Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 224 The Sue (Second Update, 3400+ words)

"However, when granting licenses, our company stipulates that the technology of these devices cannot be licensed to third-party companies, and these devices cannot be exported to certain countries," Li Song added.

"An embargo?" Ma Shengli pondered for a moment; that was what Li Song meant.

"Ok!"

“Some models of equipment can only be used by ourselves. In addition, our company will strictly review exports. If we find any models that are prohibited from being sold overseas, we will take relevant legal measures,” Li Song continued.

Li Song knew that the West was currently imposing a blockade and embargo on us. In a few decades, if we restricted exports, some people wouldn't even dare to fight a war.

Because the materials used in its manufacture were unavailable.

Of course, some people say that this is not a problem for other countries.

This is actually a simple matter. When purchasing equipment from abroad, money must be paid first before production can be planned.

Moreover, in this process, Western military-industrial complexes will become even more unscrupulous, wanting more money and demanding more money!

Just look at the Western military equipment; from the initial budget to the final production cost, you'll see how outrageous it is.

You said you stopped the fees? Okay, go ahead and stop them. Anyway, the bill is already included in the charges.

Unless you never place any more orders or stop producing.

The main problem is that the military-industrial complex was also badly affected. Take the Arleigh Burke destroyers, for example. They agreed on a certain number of ships to be produced, but what happened?

The shipyard that produced the goods almost went bankrupt because of the cancellation of orders. This was because the shipyard negotiated the quantity and price with other suppliers and then placed orders with them. If they didn't accept the orders, they would have to pay a penalty for breach of contract.

Later, Amer's military enterprises also learned to be smarter, outsourcing whenever possible and delaying as much as possible, unless you were willing to give up all the previous investments.

"Yes, I will report to my superiors." Ma Shengli nodded.

Then they talked about other things, such as the production situation of home appliance authorized companies and motorcycle factories.

Ma Shengli knew this data because he entrusted a service company under the Science and Technology Commission to collect authorization fees.

There are also other motorcycle sales figures.

After finishing their conversation, Ma Shengli left the motorcycle factory to return and report on his work.

"They even applied for a patent?" After Ma Shengli reported this matter, the leaders also found it unbelievable.

“Li Song said they optimized it and integrated it into a super-large bulldozer. This is their unique patented technology. Moreover, there are many differences between the civilian engine and the military engine of the Leopard 2 tank,” Ma Shengli nodded and said.

"You can do it like that?"

'It seems that Li Song's research team has thoroughly studied this engine technology?'

"Could it be that it was originally done by the same researchers?"

"That's very possible. Did Li Song mention what to do about these engineering machinery technologies?"

“He wants to contribute his technology as equity,” Ma Shengli said.

"This is okay!"

"Actually, it would be better to invest technology as equity, so that we can go through them when we encounter difficulties in future research."

"Although we think it's good, we still need to see the opinions of higher authorities."

"The higher authorities will definitely agree. Such advanced technology is being used in civilian equipment instead of tank engine chassis."

"Is there anything else that needs to be kept secret?"

"That's not how you say it; the proper procedures must be followed." Although the leaders listening to the report were not low-ranking, there were too many things involved.

Joint ventures are great, and the other party's technology is also very good, but there are still some dissenting voices.

In addition, there are too many technologies involved, and many factories are covered.

The excavators, bulldozers, loaders, cranes, and so on, likely involve dozens of factories.

With so many factories, won't some people accuse us of selling out the country?

The reason Li Song doesn't go into mining machinery is that most of the mining companies and large-scale infrastructure projects in China are run by state-owned enterprises.

Therefore, if you own the business yourself, you will face a series of problems, and it is more convenient to directly license the technology.

Li Song's goal is the semiconductor industry, and he wants to develop that himself.

In any case, the digitalization and intelligentization of these machines will also be inseparable from semiconductors.

"As for the sales ban, it is appropriate. Look at the engine technology we have introduced; it is all relatively outdated."

"It's time for us to ban their sale."

"Yes, I didn't expect this day to come so soon."

"Tsk tsk!" The leaders listening to the report personally experienced how fortunes can change drastically over the course of thirty years.

The next day, Li Song arrived at Chang'an BMW Aircraft Manufacturing Company, where he is currently learning the technology.

The assembly workshop is under construction, and because it requires constant temperature, its construction is quite complicated.

Of course, if these construction companies do a good job this time, then all future construction of constant temperature series systems in China will be inseparable from these companies.

Li Song was pondering whether it was time to develop helicopter technology, as there was a huge demand for helicopters in the region.

Needless to say, there is also a great demand in the civilian sector, for rescue, medical care, firefighting, and so on.

Teacher Ma was reporting to Li Song, and the two were having a meal while reporting to each other.

Actually, there's not much to report right now, just the progress of various technologies, but Li Song doesn't understand technology.

So Li Song put a bounty on a civilian general-purpose helicopter in his mind, with performance requirements comparable to the Black Hawk of the same period.

Furthermore, it is required that this helicopter be modularly adaptable.

Following the same time limit requirement, this time Li Song is offering a targeted reward to the company that designed the aircraft last time.

The platform suggested a price of only $1800 million. Then, with Li Song adding the armed helicopter, the total price was only $2600 million, because military equipment doesn't require patents; it can directly copy and integrate other existing technologies from that period.

Then, with the accompanying ammunition, the total came to $3300 million.

Li Song thought it was a good deal, so he offered a reward of 3300 million US dollars.

Li Song felt that BMW's aircraft manufacturing plant could definitely produce military helicopters, since Boeing also produces civilian and military equipment.

Of course, ammunition production is out of the question.

"Old Ma, do you think we can produce military equipment?" Li Song asked.

"Of course, our passenger planes can be converted into tankers, early warning aircraft, and the like. Besides, although our factory is said to be wholly foreign-owned, who knows?" Old Ma said.

"Refueling aircraft and early warning aircraft will be modified into specialized military transport aircraft, which will use turbofan engines," Li Song said.

Military aircraft engines are different from civilian ones; their overall structural data is also different.

"But let's not tell anyone yet. We need to build some things first before we can talk about them," Teacher Ma said again.

“Some things become more difficult to handle once they are said out loud; once they become a fact, things become much easier to handle.”

“Giving advance notice can sometimes put the leadership in a difficult position,” Teacher Ma continued.

Li Song nodded, "Then we'll talk about manufacturing it later."

After having lunch at the Chang'an BMW aircraft manufacturing plant, Li Song headed to Kyoto.

After arriving in Kyoto, Li Song learned that the directors for the film "Jinling Jinling" had already been chosen: the renowned directors Li Jun and Xie Jin, one from the August First Film Studio and the other from a Shanghai film studio.

Then the auditions for actors began, and Zhu Ling had already successfully auditioned a young female military doctor.

She is one of the female characters who gets a lot of screen time.

Actually, there isn't much dialogue in this movie; most of the time it's just a few simple words like "charge" or "kill."

Most of them consist of tense and exciting action scenes and facial expressions.

So when Li Song came to Kyoto, he accompanied Zhu Ling to perform.

"Aren't you going back to Hong Kong Island on Sunday?" Zhu Ling asked before Li Song left on Sunday.

"I'll go back tomorrow," Li Song replied.

"What happened?"

"Nothing happened. I'm not writing articles anymore, so I have more free time." Li Song has been looking at some materials lately, which is the history of chip development. It was written by someone from a second-hand platform, and of course, it only covers the development up to 1980.

Li Song needs to understand things like vacuum tubes, transistors, integrated circuits, and chips in order to shine in this industry.

"Alright then!" Zhu Ling stopped asking after hearing Li Song's response.

I'm going to Shanghai next month.

"I'll be joining the crew soon," Zhu Ling said.

“I can go to Shanghai too. I have business there,” Li Song said.

"Isn't this a bad influence?"

“What’s wrong with that? Nobody knows I’m a foreign businessman. Look at this.” Li Song took out his mainland ID card and work permit.

"You little rascal!" Zhu Ling poked Li Song in an annoyed tone.

"Sister Lin, you're talking behind my back," Li Song said, winking.

"Pah..." Zhu Ling realized what was happening, spat out angrily, and was then picked up by Li Song.

Li Song left Kyoto on Monday and returned to Guangzhou. After that, he received news from Ma Shengli.

“Mr. Li, the higher authorities respect your decision, and we will strictly abide by the authorized contract and its restrictions,” Ma Shengli replied.

"Then I'll bring my legal counsel next week to sign the contract." Li Song nodded; that would be best.

Then, the transaction time for the technical drawings of the tunnel boring machine was agreed upon, and an international patent was applied for for the tunnel boring machine.

After returning to Hong Kong Island, Li Song went straight to his residence in Federal Garden. The house in Taikoo Shing had been given to Ah Lin last week.

The bodyguards all live here too; the houses where the bodyguards live in Taikoo Shing are rented out.

In addition, the bodyguards don't need servants to cook, as Brother He San and Brother He Si already know how to operate the gas and such.

Li Song then called Liu Jiale and Tian Jiahui, giving them the new phone number. Tian Jiahui said it was urgent.

Tian Jiahui arrived quickly because Parkson Company was located on Hollywood Road, not far from Federal Garden, and Li Song could see the company's building from his home.

"Boss, we got word from the Hong Kong government that a company called KMW has sued us for patent infringement. The trial is expected to start in Hong Kong," Tian Jiahui said.

"Good!" Li Song said "good" instead of replying.

“Good for him. Let him come. You need to find connections right now and get the best legal team in London, especially those specializing in patent cases,” Li Song continued.

"Oh, may I go that way?"

“Why don’t you ask your advisor or others to introduce us? Aren’t you law students all from the academic elite circle? Why should the Germans sue our British company?” Li Song said.

"What does this company do?" Tian Jiahui still didn't understand.

"It's a German military factory that manufactures tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, rocket launchers, troop carriers, and so on."

“I had a bit of a dispute with them over a bulldozer engine patent I applied for last time, and that’s exactly when we became famous,” Li Song said.

"Ah! I understand, the bigger the better?" Tian Jiahui immediately understood.

At the same time, he wondered to himself, "How could the boss infringe on someone else's military factory's rights? What?"
"Well, we only have one requirement: win first. If we can't win, we'll drag it out. It's just money, right? We'll give you that."

"In addition, you need to send someone to write some articles in the newspapers in London, saying that our British company has been sued by the Germans. You probably don't know, but in Europe, it's all fragmented. If you don't agree with me, I won't agree with you. Let professional writers there create momentum in the media, putting pressure on the court on the one hand, and advertising for our company on the other." Li Songcai wasn't afraid of any disputes. The bigger the international dispute, the more famous he would be.

(End of this chapter)