Buying things—especially a deal this large—wasn't something where they would ask no questions, care about nothing, hand over the money, and call it a day.
The officer's demand was simple. If Blackstone Aviation wanted to secure the order, it had to showcase its most advanced research achievements.
And it had to be something suitable for mass production, not a non-mass-produced model that still required certain parts to be made by hand.
Lin Qi naturally agreed to all of these requirements.
Blackstone Aviation now carried out the rough processing of some parts in Nagaril, where labor was extremely cheap. Specialized screws and the like cost ten to dozens of times more to produce in the Federation than in Nagaril! However, factories that weren't labor-intensive but still required a certain level of industrial technology were established in York State.
The fact that the York State Governor could be reelected this year was largely thanks to Lin Qi. If he hadn't pushed for factories to be built and created plenty of jobs for York State—
If Lin Qi hadn't been the first to push for Education Reform in York State and establish the first university everyone could afford to attend—
The people of York State might not have given their votes to the old governor. He had been reelected for too long, and people were already eager to try someone else as governor.
Sometimes, voters thought like newlyweds.
They went from merely holding hands to entering the marriage hall. During the first term, everyone was passionate. No matter what the other person did, they thought they were right. Everything felt fresh, exciting, thrilling, and satisfying.
Everyone might even think, This is the other half I've been looking for, isn't it? We can keep going like this forever.
But by the second term, the