Author: September Sauce

The Middle East has fallen into chaos, but fortunately, both parties involved have maintained the most basic restraint.

Or in other words, for the time being, there is no way to start a fight.

But obviously, no one would think that such friction is a trivial matter, especially under the current situation, when Iran attaches great importance to the uranium enrichment project and even hopes to rely on this project to gain world hegemony in the entire Middle East in one fell swoop.

Therefore, it is inevitable to intensify efforts, tensions rise, oil futures prices rise in response, and the entire U.S. economy finally gets precious breathing time.

In Western Polytechnic University, Chen Nian helplessly looked at the report in front of him and said to Chen Guo:

"After all, we still let them seize this opportunity. There is no other way. Their foundation is too strong. It's really not that easy to kill them all at once."

Opposite Chen Guo nodded and replied:

"It's definitely not easy. You said you have a strong foundation, that's the biggest reason."

"Actually, if you think about it, they still have many breaking points, such as resource monopoly, technology monopoly, talent monopoly, and military monopoly."

"Even if they don't play the oil card this time, they can still play the food card, the steel card, and even the patent card. Anyway, it is really impossible to defeat them before all their trump cards are played."

"After all, they have many chances, and we have almost no chances."

Hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't help but sigh.

For decades, the development of this country has always been cautious and treading on thin ice.

It is undeniable that we have made some mistakes during the development process, but most of them have been corrected in a timely manner.

Otherwise, if a mistake reached the level of the United States, we would have fallen long ago.

Therefore, most people who advocate the strong endogenous power of the U.S. economy and the strong resilience of their country actually do not realize one thing:

The so-called resilience is just a symptom of the behavior of consuming the foundation in exchange for the longevity of the country.

Looking at the historical experience of the past ten years, the other party's background is constantly declining, but ours is constantly rising.

When the two curves intersect, that is the moment for us to switch from offense to defense.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian said:

"I really envy them, they have so many opportunities to try and make mistakes."

"As for us, not even once."

"I can't help but envy you."

Chen Guo said with a smile.

"Other people's opportunities for trial and error were created over and over again over the past decades or even hundreds of years."

"Just think about it and you'll know what we were doing more than a hundred years ago?"

"We are still in seclusion, congratulating Lafayette on his birthday."

"Even fifty years ago, we had just founded the country and had just embarked on a certain development path."

“It’s already pretty good if we can do it to this extent.”

"In the future, I still have to rely on you and your generation."

Chen Nian nodded solemnly, paused for a moment, and then continued to ask:

"So what are our plans for the follow-up? Although they have recovered, they just won't die suddenly."

“Should we take the things they don’t have the energy to take?”

Chen Guo took out a document from the drawer, handed it to Chen Nian and said:

"This is a preliminary plan. If you are interested, you can take a look first."

"Of course, if you have any suggestions, just mention them to me directly."

"However, this thing is still far from finalized. It is probably only for reference, so you don't have to spend too much time."

"clear."

Chen Nian responded.

Then, he looked at the directory of the files in his hand. After a rough scan, he saw many familiar terms.

New energy and lithium battery development plan.

New surface ships and new submarine development plans.

Large aircraft carrier localization plan.

Rare earth and other rare mineral investment plans.

Food security and rural economic and ecological development plan.

It can be said that this document covers almost all the directions and trends that he has seen in his previous life.

It was only then that he realized that the fields that would yield results more than ten years later had already begun to be laid out at this time.

"That's a good report."

Chen Nian sighed and said.

"It's very complete, and it's in the form of a combination of punches."

"If we can fully implement it, we will probably not be far away from truly entering a period of rapid development."

“Isn’t it considered rapid development now?”

Chen Guo asked a little funny.

“What kind of rapid development is this?”

Chen Nian pursed his lips and said:

"Let alone nuclear fusion, we haven't even developed large-capacity battery technology yet."

"Not to mention artificial intelligence, brain computers, space carriers and the like."

"Those things are our real tickets to enter the next era."

"You're going to do it?"

Chen Guo immediately became interested. He looked at Chen Nian with bright eyes and asked.

Generally speaking, this kind of question can easily be regarded as a rhetorical question, meaning "you said it's so easy, why don't you give it a try".

But in fact, what Chen Guo expressed in her words now was real expectations.

Because he knew that Chen Nian could really do it.

Looking at Chen Guo's expression, Chen Nian hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and replied:

"I will definitely do it, but now is not the time."

"I have just finished learning the content of interface materials. In many places, the theoretical foundation is not solid enough."

“It’s a bit too difficult to turn to near-future technology now.”

Chen Nian was not being modest when he said this. In fact, he had also made a plan on his "Task Manager" and wanted to try to see if he could save a wave of source points and directly click on one that would be enough to cause "a big impact" on the current technical environment.

"Revolutionary promotion" technology, thereby raising the "level" of our own system through large-scale technological fission.

But unfortunately, the several directions he selected required too many source points.

Not to mention anything else, the number of source points required for controllable thermonuclear fusion alone has reached an astonishing 1,200 points.

But now, excluding the number of source points brought by active learning, the average daily source point growth is only about 0.3.

How many years and months will it take to save enough?

What a great achievement, but the gain outweighs the loss.

Still have to do it step by step

After hearing Chen Nian's words, Chen Guo's emotions were a bit complicated.

To say he was disappointed, it was definitely a bit disappointing - after all, Chen Nian was almost omnipotent in his heart.

But more than anything, I am still happy.

Because he also knows very clearly that no one is truly omnipotent.

Chen Nian can realize his own shortcomings, which means that he has gradually matured.

Thinking of this, Chen Guo patted Chen Nian's arm gently, and then said comfortingly:

"Don't worry, you are still young and have plenty of time."

"You have worked hard during this period, please rest."

"You are already in your junior year, and you haven't really enjoyed your college life yet."

"Don't push yourself too hard. There is a dance at school next week. Why don't you go to it?"

"Don't go!"

Chen Nian rolled his eyes and answered bluntly.

After leaving Chen Guo's office, Chen Nian did not go back to his residence. Instead, he took time to eat in the cafeteria.
To be continued...