"Of course, we are collaborators. "As a collaborator, all institutions can obtain the right to use the technology patents obtained in this project, and only need to pay a certain amount of royalties." In this way, your country does not need to be involved in the work of other subsystems and can also have access to these technologies. ”

"What do you mean, Mr. President, that we have access to these technologies without discrimination?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

"Of course it's non-discriminatory. Matsk said firmly.

"We are free to use them, as long as we pay the royalties as required?"

"Yes, complete freedom. ”

"Is it included in the use of these technologies in international tenders?"

"This ......"

"Does it include the secondary development of these technologies, so as to have the technology to form independent intellectual property rights?"

"I think there should be some differences...... "Matsk could only break his word.

There are many levels of technology introduction in business cooperation. The highest level is naturally to obtain independent intellectual property rights, which means that you can use this technology at will, whether it is to participate in international competition, or to redevelop the technology, there will be no restrictions. At the lower level, only a limited right to use is obtained, for example, it can only be used within a certain range, and cannot be used beyond this range, and the most typical restriction is that it can only be used in the domestic country and cannot be used in the international market. The lower level even completely restricts the autonomy of the importer, who must apply to the owner of the technology when using the technology, and if the other party does not agree, the importer cannot use the technology.

What Feng hopes is that by participating in the Captain Cook project, China will develop independent research and development capabilities for the entire deep-sea oil development system, so that in the future, China can independently design and build offshore oil equipment and participate in international market competition. If the right to use these patents is only the right to participate in international competition, and the original technology manufacturer is restricted, then what is the difference between it and directly buying foreign equipment?

Matsk actually knew Feng Xiaochen's thoughts, but he couldn't agree to Feng Xiaochen's request. Heinzl's biggest concern is that after the Chinese obtain this technology, they will grab their market in the world, so they try to prevent the Chinese from participating in the research and development of core technologies. According to Heinzl's opinion, the Chinese can't even use these patents, and if they want to get these devices, they can only buy them from companies such as Prometheus. Of course, Matsk can't say this to Feng Xiaochen, because it's too bullying, and he said that he could not even use the technology developed by the partner, so what kind of cooperation is it?

It took a lot of effort to persuade Heinzl and others to agree to license relevant patents to the Chinese side after the project was completed, but this authorization is strictly restricted, and the Chinese build a few platforms to extract oil in their own waters, but whenever they cross the border to sell, European companies will refuse to issue licenses, and will never let the Chinese steal their market.

Sure enough, after hearing that each company could only participate in one aspect of research, Feng Xiaochen asked about patent licensing. Matsk can't fight if he wants to be sloppy, after all, the two sides will eventually sign an agreement, and it is impossible not to write these things clearly in the agreement, even if he can deceive the Chinese now, people will eventually find out.

"We intend to invest $500 million in this project, and based on the investment in the whole project, $500 million is equivalent to 25 percent of the shares, do we have the right to ask for 25 percent of the research work?" Mr. Feng said to Matsk from a different perspective.

Sure enough, it's $500 million!

Matsk's heart thumped. Previously, he had only heard from the rumors that the Chinese side had such intentions, but he could not fully believe it. Now that Feng Xiaochen has said this figure himself, the meaning is completely different, which means that as long as Matsk is willing to agree to Feng Xiaochen's conditions, 500 million US dollars can fall into his hands. And once he has this $500 million, he can fool more companies to join the project, and then the project will almost be a certainty.

With Matsk's original intention, he would desperately agree to the conditions set forth by Feng Xiaochen, even if these conditions were harsh, what could he do? Matsk himself does not serve in the enterprise, he does not care whether the Chinese will grab the market of European companies, for him, the development of the sixth generation of drilling platform is the most important, he will receive great honor for this, and the future is bright.

However, the affairs of the committee are not up to him, the chairman, to have the final say, and the members from the enterprise, such as Heinzl and Kelvi, are the real masters. These people will definitely not agree to the conditions of the Chinese, and what can Matsk say?

"Mr. Feng, what you know may be a little biased. "It's a fact that the Captain Cook project plans to raise $2 billion." However, the valuation of this project is not only based on the amount of funds raised, but also takes into account the technology investment of each enterprise. As you know, AKER in Norway, GVA in Sweden, Cardiff in the UK, and PromeMind all have a large number of core technologies in offshore oil development, and they will use their own technologies to invest in them, and these technologies need to be converted into equity. ”

"Is there also a talk of technology shares?" Feng Xiaochen smiled, and he asked: "So, after adding these technology shares, what is the approximate valuation of the entire project? If we contribute 500 million US dollars, what proportion will we probably have?"

"With the addition of technology equity, the project is valued at about $4 billion, with $500 million accounting for 12.5 percent. Matsk said. When he said this, his tone was a little shy. Lying is a difficult thing to do, but Matsk is not willing to do such a conscientious thing if there is a way.

Huang Ming, Chen Mo and the others' faces were already a little blue, and Leng Feiyun let out a hehe sneer. As for Wang Weilong and Yang Haifan, they touched each other's eyes, and then invariably showed a relieved expression, which means that in this case, what are you talking about with this bastard, let's just leave.

Feng Xiaochen is the most calm of the people, and by now, he has some psychology of watching jokes. Matsk and those committee members who did not show up were nothing more than a bunch of ridiculous clowns jumping off the beam in Feng Xiaochen's eyes. The Captain Cook project did not exist in Feng Xiaochen's memory in his previous life, and he didn't go to verify why it appeared in this life, maybe it was caused by the demonic wind instigated by his butterfly.

Feng Xiaochen remembered what Europe was like after entering the new century, and under the blow of the European debt crisis, Europe's industry and science and technology were almost completely defeated, and they could barely survive only by eating the old books of the past.

To put it simply, in the global smartphone market in 2018, the United States, South Korea and China are the three-legged powerhouse, and European mobile phone brands cannot even enter the top 10 in the sales list.

Of course, you can say that Europeans may disdain to play with low-end goods such as mobile phones, then we can give another example: in the list of the world's top 500 supercomputers released in November 1999, the United States ranked first with 267 units, Japan ranked third with 58 units, and Germany in Europe ranked second with 69 units, followed by France with 27 units, the United Kingdom with 24 units, Sweden with 7 units, the Netherlands with 7 units, Italy with 6 units, and Switzerland with 6 units, plus Denmark, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and other European countries have a total of 156 units. At that time, there was only one Chinese on the list.

On the list in June 2018, China ranked first in the world with 206 units, the United States ranked second with 124 units, Japan ranked third with 36 units, and 12 countries in Europe, including Germany, Britain and France, combined with only 96 units, less than half of China's.

It is said that the 21st century is the information age, a huge Europe, the birthplace of the industrial revolution, in the field of supercomputers by a developing country thrown out two streets, what qualifications are there in that place?

Feng Xiaochen talked to Matsk and hoped to join the Captain Cook project, although he had the idea of learning from the accumulation of European technology, and at the same time, he was not trying to pull the Europeans and help them develop an advantageous industry. Feng Xiaochen fully believes that without China's participation, the Captain Cook project will inevitably turn into a failed project, and in the end, everyone will get nothing. And with China's involvement, there is a good chance that the project will be successful, and China will naturally benefit from it, and the Europeans will also benefit from it, which is a win-win outcome.

Of course, Matsk and Heinzl were not time-travelers, and they may have sensed the decline in Europe, but they did not expect it to be so rapid and complete. In their minds, they also thought that there was a chance to contain China's development, so such absurd conditions were put forward in this cooperation.

"If that's the case, then what parts of the research and development work does Mr. Chairman intend for Chinese companies to undertake?" Feng Xiaochen continued. Although he already knew that the cooperation with the Captain Cook project would not achieve the desired results, he still had to find out what the other party was planning to do and see if there was anything he could use. A pile of garbage also has usable value, and since it has already come, it doesn't hurt to ask more.

"We originally considered asking a Chinese company to be responsible for the construction of the superstructure of the semi-submersible platform, but now that we understand that the Chinese company also has some experience in the construction of FPSOs, we can consider asking you to participate in the development of FPSOs...... , uh, I mean the construction task in development. ”

"We promised to pay $500 million for the construction of the upper deck building and the construction of the FPSO, and Mr. Chairman is saying that the proportion of these works in the whole project is 12.5%?" Feng Xiaochen asked with a smile.