Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 135 Five Hundred Million Yen (Second Update, Please Subscribe and Vote)
Ma Shengli also arrived, taking out a thick document: "Mr. Li, this is the licensing fee for the technical process of the motorcycle. Please take a look."

Li Song nodded: "Thank you, Mr. Ma."

“It’s what we should do,” Ma Shengli quickly said.

Ma Shengli is currently the most popular person within the Guangzhou Science and Technology Commission because the Commission has opened up new sources of funding. Previously, the Commission was a poor unit that could only rely on funding from higher levels.

The Science and Technology Commission receives a cut of the technology licensing fees from BMW Motorrad. Of course, this money is meant to be used by their own unit; there's no way it would be turned over to the government.

There are many uses for it; just building a dormitory alone would cost a lot of money.

There are also various research grants and the like.

“Mr. Ma, we have already applied for the international patent for the marine outboard motor. I will be returning to Hong Kong Island on Saturday. Please arrange a time next Monday to send the drawings back here. There is also some cutting-edge technical information included.” Li Song said.

"Okay, okay!" Ma Shengli nodded quickly.

"This time there are more than a dozen models, which can be used on inland waterways and at sea. I will export all of these marine outboard motors to Hong Kong Island," Li Song said.

The sales of marine outboard motors definitely need to reach the whole world; the demand for shipping goods worldwide is enormous.

Those smugglers on Hong Kong Island would be jumping for joy if they saw this thing.

"Good, good!" Ma Shengli was even happier when he heard this.

"The rest depends on the machinery and equipment from the mainland," Li Song added.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li. Once the technical data arrives, we'll urge them to study the necessary equipment as quickly as possible. If all else fails, we'll trouble you again, Mr. Li," Ma Shengli continued.

"Uh-huh!"

"In addition, the technical data from the home appliance sector will also be delivered next month. We will not be involved in the home appliance industry itself, but it involves televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, rice cookers, etc. It includes not only design drawings, but also appearance and material processing technology, such as the compressor material and processing technology of refrigerators, the motor of washing machines, etc."

"We'll have to trouble the Science and Technology Commission then." Li Song's meaning was clear: this part is better left to the Science and Technology Commission to help us collect the money.

"No problem, no problem." Ma Shengli was already thinking that with so many things, the Science and Technology Commission could raise funds to build houses this year.

However, considering the workload of so much work, Ma Shengli was worried that he didn't have enough people on his side, and that other brother units would have to benefit from it.

Then Li Song went to work and held a short meeting before leaving get off work, mainly about the work of each department.

After eating, Li Song continued writing.

The most painful thing for Ma Shengli was writing reports, but he was also very happy inside. With so much technology, the licensing fees must be incredibly high!

The next morning, Li Song took a plane to Kyoto and went to sleep as soon as he boarded the plane because he had stayed up all night writing.

Section Chief Zhou was with them, but Second Brother He and Fourth Brother He weren't.

Upon arriving in Kyoto, a police station was found at the entrance to the alley.

There were more manhole covers on the ground inside the alley. The alley wasn't deep, and Li Song saw that other alleys were still under construction, so he guessed that his alley was the first to be finished.

Upon entering the yard, I discovered that the electrical wiring had been rearranged, and two additional pipes had been added—one for gas and one for heating—but neither was yet operational; they had just been connected to the yard.

Li Song slept on the plane and also took a nap on the way to the courtyard house, then continued writing.

When Zhu Ling came home from school and saw Li Song, she was still pleasantly surprised, even though she knew he would come.

Li Song brought quite a few clothes this time, all of them high-end custom-made, and some were brand-name items, depending on what Zhu Ling wanted to wear.

"Oh dear, you bought so many clothes again." Zhu Ling smelled faintly of perfume, a high-end perfume that Li Song had bought for her. She put down her handbag, washed her hands, and hurried over to look at the clothes that Li Song had hung up in advance.

"As long as Your Majesty is happy." Li Song stood up and put his arm around Zhu Ling. Zhu Ling was plump and mature, making it even more comfortable to hold her.

"You smooth talker!" Zhu Ling said coquettishly, rolling her eyes at Li Song.

"Here, have a taste and see if it's oily or juicy..."

"Waaah!" Several tens of minutes later, Zhu Ling finished dressing in a huff and pinched Li Song: "You're thinking about this all day long..."

"Your Majesty, should we renovate our house and redo the bathroom and other facilities?"

"well enough."

"Let's redo it, otherwise it will be troublesome to fix the heating and gas systems once they're installed."

"OK then!"

“I happen to have an apartment in Houhai. Let’s get that one sorted out first, so it will be more convenient for you to go to school there later.”

"Wow, you bought so many courtyard houses! Everyone prefers to live in apartment buildings these days."

"It's not much money."

"OK then."

"I'll listen to you."

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat."

On Wednesday, June 4, 1980, Li Song went to Houhai and looked at three courtyard houses. Two of them were large, three-courtyard houses that looked a bit old. Li Song measured them carefully and then drew a layout plan. One of them cost 6 yuan.

There's also a smaller one with a courtyard, but it's bigger, costing 20,000 yuan.

There's another set of houses located not far from Jingshan Park, north of the Forbidden City. It's also a large courtyard house, and it costs 20,000 yuan.

Li Song drew the layout of all four houses, including the height, length and width of the rooms, with Section Chief Zhou helping out as well.

Back in his courtyard house, Li Song scanned the blueprints and then posted a design bounty on a second-hand platform. He wanted two small, modern designs, but of course, without changing the height of the original buildings.

The two larger sets will retain the old design, but will also be suitable for modern lifestyles.

The four designs only cost $300,000, mainly because hand-drawn sketches are expensive, and there were too many designs that were borrowed and referenced.

At this time, Tian Jiahui, who was in Hong Kong Island, was a little anxious because Uncle Hao had arrived in Southeast Asia, but his boss was not in Hong Kong Island. He only found out by making a phone call that his boss had gone to Kyoto on a business trip.

Yamaha also approached Baisheng Company, and the person who came this time was of a very high rank, the head of the marine outboard motor business unit.

They offered 500 million yen to purchase the patent license for the marine outboard motor propeller. At that time, the exchange rate was 220 yen to 220 yen, which was approximately 227 million US dollars.

Tian Jiahui could only go along with it; with the boss absent, he had no say in the matter.

Li Song lived a very regular life in Kyoto. He would get up in the morning to buy breakfast, then go home to wake His Majesty up for breakfast. After eating, he would rest for a while, then practice boxing, and then write articles. At noon, he would ask Brother Zhou to bring him food.

After lunch and a nap, I get up and practice my boxing, then write my manuscript, and then buy dinner and wait for His Majesty to return.

After having dinner with His Majesty, she would become very affectionate with him, and then she would spend the night with him. They were both at the most capable age and got along very well.

When Zhu Ling returned, she talked about what she had seen and heard in the class. Because it was an amateur class, all the students were staff members from the arts and culture departments of various units, mainly from various performing arts troupes.

However, due to the age gap and the fact that different circles are divided into many smaller factions, Li Song did not hear any well-known names.

On Saturday, Li Song flew back to Guangzhou from Kyoto, and then Ma Shengli announced the time for the ship to pick up the drawings next Monday.

He brought along two brothers, He Erge and He Sige, to Guangzhou. The two were training in firearms in Guangzhou and both performed exceptionally well. Because their families were poor, He Sange and He Sige went out hunting to supplement their income. Gunpowder and other supplies cost money, so both of them were excellent marksmen.

However, Brother He mentioned a problem: he wanted to cook for himself because he could make noodles.

Li Song wrote it down. When he returned to Hong Kong Island, Brother He said that Tian Jiahui had something to discuss with him.

Tian Jiahui arrived quickly and immediately said, "Boss, Yamaha is willing to invest 5 million yen to purchase a patented technology."

(End of this chapter)