It's messed up.

It's all messed up.

When signing the document, although the president expected that he might be counterattacked by the Chinese side, and his advisory team also formulated a roundabout offensive response tactics, they did not expect those Chinese to act so quickly and so directly!

Although on the surface it did not cause them any substantial damage, just like their ongoing antitrust investigation and patent case that has not yet been decided, the terrible thing is that this series of big moves directly gave Wall Street a slap in the face.

It's not a real loss, but it's enough of a headache.

Of course, it wasn't this that really made him want to cry without tears.

It is only now that the wise president suddenly discovers that China's high-tech enterprises have begun to infiltrate their industries to such a terrifying level.

They just rubbed outside, and the two national super projects with an investment of more than 10 billion US dollars fell to the ground in an instant, and they still couldn't pull it up......

It's terrifying!

At this moment, the office door opened, and Kevin, the chief of staff, walked in with a serious expression.

"Just now the California state government called, local environmental groups and other non-governmental organizations are organizing a tour to appeal that the people of California need clean and cheap energy...... If Huaguo's cores can't be delivered to the West Coast this year, they want us to figure it out. ”

"Think of a fart solution!"

The right fist slammed into the table, and this feeling of powerlessness to fight back filled the president's heart with grievance and anger.

After taking a few deep breaths, he finally calmed down, and after thinking for a long time, he spoke in a slightly soothing tone.

"Maybe we should restart the national ignition...... Maybe controlled fusion isn't as difficult as we think. ”

Restart the national ignition ......

A bitter expression appeared on Kevin's face.

He believed that the president himself knew how unrealistic the plan was, otherwise he would not have used two uncertain sentences in a sentence. This not only means that they need to mobilize thousands of scholars to join the project, but also have to pay tens of billions of dollars for it, which is equivalent to opening up a third battlefield on the basis of the original two super projects.

Even the United States cannot maintain three megaprojects at the same time, and the huge financial pressure will make the federal government go bankrupt.

What's more, even if they restart the state ignition......

Kevin: "...... What about SG-1 superconducting materials? Without the SG-1 superconducting material, we would not be able to confine the magnets needed to confine the plasma, unless we can find a way to further optimize the control scheme for plasma turbulence. I consulted with experts from the Academy of Sciences, and that's what they told us. What we lack is not just the core, and without the supply of SG-1 materials, we will not be able to do anything. ”

PRESIDENT: "Chips! Restrict chip exports to the west coast of the Pacific Ocean! I'm going to see who holds on first. ”

Kevin held his breath.

"Sir."

The president glared at him.

"What's wrong?"

Kevin: "...... We can do this at any time, but are you sure you want to? ”

The inquiry, which could not be said whether it was persuasion or confirmation, was like a basin of cold water poured on it, and the president immediately calmed down.

“…… I'll think about it again. ”

Chip......

That's a good idea.

Chinese people import more chips than oil every year.

However, killing a thousand enemies will cost eight hundred, not to mention that in addition to suppliers in the United States, there are suppliers from other countries to choose from.

Although they can also pull their allies together to impose a chip embargo on some Chinese companies through means such as entity lists, and make them stop what is going on by making them feel pain.

But......

In the face of the great temptation of controlled fusion, are Europe's allies really that reliable?

Europe is now like a rich old man in his last years, squandering decades on the pension he saved from his youth, and sometimes having to face the blackmail of his evil neighbor to the east, who controls the gas pipelines, and nothing can help them regain their power except controlled fusion, not even God can do it.

Now China has not issued a formal document, and once it presses this button, the conflict will really escalate to the point of no return......

Push all the chips onto the table.

Do you really have a 50% chance of winning?

Thinking of this, the president couldn't help but feel a faint sadness in his heart.

Not so much a decade ago.

No, even if you just go back two years, when he was still in office, the situation was much better than now.

At least at that time, they had enough means to coerce China to compromise, and they had enough technical confidence to compete with China, and their international influence was strong enough to kick those who hated it out of the ITER organization, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they could do whatever they wanted.

Where is it like now, even a company that has not yet been listed can't be killed......

Looking at the swinging president, Kevin was silent for a moment and reminded.

"Sir, we have done enough, and in the long run, now is definitely not the right time to suppress China's high-tech enterprises. Our megaproject needs their support, and we should exercise restraint at least until the fusion power plant in California is built, and until the Deep Space Gate is operational. We have to admit that our super project is a weakness. ”

"What's more, new energy vehicles are not our core interests, our demand for new energy vehicles is not as urgent as Huaguo, and Tesla's market value and California's economy are not worth mentioning together, even if we let Musk sacrifice it, what can we do?"

What's more, you have moved your job opportunities to Shanghai.

Although it is excusable to earn Chinese money, for the sake of those workers who are still working diligently in North America, please sacrifice your own interests.

“…… What about ExxonMobil? With his fingers crossed and his forehead resting on his arm, the president continued in a deep voice, "Wall Street is not easy to mess with, but neither are these oil giants. ”

Tesla's interests have never been at heart.

The reason why he did it to Star Technology is that the name of this company has long been on his memo, and there is just an excuse not to use it in vain, not to mention that the SH standard touches the most sensitive G-spot in the United States.

But ExxonMobil is different, for them this kind of behemoth is not just a sponsor of campaign funds, but also directly or indirectly affects a large number of jobs.

To put it bluntly, let these people be unhappy, they can get revenge on the employment rate at any time.

And the employment rate is more powerful than any other data on paper......

"They're just taking advantage of the fire, and of course it's good if they can get it, and it doesn't matter if they don't, and the CEO of ExxonMobil needs to show his board of directors that he's not a waste, it's a ......."

Noticing that the president was staring at him, Kevin gestured with his index finger for a few moments with an embarrassed expression before he came up with the safest answer, "Of course, it's the judge who is the waste." ”

The president said in a deep voice: "But if we just give in like this, isn't it too shameless." ”

"The steps are easy to find," a sigh of relief, Kevin's face showed a smile, and he raised his index finger to continue, "The investigation initiated by the Ministry of Commerce will be revoked by our International Trade Commission." This is not a compromise with the threat of evil, but a correction based on our own laws...... There's a word for it, yes, rules! ”

"As for the Department of Justice, just let them submit an 'incomplete' chain of evidence. Of course, if ExxonMobil is interested and knows that it can't do anything, maybe it will apply for the withdrawal of the lawsuit itself, and it will be easier for us. ”

"Rule ......" chewed the word over and over again, the president's eyes lit up slightly, he looked up at the chief of staff, and said solemnly, "You go and contact someone from the ITC." ”

"Now is indeed not a suitable time to do something to China's high-tech enterprises, this matter will be done as you say!"

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