White House.
President's office.
Ever since the FBI Director Mueller went in, the assistant in the president's office could hear the angry voice of a man behind the door from time to time.
"What the hell are you idiots doing?!"
Director Mueller stood in front of the president and held his breath. He said, "This is our fault … We expected those people to attack, but we didn't expect them to act so quickly."
Even though it was a pleasant thing to see the Chinese suffer losses, the White House absolutely didn't want this to happen at this critical juncture.
The negotiations for the International Lunar Hadron Collider were still ongoing. The US used diplomatic means to win over a group of allies. They were planning on pressuring China on the budget committee issue and fighting for more power for the national committees responsible for budget approval.
But now, their plan was completely disrupted.
Because of the cyber attack, not only did their allies look at them strangely, but it also made many wavering neutral countries doubt whether the Americans really wanted to participate in this international project.
Maybe the Americans just want to mess things up at this meeting? Maybe they don't want to cooperate at all?
Anyone would have doubts like this.
After all, China was a challenger to the United States, and the relationship between the two countries had never been harmonious …
Suddenly, the phone on the table rang.
The president took a deep breath and walked over. He looked at the caller ID and pressed the speaker button.
The phone was connected, and Director Carson's voice immediately came through.
"It's me."
President: "I know it's you, spit it out!"
Even though the president didn't seem to be in a good mood, he didn't want to ask.
With a tired voice, Carson cleared his throat and said.
"The Chinese are putting pressure on us. Those f * cking idiots. I spent the whole night drafting the budget committee's proposal, and as soon as I took it out at the conference table, the Chinese threw out the cyber attack thing and blocked it. They are determined to make a mountain out of a molehill, and they intend to bring this matter to the negotiation table to resolve it. "
He took a deep breath and spoke in a dispirited tone.
"This is great. We are now in an absolutely disadvantageous position at the negotiating table. Even the neutral parties who have already leaned towards us have expressed serious concerns about our domestic cybersecurity issues and new terrorism."
The president couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you argue with the China people that the cyber attack and the Hadron Collider are two different things?"
"I did, but they began to frame us. They said that the Eagle Hunter might be supported by the federal government. They said that they had some evidence, but they needed further confirmation …" Director Carson paused for a second and said, "By the way, could it be …"
Slightly stunned, the President understood the meaning of this sentence, and flatly denied, "How is that possible?! How could I approve such a stupid plan! What good would it do us to destroy a few China websites? What do you think, Mr. Mueller? "
Under the president's murderous gaze, Mueller hurriedly nodded. "Of course! I will never let my men do such a stupid thing … But just in case, I suggest we call the people from the CIA and ask them. Maybe they will do it. "
"Now is not the time to ask who is responsible." Director Carson rubbed his eyebrows and said in a tired tone, "The situation is bad for us. My suggestion is … Before China makes a fuss, we should make appropriate concessions. Otherwise, it's hard to say if they'll reconsider and if our participation is really necessary … "
The office instantly became quiet.
It was like the sound of a pin dropping on the ground could be heard.
Is it necessary to participate …
A hint of bitterness gradually appeared in the President's eyes.
If someone had said this to him ten years ago, he would have thought that the person was joking with him and would have laughed along with him.
There was no industrial chain in the world that could exist without the United States. There was no large-scale international scientific research project that could be organized without the participation of the United States.
But now …
Someone was actually thinking about how to tactfully kick them out of the group?
The world must be crazy.
After about ten minutes of silence, the president walked to the chair behind the desk and sat down.
He tapped his finger on the table as he spoke in a tired voice.
"… You can relax the other conditions as you see fit, and put aside the demands of our allies for the time being, but you must ensure that we have at least three full voting seats in the Budget Committee. This is not negotiable."
Regardless of whether the Hua people were really planning to do so, he didn't dare to take the risk.
It was true that China needed the United States, but it was obvious that the United States needed China more …
Director Carson nodded and let out a sigh of relief.
"… I'll try my best."
After the president hung up the phone, he slammed his fist on the table and cursed.
"These f * cking idiots!"
Director Mueller looked at the angry president and didn't dare to speak.
Due to the interference of the Eagle Hunter, the United States was now at a disadvantage in the negotiations.
If Russia couldn't stand firm in the Budget Committee negotiations, the cunning China would have the upper hand …
No, to be precise, it was impossible for the Siberian bears to take a firm stand.
As long as China gave them some benefits, they would give in on this issue. After all, they didn't spend a lot of money, they just wanted to join in the fun …
…
For Lu Zhou, what happened on the Internet was just a small episode.
Regardless of whether or not Eagle Hunter was supported by the White House, these trivial things didn't matter at all.
All of the IP addresses originated from the United States. As long as China held onto this point, they would be invincible in this battle of public opinion, and they would receive sufficient "compensation" in the Budget Committee negotiations.
Of course, the crux of the problem was that this conference was held in Beijing, so the Lunar Orbit Committee had always been the one in charge.
Absolute power was the only guarantee of cooperation.
Otherwise, even if such a "misunderstanding" occurred, according to the habits of the Americans, they would probably not take it seriously.
Over the past few days, Lu Zhou was actively involved in the construction of the Lunar Hadron Collider Research Center. He was also helping Director Li select the list of experts for the technical feasibility demonstration.
When Lu Zhou began to do this, he realized that avoiding suspicion was a difficult thing to do.
Jin Ling University was one of the top five universities in the field of software engineering. The software department had two big names in the field of quantum computing, one of which was even an academician.
It would be a bit unfair to remove his name just to avoid suspicion. Therefore, after thinking about it again and again, Lu Zhou still wrote their names in.
As for the other experts, some were from Yan University, and some were from Shuimu. There was a total of ten people, which was a fairly balanced lineup. Lu Zhou didn't realize that he had started to think about things outside of academia.
"I can't help myself."
Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head. He secretly made up his mind that he would never do this kind of thing again. He then sent this email to Director Li's email.
It's finally done!
After doing this, Lu Zhou stretched his back and was about to get up to get some coffee.
But at this time, an unread email suddenly flew into his mailbox.
When Lu Zhou saw the name, he raised his eyebrows.
Professor Wu Tianqun?
Speak of the devil and he will appear?
Lu Zhou curiously opened the email and quickly scanned through it.
As the saying went, the shorter the words, the more information.
There was only one sentence in this email.
[There's progress in carbon-based chip research!!!]
…
(Thank you to the leader "medking" for your Silver Alliance Leader tip! Ginseng's first Silver Great Leaguer! Two at once, I'm so excited! I'll go to my friends' circle and thank you again!!!
Exploding out is a painful yet happy thing. Although my liver hurts a little, I will try my best to persevere! This week, I'll continue to work hard! QAQ)
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