhou a headache was the academic community.
Last year, Luo Wenxuan represented the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study and collaborated with large research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences and CERN to complete the design plan for the Lunar Hadron Collider. However, now that the number of "partners" had increased, and physicists and aerospace engineers from all over the world were involved, it was inevitable that some people would stand up and criticize the Lunar Hadron Collider.
After all, for many people, this was a great opportunity to stand out on the international stage.
Some aerospace companies such as Space-X and Boeing were also inclined to support some academic people to change the design plan. They wanted to make the final design drawings or a certain part of the design drawings become beneficial to their company. They would even spend money to hire people from the academic world to pick a fight …
Shangjing National Hotel.
A group of physics and aerospace experts were sitting in the conference room.
An old man in a checkered shirt and thick-rimmed glasses stood in front of the screen and spoke in an excited tone that did not match his age.
"… Based on these reasons, many parts of the original design plan are unreasonable and need to be improved."
"If I use my improvement plan, not only can the entire project budget be reduced by at least 13%, but the construction risk can also be controlled within a very small range."
"Everyone, imagine this. How much is 13% of 20 billion? What an astonishing figure! If we can save this considerable amount of money, we can use it on those who need it … "
He had no idea what the old man was talking about.
Lu Zhou looked at the old man on the stage and couldn't help but yawn. He turned his head and spoke to Mrs. Cramer, the CERN chairman, who was sitting next to him.
"Can we kick him off the stage and let the next person come up?"
Mrs. Cramer smiled and said, "I'm afraid I can't. It's a requirement from ESA to ensure that Professor Dellas can speak for 60 minutes."
Lu Zhou couldn't help but say, "Why would someone make such a stupid request?"
Mrs. Cramer smiled and said, "Because before he returned to the University of Brussels, he worked at the ESA for a period of time. He served as an academic consultant and gained a lot of trust. Before he brought the PowerPoint and report here, he was smart enough to send his ideas to the ESA. "
Lu Zhou snorted and said, "Are you talking about connections?"
"Connections?" Mrs. Cramer paused for a second, and then smiled kindly. "That's an interesting name... Maybe."
Obviously, Professor Dellas used his connections at the European Space Agency to get his report taken seriously by the European Space Agency.
As he mentioned in the meeting, 13% of 20 billion was not a small number. If there was a chance to save this money, even if the chance was not that big, ESA would give him a chance to come here and try.
Anyway, it would increase the workload of Lu Zhou and the others.
Lu Zhou looked at the flashy powerpoint and flipped through the report on the table. It was said to be an improvement plan.
With his level 6 engineering, even though the report wasn't full of loopholes, the diagrams and related parameters didn't seem reliable no matter how he looked at it.
Of course, this was just his intuition.
Even Lu Zhou would have to spend a lot of time to figure out what the problems were. After all, there was a big difference between engineering and mathematics. Many things were not as intuitive …
However, although it was difficult to find any flaws in the report in a short period of time through the "general method", it was difficult to find any problems in the report.
However, for Lu Zhou, there were many "unusual" methods to choose from.
You forced me …
Lu Zhou sighed and took out his phone. He flipped through the report and recorded a video. He then sent a text message to Xiao Ai.
[I have a report here, but it's terrible. I need you to organize it into a 3D composition and label the key data … Present it in a way that I can understand.]
Even though Lu Zhou felt like his description was a bit abstract, Xiao Ai seemed to understand him. Xiao Ai quickly replied.
[Okay, Master ~ (????)?]
After seeing this message, Lu Zhou put his phone on his knees and began to quietly count the seconds in his mind.
Just as he counted to ten, a file transfer request of about 2GB in size was sent to his phone.
Lu Zhou clicked on it. A 3D engineering drawing made of simple dots and lines quickly appeared on his screen.
All of the complex parameters were perfectly integrated into the drawing. Even the physical parameters in a vacuum and low temperature environment could be calculated using a quantum computer to simulate the lunar environment.
Lu Zhou zoomed in on the drawing and had a look of surprise on his face.
As expected of Xiao Ai.
He even guessed what Lu Zhou was planning to do.
The man on stage continued to talk nonstop. Lu Zhou took out a pen from his bag and spun it around in his hand. He then began to write on the draft paper.
About five minutes passed by. Professor Dellas was talking about the climax of the lecture. Lu Zhou threw his pen on the table and tapped on his phone screen. He then raised his right hand.
When he raised his right hand, the entire conference room focused on him. Almost no one was looking at Professor Drax.
Dellas squinted his eyes, and when he saw the identity of the "troublemaker", he instinctively cowered, even though he was still a little dissatisfied.
His intuition told him that Professor Lu was going to beat him up, and he was going to beat him to death …
However, he still had a sliver of hope that this guy wouldn't be able to verify his report in such a short period of time, that he had to do a few more reports, and that he still had a chance to revise it. He bit the bullet and asked.
"Is there a problem? Professor Lu. "
Lu Zhou said bluntly, "I'll just say it. Let's not talk about the powerpoint for the time being. Your report is full of problems."
"Sorry, I don't know what you mean." Professor Drax frowned and said, "You're saying there's a problem with my report? Can I ask what the problem is? "
When Lu Zhou heard this, he was amused.
Don't you know that you're trying to bluff me with an improvement plan that hasn't even been perfected?
"Turn on the Bluetooth."
Professor Drax paused for a second, but he still did as he was told.
The second Lu Zhou connected his phone to the Bluetooth, the projector flashed, and a 3D composition was projected on the screen.
"Wow …"
The commotion instantly spread from the front to the back of the conference room. Many people were surprised by this three-dimensional composition that did not appear in the report.
When Professor Drath saw the 3D composition, he was stunned for a moment. Then, his face turned green.
What made his face turn green wasn't because Lu Zhou helped him stack the blueprints together, but because of the red marks on the 3D composition.
All of these red areas were where the entire design was flawed.
Even though he knew that this design was "not perfect", he didn't expect there to be so many problems …
Also, this guy …
How did he do it in such a short period of time?!
Professor Drax wasn't the only one who realized this. All of the scholars in the room looked at Lu Zhou in disbelief.
This guy …
He's a monster …
Mrs. Cramer was sitting next to Lu Zhou, and she looked at him in surprise. She didn't know how Lu Zhou was able to find all of the problems in Professor Drax's report in just a minute or two. Not only that, but he also drew all of the problems on a 3D engineering concept diagram …
However, Lu Zhou obviously didn't plan on explaining to them.
Because he didn't need to explain anything.
All of the mistakes were obvious.
In the face of such direct evidence, even a physicist who only knew a little bit about engineering could see that Professor Dellas's method was completely unfeasible.
"This is impossible, there must be a problem somewhere, how did you do it —"
"As shown in the diagram, it's full of mistakes."
Lu Zhou interrupted Professor Drax and tapped the table with his pen.
"Next."
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