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The next day, the secretary of the robot company called.

Yesterday, someone called the company's administrative secretariat, claiming to be from Raytheon, and wanted to negotiate business with the robot company. Because it was late at that time, and the company had no one to manage things, it was decided to notify An Feng the next day, and the other party also asked the boss to come forward.

After listening to this, An Feng said, "Okay, if they have time, I'll go over tomorrow morning." ”

"No problem, sir, they're in San Francisco." The secretary on the other end of the phone said.

After An Feng hung up the phone, he thought.

Raytheon, of course, knows the way, the US defense contractor, specializing in the production of missiles and missile defense systems, fighter radars, satellites, and so on, the "Aegis" radar is produced by them, and the AIM-9 "Sidewinder", AIM-120, BGM-109 "Tomahawk" and other missiles are also made by them.

Although the other party did not express his specific intention on the phone, An Feng felt that it was an exoskeleton.

In the afternoon of the next day, the Anfeng plane arrived in San Jose.

The other party came on time, drove a black Cadillac CTS, walked down two white men in Xiguang leather shoes, and the employee invited them to the office and met with An Feng. One of the middle-aged men introduced himself: "Nice to meet you, I'm Wilden, this is Johnson." ”

An Feng shook hands with them, reported their names and sat down.

Obviously, Wilden was the one who spoke, and sat down and got straight to the point: "Mr. An, our company is very interested in the exoskeleton machine you developed. ”

An Feng was not surprised: "I know the way." ”

Weldon sensed that An Feng was not interested in it from what he said, so he explained: "Recently, our company's business intelligence department has collected some videos about mechanical exoskeletons, and I also found that the exoskeleton with outstanding skills is from you. As you know, our company is also engaged in the research and development of military mechanical exoskeletons, and has obtained national defense investment. So we would like to discuss cooperation. ”

An Feng said regretfully: "I'm really sorry, we originally had a successful experiment, but since a theft, the samples and design drawings have been lost." The videos you mentioned are probably the ones that came out of the company, and it was the accident that led to the theft. ”

Although the exoskeleton was chased back. But only An Feng and Hoffman and the team members involved in the operation knew what to do, and even the special service team did not know what the metal in the box was, and they signed a confidentiality agreement afterwards, coupled with the professional quality of the bodyguards, they would not divulge customer secrets.

Wilden was a little surprised: "Theft? When was this? ”

An Feng said: "About a few months ago, the police and private detectives searched for a long time without clues, and the items we recovered were all mutilated. ”

Wilden lamented: "What a pity! ”

An Feng's face was a little unnatural: "Of course, this was designed with tens of millions of dollars, and it was stolen by thieves overnight." The exoskeleton and drawings have not been recovered until now, especially the police and customs in the United States, which are completely useless! There has been no progress in filing the case so far, taking taxpayers' money for nothing! I pay so many taxes to the government every year, and at the end of the day, they all turn into a cold 'sorry' ...... or two."

Weldon listened to A Feng's large number of complaints and complaints, and felt a thick anger.

After An Feng stopped to drink water, Wilden said tentatively, "But as long as the technician is still there, you should be able to continue to develop it, right?" ”

"Absolutely. But it's complicated and takes a long process. And the key sensing data is currently missing, and it will take some time to recalculate. An Feng held his chin and said, looking up at him a few times, "Are you interested?" Do you want to cooperate in the development or transfer of technology? ”

Wilden smiled: "If Mr. is interested, we would prefer to hold this company." ”

An Feng decisively refused: "I'm sorry, we have no intention of accepting foreign investment." And a lot of the techniques are pure interest. Commercial margins are low. ”

"I don't agree with that, I think your research can drive a very broad military market." "But since you don't like it, sir, we'll have to do the next step: buy your company's technology and ask you not to give it to third parties." ”

An Feng shrugged: "We also want to sell our skills." But you know, after it was stolen, we had to spend a lot of energy redesigning and reimagining, so there is no technology to transfer at the moment, but there are some drawings. And the core technology, we also rely on outsourcing. ”

"Can you talk about it?" Wilden said the interest he showed was indeed very strong.

An Feng also told him happily: "As far as the booster system is concerned, we are purchasing a British machine company, and the chips and energy are from GP companies, which have been in the limelight recently, and the materials of titanium alloys are from other industrial companies, and we are only responsible for the assembly and design of the frame in the end." ”

Wilden's companions jotted down a few key words on the paper.

An Feng smiled and said, "Hey! Don't be so open-minded in front of me, the business hasn't been negotiated yet, and it's still a certain level of confidentiality. ”

Wilden accompanied a smiling face: "I think Mr. is so open-minded, he won't mind, right?" In addition, how long will it take you to redevelop it? Or if you want to transfer the technique, what is the price you are interested in? Give us a number for your reference. ”

"Let me think about it." An Feng pondered, "My technical technicians are currently studying abroad, and the key to the exoskeleton is on them. ”

"Understood." Wilden said.

"It may take more than two months, from design drawings to ordering materials, building with high-precision machine tools, and then to purchasing core technologies. As for the full transfer, I have no intention of doing so, after all, we still have to rely on its architecture to develop robots, and it is possible to provide them exclusively. ”

Wilden nodded, listening.

"$200 million, if you want." An Feng said indifferently.

Rao is Wilden is calm enough, and his face also changed after hearing the offer, this appetite is too big, right? He said: "Sir, do you know that our company is engaged in the research and development of military exoskeletons, and we only have a budget of 70 million US dollars from the head office, so you can sell it for 200 million, which is too high." ”

An Feng laughed: "I'm sorry, I want to ask you what you did after spending 70 million?" And what level have we developed so far? ”

Wilden's old face flushed, indeed, Thor spent so much money to develop an exoskeleton that could only run for more than ten minutes, compared to the technology of the robot company, one day and one place. But Wilden was still not satisfied with the price: "Sir, it's really out of the department's budget. ”

An Feng shrugged, with an attitude that the choice is yours.

Wilden threw out the killer weapon he had just found: "But sir, I feel unfortunate that your secret technique and blueprints have been lost, but we have to see clearly, this means that the person who got it can also develop it, so your exoskeleton here is not the only one in the world." ”

An Feng's face became ugly. Wilden saw it all, and the theft of secrets was the scar of this guy, and he could only uncover it again and again in order to negotiate.

An Feng snorted, undeniable, and asked, "Then how much do you think?" ”

"Up to 20 million!" Wilden said.

An Feng had actually laughed in his heart, he never thought that he could make money with exoskeletons, but he didn't expect to dig a hole, and now someone will automatically jump in...... However, he still had to do enough work on the surface, and he shook his head: "It's too low!" Do you think the level of imitation can be compared to the original? ”

"It's a little bit low, but we're taking a lot of risks," Wilden said. For example, if these techniques fall into the hands of India, we don't need to worry, even if they can't make drawings, but if they fall into the hands of China, it is guaranteed that there will be exoskeleton special forces in a few months. Mr. An, the stakes are indeed not small, and neither you nor I can be sure which country it will appear in, can we? ”

"It's not that easy." An Feng said.

Weldon feels that he is just trying to save face, obviously he has lost it, and others can copy it, are you still proud of it?

Wilden smiled, "I think Sir knows better than I am." ”

An Feng doesn't care about the price, anyway, all he wanted to sell was batteries and chips, but now this goods are delivered to the door, and he takes the initiative to buy a set of iron shelves that will nominally be given to the five Changs...... My heart was already happy, but the expression on my face was as ugly as eating a fly.

"You'll have to make me think about it!" An Feng said with a difficult choice.

"It's natural," said Wilden, "sir. When you've thought about it, call this number. ”

With that, he left his business card on the table.

"Looking forward to hearing from you, Mr. Ann."

After Weldon said this, he took his leave, leaving An Feng with a "depressed" face. (To be continued......)