Chapter 130 Wright Chen's Hurricane
Money is just a number anchored to the means of production. Money itself is meaningless.

Relying on the US dollar and the strategic advantages accumulated in the past, America has too many tricks to maintain the illusion of numbers.

But illusions are just illusions after all. They cannot cover up the fact that America's control over the world is declining. From Tehran to Moscow, from Riyadh to Berlin, anyone with a little sense of smell can feel the global loss of control.

The foundations of past rule are constantly shaking, and the holy grail of the new era has not yet been found.

It is not terrible that the Holy Grail has not been found, because the global public opinion system created in the past has given America the power to define the Holy Grail. If he says AI is the Holy Grail, then AI is the Holy Grail. It does not matter even if the productivity revolution brought about by AI takes at least ten years or even decades to come.

The scary thing is that your biggest competitor has found a new holy grail, and this holy grail is the "real holy grail" with immediate effects.

The more Stephen thought about it on the private plane, the clearer his ideas became. If he couldn't get the room-temperature superconducting technology, then the game would essentially be over as long as America didn't turn the table.

If the table is turned over, America, which is fighting on two fronts, will have no chance of winning.

And it may not be a two-front war, Tehran is also ready to make a move.

Stephen even thought that they would not be fighting on two fronts, but on three or more fronts, the S3 season would come early, and the preseason would end early.

As one of the world's most famous think tanks, the RAND Corporation provides decision-making services to Washington all year round, and their research reports will become part of America's global strategy.

Stephen's judgment was combined with the opinions of frontline experts. They all agreed that this technology was more powerful than an atomic bomb and directly hit America's vital point.

Stephen's words pointed out this point, which is why after the Nasdaq opened this morning, all semiconductor-related stocks were falling. The Nasdaq index fell by a full 3 points, setting the largest drop in history.

This is when room-temperature superconductivity has not been confirmed, and Wall Street is waiting for the final news and the decision of the bigwigs.

On the eve of the collapse of the U.S. stock market, gold prices soared and copper's increase was even more exaggerated.

You must know that the Federal Reserve is currently raising interest rates and global monetary tightening. On this basis, the rise in gold prices is due to future uncertainties, while the outrageous rise in copper prices is entirely due to the influence of room-temperature superconductivity.

The July copper futures contract on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange jumped 7 cents to $100 per pound, a 4.2605% increase, setting a new record. About 27 minutes later, the copper price fell back below $45.

"We are finished." Rong Gudi, head of futures trading at Equidex brokerage group, had a gloomy face. They shorted copper futures and were directly hit hard. The estimated loss was at least over 200 million US dollars.

"The copper price soared by more than 80 cents in just a few dozen minutes. This is an unprecedented gray rhino, and it is entirely due to that damn Chen, the unprecedented major positive news, and the damn Goldman Sachs. They led the Codelco workers' strike, they are all damned!" The ferocity in their tone could not cover up the huge losses they faced in futures trading.

All of those who shorted copper futures were hit hard, and their positions were forcibly closed. The total losses of all traders who shorted copper futures are estimated to be more than US$20 billion.

Who made this money? Goldman Sachs and Morgan jointly dominated it all.

They reacted immediately after seeing Chen Yuanguang's Weibo. In his two Weibo posts, Chen Yuanguang mentioned Cu2S. Copper will be an important raw material for room-temperature superconductors, which means that the demand for copper will skyrocket in the future. The surge in demand means a misalignment between supply and demand, and copper prices will also surge.

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley teamed up to go long on copper, and at the same time caused workers at Codelco, the largest copper mine owner in Chile, South America, to go on strike. The strike further reduced the supply of copper, adding another layer of insurance for their long copper prices.

These two measures together led to this round of copper price surge, reaping the benefits of all traders on Wall Street who shorted copper.

This is Wall Street. There is no time to care about America's strategic crisis. They just want to make a fortune first.

The New York Times tweeted: "Wright Chan's hurricane is coming. Are you ready?"

The advantage in computing power of quantum computers that I just mentioned is just a conclusion we have inferred based on past history.

We don’t know yet how much change it can actually bring. It is possible that quantum computers built based on room-temperature superconductors will also have an added benefit in building AI models because it means faster response speed and lower loss signal transmission.

This is just in AI, there are many other fields, there are likely to be changes that we can't imagine. "Stephen's words echoed throughout the room, and the painting of Washington behind him looked at his descendants with a sad face.

His senior assistant, Jeffrey, the newly appointed White House chief of staff, felt helpless but understanding. It was normal for him to understand the principles of such cutting-edge technology.

Jeffrey leaned his head close to his ear: "He is saying that this matter has a great impact and will affect our strategic deployment."

Then he said slowly: "What is our strategic deployment?"

Jeffrey didn't want to talk anymore, but out of professional ethics, he still recounted the key points of a series of executive orders signed by the other party after taking office.

"good very good."

Jeffrey didn't know what the other party meant by good. He guessed that the other party had forgotten the first part after hearing the second part. He didn't want to remind the other party because it was too tiring.

After he finished the latter part, he had to explain the former part again, which fell into an infinite loop. The CPU must have burned out. It had a blood vessel burst not long ago.

"We now need to do two things: confirm the authenticity of the room-temperature superconducting technology, and then find a way to get them to share the technology."

“It means the future, but it also means the present.”

“Sorry, there is one more thing. We also need to have a response to Wright Chen. His creativity and performance in science and technology have made it impossible for us to cope with it. He is only 24 years old and has achieved such terrible results, which has put our ruling system in an unprecedented crisis.

If perovskite batteries and human hibernation technology are not enough, then this time's room-temperature superconducting technology once again verifies the other party's extraordinary technological creativity.

This is probably just the beginning.” This is what makes Stephen feel even more helpless.

The technology system built by American can rely on the advantages accumulated over the past decades to force other competitors to choose to accept this meticulous system. It is impossible to bypass this system and start from scratch.

If you want to produce chips and improve the precision, you must go the route of photolithography etching.

The appearance of Chen Yuanguang tells everyone that there is not only one way to go to Mount Huashan, we can also take a plane there.

Any breakthrough in basic materials will bring about a series of chain reactions, but this time the reaction is particularly large.

"How are we going to deal with him?" Stephen asked.

I did understand this, but only half of it. This man named Wright Chen threatened America:

"Find an opportunity and kill him."

The Americans have done this more than once, and they are all very skilled. Only the scholar representative in the field of scientific research was surprised by the bestiality of these people. He retorted: "Is this too radical? Light Chen is a treasure of mankind. His existence can help us enter the interstellar age ahead of time. If he is killed, it will be a loss for all mankind."

"If it weren't for America leading mankind into the interstellar age, such an interstellar age would be meaningless." Jeffrey expressed his inner thoughts, and many people present nodded in agreement.

The same words have different weights when said by different people. For example, the Koreans said they created LK99, but its influence is limited to the Internet and scientific research institutions. At most, it can make superconducting concept stocks in the U.S. stock market rise, but the increase in market value is less than million U.S. dollars.

Chen Yuanguang said that he had figured out room-temperature superconductivity, which could cause $3 billion to evaporate from U.S. stocks overnight, the Nasdaq index to fall by %, and copper and gold to soar across the board.

In order to stabilize the U.S. stock market that day, the White House held a meeting in the afternoon and then held an urgent press conference to unify its stance, which was hosted by White House Director Jeffrey himself.

"Yes, we have noticed Mr. Wright's achievements. If they are true, then that's great. It means that humans have made great progress in technology."

"Don't worry about the world." Chen Yuanguang looked out through the peephole at home and saw a group of people outside.

About ten minutes after Chen Yuanguang posted on Weibo, Lao Zhao informed him not to move at home, as someone would come to pick him up.

Lao Zhao also gave a secret code, and the other party would report the code when he came to pick him up.

Chen Yuanguang thought, the code is correct, but what if other people get the code?
The residential area where he lived was also blocked off, but the people who came to blockade him and the ones who came to pick him up later were two different groups of people.

Chen Yuanguang did not open the door. He called Lao Zhao to confirm that these people were indeed sent, and then he opened the door: "54321."

This is his password.

After hearing this, the capable man in the lead took a bulletproof vest and a bulletproof helmet from the person next to him and handed them to Chen Yuanguang: "Mr. Chen, for the sake of your personal safety, please put this on."

Chen Yuanguang thought, this was too big a scene.

After putting on the black helmet, he felt like a criminal.

After Chen Yuanguang put it on, the man gestured to Chen Yuanguang to follow them, and the others surrounded Chen Yuanguang.

Chen Yuanguang thought, these security measures are maxed out.

After sending him to the Guangjia Aerospace R&D Center building, Chen Yuanguang saw his employees returning to the building one after another.

He smiled and said, "I'm sorry to have put everyone through this."

The young researchers did not show any dissatisfaction on their faces. Instead, they were very excited because this was a rare life experience and they could brag about it to their family and friends for the rest of their lives when they returned.

They gathered together and chatted, and the whole office became noisy.

The signal in this area was blocked, and everyone had put away their cell phones, so they could only chat to pass the time.

Chen Yuanguang sat alone.

Other familiar researchers gathered in twos and threes. The researchers who participated in the room-temperature superconductivity project were the core of the group, and each of them gave answers to everyone.

"Has the God of Light really figured out room-temperature superconductivity?" asked a colleague who was not involved in this project.

"Of course it's true, if this was just a joke we wouldn't be sitting here today.

Besides, we can’t make a special effects video to amuse everyone. Today is not April Fools’ Day, and the boss is not a jokester. ”

They don't know that $5000 billion has evaporated from the U.S. stock market, which is equivalent to trillion RMB. If this is a joke, it will be the most expensive joke in history.

"How did you do it? I still find it a little unbelievable. Just like that, you managed it?"

“Is it just the Meissner effect, or does the resistor also exhibit superconducting properties?”

"Whether in terms of the Meissner effect or its resistance, it exhibits the properties of a room-temperature superconductor.

We optimized it based on the preparation process of LK99, and the specific optimization was mainly achieved through magnetic field.

I don’t know the details, but the magnetic field control and design were all done by the boss himself, and no one else has ever touched the equipment except him.”

"This is really a dragon's roar. I used to think that it would take me a lifetime to figure out room-temperature superconductivity, but now it has actually been achieved."

"This is true. This should be the key to opening a new era for mankind."

Chen Yuanguang has a dedicated person who is responsible for contacting him and provides him with a special mobile phone that can communicate with the outside world inside the shielded equipment.

He was calling everyone to let them know he was safe.

"Yuan Guang, you..." Lin Jia's voice came from the other end of the phone. She wanted to complain, "Be careful and wait for the people from the state to be responsible for your personal safety.

Next time you have something similar, please discuss it with me."

Chen Yuanguang smiled awkwardly and said, "I saw other scientific research institutions did the LK99 reproduction experiment, and the first thing they did was to post a video. There are many similar videos on Bilibili and Douyin, so I thought I had to post a video to scare them to death."

In just three hours, Chen Yuanguang's Weibo post had been viewed over 100 million times and received over 10 million comments, making it a treasure on Weibo.

Lin Jia was powerless to complain: “They are fake, but you are real, you really have to think about it, it’s such an important matter.

Oh, it’s okay, it’s sent out, it’s no big deal.

My safety is now under the responsibility of the relevant people, and they have raised the security protection level. I guess your parents have also done so.

Don't worry about me. Just agree to whatever conditions the country sets. I won't let you suffer any loss."

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