Great Power Technology

Two days later, the General Technical Office released the general introduction and basic technical documents of the Taishang large-scale fusion device, formally established a project team, and began to recruit partners from around the world.

According to the requirements of the overall principles, the cooperation seats are divided into four levels according to the technical confidentiality level, A, B, C and D. Among them, level A is limited to strategic partners including Mao Xiong. Seats from level B below will be subject to a process similar to "bidding". through public bidding.

As soon as the news came out, the entire international public opinion was instantly shaken.

There is no doubt about the authenticity of this technology. Judging from the basic technical documents published by Huaxia, they are not just directional plans, but have made detailed theoretical results for each plan. Once they win the bid, the cooperation The only thing that the party needs to do is to invest sufficient resources to realize these theoretical results into reality within the specified time.

Based on the specific results and contributions, Huaxia will allocate the right to use the equipment in proportion after the fusion equipment is installed, and grant corresponding patents to ensure that the partner can recover the cost in a short time.

This is a business that can make a profit without losing any money. It can even be said that this is the biggest pie that has ever appeared since mankind entered the 21st century.

Needless to say, for big countries, if it is a small country that is willing to bet on its national destiny and devote enough resources to participate in the project, it is also likely to be allocated huge benefits after the project is completed, thus achieving overtaking in a corner.

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Although the significance of so-called "overtaking" has been greatly reduced under the trend of integration, no country with a sense of crisis will refuse the opportunity to become stronger.

The world may be peaceful and unified, but people will always have differences.

Against this background, letters of intent for bids flew like snowflakes to the mailbox of the General Technical Office. Since this was not a formal bid, some countries even sent the same email dozens of times, just to make themselves more eye-catching.

Ye Zhou, who personally handled these emails, couldn't help but smile. For the first time, he felt that in some matters, the leader of a country was not as rational and mature as he imagined.

But at the same time, he also noticed another intriguing detail:

Some countries are absent from these letters of intent.

And these countries are all members of the previous "Consciousness Uploading Alliance".

Ye Zhou vaguely felt that the so-called "consciousness upload alliance" had gradually broken away from the event-driven temporary alliance and began to transform into something like the old "Allied Powers Group".

They no longer have a clear technical direction, but begin to shift towards a more obvious, political direction.

This is something to be wary of.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Zhou reported the news to his superiors. If the situation develops as he suspected, then China must be prepared for possible actions of this alliance in this large-scale bidding activity.

At this moment, in the Italian capital, Italian Prime Minister Abigail, as the rotating representative of the Allied Powers, is having a serious discussion with his technical staff.

"So, you think we should strive for this cooperation opportunity? But why?"

The staff member opposite spread his hands and replied:

"If I answer it from a technical point of view, you may say, 'This gives me a headache,' but I will give you the simplest reason: all countries are participating."

"When everyone tries their best to fight for something, it proves that it must be profitable. This is the simplest criterion."

"If we do not participate, the benefits will be distributed to those countries that participate, and our strength will decline rapidly - of course, I am talking about a relative decline."

Abigail nodded and said:

"I understand the logic of what you said, but that's not what I want to express."

"Alfred, you are a technical official and may not understand the economy, but you should also know that this so-called 'bid' is actually an economic behavior in essence - it is an investment. ,Is it right?"

Before the other party could answer, she continued:

"Investment requires capital. Judging from the other party's propaganda, even for the lowest seats, we need to invest more than 60 billion in the next five years, and the benefits will not be realized until at least eight years later."

"This is still an optimistic estimate. According to the pessimistic scenario, since the lower-level seats do not have priority allocation rights, our fund recovery cycle may even be extended to 10 years."

"Alfred, do you know what ten years is?"

Alfred shook his head and replied:

"I don't know what ten years is."

"I only know that there is an island country in Africa called Mauritius. They have released news that they will mobilize more than 70% of the country's fiscal revenue to fight for lower-level seats and focus on the field of control software, which they are relatively good at."

"A small country with a population of just over one million has such courage. Do we have to watch the opportunity slip away?"

Looking at Alfred, whose eyes showed deep unwillingness, Abigail explained:

"No, that's not the same thing."

"Mauritius's pillar industry is tourism, but in recent years, this industry has been severely impacted. They have to seek transformation and have to make a desperate move."

"But we are different. We are not without a way out."

"We just have no way out!"

Alfred interrupted her without waiting for her to finish speaking, and then asked angrily:

"Abigail, are you still treating this as a purely technical cooperation? Let me tell you, it is not!"

"This is a ticket to the New World. There are only so many cabins. If we don't buy it, we will be left behind and watch them go away!"

"You should know what the consequences will be. It's just like you rejected the steam engine when the steam age came, and you rejected the power station when the electric age came!"

"We're not just going to fall behind, we're going to die!"

"You misunderstand what I mean."

Abigail stood up, patted Alfred's shoulder comfortingly, then walked to the side and brought a cup of coffee that had already cooled down and placed it in front of him.

"Take a sip, I feel like you're not calm enough today."

"But, I understand."

"After all, for technicians like you, the temptation of nuclear fusion is too great."

"This is not temptation, this is."

"I know I know."

Abigail interrupted him gently. After sitting down again, she looked directly into the other person's eyes and said:

"I understand what you're saying - I mean, I understand everything."

"But haven't you discovered that there is a fatal flaw in your logic?"

Hearing this, Alfred was stunned for a moment subconsciously, and then asked:

"What loophole?"

Abigail took a deep breath and replied:

"This so-called big ship may have more cabins."

"I mean, if this is the ark that saves mankind, should its seats really be sold in this way?"

"No, it should be free."