"Uncle Jiang, it's a very simple truth, if this technology is only worth 10 million US dollars, will the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory do it to this extent?"

Hu Wenhai lined up the patent certificate and contract in his hand, placed it in front of Jiang Yucheng, and said in a deep voice: "As long as I have these documents in my hand, with the evidence in the hands of the Cold Spring Port Laboratory, it is impossible for me to lose the lawsuit according to US law." But herein lies the problem, I am not an American, and it is very unfavorable for me that this lawsuit drags on. ”

"But how much reputational cost will the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have to pay to snatch the patent from me by this means?"

"For the sake of 10 million dollars of technology, can the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory do this level?"

"Don't forget that Watson is pushing forward the Human Genome Project, what a loss to him if his reputation is ruined? The Human Genome Project is a big project of tens of billions of dollars!"

Hu Wenhai's series of questions made Jiang Yucheng have to think about it seriously. Yes, when Watson was advancing the Human Genome Project, the sudden outbreak of a scandalous lawsuit like the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory would definitely have a serious impact on Watson's grasp of this international project, and it was more likely that he would simply miss out on the leader of this project.

Is it just for the sake of losing the identity of the leader and organizer of such a plan for a mere ten million dollars?

"Ambassador Jiang, I don't think what Comrade Xiaohu said is unreasonable. Lin Qianjun actually helped Hu Wenhai beat the side drum at this time, and he said in a deep voice: "I don't know much about the Cold Spring Port laboratory and technical patents, but I have been in charge of the negotiation with Grumman, and I can say responsibly that if there is no other way, our plan to introduce F-14 will definitely fail." ”

"And Comrade Xiaohu's plan can be said to be the only life-saving straw that I can grasp. ”

"As you said, the achievements of China's reform and opening up are constantly threatened by the Soviet Union. Now that there is an opportunity in front of us, should we just give it up?"

"Even if Comrade Hu's technology is not worth a billion dollars, he is still a Chinese citizen after all. Our country is supposed to stand up for its own citizens. ”

"No matter how much this technology is actually worth, since Comrade Xiao Hu is unwilling to trade it to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, then they can't bully our people!"

"Of course, if we can sell twenty or thirty million in the end, at least we can exchange it for an F-14 for research, right?"

Hu Wenhai was still very excited when he first listened to Lin Qianjun's words, but when it came to his last sentence, there were only black lines left in his head. I said, Comrade Lin Qianjun, what about your discipline, this last sentence is your true thoughts! Give me back that upright and disciplined Lin Qianjun!

I don't know which of Lin Qianjun's words moved Jiang Yucheng, but I saw him nod lightly and sighed: "Director Lin is right, we Chinese are out of the house, if our own embassy can't mention the support of Chinese, then who else can afford us? You wait, I will report to the ambassador and see how to express our attitude to the US government on this matter." ”

As he spoke, the embassy cook brought the food. Jiang Yucheng didn't even glance at the meal, so he picked up the materials that Hu Wenhai put on the table, and got up and left without looking back.

Hu Wenhai and Lin Qianjun glanced at each other, and they could only wait patiently. It's just a pity that the embassy chef's skills are comparable to those of top chefs, and the two of them didn't move their chopsticks a few times, and they didn't know how to eat.

Gaining the support of the embassy is the most important step for Hu Wenhai. It's just that he didn't expect that all the means he originally envisioned were useless, and Lin Qianjun's words directly moved Jiang Yucheng.

In the end, he is used to being calculating, but he forgets that for strangers far from home, one sentence is actually enough, that is: I am Chinese.

The three words "Chinese" will only reflect its value even more if they are not on Chinese soil.

After eating a simple lunch, in fact, Hu Wenhai and Lin Qianjun didn't know the taste of food at all, they only ate a bowl of rice, and by the way, they just moved a dish in front of them like cat food.

That is, after more than ten minutes, Jiang Yucheng hurried back again. He waved his hand, sat back in his seat, first took a breath, and then nodded: "The ambassador already knows about your matter, and after contacting the country, he can officially follow up on this matter." However, before that, Comrade Xiaohu can first participate in the negotiations with Grumman. ”

“Yes！”

Lin Qianjun clenched his fists, and accidentally used the mantra he had learned during the negotiations in the past few days.

......

For Grumman, the mid-eighties were not a good time. In fact, not only Grumman, but the entire Western aviation industry was shrinking in the eighties, and the United States, Britain, France, and Germany all had their minds on China as an emerging market at this time.

Boeing sent the MD82, Rolls-Royce sent Spey engines, the French have a helicopter project with China, and the Germans even want to work with China to develop their regional airliner.

In this surging wave of entry into China, only Lockheed and Grumman sighed. As a military-industrial complex, they are too affected by the political situation in the United States, and the opportunity to break into China can be said to be fleeting.

China is a big country, and Grumman knows very well that the F-14 that entered China is not Iran's Persian cat, and China's army is systematic.

Once the F-14 enters China, the future fighters of the Chinese Air Force will inevitably be infected with Grumman's blood. This also means that at that time, Grumman will not only be able to sell aircraft, but also sell technology, spare parts, overhaul lines, and even production equipment.

Do you want to intercept the Tu-22M Backfire, do you want the Immortal Bird missile? The variable sweep wing technology of the F-14 brings excellent low-altitude performance, do you want to improve the avionics in the future and make it a bomb cat? Do you want our engineers to write a weapon interface if you want to integrate a certain type of air-to-air missile in China and want to integrate it into the F-14?

The TF30 engine used by the F-14 is not very reliable - in fact, it is extremely unreliable, so should it be upgraded to a better engine when the time comes?

In other words, should China send pilots to the United States for training?

The entry of the F-14 into China is equivalent to Grumman knocking on the door of the Chinese military aircraft market. The benefits in this are really touching.

But a capitalist is a capitalist, and it is absolutely impossible to do a loss-making business. The price of an F-14 for $24 million is already the lowest price, and the price of selling it to Chinese is lower than selling it to the US military, and then the old men of Congress will tear all the generals Grumman and the F-14 to pieces!

In addition, there are all kinds of noises in the US military that are interfering with this negotiation. The hawkish officers believed that the Soviet Union was in its twilight and that it was better to restrain China than to arm it.

But fortunately, the honeymoon between China and the United States in the 80s was not just lip service. The rest of the entire NATO camp is trying its best to open up the Chinese market, and the French have even sold their nuclear reactor technology! If the Americans don't quickly throw away their temperance, I'm afraid they won't be able to catch up with the heat.

Rudolph, president of Grumman's Asia-Pacific region, who has been in charge of negotiations with the Chinese, is now under double pressure from both the company and the military.

"President Rudolph, the Chinese are here. ”

The beautiful blonde secretary walked into Rudolph's office, looking at the graceful figure, Rudolph was not in the mood - the perennial high load of work has made him gradually lose his manly demeanor over the years. And seeing that there is something to do for the secretary, and the beautiful life of nothing to cough is on his lips, but he is in a hurry and can't eat, Mr. Rudolph already feels that he is not far from perversion.

"Well, let our team know and get ready to go to the conference room and continue wasting time. ”

After this period of contact, Rudolph has been completely disappointed with the Chinese Pastoral Cat project. The Chinese are so "poor" that they have thousands of foreign exchange to repeatedly buy refrigerators, color TVs and cars, and even production lines for the production of Japanese tofu, but they have no money to buy Grumman's Tomcat!

It's rare for us Grummen to do business so well! This group of illiterate Chinese!

However, complaining does not change anything, and Mr. Rudolph can achieve the level of regional president, and certainly not a guy who only complains.

With the thought of wasting time again, Rudolph pushed open the door to the conference room.

"Hey, who is this Chinese?"

Rudolph saw a young man in his teens, handing out a small blue pill to the Grumman negotiators one by one. As he whispered in the ears of the negotiators on Grumman's side, soon everyone who received the little blue pill showed an inexplicable smile.

Seeing Rudolph appear as the finale on Grumman's side, the young man unceremoniously walked over and stuffed a handful of this small blue pill in his hand.

As the young man whispered in Rudolph's ear, Rudolph's eyes couldn't help but light up more and more!