Spark

"These Russians are going too far!"

In Qatar, in the resplendent office, Foreign Minister Al Quwari tightly clutches the gold teacup in his hand. If the object is not an antique, it may have flown to the wall by now instead of staying in his hand.

"150 billion contract, 60 billion infrastructure investment, three-year project cycle?"

"According to such conditions, what can they earn?"

"The cost is hardly even covering the cost of their natural gas extraction!"

"The only advantage is that the ultra-low quotation excludes us, so that we will not be able to enjoy the dividends of new technologies!"

"This is too evil, too insidious, too disgusting. What threat can we pose to them? Our land area is not even as big as a farm owned by some of their tycoons!"

"They can participate in nuclear fusion, they can stand in front of the gate of the future, don't we have the qualifications at all?"

"We have to survive, we use everything we have for that little chance, and they want to take away the last hope we have"

The assistant on the opposite side stood there a little at a loss, with panic in his eyes.

He can fully feel the anger of the man opposite, and he believes that if Qatar's national military strength is not enough to compete with Russia, at this moment, a war may have already started.

——

Yes, war, this is definitely the means he will choose to use without hesitation.

The reason is simple. As Alkuwari said, if the contract between Russia and China can be concluded smoothly, what Qatar will lose is really the future of the entire country.

For Qatar, a typical resource country, what is more important than "oil"?

It is by relying on this kind of thing that this country can develop rapidly and gain a place in the world full of powerful and powerful people.

Now, with the emergence of room temperature superconducting materials and nuclear fusion technology, the status of traditional fossil energy has begun to decline at a speed visible to the naked eye. If nothing else, within the next five years, the price of oil will begin to fall off a cliff. fall.

Moreover, in the next ten to twenty years, fossil energy may be completely eliminated!

And by that time, the country will not be far from "death".

Transformation is the only way out.

where to turn? Is it really possible to rely entirely on tourism?

The Supreme Council also mentioned this strategy. After all, with the development of aviation technology, more and more people can travel around the world.

But after all, this is just a secondary strategy in a secondary strategy. If there is a chance to occupy a higher track, who would be willing to choose this route?

Nuclear energy is the real way out, and superconductivity is the light of the future.

He sighed uncontrollably, the sound that made Alcuvari glare.

"What are you sighing for?"

Alcuvari asked in a blunt tone.

"I, I... I'm thinking about how to deal with the opponent's challenge."

The assistant stammered back.

"How to deal with it? How do you think we can deal with it?"

"No matter in terms of scale or volume, we cannot compare with Russia at all. Once the other party really starts a price war, we will immediately lose all advantages!"

"There's no way around that. Speed ​​is the only thing we can rely on, but the thing is, they don't need that speed."

"In other words, even if necessary, the Russian side can meet the same conditions as ours."

"We should have thought of this a long time ago. Maybe all of this is just a dream from beginning to end."

Alcuvari's tone gradually sank. He was not an unreasonable leader. In fact, he felt more empathy for the assistant's sigh just now.

I thought I had caught the sky-reaching rope that fell from the sky, but in the end I found that it was just an ethereal beam of light.

Such a loss. Didn't I expect it at the beginning?

No, don't talk about yourself, in fact, the entire upper class in Qatar understands this.

However, no one is willing to admit it.

Thinking of this, Alcuvari couldn't help sighing.

After a short pause, he continued to speak:

"No matter what, we still have to try it after all."

"The other party has launched a large-scale application project, which is an undeniably great opportunity."

"Whatever the cost, we have to try."

"Sord, help me arrange a trip to Huaxia. I want to meet their person in charge and express our sincerity."

"In addition, you need to help me collect all the information I need, including all the people I want to visit and the perfumes that all their friends like, please tell me!"

"I absolutely can't make a mistake. We have too few chips, and the only thing that can be manipulated is 'timeliness'."

Hearing his words, assistant Sood nodded quickly.

But at this moment, a light flashed in his mind like a godsend, and then, a bold idea popped up.

He looked up at Alcuvari, and tentatively said:

"Maybe. We don't have other chips?"

"Sir, I mean, even the point of timeliness can be manipulated."

"What's the meaning?"

Alcuvari paused and asked subconsciously.

Other chips? can operate?

Greater supply, lower prices?

Or, stronger technology?

The Russian side is the real controller of the first two, as for the latter. Isn’t that a pure joke?

Thord's expression was still a little apprehensive. He was excited that he had found a possible path, but he was also worried that this path was deviant.

Yes, it's just too aggressive.

Looking at the entire world, I am afraid that only a few countries that have close relations with the United States, or have had close relations at one time, have done such things.

But looking at Alcuvari's eyes, he quickly replied:

"What I mean is that the reason why China suddenly has so much demand for natural gas is ultimately for metal hydrogen."

"Natural gas is the most important initial raw material for metal hydrogen. They will not be burned directly, but will go through a long processing process."

"This step was supposed to take place in their country."

"But what if they are willing to directly set up the processing plant in Qatar?"

Thord's words were like thunder, and Alcuvari froze in place.

This is the ultimate solution to the problem.

At the same time, he also understood the fear in Thord's eyes.

Yes, this is a good way.

But the problem is, to persuade Huaxia to make this decision, the price one needs to pay will definitely not be low.

so what?

At least we can get it out

For this technology, any price is acceptable.

A few days later, Chengdu.

The second batch of Huorong group has been formed, and Chen Nian has just finished a day of "teaching", or seminar.

At this time, he was walking exhaustedly on the small road in Chengfei Park, followed by Li Xiang who also got off work.

He has not completely broken away from the state that has continued after this day's intensive study, and the topic of chatting with Li Xiang has not left the relevant technology of the first wall material.

".So the essence of material science is alchemy, it's trial and error, and it's all about luck."

"Unlike the previous plasma control technology, this time we really don't have a clear direction."

"Let's talk about tungsten alloy. It is true that it has better high temperature resistance and the strongest radiation resistance, but the problem is that this thing is also the most prone to ablation and gas circulation effects."

"Moreover, under the conditions of high energy density plasma, it also faces the problem of material embrittlement caused by irradiation, which is the least friendly direction for long-term high-intensity irradiation among several directions."

"Now Laomei is working in the direction of tungsten alloys, but they have not made any progress in the short term. We want to recruit a few experts to copy it, but there is no way to copy it."

"Don't make tungsten alloy, let's make graphite. The radiation resistance is so poor that it can't be improved, but there is one thing, it's the easiest to burn new things in this kind of stove, and it has great potential."

"For the middle layer, carbon fiber composite materials, we have accumulated a certain amount of technology, but there is no way to solve the problems of oxidation and ablation, and the degradation of mechanical properties is also a big problem."

"The most reliable direction, the beryllium-copper-steel composite, can meet the experimental requirements in the short term, but that's all. After all, it's not even an alloy, it can only be considered a 'composite structure'."

"For further improvement, the best direction is the beryllium boride material, but the reaction sintering method we are using now is relatively difficult to operate, and after several experiments, it is found that the performance of the output is lower than expected."

"It's so annoying. Next time, try to put boron boron nitride, beryllium aluminum alloy and some titanium alloy together and try to burn it. Maybe you can make new materials."

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Li Xiang beside him couldn't help being a little amused.

He opened his mouth and said:

"I really didn't expect that you would be upset because of it."

"If I didn't know that you can do anything, I really thought you were an ordinary researcher."

"I was."

Chen Nian rolled his eyes and didn't say much, while Li Xiang asked curiously:

"So there is really no basic principle in materials science?"

"Of course there is."

Chen Nian sighed and replied:

"The most basic principle of materials science is 'chemical bonding to form molecular and crystal structures'. The size, interaction and arrangement of atoms determine the performance of materials."

"In theory, as long as you can understand this basic principle, you can understand the properties of most materials."

"But the thing is, it's bullshit."

"In essence, it is the same as 'As long as you understand every sequence in the human gene, you can understand the secrets of the human body', it is a pie that is bigger than the sky. It looks delicious, but it is basically impossible to eat it. .”

Speaking of this, Li Xiang basically understood Chen Nian's embarrassment.

However, he is not an expert in this field after all, so he can't give Chen Nian any comfort.

So, he had no choice but to change the subject, and said:

"Scientific research always comes slowly. It is impossible to have good news at the beginning-but I have some good news here. Do you want to hear it?"

"What good news?"

Chen Nian turned his head and asked curiously.

"Good news about metal hydrogen plants."

"The result of the natural gas negotiation on the Russian side has come out?"

Chen Nian asked immediately.

Although he has been busy with academic research these days, he is not deaf to what is going on outside the window after all. He is still concerned about the progress of the metal hydrogen application project.

Hearing his question, Li Xiang nodded, and then replied:

"Yes, and it turned out much better than we expected."

"150 billion?"

Chen Nian asked.

"More than 150 billion, and bear all construction costs."

"Damn it, it's free!?"

Chen Nian was shocked. He never expected that the Russian side would have such courage.

This condition is almost equivalent to emptying out their entire financial budget for the next few years. Are they crazy? Planning to take a big gamble?

But Li Xiang's performance was extremely indifferent, he just said calmly:

"It's almost the same as giving away for free. But they are not the most ruthless."

"Is there something more ruthless?"

There are only a few natural gas exporting countries in the world. Apart from Russia, Chen Nian really can't think of any other country that can offer stronger conditions than them.

"Of course, Australia is completely free, with its own transport ships and self-built warehouses-of course, they require a higher share of technology."

"In addition to them, Canada has also offered conditions. They will give us the share that originally belonged to Laomei, and they will be able to sign a priority export contract-but it doesn't look real. They seem to be playing double reeds with Laomei, trying to save the country with curves. .”

"After all, Lao Mei will definitely not get the share of metal hydrogen. Canada can get it, which is no different from what they get."

Chen Nian nodded slightly, it seemed that these people were indeed crazy.

After the Huaxia metal hydrogen project announced that it had officially entered the application stage, all the previous doubts disappeared.

There is no need to consider authenticity and performance issues. How to seize the position of "closest partner" as soon as possible is the only thing they care about.

"It's really ruthless, especially Australia. After doing this, Lao Mei hasn't decoupled from us, but they will decouple from Lao Mei first."

"What's Lao Mei's reaction? They didn't jump up?"

"Jump up."

Li wanted to answer casually, but instead said:

"But not because of Australia."

"It's because of Qatar."

"Qatar? What did they do?"

Chen Nian asked inexplicably.

Although Qatar is a major exporter of natural gas, the country is too small to cause any disturbances.

Just them, can you still make Laomei dance?

"Well, you may not believe it, they invited us to go directly to Qatar to build a metal hydrogen plant."

".Why?"

"They allow us to have so much power over them."

"???"

Chen Nian looked at Li Xiang dumbfounded.

He understood why Lao Mei wanted to jump up.

Can do this step? ——

But think about it, once superconducting and nuclear fusion technologies are developed, the right to survive of a country with small resources like Qatar will be compressed to the extreme.

In that case, why not just take a gamble, even if you sacrifice part of your sovereignty, you have to be firmly tied to Huaxia?

That's not a good start --- definitely not for Mei.

If they really achieved their goal, wouldn't other countries of the same kind compete to imitate?

At that time, I am afraid that without waiting for nuclear fusion to be commercialized, Laomei's global dominance will begin to be shaken.

How cruel.

Chen Nian thought dumbfoundedly.

For China's technology, these countries are so fanatical

what the hell

Whether it is superconductivity or nuclear fusion, the essence is to develop productivity.

The development of productivity is originally for other purposes.

As a result, things haven't been formally negotiated yet, so you're just getting involved?

Hmm. Roll it up, anyway, it’s Laomei who gets hurt, and we are the ones who feel better