Chen Nian's claim that nuclear fusion can be achieved in three years is of course pure bragging.
In fact, even if all the theoretical foundations are in place and all material problems are solved, just a Q value greater than 1 is enough to keep the country's already weak scientific research strength for several years.
This does not require professionals, even a layman like Li Xiang, actually understands this.
However, on the other hand, if the growth rate of source points can reach the expected standard, it is actually feasible to accumulate enough source points for nuclear fusion in three years.
This is what he really means.
As for application, just go step by step.
After all, technology like this that can directly bring mankind into the next era will definitely not be built overnight.
Even the most radical technical planning will not deliberately break this most basic law.
If it had been a few hours ago, this realization might have made Chen Nian anxious.
But fortunately, now he has completely figured it out.
Therefore, the fact that "key technological leaps cannot be achieved immediately" only brings him more incentives.
After returning to his residence, he started a new round of learning non-stop. At the same time, the effects of the first live broadcast were also growing.
Things are gradually starting to develop in a good direction.
But, on the other side, there are people who are not very happy.
In the office of the May meeting.
"Stupid! Stupid!"
Houston shook his head while looking at the live broadcast on the screen.
He really couldn't understand how these so-called "media" could be so stupid.
A good high-speed rail project turned into a model reality show for you?
What kind of international joke is this?
Moreover, the operation process shown in the picture is also extremely ridiculous. In what age is it, there are still people laying railway tracks manually?
Do you think this was the westward expansion movement of the last century?
The power of inherent impressions is so terrible that it even makes a group of highly educated media ignore objective facts.
On the other hand, the videos taken by Chinese people are much more professional.
Although there are no eye-catching shots, they at least show the state of the foundation of an infrastructure project.
In the eyes of experienced people, one can tell the difference at a glance.
Those seemingly haphazardly piled earthworks actually mark the efficiency of the project's saturated operation, while the steel frame structures standing abruptly on both sides of the land base are the prototype of the gantry crane.
As you can imagine, what the other party is doing now is some pretty basic preliminary preparation work.
But even these preparations are already much more efficient than our own.
An average of 500 meters are laid per day. Obviously, they have introduced large-scale paving machines, and this machinery, which has never been reported on a large scale before, is the result of the so-called "moving mountains" project of the Chinese.
Their progress was rapid.
——
As fast as all their key projects have been in recent years.
If this continues, once the other party really starts to reveal the true strength of the project, then our Los Angeles-San Francisco project will completely lose its meaning.
After all, this is a "publicity project". If the publicity effect is also lost, what is the need for it to exist?
Thinking of this, Houston sighed and said:
"We have to put restrictions on the media - or at least give them some guidance."
"The current reporting method is absolutely unacceptable. It can only serve as a topic that arouses interest. In the future, like China, we should turn to a rigorous reporting style."
"Only in this way can we truly show our strength, otherwise."
"I don't quite agree with this."
Before Houston could finish speaking, his assistant interrupted him.
He frowned and asked:
"Don't agree? Why don't you agree?"
The assistant took out a page from the thick stack of documents in his hand and handed it to Houston, and then replied:
"Judging from data performance, we are obviously better than each other in terms of ratings and topic discussion."
"This proves that our media choice of angle is correct."
"After all, to be honest, ordinary people are not interested in this project at all. What they need is a kind of 'nipple fun'-style entertainment."
"Both historical experience and economic theory have told us that during economic downturns, Nipple Music is an excellent means of maintaining stability."
"Our biggest goal should be to maintain the most basic social stability during the economic crisis. Now that our strategy has produced results, what reason is there to give up on it?"
Hearing the assistant's words, Houston's brows furrowed even more.
He shook his head slightly and said:
"Your theory is basically correct, but have you ever thought that to some extent, this is a kind of chronic suicide."
"Yes, we can indeed use the current method to please our people, but what will happen next? What will we do next?"
"Creating one so-called 'American image' after another? When a rigorous engineering project is labeled like this, who will care about what it actually does?"
"This is extremely detrimental to the later progress of the high-speed rail project, and we."
"But who really cares about the later stages of the project?"
The assistant interrupted Houston again.
"Does the president care? Does Congress care? Do investors care?"
"Mr. Houston, I think you made a mistake."
"The people who invested in this project were not the so-called railroad tycoons, but the wolves of Wall Street."
"They don't care whether the railway line can be completed or whether it can be profitable."
"What they care about is to boost market confidence through this project, so that they can make back the money they lost in the financial market!"
Houston's eyes widened. He subconsciously wanted to refute, but suddenly found that he really had no room to refute.
Yes, the organizational form of this country has determined the fate of this project.
If you talk to profit-seeking, short-sighted financial speculators about forward returns, will they really care?
The construction period of several years is too long for them, and they cannot bear such a long wait.
The most likely outcome is that after the project is on track and the financial market becomes active again, they sell their shares to others at double or even higher prices.
Isn’t the “return on investment” that can be achieved by doing this much higher than foolishly waiting for the project to be completed?
Therefore, what the assistant said is correct.
The report itself is intended to arouse public opinion and create positive publicity.
Now that the goal has been achieved, why should I care about the so-called "form of achievement"?
In this case, let them continue to work. Maybe there will be unexpected surprises?
Soon after, the second live broadcast of the Los Angeles-San Francisco high-speed rail project started.
In the studio, the live broadcast director stared nervously at the screen. As the command to "start live broadcast" was given, Evans' iconic face instantly appeared on the screen.
The lighting is perfect, the expression is perfect, and even his movements when he appears are exactly as designed in the script.
The reporter waiting aside quickly walked forward and accurately handed the microphone to his mouth.
"Evans, how are you today?"
"Very good, it's still a good day. As you can see, we have more large machinery coming in and the efficiency has become higher."
There were no mistakes or omissions in the question and answer. The director gently raised his hand and cut the picture to camera number two.
Then, the camera accurately panned the large machinery parked aside, with the close-up image staying at a low position, making the already tall excavators and bulldozers look as majestic as cruisers on land.
After the camera stayed for a moment, the director pressed the button again, and the screen cut back to Evans again.
It was this excellent scheduling that made the ratings figures displayed in front of him jump directly upward by 0.1 percentage points.
At this time, the ratings of the live broadcast had reached 2.3%. In contrast, the ratings of the live channel broadcasting the construction of the Beijing-Shijiazhuang High-speed Railway in China were only a pitiful 0.06%.
A satisfied smile appeared on the director's face.
Granted, the ratings here can only show what’s going on at home, but so what?
As long as you can steadily hold down the opposite end, you can satisfy the gentlemen above!
What's more, as far as he knows, in China, the discussion of the American live broadcast in Los Angeles is much higher than their own program. If the other party dares to broadcast it live, even in their own country, the ratings will be certain Will be beaten down.
What a vulnerable opponent.
The director breathed a sigh of relief, and then he said into the microphone:
"Don't stop and let Evans get back to his normal duties."
"At the scene, pay attention to the shooting angle and don't interfere with his movements."
"Don't forget, it's the men at work who are the most attractive - not just Evans, get everyone moving!"
"clear."
A brief reply from the on-site dispatcher came from the earphones, and then, following the reporter's guidance, Evans picked up his tools again.
".Yes, we are very busy during this time."
"To tell you the truth, even taking time out to be interviewed is a luxury for us."
"So, please forgive me, I have to get on with my work - and of course I can answer your questions at work."
Evans smoothly spoke the connecting words that he had long memorized, and the camera cut away for half a minute, giving a panoramic view of the busy construction site.
However, it was this panorama that caused the show's ratings to plummet.
It actually dropped from 2.3% to 1.9%!
The director immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and he quickly cut the camera back and fixed it on Evans again.
"These bitches of the audience. If I had known this was the case, I might as well have arranged an adult show for them."
"Scene, let Evans take off his shirt."
"Let him work like a real man!"
His instructions were immediately implemented. Just ten seconds later, the ratings suddenly jumped up a lot, breaking the 3% mark!
Sure enough!
There was a hint of joy on the director's face.
He felt that he seemed to have grasped the password that could increase the ratings.
There is no need to prepare any professional questions like those Chinese people do, and of course there is no need to go to great lengths to popularize science.
The only thing you have to do is to do what you like and only shoot what the audience wants to see!
And isn’t it obvious what they want to see? ——
However, this phenomenon also puts the director into conflict.
Now it's Evans, but what about next time?
His eyes scanned the various pictures on the monitor, and he thought to himself:
An Evans can only capture the hearts of female audiences.
But what if there could be a female character of the same type as Evans?
Hmm. Men should not be able to reject a working woman in this kind of environment.
The problem is, it seems that not even a single woman who meets the requirements can be found on the entire project site.
Maybe, I should start arranging actors?
Seeing that the ratings continued to rise, the director had no time to think too much. He continued to adjust the live broadcast screen. With several successful operations, the program's ratings reached an astonishing 4%.
For such a program, such ratings can be considered an unprecedented success.
A satisfied smile appeared on his face, and then he leaned back in his chair and glanced subconsciously at the numbers recording the ratings of the Huaxia broadcast program.
Just looking at it like this, his eyes suddenly widened.
The original ratings of 0.06% have actually changed.
In just half an hour, the broadcast ratings have exceeded 0.1%.
What's happening here?
Did they use the same strategy?
"Help me access the China Live broadcast."
The director said in a low voice.
He felt vaguely uneasy, but before the assistant could answer, the ratings of the broadcast channel moved again.
But this time, the ratings actually increased by 0.2%, reaching 0.3%!
What are you doing?
"Hurry up and connect, I want to see what they are doing!"
the director shouted eagerly.
"Understood, but this takes time. Give me a minute."
The director glared at the assistant angrily, then turned back to check on Evans' interview process.
He took his eyes away from the broadcast ratings figures for a few seconds, but when he looked at the numbers again, he was surprised to find that the ratings of this thing had reached 1%!
What's going on? !
"Quick! What are you doing?"
The assistant beside him shook slightly and did not dare to answer. He was still operating various equipment for signal processing.
30 seconds passed, and the ratings of the broadcast channel continued to rise. This time, it directly jumped over the 1% range and came to the range starting with the word 2!
At this moment, the director almost thought he had seen it wrong.
How was such explosive growth achieved?
The doubts in his heart were almost overflowing.
But fortunately, the signal processing work was very fast. More than a minute later, when the broadcast channel's ratings reached 2.4%, the broadcast screen finally appeared on the monitor.
The director quickly looked at the monitor, and then he froze on the spot.
Completely different from what I thought.
The other party did not find a "typical representative" like Evans.
There is not even a single character in their pictures.
Instead, there were huge machines.
Hard and straight lines, powerful arcs, huge mechanical arms, and octopus-like positioning stakes.
The director recognized that among the equipment, there were more than twenty excavators of different types and models.
This is the civilian version of Steel Torrent? !
He opened his mouth and watched the ratings continue to rise.
In the picture, accompanied by the reporter's voice-over describing the mechanical performance in detail, these machines were started one after another and began to rush to the battlefield that belonged to them.
The roar almost completely suppressed the reporter's voice.
But it seems that no one cares.
Those spectators, they just wanted to take a good look at those giant land beasts.
And those giant beasts did not disappoint them.
The dust was flying and the red indicator light kept flashing. At first glance, the project site was completely different from the previous live broadcast.
If the last live broadcast of Huaxia people seemed to take the audience back to the past, then this time, it went directly to the future.
A future completely filled with mechanical power!
The ratings are still rising, but the ratings of our own live broadcasts are constantly declining, even falling below the 1.5% baseline.
The director looked at Evans' face on the screen, and then looked at the "super-large track-laying unit weighing thousands of tons and integrating mechanical and electrical equipment."
At this moment, he suddenly had a feeling.
Machinery is the real romance.
And Evans is like a clown.
(End of chapter)
