Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 127 It's Not Impossible (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe and Vote)
On May 13, 1980, the 5th day of the third month in the lunar calendar, a Tuesday, Li Song, Tian Jiahui, and Brother He and Brother He returned to the mainland together.

It was the first time that He Laoda and He Laosan had come out with Li Song, and they seemed a little nervous. Both of them were wearing sunglasses and looking around nervously.

Li Song told the two not to look around too often, and to just look at people through their sunglasses.

Back on the mainland, Ma Zhiwei and Section Chief Zhou picked up Li Song and took him to the factory. Brother He and Brother He San's dormitory was next to Li Song's. The dormitory was separate, so his wife and children could come here to reunite with him in the future.

After Li Song arrived at the factory, he asked the senior executives to hold a ten-minute meeting before leaving get off work.

"Mr. Li, there's still a bit of trouble in Kyoto. The Kyoto Film Academy admitted too many students in the past seven or eight years, so they didn't plan to recruit any students last year or this year!"

"Of course we can make an exception and admit Ms. Zhu Ling to the school!"

"Another option is to set up an amateur performance training class."

"But then I won't get a graduation certificate!"

"I wonder what your thoughts are, Mr. Li!" Section Chief Zhou said this as soon as he met Li Song.
Li Song was genuinely unaware of such a thing, so he said, "Then let's ask Sister Lin for her opinion."

"In addition, the television and washing machine that Mr. Li bought from Hong Kong Island were loaded onto the train last night and are expected to arrive in Kyoto tomorrow!" Section Chief Zhou added.

"Thank you, Brother Zhou!"

"Keep one set for Sister Lin, and Brother Zhou can decide what to do with the rest!" Li Song bought ten sets.

"That won't do, that won't do!" Section Chief Zhou quickly refused upon hearing this.

"Brother Zhou, I'll be going to Kyoto a lot more often in the future, and I'll inevitably have to trouble others then!"

"Like property transfers, and things like Sister Lin going to school!"

"I know, because of the need for secrecy, they don't know my identity, which is why you've done them a favor!"

"You know, this isn't worth much to me!"

"And we'll need to trouble them again in the future," Li Song said.

Because many people don't know their own identity, they have to ask someone to let them know in advance.

It makes the person doing the favor think it's a favor from the person who made the request.

Sometimes, a small favor can actually bring two people closer together.

"Then thank you, Mr. Li." Section Chief Zhou nodded upon hearing this. Since Li Song said he would give it to him, he would accept it. As for how to arrange it, that was a matter for his superiors.

Section Chief Zhou was impressed by Li Song's consideration.

Because Li Song's secrecy level was so high, he would often ask for favors when handling ordinary matters.

And it's not just about asking one or two people for favors, but about asking for favors from several people around you.

Human relationships are the most unpredictable thing!

"Brother Zhou, what did the higher-ups say about what I told you last time?" Li Song asked as soon as Section Chief Zhou entered his office, after asking him to close the door.

"Mr. Li, could we have all of them...?" Section Chief Zhou was also trying his luck.

Section Chief Zhou also knew that the higher-level departments had been holding meetings for a whole day and night, but without any results.

The higher-ups mean that we should try our best to see if we can accomplish both at the same time.

So Section Chief Zhou had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask.

"It's not impossible to have both, but there's the issue of funding," Li Song said.

The reason Li Song didn't say he'd give them both was twofold: firstly, giving them both would seem cheap, and secondly, he was afraid of causing some negative impact.

In fact, Li Song was somewhat worried that if the data on the F-14 and F-15 aircraft were handed over to the mainland now, it might have a certain impact on the development of the mainland's air force.

Because decades later, mainland China will lead the world in fighter jets.

This is the path I've forged myself!
However, the mainland now urgently needs a fighter jet that can carry the flag.

The path that mainland China has taken, whether in maritime or aerial equipment, is entirely its own. And because of America's pioneering work, we've avoided many pitfalls in related areas.

Of course, sometimes Amei also screwed over themselves.

For example, Aramco falsified its submarine material data, which led us to work hard to catch up, only to find out in the end that Aramco's submarine material data was falsified, and then the submarines we developed were even better than theirs.

There's also the issue of falsified fighter jet data, including thrust-to-weight ratio and stealth range.

Some of the things that Amy just said to fool people were actually taken seriously by some countries.

For example, the Star Wars program that began in the 1970s.

Amei did indeed scare the whole world, and she did indeed use this tactic to bring down the big brother in the north.

However, it also made some Eastern countries feel that they were too weak.

We frantically developed some weapons, but when our people and weapons were put into actual combat, the US was still just having a PowerPoint presentation!

"Don't worry about the fees, Mr. Li. As long as we can get the information, we'll provide whatever you need!" Section Chief Zhou said excitedly, not expecting Li Song to answer like that.

"Alright then, I'll give you feedback!"

"I'll get back to you as soon as possible!" Li Song said, while browsing secondhand platforms in his mind.

Li Song already had it in his favorites, including a version A Tomcat, but he wanted to get the complete set of information.

The only solution is to offer a reward.

Because many things online look good, but they may not actually be useful when you actually get them.

Like those packages that promise takeoff or startup, most of them are just traps.

No one explained how to take off; basically, as long as you leave the ground, it counts as takeoff.

He might get up and fall flat on his face.

It's still necessary to have an assessment result from a relevant appraisal institution to put people at ease, but this will greatly increase the cost.

Therefore, Li Song began to offer a reward for the design blueprints and material parts manufacturing industry of the A version of the Tomcat.

Of course, it also limited the time period!

Li Song originally thought it would be cheap, but the platform's suggested price was actually as high as 60 million US dollars.

Then Li Song began to test the conditions one by one.

It turned out that when they removed the description of materials and component manufacturing processes, it was only a mere three million dollars!

"I was careless!"

"The planes are selling cheaply!"

"I thought the blueprints were cheap too!"

"The complete set of materials and component manufacturing processes includes not only the airframe materials but also avionics, radar, communications, and so on!"

"It means that by obtaining the complete set of materials and the manufacturing process data for the parts, we have almost obtained the most advanced manufacturing technology and electronic avionics technology of this era!"

"So, all things considered, a price of sixty million US dollars is indeed not expensive."

"But it's already 2080, and they still want 60 million US dollars from me."

"Why don't you just rob it!"

"Let's cut it in half first and see if anyone will take the order."

"If we could obtain the manufacturing and technical data of the Panda, wouldn't it be much cheaper to buy the F-15?"

(End of this chapter)