"What, you don't feel uneasy about something so core?"

"No, I" Phelps looked out the window with a gloomy look at the poplar trees that had a new layer of green, listening to Paulson's question, the reaction was very fast, but the words that had just come to his lips stopped abruptly after saying a few words, and he hesitated again.

In fact, Phelps is not unconfident in the source code, if the mechanical part of a product is bones and muscles, then the source code is the soul of the product, as small as an ordinary personal computer, as large as the integrated command and management system on an aircraft carrier, the mechanical part is just a lifeless shelf to build, what really makes them play a unique role as envisioned is the source code rooted in the core of these machines.

It can also be said that changing the source code changes the original use of a device, and cracking the source code will firmly hold the soul of the device in your hands, and because of this, the United States, which is the world's leader in this regard, has always regarded the source code as the most core secret, and the product can be sold to anyone, and different products can be developed according to the needs of users, but the source code has always refused to be open to anyone, even the most trusted allies.

In the form of source code in various forms, such as CNC machine tools, fire control radars of fighter aircraft, flight control and guidance systems of missiles, fire control systems of combat vehicles, command and operating systems of warships, and link control systems of various equipment, are all the most secret existences, and they are also templates that countries around the world are vying to crack and emulate.

It's just that cracking the source code is not such a simple and quick thing, not to mention that it involves a lot of software programming and complex combinations of computer architectures and languages, just a large number of mathematical operations is an unimaginably huge project, even if someone sinks down to spend a few years to crack and imitate the source code of a piece of equipment, but when he walks out of the laboratory, he will find that the Americans have already put more advanced equipment into actual combat. Everything in the past can be thrown into the trash!

Based on this, Phelps is not worried that the Chinese can have the ability to get out the source code of the fire control system and CNC machine tools provided by the United States, he is worried about the consequences after they provide it to the Chinese, after all, the source code is the most core thing in the United States, and now it is provided to them in order to trade with China. Once the East Window incident happens, both Paulson and his Phelps are going to say Goodbye to the free world:

"I just don't think it's too risky for us to provide this source code, and once it is discovered, we can do it."

Phelps hesitated, but still voiced his concerns, but even so, his words were not completely finished, but the meaning he wanted to convey was overflowing. It's just that Phelps's worry did not exchange for even a little sympathy and understanding from Paulson, who was sitting in the seat, but vetoed all of Phelps's words without concession in a serious shake, and then Paulson raised his eyes, stared at Phelps who was full of worry on the other side, and asked extremely seriously:

"Mr. Phelps, do we have any other solution?"

"We," Phelps wanted to answer, but as soon as he spoke, he swallowed it hard. Paulson's words are right, what else do they do? Phelps, who was in the deep whirlpool, knew this answer better than anyone else, and at this time, Paulson obviously didn't want to give Phelps another chance to speak, and then his voice sounded again in the gap between the two:

"No, we don't have a chance, if it's just Gage Cinda. I'm not afraid of admitting defeat behind closed doors and accepting the punishment we deserve, but now that the old rival Blomberg is involved, it's no longer a matter of closing the door.

You know, this guy has been coveting Gage Cinda for a long time, not to mention that he knows about our failure. Even if we really succeed, if he has to turn black and white upside down and say that we have failed, can we explain it clearly? Just as Doug said, we only hear it, but we don't see it at all, and these advanced technologies are not unfamiliar to those of us who are engaged in weapons and equipment research and development.

But for the people, for the media, for the bigwigs on Capitol Hill, what they want is not these unfamiliar technical terms, but real evidence, real pictures, you must know that Blomberg's relationship with Capitol Hill is deeper than the roots of a century-old tree, if he really does it, Mr. Phelps, I think you, a former CIA agent, should know what the final outcome of the two of us will be."

"What can it be? Naturally, they will be treated as a victim of competition from all sides, and become the most pitiful scapegoat on the scaffold!" Phelps sighed at this, to be honest, Phelps is well aware of the current situation, as Paulson said, they are at a loss for words in the face of Blomberg's strong intervention, Phelps just doesn't know that "yellow mud sticks to the crotch, it's not and" Otherwise, he would have felt that all the languages in the world would not be as apt as this sentence to describe his situation with Paulson at this moment.

"The current situation is already terrible, so we are not afraid of making more mistakes than mistakes, not to mention that we may reverse such an unfavorable situation by doing so!"

Before Phelps woke up from his deep groan, Paulson's unquestionable words sounded in his ears again, and Paulson's face at this time was unusually serious, with a hint of glitter in his brown pupils, but at the moment of shaking, it was shining with an incomparably determined light:

"As long as the Chinese agree to our conditions, we have a chance to keep our existing interests!"

"We still have a chance" Phelps was not as firm as Paulson showed, but as soon as Paulson's words fell, he nodded subconsciously, and a pair of tight brows loosened slightly, but soon they were screwed together again, and then looked at Paulson without concern:

"Do you think the Chinese, especially the scheming Lu Jiadong, can agree to our request so easily?"

"Don't they want to get the source code of those imported devices?" Paulson raised his eyebrows, and a rhetorical question immediately came out of his mouth, and then his serious face was replaced by a smile of great confidence:

"This thing is just a bunch of useless numbers in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of people who understand, it is more valuable than real gold and white eyes, Lu Jiadong is a smart person, he should know this truth!"

With that, Paulson pulled Phelps to his side and sat down, handed him a cup of tea, and continued:

"What's more, China is still very backward in this regard, and it is a pie in the sky to be able to provide them with the source code, to be honest, the few conditions we discussed last night are not high, even if it is doubled, China will accept it without blinking, you must know that this is the core of the core, the soul of the soul!"

"We just need to get the two pieces of evidence that China has developed!"

"That's just our bottom line and basic goal!" Phelps' words were finished when Paulson nodded, but then changed his mind and continued:

"But it depends on the situation, after all, we have this deck of cards in our hands now, if we play it well, maybe we can spell out a desperate road to life!"

Paulson's words were only halfway before he stopped, which made Phelps, who was sitting next to him, stunned, and looked at Paulson in surprise, and the confident smile on Paulson's face at this time had long disappeared, replaced by a touch of firmness and pride, and even the tone of his speech became sonorous and powerful, without giving in:

"So, we have to be determined and take all the chances!"

After Phelps heard this, his brows loosened slightly, but he soon tightened deeply, and I don't know how long it took to hear the sound of "bang~~", Phelps's fist fell heavily on the back of the chair, and then nodded heavily:

"That's right, you have to gamble, if you want to bet, we'll make a big bet!"

"Mr. Phelps, this is the quality of an ace pilot in the U.S. military"

"Hopefully, this time, we can break the cage and achieve a perfect and gorgeous reversal!"

"It will be" Paulson nodded solemnly, but before he could finish speaking, the door of the small conference room was opened, and a young and calm figure walked in quickly.

"Good morning, Mr. Lu!"

"I'm sorry, I'm late!" The person who came was none other than Lu Jiadong, of course, politeness before the negotiation was inevitable, but after a short greeting, Lu Jiadong, who had just sat down, glanced at Paulson and Phelps opposite, and then said straight to the point:

"We have studied the conditions you have proposed, and we are very interested in them, but what we want to know is what good things the two gentlemen can exchange with us!"

Listening to Lu Jiadong's words, both Paulson and Phelps were stunned, and then the two looked at each other, and then Paulson laughed and said:

"Hahaha~~ Mr. Lu is really fast-talking, we like to work with people like Mr. Lu, so," Paulson said, he took out a document from his briefcase, put it on the table, and pushed it hard to Lu Jiadong's position:

"That's our sincerity!"

"Oh?" Lu Jiadong responded, took the information, and only glanced at it, a pair of sharp knife-like thick eyebrows were twisted together, and his expression changed exactly into Paulson's eyes, and then induced that smug smile (to be continued. )