From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

German Mosewgen company is one of the internationally famous laboratory equipment manufacturers.

They have mastered the most high-end equipment design and manufacturing technology, and have cooperated with more than a dozen top international manufacturers, specializing in the production of laboratory equipment with special requirements.

In the direction of laboratory equipment required in a vacuum environment, Mosewgen has long been ranked among the top three in the industry, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first.

Vacuum laboratory equipment with special requirements is often sold in very small quantities and cannot be produced and sold in large quantities, but this does not prevent Mosewgen from earning high profits, because every piece of equipment they sell is custom-made and very expensive , are worthy of special design, R\u0026D and manufacturing.

Mosewgen is modest.

For this type of company, it is good to receive a few or a dozen orders each year. Most of the production work is carried out by cooperative manufacturers, and their work is mainly design and development and core assembly, so the size of their sales department is also large. Small, just a big office.

The environment of the sales department's office is very good. There are several fitness equipment and a pool table in the empty center.

The side bar has a water dispenser, coffee machine, and even an ice cream machine.

Sebastian Muller's desk is next to the bar.

At this time, he was relaxing on the seat and listening to music when a colleague with beards came over to pick up an ice cream.

At the moment when the ice cream was finished, Sebastian's chair quickly turned around, took the ice cream from the stage, and said to the bearded man with a smile, "Thank you, Andres, you are such a good man!"

Then he took a bite and turned back.

The bearded man gritted his teeth angrily, finally shook his head amusedly, and cursed, "You little bastard——"

He took another cone and was going to make another ice cream.

At this time, he noticed that Sebastian had unplugged his earphones, stared blankly at the computer screen, and shouted for a long time, "God——"

"It's Annihilation Technology Company!"

"What?"

The bearded man looked over.

The other two colleagues also looked over, and Sebastian explained with surprise, "The flower planter, Annihilation Technology, wants to order two large-scale vacuum environment experimental equipment from us, marked for material extraction..."

"That's Annihilation Technology Company!"

The other three simply walked over and gathered around the screen to watch.

"It's really annihilation technology company. They want to order vacuum experiment equipment... Maybe it's related to material research?"

"This company actually has a relationship with us..."

"Looking at these requirements, it's definitely a big order. It's conservatively estimated to be several hundred million euros, right? There haven't been such big orders in these years. If we can get it, we can go to Hawaii together for vacation this year..."

"No, Antarctica is fine!"

Sebastian expressed his opinion, "Maybe we can go to Amsterdam together for a whole year!"

"good idea!"

"Your wife sure doesn't think so..."

"Go away, dirty men—"

One of the obese female colleagues said with disdain, "One more year? Little Mueller, if you go to my house tonight, you won't be able to come to work tomorrow."

"...Don't dare, dare not!"

The chatting and laughing of several people stopped quickly, because they all knew that taking the order was an illusion.

Because the other party is a flower planting company.

"it's out of the question."

"Even if we agree, the government will not agree. If the government agrees, other countries will not agree. This order will not be approved."

"What a pity, my Amsterdam..."

"Go ask Thomas!"

Thomas is the general manager of the sales department. He soon found out about the news, discussed with other senior executives of the company, and gave Annihilation Technology an apologetic reply, "Of course, we also want to take the order, but you must Get permission from the government first."

"We have no right to decide."

"I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future!"

...

Annihilation Technology Company is helping the Material Testing Center to purchase equipment. Of course, they know that Mosewgen Company has no right to make decisions, and they have also sent an application to the German department in charge of related matters.

Similarly, I also got a friendly but rejected reply, "Sorry, the equipment you want to purchase is on the embargo list."

"We would very much like to get a deal done, to have more cooperation, but we don't have the power to decide..."

They really have no right to decide.

This involves the Wassenaar Agreement, specifically the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls of Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies.

The participants of the "Wassenaar Agreement" include forty countries including American, Country R, ​​Eagle Country, and Big Bear Country, which stipulates a series of technology export restrictions for non-participating countries.

Although the terms of the agreement stipulate that member states decide whether to issue export licenses for sensitive products and technologies, and notify other member states of the "arrangement" on a voluntary basis.

In fact, the "arrangement" will be influenced by American.

When a country of the Wassenaar Arrangement intends to export a certain high technology to a non-member country, American can directly intervene.

Among the non-member countries, florists are the most important one.

For example, when the Czech Republic once exported "passive radar equipment" to flower growers, American put pressure on the Czech Republic to force the Czech Republic to stop this transaction.

This agreement is not a complete ban on sales, but only the highest-end generations of equipment.

The Wassenaar Agreement updates the prohibited sales list every few years.

For example, the most discussed lithography machine in public opinion, in 2010, equipment below 90nm was not allowed to be sold, and by 2015 it was changed to below 65nm.

Annihilation Technology Company was not surprised by the rejection of the German side. They just tried to ask, so that the other party would be prepared. It is not a simple matter to buy technical equipment on the banned list. High-level departments came forward to deal with Zhou Xuan.

For higher-level departments, you must have a good understanding of American and Germany.

at the same time.

American is already in contact with the tech sector.

Gamow-Shapley sent a report to the Department of Energy, and personally went over to make an explanation, the content is "the importance of first-order carbon for research and development".

American Energy also understands the importance of primary carbon.

Now that the florist has already produced it, they must obtain the first-order carbon, at least to understand the technical level of the florist in related fields and evaluate the significance of the first-order carbon to technology.

So they sent an official, nominally to carry out business cooperation, but in fact, they wanted to explore information related to first-order carbon.

For example, the manufacture of first-order carbon, whether first-order carbon will be sold to the outside world, and so on.

The answer from the science and technology department was very straightforward, "first-order carbon will not be exported in the short term", and they also directly explained the reason, "first-order carbon is too complicated to manufacture, and the materials are too scarce to be sold externally."

Whether this reply is credible is hard to say.

American officials naturally have doubts. His mission to the flower planter is to obtain first-order carbon. Even if it is only very rare first-order carbon, he can get a lot of information from it.

Then the two sides started discussions on first-order carbon.

The representatives of the science and technology department are telling the truth. The extraction of first-order carbon is indeed very complicated, and they don't have very high-end equipment, so naturally they cannot extract and produce it in large quantities.

American hopes to buy "magnetized materials containing first-order carbon".

That is of course impossible.

Then the two sides launched several rounds of negotiations on the issue, and finally the science and technology department made a request, "We need to purchase large-scale vacuum laboratory equipment to extract first-order carbon."

"If you can buy the equipment, you can sell the magnetized material of first-order carbon."

That's the deal.

American officials returned with the results of the negotiations.

When it comes to the issue of embargo, he definitely has no right to make a decision personally, and he has to discuss it with other high-level figures.

But he doesn't think it's a big deal.

The prohibition list of the "Wassenaar Agreement" is also divided into grades. Similar to high-precision manufacturing equipment for lithography machines, the prohibition regulations are very strict.

The large-scale vacuum equipment used in the laboratory is only on the edge of the banned list, and it is not valued at all.

Of course, it has nothing to do with his work whether to let go of the ban or not, or to make a detailed assessment.

...

Annihilation force field experiment base.

The experimental team has started a second test on the anti-gravity properties of material 25.

Nothing was found in the last test. At the request of Wang Hao, the material layout was improved, and the second test was not carried out until now.

Didn't find it the first time.

the second time……

Many people discuss experiments with a relatively pessimistic attitude.

Of course, they all very much hoped to find something, but the most promising materials No. 31 and No. 25 were not found in the first experiment.

The laboratory is busy.

Liao Jianguo and Xiang Qiansheng stood aside and chatted.

Liao Jianguo talked about the experiment, "Professor Xiang, do you think it will work this time? I feel... there is not much hope."

"have no idea."

Xiang Qiansheng shook his head, "There must be a chance, I think Academician Wang is very optimistic, otherwise there will be no second experiment."

"Material No. 31 is more optimistic..."

Liao Jianguo twitched his lips and said, "The current experiment is directly related to the study of F-rays. I definitely hope to find something, but... alas!"

"It would be great if we can really find out, but... there is not much hope!"

He said dejectedly, "The current experiment is too important. I really found something, and I am willing to use a year's salary in exchange."

"real?"

Xiang Qiansheng's eyes lit up.

"this……"

Liao Jianguo was just talking casually, expressing his expectations for the success of the experiment, but comparing the "success of the experiment" and the "one-year salary", he could no longer deny his remarks. After all, the face and the spirit of dedication to achieve technological breakthroughs ' are all important.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Of course, compared to the success of the experiment, what is my personal gain or loss?"

Immediately, Xiang Qiansheng regained his energy, and shouted towards Liu Yunli, Wang Qiang and others who were busy in the distance, "Director Liao just said that if there is a discovery in this experiment, he is willing to spend a year's salary to give everyone a bonus!"

"real?"

"Is there such a good thing?"

"Director Liao?"

Liao Jianguo's face turned dark when he heard that, and he secretly cursed Xiang Gansheng as 'it's not a thing', but he could only force a grin, and pretended to say generously, "No problem, I said it!"

"Very good!"

"This experiment must be successful. Director Liao's annual salary is 200,000 to 300,000!"

"Twenty to three hundred thousand, it's a little small. It would be great if the bonus was included, but Director Liao didn't make it clear. What if the bonus is included?"

"Yeah, that's how I see it anyway."

A group of people suddenly became energetic.

soon.

The second test experiment officially started.

Wang Hao, Xiang Qiansheng, Tang Jianjun, Liao Jianguo and others all stayed in the data monitoring room. They stood together and stared at the screen showing the anti-gravity strength indicator.

After the experiment officially started, the data on the screen kept jumping.

"0.001%, 0.002%, 0.001%, 0.000%..."

This data shows no findings.

Liao Jianguo let out a sigh of relief, but immediately felt very regretful. He really hoped that the experiment would make a discovery, which caused his mentality to be very complicated, and he couldn't help saying, "There is still no data!"

"Not necessarily, just wait..."

Wang Hao said something, and then continued to stare at the numbers on the screen.

Others also watched carefully.

"0.001%, 0.001%, 0.000%..."

"0.003%, 0.011%..."

"0.075%, 0.137%..."

"0.241%..."

When the numbers jumped continuously, many people couldn't help exclaiming, "It's going up! It's going up..."

"It really went up!"

"It's more than 0.3!"

"Continue to rise!"

Amidst the constant shouting, the number rose to '0.81%', and then it continued for a while, and then slowly began to decline.

'0.81%' is the highest value.

The subsequent data is even lower, the lowest is "0.47%", that is, the strength of the antigravity field excited by the superconducting state.

Many people held their breath until the end.

After the material reached the superconducting state and the data no longer changed, they shouted excitedly, "We succeeded!"

"Finally found it!"

"0.81, although the number is not high, it is of great significance!"

"For the first time, before the critical temperature, a direct current anti-gravity metal superconducting material was produced, the twenty-fifth material..."

Wang Hao also squeezed his lips together.

The strength of the DC anti-gravity field produced by No. 25 material is not high, only a poor 0.81%, but it is the first metal material that excites a DC anti-gravity field before the critical temperature.

This is so important.

The first is to prove that their research direction is correct. The superconducting material made of upgraded elements can indeed replace the high-pressure mixed material to stimulate a DC anti-gravity field.

When the correctness of the direction is determined, research can be done along the way, and everyone in the experimental group will work harder.

In addition, the experiment successfully proved the judgment about the two anti-gravity technologies.

There is a certain correlation between DC anti-gravity and AC superconducting anti-gravity, but the difference is also very large. First, the difference in conditions lies in the non-superconducting state and the superconducting state.

Now it is using the ‘specificity’ of the first-order elements to create a DC anti-gravity field in a non-superconducting state, which is very different from the AC superconducting anti-gravity field.

It's like sprinting and long-distance running.

It is also running, but sprinting pays more attention to explosive power, while long-distance running pays more attention to physical strength and endurance.

Therefore, to stimulate the two kinds of anti-gravity fields, there are some commonalities in the research and development of materials, but the differences are also very large, as evidenced by the comparison of the characteristics of No. 25 material and No. 31 material.

Finally, material No. 25 contains first-order iron elements and first-order lithium elements, which can excite a DC antigravity field. Its elemental composition and semi-topological structure are also critical for subsequent research.

They were able to develop superconducting materials with higher excitation field strengths.

Liao Jianguo also stood among the excited crowd.

He was also very excited about the results of the experiment, but he felt very complicated in his heart, and even wanted to slap his mouth hard.

As the person in charge of the F-ray experiment group, he conducts research related to F-rays, so he must do what he says.

However, a year's salary ah!

He couldn't help looking at Xiang Qiansheng, squinting his eyes slightly and gritted his teeth in hatred, "This guy... is really rotten, I just said something casually, and even said it out loud!"

"Black belly!"

"Seriously black-bellied!"

"It doesn't matter, the experiment is not over yet, we must get it back if we have the chance!"

"..."