A Billion US Dollars in Technical Compensation; Choose Any Payment Method You Want! (Please Keep Reading)

A Billion US Dollars in Technical Compensation; Choose Any Payment Method You Want! (Please Keep Reading)

While the two men were still stunned, the mysterious person sent another email to the Great Xia Academy of Sciences.

[What do you think of this technology? Are you satisfied?]

'Very satisfied. We are extremely pleased with this technology.'

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Yuli typed out those words.

This was a complete set of technical design drawings for the Boeing 777. How could they possibly not be satisfied?

Its significance was enormous. Even for Project 072, the domestic strategic transport aircraft currently under development, it would provide tremendous help and prevent them from heading down the wrong development path.

As for the domestic COMAC C919 project, it would save them years of arduous research and development. Never mind how much money it could save; those years alone were invaluable. They represented the youth of thousands of elite researchers, and no amount of money could ever buy that back.

"This Boeing 777 civil airliner technology came at exactly the right time."

The smile on Zhang Yuli's face simply could not be concealed. "This mysterious person truly is our timely rain—Song Jiang!"

When they had discussed the B-2 bomber before, hadn't they constantly worried that even if they obtained the technology, Great Xia still would not be able to afford to use it?

But the Boeing 777 technology sent by the mysterious person now perfectly solved that problem.

Of course, manufacturing large aircraft was not something that could be accomplished in a few days or months. It could not make Great Xia's finances prosperous in the short term, but the civil aviation passenger aircraft sector was an inexhaustible treasure trove.

More importantly, they had only just begun the domestic COMAC C919 project last year. There was still time for everything.

"The civil aviation passenger aircraft sector is a vast market with tremendous prospects. As long as Great Xia can gain a foothold in this market—"

Zheng Lixing's eyes gleamed with excitement. "Wouldn't we then have the money to build strategic bombers?"

It was a massive market generating hundreds of billions of US dollars in revenue every year, and that did not even include the aircraft maintenance and repair sector, which could likewise generate tens of billions of US dollars annually.

Moreover, Great Xia's domestic demand for air freight, passenger aviation, and other services was climbing year after year, even doubling in growth. Even if they only met domestic civil aviation demand, it would still represent an enormous fortune.

As long as they used Boeing 777 technology to develop domestic large aircraft, wouldn't they then have the money to build strategic stealth bombers like the B-2?

Only able to build ten B-2 bombers? They would build ten every single year!

"Still, Old Zhang!" Zheng Lixing seemed to recall something and frowned. "Will there be any issues with patents?"

He was thoroughly familiar with military equipment such as fighter jets. Military equipment generally did not care about patent privileges, and copying other nations' military weapons was practically routine.

They were not going to sell them anyway. So what if someone sued them for infringement? Truth only existed within the range of artillery!

But that would not work in the civilian market. After all, even military weapons had to consider certain copyright issues in foreign trade. (Though even if someone sued for infringement, it would ultimately come to nothing.)

If their commercial large aircraft infringed on Boeing's copyrights, it would likely face restrictions in the global market and lose a considerable portion of its customers.

They had to consider this issue clearly in advance.

"That problem is actually easy enough to solve."

Zhang Yuli adjusted his glasses and said seriously, "Technology always has convergence. Patent issues are merely differences in specific areas."

Airbus and Boeing, the two giants of commercial civil aviation, had long built vast moats through layer upon layer of patent walls and cross-licensing all kinds of patents.

If Great Xia wanted to enter the civil aviation sector, it certainly could not reproduce the technology above in a one-to-one copy. However, technology was fundamentally similar, and there were plenty of ways to avoid patent infringement.

As long as there were no problems with the core technical structure, they could make changes elsewhere and bypass the patent walls.

"That's true." Zheng Lixing nodded. "I remember Great Xia Commercial Aircraft seems to be preparing to sign a cooperation agreement with CFM. Should we—"

"I'll report it to the higher-ups shortly and cancel that contract directly."

Zhang Yuli answered without hesitation.

Great Xia Commercial Aircraft had previously chosen to cooperate with CFM Company, selecting the company's engines and control units as the integrated propulsion system for the COMAC C919 project.

After all, developing their own engines would take far too long, and the C919 simply could not wait that long.

Just as the J-20 had chosen the Russians' AL-31 turbofan engine, it was entirely a helpless measure at present.

But now that they had the opportunity to use domestic engines, who would still be willing to keep using someone else's? Who knew whether they might face restrictions in the future?

Zheng Lixing pondered for a moment. "That works too."

Even if they did not replace the engines now, they would certainly replace them later!

Great Xia had never been willing to put all its eggs in one basket, because that made it easy to lose everything.

Just as the two men whispered to each other and enthusiastically discussed all sorts of matters concerning civil aviation—

A rapid notification sound rang out. The mysterious person finally replied to their email.

[Don't you need to verify whether the technology is correct? I can wait a few more days.]

'No need. We believe you,' Zhang Yuli replied.

Whether it was him or Great Xia, they had absolute trust in the mysterious person.

If that previous F-22 fighter jet technology had been genuine, then they had to believe that this Boeing 777 technology could not be fake either. That was the foundation of their cooperation.

After all, this was not a transaction between equals. Great Xia was the one asking something of the mysterious person, not the other way around.

The F-22 fighter jet technical design drawings alone were not something money could buy.

Lu Ze, on the other side, did not seem surprised by Great Xia's reaction.

Without thinking much about it, he quickly sent another email.

[Since you are satisfied with the technology, we can now discuss the compensation for these two technologies.]

[How much does the Great Xia Academy of Sciences think these two technologies are worth?]

'May I ask how much compensation you require?'

'No matter what form of compensation you need, as long as it is within our capabilities, we will cooperate unconditionally,' Zhang Yuli continued.

How much compensation did these two technologies require?

They had discussed that question long ago. Both the higher-ups and Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing believed that the mysterious person should name his own price.

Great Xia was never afraid that he would ask for too much. On the contrary, they feared he would ask for too little and feel that he had been treated unfairly.

If they lost this mysterious person, no amount of money could make up for it.

[For the compensation for both technologies combined, give us one billion US dollars!]

'The one billion US dollars can be transferred today. Great Xia will make payment through any method you designate.'

Zhang Yuli looked at the enormous sum and agreed decisively without even blinking.

One billion US dollars? It was not expensive at all.

The two of them even felt that it was absurdly cheap. They would buy as much as Great Xia could get at that price, all right?

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