As soon as they received the RFQ, all carbon fiber production equipment companies in the United States made the same decision:

Report to the intelligence services.

Therefore, the time to receive this message in May is actually not much later than that of the companies.

This undoubtedly brought huge pressure to Houston, because he knew that from the current situation in Huaxia, there was only one thing that needed to use high-strength carbon fiber materials on a large scale:

Strategic bombers.

Combined with the frequent exchanges and interactions between the Russian side and China, the answer is actually ready to come out.

These Chinese people, they must be doing strategic bombers.

Moreover, the R&D work should have entered the final stage, and the prototype production test will soon begin.

But how is this possible?

Obviously, not long ago, they were still changing their H-6!

It's like a kid who can only fix a bicycle and suddenly one day starts building a supercar!

You know, in this world, if you want to list a product that can represent the highest industrial technological achievements of mankind, then the strategic bomber is definitely on the list.

If it can be built, it means that the country has completely crossed the stage of imitation and exploration in the aviation industry, and has begun to enter the field of comprehensive exploration.

How the hell did they do it

How did they manage to do what it took them decades to do in a matter of years?

Houston's heart couldn't help but feel a wave of despair.

The frequent failures almost broke him down, but what was even more devastating was that now he could only watch it happen, and there was nothing he could do to stop it.

The domestic economic situation continues to deteriorate, and the Congress itself is too busy to take care of itself, and it is impossible to use economic means to restrain China in the short term.

The quagmire of the Iraq war dragged down the pace of overseas military operations, and a maritime deterrence operation that had been finally organized was also crushed by the earth-shattering DF-17.

Planned support for Israel has also been delayed, and the two sides, which were supposed to start fighting at the beginning of the year, have not moved yet.

Not to mention Saudi Arabia and Iran-—— their camp has been quietly changing, and when the two younger brothers have a common big brother, many things have to be put aside.

Fight?

I have to ask the eldest brother what he said first.

Thinking of this, Houston let out a long sigh.

I really just have to watch.

But fortunately, the patent barriers in the field of carbon fiber are extremely thick, and the perennial technological blockade has almost destroyed the soil for technological development in that land.

They may be able to get the equipment from the island countries, but it is still not so easy to achieve large-scale domestic production.

Thinking of this, Houston breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the assistant on the side and asked:

"How's things going in Los Angeles?"

The assistant hurriedly handed over the document and replied:

"It's basically been dealt with, and after the army intervened, things cooled down very quickly."

"Social assistance is already running and it's a lot of money. But at least, the situation has stabilized. ”

"As for the capital. The Los Angeles high-speed rail project is likely to be unfinished. ”

Houston frowned and nodded.

This is already the best result.

At the very least, the conflict was confined to a limited extent and did not lead to more serious "instability".

Otherwise, the situation is a little ridiculous.

Every day as a policeman, he goes to other people's countries to maintain order, and as a result, his own country is in a mess

He sighed and spoke:

"We've lost our last chance to turn the tables and it's going to be tough for the next few years."

"Recovering the economy is the number one priority, and the focus of the May meeting needs to shift."

"Leave the military action to the outside world completely to the corner tower, we"

"It doesn't seem like the best option."

The assistant interrupted Houston.

"If we remain silent, perhaps the fate of our entire May Meeting will go in an uncontrollable direction"

"Mr. Houston, are you really willing to be marginalized like this?"

"I had to."

Houston said firmly.

"In the words of the Chinese people, this is 'Taoguang Yanghui'."

"Hide yourself, develop silently, and accumulate strength. It's ridiculous to say that the word, which was all over their media a few years ago, has now disappeared without a trace. ”

"On the contrary, we are compelled to use their wisdom"

"Just because we're obscure doesn't mean we can't do anything."

The assistant interrupted again.

This made Houston a little displeased, and he looked closely into the assistant's eyes and asked:

"So what do you think we should do?"

At least we can't sit idly by in this carbon fiber incident."

"As soon as their strategic bombers appear, the balance of the whole world will be toppled upside down."

"Once the snowball rolls up, it's hard to stop"

"But we can't do anything."

Houston said with a heavy expression.

"Otherwise, what do you want to do?"

"Patent restrictions? They don't use our patents. ”

"Do you look like we can block it now?"

"Or, let's put pressure on the island countries and not allow them to sell equipment to Huaxia?"

"No kidding, the island countries are now about to survive, and interests are the only thing they are chasing."

"Isn't it possible that we will still go to war with the island nation?"

As he spoke, Houston stood up.

He took a document from his desk and threw it in front of his assistant.

"See this picture? This map shows the budgets of each state. ”

"Red, it means that the local finances have entered the danger warning line."

"A year ago, there were only two red patches on this picture."

"But now, the whole territory of the United States has been stained with red."

"We have too many problems of our own, and how to get rid of these red colors is the problem we should be worried about now."

"Nope."

The assistant shook his head resolutely and spoke:

"Our fundamental purpose is to maintain stability in this country."

"But to do that, it doesn't have to be for the better."

"What if, the red alert spreads not just to the fifty states, but to the whole world?"

"As long as other people's red is darker than ours, as long as their blood flows more than ours, then, under the background, our color will slowly become lighter"

"What do you want to do?"

A chill rose in Houston's body, he could understand what the assistant meant, but the future depicted by the other party made him shudder

Seeing his reaction, a smile appeared on the corner of the assistant's mouth.

"It's actually quite simple."

"We should find a way to suffocate the world for a while."

"It doesn't take long. Perhaps, three months, it will be enough"

On the other side, Western University of Technology.

The operation of the carbon fiber production line will naturally not be hidden from Chen Nian, although he does not need to be directly involved in the process, but in any case, as the actual leader of Xinghuo, such a major decision cannot bypass him.

Therefore, before the inquiry letter was sent, he had already received Chen Guo's notice and understood the whole plan.

And now, he is sitting in Chen Guo's office, listening to his report on the progress of the plan.

"The preliminary offer from the island nation has been sent, but we still have to arrange a meeting with them to further clarify the BOQ."

"At the moment, their prices are a little scary, almost more than three times the international average."

"Obviously, they are going to eat us this time-—— but it is also true that it is impossible for them to tear their faces with their masters and not give the benefits in place"

Chen Nianshen nodded approvingly, but then said slightly teasingly:

"When the BOQ comes out, we have to see it clearly, don't let people pack and sell the toilet to us, and we will be stupid to pay."

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Chen Guo smiled dumbly.

In fact, the example Chen Nian said is really real.

In the eighties and nineties of the last century, China once imported a large number of machine tools and equipment from the island countries, and these machine tools and equipment included a series of unnecessary so-called "additional facilities" when quoting.

Millions of flush toilets, hundreds of thousands of light bulbs, and tens of thousands of spare screws

At that time, under the rendering of impurities such as readers, this kind of malicious quotation was also whitewashed.

Wasn't there a classic story back then?

The machine is broken, find an engineer to fix it.

The engineer drew a line on the machine, removed the coil by one centimeter along that line, and the problem was solved.

In the end, the engineer charged a million dollars, and the name was "$1 to draw a line, but he knew where to draw $990,000".

It is this kind of story that takes the so-called "superiority of technology" to the extreme.

At that time, some people really thought that a set of machine tools and equipment should include living facilities.

Maybe those toilets are also specially designed to improve production efficiency?

Or some people say, you don't have the technology, people should sell it as expensive, who told you not to do it? ——

Phew!

The Yankees don't do everything, so when you sell them to them, why don't you dare to draw a line and get a million?

In the final analysis, it is the way of interaction that is determined by the strength of the country.

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and said:

"Don't worry, Xiaori shouldn't be doing this anymore, at least, it won't be so blatant."

"Their THAAD contract is still in our hands, it's a double-edged sword."

"If we are willing to deliver normally, then there is no problem, but if we are really anxious to do something else on this matter, they will definitely not be able to eat and walk around."

"However, if you can't come blatantly, disgusting things will definitely still be done."

"Doesn't that give us three times the price? I guess there's a lot of cat in it. ”

"So what are you going to do?"

Chen Nian asked.

In fact, before this, Chen Guo had already told him the preliminary plan.

But from Chen Nian's point of view, the probability of those plans being realized is not too high.

Either extreme pressure and deterrence, or technical cooperation and technology exchange.

The former does not conform to business logic, and in the current situation, the greatest possibility is to directly force the other party to death and directly abandon the transaction.

The latter is a bit too expensive.

After all, Huaxia is to achieve self-production of equipment after all, and now the introduction is only for emergency purposes, if the cost is too high, some gains outweigh the losses.

Hearing Chen Nian's question, Chen Guo smiled mysteriously, and then replied:

"We're going to do a little thing for them."

"Do a little thing? Help them? ”

Chen Nian was shocked.

What the?

Speaking of which, is it still necessary to curry favor with them in a low-profile manner in order to make this deal happen?

If that's the case, then why do you work so hard to export technology?

He couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

Isn't it carbon fiber?

It's a big deal, take the time to make it yourself.

The problem of the production line can be solved by yourself.

Now that I have more than 20 source points in my hands, no matter how difficult the carbon fiber production line is, it can be gnawed down.

After all, chip projects can be done like this, but carbon fiber can't do it?

He subconsciously wanted to speak, but suddenly, he felt that something was wrong.

Wait a minute.

This is not Xinghuo's style.

This is not Chen Guo's style either.

With his character, it's good not to bury some foreshadowing and make a little stumbling in the transaction, how can he be so honest to curry favor with the island country?

Chen Nian reacted instantly, the little thing Chen Guo said might not really be "done for them".

"So what the hell?"

Chen Nian froze and asked curiously.

Chen Guo laughed and did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically:

"Do you know what the Gauteng high-speed rail project has brought us?"

Chen Nian was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied:

"Bigger markets, technological advances, gold mines, etc., what does this have to do with a small thing?"

"Of course there is a relationship, and besides, the relationship is in the market."

Chen Guo deliberately lowered his voice and continued to ask:

"Do you know who took the initiative to contact us after the construction of the Gauteng high-speed railway?"

Chen Nian had heard of this news, so he said without thinking:

"There are Morocco, Libya, Tunisia in Africa, and I heard that they all expressed their intentions. This side of Asia, Thailand, Singapore, and . Ay? ”

Chen Nian reacted suddenly.

A name popped into his head.

"Damn?! Your heart is so dark?! ”

"Got it?"

Chen Guo nodded with satisfaction.

Chen Nian also nodded.

He probably guessed what Chen Guo was going to do.

What he wanted to do should have happened years later.

However, the early development of China's high-speed rail technology has also advanced the progress of this matter

But

"How do you know their high-speed rail project is a pitfall?"

Chen Nian asked suspiciously.

"Do you still need to think about it? Is there a pit in their project? ”

"Anyway, you still have to do a full set of plays."

"We have to act well to make them think that this little thing is a big thing that we have managed to do."

"As for how it develops in the future, it has nothing to do with us."

There's another chapter later today