studiobondurri Chapter 47: First Come First Served
Chapter 47: First Come First Served
Chapter 47: First Come First Served
A few weeks later, the Silla Group established a new subsidiary.
Solar Fusion.
The name evoked nuclear fusion, and it attracted a lot of attention.
Among that attention, there were many skeptical views.
– No matter how you look at it, nuclear fusion is too... That’s a different dimension from drones or something like that.
ᄂDon’t you have Lucia?
ᄂLucia is a bit expensive.
ᄂIf you talk to that AI directly, you can see that Yu Ji-ha is a genius.
ᄂI can’t imagine a world without Lucia.
ᄂThe only downside is that she doesn’t come out of the monitor.
– Even if Yu Ji-ha is a genius, he should have some basics. He just developed it out of nowhere?
ᄂHe hasn’t done it yet, you idiot. He just made a corporation.
ᄂHe hired a lot of researchers from KSTAR. He must have absorbed the talent from there.
ᄂWhy is there a commotion there?
ᄂThere’s a rumor that they fought over the KSTAR data. Jo Hyunggeun ordered it, but the researchers resisted and got fired.
ᄂThat bastard, I knew he would do that.
ᄂHow can he fire such core personnel, even if he’s the president?
ᄂHe insults them by saying why can’t you do what he does. What can they do but leave?
ᄂIs he Yu Ji-ha?
ᄂMaybe?
ᄂBut why do you call the president a mutt?
ᄂWhy do you think? He’s like a neighborhood mutt, looking for trouble all day long.
ᄂHe went to the ruling party headquarters and fought with the senior members. He said it would be better to equip the good drones with good guns.
ᄂGood+Good=Twice as good? What kind of calculation is that?
ᄂHe’s really ignorant...
– How many years do you think it will take for Solar Fusion to post commercial nuclear fusion data on their website?
ᄂI give it three years at most.
ᄂReally...?
ᄂᄏᄏWhen they first made Starfield, they had the same reaction. The researchers who said it was impossible are now working at Starfieldᄏᄏᄏ
ᄂThis time, the navy tested the ion thruster and was shocked.
ᄂHow amazing is it?
ᄂAccording to the National Defense Committee data, it can propel an OOOOO-ton platform with OO knots.
ᄂWhat does O mean?
ᄂThe exact numbers are confidential. But judging by how the old men at the National Defense Committee passed the budget for the preliminary research right away, it must be impressive.
ᄂAre we seriously getting our railgun battleship?
ᄂAt this point, Yu Ji-ha might be a human from a parallel or future world.
ᄂWhere did that awesome spaceship go?
ᄂWho knows? It might be floating above our heads.
The protagonist of that spaceship was meeting with the vice president of KFE, Korea Fusion Energy Research Institute, at a restaurant in Seoul.
“Nice to meet you, Vice President An Yonghoon.”
“I’m former vice president. I quit, so I don’t have any rank or anything.”
The middle-aged scientist with half of his hair gone looked at Yu Ji-ha with apprehension.
He was indirectly responsible for making him leave KFE after all.
He came to talk to him anyway, but if there was nothing special, he would leave right away.
There were many places that wanted him anyway.
“So... Why did you want to see me after taking all our data?”
“I wanted to show you this.”
Yu Ji-ha played a video on his laptop screen.
A very thin beam seemed to scan a small material from various directions.
An ordinary person wouldn’t have guessed what it was, but An Yonghoon was someone who knew very well.
“Could it be... an ion beam? Are you shooting an ion beam into the reactor chamber right now? Is this an implosion phenomenon?”
“It’s not real, it’s a simulation.”
He lost his breath for a moment.
“A simulation is something that even undergraduates can do easily. What’s the point?”
“By the way, I should tell you that there is no tritium in this fuel pellet. Only deuterium and helium-3.”
“What did you say?”
If tritium was not needed, the cost of nuclear fusion power generation could be drastically reduced.
Why else would they spend billions of dollars to make a blanket that could breed tritium?
It was hard to believe, but the young president in front of him had never lied so far.
“This is not my theory, but Lucia’s.”
“Lucia?”
Dr. An Yonghoon’s eyes widened.
The AI Lucia, which was released in the metaverse, was very popular inside KFE.
Not only the researchers, but even he had bought Lucia and taught her various things.
Of course, Lucia didn’t come up with any great ideas or developments.
This was an unprecedented move that showed how urgent the EU was.
Yu Ji-ha greeted the elderly commissioner politely.
“Welcome, Commissioner.”
“I’m sorry. You left out EU’s robots.”
Rene’s tone was like a child’s tantrum.
Well, there were so many space-related research facilities and universities in the EU.
He must have been burning with ambition to study unobtanium properly, but he was dropped out just before launch.
But he had a lot to say on this side too.
“Why did you suddenly say you would apply the competition law extraterritorially when you were quiet?”
“Because Silla Energy’s actions went against the values that the EU pursues.”
“Are you not China’s agent? Don’t tell me you didn’t know. The lobbying from China is so loud that I can hear it from here.”
He had already obtained information that Jardine UN Secretary-General had visited several embassies and acted as a mediator.
He had attached a micro-drone when he came to propose to Yu Ji-ha before.
Rene denied with a serious face.
“Commissioner, the European Commission has nothing to do with China.”
“Instead, France, Germany, and Britain must have received investment promises. Can you deny that?”
“...”
There was a long silence.
Did he wonder how he knew the results of the fierce negotiations and deals under the water?
Rene changed the subject.
“As you know, the EU is suffering from the rapid climate change. Nuclear fusion power generation is not a possibility for us, but a matter of survival.”
His voice was heavy and pitiful, like an old actor’s performance.
But Yu Ji-ha knew his true intentions.
“It all came down to unobtanium, didn’t it? Did I declare a monopoly before this incident?”
Of course not.
He had already discussed the distribution of unobtanium with several countries.
Basically, the ratio was recognized according to the investment, but the population and the technology contributed were also evaluated.
Starfield didn’t monopolize it, but it was inevitable that it would depend on it to some extent.
The EU and Britain didn’t like this.
The US and Russia decided to choose lobbying as they realized that it was hard to take the lead realistically.
Rene raised his hand.
“Of course not. But the unobtanium found on the moon is the property of all mankind. It’s regrettable that we haven’t formalized it yet.”
“I have a slightly different opinion.”
“···The EU believes that unobtanium should be placed under the common management of mankind. For that purpose, a keynote speech is prepared at the UN General Assembly. Isn’t it a great honor?”
“I guess so.”
He reacted indifferently and Rene became impatient and pulled his chair closer.
“Just say one thing. Unobtanium belongs to all mankind. Then all sanctions will be lifted and you will win the Nobel Prize in Physics.”
“I didn’t know that the EU Commission selected that.”
“We can recommend candidates. You will get both honor and money.”
“Keynote speech and Nobel Prize in Physics... They are worthless things.”
“···What?”
How could he say they were worthless?
Rene’s face hardened with shock when Yu Ji-ha said.
“I heard you well. You prepared a nice spider web. From Black Metal battery sanctions to keynote speech to Nobel Prize.”
“It’s for the sake of humanity and the EU.”
“Don’t you mean excluding humanity and including China? Well, since you made a proposal, I have to give you an answer. I refuse.”
“···So you decided to privatize unobtanium.”
“Do you want me to show you what real privatization is? How about 100 million euros per kg? Of course, I’ll sell it to other countries for a million dollars.”
“That’s a betrayal of humanity!”
“Stop equating the EU with humanity. The EU’s population is less than 500 million. You are no longer the center of the world.”
Commissioner Rene shivered with indignation.
After World War II, the EU had ceded the leadership of the world order to the US, Russia, China and others, but it was still a force that could not be ignored.
He could not let a mere CEO of a company look down on him.
But if he thought rationally, he had to admit that his side had almost run out of cards.
There was only one thing left.
To invoke solidarity for peace and propose a revision of the space treaty to the Security Council.
Even an arrogant entrepreneur would not be able to ignore the pressure of the Security Council.
Commissioner Rene stood up without saying goodbye and tried to leave.
Yu Ji-ha spoke behind him.
“If you don’t lift the sanctions within a week, I’ll impose my own sanctions.”
“Threats won’t work. Even if it’s superconductors.”
“Can I make a prediction? You and the rest of the executive committee won’t finish your terms.”
What nonsense.
Commissioner Rene slammed the door and left.
The unpleasant feeling that had seeped into his body did not go away.
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