Everyone from CMB International present understood now: Guangjia Technology's product mattered not for civilian use, but for military applications. That was why Morgan and Sequoia's investment managers did not even blink at the offer.
If it were only used for civilian ocean freight and business-class airline seats, it would not be worth that price in the short term.
But considering the technology's future potential, the valuation was not excessive.
Zhao Tiankui's expression changed. He immediately said, "I'll report this to the leadership. This should count as an emergency."
Although the so-called comprehensive industrial survey was nonsense, and private companies capable of developing military technology had all gone through enormous hardship and a long process from project approval to implementation, state-owned enterprises with administrative rank like CMB International had internal emergency response mechanisms for situations like this.
When they had created those mechanisms, they had been thinking about how to issue early warnings and take precautions if another incident like the Didi case occurred, involving a massive leak of sensitive data.
The people who designed the mechanism had never expected its first activation to come in a situation like this.
Over at Guangjia Technology, after returning to Lin Jia's spacious apartment in XH District, Chen Yuanguang sighed. "Today went far more smoothly than we expected.
They didn't raise any of the issues you were worried about."
Lin Jia hung her coat on a standing rack, removed her headband, and sat down on the couch. "That's what they mean by man proposes, heaven disposes.
Sequoia and Morgan must have seen an opportunity that others hadn't.
Maybe they believed in you. Maybe they thought this technology had enormous potential. Musk wants to go to Mars—this is crucial prerequisite technology. Could Musk come and acquire us?
In any case, there's definitely an information gap