Feng Wenru studied finance, and after graduating from graduate school, he entered an investment bank in Germany to do financial investment business, which can be regarded as inheriting his father's business. Influenced by Feng Xiaochen, Feng Wenru has participated in many investment and mergers and acquisitions of Chinese enterprises in European enterprises. Feng Wenru is not averse to this identity, after all, she has half Chinese blood, and she has been exposed to her grandmother and father since she was a child, and she has always felt that she is a Chinese, not a German.

Feng Wenru's choice, in addition to the emotional component, also has an ingredient that is out of rational thinking. As a financial expert, Feng Wenru can see the potential of China's rise more than ordinary people, and believes that the 21st century will inevitably belong to China. The financial industry is characterized by the icing on the cake, not the charcoal in the snow, and a good banker is always on the side of potential. Among Feng Wenru's European colleagues, there are not a few who are willing to do things for the Chinese, only hating themselves for growing a white skin and having no way to sell continents. Feng Wenru has the congenital condition of Chinese ancestry, and she doesn't need to ask for it herself, and her boss will let her do China-related business.

Doing investment banking work requires a broad vision, and any field needs to be paid attention to, so as to discover investment hotspots in a timely manner. Feng Wenru's grandmother is a university professor everywhere, her father is a senior banker, and her mother is a lawyer specializing in intellectual property. Coupled with her own intelligence and ability, she quickly became famous in the European investment community. Many people would reach out to her and ask her about the operation of the asset, and she also heard from a friend in the business about the Captain Cook project.

"The expected investment in this project is $2 billion in the early stage, and additional investment may be required in the future. The investment community has made a preliminary assessment of the project, believing that in the absence of competitors, the technology can achieve an output of no less than $200 billion in the next 20 years. However, if it encounters competition from the United States, Japan, and South Korea, the project may also suffer huge losses, which is why some European companies are taking a wait-and-see attitude. ”

Feng Wenru introduced what he knew to everyone. The people in this room are either their own family members or their cousin's subordinates, and they can all be trusted, so Feng Wenru doesn't need to hide anything.

Feng Xiaochen asked with a smile: "You said that the EU is worried about competition from the United States, Japan and South Korea, why don't they include China?"

Feng Wenru shook his head: "This is not something I can understand, brother, don't you know better than me how competitive China is in the field of marine engineering?"

Wang Weilong explained for Feng Wenru: "Xiaochen, it is normal for Europeans to have such thoughts. Needless to say, the United States and South Korea are now the leaders and second in the global shipbuilding industry, and we can only rank third at best, and there is still a big gap between them and the two countries. The drilling platform is an offshore engineering machine, and the foundation of Japan and South Korea is better than ours. We had only built the third generation of drilling rigs before this, and we were far from the sixth generation, so the Europeans naturally did not count us in. ”

"Makes sense. Feng Xiaochen nodded, he also knew what Wang Weilong said. At the beginning of the new century, many of China's armament fields were still in a period when they had just begun to exert their strength, and the outside world could not see China's potential for a while. Taking the shipbuilding industry as an example, except for a traverser like Feng Xiaochen, no one can believe that China will catch up with and surpass Japan and South Korea in less than 10 years, becoming the country with the highest number of new ship orders. Offshore machinery is also fighting for shipbuilding capacity, and it does make some sense that Europeans do not regard China as a potential opponent.

"Xiaochen, are you in a hurry to directly take the sixth-generation drilling platform as the research and development object? You have listed several research topics in this area for the European Research Institute, and I am about to tell you about it. Yan Leqin said to Feng Xiaochen.

"There's no time to wait, Grandma. Feng Xiaochen sighed and said, "As soon as the Iraq war started, international oil prices kept rising. Various countries have stepped up their efforts to explore offshore oil, and the few small countries around the South China Sea are frantically marching into the South China Sea to steal our oil. At this time, if we don't have our own deep-sea oil platforms, we can't occupy those oil fields. If we develop the technology in the order of the third, fourth, and fifth generations, and by the time we develop the sixth-generation platform with a water depth of 3,000 meters, the oil in the South China Sea will have been drained by the clowns who jump off the beam. ”

"That's ......," Yan Leqin frowned. The old lady is not a person who particularly cares about international current affairs, but in the past few years, she has returned to China to settle down and live with Feng Xiaochen. She had heard about the South China Sea, and she knew that if she wanted to occupy these oil fields, she had to dig wells and extract oil by herself, otherwise, if the oil fields were placed there, she would not be afraid of thieves stealing or worrying about them.

Feng Wenru has already entered the role of investment bank manager, and she asked Feng Xiaochen seriously: "Brother, tell me, what are your plans for this Captain Cook project, and I will help you evaluate it." ”

"Our plan is simple, we want to join the project and get as much share as possible in the project," Feng said. As my grandmother said, we are now working on the sixth generation platform, and there are still many technical obstacles, and if we can do it together with the EU, the chances of winning are much greater. ”

Feng Wenru said: "As far as I know, the project is based on the distribution of rights and interests according to the contributions of various countries. The patented technologies obtained in the research can be shared by the enterprises in the countries participating in the research, but each enterprise that uses the technology needs to pay patent fees, and these professional fees are then distributed according to the proportion of each country's investment. In addition, if each enterprise uses these patents to develop subsequent technologies, it also has to pay a certain royalty. Therefore, the larger the share, the cheaper the country is in this project. ”

Feng Shuyi shook her head and said, "Wenru, what you said is not right. If the project loses money, then the more countries invest upfront, the more they lose. ”

"Yes. Feng Wenru said, after that, she pointed at Feng Xiaochen with her hand again, and added with a smile: "But, Mom, if Cousin Xiaochen participates, how can this project lose money? According to my impression, Cousin Xiaochen has never done a loss-making project." ”

Wen Ru is right, the project that Xiaochen participated in will definitely not lose money. Leng Feiyun echoed with a smile next to him.

Feng Xiaochen waved his hand: "This is not necessarily, how can I have such good luck at any time." But then again, whether this project is a loss or not, I can't say well, but we will definitely not suffer a loss if we participate in this project. The National Development and Reform Commission has determined to invest more than 100 billion yuan in deep-sea oil development, as long as we come up with the sixth-generation drilling platform technology, the National Development and Reform Commission will definitely pay for us, so we really can't lose money. ”

Yan Leqin said: "If this is the case, then it is really good for us to participate in this project. If we can participate in this project, we will be able to learn a lot of technology and experience from those established companies in Europe, which is also very valuable for our independent research and development in the future. ”

"That's what I think about too. Feng Xiaochen said, "In fact, Mr. Wang and his side have carried out the pre-research of the sixth generation platform technology as early as ten years ago, and they have accumulated a lot. I feel like they have a lot of technology in their hands that are now on the verge of breaking through, and they are just one step away from it. It would be very useful for us to be able to work with our European counterparts and get even a little inspiration. ”

"The stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade. Wang Weilong dragged a sentence, and then corrected with a smile: "What's more, the technology of European companies is indeed very good, we should learn from them." ”

Yan Leqin understood what Feng Xiaochen meant, and she said: "Since this is the case, then I'll ask someone tomorrow to see if there are any acquaintances in this project team, and find a way to introduce you to it." I just don't know if they welcome us to join, if they don't, it's a bit of a problem. ”

Feng Wenru said disapprenously: "Grandma, don't worry, as long as the cousin really wants to join this project, I think the project team will never refuse." I heard that the project team is currently encountering some difficulties in fundraising, mainly because many enterprises have doubts about the project and are unwilling to contribute more money, so the funds raised by the project team are still far from the expected goals. If they can provide a large amount of money to the project team, the project team will definitely welcome them to join. ”

Feng Xiaochen nodded and said, "It's not a problem in terms of funds. We can contribute up to $500 million, which is a 25% share. Wenru, you can help us understand and see what the project team has to consider, and we can make some preparations in advance. When we were in the UK, we had already commissioned an entrepreneur to put us in touch with the chairman of the project committee, Matsk, but there was still a question mark over whether we could get in touch. We'd better prepare for both, on our side, grandma, uncle, aunt, you can also help us contact and see if we can make an appointment with the officials of the project committee. ”

"Looks like we're going to have to help this kid run back and forth again. Feng Hua pointed at Feng Xiaochen helplessly and said to his mother and wife.

Yan Leqin glared at Feng Hua and said, "Xiaochen is doing things for the country, how can we say that we are helping him run before and after?"

Feng Shuyi nodded slightly to Feng Xiaochen with a smile and said, "General Manager Feng, Rutenberg Patent Firm is very willing to match you with the Captain Cook Project Committee, but we hope that after the cooperation between you and the two sides is reached, don't forget the commission that should be paid to us." ”