Chapter 694 Glory
When Liu Tao walked to the podium, warm applause rang out in the Stockholm Concert Hall.
At the same time, countless viewers in front of the TV couldn't help but applaud and cheer.
Seeing this scene, I don't know how many people were excited and even burst into tears.
Especially students from major universities, especially those who have just graduated from undergraduate studies and entered the academic world, as well as those researchers who are struggling in scientific research positions.
Amid the applause, Liu Tao received the award certificate and the shining golden medal.
Liu Tao delivered a speech, which was well-behaved and there was nothing out of the ordinary. With his status, he naturally would not pursue individuality at this time.
He thanked his family, the cultivation of the Party and the country, and the teachers and friends who had come along the way.
It can be said that he thanked all those who could be thanked.
Not long after he went down, when the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded, Liu Tao went on stage again to receive the award.
After the award ceremony.
According to convention, all winners and guests invited to the ceremony will move to other places to attend the famous Nobel dinner.
However, the food at the Nobel Prize dinner disappointed Liu Tao. It turned out that not every country or nation is good at cooking.
In addition to the top-notch ingredients, the chefs were not as good as any chef in the cafeteria of Panshan Group headquarters in his opinion. It was a waste of good ingredients.
The only thing worth praising was the wine.
The wine had no brand. It was said that a wine estate was bought specifically for special supply, and it was not available outside.
After returning to the hotel, the family members said that they were not full.
Liu Tao had to contact the staff and asked the hotel to fry a few steaks. After each person ate a steak, they felt about 70% full.
Although they were all very excited, they did not go to bed too late.
Liu Tao also went to bed early, because according to convention, each Nobel Prize winner would hold a Nobel Lecture the next day.
He had naturally prepared the topic of the lecture.
The next day, he went to the lecture hall of the Institute of Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. When he arrived at the lecture hall, the lecture hall was crowded with people, even more crowded than the Nobel dinner, but no one complained.
The people who came to listen to the report were not only scholars of superconducting materials from all over the world, but also students from Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, and even some local citizens who were interested in science.
Liu Tao saw Chinese students studying in Europe.
Although in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, Asians look similar, especially East Asians, who look so similar that it is difficult to tell who is who.
But for Chinese people, they can be distinguished at a glance.
Liu Tao introduced superconducting ceramics. Since the discovery of superconducting ceramics, it has become a superconducting material with great development prospects.
At present, it has a wide range of application prospects in strong and weak electricity such as power transmission lines without resistance loss, superconducting motors, superconducting detectors, and superconducting antennas.
After the Nobel Prize lecture, Liu Tao took his family on the return journey.
One more minute of staying overseas is one more minute of danger.
Even when he got on the plane, he deliberately looked at the virtual panel to make sure that the plane was safe.
When the plane arrived in Beijing after an intercontinental flight, Liu Tao felt steady and safe with his feet on the ground.
After returning to Beijing, he did not leave immediately because he had to cooperate with several media interviews.
After staying in Beijing for a whole week and accepting interviews from several heavyweight media, Liu Tao left Beijing.
Just returned to Panshan Group.
Liu Tao received a call from the Middle East, and he was shocked.
Saddam, he was going to take action against Kuwait!
He wanted to understand that Iraq still had more than 10 billion US dollars in foreign exchange reserves at this time, and the war did not happen in Iraq. Now that the Iran-Iraq War is over, Iraq should focus on economic construction.
Although Iraq suffered heavy casualties in the Iran-Iraq War, the production of domestic oil fields was not affected. At most, because of the war, more oil was supplied to the troops and less exported.
At the current international crude oil price, Iraq only needs one year to restore its pre-war life. After earning money from oil for another three or four years, Iraq can further strengthen its armaments. At least all tanks and armored vehicles can be replaced with Type 80 main battle tanks, Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, Type 81 medium tanks, Type 81 light tanks and Type 81 infantry fighting vehicles, greatly enhancing the strength of its ground forces.
Moreover, in a few years, the advanced fighters and warships purchased by Iraq from him will basically be in place, and the air force and navy will be greatly strengthened by then.
But now, Saddam is going to beat Kuwait.
Isn't this a cramp in the brain!
Why would he want to beat Kuwait, which clearly supported him in the Iran-Iraq War, when he could live a comfortable life?
Isn't this a disease! ?
You know, Iraq has abundant resources, and this kind of resources is the most important energy in the world. It is not difficult to sell them. Even through the cooperative sharing method of mining, it can get a lot of money without investing any cost.
It can be said that Iraq can easily live a comfortable life of a wealthy man.
"Is this being fooled by the Americans? Or is this Saddam's ambition?" Liu Tao couldn't help but ponder.
Perhaps it's both factors!
Some Americans are fooling Saddam, but the bigger factor should be Saddam's ambition. Saddam has always wanted to turn Kuwait into Iraq's 19th province.
Liu Tao pondered for a while, then picked up the landline, made a call, and reported the intelligence. Then, he began to make arrangements.
Saddam wanted to beat Kuwait, and Liu Tao felt very uncomfortable emotionally, because Kuwait was his old friend and an important partner, and his people in Kuwait totaled almost 10,000 people.
But in terms of interests, since it can't be stopped, the interests must be maximized.
Once the war breaks out, oil prices will inevitably rise sharply, and the degree of this rise will even exceed the previous one. In this case, he dared to add 50 times leverage.
It's a sure win!
On the other hand, they can make money from both ends. They can deliver as many orders as possible from Iraq and get the final payment. When the war comes, it will be difficult to export. Secondly, they can strengthen defense in Kuwait and tell the intelligence to the Kuwaiti royal family at a critical time to ensure that the Kuwaiti royal family and wealth are transferred to Saudi Arabia, and make another profit from it.
When the war is rebuilt, there will be another big piece of cake. They don't expect to eat all the cake, but even if they only get one-third of the cake, it will be very delicious.
"By the way, there is also the Gulf War!" Liu Tao found a bigger business opportunity.
In comparison, this is probably the biggest cake. As long as it is well operated, it can definitely make a lot of money.