Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

It's messy.

It's all messed up.

At the time of signing the document, although the President had anticipated a possible counterattack from the Chinese side, and his team of advisors had developed countermeasures to circumvent the attack, he did not expect those Chinese to strike so quickly and so directly!

Although it did not appear to have caused them any substantial damage, as in the case of the antitrust investigations and patent cases that were ongoing and for which no verdict had been handed down, it was fatal that the successive releases directly gave Wall Street a stuffy stick.

It's not a real loss, but it's enough for them to have a headache.

Of course, that's not what really makes him cry.

Instead, it was not until now that the wise president suddenly discovered that China's high-tech enterprises had reached such a terrible level of penetration of their industries at some point in time.

They just dashed outside, and the two national superprojects that invested more than $10 billion were instantly lying on the ground, or the kind that Radu couldn't pull...

This is so creepy!

At this point, the door of the office opened and Chief of Staff Kevin walked in seriously.

“I just got off the phone with the California government, and local environmental organizations and other civil society agencies are organizing a tour of Xing, claiming that the people of California need clean, cheap energy… If China's core can't get to the West Coast this year, they want us to figure it out. ”

“Think of nothing! ”

The feeling of powerlessness, hammered hard on the table by his right fist, filled the President's heart with impatience and anger.

After taking several deep breaths, he finally calmed down and thought for a long time, speaking in a slightly soothing tone.

“Perhaps we should restart the National Ignition Device… Perhaps controllable fusion is less difficult than we thought. ”

Restart the National Ignition Device...

Kevin had a bitter look on his face.

He was confident that the President himself knew how impractical the plan was, or he would not have used two uncertain sentences in one sentence. This means not only that they need to mobilize tens of thousands of scholars into the project, but they also have to pay tens of billions of dollars to do so, which is equivalent to opening up a third battlefield on the basis of the original two superprojects.

Even in the United States, it would not be possible to sustain three superworks at the same time, and enormous financial pressure would put the federal government in direct bankruptcy.

Besides, even if they restarted the national ignition device...

Kevin: "Where's the SG-1 superconducting material? Without the SG-1 superconducting material, we will not be able to complete the magnets required to restrain the plasma unless we can find ways to further optimize the control of the plasma turbulence. I consulted with scientists at the Academy of Sciences, and that's how they introduced us. We don't just need the core, we can't do anything without the supply of SG-1 materials. ”

President: "Chip! Restrict chip exports to the Pacific West Bank! I'll see who hangs on first. ”

Kevin held his breath.

“Sir.”

The president stared at him.

“What's the matter? ”

Kevin: "… we can do this anytime, but are you sure you want to do this? ”

The question from the chief of staff, whether it was persuasion or confirmation, calmed the president immediately, as if a pot of cold water had been poured over him.

“… I'll think about it. ”

Chip...

That's a really good idea.

Chinese import more chips each year than oil.

But killing a thousand enemies, losing eight hundred of your own, not to mention the fact that chips are available to suppliers in other countries than the United States.

Though they can also pull their allies together to impose a chip embargo on some Chinese companies, including through entity lists, to stop what is going on in a way that makes them feel painful.

…

Are Europe's allies really that reliable in the face of this enormous temptation for controllable fusion?

Europe today is like a wealthy old man with a handful of candles, who can squander decades with a pension he saved when he was younger, and from time to time has to face the blackmail of his evil neighbor in control of the gas pipeline in the east, and nothing but controlled fusion is likely to help them revive the male wind, not even God can do it.

Now China has no official documents yet, and once I press this button, the conflict really escalates to the point where I can't go back...

Push all the chips onto the table.

Do you really have more than 50% chance of winning?

To think of it, the President's heart was filled with a hint of sadness.

That was not the case more than a decade ago.

No, even two years back, his last term was much better than it is now.

At least then they had enough means to coerce China into compromise, enough technically to compete with China, and enough international influence to kick those who hated them out of the ITER organization, not to exaggerate at all.

Where, like now, can't even take out an unlisted company...

Looking at the swinging president, Kevin was silent for a while and warned.

“Sir, we have done enough. In the long run, this is definitely not the right time to crack down on China's high-tech enterprises. We still need their support for our superworks, at least until California's fusion plants are built and the Deep Space Gate is able to run steadily, we should exercise restraint. We have to admit, our superproject, it's a soft rib. ”

“Besides, NEVs are not our core interest. Our demand for NEVs is less urgent than in China. Tesla's market value and California's economy together are not worth mentioning. What can we do if we let Musk sacrifice it? ”

Besides, you moved jobs to Shanghai.

Although Chinese money is justifiable, you should sacrifice your interests for those workers who are still working diligently and diligently in North America.

“... ExxonMobil?” Ten fingers crossed and the president leaned his forehead against his arm, silently continuing, "Wall Street is not a mess, but neither are these oil giants. ”

Tesla's interests never bothered him.

The only reason we started with Startech was that the name of the company was already on his memo, and there was an excuse not to use it, not to mention that the SH standard touched the most sensitive G-point in the United States.

But ExxonMobil is different, and this giant hegemony is not just as simple for them as providing campaign funding, but directly or indirectly affects a huge number of jobs.

To be honest, these people are upset, and they always have a way to retaliate against the employment rate.

And the employment rate is more influential than all the other paper data...

“It doesn't matter if they just take advantage of a robbery and get it, of course, and ExxonMobil's CEO needs to show his board that he's not a piece of crap, that he's...”

Noting that the President was staring at himself, it took Kevin awkwardly a while to compare his forefinger to the forefinger before he rushed to come up with the safest answer, "Of course it's the judge who's the waste. ”

“But isn't it too embarrassing for us to give in like this?" the President said. ”

“The steps are very easy to find," said Kevin with a smile on his face, lifting his index finger. "The investigation initiated by the Department of Commerce should be withdrawn by our International Trade Commission. This is not a compromise threat to evil forces, but a correction based on our own laws… What is the word, yes, the rules! ”

“As for the Ministry of Justice, just let them submit an 'incomplete' chain of evidence. Of course, if ExxonMobil is intelligent, knowing that nothing can be done, and not being able to apply for an annulment of the lawsuit himself, it will be easier on our side. ”

“Rules…” chewed the word repeatedly in his mouth, the President's eyes slightly lit up, looking up at the chief of staff, seriously said, "You contact the ITC people. ”

“This is really not the right time to take action against China's high-tech enterprises, do as you say! ”