Chapter 181 Sells Submarines
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[If you have any requirements, feel free to ask. I promise to do my best in order to fulfill your requests. However, we must be assured that you would not leak the three submarines voiceprint……]
According to the mail that Chen Fan had just received, the other side had obeyed, and in a somewhat less arrogant attitude than before. After pondering its contents for a long time, Chen Fan responded to the email.
[I assure you that we have a good reputation, which has been guarantees for decades. We never deceive customers and never cheat customers. So, you don’t have to worry about the leaking problem. We promise that, if you find this three submarines voiceprint not to be completely leak-proof, we can provide you with a free hostile submarine voiceprint as compensation. We would then only have one request: six hundred million dollars! You must give me a reply within two days. Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious! ]
After sending the reply message, Chen Fan was lying on the stone bed, bored. His gaze lazily shifted to the golden dome just above his head.
He was thinking about two things. First: What if the French don’t pay? After all, it was normal to worry about such matters. The voiceprint could be copied, so the French must be worried that, after getting the money, he would sell it to other countries.
In fact, Chen Fan also had considered this, but there was a serious problem in this line of thinking. It would be quite difficult to sell! They wouldn’t necessarily believe what he said about such a rare product, so it would indeed be a hard sale.
Second: If the French did end up paying, how should he take the money from them?
After all, six hundred million dollars in cash could at least fill a small bedroom! Hence, it seemed quite awkward to store such a sum of bills.
On the other hand, if the funds were sent through network transfers, it was more convenient. But he was afraid that the French could have a method to trace to his account. After all, the other party was a military power with the highest political strength. The Swiss bank was safe, but it was also closely related to the French. So, he assumed that the French definitely would look for him and his account there, too……
At the eastern end of the Champs-Elysees, in the presidential office of the Elysee Palace.
"Tell me what you think, Minister Ekman!" The tone of President Kozaki’s voice was deep and depressed. Two days had passed, but the enemy had proved elusive, just like that thing called "love".
"Mr. President, the department of defense has taken in the largest country among the several that have been suspected within the last two years, including China, Japan, America, Russia, Britain, Germany, etc. After some analysis and arrangements, we temporarily didn’t find any of them to be in possession of a cross-cutting technology submarine. I now suspect that the other party is probably a non-governmental organization," said the defense minister Michael Ekman, who was hesitant to sit next to him.
"I now doubt that his sole purpose is money. Also, other governments are trying to distract us from this, and of course, we can’t say that the technology of this submarine is definitely a threatening nightmare for all the other submarines! But, they are not just wary of this new technology, they are aware of the fact that it is of no less value than ten strategic nuclear submarines. In light of all this, they run to blackmail us, letting us know in advance that this ’secret weapon’ existed."
"So, I think the other party is a non- government organization, and that the development of the weapon could have consumed most of their money. Hence, they are now in need of funds, and are trying to raise the money this way."
"Whether they’re government organizations or NGOs, I just want to know where their nest is?" The President aggressively approached, questioning. "A navy headquarters, working with the department of defense, has not yet able to investigate this?"
"Mr. President, there are very few clues. The only thing we know is the source of the laptop and the Internet." Defense minister Ekman said in embarrassment. "The Japanese businessmen said a few days ago that a young man bought three sets of satellite Internet equipment for separate stores, as well as two laptops. According to our investigation, the models of the equipment match each other."
"Is there a surveillance video? Like a jigsaw puzzle?"
"We watched, and the other guy kept his head down. To make identifying him even more difficult, he had a big hat and dark glasses, so we couldn’t get too much information."
"Sigh…… " President Kozaki sighed a long sigh. If they were in France, they could get all the surveillance on the streets around them, and look for traces of the man……
"Mr. President, we do have some ideas about the structure of the submarine."
"Say it!" President Kosaki nodded with interest.
"There is a 95 percent probability that the submarine is a superconducting electromagnetic fluid submarine."
"With the development of the submarine, many countries have put forward plans from even 40 years ago. So, I’m sure you, Mr. President, are familiar with the plan. But the world now has two of the most important problems that cannot be solved. They are need to find an appropriate power supply and a superconductor material!"
"In theory, if there is ample power, the submarine can reach more than fifty sections of the underwater speed. But the consumption of electricity of this is too big currently. However, if you have good superconductor materials, it can save that vital amount of electricity now needed for success. But there is no way to solve the two problems currently, and the other countries have all run into the same problem, making the production of our country mostly the same as theirs. Hence, if we want to make this submarine that can be used for actual combat, it would take a long time."
In submarines, the greatest advantage of this superconducting magnetic fluid technology is that there is no noise. Japan has built experimental ships of this kind, but they are limited to certain technologies that have no military value at all.
Also, if the submarine has to be noiseless, it can’t use a nuclear reactor to generate electricity. This is because the reactor itself cannot generate electricity directly, and can only heat water and use steam to power the steam turbines. Currently, all of the submarines and nuclear power stations around the world are using this technology.
In nuclear submarines, the main noise is from the steam turbine, and the superconducting materials problem has not been resolved……
"Then, you said that the last time the sonar and the torpedo were destroyed, that the other side unleashed a powerful electromagnetic stream?" the President was still intrigued.
"Although we have no way of surmising the specific principles of this weapon, I think it is. But at the current level of technology, it’s impossible to generate electricity without a reactor," said defense secretary Michael Ekman. "But the reactor noise problem is still…… "
"I’m not talking about academic issues with you!" President Kozaki flew into a rage. "I ask you, do you think this money……well ……should…… we……pay……it……or ……not?!"
"Mr. President, I think it’s better to pay."
"Tell me the reason!
"The other side has such advanced technology, and it’s probably a non-government organization. So, I think we…… "
Ten minutes later, President Kosaki’s expression was less hostile and heated, as he was seen nodding and agreeing with the minister of defense……
[I agree to your request. We will finish the contract agreement in one day. Is it to be completed via a bank transfer or a cash transaction? Also, I have two requests, can you sell your submarine technology to our country? I would like to pay 15 billion euros for your relevant technical data. ]
"Wow, 15 billion euros…… " Chen Fan, sitting in front of the computer, was completely dumbfounded. According to the current exchange rate, one euro was equal to one point two seven dollars. That is to say: Fifteen billion euros amounted to about $130 billion!
Of course, this one hundred and thirty billion seemed to be a great sum. In fact, France still was being a little stingy in his estimate.
Take what they considered to be the superconducting magnetic fluid submarine technology as an example. Since the early 1980s, they had invested a lot of manpower and material resources, summing up the annual expenditure to roughly 2 billion euros. But now that decades had passed, the results have been pitiful, and there is still a long way to go before all they have found could be applied.
Another example was the "seal delivery system" on the Ohio strategic nuclear submarine in the United States, which was a tiny submarine attached to Ohio that was especially used to infiltrate the special forces. Not including the Ohio super big guy, the small submarine system had already cost $2 billion to research.
"Shoot! Where do I get this technology?" Chen Fan looked at the 15 billion euros. He couldn’t sell the electric eel to them, right?
[I’m sorry, but our submarine technology involves the core secrets of the great Japanese empire, so it can’t be sold.]
Chen Fan’s response:
[You put $600 million in a submersible with two meters wide, which can withstand three hundred meters of deep pressure. I’ll tell you later about the location to send it to. ***Warning: don’t try to play tricks! Otherwise, there will be very serious consequences.]
Twenty minutes after the message was sent, Chen Fan received a reply:
[According to your request, we will prepare the corresponding US dollars tomorrow. I also have a request: Can our country reach an agreement with you to sign a long-term purchase contract to purchase your submarines? Our country is willing to pay you twice the price of materials and labor costs.]
Seeing this message, Chen Fan once again sighed. No wonder a lot of people say, the most profitable trade in the world was not smuggling nor drug trafficking, but selling arms! After all, a submarine starts at $1 billion and could cost over $2 billion after being sold second-hand.
[I’m sorry, our submarines are not for sale, as they involve the core interests of the great Japanese empire……]
Typing with another computer, Chen Fan suddenly felt an electric shock. Then, he couldn’t help but roll back to the stone bed behind him, press his stomach, and roll some more.
"Haha …… haha. Oh my god, it’s funny…… " Chen Fan, like an epileptic patient, almost spat white foam from his mouth in a fit of hysterics.
"Haha……"
"Well, why don’t sell?"
"I would sell it for $700 million to you!"
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