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On August 12, 2028, Planet Six, the weather in Beijing was sunny, cloudless, and the air was fresh. Even people with strict environmental requirements would probably not be able to fault it.

Especially the streets around the Beehive looked extremely clean and tidy as if they had been scrubbed repeatedly.

Shan Jianyu, who lives nearby, only felt very depressed because he received a text message from China Electric Power early in the morning, informing him that there would be a power outage for 15 days from 11:00 to 11:15 tonight in order to cooperate with the Olympic opening ceremony. minute. It is also specially reminded that if the elevators and lighting in the community use different types of electricity, or if there is a self-prepared power supply, it will not be affected, but if not, it is recommended not to get on the elevator during this period.

It would be fine if it were any other day, but today is the day of the Olympic opening ceremony!

According to what I read online, tonight’s Olympic opening ceremony will last from 8pm to 12am, lasting four hours. Although the hive is less than one kilometer away from home in a straight line, the carrying capacity of the hive is limited after all. Well, Shan Jianyu didn’t get a ticket anyway, so he decided to watch it at home. As a result, there was a power outage for fifteen minutes...

Not being able to watch the entire opening ceremony on TV is not very satisfying just thinking about it. But then again, during the Olympic opening ceremony, why did Beijing have to cooperate with the power outage during the opening ceremony? It seems like it hasn’t happened before?

Thinking of this, Shan Jianyu picked up his phone, clicked on WeChat, took a screenshot of the short message he just received, sent it to a group created by colleagues in the company, and asked: "Everyone, you have also received the power outage notice tonight. ?"

The calm chat group quickly became lively. Power outages in residential areas in China have been very rare in recent years. In addition, today is a special day, and the reason for the power outage is also very special...

So Shan Jianyu quickly got enough information. Most of his colleagues in the group did not receive the news. Only two other colleagues who also lived in a nearby community received the same news.

After a while of excitement in the group, they began to discuss what extravagances they would have to do for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. There was actually a power outage around the hive.

What made Shan Jianyu feel even more warm was that two single female colleagues in the company who didn't usually communicate much extended an invitation to him. If it was inconvenient to have a power outage at night, he could go to their homes to watch the opening ceremony together.

Faced with this temptation, Shan Jianyu declined politely but firmly.

Do you really think he is too stupid to settle accounts?

The opening ceremony only started at eight o'clock, and it lasted four hours. If someone extended an invitation like this, he should at least treat him to a meal, right? It's not easy to live in the capital. This meal starts at at least 200 yuan. To watch the Olympic opening ceremony, you have to prepare some snacks, drinks, drinks, etc. It's another 100 to 200 yuan. Doesn't this cost him?

Add in the cost of a round-trip taxi ride, and three to five hundred yuan is gone.

Because of the fifteen-minute power outage, he had to lose one-twentieth of this month's mortgage, and he also had to owe a favor. The next time the two of them asked him to help with something at work, he was too embarrassed to refuse. It would be better to bite the bullet then. Buying on-site tickets...

After all, after paying social security, deducting taxes, and paying off the mortgage from his monthly salary, he only has more than 20,000 yuan left. As a self-reliant and self-reliant man, he still has to save a little...

Fortunately, at the critical moment, one of the brothers in the trenches did not give up on him, and soon a male colleague who lived nearby also sent a message.

"Old Dan, I have made an agreement with Zhang Fang. I will prepare pots and meat here tonight, and he will bring various side dishes and barbecue. You can bring some beer, and we will watch the Olympic opening ceremony together. Are you coming?"

"Why did you go to your house?"

"Nonsense, my place is close to the beehive. You can see the beehive from the balcony. When there is a power outage, you might be able to watch the fireworks from the balcony!"

After thinking for two seconds, Shan Jianyu quickly replied: "Go, are two pieces of beer enough?"

"That's enough, come on time at seven o'clock!"

"OK!"

very perfect!

…

At the Continental Holiday Inn near the Beehive, when Alec Keane was picking up a courier at the front desk, he was notified that there would be a power outage in the hotel room from 10 to 10:15 tonight.

"Why? Why is there a power outage tonight?"

"Oh, Mr. Keane is like this. The notice we received here is to cooperate with the torch relay of the Olympic opening ceremony tonight, so there will be a temporary power outage. This is the case for all nearby hotels including some residential areas. But don't worry, the hotel There will be backup power in the elevators and corridors, and the total power outage lasts only fifteen minutes. If you have any needs during the power outage, you can contact our service staff and it will not have a big impact on your stay experience."

"Oh...Fortunately, I will go to the hive site tonight, and it won't have much impact. So thank you!"

After getting the express delivery and returning to his room, Alec Keane immediately started working in front of the computer.

Sports reporters are also reporters and have a certain acumen for news. In particular, China has always attached great importance to hosting such global events, but there was a power outage around the opening night. There must be something going on.

So he sent the message back immediately.

Who reporter doesn’t want to make some big news? !

…

Of course, this statement is still very promising and has received a lot of likes, replies and forwards.

When the time came to five o'clock in the afternoon, traffic control began on the roads around the Hive Stadium, and the crowds arriving via the subway also began to be tested. People who had obtained tickets early began to gather in an orderly manner at the Hive Stadium.

By seven o'clock in the evening, the stadium, which can accommodate more than 90,000 people, was almost full.

When Shan Jianyu rushed to his colleague's house with a bottle of wine in one hand, the news screen was showing footage of the Beehive Stadium, about one kilometer away in a straight line, with countless spectators waving various flags, creating an extremely lively scene.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk...it feels crowded when you look at it, so I think watching TV is the most comfortable."

"Who says it's not the case! Hurry up, put the wine on the table, and let's chat while we eat."

…

"Our place is right here!"

Chen Diancheng, who walked into the stadium with his parents and found their seats, arranged for his girlfriend to sit in their respective seats with their parents. Only then did the two families have time to look around...

The square on three sides was already crowded with people, and there were still a lot of empty seats in their area. There were probably some important people who hadn't come yet.

However, we have been able to see many celebrities that we usually only see on the Internet and TV.

"Hey, that seems to be Mr. Wang of Huasheng Group?"

"Dad, it doesn't seem like it, but it obviously is. You have to get used to it. This is the ticket our Director Ning wants. Anyone who can sit here is a good person. Well, did you see that the CEO of Apple is sitting over there..."

"Hey, it's true. What about you, Ning Guoren?"

"Director Ning?" Chen Diancheng stood up from his seat, looked around, then shook his head and said, "I didn't see it. He should have arrived, but he hasn't come over yet. He is probably resting somewhere in the stadium. , big shots usually arrive last.”

"..."

…

Chen Diancheng's judgment was actually correct. Ning Wei actually entered the venue through a special channel in half an hour. At this time, Ning Wei was talking to a Chinese scientist, Wu Yufei, in the temporarily prepared gymnasium room below the auditorium.

Mr. Wu Yufei's ancestral home is in Hong Kong Island, China. In the 1980s, he received a scholarship from Vassar College and went to the United States to study physics. He began interning at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York as a student, and then successfully entered graduate school at Harvard University.

Of course, these are small things. The most important thing is that this physicist is also an experimental physicist at CERN. They are scientists who have their own laboratory at CERN and are also responsible for individual projects. This physicist was one of the team members when the J/ψ meson was discovered, and he is still working on the Standard Model of Particles.

This time Wu Yufei was invited by the China High Energy Physics Research Center to participate in the Olympics. When Ning Wei proposed to Liu Wei that he needed the Large Hadron Collider to verify his theory, Jitu Security learned that this big shot in physics was also attending the Olympic opening ceremony, so they arranged the meeting.

Of course meeting doesn't mean anything.

From Ning Wei's point of view, this is just a test to see if they can cooperate.

After all, direct official contact would be very troublesome if directly rejected. After all, you are asking for help from others.

In fact, Ning Wei has also thought about whether he can invest in building one himself. In fact, he really has the ability now. But building such a large-scale project is not just about having money, it also takes time. In particular, this kind of Large Hadron Collider cannot be built just because it is built. There are still technical barriers. The key is that Ning Wei himself feels that it is not cost-effective to build one just to verify the theory...

Although there must be other uses, he does not want to focus on high-energy physics after all, and he is not very interested in completing the standard model of particles. Therefore, it would be a good idea to borrow the European Hadron Collider to complete the experiment, which would save at least several years of time.

The meeting was not long, only about half an hour, so Ning thought he could see Professor Wu and after a brief exchange of greetings, he put forward his ideas directly.

"Professor Wu, let me tell you straight. I have a project now that requires the LHC to verify the results of this project. Do you think it is possible to convince the Nuclear Research Center to rent their hadron collider to complete this result? Verification?"

"Rent?" Wu Yufei was obviously a little surprised by Ning Wei's proposal.

"Yes, it is renting. As for the method of renting, we can discuss it, but during my experiment, I can access our intelligent data system to collect and analyze data. The problem now is that I am not very familiar with the physics community, so I still hope Can someone help me get in touch?" Ning Wei said politely.

Wu Yufei pondered for a moment and said carefully: "Professor Ning, I really can't answer you on this matter. Although I work at CERN, I have never heard of leasing. But I know that CERN and Huaxia have always been There is cooperation. If you take the normal route, you can actually formulate your project into a specific document and submit it to CERN... Although now due to some reasons, the approval may be stricter, but if it is really a project with practical guiding significance, I believe the chance of passing is still very high, and from the same standpoint as everyone else, I can also help you speak as a member of the Science Policy Committee."

Hearing this answer, Ning Wei smiled and shook his head and said: "That's the problem. How to put it, this project is actually a bit whimsical, and I don't want to make this idea public. So I still hope to use the form of leasing. .”

These words put Wu Feiyu in trouble again...

"Professor Ning, you may not know much about CERN's operating model. The board of directors mainly approves projects and controls the funds required for the projects. If the activity trial plan wants to skip the board's approval, it is most likely impossible. After all, CERN actually has no profit requirements, and starting up a collider is not that simple. It requires the coordination of multiple departments, and various plans must be designed in advance, so your idea, IMHO, is still a bit taken for granted."

"Oh..." Ning Wei nodded and did not look disappointed. After all, if this matter was not troublesome, he would not have to communicate with this person: "Can Professor Wu introduce Mr. Edwin George to me?"

Wu Yufei hesitated.

I even regretted meeting Ning Wei.

Edwin George is the newly appointed director of CERN. He is appointed by the committee for a five-year term and is directly responsible to the committee. The managers of each department are also recommended to the council by the director and then appointed. In a sense Edwin George was also his leader.

However, CERN is, after all, a research institution composed of physicists from around the world. Most scientists are still obsessed with their own research and are not too utilitarian.

Of course, the premise is that those managers will not get stuck in their research projects.

In fact this rarely happens.

In fact, 90% of the papers in the world's high-energy physics community are written by high-energy physicists employed by or cooperating with CERN.

What makes Wu Yufei hesitate is mainly Ning Wei's character...

He didn't have a close relationship with Ning Wei, but it was rumored that Ning Wei was very difficult to deal with and had an extremely cruel personality. Not only was he arrogant and domineering, but the key was that he liked to threaten people...

And although he has the contact information of Edwin George, he is not very familiar with the new CERN director. Who knows what kind of character this guy is? Do you like to express your anger?

From the perspective of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, the cautious Wu Yufei actually does not want to be the middleman.

Seemingly seeing Wu Yufei's hesitation, Ning Wei said with a smile: "Professor Wu, don't worry. In fact, I just talked with him about whether we can cooperate. To put it bluntly, I just need someone to talk directly to the CERN committee. Channels, through official channels are too slow, and the effect will not be very good. As long as you can help me build this bridge, I will definitely not put you in trouble."

Wu Yufei smiled bitterly, and then asked seriously: "Professor Ning, actually I don't quite understand, what are you worried about? It is obvious that cooperation can be easily achieved through formal channels, why must we use this kind of dilemma? CERN Serving thousands of physicists from all over the world, if it is really an experiment that is beneficial to the progress of human civilization, I guarantee that I will be treated fairly, how about it?"