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Even the top physicists in the country dare not say that their research and development direction is worth spending in units of 'billion'. The reason why most people support the construction of the collider is because they have nothing to lose. Earned a very good scientific research environment.

"I do not have either."

Zhao Yi nodded affirmatively, "My theoretical research does need experimental verification, but even I haven't figured out what kind of experiment is needed. Maybe the collider doesn't meet the requirements."

"No one has ever said that particle collisions are the only way to do experiments in microscopic physics research. Now, we know that this is a good method, but maybe in a few years, there will be a new method, but by then, we have no There is a way to go back.”

Zhao Yi said it in a relaxed tone, but it aroused the thoughts of everyone in the venue, even Qiu Chengwen. Among the few things Zhao Yi said, there were also things he hadn't thought of.

Like, last point.

Are particle collisions the best way to study microphysics?Not necessarily, and no one can give a definite answer. Maybe after five or ten years, a good method will be found again, and the construction cycle of a large collider must be more than five years, and it is impossible to look back. .

Zhao Yi finally concluded, "So, I support the construction of a collider, but not now."

"I think that the same investment can be spent on research and development in fields such as precision workmanship and high-end manufacturing, or in material research and development. This is the basic technology for us to catch up with the world."

He sat down after speaking.

There was a big round of applause in the venue.

4 Chapter [-] Two major problems in high-end manufacturing

Zhao Yi was just one of the academicians who participated in the meeting, but after he expressed his attitude, everyone in the venue knew that the tone of the large-scale collider project was almost set.

The Physics Department of the Academy of Sciences stopped talking.

Zhang Hongzhi's dissatisfaction was written all over his face, but he didn't continue to say anything because it was meaningless.

Zhao Yi's meaning is very clear, that is to say, the collider project can be built, but it must be when the time is ripe, not when it is very hasty now. Some people must have different opinions. They think that the collider project can at least Entering the "demonstration" stage, normally speaking, it will take several years for national key projects to be demonstrated, and the "timing" is almost upon completion of the demonstration.

There were quite a few people with similar thoughts at the scene, but they still didn't say it out, because Zhao Yi's words contained questions about proofs, he said, 'I don't even know what experiments are needed to verify the theory'.

Will the Large Collider be enough?

There are also many types of colliders. What kind of colliders and what kind of large-scale physical experiments can satisfy them?

This is uncertain.

Zhao Yi's attitude shows that he will definitely not participate in the demonstration, so it is impossible for the large-scale collider project to enter the demonstration stage, because Zhao Yi is one of the top theoretical physicists in the world, and he is truly NO in China. 1. Without NO.1 participating in the demonstration project, it is impossible for senior leaders to give an approval. At that time, the senior management will definitely ask 'why there is no Academician Zhao', should they just answer 'Academician Zhao disagrees'?

Even the top theoretical physicists disagree, what else is a group of ordinary physicists arguing?

How can we gain trust?

On the large-scale collider project, everyone knows that Zhao Yi has the decision-making power, and his opinion is even more important than the director of the Science and Technology Department Zhan Gang. On such a major investment project, Zhan Gang cannot make decisions alone. And Zhao Yi's opinion is enough to decide the result.

Everyone stopped talking.

The meeting place fell into a tacit tranquility, and Zhan Gang looked at the people attending the meeting, and fell into thinking.

As the leader of the Science and Technology Department, it is impossible for Zhan Gang to be just a "referee" in the decision-making of such a major project. He still has personal judgments and ideas in his heart, but he cannot make a personal decision. He must refer to the opinions of relevant scholars, but Scholars can only give opinions in the academic field, and there are limitations in vision and views.

High-level considerations are more comprehensive.

The large collider is a project that requires major investment, but it was not originally proposed by the Department of Physics of the Academy of Sciences, nor other physics research institutions, but by people outside the academic circle.

Because big powers compete.

With the continuous development of the domestic economy and the ever-expanding influence of the world, competition among major powers must be considered, and competition involves various factors.

Scientific research is naturally a kind of competition.

The main domestic competition targets are Europe and country M. Europe already has a large-scale particle collider, and it is still investing in the collider. Last year, it increased the budget by 40 billion US dollars to improve the performance of the collider. , for larger experiments.

Country M is also studying to restart the collider project. The news from the Ministry of Energy also shows that they are planning to build an electron-ion collider to study basic microscopic physics issues inside the atom.

What about domestic?

When two major competitors are investing in the collider project, from a competitive point of view, they also need to build a collider, even if it proves to be a failure in the future.

This is competition!

If the construction of the collider proves to be very meaningful, it will be too late to put it into construction.

Competition is a factor that must be considered.

In addition, there is the issue of investment funds. The investment in the collider project is very large, because many consumables require rare metals, and many technologies, materials, and equipment have to be imported. A rough estimate of the initial investment should be made in the order of "tens of billions". unit.

However, the domestic economic situation is not the same as before, and it is growing every year, as long as the collider project does not cause economic burden to the country.

The new collider project needs to refer to the electron-positron collider. The cost of the capital’s electron-positron collider at that time accounted for less than [-]/[-] of the domestic GDP. The new collider project must also be the same. Considering the cost in units of 'tens of billions', construction is definitely not what it is now.

"With a GDP reaching trillions, the collider project will not burden the economy."

This is Zhan Gang's judgment.

At present, the domestic GDP is about 70 US dollars, which is about [-] trillion yuan in human-renminbi. There is still a certain gap between [-] billion yuan, but as long as the economy develops normally, after seven or eight years, or at most ten years, the GDP It will definitely exceed tens of billions of yuan. By then, the large-scale collider project will not cause any burden on the economy.

……

the conference has ended.

The discussion of the large-scale collider project did not finally determine the result, but uncertainty itself is also the result. Almost everyone who attended the meeting knew that it was only a matter of time before the project was seen.

Those who support the construction of a large collider must hope that the sooner the better, and those who do not support it hope to continue to delay.

Many people also discuss privately.

Zhao Yi's speech at the meeting was also spread, and when he attended the military-industrial meeting the next day, he was surrounded by a large group of academicians and professors.

These are the people who come to offer compliments.

If the academic circle of physics is left aside, outside scholars are unanimously opposed to the construction of a large collider, but they are not physics researchers and have no right to speak.

In fact, the reason for the opposition is also very simple, because there is too much investment in the large-scale collider project, and the domestic scientific research investment funds are limited. The large-scale collider project occupies the majority, and the research and development funds in other fields will definitely be squeezed.

This is inevitable.

Even if extra funds are invested in the large-scale collider project, it will certainly not be all of it. It would be good to have half of the additional investment. The collider project accounts for "tens of billions", and research and development in other fields need "shrink clothes" Tight food' away.

Peng Engui is a researcher at the Metal Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences and one of the top figures in the research and development of alloy materials in China. He was also invited to participate in the military-industrial research and development meeting.

This time Peng Engui met Zhao Yi.

Although it was the first time for the two to meet, Peng Engui believed that he and Zhao Yi had been friends for a long time, and they had a very unpleasant quarrel, which made him and his team two to three years of hard work in vain, and even made his favorite student Li Rongmao poached away.

Their relationship cannot be said to be the same as water and fire, and it is certainly not very harmonious.

However, one size fits all.

On the issue of the construction of the large-scale collider project, they reached a tacit agreement.

Peng Engui also surrounded Zhao Yi. He had mixed feelings when facing Zhao Yi, but he still felt that he had to show his senior demeanor and let everything that happened pass by. He took the initiative to shake hands with Zhao Yi and sighed, "I heard that you The speech at the meeting was really good. Now our country has not reached the time to build a collider."

"With such a large investment, we must be cautious and cautious, and we must have research and development goals..."

He talked a lot in a row, and acted very kindly, as if he and Zhao Yi were friends.

Zhao Yi just kept nodding as he listened, and added his evaluation, "You are quite right."

"That's right!"

"That's it!"

In the end, Zhao Yi couldn't help but ask, "It's an outrageous question... very presumptuous, are you...?"

"—??"

Peng Engui was completely stunned, he couldn't believe that Zhao Yi didn't know him when he heard this question...

do not know him?

do not know him!

He felt a mouthful of pus and blood, almost spat out from his mouth, and his face flushed from holding back, like a cow about to go mad.

"You, what's the matter?" Zhao Yi dodged a little and asked with doubts.

"I……"

Peng Engui took a deep breath to calm down the agitation in his heart, then sighed quietly and said, "Little Li, are you okay?"

"Xiao Li? Li Rongmao?"

Zhao Yicai came to his senses suddenly, and suddenly realized, "You are Xiao Li's teacher, Institute of Metal Research...I see, so you are...what is it..."

He thought for a long time and still couldn't figure it out.

Peng Engui was so depressed that he said harshly, "I am Peng Engui, academician!"

"Oh oh~"

"Academician Peng, I'm really sorry. I forgot for a while. We met for the first time. I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..." Zhao Yi hurriedly apologized continuously, but also felt a little depressed. He really didn't know Peng Engui.

I haven't heard this name twice, even if Li Rongmao went to his place, he wouldn't ask who the teacher's name is, would he?

Anyway, I don't know.

Apart from Peng Engui, there were other influential people present. Zhao Yi and Peng Engui exchanged a few unfriendly words, and after parting, they started talking with others. The most notable one was Zhou Haoren, the general manager of Hongfeng Industry. .

The prototypes developed and designed for the Zhanying engine group depend on several military manufacturers to manufacture them, the core of which is Hongfeng Industry. Hongfeng Industry is the most advanced heavy industry group in China. It is a listed military company. Heavyweight figures can directly participate in decision-making in the development of the military industry.

Zhao Yi and Zhou Haoren exchanged a few words, and then directly talked about the issue of prototype manufacturing.

Zhou Haoren knew about this project.

There are only a few aero-engine projects, and the newly formed Warhawk has come up with an amazing design, and the news has spread all over the world. However, because it is too advanced, it is aimed at the fifth-generation fighter, and the manufacture of the prototype has been delayed.

Although Zhao Yi asked the team to go to the cooperative manufacturer to urge the initial preparation of the prototype parts, the news would definitely not reach Zhou Haoren's level, so Zhao Yi simply talked to Zhou Haoren directly, "The new fighter must be out, and the prototype design should be faster. "

"Our research and development needs to be accelerated, and we have been delayed, and time has been wasted."

Zhao Yi's tone was somewhat helpless.

Zhou Haoren found it difficult to understand, because compared with the construction of large engines and aircraft design, months, half a year or even a year is not much time, and the construction of prototypes also takes time, and the early preparations are nothing, but delays of several months can be significant. what's the big deal?

Compared with the investment in prototype component manufacturing and mold manufacturing, the determined design is obviously more important.

Hongfeng Industry will definitely not delay the progress of the prototype manufacturing, especially if the prototype is designed by Zhao Yi's team, it is even more impossible to delay.

Zhou Haoren asked a few simple questions, and when he heard Zhao Yi confirm that the prototype of the target machine would come out soon, he simply patted his chest and promised, "I will explain it right away, let them pay attention to the problem of your prototype, and let them design the mold in advance .If it can be manufactured in advance, it will be fine."

In fact, it is still a question of cost.

If the mold is manufactured and then the design is changed, the previously manufactured mold will be wasted, and a lot of money will be lost in vain. Dozens or millions are normal, but Zhao Yi promises that when the opportunity to aim for war comes out, the manufactured prototype Just like the design provided, everything is fine.

Next, Zhou Haoren talked about high-end manufacturing issues with Zhao Yi. He felt a little bitter, and talked about the technical difficulties encountered by Hongfeng Industrial R&D.

High-end manufacturing involves a wide range of technologies, but various manufacturing difficulties can be summed up, and the most important are two basic problems.

One is precision.

One is materials and technology.

For high-end manufacturing in heavy industry, material and technical issues are more prominent; for other high-end manufacturing, precision is the core.

Hongfeng Industry is a military enterprise. Strictly speaking, it belongs to the heavy industry group, but in fact, its development has not been restricted by "heavy industry" for a long time. In modern military-related manufacturing, precision is also very important. For example, aeroengine manufacturing, internal core Components, shafts, etc. have extremely high requirements on errors, and some electronic components also need to be manufactured, and the accuracy of precision instruments is even more important.

The core problem encountered in the research and development of Hongfeng Industry is the accuracy of the mechanical spindle.

No matter what kind of manufacturing and what kind of machinery, there must be a rotating spindle, and the rotating spindle must have the highest precision, so that the manufactured products can have very high precision.

Country R has the most say in the manufacture of industrial spindles. The industrial spindles they produce are the most precise in the world. Even the chip equipment that requires the most precision uses the spindles they produce.

The main axis is the core.

However, high-precision spindles are restricted from import by foreign countries, that is, they cannot be bought even if they have money.

If Hongfeng Industry wants to work hard on precision, it needs a spindle with higher precision at the core, and in the design and manufacture of the spindle, there is a big gap between domestic and foreign technologies.

This is the biggest limitation.

Even developing better technology is useless. Without a high-precision spindle, the corresponding equipment cannot be manufactured, and the corresponding products will naturally not be manufactured. Even if it is barely manufactured, the pass rate of the product will be low.

This is also one of the fundamental reasons why many high-tech devices and equipment in China cannot be mass-produced.

Zhou Haoren said a lot of things in succession, which gave Zhao Yi a better understanding of the restrictions on high-end manufacturing.

Of course, he didn't come here specifically to cry.

Zhou Haoren hoped that Zhao Yi would support the superior's policy towards high-end manufacturing research and development, so that Hongfeng Industry could invest more funds in the corresponding research and development fields.

He is the general manager of Hongfeng Industry, but because Hongfeng Industry is a state-owned enterprise or a military-type state-owned enterprise, he is not the only one who has the final say. A lot of funds are allocated by the superiors, and the budget for research and development every year , or to hold a large meeting to decide.

After hearing this, Zhao Yi nodded and said, "I've always supported the development of high-end manufacturing, and I'm sure there's no problem supporting it."

Zhou Haoren heaved a sigh of relief.