Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 431 A Ploy for Personal Injury? (First Update)
Soon they arrived at the small conference room. Everyone knew beforehand that the matter was urgent. After the door to the small conference room closed, someone asked, "Old leader, what's the emergency? Is it something with the polar bear?"

"Let's take a look first; it's related to polar bears," the leader said.

What is the polar bear going to do?

"Exactly, are they planning to hold military exercises in the East as well?"

"Impossible! They were just showing off in Europe, and now they're coming here?"

"Hmph, even if they come, I'm not afraid. At worst, we'll just have a fight."

"Huh?" The first person quickly received the information and was surprised after taking a look.

"There are only two documents, and they are the original documents," the leader said.

Ma Shengli and Section Chief Zhou are on two separate lines, so the person in charge of these two lines is not qualified to attend this meeting.

Because meetings held here are for discussion and decision-making, and the heads of the two departments are the ones who implement the decisions.

"Ah, this, Li Song and his group actually have people in the Polar Bear region too?" the person who received the second set of documents said.

"Old leader, yes, we need both, we need both, we can use them as technical references." The first person to look at the materials quickly finished reading them and said hastily.

The others were also anxious, but there were only two copies of the document, so they had to take turns looking at it.

"Who's behind Li Song? Even we don't know anything about this TU160," someone said as they watched.

"Figure 160?" Those who hadn't seen it yet wondered.

"Tsk tsk, the person behind Li Song is simply... amazing."

"The KGB is notorious, how could they have such capabilities?"

"I think the people behind Li Song are quite powerful in the Polar Bear, but not many. Look at what he said, he only has one chance."

"Heh, others may not understand polar bears, but don't we understand them?"

"Let's not talk about anything else, let's talk about the matter at hand first," the main leader said.

Low altitude, supersonic speed, bomber!
It is said to be able to destroy an aircraft carrier fleet through a low-altitude raid because it can carry mushroom-shaped explosives.

Moreover, it's the latest, yet-to-be-in-service M3, a bomber that's more advanced than the TU-22 and the TU-22M2.

Since the M3 first flew in 77, it has attracted much attention. The top leaders never imagined that China would be able to possess such a thing.

The M3 is good, no, it's excellent.

However, there are also risks involved, as polar bears are the primary concern.

"This is the most advanced bomber in the world. We must be careful. If something goes wrong, it will be a big problem. Don't forget, the main cities of the world are in Europe, while our main cities are right under their noses. If they really attack us, we will suffer losses."

"I don't think polar bears would dare to do that; we should trust Li Song more."

"Outsiders can't be trusted entirely. Li Song and his group have provided us with a lot of help, but could it be a scheme? Are they just waiting for this day?" Some people also questioned Li Song's motives.

"Impossible. The Western technologies Li Song brought out are the most advanced in the West. If that were the case, it might be a ruse, but don't forget, they have so many factories, which are like printing presses." Some people didn't believe it.

"Yes, definitely. Only when we have it ourselves do we truly have it. The polar bear has never given up on destroying us all these years."

“I also think we should have it, and I have faith in Li Song and his team’s abilities.”

"Yes, I also believe in Li Song and his team's strength. They shouldn't be discovered. Look at what Li Song said, at worst, we can just burn it down."

"If you ask me, we shouldn't take the M3, we should take the 160. The 160 is about to have its maiden flight, which means the technology is basically mature. We can use it as a reference or continue our research."

"Yes, we're poor, so there's no need for redundant construction. Besides, Li Song is right. For now, we should just play dumb."

"Yes, we need to develop secretly now. The most important thing is to make sure everyone has enough to eat. We'll deal with the rest as the situation develops."

“I also think we should get 160. It would be best to get some physical samples so that Li Song and the others can oversee the process. After all, we don’t know their capabilities, and it would be bad if we asked for something and it became difficult to obtain or if it caused too much of a commotion.” “Give us the technical data for 160. It will take us several years to fully understand the technology, and then there’s manufacturing and so on. It will take at least five years.”

"Later, depending on our own capabilities, we can decide whether to simply copy the existing designs or develop new equipment using these technologies."

"Actually, Backfire is pretty good, at least the technology is mature."

"Actually, mature technology also has its downsides. Backfire is actually the previous generation of the 160."

Upon hearing this, the meeting room fell silent for a moment, then burst into laughter: "This was in service in 69."

"That's right, this is the new M3, it first flew in 77, and it's not in service yet."

"Haha, I never thought we'd have a day like this."

The top leader remained silent until he said, "How about I meet with Li Song in a couple of days?"

"Okay, there's no rush. We need to proceed cautiously with such important matters."

"Of course we're in a hurry. There must be a reason why Li Song and the others are asking."

"that is……."

"Speaking of this, what do you think is Li Song and his group's motive for doing this?" At this point, everyone continued their discussion.

"I think it's the polar bear's display of strength that made Li Song's backers worry about whether our side would be affected by this?"

“I think so too. Li Song and his group have invested so much here. It’s one thing to make money openly, but what about all the good stuff they’ve given us behind the scenes? Even though they didn’t ask for money, do you think it would have cost them so much to get all that stuff?”

"They've put in so much effort, and these factories are constantly producing for them. What if the polar bear incident causes problems with the factories? Wouldn't all their hard work be for nothing?"

"This analysis is reliable; a self-inflicted injury ruse is impossible."

"The chances of them using a self-inflicted injury ruse are almost nil. Don't forget how much technology Li Song and his team have brought out. Is this technology even attractive to the polar bear? If they want to use a trick on us, we can just share the technology with the polar bear directly."

"Yes! The polar bears have recently been asking us to share technology with them, but we refused, citing that the technology belongs to foreign companies."

“The technology licensing agreement stipulates that the technology cannot be transferred to third parties, and the products cannot be exported without authorization from Baisheng Company, so there’s nothing we can do to help,” someone said.

The others nodded. Li Song refused Xiaoba's request for outboard motor technology. Exporting finished products was no problem, but forget about the technology, even a 4-horsepower outboard motor.

Most of those mining machinery technologies can be used for both military and civilian purposes.

Moreover, once the technology is given to the polar bears, it's essentially shared within their circle, meaning that no one in China can do business within that circle anymore.

That's right. China can now do business not only with the West, but also with countries within the US-led trade network. Some goods that the US is too embarrassed to buy are transshipped from small Eastern European countries.

There was no concept of patents in the Warsaw Pact, so the consequences of the technology falling into the hands of the Russians were predictable.

"We need to consider two factors: international and domestic. These technologies need a lot of money to be commercialized," the leader said.

"Even now, there are still many farmers in various places who are not getting enough to eat, which goes against our original intention. Although development has been delayed in recent years due to some internal and external factors, we can't afford to delay any longer, after all, we are getting old." The main leader sighed after saying this.

"Yes!"

"Our exports are doing very well now, and we're making money from foreigners, which is the most important thing."

"Yes, the year before last, there were still a lot of young people returning to the city who were unemployed. We were anxious but there was nothing we could do. Now things are much better."

"Of course. Exporting a motorcycle involves so many processes from the mine to the finished product, and all of these require people. Not to mention cars."

"The old leaders can talk to Li Song more and see what suggestions they have so we can take them into consideration."

"Hmm." The main leader nodded.

(End of this chapter)