Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

Just when the two were worried and packing their bags to return home, Duke suddenly received a call.

"Mr Hamish? Hello hello!"

"...Understood, I am out of town now and will return to Nunavut in about two days!"

"..."

After Duke hung up the phone, he was still confused.

Byrne couldn't help but ask: "Who is Hamish?"

“The head of ExxonMobil’s investment arm, they want to invest in us!”

"Exxon Mobil?!"

"right!"

Duke was so excited that he couldn't help pacing back and forth in the room: "They plan to invest 100 million US dollars in us first, and we will invest more in the future depending on the situation!"

"With Mobil's investment, we will definitely become the first company in the world to complete a commercial controllable nuclear fusion reactor! Let Huaguo and Kangchi go to hell!"

The excited two people quickly left China by plane and rushed to Irvine, Texas to discuss investment matters.

Of course, Mobil's money is not that easy to get.

According to Mobil's analysis, General Fusion's current total investment is up to 50 million, so they requested an additional investment of 100 million to take away 66% of General Fusion's shares.

When Mobil's lion opened his mouth, Duke immediately became angry.

Not only is this condition unacceptable to him, but Maple Leaf Nation’s Ministry of Energy and Amazon are even less likely to agree.

Especially Amazon. Originally they just wanted to keep General Fusion in a half-dead state and bet on a plan to turn bicycles into motorcycles.

But with the addition of Mobil, things get complicated.

In the end, after multiple rounds of negotiations between the four parties, Mobil agreed to only offer 50 million in exchange for 20-30% of General Fusion's shares.

The reason why it is a floating share is because Duke signed a gambling agreement with them.

If General Fusion Energy is successfully ignited by the end of this year, Mobil will proactively give 10% of its shares to Duke, which will only account for 20% of the shares.

On the contrary, they not only want to hold 30% of the shares, but will also continue to invest 50 million to buy 21% of Duke's shares, thereby becoming the actual leader of General Fusion.

It can also be seen from this that Mobil’s purpose from beginning to end is to buy the entire General Fusion.

In fact, Mobil doesn’t care whether General Fusion can complete ignition before the end of the year.

As Academician Zhong Weijian analyzed, the outside world may not know much about the magnetized target device, but after professional evaluation and analysis, they clearly understand that General Fusion's LM-26 has very serious limitations.

The ultra-low operating efficiency caused the LM-26 to ignite successfully, and the Q value exceeded the historic 1, reaching an astonishing 5.9.

But there is still a long way to go before real commercialization.

And this distance is where the real money is burned...

It could be billions of dollars, it could be hundreds or even hundreds of billions.

At that time, Mobil will not be able to afford it.

So I can only play in the early stage,

Use a small amount of 100 million to take a chance on the future of controllable nuclear fusion, and at the same time consolidate their dominance in the energy field.

At least, public opinion and the capital market give people the illusion that Mobil is about to master controllable nuclear fusion and become a well-deserved energy hegemon.

This is enough,

Anyway, if ordinary people can know the Q value, it is already the limit of knowledge. It is not too easy to fool...

And Amazon is actually happy to see their bets, because their purpose is just to invest and make money.

Once the return on this investment meets their expectations, they can sell it at any time.

The addition of Mobil will only make General Fusion more valuable, and Amazon, which has done nothing, will only benefit from it.

Why not?

The day after the investment plan was finalized, Mobil, Amazon and General Fusion held a joint press conference.

Duke, CEO of General Fusion, excitedly announced the addition of Mobil to the public at the press conference. At the same time, he constantly emphasized that China’s route changes and the addition of Mobil were the best proof of the correctness of the magnetized target route.

"General Fusion currently holds 698 technology patents for magnetized target fusion devices. The proportion of technology patents in the field of magnetized targets is as high as 82%. It is the absolute leader in the field of magnetized target research."

"Mobil has always been a leader in the energy field. With their support, there is no doubt that General Fusion will continue to maintain and expand its leading advantage in the field of controllable nuclear fusion magnetized target research!"

"We plan to conduct the first ignition experiment of Lawson Machine-26 before the end of this year. This will be an experiment that can truly ignite the light of hope for civilization. Please wait and see!"

"..."

Under the joint control of Mobil and Amazon, this news quickly became the hot news in continent M.

Major departments and agencies, including the Energy Administration of Country M and Wall Street, could not help but refocus their attention on this originally inconspicuous small company.

Although Duke only emphasized Hua Guo and Kang Chi once when emphasizing the correctness of the magnetized target route, it can be seen from his subsequent emphasis on the word 'leading' that their actual ambition is to get ahead of Hua Guo. , establish a patent technical barrier for magnetized target nuclear fusion devices, completing the technological blockade of China's controllable nuclear fusion field.

At a time when China has made breakthroughs in chip technology and has made major breakthroughs in the fields of batteries and aviation and lunar exploration, it is undoubtedly an exciting thing for them to have someone come forward and express their intention to attack China.

At least it feels more reliable than the Energy Bureau!

So on the afternoon of the news release, the stock prices of Mobil and Amazon rose by 1.3% and 0.9% respectively!

Mobil only spent 50 million dollars in exchange for a market value of over 100 billion U.S. dollars for the two companies.

This benefit alone made the shareholders of their two companies smile from ear to ear.

Of course, the stock market rises and falls, and every penny created by the financial market needs realistic support. Otherwise, when the bubble is burst, someone will eventually pay a heavy price for it...

However, for the Energy Administration of Country M, Mobil’s move was a relief.

Anyway, they don’t have to take the blame if it fails, and they can benefit from it if it succeeds.

…

Pangu base.

After learning that Yan Hui had returned from Xifei, Kang Chi immediately walked out of the assembly workshop. After taking off his sweat-soaked work clothes, he simply wiped the sweat with a towel, then took Bai Niu and prepared it in advance. took a sip of iced coffee.

"Comfortable...welcome back."

"Thanks."

Looking at Kang Chi with wet hair, to be honest Yan Hui was quite impressed.

With Kang Chi's current status, he could actually sit in the office and scold Fang Qiu easily. There was no need to go into battle himself.

But Kang Chi always insists on working on the front line and never tires of it...

Yan Hui was so energetic that he felt extremely stressed.

However, what Yan Hui didn't know was that Kang Chi actually wanted to be lazy occasionally, but every time he saw the few points of proficiency left, he completely gave up the idea of ​​being lazy.

It's just as uncomfortable as when I used to play games and saw that the number of gold coins in the package was about to be cleared.

I just wish that the time would soon reach 12 o'clock and the system would quickly reset the daily tasks...

After returning the empty cup to Bai Niu, Kang Chi asked Yan Hui with a smile: "Has the Xunlong design been finalized?"

"Yes." Yan Hui took the drawing from his assistant and spread it out for Kang Chi to take a look at.

"The aerodynamic layout of the appearance has not changed much. The main reason is that the air intake and exhaust holes have been relatively adjusted, and the balance performance has been theoretically improved by 12%."

Kang Chi glanced briefly, then nodded and said, "As long as you think it's okay, we can officially enter the manufacturing process tomorrow."

"Aren't you building Golden Crow 1?" Yan Hui said hesitantly, "I heard that General Fusion has received support from Mobil and wants to be the first to establish patent barriers for magnetized targets..."

"Building the Velociraptor will definitely take up a lot of base resources. Will it affect your progress?"

Kang Chi shook his head indifferently and said: "Don't worry, I made 10 more Bai Niu some time ago, which is enough for you. As for universal fusion..."

"They want to block the road with just one LM-26. They have such a wonderful idea... If they are building a sky cannon, then what we are building is a rocket that can truly go into space."

"Isn't it ridiculous to expect to use a sky cannon patent to block space rocket technology? What's more, we don't know whether their sky cannon can be launched..."

In fact, Yan Hui only knew that Kang Chi was working on Jinwu No. 1, but he did not understand its specific technical standards.

So after hearing Kang Chi's metaphor, I couldn't help but be surprised: "Is the gap so big?"

"Absolutely." Kang Chi said confidently, "The technology coming out of Pangu Base never needs to rely on patents to establish technical barriers."

"Just like solid-state batteries, they know the direction and must have obtained our batteries for disassembly and research, but they tried their best to make them, and they just couldn't make them..."

"This is the highest and most desperate technical barrier!"

Looking at the confident Kang Chi, even Yan Hui, who had long been used to it, couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "I'm not saying I'm flattering, there's an endless stream of Mr. Kang's awesome looks!"

Yan Hui's exaggerated expressions and movements made Kang Chi couldn't help but smile: "Okay, I won't brag to you anymore. I will continue my work. You should go back and have a good rest today."

"OK."

…

Jiangbei Province, Yizhou City.

In a milk tea shop in Ziyun County, two women in their early thirties were sitting by the window, drinking milk tea and chatting.

Looking out the window at the crowded streets, the fashionable-looking girl on the left couldn't help but sigh: "I remember when I was in high school, this road was the busiest in Ziyun. Now almost twenty years have passed, and it's still the same." I can only come here to shop..."

"There's no other way." Another woman wearing black-rimmed glasses who looked like she was already a wife put down her milk tea ceremony a little helplessly, "Ziyun only has so many people, and there are more people going to develop outside than coming from the countryside. It develops and develops, but in the end it’s the most popular place.”

"Hey, I really envy you that you are not married yet. You can go wherever you want. I will probably never be able to live without Ziyun in this life..."

"Where, you will be free when your child gets older." The fashionable girl said with a smile, "The transportation in Ziyun is also very convenient now. When the Da Song Kongtong plane arrives in Ziyun, it will probably only be a short trip to Luzhou. It takes half an hour, which is faster than taking the subway to work in Pengcheng.”

"Da Song Kongtong's plane? That will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey... But speaking of Da Song Kongtong, our old classmate is really fierce. Who could have imagined that he would be what he is today..."

"Yeah, I was shocked when I saw the news. I thought it was someone with the same name, but I didn't expect it was really him... By the way, I heard that you organized a reunion of old classmates last year and invited Got him?"

"Well, what's the use of inviting us? They don't care about us, which makes everyone very disappointed... But it would be nice if you were here."

"What's the use of me?"

"Why are you pretending to be with me?" the young woman teased, "Who in the class didn't know Kang Chi liked you back then."

"No way." The fashionable girl glared at the young woman with some shame, "He just lent me an umbrella at that time, but Shen Lijun started talking nonsense after seeing it..."

"Ahem..."

At this moment, a man next to the two people suddenly coughed, came over and said with a smile, "Are you Kang Chi's classmates?"

The two women looked at the man slightly warily but did not reply.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else..."

This man is none other than Lai Qinglei, who was ordered to come to Ziyun to inquire about Kang Chi’s gossip.

The reason why I appeared in this milk tea shop is naturally not a coincidence...

He took out a press card directly from his pocket: "Actually, I am a reporter from Jiangbei Metropolis Daily. This time I came to Ziyun because the leader asked me to write a report about Kang Chi's student days... I happened to hear that you were Can I interrupt you for a few minutes to discuss Kang Chi?”

After the two of them took a look at his press card, they lowered most of their wariness and replied doubtfully: "Yes, we went to school with Kang Chi, but we were in the same class in the first grade of high school. After the liberal arts and science classes were separated in the second grade of high school, he What shift did you go to?"

"It seems to be Class 16."

"Why do I remember it's Class 12?"

"It's impossible. Bai Guijuan is in Class 12. I go to Class 12 every day to look for her and I have never seen Kang Chi."

"That's because you didn't pay attention to him at all."

"..."

While the two were still discussing which class Kang Chi would be assigned to as a sophomore in high school, Lai Qinglei took out a notebook very 'professionally' and pretended to record the key points they talked about.

In fact, he had already turned on the recorder...

After their discussion finally came to a conclusion, Lai Qinglei looked at the more fashionably dressed girl.

To be honest, although this girl is very fashionable and has a good figure,

But she is a killer with a back view, and you cannot look closely at her face...

Even though I was wearing makeup, I still couldn’t cover up the pitted acne marks on my skin, and my facial features and face shape were very ordinary.

If Lai Qinglei were asked to rate her, he would give her a score of 70 at most, of which at least 50 would be based on her dress and figure...

To say that Kang Chi had liked her, Lai Qinglei was unwilling to admit it from the bottom of his heart...

How could our awesome Mr. Kang have this vision?

But Lai Qinglei didn’t dare to be too sure…

After all, Mr. Kang was still unknown at that time and had never seen the world, so he could like anyone.

"Um, can you tell me the name of this beautiful woman?"

"Liu Ting."

"Well, hello, Miss Liu... I just heard this lady say, did Mr. Kang ever like you?"

"It should have happened before..."

Seeing Liu Ting suddenly change her words and admit it, Lai Qinglei couldn't help being stunned, and then asked: "But just now I thought I heard you said that Mr. Kang lent you an umbrella..."

"Borrowing an umbrella is just one of them. The key is that every time I look back, I can see him looking at me in a daze..."

"Um...that, do you still have it?"

"what else?"

"Such as love letters, confessions, etc."

"That's not true."

"Okay... I have a class photo here from your previous sports meeting. Can I ask if that is you?"

"Well...this is me."

Lai Qinglei looked at the fat girl in the photo pointed by Liu Ting, and then at her: "Are you sure?"

"Well, I lost weight later..."

"But the facial features don't look very similar either."

"She had some micro plastic surgery..."

"Oh, no wonder, the plastic surgery was quite successful... I'm sorry to bother you."

"Eh?"

Seeing Lai Qinglei running away immediately, the two of them felt baffled.

Didn’t you say you wanted to interview them?

Why did he run away after asking for two tidbits?

After coming out of the milk tea shop, Lai Qinglei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, Liu Ting is not the first one.

In the past few days of 'interviews', at least ten of Kang Chi's former female classmates have revealed that Kang Chi once had a crush on them...

The point is, no matter how you look at it, it’s just ‘feeling good about yourself’, it’s just wishful thinking and has no credibility...

But one thing Lai Qinglei is sure of,

When Kang Chi was in high school, he was an unknown and transparent person in school. He was even a little introverted and withdrawn. He was not the kind of student who fell in love early.

The only thing that can prove that Kang Chi is a normal man is that his class teacher in the second year of high school once confiscated one of his books.

The book is called "Alibuda Chronicles"...