The conference room was closed after Wu Tong, Chu Hengyuan and his party entered. The entrance to the conference room was guarded by a security department.
After looking around politely and nodding, Chu Hengyuan first asked Wu Tong to take a seat in the reserved seat at the top. Glancing at the secretary in charge of taking minutes who was already in place, Chu Hengyuan did not sit down, but spoke directly and got straight to the point.
"Thank you all for your cooperation and support of the organization. You all obeyed the orders and came to support this fusion research and development project. Everyone basically knows each other, so I won't reserve time for greetings!"
"We are all fusion scientists, and we understand firsthand how arduous and important this project is.
Energy consumption has been a constant throughout human history, but the rate of energy consumption has not been constant. Over the past century or two, the world's population has grown dramatically, and so has human energy consumption. Today, the planet's more than 7 billion people still rely primarily on fossil fuels like oil and coal.
In the future, as humanity continues to develop, energy consumption will only increase. Earth's existing fossil fuels will soon be depleted. This window of opportunity is only 100 to 300 years. This is especially true for China, the world's most populous country, accounting for one-fifth of the world's population. When fossil fuels are depleted, where will we find a stable source of energy?
The Advantage Energy Project is of vital importance to us. China is supporting this fusion project at all costs. Now, let me introduce the project leader, Chief Designer Wu Tong!
Before the attendees could react, Chu Hengyuan spoke again, "Mr. Wu Tong, the prover of the Goldbach conjecture, the Navier-Stokes equation, and the BSD conjecture, the winner of the Wolf Prize for Mathematical Inspiration and the Abel Prize in Mathematics... This is Mr. Wu's outstanding contribution to mathematics in China and the world. In addition to mathematics, Mr. Wu Tong has also made outstanding achievements in materials research and development and engineering, which are no less than his mathematical achievements. Everyone should have paid attention to the science some time ago. That is only part of Mr. Wu's research results.
In fact, the team led by Mr. Wu Tong has already made a breakthrough in the research and development of superconducting materials!"
For fusion projects in China, the path of magnetic confinement is being taken. The importance of superconducting materials is self-evident. Wu Tong's breakthrough in materials is equivalent to allowing the domestic fusion project to take a step forward. It is even possible to imagine the possibility of building a demonstration reactor.
China is still a collective that obeys orders and commands. While the selection of such a young scholar as the head of a major project like the fusion project is surprising, Wu Tong's achievements and resume are undeniably impressive. Due to the protection provided by the higher-ups, there are few images of him circulating outside the country.
Therefore, not many people in the conference room recognized Wu Tong before. However, when Wu Tong's mathematical achievements were mentioned, they were instantly familiar with him. It was also the first time that they equated the Wu Tong represented by those achievements with the real Wu Tong himself, forming a direct impression of him.
However, after all, Wu Tong's achievements were all outstanding in mathematics. Although everyone understood that if a top mathematician like Wu Tong were to move into the field of application, there would be great potential, or in other words, it would definitely bring about great progress and surprises, but after understanding the meaning of Chu Hengyuan's subsequent words, even though most of them had reached a state of composure, they were still shocked by what it meant.
"Has there been a breakthrough in superconducting materials? What exactly is the breakthrough, and what kind of critical performance can be achieved at present?" Among the participants, there was an upright scientific researcher who was dedicated to technological progress, and he asked directly and anxiously!
Chu Hengyuan looked at Wu Tong with an inquiring look. Such a professional question required a personal response from Mr. Wu.
Chu Hengyuan and his team built the platform for her, and Wu Tong naturally would not lag behind. She immediately gave a clear response in a deep voice: "At room temperature and pressure, 202K, a practical conductor has been formed." This was based on the initial research and development of superconducting materials, and they had further achievements in the later stage.
Once these figures were released, anyone working in fusion energy understood what they meant. In a fusion reaction, when the temperature is high enough, electrons fly away from the atomic nuclei, creating a plasma. If a magnetic field is applied, all charged particles will orbit around the magnetic field lines—the magnetic field confines the particles, and the stronger the field, the stronger the confinement.
Breakthrough superconducting materials mean that they can break through the current bottleneck limitations and have the foundation for a larger controllable magnetic field.
Such material data is far ahead of the world level. To be able to be brought out and discussed here, it must be verified and real data.
In a flash, all the participants were deeply moved. It was nothing more than that the higher-ups had invested so much money to support this extremely young scholar, who was even a baby to them, to launch such a huge project. This advancement in superconducting materials had surpassed the accumulation and efforts of many years of their fusion teams!
Wu Tong’s reputation as a genius is indeed extraordinary!
The breakthroughs made by top mathematicians in applied fields are truly admirable! With such achievements as a foundation, no one will question Wu Tong's age anymore!
Decades of painstaking research are not as good as a flash of inspiration. Anyone who does research understands the importance of talent. Experience is merely the accumulation of unbreakable skills. A true breakthrough is possible, and who wouldn't want to make progress?
"Next, I will hand over the leadership of this meeting to Mr. Wu. The main purpose of today is to gather everyone to set the rules for this fusion project, the Jinwu Project!" After successfully leading Wu Tong out, Chu Hengyuan reduced his presence and sat down directly next to Wu Tong, shifting the focus of the meeting to Wu Tong. He, on the other hand, acted as a representative of the support from above, protecting Wu Tong and presiding over the meeting.
As Chu Hengyuan finished speaking, the participants couldn't help but turn their eyes and stare at Wu Tong. Although they were dispatched by their superiors to participate in the project, if Wu Tong couldn't show his true ability and convince them, and wanted them to burn themselves out to make Wu Tong famous, it would definitely be impossible.
If Wu Tong didn't have any real ability in the field of fusion, don't blame them for turning the table in protest.
On the contrary, if Wu Tong showed his true abilities and convinced them, they would be willing to help Wu Tong, working day and night, even at the cost of their own lives.
They are fusion people, they are so serious!
Among them, only Lu Xiao's eyes were filled with genuine anticipation and a foresighted smile. He was very optimistic about the project personally undertaken by President Wu and was ready to witness a miracle!
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