Chapter 472 Interview
“But the change will be gradual, not a sudden change like everyone thinks.

It is right for everyone to have beautiful visions, but the most important thing now is to live a good life in reality.

Just like we achieved a breakthrough in room-temperature superconducting technology in 2022, its ripples in various fields will not appear until many years later. “

Lin Jia continued: “In our past understanding, controlled nuclear fusion is equivalent to almost free electricity.

But in fact, it still has costs, from construction to later operation and then to grid transformation. The cost is just cheaper than traditional energy. Reducing the price to one-tenth is our goal, but it does not mean that we can do it from the beginning. “

After Lin Jia finished finding the replacement, the Lin Jia part of the entire interview officially began.

However, Lin Jia’s remarks were severely criticized by knowledgeable netizens.

“It’s true that controlled nuclear fusion has costs, but you can’t include both the construction costs and transformation costs in the first year’s costs, right?
These expenses should obviously be capitalized and amortized as capital expenditures. For example, the State Grid Corporation of China is going to invest one trillion yuan to transform its power grid. This one trillion yuan does not have to be spent all at once this year. Even if it is spent this year, it can be counted as an expense for the entire life cycle in the future.

Isn’t what you are saying that it is normal for electricity prices to remain unchanged even if there is a technological breakthrough? Mr. Lin, can you please stop fooling Xiaobai?”

However, such highly praised comments only last a very limited time on Li Xiyin’s channel, and only the girls on Xiaohongshu will seize the opportunity and attack them together.

“Boss Lin, can you tell us about the development of controlled nuclear fusion?
Is there any important inside information?” Li Xiyin asked.

Lin Jia shook his head: “No, the entire project is highly confidential.

I am usually very busy with work and I am not quite sure what Yuanguang’s specific job is.

From my point of view, the confidentiality level of controlled nuclear fusion is even higher than that of nuclear bomb trajectory change, because nuclear bomb trajectory change will involve a lot of coordination with the Light Armor Aerospace Headquarters.

Our internal technical staff can make a rough guess through mathematical modeling and the mobilization of computing power for deduction.

If you want to generate a large thrust on an asteroid instantly, nuclear bombs are almost the only option until other technologies achieve breakthroughs.

So even though Yuan Guang didn’t say it, everyone can guess that a nuclear bomb might be used in the end.

But controlled nuclear fusion is not like that. The entire project is carried out in cooperation with a subsidiary of Guangjia Aerospace Holdings. There are few people involved from the headquarters. Secondly, the confidentiality of the entire project is very high.

I learned the news at about the same time as everyone else.

Let me explain further: I was completely unaware of our controlling stake in Energy Singularity. Yuanguang used his special authority to bypass the board of directors’ direct push for this controlling stake.

And the name of Guangjia Aerospace did not appear in the apparent equity changes.

Otherwise, foreign media would have guessed our technological progress long ago.

Judging from public information, Energy Singularity’s investors have always been NIO and MiHoYo.”

The energy singularity is the entity that specifically participates in controlled nuclear fusion. It was previously well-known because of the Honghuang series of nuclear fusion power generation devices.

“Here is an interesting story I can share with you. When Guangjia Aerospace achieved a technological breakthrough in the field of room-temperature superconductivity, I was browsing Weibo and saw netizens analyzing its application scenarios.

The first of these is controlled nuclear fusion.

I asked Yuan Guang if controlled nuclear fusion would achieve a technological breakthrough soon. He told me he didn’t know. In fact, at that time, he had already started preparing and participated in the research of controlled nuclear fusion projects.

The level of confidentiality required for different projects varies greatly.

To be precise, the current progress of controlled nuclear fusion has achieved large-scale commercial demonstration, which has proved that the cost of controlled nuclear fusion is already lower than that of traditional thermal power.

Even if the Nuclear Fusion Experience Center at IFC Center on Century Avenue in Lujiazui is included, the number of people involved in the entire project is very small.

When the workers were building the Nuclear Fusion Experience Center, they had no idea what it was used for and thought it was a new experience store for a trendy brand in Shenhai.

Moreover, this is different from semiconductors. The process and technological breakthroughs of semiconductors involve the cooperation of a large number of overseas suppliers. In fact, the outside world can guess what China’s progress is.

China develops its own photolithography machines, but still relies on imported photoresists. Although China can develop its own photoresists, the developers and strippers that go with them still have to be imported. The entire chain is too large, so large that it is impossible for Chinese companies participating in the localization process to keep in complete step.

For those who have already achieved a breakthrough, it is impossible for them to wait for other supporting manufacturers for the sake of so-called confidentiality.

Therefore, it is very difficult for semiconductors to hide the progress of localization. Any industry insider can roughly estimate the progress of localization.

Controlled nuclear fusion is a completely different field. Even without Chen Yuanguang’s participation, the degree of localization in the entire industry has exceeded 97%. What’s more, after Chen Yuanguang got involved, all domestic products were replaced with domestic ones.

“Boss Lin, that means you didn’t participate in the entire nuclear fusion experience center in Lujiazui?”

“I didn’t participate, and I didn’t even know they used power banks and headphones for the display.

If I were involved, I would at least make the venue bigger and enrich the content.

It’s like from the time humans began to use nuclear energy, to the time the concept of nuclear fusion power generation was proposed, to what difficulties our technological breakthrough this time had, and what are the differences from other nuclear fusions.

In addition, I will also consider using 3D images to demonstrate the specific power generation process of nuclear fusion.

There are only power banks and earphones, which I personally think is a bit too rudimentary, although the design is still very futuristic. ”

After hearing what Lin Jia said, Li Xiyin immediately asked: “So this is the design of the God of Light?”

Lin Jia said: “Yes, he had read on the Internet that different electricity transmitted to people’s ears through sound equipment has different feelings. He thought that no one should have heard the sound of nuclear fusion power generation, so he wanted to give it a try to let everyone see what it feels like.

As for the power banks, I thought that I had to bring some souvenirs back from the visit, and power banks would definitely come in handy, and they fit in very well with the theme of nuclear fusion power generation.

When I talked to him later, this was roughly what he thought.

However, Yuanguang also regretted it. If he had known that the price would be hyped to such a high level, he would definitely not have placed the power bank there.

At most, we can provide a charging port so that people can use nuclear fusion power to charge their mobile phones and experience it.” “I went to listen, but I really couldn’t hear any difference. Maybe I don’t have the talent for it.

However, the feeling of hearing the Internationale there is still very shocking, and this has been selected by domestic and foreign tourists as a must-visit attraction when visiting Shenhai.

Even though more than a month has passed, the Nuclear Fusion Experience Hall in Lujiazui remains as popular as ever. No matter when you go, there are always long queues at the entrance.

It is said that the business of IFC has also improved as a result, and the Starbucks that was about to close down has come back to life.” Li Xiyin said.

Lin Jia smiled and said, “Yes, if I knew that, not only would we not have to pay rent to Guojin, Guojin should have paid us instead.

What a huge traffic this brings to them.”

Because the nuclear fusion experience center does not have to be placed in the IFC. In Lujiazui alone, there are other options such as Central Plaza and Shenhai Center.

If these companies knew the inside story, they would definitely be willing to spend a lot of money to buy a nuclear fusion experience center and have it established in their locations, especially the Shenhai Center Building which has a dedicated sightseeing floor.

“It’s still not too late to ask IFC for payment now!” Li Xinyin joked.

Lin Jia waved his hand: “It’s not necessary now, we still need to open up our pattern.”

Li Xiyin continued, “Because of the HBM self-driving robot in the past, the circular overpass in Xujiahui has become a famous check-in spot for Internet celebrities in Shenhai, and the Pulitzer Prize for News Photography was born that year. This also made everyone realize that Shenhai has such a good cyberpunk-style check-in spot, which is no less than Yudu.

Including the headquarters of Guangjia Aerospace, a large number of tourists go there to check in every day. The China Compound Eye project you built in Yudu is also a very famous tourist attraction. The launch of the aerospace passenger aircraft at Pudong International Airport is also a favorite of tourists.

Tourists from Korea who come to China just for sightseeing and taking photos will not choose flights that land at Hongqiao Airport, even if Asiana Airlines significantly reduces the price of air tickets, making them 50% cheaper than landing at Pudong Airport. However, just for the launch of the space shuttle, Korean tourists will only choose Pudong Airport.

This also led to Asiana Airlines cutting flights to Hongqiao to only one flight per week.

Shenhai has two airports, Pudong and Hongqiao. It is true that the latter mainly flies domestic routes, but in the past Asiana Airlines arranged flights from Seoul Gimpo Airport to Shenhai Hongqiao Airport every day.

However, Hongqiao Airport does not have the supporting equipment for the Changkong aircraft, and it is not possible to watch the launch of the aerospace passenger aircraft. Korean tourists have promoted it on social media such as Instagram, Kakao, and Naver, resulting in no one paying attention to Hongqiao Airport.

Not only Korean tourists make this choice, but tourists from other countries do too. Given a choice, they will choose Pudong instead of Hongqiao.

As a result of the spontaneous behavior of the market, Hongqiao can only focus on domestic routes.

The problem is that domestic tourists also want to watch the launch process of the Changkong space shuttle. If they come to Shenhai and don’t see this, it’s like not coming at all.

Hongqiao Airport is extremely worried because their passenger flow dropped by nearly 30% last year due to this.

“After getting off the plane at Pudong Airport, foreign tourists must wait until they have watched a space plane launch before leaving the airport.

This also led to Pudong Airport even planning to build a special viewing platform this year for everyone to visit.

In addition, Shenhai has the largest human hibernation center in Asia, with the most advanced human hibernation treatment equipment and the most complete experience.

Including the current nuclear fusion experience hall, netizens joked that Guangjia Aerospace is the promotional ambassador of Shenhai tourism, and has created a large number of new attractions for Shenhai out of thin air, and these attractions are unique to Shenhai.

They strongly requested Shenhai to award Guangshen the title of Tourism Ambassador. Mr. Lin, what do you think? “

Lin Jia smiled and said, “This is the power of technology.

The Shenhai Tourism Bureau has contacted me many times. Since they couldn’t contact Yuanguang directly, they came to me and asked if they could let Yuanguang be the tourism ambassador of Shenhai. They didn’t need to cooperate in any way, just provide an authorization for his portrait to be used for Shenhai’s tourism promotion.

But Yuan Guang thought it was too high-profile, so he declined them.”

The Shenhai Tourism Bureau has made a good calculation. With Yuanguang’s authorization, they can just post a Douyin or Weibo and achieve the annual KPI of likes and reposts.

As for how much publicity it has, that is not within their consideration. In the past few years with Guangjia Aerospace, the Shenhai Tourism Bureau has been extremely prosperous and has been carried along without any effort.

“In addition, Goryeo has also talked to us and is very eager to open an aerospace passenger plane flight from Shenhai to Seoul.

But because the distance is so short, ordinary space airliners are not so necessary. They are actually not much faster, but the cost is very high. Compared with large wide-body airliners, they can carry far fewer passengers. From an economic point of view, it is definitely not cost-effective.

But Goryeo is willing to pay for it. No matter what the final business performance is, they will pay annually, which is equivalent to a buyout.

It’s just that we haven’t thought about it yet.

Haven’t we opened flights to Rio de Janeiro? Now Johannesburg in South Africa, Hungary and Serbia in Europe, and some other countries hope to open space shuttle flights.

Attractions such as aerospace airliners taking off and landing will gradually lose their appeal as technology spreads.

Including the Nuclear Fusion Experience Hall. The reason why it is called an experience hall is because people cannot experience it in their daily lives now, so they have to go to the experience hall to experience it. When they can experience it, the experience hall will no longer be necessary.

So rather than saying that Light Armor Aerospace has brought many tourist attractions to Shenhai, it is better to say that the speed of technological diffusion is not fast enough, resulting in many technologies that can only be experienced in Shenhai.

This advantage is limited in time. For Shenhai and Guangjia Aerospace, staying proactive and making continuous breakthroughs in technology is what makes Shenhai attractive. “

Foreign audiences will probably be devastated when they see this. How can we continue to break through?

“What Mr. Lin meant is that technological breakthroughs directly give rise to new urban landmarks, but we need to be wary of technology dependency in the long run and balance short-term traffic dividends with industrial ecosystem autonomy.

What do you think about the current situation where cities are thinking about how to innovate and develop in this new industrial wave?

For a long time, cities in the Pearl River Delta have been complaining that although Guangshen is from Guangzhou, the benefits of the development of Guangjia aerospace and supporting commercial aerospace have all been eaten by the Yangtze River Delta.

Because the Yangtze River Delta is close to Guangjia Aerospace, it has benefited greatly from the development of commercial aerospace.

Controlled nuclear fusion will undoubtedly be a wave of industrial development that will have a greater impact than commercial aerospace. Will this wave replicate the situation in commercial aerospace? “

(End of this chapter)