Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 448 The Cargo Ship Arrives
Although Li Song knew that the goal of 3000 aircraft was achievable, he didn't know how long it would take.

Li Song vaguely remembers a figure: as of 2025, Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 had each sold more than 17000 aircraft.

However, there is no guarantee that the passenger planes designed for McDonnell Douglas will sell 3000 units within 10 years.

They can either buy out the design for $1 million now, or license the patent.

Although the $1 million buyout design seems like a small profit compared to the potentially huge sales figures later on.

But don't forget, this was $1 million in 1981.

Furthermore, any sales figures that are not achieved are always false.

Because historically, there have only been the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320.

In addition to the existing aircraft, there will be the Chang'an 201, and possibly a single-aisle 200-seat McDonnell Douglas aircraft.

In other words, the number of models has increased from two to four.

Moreover, Western airlines will lose the mainland market, which conservatively has four or five thousand aircraft.

In addition, Li Song's main purpose in selling the design drawings was to enable McDonnell Douglas to compete with Boeing.

This is a strategic goal.

When McDonnell Douglas's president heard Li Song say this, he knew that once Boeing's financial report was released, Boeing's stock price would soar again, while his own company's stock price would fall again.

"So what are Mr. Li's specific demands?" the president of McDonnell Douglas asked.

"A $1 million buyout of the technology license!"

"Or, according to international practice, technology licensing."

"Regarding technology licensing, does your company prefer a fixed percentage or an incremental percentage?" Li Song said.

"OK then!"

"When can Mr. Li show us the blueprints?" asked the president of McDonnell Douglas.

"I have already commissioned a professional patent company to apply for a patent for a twin-engine, single-aisle, narrow-body 200-seat passenger aircraft!"

"I personally believe that this type of aircraft will be the best-selling aircraft model in the future."

"Because this type of aircraft is versatile and adaptable to various missions."

"The number of passengers on international routes is relatively small!"

"Moreover, the amount of oil is limited, and the number of oil crises may increase!" Li Song knew, of course, that the so-called oil crisis was fake.

As more and more oil is discovered in the future.

Another discovery was made later: some previously exploited oil fields contained oil again decades later.

Therefore, later research found that oil is likely produced by certain reactions inside the Earth's core.

However, this does not prevent Li Song from bringing up the oil crisis now, because the mainstream idea is that oil is finite and will be depleted in the next 30 years.

"The operational pressure on wide-body passenger aircraft is relatively high."

"The whole of North America."

"Europe."

"East!"

"As long as it's not an international route, a single-aisle narrow-body aircraft is a perfect match."

"As the country with the most airports in the world, Aramco has the best cost performance for this type of single-aisle narrow-body passenger aircraft."

"Furthermore, if your company is willing, our company can also provide contract manufacturing services for some complex components."

"For example, aircraft mainframes and such." Li Song didn't forget to try and secure orders for the aircraft manufacturing industry in the East.

When the president of McDonnell Douglas heard Li Song say this, he could only nod.

Li Song watched as the president of McDonnell Douglas left, and then he prepared to go to Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Company.

Meanwhile, within Aramco, McDonnell Douglas and Grumman began to exert their influence.

Congress has approved the sale of fighter jets, F-15A and F-14A, to the East.

The total number of these two types of fighter jets cannot exceed 24.

Because exceeding this number would affect the security of the surrounding countries in the East.

Furthermore, the number of spare parts supplied to the East was limited.

Furthermore, the fighter jets provided to the East were special versions.

The core components have been treated to prevent disassembly.

In other words, once the core components are disassembled, the entire aircraft is scrapped.

Because core components will not be provided to Dongfang; only consumable parts will be provided.

The Eastern side, however, was only willing to purchase 12 aircraft.

McDonnell Douglas and Grumman began to exert their efforts.

The demands of these two companies are simple: they require Dongfang to purchase at least 24 aircraft.

That is to say, there are two types of aircraft, and 12 of each type need to be purchased.

The two companies quoted $3000 million per unit for the bare aircraft, and the price reached $4000 million per unit when spare parts were included.

That is to say, the total price of the bare machine plus spare parts reached $9.6 million.

This does not even include the supporting ammunition technology.

Because it requires matching the ammunition from the East, extra money is needed, and the ammunition from the East also needs to be sent to the US for technical matching.

Or perhaps the ammunition was specially supplied by the US.

The Eastern delegation did not negotiate on quantity or price, but instead inspected the two types of aircraft first.

These two aircraft were arguably the most advanced fighter jets in the world in the early 80s.

Most of the delegation from the East felt a sense of envy upon seeing the fighter jets.

However, a small number of people had some doubts after seeing these fighter jets.

This group had contact with several fighter jets sent by Li Song within China.

The fighter jets that Li Song sent over were actually optimized versions, with performance superior to the current American fighters.

However, the optimized technology was limited to the level of the early 80s.

Some of these technologies are already available to both companies, but they haven't been used in these two fighter jets yet.

Or perhaps the US has the relevant technology but didn't use it on these two fighter jets; however, the sellers on the second-hand platform integrated their technology into these fighter jets.

Therefore, the overall performance of the fighter jets provided by Li Song was higher than that of the fighter jets seen by the Eastern delegation.

However, some members of the delegation suspected that what Ame showed was definitely not the most advanced version; the most advanced version would certainly be kept secret.

In late November 1981, a 5000-ton container ship was anchored at a certain coordinate point on the high seas of the South China Sea.

Another 5000-ton container ship is slowly approaching.

The lights on both container ships were extremely bright.

A small boat was launched from one of the 5000-ton container ships.

The people on the small boat perked up as they looked at the 5000-ton container ship in the distance.

The small boat approached the anchored 5000-ton container ship.

They discovered that rope ladders had already been lowered onto the cargo ship.

The people on the small boat quickly climbed onto the 5000-ton container ship.

Soon after the container ship launched its small boat, its radio received a safe signal.

Then the small boat picked up and dropped off the people twice.

The container ship that had been launched from the small boat was given a new hull number.

Then the two container ships headed north, one after the other.

Then the two container ships separated midway.

On the third day, a 5000-ton container ship docked at Huangpu Port.

On the surface, there was nothing unusual about Huangpu Port.

Workers are loading and unloading containers inside the port.

Each of these containers has its own number. These containers were then loaded onto trailers.

It looks ordinary, but the port is very busy because some of the goods sold by the BMW Group are settled directly with the goods.

Therefore, in the past two years, Huangpu Port has been expanding its port while its cargo throughput has been increasing rapidly.

Then it was towed directly to a freight railway station opposite Huangpu Port.

The freight train station looks just as busy as ever.

This freight railway station opposite Huangpu Port has now become the railway station with the largest cargo throughput in Guangdong Province.

This is also the main channel for BMW Group's cargo transportation.

The containers were quickly sorted and loaded onto the train.

Freight trains come in both flatbed and boxcar configurations.

Then the train departed the station according to the schedule.

Everything seemed normal.

However, countless eyes were watching these containers from the shadows.

After leaving Huangpu Port, these trains went to other stations to load and unload goods.

Soldiers who had been waiting at other stations boarded the train's carriages.

Li Song was also at the BMW motorcycle factory, standing on the office building, watching several trailers towing several containers into the factory's warehouse area.

Half an hour later, Section Chief Zhou rushed over to report: "Mr. Li, we've checked, and there are no problems."

"Okay, let's go take a look." Li Song knew there wouldn't be any problem, but he still had to pretend to be relieved.

The containers delivered to the motorcycle factory contained patent application documents.

This can be said to be the year with the most patent applications.

What Li Song is working on is not the 1G standard, because the competition for Level 1 standards is fierce internationally, and many technology patents are held by large companies.

In the 1980s, the four Nordic countries began to use it, followed by France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States.

Moreover, these countries have already applied for many patents in this area, so Li Song wants to develop a 1G technology with its own patents.

It is possible, but you will face falling behind others.

Because this kind of communication technology doesn't generate much revenue in the country right now.

Moreover, the 1G communication network being built in China now will eventually be phased out, resulting in a huge waste.

After some consideration, Li Song decided to go straight for 2G technology, specifically CDMA.

The theory behind this technology was actually proposed a long time ago.

In addition, the Loongson 01 chip was successfully manufactured.

The precursor technology to CDMA is frequency hopping spread spectrum communication technology, invented by Hedy Lamarr and George Antey in 1942. This technology prevents signals from being intercepted by dynamically changing the communication frequency and is the theoretical basis of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) technology.

Actually, when 2G technology was first developed, there were two types: TDMA and CD MA.

3G technology is built on CDMA technology because it has a wider bandwidth and higher capacity than TDMA.

Of course, establishing a CDMA network now requires a very large investment.

The investment required is much larger than that for 1G technology.

However, this technology is more advanced than simulation technology.

Moreover, large investments have their advantages, as they raise the entry barrier.

Of course, Li Song also knew that the 2G technology still needed to be licensed out.

For Western capitalists, it doesn't matter how good your technology is; they only care about whether you can make money.

Just like how the Japanese monopolized many technologies in history, but the world bypassed their technologies.

The main problem is that Xiaobenzi wants to eat alone.

These containers were inspected by Section Chief Zhou and his men before Li Song was allowed to access them.

It not only has patents for communication technologies, but also patents for technologies based on Loongson chips, such as computers, mobile phones, communication equipment, copiers, and printers.

Moreover, these are only the patented technologies, and do not include some core manufacturing processes or other technologies.

In addition, there are patented technologies based on Loongson chips, such as numerical control technology, design software, and automation.

This also includes computer operating systems.

Li Song looked at the document bags inside the container; each document bag was numbered.

These file folders are being taken out and sorted into categories.

There are so many patented technologies involved that the patented technologies involved in the design of just one mobile phone would fill almost half a container.

All of these documents were placed in a special warehouse.

These documents will then be used to apply for international patents.

Now, international patents can be applied for domestically, which is one of the achievements of the East-West trade delegations.

Zhang Dehua from Hong Kong Island was the first to establish an international patent application agency in Guangzhou.

The next day, Zhang Dehua, who was in Hong Kong Island, received a call from Li Song and immediately traveled from Hong Kong Island to Guangzhou.

In the afternoon, Zhang Dehua brought more than 20 people to the BMW motorcycle factory.

Zhang Dehua had already visited Li Song and was no longer surprised by the massive BMW Motorrad factory area.

However, when Zhang Dehua saw the patent application materials, he almost fainted.

Moreover, this time it wasn't just Zhang Dehua's company that brought more than 20 people, but also the legal personnel from Baisheng Company, totaling fifty or sixty people.

Tian Jiahui arrived not long before Zhang Dehua.

Looking at all these patent application documents, Tian Jiahui let out a long sigh.

Then, both parties skillfully began to register the patented technologies by category and then signed a commission contract.

With so many patented technologies, it's not something that can be accomplished in a short time.

While Li Song was busy at the BMW motorcycle factory, at a train station in the southwest, containers were being unloaded under tight security.

These containers first underwent rigorous inspection.

Then they were sent to the relevant place.

After being delivered to the relevant location, the box was opened in the presence of a group of experts.

Each container contains detailed instruction documents.

The reason there were only a few experts was mainly to prevent other things from being inside the container.

You can't do without experts, because only experts understand the things involved.

After inspection, these items were sent to a more secure location, where more experts were already waiting.

These experts looked at the parts, which varied in condition.

Some of them are clearly used.

These experts were excited because these were the parts for the 160.

When Li Song ordered from the second-hand platform, he requested that 50% of the parts be distressed.

Because it wouldn't make sense otherwise, since Fat Bear's 160cm height hasn't even started to stabilize yet.

If they get brand new parts now, it will raise suspicions.

If there's a mix of new and old parts, people will just assume it's stolen components.

It was at this time that McDonnell Douglas finally saw the new aircraft patent that Li Song had applied for, because the patent for this aircraft was being publicized.

However, this also attracted Boeing and Airbus.

This aircraft is equipped with a certain model of engine from General Electric.

Therefore, this patent does not include matching engine technology.

Boeing and Airbus were unaware that this was technology Li Song had specifically brought to sell, but both companies immediately examined the patent application for this aircraft.

McDonnell Douglas also immediately examined the patent, mainly focusing on the design structure and overall design calculations.

(End of this chapter)