Chapter 53 Tens of billions of investments are in place! Lucy, I want to see the aircraft carrier!
Banquet Hall.
There were delicious dishes placed in front of the three of them, but no one chose to use chopsticks.
"Cooperating with Daxia on research and development? I think forget it."
Abdul did not even hesitate and decisively refused: "With all due respect, in terms of our current capabilities in Saudi Arabia, research and development is not the direction we want to take."
One of the reasons for this is that Saudi Arabia is rich. Their oil reserves are the second largest in the world, and they are all of the highest quality. If you dig into any hole, you will find oil. Natural gas, gold, Minerals such as silver are also ranked high in the world.
You can get a lot of money just by digging something underground. What kind of research and development do you need to make money?
The second point is that Saudi Arabia is not suitable for scientific research and development. Let’s not talk about whether it has the ability. 95% of its land area is desert. There are not many places that can be developed. Where do you build factories? ? Where to build a city?
Moreover, although Saudi Arabia is rich, it is only because it is too small and all finances are controlled by the royal family. Last year, the GDP of the entire country was only more than 400 billion US dollars. The southern provinces of Daxia had a higher GDP than them. A lot.
Therefore, their current focus is basically on tourism, derivative industries, financial investment and other industries, and they are preparing for the future when oil resources are exhausted.
Scientific research and development? Whoever wants to go can go, anyway, Saudi Arabia just needs to buy, buy, buy.
"Ambassador Abdul, I think you misunderstood."
Zhang Yuli was not in a hurry, and smiled and said: "The joint development project is not what you imagined. You can understand it as a commercial project, and we are looking for angel investors."
Who said this project must be a collaboration on some kind of scientific research project? Can't Daxia talk about business cooperation with Saudi Arabia?
"Business project cooperation? What kind of cooperation is it?" Abdul's eyes showed doubts.
Daxia's previous cooperation either involved selling weapons or coaxing them to invest money in the research and development of some military equipment and high-tech projects.
"Ambassador Abdul, we come with great sincerity."
Zheng Lixing knew it was his turn to take action, and immediately began to help: "The project I want to cooperate with you this time is called a small drone, which has great capabilities in the commercial field."
"Small drone? What is it used for?" Abdul frowned.
At present, all drones in the market are for military use. For example, the Skylark drone, which played a great role in the Afghan battlefield in the past few years, is mainly used for reconnaissance work.
He had never heard of it in the commercial field, and what are its current applications.
Zheng Lixing explained: "This model is only a few tens of centimeters in size, but has a remote sensing real-time transmission capability of several kilometers. It can fly at an altitude of one or two kilometers, and has a battery life of about half an hour. It can be used by the civilian market to take pictures of various scenic spots and explore Places you couldn’t go to before. ”
"At the same time, drones can also be equipped with various tools, which can play a variety of functions in conjunction with each other. For example, adding a clip can remotely drop items into a designated area. This can improve many manufacturing efficiencies."
"Remotely deliver to a designated area a few kilometers away?" Abdul trembled.
His first thought was not that this thing could develop well in the commercial field, but that if this thing could be used for reconnaissance and air strikes on the battlefield in the Middle East, wouldn't it be invincible?
"The most important thing is that its production cost may only be a few hundred yuan." An imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Zheng Lixing's mouth.
Having said all that, if this big dog still doesn't dare to be interested, then he can only go to the higher-ups for temporary approval.
"A few hundred dollars?"
"No, it's a few hundred yuan in production and manufacturing costs." Zhang Yuli said with a smile.
Abdul was a little moved: "How much money do I need to invest?"
"We in Saudi Arabia don't need any R&D cooperation, as long as Daxia guarantees that after this equipment is developed, it will be sold to us at the lowest price."
Saudi Arabia is not interested in any research and development cooperation, but no matter how many weapons and equipment they have, they will not be enough.
What's more, this thing is so cheap. Abdul said that he would buy 1.8 million of them first and play with them.
"Ten billion yuan, Mr. Ambassador Abdul." Zhang Yuli raised a finger: "From now on, the small drones we produce will be sold to you at the lowest price, and you will receive 10% of the net profit share."< br>
Abdul shook his head: "No, we can lend Daxia 10 billion interest-free loans without any profit sharing."
"The condition is still that this drone must be sold to us at the lowest price, and Saudi Arabia has the right of first refusal to purchase subsequent development models."
He is not worried that Daxia will be like those people on Wall Street, turning the original net profit into a loss to blackmail the 10% profit share, but there is no need for this. Ten billion yuan is only more than one billion US dollars. For them, Saudi Arabia, isn’t it just money from selling oil for a day or two? Isn’t it enough for them to buy a few Dongfeng rounds back then?
On the contrary, directly lending the money to Daxia in the form of an interest-free loan would not only meet his own needs, but also not get involved in such a complicated situation. Daxia could also owe him a favor.
In the final analysis, Saudi Arabia has always positioned itself as a chess piece that obeys orders, rather than a chess player who dares to flip the table.
The discussion continued for half an hour.
"Dean Zhang and Academician Zheng, I am very optimistic about this cooperation project." Abdul stood up and extended his hand: "I will go back and inform the royal family. I believe it will be approved soon."
"Then we are waiting for your good news."
Zhang Yuli and Zheng Lixing shook hands with him and watched him leave the banquet hall.
Until Abdul's back disappeared.
Zhang Yuli sighed deeply: "Saudi Arabia has basically reached an agreement, and now we are negotiating with Persia."
"This is not easy to handle. The grievances between these two countries have been accumulated for many years."
This is not just because of cooperation on small drones, but the situation in the entire Middle East and even the world requires the two to sit down and shake hands to make peace.
The friction between these two countries did not just start in recent years. It has been a problem since ancient times.
Although they are both in the Middle East, one is a Persian and the other is an Arab, and they believe in two sects of YSL respectively. It is much more difficult to resolve the contradiction between the two than the melting of a thousand-year-old iceberg. "Old Zhang, you are thinking too long-term. Let's take it one step at a time."
Zheng Lixing has no such doubts: "When two people face the same enemy, even those who killed their father can work together."
Others have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, how could Daxia be able to reconcile them with just a few words?
Being anxious for the moment will easily lead to mistakes. Only by waiting for the changes in the current situation can we take the opportunity to allow the two parties to reach consensus on cooperation, put aside their prejudices, and seek the best interests of the entire Middle East.
However, if Persia and Saudi Arabia shake hands and make peace, this is probably the last thing that countries such as Eagle Sauce, Europe and the United States want to see.
"What you said makes sense." Zhang Yuli nodded and looked at the dishes on the table: "I haven't eaten these dishes yet. It's a pity to leave them here. Let the waiter pack them back later."
I didn’t even use my chopsticks. I didn’t waste it if I could.
"Then let's have two drinks in the evening." Zheng Lixing said cheerfully, which not only solved the most urgent research and development funds for the H-20, but also laid a foreshadowing for the subsequent reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Persia. Today can be said to be a big harvest.
The other side.
LLNL laboratory, on a forest path leading to the main laboratory building.
The two people were chatting side by side. Of course, the speed of progress could only be described as moving rather than walking.
After all, you have to fish when you go to work. If you don’t fish, what kind of job will you have? If you dare not fish today, won’t you dare to do it tomorrow? Lu Ze said that he didn't even dare to think about what he dared to do the day after tomorrow!
Lu Ze suddenly remembered something: "By the way Lucy, I have something to give you."
After saying that, he took out a long object from his backpack: "You only want the 'Magic Fairy Stick', but it took a lot of effort to find it."
Although he didn't put a lot of effort into it, the Quisanti brother must have put in a lot of effort to get it.
"Hey, it's indeed similar to the one in the video. We, Yingjiang, still sell this thing?" Lucy's eyes sparkled with light.
She just said it casually before, but Lu Ze actually found it for her.
Although Lucy must know that there are no "little magic fairies" in this world, who is not a little girl! ? Maybe there really is?
"Lu Ze, thank you so much. I'll treat you to a feast today." Lucy felt that this kind of gratitude must be resolved by treating her to a feast of the highest quality.
"Don't worry, I have something else for you. I hope you like it." Lu Ze felt a little embarrassed and took out a long and thick cylindrical object again.
Looking at the thing Lu Ze was holding, Lucy could tell what it was at a glance with her rich experience: "Flashlight?"
"Yes, this is a solar flashlight."
Lu Ze was a little embarrassed to say: "But it needs to be pointed at the light source for ten seconds before it can light up for one second."
"What if there is no light source?" Lucy asked, tilting her head.
"Then it definitely won't light up."
After Lu Ze finished speaking, he thought Lucy would look confused, but instead he saw her frowning.
"There seems to be something wrong with aligning the light source for ten seconds and it lights up for one second? This is impossible"
Lucy seemed to be thinking thoughtfully: "Is its energy conversion efficiency that high? The photosynthesis efficiency of plants using sunlight is only: 1-5%, and photovoltaic power generation is only around 20 to 30 years. It It just requires a light source?”
What counts as a light source? Sunlight counts as light? moonlight? Isn’t the light source essentially a visible electromagnetic wave?
And if this flashlight doesn’t have any requirements for the light source, wouldn’t it just be a perpetual motion machine? By inputting a smaller energy light source in exchange for a larger energy output, a perpetual motion machine is not as powerful as it.
"Hiss" Lu Ze took a breath of air, as if that was really the case.
This energy conversion efficiency is so high, can it really be achieved by a blue item?
Thinking of this, he picked up the flashlight and pressed the switch, but saw no response from it.
After being exposed to the sun for more than a minute, the flashlight showed a weak charge, emitted an extremely weak flash and then dimmed.
‘Is this so damn bad? ? ’ Lu Ze cursed in his heart.
‘This solar flashlight means charging with solar energy? ’
Even if you have charged it, you still need to point it at the light source for ten seconds to use it for one second. You are simply a waste. You are not worthy to be compared with the genius inventor Leonardo da Vinci.
Sure enough, he was simply overthinking what kind of black technology a blue item could be.
"Okay. It seems like it's just a toy." Lu Ze smiled and handed over the flashlight.
"I really like this kind of toy. The inventor is very creative." Lucy's eyes lit up as she took it.
Suddenly, she seemed to think of something: "By the way, Lu Ze, the Navy Open Day will be here in two days. Do we want to see that destroyer?"
Before I knew it, today was already Thursday.
"Lucy, I want to see the aircraft carrier!" Lu Ze said seriously.
If he wants a destroyer, he is going to build an aircraft carrier!
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