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- Among the many names for money, "A Duwu" is the most vivid and deeply rooted. This thing can block the mind, eyes, stomach, and soul. Paper money is meaningless, gold is a high-end commodity that can be used in any corner of the world.
"Li Zhuang, are you really planning to make gold? Can you succeed? If it is very cheap, I want to build a gold house," Han Shumei said with a fascinated expression.
Li Zhuang looked at the national treasure speechlessly. The guy looked sanctimonious, as if he had never said similar words before.
"Ahem, as I told you, this is part of a comprehensive research project and is not intended to produce gold. Jacob said that the project will be launched soon and invited us to visit. I thought you would all be interested, so I extended the invitation."
"Raise your hands if you want to go!" As soon as Zhou Qisen finished speaking, a jungle of arms rose up in the conference room.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out of their minds, and ate lunch very carelessly. As before, Li Zhuang was thinking about his research topic when he suddenly felt a sense of oppression nearby and the light was not good. When he raised his head, he realized that he was surrounded by people.
"What are you doing? Why are you so anxious? It's still early," the considerate computer expert can understand everyone's urgency.
"We'll eat at night. Why are you pretending to be calm? Get up." Zhang Kai picked up the plate on the side and put it on the expert's dish.
It took half an hour for the anxious management members who were ready to see the strange thing to get to the location of the alchemy furnace. It is located on the edge of the Super Particle Research Center, close to the desert, and covers an area of ??nearly three square kilometers. Safety comes first, but the cost of supporting facilities is high.
The leader of the artificial gold project team, Jacob Sizmatia, is from Denmark and is Xavier¡¯s junior brother. His surname is very difficult to pronounce, so everyone usually calls him by his first name. Anyway, this guy is not very old.
On the way, Li Zhuang called Jacob. He was having lunch with the project team members. When he learned that the management was rushing over, he asked the team members to speed up and perform equipment and instrument maintenance in advance.
The annual expenditure of the Institute of Theoretical Physics is second only to the Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology, but it is not as attractive as the latter. Physicists enjoy generous treatment, and it is inevitable that they feel uneasy. Artificial gold is the part of the "Alchemy Furnace" comprehensive research project that really involves gold, and everyone at the institute is working hard.
Seeing the management rushing in, hundreds of team members stood up to welcome them. After everyone exchanged pleasantries, Jacob took people to visit the factory and introduced the names and uses of various equipment.
"This is our newly developed high-current proton linear accelerator, which can accelerate protons up to 1gev, or one billion electron volts. The low-power proton accelerator is already under development in accordance with the requirements of the Institute of Medical Research and can be used in the medical field."
"This is the laser plasma accelerator we developed, which can reach 3gev and is mainly used to accelerate electrons."
¡°This is the proton synchrotron we developed, which can accelerate protons to 60gev,¡± Jacob then introduced a big guy.
"Jacob, stop talking. Not many of us understand. You should just talk about the plan." Li Zhuang interrupted him when he saw that most of the management members looked confused.
¡°No problem, we are going to use two plans for artificial gold, one is a spallation neutron source and the other is a fast neutron reactor,¡± Jacob, who likes to pretend to be a doctor, is a little wordy.
? One is a conventional device. The ionized hydrogen atom device continuously generates protons, which impact the heavy metal target through linear accelerator and synchrotron relays, producing a large amount of neutron flow. The mercury nanosheet combination developed by the Nanotechnology Research Institute is irradiated through the moderating device. This device itself belongs to the category of spallation neutron source. The heavy metal target is specially made, and the total energy consumption is acceptable.
The other is an improved fast neutron experimental reactor. The device has a well-made small nuclear reactor that directly irradiates a combination of mercury nanoflakes by adjusting the direction and energy of the neutron beam to achieve the purpose of rapidly producing gold.
"What about the cost?" Li Zhuang asked.
¡°Conventional devices are about eight times as powerful as natural gold, and nuclear devices are about five times as powerful as natural gold. The development of accelerators and nanoflakes are both excellent,¡± Jacob said with excitement.
"You haven't calculated the cost of these research facilities and your salaries," Li Zhuang poured cold water on him, and Jacob suddenly felt like an eggplant beaten by frost.
These big guys have invested nearly 8 billion US dollars, which is converted into about 80 tons of gold. The stability of the equipment still needs to be tested, and the maintenance cost is still unknown.
The average annual salary of the five hundred researchers is about US$400,000, and the annual net expenditure reaches 200 million. No wonder Xavier thought of making nuclear bombs. Compared with artificial gold, making nuclear bombs can make money and is easier.
"Let me make it clear first, I don't really plan to do gold, so don't be nervous," Li Zhuang said to comfort him when he saw the faces of the management members turning pale."Li Zhuang, I heard that the cost of artificial gold is thousands or even tens of thousands of times. How can we achieve a lower cost than the French, although it is quite scary," Wang Mei was a little curious.
Ackerman said disdainfully, "Technology is always improving. It's too old-fashioned to bombard you with neutrons, wait for the radioactivity to disappear, and then separate metals. Precision control can minimize costs. , low-cost production of gold may not be impossible. We do not create matter out of thin air, but change matter, and the energy consumption is completely different. Who could have thought of optical storage and atomic hard drives before, and who could have thought that carbon nanotubes and graphene can be mass-produced at low cost. "
"Jacob, I think the proton accelerator you developed has military potential, such as the proton impact cannon," Tomer Miller suddenly said.
"Haha, it may be possible in the future. When other fields make great progress, we can create a small strong current proton accelerator, which may be able to break the shield of alien spacecraft. The energy of ordinary nuclear weapons is not concentrated enough," Xavier laughed.
¡°It¡¯s better to use neutrons,¡± Guobao said.
"How do neutrons accelerate and control their direction? It is uncharged. Although some people say that it is positively charged, there is currently no way to quantify it. The free neutron only exists for less than 900 seconds. We can develop a method to speed up its decay. Device? The stability of the isotope battery is very good and is minimally affected by the environment," Durand added.
Li Zhuang thought about it and realized that this might be possible. If a device could be developed to rapidly decay free neutrons, the lethality of the neutron impact cannon would be much higher than that of the proton impact cannon. At least the electric field shield would not be able to defend against it.
He told Xavier his thoughts next to him. It took the bookworm a long time to hold back a sentence, "What if it's a force field shield? Neutrons have mass, so it's better to develop super-powerful laser cannons and electromagnetic cannons." , both of which are much more practical.¡±
"What about the gamma ray bomb? All major countries have finished products," Tomer Miller asked.
"Do neutrons or gamma rays have stronger penetrating power? No matter how strong the electromagnetic wave is, it is still electromagnetic wave. The hafnium reserves used in gamma ray bombs are not high and are super expensive. We have only obtained trace samples for use. Research. There are dozens of micronuclear weapons that can kill people, and it¡¯s not just gamma ray bombs that can avoid nuclear weapons control provisions.¡±
"I strongly urge the use of materials that can protect against gamma ray bombs in nano-alloy armor. You have to step up," Miller became a little anxious when he heard that this would not work, and that would not work.
"Stop, we are here today to see artificial gold. The Institute of Theoretical Physics is not a place that specializes in the study of advanced weapons," Li Zhuang had to interrupt everyone's enthusiasm for weapons.
The system started smoothly and the production facilities were running normally. However, the newly produced gold pieces did not look like normal gold, but more like fake gold.
"Is it gold? Why does it look fake," Han Shumei asked Jacob.
"The finished product is very complex and is still radioactive. It has to be sent to a special warehouse for processing. We have an advanced separation equipment designed by the Institute of Minerals and Minerals."
"It would be great if I could really build a golden house. It is my lifelong dream to live in such a room," Han Shumei murmured to herself.
"Shumei, what are you talking about? You are not afraid of people's jokes. You are not a child now," Zhou Qisen really couldn't stand it.
"Tch, ask them, who doesn't like gold? I'm just telling the truth, I'm more honest than you," "Money Fan" showed no sign of weakness, "Does Dean Brown have any idea?"
"There is a lot of gold on the earth, estimated to account for one hundred millionth of the earth's mass, reaching 60 trillion tons; although most of it is in the core and mantle, the gold reserves in the earth's crust far exceed our actual needs, about There are 20 billion tons. Even if one ten thousandth is mined, the earth will not have to worry about the supply of gold within 50 years. We can carry out deep operations. Australia is a rich land of gold mines, which will be enough for us to dig for many years," Akeem .Brown laughed.
Li Zhuang thought, "Yes, robot technology is so advanced now, and the company's progress in energy and material research is enough to produce a more powerful gold mining robot. As long as it can break the bank, there will be no problem. According to the current depreciation of paper currency and technological progress, The speed, gold¡¯s purchasing power should move higher.¡±
He discussed with Ackerman and He Xiuwen and decided to allocate capable forces to set up a gold mining robot project team to create a more powerful deep working robot cluster to mine gold in large quantities.
¡°We also have ways to collect gold and develop specialized plants and fungi to absorb scattered gold that is not suitable for mining,¡± Guobao said. ¡°There are people at the Biotechnology Research Institute who are good at studying such unconventional plants and fungi.¡±
¡°Gold is an important raw material for the electronics industry. The Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has research expertise in extracting precious metals from waste products."Commissioner," Bill Flins, who had been silent for a long time, said weakly.
"Bill, don't be stressed. I can't help it. The company's system can't be changed at will. Besides, aren't you reinstated now?" Li Zhuang saw that the guy was in a low mood and enlightened him.
"I'm not an unreasonable person. Any large organization would handle this matter this way. I can only blame me for suddenly going crazy," Flins's voice became louder.
"Bill, if you can figure it out, there are millions of us now. If there are no rules, our group will soon have problems," Da Mian said.
"I know, I'm in a normal state now. It's only my fault that I drank and caused such a big loss."
"According to the company's development speed and your ability, it is estimated that you will be able to pay off the debt within ten years," Xavier comforted, and Frings was still his alumnus.
"Haha, yes, for a smart person like me, it shouldn't be a problem to pay off the debt under the company's system. I almost forgot, Helena, if you can lower the interest a little, the interest alone will cost you US$15 million every year. "
"Bill, don't go too far. I've already lowered your price three times. I haven't even accounted for the huge expenses incurred by the Finance Department," Helena said with a serious look on her face.
"Forget it, I'd better take out my family assets. I don't want to live in debt. I will submit confidential information tomorrow to see if I can wipe out the debt."
The management were very surprised to hear Flins¡¯s sudden and resonant voice. Among the technical information provided by the company's researchers, the largest product in terms of estimated value is Sun Guobao's nutrient solution, which is approximately US$1.2 billion. Followed by Joronemu's many patents, which are worth about 800 million U.S. dollars, and the information submitted by Thomas this guy is worth about 600 million U.S. dollars. Bill Flynn's debt is 700 million. If he can wipe out the debt at once, it seems that what he is hiding is of extremely high value.
"Don't look at me like that, technology is also a gold mine," Frings said with a smile, "But the Legal Department and the Safety Committee have to cooperate with me. There are some minor problems with this part of the information."
"As long as it is within an acceptable range, cooperation is not a problem," Li Zhuang said without hesitation.
The visit was over. Jacob invited everyone to go see the nuclear reactor, saying it was very safe, but not many people believed him, so he had to give up.
"Alchemy Furnace" is proceeding step by step. Li Zhuang is very satisfied with the progress of the comprehensive research project. The relevant research institutes are tackling key problems in a targeted manner, and the technology is improving faster than previous extensive research.
Last year, the Biotechnology Research Institute developed genetic plants and genetic bacteria specially used to process nuclear waste. This time they happened to be used, and the results were good. For this reason, wlea has been promoting their radioactive pollution solutions all over the world, which has attracted the attention of many peers. After researchers with experience in handling nuclear waste joined the Biotechnology Research Institute, the strength of the institute was further improved.
Research on ultra-strong magnetic fields has enabled the company to make significant progress in the preparation of silicon materials. The production process of crystals has been greatly improved. While the cost of concentrating solar cells has dropped, the photoelectric conversion efficiency has increased to 80%, which is unprecedented.
The Laser Engineering Research Institute has improved their technical level in joint research. High-energy laser and precision positioning technology have made great strides. Research on technical points such as laser brightness improvement, heat dissipation, lens, stress, depolarization, birefringence, and compensation for thermal effects have all been carried out. There has been considerable progress. Both wlfs Equipment Services Group and wlhc Medical Health Group have launched a variety of lasers and accelerators for industrial and medical use, and sales are normal.
With the Spring Festival approaching, all employees at United Technologies, except those working in the service department and security department, get a week off. Li Zhuang did not continue working and got off work early to prepare for a good New Year with his family. The company has been running smoothly in the past few months.
On New Year¡¯s Eve, Jackson delivered shocking news early in the morning, an unprecedented event.
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