Chapter 579: Clear opposition

"It is completely wrong to build such a large machine without a clear function."

"When the per capita income of China reaches that of the United States, it will not be too late to discuss this matter then!" Yang Zhenning said firmly.

The others were surprised and could not help but whisper.

Among the Chinese people now, only Yang Zhenning has won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Yang Zhenning's contribution to physics has made him a great physicist.

With Yang Zhenning's return to China, the reconstruction of Southwest Associated University, and his appointment as the president of Southwest Associated University, Yang Zhenning's popularity in China has increased day by day, and he is even more of a leader in the field of physics.

Many people believe that Yang Zhenning will agree to build a large collider, because after the construction of this super-large collider is completed, it will be of great significance in physics research. At least some results can be produced and some papers can be published, which is good for Yang Zhenning.

But they did not expect that Yang Zhenning would be so opposed to the construction of a large collider.

The people of the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences blushed.

It was as if he was hit on the face.

"Comrade Liu Tao, tell me what you think." The old man was thoughtful for a while, and then he called Liu Tao's name.

The staff handed the microphone to Liu Tao, who held the microphone and said calmly: "I would like to ask the scholars present, who thinks that his attainments in physics are better than Mr. Yang Zhenning? If you think you have exceeded or reached his level, please raise your hand."

As soon as Liu Tao finished speaking, the conference room was silent, and no one raised their hands.

"Then, I would like to ask another question, who thinks that he has reached the level of a world-class scholar in high-energy physics? If you have reached it, please raise your hand." Liu Tao asked again.

The conference room was still silent, and no one raised their hands.

Liu Tao frowned slightly, "Then I will ask another question. The participants present are the pride of the entire China in the field of physics. Is there anyone who has very important and new ideas and has created new and important physical theories? If so, please raise your hand."

This time, no one raised their hands.

Liu Tao sighed in his heart. A third-rate physicist has such a big ambition!

"I want to ask the comrades in the Ministry of Finance, is the national finance sufficient to provide 20 billion US dollars for the comrades of the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to try possible mistakes and pay for this mistake?" Liu Tao looked at the person in charge of the Ministry of Finance.

Such an important meeting, as the Ministry of Finance in charge of the national purse, will naturally participate.

The person in charge of the Ministry of Finance hurriedly shook his head and said: "The national finance is very tight now, and money is needed everywhere. Where can we get the money to take out 20 billion US dollars."

"Leader, I think it is not suitable to build a super collider now. Maybe in thirty or forty years, the country's economic strength will be very strong and the money will be abundant. We can take out 20 billion US dollars at any time to build a thing for high-energy physicists to play with. Then we can discuss this matter." Liu Tao looked at the old man and said, his attitude was very clear.

That is opposition!

Liu Tao felt that instead of investing $20 billion to build a large collider, it would be more practical to build more high-speed railways, more large reservoirs and hydropower stations, more power stations, and more highways.

Even $20 billion can add thousands of advanced fighters to the Air Force, or arm the three major fleets of the Navy to the teeth, or be enough to build a mechanized army.

The national finance only gives China's annual military budget of more than 20 billion. At the current exchange rate, $20 billion is equivalent to more than three years of military budget!

In order to build the economy, the country has emphasized economic construction as the center from the beginning. The army needs to be patient and obey the overall situation of the country. The guiding ideology of national defense is "national defense construction must obey economic construction". After three streamlining of the army, the total number of military personnel has been reduced from more than 6.6 million to the current 3.2 million.

In order to support the economic construction of reform and opening up, the proportion of national defense funds has declined significantly.

Excluding the factor of rising prices, the annual military expenditure of the national finance to the army is even reduced by half compared with the late 1970s.

Even the army is coveting the synthetic brigade of the Panshan Group Armed Forces Department. It has been a long time since they wanted to transfer the synthetic brigade to the army and let the army manage it. However, the synthetic brigade requires huge construction funds. The amount of money invested is terrifying. A synthetic brigade needs to invest a terrifying amount of money every year. The army has been afraid to act and can only think about it occasionally.

Liu Tao doesn't believe that the country is crazy and will invest 20 billion US dollars to build a large collider.

That thing can't be eaten or drunk, and it has no contribution to the country's economic construction. It can't drive the country's economic development. In the final analysis, it's just writing papers!

What China needs now is real and immediate benefits, because China is now poor and crazy, and the people urgently need to live a good life.

Developing the economy is the top priority now.

If the country is very rich in the future and the finances are rich, then it doesn't matter if it spends 20 billion US dollars to build a large collider.

As for now, don't even think about it.

The meeting is over, and there will be no more meetings on related topics in the next ten years.

At noon, the leader personally invited everyone to dinner.

After dinner, taking advantage of his free time, Liu Tao talked to his leader privately about Panshan Group's plan to enter the aviation manufacturing industry.

In front of the old man, Liu Tao was very frank and reported his plans without reservation.

"Since your Panshan Group wants to enter the aviation manufacturing industry, this is a good thing. Competition? State-owned enterprises also need competition. Competition brings vitality." The old man said with a smile: "I don't object to this. I agree with you to do it."

The country attaches great importance to the aviation industry.

This can be seen from the fact that after the country introduced advanced fighters such as F-14, F-15, and F-18, it did not give up the improvement of the domestically produced J-7 fighters, and continued to improve the J-7 fighters, tap the potential of the J-7 fighters, and enhance the combat effectiveness of the J-7 fighters.

In addition, the improvement of the Y-7 into a civil airliner and the improvement of the Y-8 into a civil airliner are also the same.

It's just that China's aviation industry is too weak and the technology is relatively backward. It can't support the Y-10 aircraft, so the Y-10 aircraft was discontinued.

Now Panshan Group wants to restart the Y-10 passenger aircraft project and enter the aviation industry, which is naturally the best.

The old man couldn't help but look forward to it. Liu Tao, who is good at creating miracles, can create another miracle in the aviation manufacturing industry, promote the development of China's aviation industry, and let China have civil airliners, transport aircraft, early warning aircraft, tankers, and bombers!

Seeing that the old man was in favor, Liu Tao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he could get the old man's support, then this matter would be more than half done.

Next, it is necessary to discuss it with the Ministry of Aerospace Industry.

As long as the Ministry of Aerospace Industry nods in agreement, then this matter can be said to be basically no problem.

And this matter is also the most important thing Liu Tao has to do when he returns to Beijing this time.

This matter concerns the interests of Panshan Group, as well as the interests of the country and the development of the entire Chinese aviation industry!