The reason why a perfect super tokamak device needed to use high-offset metals was that the energy produced by fusion required an inner wall called the "cladding" to absorb it.
The "cladding", also known as the "first wall of the fusion reactor", was the inner wall that directly faced fusion. It had to face plasma that was tens of millions of degrees or even hundreds of millions of degrees, as well as a large amount of neutron radiation. The strength of the material depended on the arrangement of atoms. Under these extreme conditions, after the atoms were constantly bombarded, the performance of the material would quickly deteriorate.
Therefore, this kind of inner wall would be extremely complicated to manufacture. For example, in the "International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor" project, the thickness of the cladding of the tokamak device reached a thickness of 80 to 100 centimeters. However, this thickness was still not enough for high-energy neutrons.
Therefore, the emergence of abnormal materials like high-offset metals was very necessary.
However, Chen Chen did not have the conditions to manufacture high-offset metals now, so he could only settle for the next best thing and find a way to create another kind of inertial fusion reactor.
Inertial confinement fusion was also known as laser fusion. It required a very high laser power to achieve it. At the same time, it also required high-precision optical instruments to control the laser aiming. The requirements for the symmetry of the implosion were very high. So far, in the world, only the NIF project in North America could achieve simultaneous focus of 193 laser devices.
With the technology in Elysium's dimension, it could be achieved with only 48, but the premise was that all the laser emitters must be in a supersymmetrical state.
Of course, the components of these laser generators could not be relied on in Namibia. Chen Chen asked Little X to check and directly ordered a large number of optical components and control chips from various high-tech companies in North America. Then, he ordered many lenses and optical components from Europe.
Some of these suppliers even specifically served ASML in the Netherlands. The components of the EUV lithography machine were produced by these suppliers.
As for the things that could not be obtained, Chen Chen would have to rely on these financial groups.
Therefore, at the beginning of the 2024 New Year, Chen Chen returned to Handu and spent the New Year with his parents.
According to the tradition of the Mainland, the New Year was a day to pay New Year's greetings to the elders. The first day of the New Year was to pay New Year's greetings to the elders of his father.
Chen Chen's father's generation had three brothers and one sister. Chen Chen's father was the youngest, which meant that Chen Chen had two uncles and one aunt. These people also had one or two children.
The oldest among them was the son of Chen Chen's first uncle. He was already thirty this year and had established his own family. Rumor had it that he worked in a bank. The youngest was the youngest daughter of Chen Chen's second uncle. She was the same age as Chen Chen and was already in her senior year. She would graduate in half a year.
Chen Chen was not familiar with this annual family gathering. When he was young, Chen Chen's father was assigned to the frontier because he was admitted to the military academy. Chen Chen grew up in the frontier from birth until he was eight or nine years old.
After that, Chen Chen's father could not find a path for promotion in the army for a long time, so after serving as a battalion commander for nearly ten years, he chose to transfer and returned to his hometown of Handu, becoming an ordinary grassroots civil servant.
But who would have thought that he would be stuck at the grassroots level for the rest of his life?
After his father returned to Handu, Chen Chen began to get in touch with his parents' relatives. Chen Chen's life used to be not too bad. He was just an ordinary working-class family, and the annual family gathering was modest.
Chen Chen's two uncles were about the same. Only Chen Chen's uncle had made a name for himself and became the deputy director of the Electric Power Bureau. He had always been the core of the annual family gathering.
However, as more and more news about Blacklight Biotechnology came in over the past two years, the relatives gradually learned something.
Perhaps they did not know much about other things, but at the very least, they knew that Blacklight Biotechnology was a giant multinational group. Which multinational group did not have a market value of hundreds of millions?
Later, as Chen Chen's parents bought a villa in the wealthy area, the relatives gradually became more enthusiastic about Chen Chen's family, which also made Chen Chen's parents stand up straight here.
"Little Chen is already 22 years old this year, right? He's really promising."
At the dinner table, Chen Chen's aunt sighed. "I still remember that Little Chen was still a little kid a few years ago. I didn't expect him to grow up so much in the blink of an eye..."
"Yeah, it's time to talk about a partner. Little Chen, do you have any girls you like?"
The second aunt on the side quickly asked, "Although foreign women are not bad, after all, genes often mutate. For example, our neighbor found a foreign wife and ended up giving birth to a little black child. It's still our own genes that are stable..."
“？”
Chen Chen raised his head as if he sensed something.
"Little Chen is still young now, right?"
Chen Chen's father was a little embarrassed. "Now we still have to focus on our career. We can afford to wait three to five years."
"Hey, Fourth Brother, that's well said!"
Chen Chen's uncle gave a thumbs up. "After all, a man's ambition should be everywhere. Great, great!"
Everyone burst out laughing.
"By the way, Little Chen, now that you've opened a company, you should have a lot of social engagements, right?"
Chen Chen's uncle picked up a glass of wine. "And you're not a child now. Give me some face and have a drink?"
"I don't drink." Chen Chen waved his hand.
"Hey, Little Chen, you're treating me like an outsider."
Chen Chen's uncle's expression was stiff and he said unhappily, "If you don't want to drink, just say so. You're already a big boss. Who would believe you if you said you don't drink?"
"Uncle, I really don't drink."
Chen Chen smiled quietly. It was not that he was putting on airs, it was the truth.
It had been shown in the movie that after the male protagonist took NZT-48, he went to a bar to fool around during the drug's effect period. As a result, after a few drinks, he fell into a state of blackout and had no memory of what happened in the next ten or so hours.
For Chen Chen, who wanted to control everything, this situation where he could not even control himself was unacceptable. Therefore, from the day he obtained NZT-48, he had never touched a drop of alcohol.
"Little Chen, since it's a holiday today, why don't you accompany your uncle for a drink or two?"
Chen Chen's father tried to smooth things over while secretly urging Chen Chen.
Chen Chen's father had always been a traditional person, silently adhering to old-fashioned rules. He did not want to see Chen Chen disobey the wishes of his elders.
Seeing this, Chen Chen smiled gently, picked up his Pepsi, poured it all into an empty glass, and then said to his uncle, "Uncle, let me toast you."
With that, he downed the large glass of Coke in one gulp.
Seeing this, Chen Chen's uncle did not say much. He just sulkily drank his drink and sat down. For a moment, the atmosphere at the table was a little gloomy.
After eating, Chen Chen sat on the sofa and played with his phone. This had always been Chen Chen's personality. He was introverted and spoke little. If someone did not take the initiative to speak, Chen Chen could go a day without saying a word.
However, if Chen Chen with such a personality used to be an invisible presence in the gathering, now he was no longer the same as before. Although everyone still seemed to be talking happily on the surface, in fact, everyone's attention was focused on Chen Chen, intentionally or unintentionally.
Just sitting on the sofa for a while, Chen Chen felt everyone's secret gaze. Moreover, his uncle's son, Chen Zheng, was also a little fidgety and frequently looked in his direction.
After hesitating for a long time, Chen Zheng finally mustered the courage to secretly walk to Chen Chen's side and gently pat Chen Chen on the shoulder.
"Little Chen, come here for a moment. I have something to tell you!"
Chen Zheng lowered his voice and said.
Chen Chen nodded, put away his phone, stood up, and followed Chen Zheng out of the living room.
At the same time Chen Chen stood up, as the core of the entire gathering, almost everyone subconsciously looked over. Seeing this reaction, Chen Zheng, who was walking in front, blushed even more and pretended not to see it.
Second aunt on the side even secretly pinched second uncle's arm.
It was not until they walked to the courtyard and avoided everyone that Chen Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a box of cigarettes, took out two from it, and handed them to Chen Chen.
Chen Chen waved his hand, indicating that he did not smoke.
Seeing this, Chen Zheng was a little embarrassed. "You've already started a company. Don't you even smoke?"
"Carbon monoxide kills human brain cells." Chen Chen pointed to his head and then said, "Cousin, just say what you want."
"Ahem, in that case, I'll be straightforward."
Chen Zheng coughed softly. "It's like this, cousin. I've been tired of working in the bank recently. Seeing that you're doing so well now, I also want to start a company and invest in a project. Now I've saved more than 200,000 yuan over the years, but unfortunately, it's still not enough, so I want to see if cousin can lend me some money first..."
At the end of his words, Chen Zheng's face was a little red.
Chen Chen did not agree immediately but asked, "What project is it? Does my sister know? "
"I want to start an advertising company, but your sister basically doesn't agree, so I came to you."
Chen Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly. "In her opinion, after all, starting a company isn't as stable as working in a bank, but I know that if I continue to work like this, this will be the end of my life. I'm really not resigned to it..."
Chen Chen thought for a while when he heard this. "How about this, I'll invest one million yuan and treat it as a share, holding 70% of the company's shares. Cousin, you'll be responsible for managing the company and holding 30% of the shares. As for your savings, don't touch it. I heard that my sister is pregnant, so it's better to keep that money for emergencies."
"Really?"
Chen Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this. "Thank you, cousin. I didn't expect you to be so generous!"
Chen Chen waved his hand. "Alright, I'll stay in Handu for the time being for the next few days. Find a lawyer to draft a contract and come find me."
With that, Chen Chen returned to his room.
When he returned to his sofa, Chen Chen sighed secretly.
He knew in his heart that after he made his fortune, this kind of thing was indeed inevitable. In fact, as early as one or two years ago, Chen Chen's parents had been taken a lot of money by relatives around them in the name of borrowing money.
Although Chen Chen would not feel the pinch even if the amount of money "borrowed" was a thousand times more, this kind of thing would always make people feel uncomfortable.
However, Chen Zheng was different. He was like Chen Chen in the past, the kind of honest and quiet person who never asked for help easily. As far as Chen Chen knew, among all the relatives, only his uncle's family had not borrowed money from Chen Chen's parents.
Now that the other party had asked, Chen Chen was naturally willing to give him a chance.
However, although the other party claimed to be "borrowing money", in fact, he did not have the ability to repay it. In case of a loss, Chen Chen could not let the other party use the property certificate as collateral. Moreover, Chen Chen's parents would not let Chen Chen do this.
Therefore, Chen Chen simply joined the other party's business in the form of a shareholding system. Whether it was profit or loss in the future, Chen Chen would not feel the slightest bit of pain.
Moreover, in case of a loss, the relationship between the two would naturally be severed. Even if the other party still wanted to borrow money, Chen Chen would have a reason to refuse and shut him up.
After sitting on the sofa for a while, the second uncle, who had been urged impatiently by his second aunt, finally came over. He smiled apologetically and whispered, "Little Chen, come out for a moment. Uncle has something to say to you..."
Chen Chen did not look up. He just scrolled through his phone and said at the same time, "Second Uncle, I'm a little tired today. If there's anything you want to say, just say it."
Chen Chen learned from the bodyguards planted around his parents that his second uncle had taken more than 800,000 yuan from his father in the name of borrowing money. It was so much that even a good person like Chen Chen's father was unwilling to lend him any more money...
"Uh..."
Suddenly, there was an awkward look on the second uncle's face. He turned back to look at his second aunt, then braced himself and said with a smile, "It's like this, Uncle has been a little short on money recently. Do you think you can lend Uncle some money?"
"Second Uncle, I remember that you borrowed a lot of money from my father. Why are you still borrowing it?"
Chen Chen pretended to be curious. "As you know, it's not easy for me to work alone outside. I originally wanted to save some money to marry a wife in the future, but I didn't expect that it would all be borrowed by you. Now, I don't even see an IOU. I'm also in a difficult position."
"Little Chen, you said you don't have money, we don't believe you!"
Finally, the second aunt, who had been secretly directing the second uncle, could not help but speak up. "Now, who doesn't know that Blacklight Biotechnology is a multinational company? Everyone on the Internet knows that the boss of Blacklight Biotechnology is worth more than ten billion. Your family lives in a villa worth millions and drives a luxury car worth millions. We're only lending you a little money. We're all your closest relatives. Do you have to be so stingy? "
As soon as she opened her mouth, she displayed a shrewd look.
For a moment, the atmosphere between everyone cooled down again and there was a touch of awkwardness on everyone's faces.
Chen Chen simply ignored the other party. He stood up directly. "Dad, Mom, let's go."
"Oh, okay, okay..."
Chen Chen's father seemed to wake up from a dream. He sighed, said goodbye to everyone, and pulled Chen Chen's mother out.
"You …"
Second Aunt was dumbfounded. She stared at him blankly, not knowing what to say.
After leaving Grandma's house, Chen Chen drove his parents back. Along the way, Chen Chen's father kept sighing as if he still did not understand.
"Why did Second Brother suddenly become like this?" Chen Chen's father could not help asking.
"Perhaps, this is life …"
Chen Chen replied in a low voice.
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