[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me-":3,"chapter-i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-755":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Focused on Science, But You Want to Trick Me Into Love?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2333891,4563,"Chapter 755: 30 Billion Dollar Project","i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-755",755,"\u003Cp>In the office, Xu Qingzhou sipped coffee to stay alert, his thoughts continuing to wander: besides neutral and opposing countries, a significant portion of European nations offered support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, France had taken a notably hardline stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Xu Qingzhou’s knowledge, France’s Framatome, as the nation’s nuclear energy giant, relied on Xia’s supply chain for its divertor tungsten-copper materials and accident-tolerant fuel technologies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the French government constantly wrestled with itself—seeking to boost its influence within the EU by adopting a tough posture toward Xia, while frequently turning around to seek cooperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What needs to be considered now is international cooperation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Given the U.S.’s nature, it will definitely apply pressure through ITER.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ITER is one of the most influential international cooperation organizations globally and Xia’s largest scientific collaboration project, in which Xia bears roughly 9% of the procurement package development tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Xia were truly excluded, ITER’s progress would certainly be delayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Xia, the years of influence accumulated in the field of controlled nuclear fusion might also suffer a blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fortunately, Xia has improved significantly now—even without ITER’s data sharing, it can still achieve this on its own.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The way to break the deadlock: achieve overwhelming superiority through generational gaps, forcing the enemy to submit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou’s gaze grew heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commercializing controlled nuclear fusion is merely the first step; humanity’s goal should be the stars and the sea—only the future holds true prosperity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After standing before the floor-to-ceiling window for several minutes, Xu Qingzhou was driven back to his seat by the scorching sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, back to work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his computer—this was yesterday’s ignition experiment data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond key breakthrough objectives such as the triple product threshold and net energy gain, the Qiankun-1 device frequently conducts small-scale ignition experiments to validate critical sub-technologies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday’s experiment tested coil current parameters to optimize the distribution of the negative triangular magnetic field configuration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The device’s routine ignition experiments will focus on three core sub-items: configuration control, engineering limits, and auxiliary systems.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the July triple product experiment, they will sequentially conduct magnet power supply compatibility tests, cooling system load capacity checks, and divertor heat dissipation validation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through dense, repeated testing and iterative optimization of data, they will verify the likelihood of reaching the nuclear fusion ignition threshold by July.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Conduct a fusion triple product experiment at the 3×10 keV·s\u002Fm level on July 12.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Time is tight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingzhou stared at the data on the screen, his fingers lightly tapping the desk, pondering where to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Start with Song Yao’s report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each ignition costs around 2 million RMB, covering liquid helium coolant consumption, electricity usage, deuterium-tritium fuel and target materials, plus approximately 300,000 RMB in equipment maintenance due to wear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to the main controlled nuclear fusion project, the institute’s 100+ researchers have their own individual projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with ZeroPoint Tech’s external investments, the company’s annual operating budget remains stable at $800 million to $900 million, averaging $64 million to $69 million monthly, or $2.1 million to $2.3 million daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day, upon opening his eyes, he faced a daily expenditure of over two million U.S. dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is thanks to the institute’s vast resources—revenue from superconducting thin-film and battery patents covers expenses and even yields a monthly profit of $30 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever they use the battery patents to produce mobile phone batteries, electric vehicle batteries, or computer batteries, they receive a share.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, establish a plasma boundary turbulence model, describe turbulence evolution using nonlinear stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs), and finally predict the optimal angular range.”\u003C\u002Fp>",586,"2026-06-20T21:06:45.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","dfe0ae244f7923228a772681ea49d9c73e967cb498771c582ba4ac33df8cf988","i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-756","i-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--chapter-754",790,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-focused-on-science-but-you-want-to-trick-me--cover.jpg"]