Spark

"The U.S. emperor is really in dire straits."

In Chengdu, in the office, Chen Nian said with emotion.

This sentence sounds a bit yin and yang, because in the last life, many people did use this tone to laugh at those staunch Huaxia supporters.

But now, what this sentence stated has become a cold fact.

That is: Laomei is really going to change.

It is different from any previous one. If the financial crisis only hurt their economy, and the defeat in the military confrontation only hurt their international prestige, then now, with the birth of new technology and the reversal of the world pattern, even the people they rely on The "system" of survival has also begun to change silently.

"It's not just suffering. Good days are yet to come."

Chen Guo said with a mocking face.

"Although judging from the current situation, the livelihood of the people at the bottom of the old United States is still at a stage that can basically be maintained."

"However, after the introduction of the policy, large-scale mergers and monopolies have begun to show signs, and the current premium bonus is just the last flashback."

"Capital is all about profit, and they know how to harvest common people's leeks."

"Rely on short-term returns to plunder the remaining bargaining chips in the market, and then reap the harvest after fully controlling the economy"

"It is conceivable that the state trust is nothing more than the wishful thinking of the US officials. Their final outcome is to embark on the road of large corporations."

"Will it really go in this direction?"

Chen Nian asked slightly hesitantly.

In his view, "big corporation" is a relatively advanced concept after all. For a long time, it only existed in certain cyberpunk literary works.

Rationally speaking, it is indeed not easy to achieve "big companyization" in the real world.

It first requires an overwhelming technology that allows a certain company or a few companies to have a comprehensive competitive advantage.

Second, it also requires government management to be out of order, administrative power to be devolved to the middle level, and quickly and completely corrupted by capital.

In the end, it is especially critical that a large company must obtain the force to confront the government, otherwise no matter how large it is and how influential it is, it is impossible to escape the fate of being forcibly split and harvested.

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Why?

Wait, these three key requirements, it seems that Lao Mei has already gathered all of them

Room temperature superconducting + nuclear fusion technology will spread to the United States sooner or later, and there will inevitably be several selected companies to undertake the technology.

At the same time, the decentralization of administrative power has already taken shape a few years ago, and its most typical feature is the confrontation between the state and the federal government.

The last point is the issue of armament.

This point was originally the most difficult to break through, but with the military contraction and reduction of military expenditures of the United States, the breakthrough has been opened.

You must know that their military is not a monolith. Due to "insufficient funds", some military units have begun to accept donations from companies, and even launched so-called "defense cooperation".

The famous Blackwater Defense has already started to cooperate with the National Guard.

Damn, cyberpunk is just around the corner?

Chen Nian couldn't help being a little funny, he shook his head, and said:

"It would be great if there was such a day-in the future, science fiction works will not need to rely on imagination, just go there and turn around, and immediately become documentary literature."

"It's not that exaggerated"

Chen Guo went on to explain:

"The corporatization of the United States will be a relatively long process, and the time scale is ten years."

"On the other hand, whether the country's capacity can support them to reach the next balance point is actually still unknown."

"The conflict between Yellowstone and the Tyson Group is a typical case. Once grassroots rights are divided, a large-scale counterattack will immediately appear, and such a counterattack will inevitably bring about a complete collapse of population, order and living standards."

"To put it bluntly, whether they have enough people to burn is actually still a problem."

"After the burning is over, and the large corporations have not yet formed, then even the 'low living' cannot be maintained. It is like a circle, and the cycle has a break point. Under the influence of the gravity of 'social inherent consumption', it will change from a circle to a into a downward spiral."

"And what follows is the regression of the level of productivity and technological level. By that time, cyberpunk? Wasteland punk is about the same."

".You know a lot about these cultural terms."

Chen Nian slightly said in surprise.

"It's all to share a common language with you young people. Not only you, but my own children also like to study these things. It's okay if you don't understand."

A look of pride appeared on Chen Guo's face, and then continued:

"In fact, a long time ago, my child talked about the future development of the United States. He always said that the United States will definitely enter the cyberpunk society in the future."

"But at that time, I didn't take it seriously. I thought it was just a child's fantasy."

"I didn't expect that after a few years, it really made her prophecy come true."

"That's pretty impressive."

Chen Nian's tone was very sincere. In fact, he knew that Chen Guo's daughter was only 18 years old. She could have made such a judgment a few years ago, regardless of where her logic came from. There are many people of the same age.

The sense of pride in Chen Guo's words is also understandable.

However, when the topic came to this point, he became a little curious again.

So he asked:

"Then how does she see our own development?"

"Well, if you want to talk about social structure and political system, there is nothing new in fact, it is nothing more than communism."

"However, in terms of national structure, she made an interesting point—in the future, we may become a confederal state with the mother country as the main body and multinational unions."

"Similar to the Soviet Union?"

"Similar, but with more central control."

"Understood, the vassal system."

Chen Nian nodded with a clear expression, he recognized Chen Guo's daughter --- or maybe it was actually his own judgment.

In fact, this thing is more sensitive.

Of course, it is not internally sensitive, but sensitive to other countries. No one would be willing to be a vassal.

But what if you don't do it?

The global layout is basically settled.

Africa, the experimental base and the main source of resources and cheap labor.

Europe, secondary technology transfer destination, primary external market, mid-level talent petri dish.

The Americas, the breeding grounds, are in a sense also the incubators and testing grounds for advanced technologies.

Middle East, strategic buffer zone.

Thinking along this line of thinking, in fact, many things have already had clues a long time ago.

A wily rabbit.

Probably after confirming his own particularity, this series of plans has already been launched?

The twists and turns in the middle are just a dynamic change.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian couldn't help but be amazed by the decision maker's forward vision.

If you let yourself make the decision, the technical path may not be a big problem, but the overall layout is not the slightest bit worse.

After a slight pause, he continued to ask:

"If R\u0026F Group can win the Yellowstone Farm, what is their next development plan?"

"Go directly to large-scale vertical farms? Or a new type of animal husbandry?"

"Both."

Chen Guo replied:

"The new animal husbandry is the foundation, and we will also consider developing in the direction of artificial meat and artificial starch."

"However, the construction of vertical farms is still the first priority. It will be launched before the US nuclear fusion technology is officially rolled out. If there is a problem with energy, we will consider the miniaturization of fusion reactors."

"Then it is required to accelerate the collection of Helium 3."

Chen Nian said thoughtfully.

The launch of the Chang'e-3 lunar exploration satellite is imminent. According to his previous thinking, this time the lunar exploration was supposed to implement a soft landing and analyze the composition of the lunar soil according to the original plan.

But think about it carefully, since they have already landed, why not go one step further and directly design a return rocket to bring back samples of lunar soil?

The difficulty is not too great. At the stage of 60% to 70% of the project progress, it is still very feasible to make design modifications based on existing achievements and apply them to the future No. 5.

Thinking of this, he said:

"I have to hold a meeting with the Fifth Academy."

"The plan for Chang'e-5 needs to be mentioned in advance. It is best to launch the No. 5 rocket launch plan within one or two months of the No. 3 launch to bring back the lunar soil."

"Okay, it's not a big problem."

Chen Guo replied.

"The progress of Chang'e-5 is actually basically synchronous with that of Chang'e-3. As far as I know, the main difficulty on the rocket now lies in the ignition and take-off of the lunar surface and the intersection of the lunar orbit."

"However, we have also conducted a lot of experiments. If you can push it again, it is not a problem to iterate quickly and achieve the goal."

"In addition, there are also difficulties in drilling and sampling equipment. The 21st Institute of China Electric Power is already working on it. Their estimated time is two to three years. If you want to compress it to less than six months, you may have to do it yourself."

"Then I'll do it myself."

Chen Nian replied without hesitation.

It is too obvious in this example that one hair can move the whole body.

The acquisition plan between two "commercial companies" on the other side of the ocean will indirectly affect China's lunar exploration project.

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No, it's not just Huaxia.

In fact, the resumption of the US moon landing project is also affected by this reason.

And this also means that a new wave of space warfare will probably start soon

This is a battlefield without gunpowder, and our own side must not underestimate the enemy.

After all, this is our first step towards the sea of ​​stars.

At the same time, in the 21st Institute of China Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., in the office of the supporting motor project team for Chang'e 5.

Ning Jian had just finished reading the latest design proposal of the planetary gear brushless motor, and after confirming that there were no problems, he signed his name on the design draft.

"Let's deal with it according to this plan. At present, it should not be a big problem."

"Compared to the previous scheme, after excluding the influence of heat dissipation, the design of the entire motor has been simplified a lot, and the design margin is more sufficient. In theory, it should be more durable."

"However, how the final working conditions will be depends on the experimental results in the vacuum load environment. When will you be able to manufacture the prototype? Is two weeks enough?"

Hearing his words, Li Yu, the researcher on the opposite side, pondered for a moment, and then replied:

"It can be built in about two weeks, but the construction period is relatively rushed, and the prototype may be rough."

"Especially the core superconducting coil, currently only EAST has processing experience, and other projects are just crossing the river by feeling the stones."

"We are still relatively fast, but there are still some problems that have not been resolved."

"The most typical of these are the degradation of superconducting properties and heat loss caused by magnetic field gradients, inhomogeneities and flux drifts."

"This problem on the ground may not be considered a problem at all. In an environment with air cooling, it is even difficult for us to observe the internal temperature rise."

"But it's different on the moon. The heat exchange efficiency in the vacuum environment is too poor. Even a little heat will accumulate inside the motor."

"If the heat builds up too much, the superconducting properties of the coil will start to decline, or even directly quench"

"It's not that exaggerated, is it?"

Ning Jian interrupted Li Yu, and asked suspiciously:

"Currently the hydrogen-based superconducting materials we use have a quench temperature limit of 110 degrees Celsius. How long does it take to accumulate to reach this limit? 20 hours? 30 hours?"

"According to theoretical calculations, about 480 hours."

"Then why do we worry about it?"

Ning Jian said with a smile:

"Chang'e-5 and Yutu-3 are just equipment for scientific research. They are for collecting samples, not for mining."

"It only needs to bring back 1 to 2 kilograms of samples, and the overall working time of the motor will not exceed 10 hours."

"So, let's put this question aside for now. At least for now, we don't need to think about it."

Li Yu shook his head firmly and replied:

"The Changwu project cannot be a simple 'pathfinder project'. Believe it or not, your superiors will call you to tell you to change the Changwu project plan and adjust the project goals in a short time?"

Hearing this, Ning Jian's expression also became hesitant.

Don't tell me, it's really possible

After all, even if I do it myself, I feel that the difficulty of this project is a bit low.

In other words, compared with the pressure of other domestic projects, there is a "ladder" span.

Will the superiors really let them paddle for fish?

It should be impossible. So Li Yu's idea is right, even if it is not needed now, it should be done as much as possible.

After all, this is ultimately for the project itself and for your own good.

So, he nodded decisively and said:

"Then pull out a special task force to solve this problem."

"In terms of resources and funds, we have already set a margin, and this time it happens to be available."

"in addition."

However, before he could finish his other words, the phone on the desk rang.

He finished answering the phone with a hmm, with a surprised look on his face.

"It's really changed, does your kid have some inside story?"

Ning Jian asked.

"Where do I have any inside information? How about it? Is it a heavy burden?"

Ning Jian nodded first, then shook his head.

"The burden is heavy. But there is also good news."

"The higher-ups have arranged foreign aid for us. The problem of heat dissipation of the motor that you are worried about may have been solved."

"How did you solve it?"

Li Yu asked curiously.

"Xinghuo, they gave a complete design plan."

"Just like you think, we are not here for sampling, but for mining."