"squeak……"
The sound of brakes interrupted Lu Hezheng's thoughts.
"Professor Lu, we've arrived!"
Du Zhen's voice came from the driver's seat.
Lu He, having regained his senses, looked out the car window.
A makeshift factory appeared on the gravel-covered ground in front of us.
"This...this is a temporary research institute?"
Lu Hezheng's eyes widened slightly, and he said with an incredulous expression.
To be honest, this was absolutely the most rudimentary laboratory he had ever seen, bar none!
Du Zhen, in the driver's seat, scratched the back of his head and said with an embarrassed smile, "Professor Lu, we're too pressed for time. This kind of laboratory is the best we can do."
"Let's not talk about that. Let me take you to see Professor Lü first!"
...
Lu Hezheng followed Du Zhen to the door of a makeshift tin shack.
"Professor Lu, Professor Lü is inside, so I won't go in."
Du Zhen smiled and finished speaking to Lu Hezheng before turning and leaving.
Lu Hezheng looked at the extremely simple tin shack, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.
As soon as Lu Hezheng entered the tin shack, he saw a young man in his early twenties sitting behind a desk with a serious expression, holding a fountain pen in his hand, burying his head in writing or drawing something on the desk.
Although the young man's face was somewhat immature, Lu Hezheng sensed an incongruous aura emanating from him.
He had only ever seen this kind of aura in top scientists who were called national heroes!
Although he had never met Lü Yongchang in person, at this moment, Lu Hezheng was absolutely certain that the young man in front of him was Professor Lü Yongchang, who had single-handedly promoted the development of nuclear fusion!
Perhaps hearing some noise, Lü Yongchang, who was engrossed in his work, slowly raised his head.
Upon seeing Lu Hezheng, Lü Yongchang's eyes lit up slightly. He quickly put down his pen, stood up, and greeted him, "Professor Lu, please have a seat!"
Lu Hezheng paused for a moment, then asked, "Professor Lü... do you know me?"
Lü Yongchang chuckled and waved his hand, "Don't call me that, I haven't graduated yet!"
Lu Hezheng: "..."
Seeing Lu Hezheng's disgusted expression, Lü Yongchang's smile widened: "Just kidding."
"Professor Lu, I've seen your materials. You were in charge of the temperature control of the tokamak device at Beijing University of Science and Technology, right?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Lu Hezheng's eyes.
He never expected that Lü Yongchang, as the chief engineer of the nuclear fusion demonstration reactor, could remember his information so clearly!
Seeing Lü Yongchang's gaze directed at him, Lu Hezheng quickly nodded and said, "That's right!"
"How about you also be in charge of this research for the demonstration reactor?"
Upon hearing Lü Yongchang's suggestion, Lu Hezheng hesitated for a moment: "Professor Lü, my previous research focused on tokamak devices, and my research on stellarators is not very in-depth. Is this... really alright?"
Along the way, Lu Hezheng truly realized the importance that Xia Guo attached to the fusion demonstration reactor.
Therefore, he felt a lingering fear.
If his personal mistake leads to a serious problem with the fusion demonstration reactor, then the consequences for him will be...
Lu Yongchang smiled and shook his head, his tone softening again: "Professor Lu, I think you don't need to worry about this issue."
"The temperature control module on the stellarator is definitely less difficult to design than the tokamak device."
"Moreover, apart from you, 95% of the researchers in the temporary research institute originally studied tokamak devices."
Lu Yongchang's words put Lu Hezheng at ease.
After all, we're all researching tokamak, so there's not much difference between us!
"Then it's settled. As for salary... we can offer you the highest possible rate, but there's one condition!"
At this point, Lü Yongchang's expression instantly became much more serious.
Lu He looked at Lü Yongchang somewhat nervously and asked softly, "What...what are your requirements? As long as it's not too outrageous, I can accept them!"
Faced with a remarkable individual who single-handedly promoted the development of nuclear fusion, Lu Hezheng adopted a very humble attitude.
Lu Yongchang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's not an excessive request."
"During the research period, it is necessary to cut off all communication with the outside world."
"This will continue until the demonstration reactor is truly completed."
Lu Hezheng breathed a slight sigh of relief.
It turns out that was all there was to it.
He had been mentally prepared for this ever since he saw so many patrolling troops on the way here!
He nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course, of course! Professor Lü, don't worry, I will definitely cooperate in this regard."
Lu Yongchang nodded in satisfaction: "In that case, you can go and rest. We'll start studying the mission tomorrow."
...
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, three months have quietly passed.
As the hype died down, the number of viewers in Xia Guo News' official Douyin live stream also decreased by 90%.
Just when everyone had forgotten about the incident, Xia Guo News's Weibo account quietly pushed out a news item.
Warmest congratulations on the completion of the Xia Guocang Bay Fusion Demonstration Reactor project!
boom!
The release of this news caused an uproar throughout the Xia Kingdom!
"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!?"
"I completely forgot about this... Is there anyone who can calculate the timeframe and see if it's three months?"
"I just calculated it, and it's exactly 90 days. If you include the two 31-day long months... the construction task was even completed two days ahead of schedule!"
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