Thirty billion, it's not a small sum.
The anti-gravity team's investment to date has just exceeded thirty billion, and they will definitely increase investment later on, but the main expenses are still associated with the development of the anti-gravity nuclear fusion device in collaboration with the nuclear research institute.
The R&D funds for a national key project are also at the level of several tens of billions of yuan.
Zhao Yi merely mentioned conducting experiments to verify research findings, not applying for a major R&D project. Still, starting with thirty billion was somewhat intimidating.
Moreover, he said "initially, thirty billion".
Initially...
In other words, there would definitely be subsequent phases. If the initial phase required thirty billion, how much would be needed later?