Global monopoly of technology

Two days later, Qinghua University.

Liu Jianwei was anxious for his team, but they are not doing research now. Instead, everyone looked at each other's letters sent by Luo Sheng.

At this moment, everyone is not thinking about doing research.

"Luo Sheng is crazy, we just think about it, he not only dares to think, but he really dares to do it!"

The team members were chattering and talking. After a while, everyone looked at Liu Jianwei who hadn't spoken much. One of the researchers couldn't help asking, "Professor Liu, what do you think?"

Professor Liu Jianwei came to a tactical mirror and said concisely: "I decided to quit my job at Qinghua University and go to Luo Sheng."

He didn't talk much, his tone was flat, but he showed a firm attitude.

Luo Sheng is not only very sincere in the envelope, but also promised that as long as he can work for Star Arrow International, the company will provide at least RMB 1.35 billion in funding for his new carbon nanotube material research project for 20 years. time.

In other words, in 20 years, Liu Jianwei was able to get 27 billion yuan in research funding, which is a scale that Liu Jianwei dare not even dare to.

In contrast, he recently applied for 10 million yuan in funding for his research project, which was rejected several times, and this time he was still rejected.

The reason is simple. It is difficult to produce results for the thing he studied, and it will take a long time for the results to have application prospects. This is still based on success.

What if it fails?

Liu Jianwei looked at his research assistant team: "Which one of you is willing to follow me? If you want to stay, I will arrange it for you."

"willing!"

All the team members agreed without hesitation.

This is the invitation of the world's richest man. Not only that, but also strongly supports the idea of ​​the Space Ladder, which they themselves find impractical.

Probably this is the result of a fool and a madman coming together.

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Three days later, Liu Jianwei left Qinghua University with his team and came directly to see Luo Sheng.

As for the job handover and resignation issues on the school side, they don’t need too much labor, Star Arrow International will help to deal with it. This is Luo Sheng’s attitude towards talents, and trivial matters will be solved by an agent from the company.

Liu Jianwei brought a total of 8 members of his team to the Science and Technology Complex. Except for him, the rest of the research team are PhD graduate students, but coming here also means that the degree stops here.

But they did not regret this decision at all.

As everyone got out of the car, Liu Jianwei turned to look at the reminder of his students and saw a young man walking calmly and confidently with a smile. Several young men and women couldn't help but show the people walking by. The little eyes of worship, especially the two sisters in the team.

It's not who, it is Luo Sheng. He came out to receive him personally. There are really very few people who can wait for him outside. The last time it was Dr. Ernst Winnack.

"Professor Liu, finally I am looking forward to you. It is really an honor for Star Arrow International to have you join." Luo Sheng said with a smile.

"Mr. Luo's hospitality made me flattered." Liu Jianwei said. The two parties also shook hands in courtesy, but he was surprised that Luo Sheng was so polite.

"Don't say anything polite, please come in!" Luo Sheng continued with a smile, and immediately motioned to the seven young people standing next to Liu Jianwei, and said to them with a smile: "Don't be cautious, I see After passing your information, the eldest is only 25 years old, and I'm one year older. Just call me Luo brother."

In this situation, Luo Sheng didn't have the slightest arrogance, let alone overwhelming others. The Wen Ruyu, a gentleman of Qianqian, immediately relieved the slightly nervous fans a lot, and made no progress.

When I first came to the Science and Technology Complex, apart from Professor Liu Jianwei, the other seven young men and women were full of curiosity and wonder at everything around them. There were two young girls in the team.

It was the first time that I saw the mansion of the world's richest man, with a sense of simplicity and high quality in the luxury. They knew that this was the work of Hadid, the master of deconstruction, and this building had also won the award.

But what surprised them the most was not the sheer size of this private mansion, but the technological elements that they saw along the way. The most impressive of them was probably the ubiquitous Xiaona.

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living room.

"Professor Liu, I have read in detail the results of your team published online in Nature Nanotechnology on May 14 this year. This work reveals the bright prospects of ultra-long carbon nanotubes for manufacturing super-strong fibers. It also points out the direction and method for the development of new super-strong fibers."

Luo Sheng looked at Liu Jianwei and continued with a smile: “By adopting the method of in-situ airflow focusing, the centimeter-level continuous ultra-long carbon nanotube bundles with a definite composition, perfect structure and parallel arrangement were prepared in a controllable manner. Limiting factor."

Liu Jianwei was surprised and looked forward to it even more. He did not expect Luo Sheng to do so much homework. This is a lesson.

Immediately following Luo Sheng’s topic exchanged: “My team and I prepared ultra-long carbon nanotube bundles with different numbers of units, and quantitatively analyzed the influence of their composition and structure on the mechanical properties of ultra-long carbon nanotube bundles. At the same time, it also proposed a strategy of "synchronous relaxation"."

"It is through nanomanipulation to release the initial stress of the carbon nanotubes in the tube bundle, so that it is within a narrow range of divisions, and then the tensile strength of the carbon nanotube bundle can be increased to more than 80GP, which is close to that of a single carbon nanotube. The tensile strength is also better than all other fiber materials found so far."

Luo Sheng said: “The tensile strength has reached the standard of the space ladder cable, but the centimeter level is far from enough. What I want is to use this material to make several ropes with a length of at least 36,000 kilometers. The long pipe method is the point."

Liu Jianwei: "I think the tensile strength can be increased several times, 300GPa is no problem, only 36,000 kilometers... There is a long way to go... Mr. Luo, do you really believe that humans can build a space ladder in their lifetime?"

Regarding this problem, Liu Jianwei, as the biggest dreamer, also feels a little lack of confidence. This is really the super project of the century.

Luo Sheng looked around the seven young people and stayed on Liu Jianwei again. Maybe he himself didn't know that his research results would become the key to the space ladder many years later, and he would never imagine that he could see and participate in it during his lifetime. The ground-breaking ceremony of the'Ladder Project', and the completion of the first space ladder in human history can be seen in the lifetime.

Of course, this was Luo Sheng's last life.

Luo Sheng smiled and said: "Dreams are still needed. In general, my opinion is that the space ladder is a theoretically feasible, but extremely difficult and troublesome century project to operate. It almost requires humans to tap the most cutting-edge technology. ."

"But just like those epic projects in history, the establishment of the Great Wall more than 2,000 years ago, the establishment of the Qian Grand Canal more than 1,000 years ago, including today's Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge, which one is not a meritorious one, is committed to the future. What about?"

"The establishment of Dujiangyan has made Qin's imperial industry successful, and the Pacific Railway has witnessed the rise of the United States. It is these super projects that have made the rise of civilization and the prosperity of the country."

"Five hundred years ago, it was the efforts of a group of navigators who did not dare to dare to start the process of globalization. Today, the efforts of astronauts and scientists will be the beginning of the next space era. The earth is the cradle of our humanity. , But we can’t always be in the cradle.”

"In the future, when human beings enter space on a large scale, they will be inseparable from the opening of new routes into space at low cost, like the space ladder. Our journey is the stars and the sea, and the space ladder will support the early stages of mankind in the stars. Future home."

Although Luo Sheng's speech was not so impassioned, and even the tone of his speech was very flat, it ignited the hearts of every listener and involuntarily surging.

Yes, in ancient times, it was possible to build epic projects that were considered impossible for modern people. The glory created by the ancestors in the past is undoubtedly the best inspiration for future generations.

After a while, everyone gradually calmed down their inner turmoil, and Liu Jianwei couldn't help but worry: "It's just such a super project of the century. I am more worried that potential war risks will easily destroy all efforts."

"Destroy? Professor Liu, you don't have to worry about this kind of problem."

Hearing this, Luo Sheng said with a smile, then his smile appeared a bit contemptuous, and then added with a calm and gentle attitude: "Speaking of this, it reminds me of the Three Gorges Dam. Not some people like to take this. Come joking, especially some so-called American scholars who say how many people will be drowned if their Three Gorges Dam is blown up? Two hundred million or three hundred million? How much of an industrial area will be flooded?"

"Then some experts came out to explain what the Three Gorges is a concrete gravity dam, which can withstand the impact of small nuclear bombs. Secondly, after layers of fortifications, no aircraft can penetrate the defense at all. Itching is nothing more than that."

"Haha, is it enough to say this?" Luo Sheng snorted, the gentleman Qianqian suddenly disappeared, and turned into an iron-blood hawk instead, saying:

"This is far from enough. I tell you that there are anti-theft windows and anti-theft doors in my house. You can't get in. The baby is still in the safe in the basement. You can't get it. Why do you say that? It's our army. Isn’t it powerful enough? Is the number of our intercontinental missiles not enough? Is the range of the missiles not enough to reach your North American mainland? Or is there not enough nuclear bombs in my warehouse to kill you once?"

"This kind of argument is not called national deterrence. What is national deterrence? I told the world and the Americans plainly that the Three Gorges Dam is our country’s core property and is my treasure, and I tell you that it’s a treasure. There is no anti-theft door or anti-theft window on the coffee table on the table in my living room."

"So the space ladder is the same. This super project is the core property of our country. I just set it up on the equator. There is no military port or fleet garrison around it. It just stands there so smoothly, but you move. Give it a try? I'll make you doomed! If you move it, it will be the real national deterrence."

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