Chapter 43: Thermonuclear Fusion Power Station

  "Aunt, my mind is made up, just follow what I said. By the way, Su Ya, I plan to hire you as the head of the Phoenix Superconducting Automobile Department, responsible for our company's electric vehicle sales, with a temporary annual salary of 10 million, how do you think?" Li Yang suddenly stared at Su Ya with inquiring eyes.

  Su Ya's small mouth opened slightly, and she said in a soft voice: "One hundred million, is it that much? Hehe, Li Yang, you overestimate me! To be honest, I really want to stay and help you, but I still have to go back to the UK for my Ph.D.?"

  Li Yao smiled with a deeper meaning, and excitedly said: "Ya Er, you're studying for your Ph.D. to find a good job, aren't you? Now such a great opportunity is right in front of you, of course you should accept it."

  "But I studied business administration, but I don't know anything about the automotive industry?" Su Ya said anxiously.

  Li Yao gave Su Ya a knowing look and said: "I'll answer for Ya Er, she doesn't need to take the doctoral exam."

  "Alright, let's do it this way. Auntie, we'll go to the bank and transfer the money first. I have my college entrance exams coming up in a few days, so after that, I'll come back and take another look. At the same time, I'll also get Li Shi Metallurgy to speed up their research on superconducting materials and try to get the product out."

  Li Yao nodded at Su Ya, and Li Yang took another look at the dilapidated factory building before leading them out of the company.

  After leaving 200 million yuan as start-up capital for Li Yao, Li Yang instructed some details, such as contacting by phone if something happens, not revealing his boss's identity, and not looking for him at school, etc., before leaving with peace of mind.

  After Li Yang left, Li Yao smiled at Su Ya and said: "Ya er, Li Yang is like this to keep you by his side, can't you see that?"

  Su Ya shook her head and said, "Mom, I just feel that he's not reliable taking over our Fenghuang Superconductor Company."

  "What are we afraid of? Even if the company goes bankrupt, it has nothing to do with us. But you've managed to get in good with Li Yang, that's definitely a safe bet."

  "Mom, you're talking nonsense again, I just met Lei Yang and don't know much about him."

  "He's willing to take out 1 billion yuan to pay off our debts as soon as he met him? You're kidding, right?! Be honest, when did you hook up with him? After all, my daughter hasn't wasted all those years drinking foreign ink for nothing, she knows when to make her move and managed to snag Li Yang, that diamond-studded old bachelor!"

  "Mom, if you say that again, I won't talk to you!"

  "You don't want to say, that's fine. Ya'er, you've grown up and learned to consider your mother's feelings. If it weren't for you bringing Leyang this time, I'd probably still be under house arrest by Zhang Dadao, washing clothes and cooking meals for those stinky old men!"

  "Mother, this Zhang Datou, should be called Yuan Datou instead!"

  "Haha, yeah! Now that I think about it, Zhang Daitou's loud wailing after losing makes me want to laugh. This is the same guy who forced Li Yang to go gamble, and now he's getting what's coming to him!"

  Li Yao and her mother were busy for the next few days.

  They hired workers to renovate the entire factory, spending a large sum of money. The Fenghuang Superconducting Company immediately regained its vitality. With so many years of experience, the female boss Li Yao was very familiar with these things and quickly got the company in order.

  When the standard of a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan was announced, university students who were eager to find employment went crazy. The people who responded gathered outside Fenghuang Superconducting Company, forming a long queue of over 3,000 people. Li Yao and Su Ya selected the best candidates from among them, recruiting only 500 people according to Li Yang's standard.

  There is no sales task now, these workers live in a brand new company and receive training from Su Ya. They received their first month's salary, the company took care of food and accommodation, and they settled down with peace of mind.

  Li Yang and Li Yao parted ways, driving a Dongfeng car to a secluded street, where he stopped the car by the roadside and began negotiating with Flying Disc about superconducting metal production issues.

  Xing Nao said: "Li Yang, your idea of producing superconducting motors is good, but it's too meaningless. If you want money, why not just dig up gold and sell it? Why bother with so much effort?"

  Li Yang shook his head and said, "The environment on Earth is too bad now, with more and more hazy weather. At the root of it all, it's the large-scale use of coal and petroleum fuels that's causing this. I didn't have the ability to control it before, but now that I do, I must take care of it!

  "If we can use the development of superconducting metals and supercapacitors to change the global energy structure, eliminate haze and rising temperatures from the root cause, even if it's not profitable, I'll still do it!"

  "With the advent of room temperature superconductors, you Earthlings are thrilled, but I'm exhausted! No way, you have to dig up more diamonds for me as compensation."

  "Alright, definitely! Flying saucer brother, can you really make that kind of battery that can run a car for 50,000 kilometers with just one charge?"

  "Of course, I'm not telling you again, this technology has been eliminated on the planet of Gilisd Town. It's just that you have a big appetite, and you always ask me to build hundreds of millions of such cars, which would exhaust me to death? I want to build some robots to do the work, it's more suitable for them to do such rough work."

  "You can build another factory, it's just a matter of minutes, isn't it?"

  "You don't understand, all of this requires a huge amount of diamonds. I can build the factory quickly, but the cost is very high! I forgot to tell you, last time I built that factory, I used almost a ton of diamonds. If I help you build another superconducting materials company, it won't be possible with just tens of tons of diamonds."

  "I'm dizzy! Is there no cheaper way? My diamonds are still needed to repair the True Star System, if you waste them all, it'll be a disaster!"

  "Yes, I can build large robots that can construct factories. Although it's slower, these robots only need to be charged and don't require burning diamonds."

  "Slow is slow, as long as it doesn't burn diamonds. Speaking of charging, where does your electricity come from?"

  "There's plenty of deuterium and tritium in the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. The Gilliesdoun people used mining ships to get a lot of it, which I stored in my warehouse. I used those things to build a nuclear power plant for electricity generation. Now we have an endless supply of electricity, so you can rest assured."

  "Nuclear power plant? I'm dizzy, you can even build this! Forget it, I know, it's because I didn't ask you. But nuclear power plants seem to be very dangerous, if there's an explosion or leakage, it'll be a disaster."

  "Haha, your Earthlings' outdated nuclear fission technology is naturally hazardous. My nuclear power plant isn't one of those things. My nuclear power technology is called a controlled thermonuclear fusion power station. Using room-temperature superconducting materials can produce a massive magnetic field, which can constrain the plasma in the reactor and keep the nuclear reaction constant. Therefore, I can arbitrarily control the intensity of the fusion reaction, and generate as much electricity as needed without any waste or radioactive pollution, very safe."

  "I don't understand what nuclear fission or fusion is, just don't touch those diamonds for now. Slowly work on the robots to build a factory for me. Once the cars are made, just let me know. I don't care about the process, only the result. Got it, Flying Saucer brother?"

  "You think you can just slack off and be a boss? Let me tell you, making these superconducting metals requires a large amount of purple gold and metal niobium. At the same time, you also need to provide me with a large number of diamonds for power. None of these things can be missing! I can let you worry about making these toys, but you have to dig up minerals properly for me!"

  "Alright, it's settled then. I'll go to school right away and see if I can get a few days off."

  After agreeing to the flying disc's request, Li Yang planned to spend a few days mining before the college entrance exam, but he was afraid of not being able to explain himself to his class teacher Li Ling and his mother. He didn't want the police to come again to search for him throughout the city, so finding an excuse to ask for leave became a problem.

  Just as he was about to go to school to ask for leave from his head teacher, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang. Li Yang took out his Nokia mobile phone and looked at it, and surprisingly, it was a call from Zhang Datou!

  He was very puzzled, how did this guy know his phone number?

  "Excuse me, are you Li Yang?" A tense voice came from the other end of the phone.

  Li Yang smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth and replied: "Yes, Old Zhang, how do you have time to call me? Are you in a hurry to find me to return the money?"

  "Ah, Brother Li! I finally found you! I got your phone number from Li Yao and called you right away. You were right, I do owe you money - 260 million to be exact. How can I not pay it back ASAP? May I ask where are you now, Brother Li? I'll pick you up at the company immediately."

  Li Yang smiled and thought to himself, "So it's true that he's paying back the money!"

  This guy can return money so readily, it's a big surprise for him.

  "What company are you from? I'll just go get it myself," said Li Yang softly. Two hundred million is not a small amount, and he would be happy to put it in his own pocket.

  "Alright, Dongnan City Longteng Company Entertainment Department, hurry up and come over, I'm waiting for you here."

  He said it so lightly that Li Yang had a hint of vigilance: "Zhang Datou, didn't you say yesterday that you couldn't even take out 2,600 yuan? How do you have money to pay back now?"

  The voice on the phone was slightly tense: "I don't have any money, but our manager does! The manager said that Longteng Company is a company of integrity and it's impossible to default on debt. Brother Lei, please come quickly, our manager is also here waiting for your arrival."

  "Alright, I'll be right there." Li Yang hung up the phone.

  He gestured to the mining ship and a route from here to Longteng Company appeared on the navigation screen in the car, which then sped off in that direction.

  Zhang Datou mentioned the name of Longteng Company, and Li Yang heard it for the first time, couldn't help but feel very curious. Thinking that he would soon get 260 million cash, his heart was still very pleased.

  In the office on the second floor of Longteng Entertainment, Zhang Datou was kneeling on the ground with his clothes in tatters. After a night had passed, he seemed to have become a different person, his body covered in bloodstains from being whipped, his clothes hanging in shreds mixed with blood and water, looking utterly pitiful.

  A man in black clothes next to him took away the phone, and Zhang Dashou immediately restored that painful expression, whispering: "Aiyo, it hurts me to death! Boss, didn't you say that as long as I brought Li Yang into our company, you would let me go?"